sunyan canyon is located within jiangfeng township in youyang county and hualian village (formerly known as sunyan village) in longtan town. with a length of over 10km, the canyon has steep peaks towering high and green mountains standing quietly. the widest canyon has 8 to 10 meters while the narrowest canyon is only 2 to 3 meters. the vertical drop of the canyon reaches over 1,000 meters. it has “large area of azaleas and red autumnal leaves, hundred-year ancient village, eight hundred odd peaks, and 10-li canyon”, which boast magnificent, odd, dangerous, beautiful, steep, and tranquil scenery.
the winding paths lead to tranquil depths of the canyon with gurgling brook, rounding ranges of hills, dense forest, waterfalls, terraces and karst caves, bamboo forest, stone forest, stalagmites, cinnabar ore site, and natural villages, amazing people with the feeling of “where hills bend, streams wind and the pathway seems to end, past dark willows and flowers in bloom lies another village”. particularly the mountains standing on two banks of the canyon look like cutting apart by a knife. the resources in the canyon are well preserved since the road is not connected, which has become the paradise of wildlife. wild boars, pheasants, hares and chrysolophus pictus, the national level 2 protected animal, occur in the canyon. it is a good place for venture, experience, hiking and canyon tourism.
