Luojia Mountain

Luojia mountain is located in the middle of Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, on the southwest Bank of the East Lake. It is composed of more than ten connected hills. Luojia mountain, 118.5 meters above sea level, is the highest peak on the South Bank of the East Lake. From the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the East Lake and Wuhan. Luojia mountain has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. Luojia mountain is rich in plants. Most of the plants were introduced after the establishment of national Wuhan University.

Luojia Mountain

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Luojia mountain is located in the middle of Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, on the southwest Bank of the East Lake. It is composed of more than ten connected hills. Wuhan University, a famous university in China, is located here.

The top of Luojia mountain is 118.5 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak on the South Bank of the East Lake. From the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the East Lake and Wuhan. Luojia mountain has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and lush plants. Most of the plants are introduced by national Wuhan University. Luojia mountain is really full of scenic spots. There are former residences of Zhou Enlai, villas of Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu and Chiang Kai Shek.

brief introduction

Luojia mountain, formerly known as Luojia mountain, is also known as Kashan mountain. The current name of Luojiashan was changed by Wen Yiduo, the first Dean of the school of Arts at national Wuhan University. Luo means hard stone; Jia means headdress worn by ancient women. The homonym of "Luojia" and "Luojia" implies the difficulties of building a school in Luojia mountain.

Luojia mountain is located in the eastern suburb of Wuchang, Hubei Province. Towering across the mountains, lush flowers and trees, beautiful buildings, located on the shore of the East Lake, the scenery of mountains and waters, complement each other, becoming a group of beautiful scenery, far and near. The altitude is 93 meters. In the East, the foot of the mountain rises and falls, the huff and puff twists and turns, the lake slaps, the spray bead splashes the jade; the hillside is beautiful, the trees are green, the houses are elegant; when the cherry blossom is in full bloom every year, the falling flowers are colorful and intoxicating. From the mountainside to the top of the mountain, the forest is deep and dense, shaking green and flying green, covering the sun and the moon, deep and secluded. Above and below Luojia mountain, there are huge rocks, steep rocks, winding paths, and birds singing.

Cultural details

Luojia mountain is full of scenic spots. During the period of Kuomintang communist cooperation against Japan, Wuhan's strategic position was extremely important. It once became the center of the national anti Japanese war. Chiang Kai Shek and Zhou Enlai were both in Wuhan at that time and lived in Luojia mountain. Today, their old homes are well preserved. Luojia hillside, there are more than a dozen villas, lived in many celebrities. The villas of Guo Moruo and Yu Dafu are only a few steps away from Chiang Kai Shek's.

The top of Luojia mountain has a special flavor. There are more than ten big pits on the top of the mountain, which are said to be the bunkers dug by the Chinese Army during the Anti Japanese war. There are many strange stones on the mountain, some like lion and tiger crouching, some like tortoise roaring, some like lovers, some like flag hunting, some like brocade book rack, some like Tianmen dongkai. There is a water tower on the top of Luojia mountain, but it is in the form of a Buddhist pagoda. There is one of the best places to overlook the East Lake. If you look at it, the water and sky are wide, the mountains are faint, and the sails and shadows are a little bit. It makes people feel excited. I forget things and I don't know where I am.

Historical evolution

Qianlong 58 years (1793) "Jiangxia county annals": Luojia mountain in the northeast of the county 20 Li Lake. The origin of the name "Luojia" seems to be related to Buddhist temples. In the 14th and 5th centuries, the place name still exists. When Yang shiting visited the East Lake (formerly Shahu) in the Ming Dynasty, he passed through the mountain from Hongshan. He recorded pine forest and Qingjian, but did not put forward the name of the mountain. In 1929, Wuhan University explored a new campus in Luojia mountain. Wen Yiduo, one of the school's leaders, changed the word "Luojia" to "Luojia" according to the homonym in view of the towering mountains and beautiful scenery, which is like a fairy's necklace. Luojia symbolizes hard jade, which indicates that Wuhan University was the highest institution in the two lakes at that time. Therefore, the name of Luojia mountain is still used today.

During the period of the Republic of China, from the late 1920s to the 1930s, many dignitaries came here to build villas, such as Xia Douyin's "Yangyun villa", commonly known as Xiajia garden, covering an area of more than 70 hectares; Cao Xiangtai's "Zhongyin villa", namely Cao's garden; Huang's garden of tea merchant Huang; and garden houses of Zhang Nanxian, Li Shucheng, Geng zhongzhao, etc. After the establishment of Wuhan University, it attached great importance to landscaping and decorated the area with dense jungle and flowers, becoming a favorite scenic spot for tourists. After the devastation of war, the campus of Wuda was deserted and most of its gardens were obliterated. Only caojia garden was left (the garden was purchased from the Central South military region in 1950 and changed into the fourth guest house of the military region in the 1960s).

