Jinfo Mountain Scenic Spot

--Jinfo mountain is not far from the main urban area of Chongqing. Although it is not as famous as Wulong, it is the real back garden of Chongqing local people and the only scenic spot in the movie "Beijing meets Seattle 2".

--The scenery is different throughout the year. It's best to go in winter or summer. It's cool in summer and suitable for summer. You can also set up your own tent in the camping site. In winter, it snows on the mountain. It's a famous ski resort in Chongqing.

--The two most important tourist spots in Jinfo Mountain are Jinfo temple and ancient Buddha cave. Don't miss the cliff plank road if you like excitement. You can go up the mountain on foot or by cableway.

--The local specialty is bamboo shoots. You can also eat the local dish - stewed chicken with bamboo shoots, which is delicious. You can also take some bamboo shoots home, which is not very expensive.

--The disadvantage is that you need to take a cableway to and fro, the queue is long in peak season, and the overall cost of tickets and cableway is more expensive.

Jinfo Mountain Scenic Spot

Jinfo mountain is located near the mysterious 30 ° north latitude, in Nanchuan District of Chongqing, in the north of Dalou mountain range, with an area of 1300 square kilometers, a scenic area of 441 square kilometers, and an altitude of 2238 meters.

Jinfo Mountain scenic area integrates mountains, water, rocks, forests, springs and caves. It is a collection of majestic, strange, secluded, dangerous and beautiful. It has beautiful scenery, pleasant climate and rich tourism resources. It is honored by its unique natural style, a wide variety of rare animals and plants, magnificent and strange rock shape, mysterious and deep cave palace, unpredictable meteorological landscape and precious cultural relics Home to key scenic spots and National Forest Park. It is rated as a natural scenic spot of great development value by experts at home and abroad.

In February 2020, in order to thank the national medical staff for their dedication, from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, the scenic spot implemented a free and open preferential policy for medical workers with medical related certificates.

brief introduction

Jinfo mountain is a national scenic spot. In 2013, it was awarded the national 5A scenic spot. In 2014, it was listed as the National Nature Reserve, National Forest Park, National Natural Heritage and the first national popular science education base. "Golden Buddha, he Cuiwei, between the misty clouds and clouds" is the most beautiful portrayal of Jinfo mountain. When it is sunny in summer and autumn, the setting sun shines brilliantly on the cliffs. Like a golden Buddha, it emits thousands of rays, which is extremely spectacular and beautiful. "Jinfo Mountain" gets its name.

Jinfoshan is 18 kilometers away from Nanchuan City and 88 kilometers away from the main urban area of Chongqing. It is adjacent to Wulong in the East and Guizhou in the south. Due to the special geographical location and climate conditions, in ancient times, it buffered the attack of Quaternary glaciers, maintained the primitive ecology of ancient and different geological ages, and the karst landform features were obvious.

Climatic characteristics

Jinfo mountain is a typical karst geological landform. Due to its special geographical location and climatic conditions, it buffered the attack of Quaternary glaciers in ancient times. It completely maintains the original natural ecology of ancient and different geological ages. The mountains are magnificent and beautiful, and the scenery is deep and charming. There are dozens of mountains and valleys, and more than 100 steep peaks and ranges stand up. There are many natural karst caves in the area. The most famous one is the ancient Buddha cave on the navel of Sleeping Buddha. It is grand and deep. There are mountains, rivers and dams in the cave. There are caves in the cave.

Jinfo Mountain belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate, with the characteristics of short winter, early spring, long summer, hot and rainy season, and obvious vertical climate change. Due to the special climate conditions, sometimes the clouds and fog go and suddenly arrive, the sea of clouds and waves roll, and sometimes it is sunny after rain. The clouds, rain, haze, fog, snow and wind form a unique and beautiful weather landscape, forming a lot of beautiful water landscape, as well as the Longyan waterfall, shuihuayan waterfall and three-tier waterfall that fly down 3000 feet.

Species resources

The ancient and primitive geology, natural resources and warm climate conditions of Jinfo Mountain have created and multiplied countless precious creatures. It is a treasure house of various species, rare and concentrated creatures. Due to the large elevation difference, plant communities are distributed in vertical belts. Subtropical coniferous forest, coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest, deciduous broad-leaved and evergreen forest, virgin forest, bamboo forest, shrub and meadow all have special features. Ancient and rare plants are distributed regionally, forming a rare ancient and rare plant community landscape with distinct layers. Under the tall arbor forest, there are 100000 Mu square bamboo forest and various shrubs.

