Golden Sand Bay

Golden Sand Bay Ecological Tourism Area is located 14 kilometers north of the Haibowan District where the government of Wuhai City is situated, bordered by the Yellow River to the west and the Table Mountain Range to the east, with the grassland Hoot in the north and the urban area of Wuhai City to the south. Here, the sand dunes stretch continuously, the vegetation is rare, and it resembles the land of a desert bay. It is called 'Golden Sand Bay' because of its golden sand. Golden Sand Bay Ecological Tourism Area, with mountains to the east and the river to the west, is a magical place of geomantic treasure with a profound cultural heritage. It is said that between 1226 and 1227, the great conqueror Genghis Khan passed by the mountain bay under the Table Mountain Range on his expedition to Western Xia. Seeing the majestic mountains as a barrier behind the bay and the surging Yellow River in front, with two golden hills situated in the mountain bay, the hero was so impressed that he decided to set up camp here, appoint generals and deploy troops... It is also said that during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, a city was built along the Yellow River in front of the bay to conquer the Xiongnu... Yue Fei once stationed his troops here during his campaign against the Helan Mountains... Yang Liulang also stationed his troops here during his expedition to the west... Tibetan monks once passed through here specifically to spread scriptures. In 2005, Jiamu Xiangtu Dan, the abbot of Yonghe Temple in Beijing, and his disciples Zhamusiren and Master Chagejile visited Golden Sand Bay to perform rituals and chant scriptures. ...