Guniujiang National Nature Reserve

Guniujiang was called "xihuangshan" in ancient times, but it was as famous as Huangshan in ancient times. The forest here is luxuriant, the scenery is beautiful, the people are rare, the natural vegetation is well preserved, and there are also rare animals such as sika deer, Sumen antelope (earth four not like), short tailed monkey and so on. It is also a kingdom of snakes. 38 species were found in the first investigation, which is rare in China.

At present, the scenic spot is not very famous, so there are few tourists. It is a good place for deep outdoor travel. Especially in the foggy season from May to August, we may still see the "Buddha light" phenomena, especially in the evening.

There are five scenic spots in Guniujiang, but there are only four open to the outside world, namely Shitai Guniujiang Longmen scenic spot, Qimen Guniujiang Guanyintang scenic spot, Qimen Guniujiang Jiulong scenic spot, Qimen Guniujiang Lixi scenic spot. Each major scenic spot has its own characteristics.

Guniujiang scenic spot

synonym

Guniujiang generally refers to Guniujiang scenic area

Guniujiang scenic spot is located at the junction of Shitai County and Qimen County. It is one of the three high mountains (Huangshan, Qingliangfeng and Guniujiang) in southern Anhui Province. It is 22 kilometers away from Shitai County. The main peak is 1727.6 meters above sea level, with a total area of 6700 hectares.

Guniujiang is divided into five scenic spots: main peak scenic spot, Lingshan scenic spot, shuanglonggu scenic spot, Longmen scenic spot and Guanyintang scenic spot. The first four are located in Shitai County, Guanyintang scenic area is located in Qimen County. Guniujiang is famous for its magnificence, strangeness and danger. It is the main part of Huangshan Mountains extending westward. It was called "West Huangshan" in ancient times. The mountain scenery is beautiful. There are 36 major peaks, 72 minor peaks, 36 major bifurcations and 72 minor bifurcations in the territory. It is named Guniujiang because it looks like a Guniu falling from the sky.

In 2014, Guniujiang scenic spot won the title of "Anhui famous brand" product.

geographical environment

The origin of mountain name

It is said that in ancient Guniu mountain, there lived a strange bird named que. According to the book of mountains and seas, this kind of bird "looks like a chicken with a white head and a mouse with a tiger's paw". It feeds on all kinds of birds and animals, and even people dare to eat it. So that hundreds of miles around the mountain, birds and animals disappeared, no one. In the spring and Autumn period, in order to teach the doctrines, Lao Tzu resigned his official post and returned to seclusion. He traveled all over the country and preached. One day, he rode qingniu, passing Guniu and descending into the mountain. After walking for a long time, there were no birds in the sky, no wild animals on the ground, and no living creature in the water. When he stepped off his mount and was ready to take a rest, there was a strange cry. The wind was blowing. A huge strange bird came down from the sky and rushed at him and qingniu. The green ox, who is eating grass, Moos to the sky, stares round his eyes, opens his four hooves, and soars to the top of the strange bird with his horns. The sparrow is used to eating what he sees. He doesn't care about the cow. But the green cow has such magic power. When he's not careful, he's broken his wings by the horns of the cow and falls on a ridge with a strange cry. Seeing this, qingniu jumps up to the ridge of the mountain and presses the strange bird tightly under him, so that he will never turn over. As time went on, the green ox turned into a huge stone, the bones of the strange bird rotted into soil, and the feathers became many strange looking pine trees. In memory of this big green cow, people named the mountain Guniujiang.

geographical position

Guniujiang is located at the junction of Shitai and Qimen counties, with a core area of more than 100000 mu. Guniujiang, known as "xihuangshan" in ancient times, is the main part of Huangshan Mountains extending westward. It is famous for its majestic, strange, dangerous and beautiful scenery. There are 36 major peaks, 72 minor peaks, 36 major bifurcations and 72 minor bifurcations. According to the general annals of Jiangnan, there are thirty-six yuan in Huangshan, which is opposite to the Huangshan of Shezhi. The highest of them is Gu Niugang, which is expected to be kuanglu. It can be seen that Guniujiang was as famous as Huangshan in ancient times. The highest peak, guniudagang, is 1727.6 meters above sea level, just like Guniu standing up to the sky. Together with the famous Huangshan (1873) and Qingliangfeng (1787), they are the three peaks in southern Anhui, standing from west to East in southern Anhui.

Geological characteristics

During the Xuefeng orogeny about 850 million years ago, Guniujiang uplifted its main body and ended the history of transgression. During the Indosinian movement about 200 million years ago, the northern part of Guniujiang also uplifted and integrated with its main body, with the intrusion of granodiorite. After the Yanshan movement and Himalayan movement, it became another magnificent mountain in southern Anhui.

