Shiliandong National Forest Park

Shiliandong National Forest Park covers a total area of more than 22000 mu. The park is rich in animal and plant resources, more than 80 kinds of wild animals, many of which belong to the national first and second level protection of precious species. There are 67 families of plants, more than 500 species, including ancient trees more than 100 years old, precious tree species and special economic forests with high ornamental and protection value. In the four seasons of the year, the mountain ranges are emerald, the forest sea is full of waves, sometimes the clouds are shrouded, sometimes the sun is screening gold, and there are more clear springs, clever rocks, gorgeous mountain flowers, and graceful birdsong, which constitute a gorgeous, fresh and elegant tourism environment.

traffic

Self driving: anqing-g206-g318-qiesi toll station (Huaining) - towards Wuhan - Shanghai Chongqing Expressway - at the entrance / exit of Susong, turn right slightly - drive 500 meters, turn left ahead - finish

Shiliandong National Forest Park

Shiliandong National Forest Park is a national 4A scenic spot. Located in the suburb of Susong County, Southwest Anhui Province, national highway 105 and Hurong Expressway run through the forest area, close to Hejiu railway. It covers an area of 22000 mu, with a forest coverage rate of 97.4%.

Shiliandong National Forest Park has four scenic spots: Hexi mountain, Fuyu mountain, yangjiaojian and luohanjian. The natural landscape and cultural landscape have their own characteristics. There are more than 100 natural landscapes and more than 50 cultural landscapes.

Shiliandong National Forest Park is located in the aftervein of the Dabie Mountains, with low mountains as the main landform and a humid climate in the north subtropical zone. Based on forest landscape and natural landscape, the park has built tourism facilities such as leisure and vacation. It is a multi-functional and Comprehensive Forest Park with the function of urban entertainment area.

Historical evolution

Shiliandong Forest Park was originally a forest farm in Susong County.

In 1992, the Ministry of forestry approved it as a national forest park.

In 2006, shiliandong National Forest Park was rated as a 2A tourist area by anqing tourist attraction quality rating agency.

In 2010, the forest park was expanded into four areas, namely comprehensive service area, Ecological Resort area, leisure and entertainment area and religious pilgrimage area.

In 2011, it was rated as AAAA national tourist attraction by the State Tourism Administration.

From 2012 to 2015, Susong County literary couplets, hard pen calligraphy association, poetry couplets Association and Photographers Association awarded the "creation base" plaque for shiliandong National Forest Park, marking that shiliandong National Forest Park has officially become the literature and art creation base of Susong County.

In January 2014, Susong County Photographers Association awarded the "photography creation base" plaque to shiliandong National Forest Park, marking that shiliandong National Forest Park has officially become the photography creation base of Susong County Photographers Association.

From 2014 to 2016, it was rated as "civilized unit of Susong County" for three consecutive years.

In 2015, shiliandong "Zen Culture Park" cultural tourism project was listed as the national excellent tourism investment project by the State Tourism Administration, and it was listed as the key scheduling project of Anhui Provincial Tourism reform leading group in the same year.

geographical environment

Location context

Shiliandong National Forest Park is located in the southwest of Susong County, the junction of Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, about 2 kilometers away from the county. The geographical coordinates are 116 ° 03 ′ - 116 ° 08 ′ E and 30 ° 07 ′ - 30 ° 20 ′ n. It is only 80 kilometers away from Xiaogu mountain, the "Yangtze River Island" in the East, Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province in the south, Wuzu temple in Dongshan mountain, the "Tianxia ancestral court" of Huangmei Zen in Hubei Province in the west, and Tianzhu Mountain, a national scenic spot in the north. The total area is 22000 mu.

Geology and geomorphology

Shiliandong National Forest Park is located in the eastern end of Dabie Mountains in the transition zone from Huaiyin geological paleocontinent to Nanjing depression. It is a low mountain landform with the main peak at an altitude of more than 300 meters.

climate

Shiliandong National Forest Park belongs to the north subtropical humid climate zone. The climate is characterized by four distinct seasons, sufficient sunshine, abundant heat, abundant rainfall and long frost free period. The annual average temperature is 16.6 ℃, the annual average precipitation is 1307.2 mm, the annual average sunshine hours is 2023.7 hours, and the frost free period is 254 days.

Resources

There are more than 500 species of plants in 67 families in shiliandong National Forest Park, including ancient trees more than 100 years old, precious tree species and special economic trees; there are more than 80 kinds of animals, many of which are precious species under the first and second level national protection.

By 2012, the main plants are pine, elm, park tree, Osmanthus fragrans, Gardenia jasminoides, Michelia, Podocarpus, Albizia julibrissin, Cinnamomum camphora, bamboo, Magnolia grandiflora and red leaf plum. Among the animals, the main mammals are yellow deer, wild goat, kitten, pangolin, fox, jackal, badger, wild boar, rabbit, etc.; the main birds are eagle, dove, pheasant, woodpecker, thrush, azalea, Shrike, acacia, great tit, red billed orchid Finch, grey magpie, etc.; the main snakes are black wind snake, yellow flower snake, earth woman, five step dragon, two headed snake, wall black snake, etc.

Scenic spots

Shiliandong National Forest Park has four scenic spots: Hexi mountain, Fuyu mountain, yangjiaojian and luohanjian. The main scenic spots are cultural corridor, shiliandong, Wuzu temple, Guanyin Island, Jiuqu lotus pond, Heyi ancient pond, longxiaoshi, duiziao Pavilion, mushroom Pavilion, Sigu Pavilion, Wangjiang Pavilion, fenjingtai, yiyitian, Buddha sitting stone, Xianju Valley, shishangpu, etc.

