The Amazing Red Soil of Dongchuan 东川红土地—上帝的调色板

Dongchuan, literally means River East, is located 180km north of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, China. It is famous for its massive land of red soil. The soil contains such components as oxidized Iron, after a long period of oxidation, gradually added and mixed in the soil that produced this extra-ordinary reddish brown soil. Every inch of land are cultivated and planted to the maximum by the inhabitants, consequently causing unwanted damage to the place... erosion. Dongchuan mainly attacts photographers and not the mass tourist crowd, due to its remote location and poor infrastructure. Because of this, it stays relatively quiet and still a heaven for photographers. The scale of red soil in Dongchuan is second only to the one in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dongchuan is one of the remaining few places in China that are yet to collect any admission fee.

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