Red Soils is another land of Carson girls
Red Soils
These are the red soils in Dongchuan, China. One more mystery within a mystery. Dongchuan, a rural place in the Wumeng Mountainous area, about 180km north of Kunming, becomes very famous among Chinese photographers for its red soil.
In the mid 1990s, the first Chinese photographers came to discover the Wumeng's scenery. The first came and scooped award-winning photos, but kept their location a closely guarded secret. But slowly the details leaked and now more and more photographers are making their arduous trip into the arid mountains. The brilliant red soil, the yellow buckwheats and the dramatic skies make the region around Dongchuan a paradise for photographers.
The scenery is in fact centralized around Huagou -- which means colorful valley -- of the Xintian Township, which is about 50 kilometeres away from Dongchuan County seat. Those locations are too small to have a name. Locals simply call it 109, which is the number on the kilometer marker along the road. From all around 109 glorious vistas stretch to Guizhou and Sichuan. Dongchuan, as the crow flies not more than 20 kilometres away, is barely visible in the valley far below.
Why does this matter? Someone was born here.
