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Popular Best Things to Do Near Helan - 2024

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Updated Apr 2024
  • No.1
    󰺂8.2
    4.7/5
    14233 Review
    From11.04
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 153 reviews
    "The scenic spot has convenient transportation and beautiful scenery. It is better to stand on the Yellow River glass bridge to enjoy the scenery. The staff is warm and welcoming and patiently explain the route to us. The bridge is very clean and the photos are excellent. It is worth a visit."
    Zhongwei.Shapotou tourist attraction
    >100km from Helan
    Highlights: The scenic spot is located 16 kilometers west of Zhongwei City, Ningxia, on the southeastern edge of the Tengger Desert. The scenic spot has successively won honors such as "the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions", "the top 500 global environmental protection units", and "the first batch of national tourism standardization demonstration units".The three major cultural elements of the scenic area include the "Yellow River Culture" based on the intangible cultural heritage sheepskin rafts, the "Desert Culture" based on straw grids and Desert Legend Park, and the "Starry Sky Culture" based on the Desert Star Hotel. The tourism resources of these three elements have created a unique and magnificent landscape of "sunset over the long river and starry sky in the desert". The "six major ways to play" are highly praised and loved by tourists. Among them, the Yellow River projects include sheepskin rafting, Huangtengda, Yellow River speedboat, drift boat, passionate sandboarding and high-altitude bungee jumping, etc. The desert projects include Desert Camel, Desert Flying (Stepping into the Blue Clouds), and Sand Sea. Surfing, etc., starry sky projects include stargazing lectures, meteor feasts, sand therapy experiences, star cakes and other special products. In addition, there are also privately customized products for hiking, desert expansion, and educational and entertaining study experiences.The scenic area not only has diverse cultural elements and fun project experiences, but also multi-level accommodation experiences waiting for you: the butler-style Diamond Hotel, the quiet Desert Star Hotel for stargazing, the quiet Yellow River Courtyard in the bustling city, and finally the economical and affordable business-style Tourist Service Center Hotel and other differentiated tourist accommodations for you to choose from.
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  • No.2
    󰺂7.9
    4.6/5
    14802 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 86 reviews
    "I grew up in the south and I haven't seen the scenery and buildings of the loess high slope, so it's quite interesting to experience it. The scenic spot is not big or small, and now the weather is not hot or cold, we walked slowly and watched it for about two hours and finished swimming. There are mainly two districts, Qingcheng and Mingcheng, and there is a street I did not go. Qingcheng is the shooting place of Dahua West Tour, and Mingcheng is the type of building of the loess high slope."
    Yinchuan.Zhenbeipu Western Movie City Resort
    25.1km from Helan
    Highlights: Zhenbeibao Western Cinema is located in Xixia District, Yinchuan City. In this studio, which is characterized by simplicity, roughness and desolation, classic films such as "Wrangler", "Red Sorghum", "Journey to the West", "Thorn Mausoleum", "Jin Yiwei" and hundreds of influential film and television films were filmed. In the remaining part, a large number of celebrities from the Chinese film industry have left their footprints here, such as Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Zhang Yimou, Ge You, Zhou Xingchi, Donnie Yen and so on. The cinema consists of three parts: Mingcheng, Qingcheng and Old Yinchuan Street. Tourists can visit the cinema along the "figure 8" route of Old Yinchuan Street. Here, you can see the appearance of Yinchuan in the first half of the 20th century, and eat local traditional snacks such as mutton soup. The Ming and Qing cities in the film city were rebuilt from the military castles left over from the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the Ming and Qing cities, you can see many familiar movie scenes, such as: the gate tower where Sun Wukong and Fairy Zixia are standing in "Journey to the West", the throne of the Bull Demon King, the torture platform of the Tang monk; and the movie "Journey to the West" The Moon Gate in "Red Sorghum", the winemaking workshop where "My Grandpa" urinated after being drunk, the sedan chair that Jiu'er took when he got married, the big vat for wine, and the bowls. There are costumes and props for rent in many places in the studio. Here, you can wear a set of costumes in the play, use the props in the movie, and walk around the scenes of the movie to live the addiction of being a star. Before going to Zhenbeibao Western Studios, you can revisit a few classic movies first, and then go to visit, you will have a different feeling.
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  • No.3
    󰺂7.4
    4.5/5
    5124 Review
    "At that time, I checked the Ningxia Shuidonggou site on the Internet. The praise and bad reviews were very different, but the total score was very high. I analyzed it and resolutely chose to buy a package ticket to travel. Although the biggest attractions are only the archaeological excavation site, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty and the Tibetan Bingdong, which are somewhat monotonous and interesting. But it is also very interesting to take a camel in the middle and take a wild grassland surfer. It is also very interesting to take a horse-drawn carriage, a camel car, a boat, etc., plus watching two performances, there are fire-spraying, circus, and stories. A group of young people are energetic and full of youth. It is a worthwhile trip."
