Yinshan Rift Valley is a scenic spot in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is located at the south foot of the main peak of Yinshan Mountain in tongshan district, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is a mountain rift formed by local mining of phosphate rocks in the 1970s.
Yinshan Mountain, formerly known as Ren Shan, is a mountain named after its surname. Because people at the foot of the mountain read Ren as silver, it is now called Yinshan Mountain. It is divided into Dayin Mountain and Xiaoyin Mountain, and the Yinshan Rift is located on the south side of the main peak of Dayin Mountain. The whole rift valley crosses in a T-shape from east to west and from north to south. Starting from the southernmost entrance of the rift valley, the two rift valleys are about 100 meters long and about two meters wide. Cliffs on both sides, rocks towering. The highest point is about 20 meters away from the valley bottom, and the valley bottom is about 180 meters above sea level.
Yinshan rift is related to ore mining. In 1970s, a phosphate fertilizer plant was established in Sanbao Town, Tongshan. Later, phosphate rock was discovered in Yinshan, and a group of villagers were organized to go up the mountain to mine phosphate rock. Later, when mining stopped, this great rift valley was left on the Yinshan Mountain.
Other special scenic spots in Xuzhou
1, Xuzhou yunlong lake Scenic Area
Yunlong lake, Xuzhou Pearl, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, is located in Huzhong Road, quanshan district, Xuzhou City. Yunlong lake takes water as its soul, mountains as its bones, green as its clothes, and flowers as its ornaments, forming a beautiful scenery in which water and sky are one color and mountains and rivers set each other off. There are many theme parks in yunlong lake Scenic Area, such as Dream Flower Sea, Fairy Tale Kingdom and Water Park. It is a good place for parent-child travel and leisure travel.
2. Xuzhou Lvliang Scenic Area
Lvliang Scenic Area is the most distinctive mountain landscape in Xuzhou. It is a national AAAA-level scenic spot, located at the intersection of Lianhuo Expressway and Huaixu Expressway in tongshan district, Xuzhou. Lvliang Scenic Area is not only beautiful in scenery, but also rich in historical and cultural connotations, making it an ideal place for mountaineering and exploration.
3. Xuzhou Dalonghu Scenic Area
Dalonghu Scenic Area is a new urban green ecological space in Xuzhou. It is a national AAAA-level scenic spot, located in Huanhu Road, Yunlong District, Xuzhou City (next to Dalonghu subway station). Dalonghu Scenic Area takes water as the main body, ecology as the core and culture as the soul to build a modern city park integrating sightseeing, leisure, entertainment, sports and education.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yinshan Rift Valley