Fangshan tourist area

Fangshan scenic spot is the cemetery of Cao Guojun in Zhou Dynasty. As a symbol of regional culture and sacrificial object, it has been prosperous for thousands of years. It is a famous scenic spot and tourist attraction around Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and Anhui.

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Fangshan tourist area

Fangshan tourist area, a national AAA scenic spot, is located in the north of Dingtao District, Heze City, Shandong Province. The Fangshan cemetery is a key cultural relic protection unit in Shandong Province.

In 1046 BC, King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty and enfeoffed the whole world. He granted his younger brother Zhenduo the title of capital Taoqiu in the state of Cao. In 487 BC, the state of Cao perished. After 26 generations, in 555 years, the people of Cao missed their homeland and built Cao Bo temple in Fangshan to offer sacrifices. The temple of Cao Bo has been destroyed and built for a long time. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, temples and Taoist temples were built one after another in imitation of mountains, reaching its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with more than 40 temples, forming a large-scale scenic temple garden.

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Dingtao Fangshan scenic spot is the cemetery of Cao king in Zhou Dynasty. It has a profound cultural heritage. As a symbol of regional culture and a sacrificial object, it has been prosperous for thousands of years. It is a famous scenic spot and tourist attraction around Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and Anhui.

In 1995, Dingtao County set up the Fanshan tourism development zone. The expansion of the scenic spot was listed as a key project of provincial and municipal tourism development. The Beijing Davos summit tourism design center completed the regulatory detailed planning of Fanshan tourism zone. The planning area of Fangshan tourist area is 4.6 square kilometers. The theme of tourism development is Cao culture and Taozhu Confucian business culture. The local cultural tourism resources are integrated. Relying on the transportation advantages and location advantages, the comprehensive development of suburban tourism is carried out. It is built with Confucian business culture as the soul, pastoral waterscape as the feature, Fanli Cultural Park, Wuhu paradise, shiwaitao village, Taozhu business district and Taodu Shenyuan Supported by the five plates, it is a comprehensive cultural and ecological tourism area integrating agricultural tourism, suburban recreation, business tourism, religious tourism and other tourism functions.

Human history

Ancient tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty

The Fangshan tombs of the ancient tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty are the tombs of the nobles of the state of Cao from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. According to the records of Dingtao County annals, "Fangshan is twelve Li northwest of the county. It is the burial ground of the ancient state of Cao. The soil is as high as a mountain. From Cao shuzhenduo to the 25th generation of Boyang, it is a temple." In addition, according to the Huanyu Ji quoted from the records of Caonan literature, it is also said that "the ancient burial ground of the state of Cao imitates the mountain." In the 11th century B.C., King Wu of Zhou destroyed Zhou of Shang Dynasty and established the slave owner Dynasty of Zhou Dynasty. In order to suppress the rebellion and slave uprising of the ruled clan and consolidate the slave owner's ruling power, he granted great titles to his family. "Cao shuzhenduo, the sixth son of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, conquered the Shang Dynasty and was granted the title of Cao." Therefore, ancient Dingtao was the political, economic, cultural and military center of Cao state in the two Zhou dynasties. In order to show their economic strength and political power, the emperors of the past dynasties of the state of Cao tried their best to increase the sealing of the tombs, and gradually formed such a high mound, namely Fangshan. The existing stone inscriptions on Fangshan Mountain can also be used as evidence of this theory.

Ancient tombs of Han Dynasty

Fangshan tombs are also Han Dynasty tombs. Although there is no literature record, from the broken wall in the southwest of Dongshan, many Han Dynasty tombs with vertical caves, stone boxes and brick chambers have been exposed, and some cultural relics have been unearthed. Some tombs are as deep as five or six meters from the entrance to the bottom of the tomb, showing a large scale. According to the investigation, in Heze area, almost all the tombs of the Han Dynasty have been buried in both ancient cultural sites and ancient tombs, which may be related to the superstition and custom that burying by mountains and rivers can benefit future generations.

Relics of Ming and Qing Dynasties

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, temples were built on the top of the Fangshan tombs, and steles were erected to record events, such as the Jade Emperor's temple, baishen Pavilion, Shanmen, Guandi temple, etc. According to the records, the pavilion is "magnificent, with flying clouds and painted buildings", with the image of Lingdou; "green, yellow, Danzhu, few of them are from the world", which is very spectacular. At that time, the pines and cypresses covered the sky and the earth, and the pavilions and pavilions were hidden in it. It was quiet and simple, and there were endless tourists. In the fifth year of Daoguang reign, the inscriptions of baishendian, Yuhuangge and other temples recorded the beautiful scenery at that time: "the terrain of my pottery is flat, and there are no lofty mountains. It looks like a high hill, convex and concave, deep and beautiful. It's cloudy. The literati, who have been climbing to look at it, drinking and writing poems, imitate the mountains and consolidate the beautiful scenery.". Because of the war, the halls and pavilions were in disrepair, or collapsed, or demolished, and few of them were extant; the pines and cypresses were completely cut down; the inscriptions of the past dynasties were destroyed one after another.

Imitation Mountain Tourism

In order to better tap the culture of ancient Cao state, Dingtao County Government set up the Fangshan Tourism Development Zone, which used market means to raise funds and invested 260 million yuan for development and construction. In August 2005, Shandong Jinxiu Group invested and developed the first phase project of Fangshan tourist area, which is mainly based on Cao culture and religious culture. It took more than two years to renovate and reconstruct 11 temples in Fangshan. Fangshan tourist area covers an area of 4.6 square kilometers, and is divided into five phases: Taodu Shenyuan, Fanli Cultural Park, Wuhu paradise, shiwaitao village and taozhugong business district.

Cao Bo temple, which has just been completed, is built to commemorate Cao Shu Zhenduo, the first monarch of the state of Cao. In order to commemorate his merits, people of later generations will come here to worship him on the 27th, 28th and 29th day of the third lunar month every year, thus forming today's imitation mountain temple meeting.

With the development and promotion of Fangshan tourist area, in recent years, Cao family, who lives all over the world, has come to Fangshan to seek their roots. The monument of ancestor worship of the Cao family was erected at the Fangshan temple fair in 2006 when descendants of the Cao family from seven provinces, such as Hubei, Shandong, Henan and Anhui, came to worship their ancestors. Cao Zhongzhi, the 97 year old chairman of the Taipei Cao Zhongzhi foundation, came here this year to donate money to build a love Pavilion, calling on everyone to carry forward the fine tradition of love and help others.

While excavating the culture of the ancient state of Cao, Fangshan scenic area further expands its leisure and entertainment functions. On the east side of the original tombs of the ancient state of Cao, Fangshan lake, covering an area of 200 mu, has been presented to tourists. Boating lake, Millennium monuments and water color, skylight outlines a charming picture.

After years of development and construction, Fangshan tourism area has become a comprehensive cultural and ecological tourism area integrating leisure and vacation, suburban recreation, religious Range Rover and other tourism functions.

Address: Fangshan tourist area, Dingtao County, Heze City, Shandong Province

Longitude: 115.54269

Latitude: 35.11241

Tel: 0530-2121166

Tour time: 3 hours

Traffic information: Bus: take bus No.8 in the county and get off at Fangshan station. You can get to the scenic spot by taking No.1 tourism line in the county.

Self driving: take rinan and Ridong Expressway to the intersection of Dingtao south in Heze, about 5 kilometers south to the scenic spot.

Ticket information: 20 yuan. The disabled and servicemen holding valid certificates are free of charge; the students holding student cards are half price; the elderly over 71 years old holding senior citizen cards are free of charge

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00

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