    Lingwu
    32.5km from Helan
    Highlights: Shuidonggou is a Paleolithic cultural site excavated in China. It is known as "the birthplace of Chinese prehistoric archeology" and "historical witness of cultural exchanges between China and the West." It is a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national AAAAA tourist attraction, and a national geological park. It is listed by the state as one of the 100 major sites under national cultural relic protection and one of the "100 archaeological discoveries of great significance to Chinese civilization". The Shuidonggou site records the historical testimony of ancient humans' reproduction and struggle with nature, and contains rich and precious prehistoric information. It shows people a picture of the survival of ancient humans 40,000 years ago. It is the Paleolithic Age site that has been officially excavated in the Yellow River area in my country so far. In 1923, French paleontologists Teilhard de Chardin and Sang Zhihua discovered prehistoric cultural sites here. Through excavation, a large number of stone tools and animal fossils were unearthed. Therefore, Shuidonggou became the ancient human cultural site of the Paleolithic Age in my country. Now, after more than 80 years and six archaeological excavations, more than 30,000 stone tools and 67 ancient animal fossils have been unearthed in Shuidonggou. The Shuidonggou area is also home to the ancient Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty in northern my country, the "Hengcheng Dabian", beacon piers, city barriers, Tibetan caves, etc., which constitute the Grand View Garden of well-preserved military defense buildings in China. Shuidonggou is located on the southern edge of the Ordos Platform. The Yadan landform created by nature has experienced tens of millions of years of wind and sand sculptures. It is also home to 20 places such as Devil's City, Wotuo Ridge, Motian Cliff, Duanyun Valley, and Tamaliu Valley. There are many unique landscapes in the forest.
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  • No.4
    󰺂7.4
    4.5/5
    4762 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 125 reviews
    "If you are interested in the mysterious Xixia, it is recommended to take a look. You can have a sense of participation and know the meaning of the mound. If you don't like history, you can visit the museum. There is free explanation."
    Yinchuan
    31.5km from Helan
    Highlights: The Western Xia Mausoleums are a complex of tombs located in the western suburbs of Yinchuan City at the foot of the Helan Mountains. These are the imperial tombs of the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227) and many emperors are buried here alongside their family members. The entire mausoleum complex holds the graves of nine emperors along with 140 accompanying tombs. The shape of the Western Xia Tombs are shaped differently from those of other imperial Chinese tombs and tomb clusters. Structurally, they resemble a piece of cornmeal "wotou" bread or a sharp-sided domed pyramid. The scenic area also has built a museum dedicated to the Western Xia Dynasty complete with exhibits on art and history of the Western Xia and an array of carved stone steles from that period. The museum hosts an abundance of imperial relics of the Western Xia. Museum docents are delighted to share all they know and will happily assist visitors in understanding more about the rise and fall of the Western Xia and their mysterious, fascinating culture and customs.
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  • No.5
    󰺂7.3
    4.6/5
    1155 Review
    "When I came to the valley of waves, I saw red stones like mudslides, which were flowing in circles, in circles, in circles, in curves and in curves to the gully. This stone resembles a sandstone, and the weathering is very serious. Walking on top, you will slip the red sand attached to your skin without paying attention. Follow the red stones along the ditch and go down, and you will see large and flat stone walls in the wide area, which are red from top to bottom and are basically the same color. In the narrow, red stones appear to be flowing water, like red mud, flowing toward the bottom of the ditch. On the long mouth opposite the village ditch, the terrain here is relatively flat, those layers of stone like a large number of red cloths covered on the ground after being soaked, layer by layer, roll, plate under the sunset, abnormal red; A red water from loess slowly flows down low-lying areas. Along the trail of red stones, the eyes are suddenly wide, a river valley that looks like a canyon is in front. The red stones all solidified here in flowing water, like a red ice hanging, like a frozen magma, with the trench bottom of a small river and the distant windmills that rotate on the top of the green vegetation constitute a beautiful real picture."
    Jingbianxian
    >100km from Helan
    Highlights: Wavy Valley is also known as Jingbian Red Sand Rock Canyon. It is part of the Jingbian Longzhou Danxia Landform and is located in Yanjiazhaizi in Longzhou Township, southeast of Jingbian County. The Wavy Valley is a red sandstone landform with a magical appearance and high scientific research value. The spectacular landscape naturally formed over hundreds of millions of years. It is rare in China and can compete with the Danxia landform in the United States!
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FAQ

What are some Best Things to Do near Helan?
Some Best Things to Do near Helan include:Shapotou|Zhenbeibao West Film Art Center|Ningxia Shuidonggou Tourist Area|Western Xia Mausoleums National Archaeological Park|The Wave Valley
What are some highly-rated Best Things to Do near Helan?
Some highly-rated Best Things to Do near Helan include:Shapotou:4.7|Zhenbeibao West Film Art Center:4.6|Ningxia Shuidonggou Tourist Area:4.5|Western Xia Mausoleums National Archaeological Park:4.5|The Wave Valley:4.6
Where are Best Things to Do near Helan located?
The Best Things to Do near Helan are mainly located in:Shapotou:Zhongwei|Zhenbeibao West Film Art Center:Yinchuan|Ningxia Shuidonggou Tourist Area:Lingwu|Western Xia Mausoleums National Archaeological Park:Yinchuan|The Wave Valley:Jingbianxian