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This dam on the Yellow River is 14 km, and a 20-minute ride, from the city center and was the first large water-conservation project on the Yellow River after the new China was founded in 1949.
While many people are running to the local pool to cool down in the scorching summer heat, some enterprising people in the village of Miaoshang, near the city of Sanmenxia, Henan province, have found a way to spend a cool summer at home.
The Western Henan Grand Canyon in Sanmenxia is witnessing a growing number of tourists with the arrival of tourist season. .
Tours to the Yuxi Grand Canyon in Sanmenxia, Henan province have started to heat up in recent days.
Most people in Sanmenxia can't wait to capture a photo of the angelic white swans that arrive in the area each winter. To 54-year-old old Pan however, they are much more than just a photo-op.
The second China (Sanmenxia) White Swan Wildlife International Photography Festival will be underway in Sanmenxia, Henan province from Dec 12 to 18.
Sanmenxia's Swan Lake Wetland Park is the largest natural habitat for white swans in the Yellow River basin.
A part of the Yellow River Wetland National Nature Reserve spanning four cities in Henan province, Luoyang, Jiyuan, Jiaozuo and Sanmenxia, the Wangguan wetland was constructed in 2003.
Ganshan National Forest Park is famous for the red leaves stretching for dozens of square kilometers.
Fields of lavender have come into bloom in parks throughout Sanmenxia.
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