The Zhaixia Big Canyon is not only a plant kingdom, but also a natural geologic museum. When you wander in the canyon, you will be surprised at the crisscross of the rocks of different eras. The metamorphic rocks on your left hand side may be solidified hundreds of million years ago, but just on your right hand side, there would be the sedimentary rocks deposited just 65 million years ago. Wandering through the canyon would make you feel just like walking in a temporal-spatial tunnel and confuse the chronology.
In addition, the Zhaixia Big Canyon is an assemblage of valleys. It can be said that it is the valleys that form the Zhaixia Big Canyon. Comparing the canyon to a wide street, the valleys then just like alleys and extremely-narrow valleys (linear valleys) form a spectacle called A-thread-of-sky,because you can only see a linear sky while you are in the valley. This is really the canyon that can hold tens of thousand valleys. It can be said without exaggeration that one will never want to see canyon again after visiting the Zhaixia Big Canyon.
Tips: 16 kilometers from southwest Taining City. Tour fee: RMB 45 yuans per person, including 5 yuans for guide¡¯s explanation. Tel: 0598-7813777.
