GUOLIANG TUNNEL ROAD, CHINA.
Im a kind of a girl that love adventure, love something that I think dangerous and adventured enough to challenge my braver. Actually this kind of challenging thing is important to prepare our self to not scared or easy to give up if challenging problem popup in our life.
The next destination that I choose is to go to one of the
most dangerous and challenging bridge in the world. Even this is the dangerous
things to do and you may thinks that places like this will not be visited by
the tourism around the world. But like person like me, there is still a person
that love and willing to visited places like this. Even this place is adventure
there is still unique because of their own nature attraction.
This road is located in the Taihana Mountains in the Hunan
Province of China and before its construction in 1972, access to Guoliana
village was restricted to a treacherous path carved into the mountain face.
Guoliang is also known as Guoliangcun. In Chinese, "cun" means
"Village", i.e. Guoliangcun is the Village of Guoliang.
The tunnel was built by local villagers: it took five years
to finish the 1,200 metre long tunnel which is about 5 meters high and 4 meters
wide. Some of the villagers died in accidents during construction; undaunted,
the others continued. On May 1, 1977, the tunnel was opened to traffic. It is
located in the Taihang Mountains, in the Hunan Province of China.
Guoliang Tunnel Road is pretty freaky with its 30 windows of
various sizes and shapes. The road is not as deadly as Bolivian Yungas Road but
is spooky enough when you look down the bottomless cavity and also those weird
rocks hanging from above the cliff. The magnificent tunnel road in the Taihang mountains
was built by 13 local villagers headed by their chief, Shen Mingxin, and took
around five years to finish. Many villagers lost their lives in accidents
during construction of the tunnel but the others continued relentlessly. The
tunnel was opened to traffic on May 1st, 1977
Dubbed as the road that does not tolerate any mistakes, most
accidents in the tunnel are primarily caused by the neglect of the traveller.
Nonetheless, it is an extremely scenic route and is a key destination on the
Chinese tourism map.
The Guoliang Tunnel is carved along the side of and through
a mountain in China. The tunnel links the Guoliang Village to the outside
through the Taihang Mountains which are situated in the Huixian, Xinxiang,
Henan Province of China.
Before the tunnel was constructed, access to the nearby Guoliang Village was restricted to a difficult path carved into the mountainside. The village is nestled in a valley surrounded by towering mountains cut off from outside civilization. In 1972 a group of villagers led by Shen Mingxin made plans to carve a road into the side of the mountain. Thirteen villagers began the project, but several died during construction. The tunnel is 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) long, 5 metres (16 ft) tall and 4 metres (13 ft) wide.
On 1 May 1977 the tunnel was opened to traffic. The
completion of the tunnel was a major leap forward for the villagers, as it
became a tourist attraction when China opened its borders to international
tourists.
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