Nansha Lake Scenic Spot

With an area of 105 square kilometers and a water surface of 2.7 square kilometers, the scenic spot starts from bird mountain in the East, Tianming temple in the south, wentianpo in the West and Songshan temple in the north. There are 54 majestic and beautiful peaks, with mountains, rivers, forests and bamboos, birds singing and flowers competing.

It was designated as a provincial scenic spot by the provincial government in 1993, named as a Provincial Water Conservancy Scenic Spot by the Provincial Department of water resources in 2001, named as a National Water Conservancy Scenic Spot by the Ministry of water resources in 2007, named as a national AAA scenic spot by the Provincial Tourism Administration in 2009, named as the most beautiful scenic spot by the provincial tourism administration, the Provincial Bureau of cultural relics, the Provincial Department of housing and urban rural development, and the provincial forestry department in 2010 Office, provincial public security department and Provincial Tourism Bureau were rated as safe scenic spots in Shaanxi Province.

Nansha Lake Scenic Spot

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General guide to Nansha Lake Scenic Spot

Nansha Lake scenic spot, located in Chenggu County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, is the seventh batch of National Water Conservancy Scenic Spots announced by the Ministry of water resources in 2007. It is 17 kilometers away from Hanzhong City and 15 kilometers away from Chenggu County. It is located in the center of Hanzhong tourism network. The highest altitude is 814m, the lowest 470.8m, and the average height is 640m.

Overview of scenic spots

Nansha lake is a seasonal fresh water lake, which has many functions such as flood storage, flood regulation, transportation, breeding, irrigation, tourism and so on. It plays an important role in the land and resources of Shaanxi Province. When there are many eyes in the upper reaches of Ganhe River, there are underground river, karst cave, karst ditch, Shiya and other special terrain. In addition to a small amount of metamorphic rock, magmatic rock and red glutenite, the middle and lower reaches of Ganhe River are mostly composed of granite, metamorphic granite, sand and gravel. As a result, it has formed the landscape of rivers and lakes with continuous mountains and beautiful mountains and waters.

Because of its unique natural and geographical landscape of "high water is a lake, low water is a river", every year in the flood season, the river flood flows into the lake, the lake is floodplain, and the lake is vast, forming a unique wetland ecosystem in the subtropical humid monsoon area. The typical wetland in the lake area has always been the main wintering habitat for cranes, storks, swans and other rare birds, as well as the habitat for egrets, swallows and other summer migratory birds. The huge number and variety of migratory birds have become a beautiful landscape of Shaanxi eco-tourism.

Nansha lake reservoir was built in 1958 at the mouth of the valley (wulangguan) with three years of efforts. The water area of the reservoir is 7.5 km in length, 2.5 km in width, 5.1 km in backwater line, 40 m in the deepest water area, 600 m in the widest drainage area, 560.8 m in height, 43.3 million cubic meters in total capacity, 43000 mu of irrigated farmland and 5 million kwh of annual power generation.

There is no severe cold in winter and no severe heat in summer. There is abundant rainfall. It is humid in four seasons, hot and rainy in the same season, and alternate between dry and wet. The annual average temperature is 14.2 ℃, the average temperature in July is 25.3 ℃ in the hottest month, and the average temperature in January is 2.1 ℃ in the coldest month. The annual precipitation is 1000-1400mm, which is mainly concentrated at the turn of summer and autumn. Frost free period is more than 240 days in a year. The forest is affected by topography and climate, and there is no direct zonation phenomenon. It is mostly mixed forest such as deciduous forest and evergreen coniferous forest.

Nansha Lake scenic spot has convenient external transportation. There are bus lines directly to the county. Many passenger lines from Hanzhong to Chenggu, Erli and Tianming pass through the entrance of the scenic spot. Shangyuanguan exit of Xihan expressway is only 5km away from the scenic spot. Shitian Expressway passes directly through the entrance of the scenic spot.

tourist resources

The tourism resources of Nansha Lake scenic spot are divided into two aspects: one is the cultural landscape, which mainly reflects the characteristics of ancient civilization, ancient culture and modern culture, such as Huilong Temple, wulangguan, Dimu temple, Mingzhu temple, monument to revolutionary martyrs, etc.; the other is the natural landscape, such as mountains, rivers, vegetation, animals and plants, etc. Both of them complement each other, and their exploitation and utilization prospects are very considerable.

Nansha River is in the shape of "L". The lake water is clear and green. When there is no wind, the waves are as flat as a mirror. When there is a breeze, the waves are rippling. The mountains along the lake are emerald with luxuriant flowers and trees. Along the lake, the bay is densely distributed, the stream is murmuring, the water of the spillway falls down to form a waterfall, and the flying pearls scatter the jade and go straight down to the deep pool. This kind of natural scenery with mountains, water, stream and waterfall forms the characteristics of deep, strange, dangerous and beautiful. The humanistic landscape is embodied in ancient architecture, with hearsay and allusion as its connotation, and integrates humanity and nature, so that the two are in perfect harmony and complement each other. Its tourism resources not only have the functions of viewing, exploring, summer vacation and recuperation, but also have the value of scientific investigation, research and teaching.

