Xingtai Gorges

Xingtai Gorges are 70 kilometers west of Xingtai City.

Being a wonderful site in Mountain Taihang, the group consists of 24 gorges. Eight of which are over 1,000 meters long. The names of the gorges explain it all: the Ghost gate Moat, the Woxia Gorge Bow, the Yunya Sprays, the pure springs and so on. Huangchao Gorge, a main one in the group, is a steep valley. It is over 4,000 meters long and 200 meters deep. It is several meters wide, while its narrowest part is only about ten centimeters wide. Looking upward, you can only see a thin ribbon of sky. Due to its difficulty to get to, this gorge had been one of the bases of the outlaw peasant army led by Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty. In addition to the ancient city walls, the drill ground and the plank road, several local villages, temples and rocks remind you of the stories of the uprising. Besides, the arms plant, the clothing factory and the paper mill of the Eighth Route Army headquarters used to be located here.

The charm of the gorges can be well described in the following scenes: steep gorges in groups with high mountains on either side, high peaks rising one after another over the gorges, and beautiful waterfalls. There is a wonderful waterfall under the Huangchao Rock. Instead of straightly felling down, it twists around from a pool on the top of the cliff and splashes about. You can even go under the waterfall and feel refreshed at the sounds of the water and wind.

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