dabanying primitive forest, located in muye township in youyang county, has 21,246 hectares of primitive forest. ancient trees towering to the sky make the scenic area green in four seasons. featuring ancient, odd, beautiful, tranquil and wild scenes, the forest gives out strong primitive atmosphere. according to the research of experts, it is the largest forest at the “mysterious n28°” of the globe, which ecological vegetation has been preserved in the most intact way. it is a mysterious place and the largest primitive forest in western china.
dabanying has a higher altitude that it presents greater difference in climate. with average altitude of over 1,600 meters, the highest place is huimoliangzi 1,895 meters above sea level. the high mountains and lofty hills in dabanying go up and down boundlessly. in the vast forest are green and flourishing trees, deep and tranquil gorges and valleys, odd caves, and gurgling springs, revealing the features of vertical climate — “four seasons in one mountain and different weather in 10 li”.
in the forest we seldom find human traces, but state protected rare animals like musk deer, clouded leopard, macaca mulatta, wuling giant salamander, rasse, chrysolophus pictus, as well as rare medicinal materials like wild gastrodia elata, root of hairy asiabell, root of anthriscus sylvestris, radix notoginseng, and goldthread root, and edible wild herbs and wild fruits. presenting biological diversity and very typical originality of ecology, it is known as “kingdom of tree, ocean of flower, paradise of animal, fairyland in earth, and natural primitive customs expo garden”, which is a rare animal and plant gene pool of china.
dabanying is a superb destination for ecology, scientific investigation, adventure and tourism. the mystery of forest and greatness of nature is thus presented to you when you come closer to dabanying, where you see primitive scenes, admire wild flowers, enjoy cool breeze, find rare animals, wash away hustle and bustle of the city and abandon the worldly worries.
