Yashan Huahai Stone Forest Scenic Spot

Yashan Huahai stone forest is located in Hewan Town, Nanling County, on the South Bank of the Yangtze River, at the junction of Tongling, Chizhou and Wuhu. The scenic area covers an area of about 20 square kilometers, and the scenery is very beautiful. There are more than 60 odd peaks with different shapes in the area, such as Yazi peak, Meiren peak, Shizi peak, bat peak, etc. there are also countless strange stones everywhere, such as the great turtle, Bajie stone, toad watching the sky, rhinoceros watching the moon, panda playing leaves, double swallow whispering, hundred monkey pilgrimage, etc. Xishan stone landscape is a unique tourist attraction with its miniature and bonsai style. Most of the scenic spots are limestone mountains. Under the action of natural effects such as orogeny, karst erosion, rain erosion and natural weathering, there are abundant stone forests and stone forest groups in the scenic area. The stone forest is not only large in size, but also has the characteristics of lifelike image, different shapes and different shapes. In the long-term production and life, the local residents use the tiny space in the cracks of the stone forest to plant peony. From a distance, it looks like the peony growing on the stone. The flowers are based on the stone, and the stone is based on the flower, which is complementary and mutually beneficial, forming a unique west mountain landscape.

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Yashan Huahai Stone Forest Scenic Spot

Located in Nanling County, Wuhu City, Anhui Province, Ya mountain is composed of Huahai Stone Forest Scenic Area, Tiankeng Park, Nanshan Temple and Longshan. The scenic spot is a typical karst landform, which is a large-scale karst landscape in East China. Stone forest, karst cave, waterfall, canyon, Tiankeng, underground river and Peak Lake are integrated in the area. Yashan scenic area covers an area of 25 square kilometers. It is one of the important scenic spots in Anhui "two mountains and one lake" tourism economic circle. In 1987, Yashan was approved as the first batch of provincial scenic spots in Anhui Province. Yashan Geopark is the Sixth Batch of national geoparks approved by the Ministry of land and resources in 2011.

Development history

Historical legend

There is a beautiful legend about the origin of the name of Yashan: in the Tang Dynasty, the king of Tibet visited the south. When he passed by this place, he saw the beautiful water and mountains, so he decided to choose it as a temple site. But he never thought that when he fell from the clouds, he stepped on the mountain in half, which was like the word "Ya", so Yashan was named after it. The original steep mountain peak was trampled in half, so the king of Tibet had no choice but to choose Jiuhua Mountain, which is not too far away, as the place to build the temple. However, he was still obsessed with Yashan. The wise disciples knew his mind, so they chose Nanshan, which is opposite to Yashan, to build a temple. They looked at Jiuhua from afar. They even stopped to listen in the morning, and the sound of Jiuhua bell was faintly heard. It is said that the "monk Association Division" (monk's court) of Jiuhua Mountain was once set up in Nanshan, which shows that the king of Tibet attached great importance to Nanshan Temple.

There are many cultural landscapes in the park with a long history, but few remain, such as Nanshan Temple. It is said that the Tibetan king Bodhisattva once presided over here before he arrived at Jiuhua Mountain. Sun's ancestral hall was once known as "Jinluan hall in the mountains". Modern cultural relics mainly include the monument of revolutionary martyrs, Yashan folk custom museum, etc., which not only provides tourists with a place to view, but also can understand the history of folk custom development and revolutionary traditional education.

Yashan has a long history and profound cultural accumulation. During the spring and Autumn period, iron mining and smelting have been carried out, and many ancient mining and smelting sites have been found. Lingshan temple was built in Nanliang, where Liang Cai, a poet of Qing Dynasty, visited and left a famous poem "Lingshan Temple". In the early Tang Dynasty, Lingyan temple was built in Nanshan, where famous poets Li Bai and Wei Yingwu visited and left immortal poems. There is a local legend about why Sun Quan's descendants lived in seclusion here. On the eve of the confrontation of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu, born in Lujiang, Anhui Province, made friends with sun CE. At the age of 21, he went to the battlefield with sun CE to pacify Jiangdong. Later, he was appointed county magistrate of Chungu (Nanling County) by sun CE. Some members of the sun family assisted Zhou Yu in governing Chungu. Until sun CE died, Sun Quan was in charge, and Zhou Yu was appointed general. Later, due to frequent wars, Zhou Yu went down to Dang village in order to settle the family of King Wu. Because Ya mountain is the Jiuhua mountain range, where the mountains are piled up, and the mountains are continuous, making it a natural barrier that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Sun Quan, the king of Wu, built a stronghold here to train his troops (the site of Sun Quan's training is still preserved on the top of Ya mountain). It was not until the first year of Taikang (280 A.D.) in the later period of the three kingdoms that Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, attacked Wu on a large scale. SUN Hao, Sun Quan's grandson, was defeated and Wu was destroyed. However, the king of Wu who lived in Xiadang Village was preserved.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Nanshan Temple was rebuilt, in which there was a monk association department (Buddhist management organization), which was famous as a Buddhist holy land. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, sun began to build his ancestral hall in Huangshan. Its complex structure, magnificent momentum, precious materials and exquisite carving made it known as "Jinluan hall in the deep mountains", which is the first in the south of the Yangtze River. The Taiping army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the Qing Dynasty was once in the area of Yashan at the junction of Tongling, Qingyang and Nanling. It is said that the fairy cave in Xishan was the place where the Taiping Army General Guo Laotai stationed troops to raise horses. Liang Cai, a poet of Qing Dynasty, visited here and left his famous poem Lingshan temple.

places of historic figures and cultural heritage

There are three treasures in Nanshan: Spotted bamboo, boneless fish and bijiniao. Boneless fish is about three inches long. Its whole body is black and shiny, without a thorn card. Its meat is fresh and tender. It is a treasure in the banquet and used to be a royal tribute in the past.