Shilian cave

Shilian cave, also known as Shili cave, is located in the middle of Hexi mountain. There is a stone on the top of the cave, which looks like a green whip. It is said that Tang Luo's hiding place was once inscribed "Shilian cave" at the top right, and it was recorded as a historic site in Anqing Fu Zhi. There are two ancient trees in front of the cave, which are arched to protect the entrance. The stone chamber in the cave is empty, green moss lingers, clear spring ticks and bell milk hangs upside down. About three meters, there is a stone lying on the side of the wall, engraved with the three words "teaching cave" and a poem "five ancestors chanting". It is said that the place where Hongren's grandmaster taught the Dharma is also called a cave. Further into the 10 meters, the hole diameter right down, cave top stalagmite head, such as lotus leaf, hanging upside down inclined in front. There is also a rectangular stone bed leaning against the cave, with the word "Yin" of wild grass on the wall, as elegant as an immortal. It is said that this is Luo Yin's couch. The word "Yin" was written by Zhong Li of Han Dynasty. Shilian cave is more than 100 meters long. The spring flows like a waterfall and flows down to the ancient lotus pond.

Wuzu Temple

Hongren, the fifth patriarch of Zen in the Tang Dynasty, practiced Buddhism in Shilian cave. He became attached to Buddhism and began to build the fifth patriarch temple in Shilian cave. Hongren, the fifth patriarch, left Shuangfeng Mountain in Huangmei, Hubei Province at the age of 37 and began a 13-year tour. During this period, most of the time in Susong Shilian cave. To create the origin of Zen "Dongshan Famen" thought. It is said that Hongren traveled here to have a rest on the huge stone like a chair on the mountain. Looking around, he could see that the scenery was quiet. It was an ideal place for practicing. He wanted to be outstanding here. When I heard that there was fishy water in the Longhu Lake at the foot of the mountain, I chanted "I don't love fish pond water in my life, and the sound of wind waves is also fishy.". After singing, they fly away. Later, the believers built the "Shilian cave Zen forest" with the resting cassiterite as the niche of the central Chan hall, the stone cave on the hillside as the Dharma teaching cave, and the stone lotus on the top of the cave as the Buddha's lamp. Since then, pilgrims have been prosperous and well-known.

After being eroded by the wind and rain of the past generation, the "shiliandong Buddhist temple" has been revived and abandoned several times. According to Shi songgong, a famous person of Susong culture in the early Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the preface to rebuilding Shilian cave Zen forest That is to say, the reconstruction of the Ming Dynasty is not the same as before. In the last year, it was burned down in the army. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there were only rafters to kill Mao Jiean. When I was old, I wanted to turn the wind wheel, but I went. Shi couldn't bear to forget his ancestral trace. He used Bu Jinren to collect Su jiuyu and reconstruct jingshe. " In order to restore the Wuzu temple, the temple was rebuilt in 2012. In April 2014, master Shi Jianren, a descendant of Wuzu, followed the path of Hongren, the ancestor. He left the built Wuzu temple in Huangmei and settled in Shilian cave, Susong, Wuxi.

When it was a prosperous time, the government was well-informed and the people were harmonious, the governments at all levels were very considerate, and the ten believers praised and cheered. The origin of the revival of the fifth patriarch temple in Shilian cave.

Warp splitter

Fenjingtai, also known as Jinshi, is beside Xianju valley. There is a huge five meter high oval platform with three characters of "fenjingtai" engraved on it, and the next book is "emperor song Jiatai first year, June 11.". According to legend, the prince of Liang Zhaoming, Xiao Tong, was divided into 32 Jingang scriptures, so it was named. In the first year of Jiatai (1201), the monument was erected to commemorate the 700 year birthday of Prince Zhaoming. The stone standing on the edge is like a bow. It's called "scripture worship stone". It's said that it got its name when Prince Zhaoming held the scripture worship ceremony here after the completion of Scripture division. Because the Vajra sutra was temporarily hidden in Shilian cave, Shilian cave was also called "Sutra cave".

Duiziao Pavilion

Dui drinking Pavilion, also known as Wangjiang Pavilion, is 30 meters west of Longxiao stone. The pavilion stands on the top of the west mountain of the river, facing the cliffs below, echoing the pavilion of the fourth Gu and the pavilion of the fifth ancestor. The pavilion is made of cement and imitation wood, with a stone base and a hexagonal cornice, up to 7.8 meters high.

Longxiaoshi

Longxiao stone, also known as Yakou stone, is on the top of Xiaohexi mountain, not far from duiziao Pavilion. It is inscribed with "longxiaoshi" in calligraphy by Li Guangzu, a calligrapher.

Buddha sitting stone

Buddha sitting stone is 30 meters southwest of Shilian cave. The stone is shaped like a semi elliptical chair, engraved with the word "Buddha sits on the stone", which is the five first honing calligraphy. Not far in front of the Buddha sitting stone, there is a road between the two peaks, facing each other like a door, which is the Buddha sitting ridge. Both of them are relics of the fifth patriarch of Zen, which are recorded as historical sites in Anqing Fu Zhi.

Thin strip of sky

frontline

Chinese PinYin : Shi Lian Dong Guo Jia Sen Lin Gong Yuan