There are many kinds of landscape resources in Nansha Lake scenic area. Now, the natural landscape is divided into three categories and the cultural landscape into four categories, which are described as follows:

(1) Natural landscape

A. Mountains, rivers, bays.

a) Mountains. Micang mountain is the only mountain in the scenic area. It is the shallow part of Daba Mountain, winding along the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi. It is 32 km wide from east to west and 40 km long from north to south, covering an area of 737 square kilometers. There are 54 peaks in the reservoir area, one after another, continuous, high and low, various, the highest peak is Gaomiao mountain, the lowest peak is Duxiu Peak. There are 15 ridges in different shapes, which are "human", "L", "n" and saddle shaped. There are many terraced fields, farmhouses, pine forests and wildflowers in the mountains.

b) Rivers. The upper reaches of the Nansha River have narrow riverbed and small water flow, running along mountain canyons; the middle reaches of the Nansha River have wide sandy riverbed, and the water flow changes with seasons, and the riverbanks on both sides are planted with pine, fir and bamboo; the lower reaches of the lake have large water flow, which can be used by cruise ships. On both sides of the river, there are many bays and streams, giving people the feeling of "moving in stillness".

c) A bend in the river. Around the lake area, there are more than 20 River bays. The river bend is not high but green, the water is not wide but clear, and the scenery is different, changing, showing the trend of the peninsula.

B. Vegetation. Nansha lake is the mother lake of Chenggu County, which not only provides strong guarantee for agricultural irrigation, but also breeds rich animal and plant resources. In addition to crops, the forest coverage rate of the scenic area is more than 70%. Most of them are coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests, and there are more than 30 main tree species.

C. Wild animals. The birds are mainly egrets, night herons, pond herons and cattle backed herons, as well as black eared Kite, kingfisher, black naped Oriole, black curled tail, grey magpie, white Dingxi Robin, golden pheasant, white cheek voice eyebrow, dark green willow, thrush, pheasant, white faced tit, Pulsatilla, mandarin duck, etc. There are leopard cats, squirrels, rabbits, foxes, sheep and so on.

(2) Human landscape

A. Ancient road. Before the construction of the reservoir in 1958, there was an ancient road along the East Bank of the Nansha River, which could lead to rickshaws to Sichuan. This is the only important road to connect Qin and Shu. After the reservoir was built, the ancient road was submerged.

B. Ancient temples and scenic spots.

a) Wulangguan: the gate is in the shape of a rolling hole. In ancient times, the words "Tongshu" and "lianqin" were written at the north and south ends respectively. This is an important pass on the Sichuan Shaanxi ancient road. The gate tower was destroyed in the war in the late Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the early Qing Dynasty. Later, due to disrepair, it collapsed in 1972.

b) Wu Lang Guan. It is said that in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhang Wulang, a Sichuanese, made a great contribution to Zheng Chenggong's battle and became an official of Yangzhou county (now Yangxian county). In memory of him, he built a temple in the Qing Dynasty, which was first called Wulang temple and then changed to Wulang Temple.

c) Huilong Temple. According to relevant records, in 784, Emperor Dezong built Xinggong here to avoid war. Ninety seven years later, he lived in Xinggong when he went to Shu. Later, local officials built a temple named Huilong Temple to commemorate emperor Dezong and Emperor Fu.

d) Fengdu temple. It is also called Gaomiao mountain temple. It is a Taoist temple. It was built in 1621 A.D.

e) Bianque city. It is 4 kilometers northwest of nanshahe reservoir, and now it is gongjiabao village. It is said that Bian que, a famous doctor in the Warring States period, once lived here, so it was named and later destroyed. Ming Hongzhi 18 years (AD 1505) built fort.

f) The viewing platform. Three kilometers northwest of the reservoir in Sihe Village South Xujiashan. There are 6 ancient cypresses arranged in two rows, which are more than 10 meters high and 1.2 meters in diameter. They are tall, straight and lush. It is said that they were planted by Zhang Liang, the Han Dynasty's Liu Hou. The local people say that there are two strange things about this tree: one is that the number of trees seen from a distance is different: standing in the west, there are only two trees, but standing in the front, there are three. It is said that the wounded soldiers stationed here before liberation went to cut down trees. No matter they saw or cut them with axes, they grew as good as ever overnight, so they had to give up and endow the tree with the indomitable character of the sages.

g) Pearl temple. It is on the West Bank of the reservoir. There are two legends: it is said that during the Hongkai period of Ming Dynasty, a mud dragon with a pearl in its mouth was dug up when the temple was built. Second, a mountain torrent broke out. A black dragon came from Sichuan. A phoenix flew in the sky. A pig sprang out of the opposite valley. The Dragon wanted to swallow the pig and approached each other. A bull riding shepherd boy saw this and exclaimed: "the dragon eats the pig!"! The Dragon pig stopped at the sound and shaped the mountain, so it was named Heilong mountain and zhutou mountain. The image of the Dragon pig is similar to that of the other two mountains. Later, a temple was built at Longtou. On both sides of the east facing Mountain Gate, there was a pond, like a dragon's eyes, so it was named Mingzhu temple. There are two pairs of stone lions and flag poles in front of the temple. It is said that Rui Wang, a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, became a monk and presided over the temple. During the cultural revolution, the temple was destroyed and is now the Mingzhu Temple Primary School. There are two ancient osmanthus trees, which are 8 meters high. They are surrounded by each other. The crown covers about half an mu. In autumn, you can smell the rich fragrance of Osmanthus from several kilometers away.

h) Guluba Catholic Church: it is 5.5km to the east of the reservoir. According to records, in 1893, Italy used the Qing government's indemnity of 200000 taels of silver to build a large-scale Catholic church here. Its construction scale and quality are second to none in the five northwest provinces

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