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About Dayugou Scenic Area
The scenic area covers 105,214.6 hectares and lies within the Taohe national nature reserve; the Dayugou, a tributary of the Taohe river system, runs north to south through its whole 70 km length. Its core is Zhaikega, the main peak of the Dieshan range at 4,920 m, and the nine fan-shaped tributary gullies give it a vertical ecology that the prefecture government's page sums up as 'four seasons on one mountain, different weather every ten li'. It holds national forest park and provincial geopark designations, and reaches into the two townships of Muer and Nalang, carrying original forest, plateau meadow and wetland landforms. The prefecture page records that Qibu temple and other Tibetan cultural remains, together with Juenai Tibetan folk culture, are preserved there.
Qibu gully and Ajiao gully are among the gullies that have been developed, and the sights within the developed area, which a China Gansu Net report describes as thickly scattered, include Yixiantian, Sanjiaoshi, Yangzhuo lake and the Moon Gate, with the report also naming Qibulinka, the Guanyin Pavilion and the Yuanyang Pavilion. The same report records that Zhuoni county's party committee and government intend during the 14th Five-Year Plan period to build Dayugou into a national 5A-grade tourist attraction; that is a stated plan, not a designation the scenic area holds.
What to look for
- The Moon Gate, Yixiantian and Sanjiaoshi, the landform features the prefecture government page names among the main sights
- Yangzhuo lake, which both cited pages name
- Qibu temple and the Juenai Tibetan folk culture the prefecture page records as preserved in the area
- The nine fan-shaped tributary gullies, and the vertical ecology that gives the area its 'four seasons on one mountain' character
- The original forest, plateau meadow and wetland landforms the scenic area spans
Location & getting there
Getting to Dayugou Scenic Area
Check weather, trail access and the last return service. A mountain or forest area is not one entrance, and a map’s central pin may be far from the trailhead.
- Search for 大峪沟 with 甘南藏族自治州 and 卓尼县.
Find Dayugou Scenic Area
大峪沟 · 卓尼县
No reliable map pin yet: search by the Chinese name.
Sources & visit information
The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.