In August 1928, the Construction Equipment Committee of national Wuhan University, with geologist Li Siguang as its chairman and forestry scientist Ye Jacob as its secretary, decided to build the new campus of Wuhan University in Luojia mountain. Mr. fhkales, an architect who graduated from the Department of architecture of Massachusetts Institute of technology and studied Chinese architectural art, was invited to Wuhan from Shanghai to design the overall layout and layout of the campus Plan to hire Mr. Miao Enzhao, who also graduated from Massachusetts Institute of technology in the United States, as the new building supervision engineer. In 1929, the road from Wuchang Street entrance to Luojia mountain was built. The first phase of the new campus of Wuhan University started in March 1930 and was completed in January 1932; the second phase started in February 1932 and was completed in July 1937. In March and April 1938, Wuhan was surrounded by the Japanese army on three sides, and Wuda was forced to move westward to Leshan, Sichuan. The Luojiashan campus of Wuda became the military command center of the national government leading the battle in Wuhan. During 1938, every time the route of the Japanese plane passed over Luojia mountain, there was no bombing. In October of the same year, after the fall of Wuhan, the Japanese army turned Luojiashan campus into its original headquarters, which was "based on the purpose of kindness" to preserve its original appearance.

After liberation, the construction of Luojiashan area was rapid and developed rapidly. Wuhan University, located on the hills on both sides of the valley, is one of the most famous universities with glorious revolutionary history in China. In 1938, Zhou Enlai, Deng Yingchao, Guo Moruo, Dong Biwu and Chen Tanqiu were engaged in revolutionary activities here. Zhou Enlai used to live in No. 27, area 1 of the professor's residence, while Guo Moruo lived in No. 20, area 1. On June 1, 1947, in order to suppress the student movement, the reactionary authorities of the Kuomintang in Wuhan created the "June 1 Massacre" that shocked the whole country. The site was on the steps of the "old zhaishe" under the library of Wuhan University. In August of the same year, to commemorate the three students who died, Wuhan University built a "June 1" memorial Pavilion beside the gymnasium and erected a monument to commemorate it. In 1983, the people's Government of Wuhan City announced it as a cultural relic protection unit of Wuhan city.

When the East Lake scenic area was built in 1950, it was included in the scenic area. In 1985, the people's Government of Wuhan city approved the construction plan of East Lake scenic spot, which is listed as "luojiashu township" among the 24 scenic spots of Luohong scenic spot along with Hongshan. After decades of development and construction, the area has become a cultural gathering area with convenient transportation and scenic spots.

plant resources

Luojia mountain is rich in plants. Most of the plants were introduced after the establishment of national Wuhan University.

In September 1933, the botanical garden of Wuhan University began to be built. There are 19 kinds of conifers and 215 kinds of broad-leaved trees. More than 800 kinds of woody plants and herbaceous plants have been donated by arhold Arboretum of Harvard University, Royal Botanical Garden of UK, and Forestry Experimental Farm of agriculture and forestry ministry of Japan. Forced by the situation of Anti Japanese War, Wuhan University moved westward to Leshan, Sichuan Province in 1938. Until 1946, he moved back to Luojia mountain and introduced a large number of seedlings from Shennongjia of Hubei Province, Huangshan of Anhui Province, Lushan of Jiangxi Province, Yunnan and Guizhou Province.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 800 species of seed plants belonging to 558 genera of 120 families in Luojia mountain, among which 17 species of 11 families are rare and endangered. In addition, there are a large number of small shrubs, wild herbs, medicinal plants and rock plants.

tourism

Cherry Blossom Road of Wuhan University is located under the former Institute of science and the old library. The branches of cherry blossoms on both sides of the road are strong and well arranged. From March to early April every year, Mount Luojia is full of flowers and branches. The cherry blossom period is only one week. Every time it falls, the colorful cherry blossoms spread a shallow "flower blanket" for the earth. In the flowering season every year, there is an endless stream of visitors. In November 1982, it was approved by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key scenic spots -- Wuhan East Lake scenic spot.

Due to the high historical, artistic and scientific value of the early buildings of Wuhan University, as the first batch of historical buildings in Chinese University campus, the current site was officially listed as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council of China on June 25, 2001.

The scenery of East Lake is divided into six tourist areas, among which Luohong district is Luojia mountain (named luojiashu township) and Hongshan mountain (named ancient pagoda shadow) on the west side.

There are bus stops in the South and north of Luojia mountain, which can lead directly to three towns in Wuhan.

The South Station of the village includes: quanyechang, Luojiashan (Wuhan University), Guangba Road (attached middle school of Wuhan University), Donghu New Village and Donghu village; the north station includes: shuishuisuo; the west station includes: chagang community; the east station includes: Fenghuang village.

South foot of Luojia mountain: 413 Road, 515 Road, 515 Road, 519 Road, 552 Road, 564 Road, 572 Road, 587 Road, 591 Road, 608 Road, 724 Road, 806 road.

North foot of Luojia mountain: bus 40

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