Yashan stone arch bridge is quite famous in history. Mei Dingzuo, a dramatist and famous poet of the Ming Dynasty, came to Yashan several times to admire the many stone arch bridges with different shapes. He also wrote an impromptu poem for the Huangshan bridge: a hundred feet flying to the top of the mountain, and there are many snails in the mirror. In autumn, the Ming River Falls, and the twelve silver bridges lock the jade dragon. There are twelve arch bridges on the Yashan river.

Nanling lake, located in Longshan Village, is on the top of a high mountain. It is said that a lake of clear water suddenly rose between the depressions during the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. It is also said that it has existed since ancient times. Because the reflection of Nanling Wenfeng pagoda can be seen from the lake, it is named "Nanling Lake". All theories are reasonable, but in any case, the scenery of Pinghu is magnificent. The rocks, caves, springs and waterfalls of Ya mountain are well-known, but the ancestral hall of Zhang Jia, which is "raised in the boudoir and unknown to people", is rarely known. Not far from Nanling lake, the ancestral hall is simple, elegant and small. Although it is not as grand as Huizhou ancestral hall, its unique elegance and tranquility also witness the prosperity and decline of a family.

People are familiar with the famous poem "looking up at the sky and laughing to go out, are we Penghao people?" which was written by Li Bai before he went to Beijing to live in yashanzhai mountain in Tang Dynasty. Wei Yingwu, who was a governor in Suzhou, was glad to hear that there is a famous Lingyan Temple (namely Nanshan Temple) in Yashan mountain in the south of the Yangtze River Yong, duxinshan temple The land is sparse, the spring is narrow, the spring is deep, and the vegetation is thick... " Sun Kui, a native of modern times, was born in poverty, but he was diligent and studious. He once served as the first president of Nanling Chungu school. He was honest and upright, and read a lot of poems. In his life, he had hundreds of poems, including the collection of poems "difficult trace". Sun Kui is versatile and has made great achievements in his paintings, which are mostly collected by local people.

Main attractions

Pearl curtain waterfall

Zhulian waterfall is located in Jiulong gorge. The waterfall is about 40 meters high and 12 meters wide. The water source is from Jiulong cave. According to relevant experts, the irregular, uneven, wide and narrow wall is a gaihua formed by water flow for thousands of years.

Zhulian waterfall will change with the rainy season. In rainy season, the waterfall is about 5 meters wide and the sound is loud. In sunny days, the waterfall forms a string of water drops into the pool, just like a bead curtain hanging from the mid air. So it is called "Pearl curtain waterfall". After rain, we can often see the scene of rainbow and waterfall, so it is also called "colorful bead curtain".

Toad watching the sky

The scene of toad watching the sky is said to be the incarnation of toad king in the Moon Palace. A long time ago, there were many mosquitoes in Xishan and Jiangnan. Drought and flood were very serious, and crops were in short supply year after year, so people were forced to flee everywhere. In order to save all the people in the world, the toad king of the Moon Palace led several toads to come to the world and eat mosquitoes and all kinds of pests. Because he saw people suffering from mosquitoes and pests with his own eyes, the toad King took measures to kill mosquitoes and pests. In order to prevent the resurgence of mosquitoes and pests, he turned himself into a mountain spirit stone, looked at the sky from a distance and called the wind and rain for the people. From then on, the weather was good, the agricultural harvest was good, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Julong gorge and Jiulong cave

Julong gorge is east-west, with a relative height of 120 meters. The length of the canyon is 150 meters. The lithology of the mountains on both sides is mainly limestone, mixed with glutenite. There are 150 square meters of platforms in the canyon. Its northwest is steep as a cliff. There are many exposed weathered stalactites on the surface, which are called Jiulongbi or Jiulonggu by local people. There is Nine Dragon Cave at the bottom of the wall, and spring water gushes out. It is said that in ancient times, Julong gorge was the birthplace of "dragon". It is said that the original dragon gorge has towering ancient trees, deafening sound of running water, and fog all year round. One day, I saw a puff of fog from the entrance of Jiulong. Suddenly, from the entrance of Jiulong, a silver gray "dragon" flew out with the fog, followed by two and three, a total of nine. The Nine Dragons rolled over and played with each other in the mist in the spring of Julong gorge. For several hours, the nine "Dragons" were tired of playing and stopped to have a rest. At dusk, the Nine Dragons suddenly flew through the thick fog and into the sky as if they had finished their work. Then they flew to the four directions according to the southeast and northwest directions, and the Julong gorge became calm from then on. Fog is only available in spring morning. The causes of Julong gorge and Jiulong cave

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