Pingshan Lake grand canyon, is located in Zhangye, Ganzhou district in Pingshanhu Mongolian township, 56 km North-East of Zhangye, scenic area is 40 kilometers long and 26 kilometers wide, with a total area of 150 square kilometers, the core scenic area of about 35 square kilometers.
Pingshanhu Grand Canyon in Zhangye, one of the world’s five canyons, is equally famous as the Giant Canyon of the Colorado and the Great Rift Valley of the East African. Going through all wind, rain and the miracle of nature, there are deep canyon and distinct peak forest in Zhangye Pingshanhu Grand Canyon. The nature conveys the colorful mountains into incomparable and breathtaking pictures with its extraordinary creations.
Zhangye Pingshanhu Grand Canyon Scenic Spot is located at 50km to the north of the Zhangye city, with the north-south width of 26km and east-west length of 40km. It has a total area of 150 sq km. The varied geomorphologic figuration is mixed with the characteristics of “Devil City” in Dunhuang and "Old Castle City" in Rome.
The whole scenic spot consists of nine dragons converging in the sea, valley wonders, couple peaks, on-line sky, lucky sacred tree, golden toad confronting the sky, stone forest and other natural and human landscapes.
The boundless landscape formed after millions of years and the mazy of canyon embody the charm and vigor particular to the West China.
The canyon scene combines grand crayon, stone forest wonder, gobi, snow mountain and primeval forest with auto-travel, sport climbing and national customs.
In 2014, Zhangye Flat Lake Canyon is targeted for the film base of China Film Association and Chinese Television Artist Association. It is also chosen as the photographic creation base for Chinese Photographers Association and outdoor camping base for Chinese Outdoor Exploration Union.
Pingshan Lake Mongolian township is an important gateway of trade between Zhangye and Inner Mongolia. It located at the mountain area of Heli and Longshou, is a transitional zone from Hexi corridor Plain to Mongolia plateau. In history, it is an important channel for Mongolians to come into the hexi corridor, is also an important barrier for Han Chinese to resist foreign invasions.
Pingshan lake grand canyon has an altitude of 1,500 to 2,550 meters. Its geological structure belongs to red - layer geomorphology. The so-called "red layer", refers to the Mesozoic Jurassic to tertiary Cenozoic sedimentary formation of the red rock series, generally referred to as the "red glutenite", more than one hundred and eight million years.
The basic characteristics of the Canyon is water flowing gully , low and gentle sandstone mountain as the background, mainly in red and white and red ocher-based color, slightly gray color, mostly conical or columnar, peculiar shape.
This special geomorphic feature is formed by hundreds of millions of years of crustal uplift, natural wind erosion, water erosion and chemical dissolution. In the erosion period, the relatively hard rock formation, constitute the valley between the cliffs. forming the platform type mountain or fortress hill in the long years of erosion.
Pingshan Lake grand canyon created by magic power of nature over hundred millions of years, through wind and rain erosion.the colorful mountain engraved into an unparalleled, breathtaking landscape.
Pingshan Lake grand canyon is composed of natural and cultural landscapes, such as Nine dragons play in the sea, the canyon spectacle, the lovers peak, the one line, the auspicious tree, the golden toad, the human bird tower, and the stone forest.
Pingshan lake grand canyon is praised by many geologists and foreign tourists as zhangjiajie, which is comparable to the grand canyon in the United States. In 2014, Pingshan lake grand canyon is selected by China film association and China television artists association as the film base and selected by China photographers' association as photography base,by outdoor exploration alliance as the outdoor camping base of China.