Climatic characteristics

Guniujiang subtropical humid climate features obvious, moderate temperature in the forest, soft sunshine, negative ion content up to 2500 / cm3 above, known as "natural oxygen bar". Entering the scenic area makes people feel fresh and refreshing. Common tree species are: Liquidambar formosana, Pinus massoniana, Litsea cubeba, wangchunhua, Cinnamomum camphora, Castanopsis eyrei, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, etc. the forest is filled with healthy substances emitted by trees. It is the best place for fitness, education, scientific research and tourism, and is listed as "China Youth Scientific Exploration base".

natural resources

Since Guniujiang mountain has a long history of land formation and complex terrain changes, a large number of ancient animals and plants that lived in the tertiary and early Quaternary period about 70 million to 2 million years ago can be found. For example, Chinese fir, Taxus chinensis and Cephalotaxus are the relict tree species before the Tertiary period, while Ginkgo biloba is a famous "living fossil". Guniujiang contains a large number of biological species. According to incomplete statistics, there are 1348 species of plants belonging to 230 families, 726 genera, including 13 species of plants and 29 species of animals under state key protection. In addition, there are abundant reptiles, including more than 26 species of snakes, so it is called "the kingdom of snakes".

It is precisely because of its complex natural conditions, rich biological resources and intact ecosystem that Guniu has become the "animal and plant gene bank in East China" and is known as the "green nature museum" by ecologists.

In the dense forest of Guniujiang, there is also a noisy and prosperous animal world, including sika deer, Sumen antelope, black muntjac, clouded leopard, Macaca mulatta, kitten, otter, pheasant, pheasant, mandarin duck, owl and so on. All kinds of forest birds and frogs are also rich in resources. It is also a kingdom of snakes. 38 species were found in the first survey, which are rare in China. 　

Main attractions

Guniujiang, a national 4A scenic spot, is divided into five major scenic spots: main peak scenic spot, Longmen scenic spot, Qifeng scenic spot, Shuanghekou scenic spot and Guanyintang scenic spot. The first four are located in Shitai County, Guanyintang scenic area is located in Qimen County.

Guniujiang is not only a famous comprehensive nature reserve in China, but also a mountain scenic spot. Here green mountains and green waters, ecological environment is very beautiful, natural scenery set male, strange, quiet, show in one. What's more, it has outstanding people, rich cultural heritage and glorious revolutionary tradition. There are the remains of Wu Yingji, the leader of the restoration society, a writer and a patriotic poet in the late Ming Dynasty, the stone fishing of ancient snow mountain people, and the slogan wall reflecting the historical situation of China for more than half a century.

Guniu peak

Guniudagang, the main peak of Guniujiang, is located within the jurisdiction of Yanjia group in new rural area of Dayan Township, Shitai County. The Yellow Sea is 1727.6 meters above sea level, and is relatively stable

The height difference is 1694 meters, which is the third largest peak in the south of Anhui Province. It has not yet been developed and opened up. It is known as "green nature museum" and "uncultivated Huangshan". From far to near, the distribution of specific scenic spots is as follows: the giant Sleeping Buddha takes the mountain as its couch, faces southwest, and tilts above the peaks; then there is a group of scenic spots that constitute the grand landscape of Guniujiang: Licheng, Lijian, Liwei, Niutou, and the back of cattle at the foot of tourists - Guniujiang main peak. From the southwest to the northeast, Fenghuang pine, parrot stone, Feilai stone, Yingbin tortoise, big headed turtle, Taibai Venus and so on are in the order. In the Grand Canyon on the southeast front, a huge "row blade" rises. From top to bottom, the landscape on the north side of the main peak is: alpine meadow, pure Pinus taiwanensis, virgin forest, broad-leaved coniferous mixed forest, and various rare birds and animals,

Shitai Qifeng

It is also called Lingshan scenic area. In fact, it has not yet been developed and opened up. It is composed of West Library, Middle Library, East Library, mountain pastoral scenery, ginkgo forest, guanxiao temple, Qijing spring and other scenic spots. The so-called "Ku" actually refers to "Ao" or "Valley" in the local villagers' language habits. The reason why the word "Ku" is used mainly shows the mystery of these three big valleys. As for the origin of Qifeng village, there is a legend in the local and surrounding areas: the grandson who was a guest at Grandma's house turned into a dragon because he ate dragon eggs by mistake. Although Jackie Chan, but filial piety does not change, insisted on helping grandma "cut wood", cooking. Obviously, the Dragon grandson "chop" firewood not with a knife, but with the tail "twist". This twist, firewood - the trees all over the mountain are twisted up by the roots, but the mountain is also half collapsed. This is the origin of such a large plain on the hillside of Guniujiang. Half of the mountain peaks fly without wings, which makes people feel surprised. Once it spreads ten, then it spreads 100, and the "Qifeng" village is called open. Qifeng also has an alias, called "Lingshan". In the old days, there used to be "guanxiao Temple" on the mountain. It was very effective, so it was named "Lingshan". When guanxiao temple was built, it is not clear yet. When asked about the local residents, they can only give a general answer: "first there was guanxiao temple, then there was Chizhou Prefecture.". According to this theory, guanxiao temple was built at least before Song Dynasty

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