Jinta Desert Forest Park
Jinta desert forest park is located in Chaohu forest farm about 6 kilometers west of Jinta County. It is a tourist attraction for visitors to watch Populus euphratica forest.
Populus euphratica is a kind of tree with strong vitality. Populus euphratica, also known as gray poplar, is a deciduous tree. It is an ancient tree species left in the Tertiary period. It is a specialized plant after desertification. Most of it is wild. It is known as "desert warrior". Populus euphratica forest is a kind of magical group, which is resistant to cold, heat, alkali, waterlogging and drought. The growth period of Populus euphratica is long. Due to the influence of wind, sand and drought, many Populus euphratica trees have strange and strange shapes. They are a kind of magical natural landscape and unique cultural landscape, which can be called a green pearl in the desert. Therefore, Populus euphratica trees are known as "live for three thousand years, die for three thousand years, and die for three thousand years". Every September and October, when the first autumn frost, large areas of Populus euphratica forest from green to yellow, at a glance, under the sun, golden leaves take advantage of the blue sky dancing in the wind, the strong contrast, bright tone, bright color, enough to make any language appear pale and powerless. Populus euphratica is the only tree suitable for growth in Central Asia. It is a precious species that survived the long evolution of nature. Its charming demeanor, stubborn character and ill fated fate inspire too much poetic sentiment and philosophical thinking. Since ancient times, Populus euphratica has become a kind of spirit and is worshipped by people.
Jinta Desert Forest Park
Jinta desert forest park is located in Chaohu forest farm about 6 kilometers west of Jinta County. It is a tourist attraction for visitors to watch Populus euphratica forest.
Resources
Around the Populus euphratica forest, there are a large area of Elaeagnus angustifolia, Populus alba and Salix mandshurica and other northwest characteristic tree species.
Main attractions
Populus euphratica is a kind of tree with strong vitality. Populus euphratica, also known as gray poplar, is a deciduous tree. It is an ancient tree species left in the Tertiary period. It is a specialized plant after desertification. Most of it is wild. It is known as "desert warrior". Populus euphratica forest is a kind of magical group, which is resistant to cold, heat, alkali, waterlogging and drought. The growth period of Populus euphratica is long. Due to the influence of wind, sand and drought, many Populus euphratica trees have strange and strange shapes. They are a kind of magical natural landscape and unique cultural landscape, which can be called a green pearl in the desert. Therefore, Populus euphratica trees are known as "live for three thousand years, die for three thousand years, and die for three thousand years". Every September and October, when the first autumn frost, large areas of Populus euphratica forest from green to yellow, at a glance, under the sun, golden leaves take advantage of the blue sky dancing in the wind, the strong contrast, bright tone, bright color, enough to make any language appear pale and powerless. Populus euphratica is the only tree suitable for growth in Central Asia. It is a precious species that survived the long evolution of nature. Its charming demeanor, stubborn character and ill fated fate inspire too much poetic sentiment and philosophical thinking. Since ancient times, Populus euphratica has become a kind of spirit and is worshipped by people.
Development and construction
Jinta County made full use of the ten thousand Mu "fossil plant" Populus euphratica forest planted in the 1950s, the twenty thousand mu Tamarix area and the surplus water in winter and spring, and invested 14 million yuan to build Jinta desert forest park.
History and Humanities
Since Huishui county was established in the second year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wudi of Han Dynasty, Jinta suffered from war and drought and was once reduced to barren land. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Mao Fengyi, the general judge of Suzhou, led the people to dig Yuanyang gorge for water diversion and irrigation, and the forefathers' grazing and farming began to flourish. At the end of the Republic of China, Zhao Jishou, a squire, set up yuanyangchi reservoir with the efforts of Jinjiu and Jinjiu counties. In the past 50 years, in order to further alleviate the contradiction of water use and the need of water conservancy and power generation, Jiefang village and Bantan reservoirs have been built successively. However, Jinta is located in the forefront of Baishuiquan sand system. With the wind blowing sand, 700000 cubic meters of sand flows into the reservoir every year. The "rice bowl" of Jinta people's survival has been severely challenged. Under the leadership of the previous county Party committees and governments, the people of the whole county have made unremitting efforts to control the sand damage, and have made great achievements in sand fixation and reservoir protection by means of artificial burial, grass grid sand fixation, afforestation and other methods Great achievements have been made.
Address: Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province
Longitude: 98.931772507935
Latitude: 40.019430987339
Jinta Desert Forest Park