There are more than 5000 kinds of plant resources, including more than 250 kinds of ancient plants, 136 kinds of endemic plants, 82 kinds of rare and endangered plants, and 52 kinds of rare and rare plants. Rich plant resources, raising 150 species of wild animals, 113 subspecies. Among them, there are 37 species of rare animals, accounting for 67.2% of the 55 protected animals in Sichuan Province and 22% of the total protected animals in China. There are 10 species of leopard, South China tiger, tortoise leopard, red bellied horned chicken and black leaf monkey under the first-class national protection; 11 species of macaque, pangolin, crested deer, forest musk deer and black bear under the second-class national protection; 15 species of kitten, rosefinch, Sunbird, golden thrush, orange foot flying squirrel and South fox under the third-class national protection.

According to a report in 1998, "in the original primeval forest on the north slope and West foot of Jinfo Mountain, the only large area of rare wild ginkgo plants survived in the world was found. This discovery fills in the blank that the origin of Ginkgo biloba has not been found. There is an isolated distribution area of natural resources of Ginkgo biloba in the north, northeast, East, Southeast and southwest of Jinfo mountain with Jinfo peak as the core. There are about 1800 natural resources of Ginkgo biloba (- 2000). More than 94% of the individuals are in the stage of young and mature trees; about 6% of the individuals are adult trees; one is near death tree; it is a population with complete phenological age classes. It has important scientific research value to further explore the distribution and evolution of Ginkgo wild population in China.

Main landscape

Ecological Stone Forest

It is one of the most characteristic and representative scenic spots in Jinfo mountain. Compared with other stone forests, it also has stone peak and stone screen, which is also a variety of stone forest landscape. But the difference is that the stone forest here is a living stone tree symbiotic spectacle, just like a hermit hiding in the sea of primitive forest. In the dark breeze, there is the fragrance of birds and flowers, and in the winding path, there are cliffs. Only by walking into the stone forest under the shade can we truly understand the magic of nature and the mystery of natural life.

Golden Buddha cave and ancient Buddha cave

It is the outstanding one among dozens of caves in Jinfo mountain. Its magic lies not in its beautiful stalactite, but in its high altitude, long geological history and large scale. The well preserved and rare cave site of mining nitrate in the world adds a mysterious color to it. Sometimes the space inside the cave is winding and winding, sometimes the grand hall, and the underground palace is mysterious. Up to now, the proven karst cave is 11 kilometers long and the bottom area is 140000 square meters, but we still don't know how deep and how far the bottom is. Walk through the cave, listen to the water drop, see the beautiful flowers, feel the pulse of the mountain, and feel aloof.

Yongling ancient road

It is a rugged path for local people to worship Buddha and collect precious herbs. You can not only experience the thrilling thrill of the ancient cliff Road, but also experience the precipitous cliffs and peaks. Yongling ancient temple, jiutianfeiquan and zangbaoya add a bit of mystery to the ancient road.

Rhododendron Garden

It is the most convenient Rhododendron viewing area with rich varieties of Rhododendron. It can view nearly ten kinds of rare trees such as Prince of Rhododendron and Princess of Rhododendron.

Wolongtan Canyon

The canyon is about 4.5km long, with cliffs on both sides, dense forests, rippling valleys and streams, cool and quiet, and close viewing of wild animals. It is 2km away from the north gate of the scenic spot.

other

Nantianmen: climbing to the top of Nantianmen, standing on the top of mountains, overlooking the vast forest and winding mountains, close to the stone peaks, you can have a panoramic view of the boundless scenery. Stone Man peak: the towering stone peak and the majestic body stand like a supernatural force in the mountains and valleys, guarding all living things in Jinfo mountain.

Triple waterfall: located in the south slope of Jinfo Mountain, the waterfall is divided into three layers and three folds, nearly 100 meters high. It has been flying for many years, with ups and downs of water flow and magnificent momentum.

Yinshangang: it is the best viewing place for the rare plant "living fossil" yinshangang. Overlooking the South Tianmen mountains, it is extremely magnificent.

Shimen Palace: several stone pillars with a width of more than 10 meters hold up a huge mountain peak, forming several magnificent and precipitous huge stone gates, which are magnificent and shocking.

Ancient cave wall painting

The ancient Buddha cave is located at the highest altitude in Jinfo mountain. It is a famous natural karst cave in high mountains in China. It was formed 350 million years ago. In fact, the ancient Buddha cave is a huge channel of the ancient Qianhe river system. Its unique stone landscape is the result of the surge of the ancient Qianhe River 30 million years ago. At the top of the narrow cave several meters high, the traces formed by the water flow of the Qianhe River are like a ridge winding with the shape of the cave, which is called "Dragon Ridge" by the local people.

As the tributary goes to the depth of about 100 meters, the huge main channel of Guqian river stands out in front of us. A 10 meter high gyre of Guqian river with an area of about the size of a standard football field makes us feel as if we are in a huge palace. On its towering stone walls, we can clearly see the undulating "water pattern" of Guqian River in ancient times. According to reports, the ancient Buddha cave is one of the main scenic spots in Jinfo mountain. The cave is divided into upper, middle and lower layers, and the middle layer is about 2 km long

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