Picturesque Terraces Alongside the Yellow River

Picturesque Terraces Alongside the Yellow River

沿着高速看河南｜黄河岸边万亩生态梯田美如画

 

Editor's note: Since the launch from the north half of the Lianyungang-Horgos expressway (the 81-kilometer Kaifeng-Zhengzhou section) in 1994 to an expressway mileage of 7,100 kilometers in 2020, expressways in Central China's Henan province witnesses an extraordinary change over the past 26 years.

编者按：自1994年全长81公里的连霍高速开封至郑州段北半幅建成通车，到2020年，全省高速公路通车里程达到7100公里，短短26年的时间，河南高速变化惊人。

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Sanmenxia is a city of Henan province, widely known as the "West Gate of Henan" and a "Shining Pearl on the Yellow River". The expressways linking Lianyungang and Horgos, Zhengzhou and Lushi, Luanchuan and Lushi, Sanmenxia and Xichuan as well as Yuanqu and Mianchi running through the city bring about a convenient transportation and a new look of the Yellow River. The old look of the abandoned mines and the disorganized Yellow River have now already converted and developed into a picturesque scene with lush mountains and clear rivers.

三门峡，素有河南“西大门”“黄河明珠”之称。连霍高速、郑卢高速、栾卢高速、三淅高速、渑垣高速等纵横过境，带来的不仅是交通便捷，更有黄河新颜——昔日废弃的矿坑、杂乱的黄河之滨，如今已是万亩梯田美如画，绿水青山相映衬。

Picturesque terraces alongside the Yellow River. [Photo/dahe.cn]

At the top of the mountain, the Yellow River in the north looks like a jade belt embedded in the lush mountains with the Sanmenxia Dam standing firmly. Between the mountains and the Yellow River lie across many terraces with the unique cave dwellings distributed. Now, the summer harvest season has come to an end. The well-arranged terraces present a picturesque view alongside the Yellow River.

车行至山顶，即到目的地，北望黄河，如玉带嵌在青山中，三门峡大坝岿然屹立。山顶和黄河之间，则是一片片依山势而修筑的梯田。其中，别具特色的窑洞散落分布，平添几分烟火气息。夏收已过，黄绿相间的梯田层次分明，黄河岸边又添如画般的一景。（中文来源/大河网 翻译/魏蔚 审校/焦丹）