Jingchu.com News (Reporter Wu Jian) Take a hot air balloon ride to enjoy the world's most beautiful Grand Canyon , enjoy a toast banquet for thousands of people in Enshi, and witness a romantic aerial wedding... October 14, 2016 Enshi Grand Canyon Hot Air Balloon Tourism Festival The grand opening of the live musical "Dragon Boat Diao " in the country's largest canyon.
Maybe you have seen Tujia Yaomei and her elder brother singing love songs to each other in the valley, but have you ever seen Yaomei and her elder brother to sing love songs to each other in a hot air balloon? This hot air balloon tourism festival is centered on a series of hot air balloon activities and will last until the 16th. It will host the "Yummy Man" toast banquet for 1,000 people, a peach blossom aerial wedding ceremony, the "Walking in the Clouds" Grand Canyon Hiking Race, the canyon Various activities include tent music festival, large-scale real-life landscape musical "Dragon Boat Tune" performance, and "Cloud View of the Grand Canyon" drone photography competition.
Enshi Grand Canyon Hot Air Balloon Tourism Festival opens
Enshi Grand Canyon Hot Air Balloon Tourism Festival opens
Douyu popular anchor Zola takes off in a hot air balloon live. Yuntu aerial photography by Chen Yong and Zhao Rong
Tujia Yaomei sings love songs in a hot air balloon. Yuntu Aerial Photography by Chen Yong and Zhao Rong
The majestic Grand Canyon meets the beautiful hot air balloons, and the simplest Tujia customs meet the most advanced aviation sports. Zhang Yongqiang, deputy governor of Enshi Prefecture, introduced at the opening ceremony that in 2015, Hubei TV and Hubei West Hubei Ecological Culture Tourism Circle Investment Co., Ltd. jointly planned and held the first Enshi Grand Canyon Hot Air Balloon Tourism Festival, which effectively helped It promoted the development of Enshi's tourism and cultural industry and greatly enhanced the tourism brand image of Enshi Prefecture.
"We will strive to realize the leap from a continent with tourism resources to a strong tourism economy," Zhang Yongqiang said. In the future, Enshi will focus on the creation of a national all-region tourism demonstration zone, develop core scenic spots in depth, continuously improve tourism supporting facilities, and vigorously create a tourism brand , increase the improvement of the tourism industry chain, and vigorously build a nationally renowned tourist destination for outdoor sports and fitness, green ecological culture, and health, leisure and wellness.
During the Hot Air Balloon Tourism Festival, the most exciting thing is the hot air balloon racing performance. 15 gorgeous hot air balloons flew together over the world's most beautiful Grand Canyon, dancing in the canyon like petals falling from the sky. In addition, the event also arranged 10-15 hot air balloons for tourists to experience tethered flights (the hot air balloons are limited to a certain height and range from the ground by tethered ropes). Each ball can carry 2-3 adult tourists at a time, the tethered flight time is 15 minutes per ball, and the altitude is about 70 meters.
A hot air balloon is released over the Enshi Grand Canyon. Cloud Atlas aerial photography by Chen Yong and Zhao Rong
Hot air balloons are released into the Enshi Grand Canyon. Cloud Atlas aerial photography by Chen Yong and Zhao Rong
Hot air balloons are released into the Enshi Grand Canyon. Yuntu Aerial Photography Photographed by Chen Yong and Zhao Rong
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Enshi Grand Canyon, located in Enshi City, Hubei Province, is praised by experts as comparable to the Colorado Grand Canyon in the United States. It is a section of Qingjiang Grand Canyon , with a total length of 108 kilometers and an area of 300 square kilometers. square kilometers. The scenic spots in the canyon include hundreds of miles of cliffs, thousand-foot waterfalls, roaring peaks, primeval forests, ancient villages, etc. There are also sky bridges, water and sky, and people in the canyon. It is like a fairyland. The natural scenic spot mainly consists of Daheqi scenery, front mountain cliffs, large, medium and small Longmen peaks, Banqiao cave group, Longqiao underground river , Yunlong River ground seam, back mountain single peak, Yulong mountain cliff, Chaodong rock cliff, and Tongpen It is composed of Water Forest Park, Tunpu Qingjianghe Gallery, etc.
Hot air ballooning has become an internationally popular sports and entertainment activity in recent years. Currently, there are more than 20,000 hot air balloons flying around the world. Hot air ballooning has only been in my country for more than 30 years and is still a niche sport - currently there are only more than 180 hot air balloons and more than 500 athletes in our country. Letting more people know and love this sport is also the reason why the China Aviation Sports Association chose to host the competition in the Enshi Grand Canyon.
