Helan Mountain Rock Painting is the focus of heritage conservation units in 1997 by the International Rock Painting Committee of UNESCO World Heritage List as an informal, in April 2004 and formally declared the world's cultural heritage. January 2006, the Ministry of Construction was included in the first batch of Chinese natural and cultural Shuangyi Chan preparatory list.

Helan Mountain, stretching 500, in the eastern foot of Helan Mountain found tens of thousands of ancient rock paintings, which records the ancient human in 3000 to 10,000 years ago, before herding, hunting, worship, war, dance entertainment, such as life scenes Jiaogou , As well as sheep, cattle, horses, camels, tigers, leopards and other animals and abstract pictorial symbols. Revealed the original clan tribal nature worship, reproductive worship, totem worship, the cultural connotation of ancestor worship, is the study of Chinese human cultural history, religious history, the history of primitive art and cultural treasure house.

Yinchuan urban area 56 km away from the Helan I Rock Paintings scenic area, Helan Mountain is a vibrant place for the rock paintings. Here because of Junqiao, picturesque, Four Seasons Springs inexhaustible. Yamaguchi in 5000 a number of internal and external distribution of the rock paintings, which were like the rock paintings are of 700 pieces. With its rich form of expression, the regional distribution of concentration, deep cultural connotation, from the city centre near the crown of the head of the World Rock Painting, attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists.

Helan mouth is not only the enrichment of ancient rock paintings, is the original nomads of worship center, but also eastern foot of Helan Mountain Folk Culture accumulated abundant ancient village location. "Fan Jia Taiyuan" as the ancient village and its ancient architecture was distributed in Mizonokuchi Shanmian the ground outside Taiwan, where in addition to a large number of rock paintings, but also found that primitive human beings living in caves and housing sites, the PAC site, the altar, ancient Shimu northern nomadic peoples of the circle and the worship of the reproductive structures of stone. At the same time, in the area of distribution is also building the temple ruins of Xixia, the Ming Dynasty Water Commissioner, the Ming Dynasty stone sentry Taiwan, the Qing Dynasty Dragon Temple, the Temple of sheep and Loop Shenzhu Temple, and other ancient buildings.

In recent years the development and construction, Helan I Rock Paintings scenic area to maximize faded traces of modern architecture, the protection of ancient rock paintings and its original, simple natural ecological environment and human environment. Ningxia into the 21st century, the world's cultural significance, the most development potential of the tourist destination. Outside the meantime, we can not only taste of Helan Mountain of the majestic, beautiful nature, the mysterious ancient rock paintings, but also reveling in the ancient village, the ancient ruins the original, thick atmosphere, the situation Sigu of You. Chinese and foreign tourists its visit to Cuba Tanqi, Xunyou the static and fitness among the entertainment good place.
Each of the scenic spots to tourists Helan I will sincerely issued Buxucihang the sigh!