This is the "king of the Chinese canyon", the treasure of the town, the tourists looked very embarrassed(1)
The famous American Grand Canyon with its magnificent natural scenery known worldwide, is known as one of the world's seven natural wonders. However, China Xinjiang Aksu "Wensu Tuomuer Grand Canyon" Wensu territory of the region, its beautiful natural scenery no less forceful Grand Canyon. After hundreds of millions of years of wind and rain erosion, it has formed a peculiar natural landscape that is now towering, towering, peaky, and colorful. Wensu Grand Canyon is China's most beautiful Danxia geological wonderland, China's largest karst geological scenery, China's unique rock erosion geological secret, known as the "king of China's canyon."
Photographed in June 2018 in Aksu, Xinjiang .
The Wensu Grand Canyon is located in the Nanzhang Mountain area in the middle of the Tianshan Mountains in Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang . The locals call it the "Kurduk Grand Canyon", which means "thrilling, mysterious" in Uighur. The Grand Canyon was formed by the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic more than 100 million years ago, after hundreds of millions of years of flooding, rain erosion and strong wind erosion.
In ancient times, it was once the gateway to the north and south Tianshan. It is said that the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang went to the Western Heaven to learn from it. The Wensu Grand Canyon is composed of three main valleys with the shape of “Chuan” and 12 valleys and hundreds of small valleys. It is the largest red-layered canyon in Tianshan with the highest aesthetic value.
Drive 80 km from the downtown area of Aksu, arrive at the gate of the scenic spot, and then transfer to the specially modified car in the scenic spot. Flying in this wild Gobi Desert, the car is a bit bumpy, but the changing scenery is a feast for the eyes.