The Shahu Tourist Zone, situated on the Qianjin Farm 56 kilometers east of Yinchuan, is bordered on the east by the Yellow River, and on the west by the Helan Mountain. It has all the makings of a state-class wetland natural reserve for water fowls. Embracing 895 hectares of water surface, 1,837 hectares of marshes, and 1,515 hectares of deserts and semi-drifting sand dunes, the Shahu Lake is a rare natural ecological phenomenon in desert-infested north China. The reed marshes in the lake are a natural habitat for more than 100,000 animals in 140-plus species, including nearly 100 kinds of birds. As a tourist zone, the Shahu Lake offers such tourist services as sightseeing, cruise zone, the Shahu Lake offers such tourist services as sightseeing, cruise in the maze of reed marshes, boating, angling, and visits to an aquarium, a water-bound village, a Hui folklore park, a Western Xia villa and Mongolian yurts. The Shalu Lake Tourist Zone, its mighty expanse of liquid silver spreading for miles on end, it sand dunes kindling with the glorious sunshine and the myriad mountains in the background, is indeed a dream place to be for travelers to the northern frontiers, So far the place has received more than a million tourists from across the world.