Yuhua Palace

Yuhua palace scenic area is located in the middle of Shaanxi Province, in the Yuhua mountain in the northwest of Tongchuan City, which belongs to the Qiaoshan mountain system at the southern end of Ziwuling at the junction of Shaanxi and Gansu. It is 55 kilometers away from the mausoleum of Huangdi in the north, 120 kilometers away from the ancient city of Xi'an in the south, passing by Xi'an-Yan'an Expressway and national highway 210. The Meiqi branch line of Longhai Railway directly reaches the scenic area, with obvious location advantages and convenient transportation. The planning area of the scenic spot is 230 square kilometers, and the planning area of the first phase is 32 square kilometers. The forest coverage rate is 95.6%. The natural Pinus tabulaeformis forest is the main one. It is one of the three largest Pinus tabulaeformis forests in Northwest China. The altitude is 1240-1671 meters, and the annual average temperature is 8.4 ℃. It is about 10 degrees lower than the ancient city of Xi'an. It is a natural summer resort. Yuhua palace has beautiful natural landscape, cold spring in summer, no great heat in the ground, and rich history and culture. It was once the summer palace of the three emperors in the early Tang Dynasty, and the place where Master Xuanzang, the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, translated scriptures, promoted Buddhism, created Buddhism and passed away. In 624 ad, Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, built Renzhi palace in Yuhua resort as a military command center and summer palace to defend against Turkic invasion. In 647 ad, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin issued an imperial edict to expand Renzhi palace and change it into Yuhua palace. The five gates and ten halls of the Yuhua Palace are magnificent and full of officials. In 651 ad, Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, changed Yuhua palace into Yuhua temple. In 659 ad, master Xuanzang, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, set up a royal translation hall with his disciples in Yuhua temple to translate scriptures and promote Dharma. On February 5, 664, master Xuanzang passed away from Yuhua temple. Yuhua palace is rich in tourism resources, with great development potential, distinctive features and unique charm. Yuhua palace scenic spot has been rated as AAAA scenic spot, National Forest Park and national key cultural relics protection unit.

After the development and construction in recent years, the scenic spot has initially formed a comprehensive tourist attraction with forest sea as the background, green as the keynote, Buddhism as the core culture, and different scenery and tourism activities in four seasons as the characteristics.

Yuhua palace Scenic Area

synonym

Yuhua Palace (Shaanxi Tongchuan Yuhua palace scenic area) generally refers to the Yuhua palace scenic area

Tang Yuhua palace scenic spot is located in Yuhua town (formerly Jiaoping coal mine) in the northwest suburb of Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. It is about 70 kilometers away from Tongchuan City, 55 kilometers away from Huangdi mausoleum in the north and 120 kilometers away from Xi'an in the south. It belongs to the Qiaoshan mountain system at the southern end of Ziwuling, the junction of Shaanxi and Gansu. The altitude is 1671 meters, the annual average temperature is 8.4 ℃, the total area is 2482 hectares, and the forest coverage rate is 95.6%.

In the Yuhua palace scenic area, there are Guo Yugou and coral Valley, Yuhua lake and Qiye lake, Xuanzang Memorial Hall on the Silk Road and liuxiaolingtong art gallery. In spring, the mountain flowers are gorgeous; in midsummer, the pines come back from the river, and the scenery is beautiful; in autumn, it is colorful and picturesque; in winter, it is covered with snow and ice. It can be said that "Yaolin is a blessed land with thousands of scenes, outstanding people and a long history."

The scenic spot has become a national AAAA level scenic spot, a national key cultural relic protection unit, a National Forest Park, a cultural heritage site, a cultural heritage site, a cultural heritage site, a cultural heritage site and a cultural heritage site

National Youth outdoor sports camp.

During the period from February 24 to December 31, 2020, medical workers across the country can enjoy the free admission policy of Yuhua palace scenic spot with their valid certificates (doctor's professional certificate, nurse's practice certificate and ID card).

Development history

Yuhua palace, formerly known as Renzhi palace, is the first of the four summer palace of the Tang Dynasty. Among the four summer resorts, Yuhua palace is the latest, largest and most beautiful Imperial Palace, ranking first among the four summer resorts. Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, built a mountain palace in the seventh year of Wude (642 A.D.) which combines military fortress with summer resort. When it was completed, Li Yuan led his second son Li Shimin, king of Qin, and his fourth son Li Yuanji, king of Qi, to spend the summer here. At that time, Prince Li Jiancheng, who was staying in Chang'an, the capital, was in a fight for the throne with Qin King Li Shimin. Li Jiancheng thought that at this time, heaven gave him a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation and launch a coup. After learning the news, Li Yuan took decisive measures to put down the rebellion and forced Li Jiancheng to come to Renzhi palace to ask for forgiveness from his father. Li Yuan imprisoned him and staged the famous event of "detaining and releasing the crown prince" in Renzhi palace in history.

In the ninth year of Wude (626 AD), Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen incident and shot the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng. Later, Li Yuan made Li Shimin the crown prince. Two months later, he abdicated to the throne for Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and his name was Zhenguan.

In the 21st year of Zhenguan (647 AD), Emperor Taizong Li Shimin ordered Yan Lide, a great architect who had built the mausoleum of emperor Gaozu Xianling, Emperor Taizong Zhaoling, and then Minister of the Ministry of industry, to expand Renzhi palace, which was renamed "Yuhua Palace", and wrote the imperial edict of Yuhua palace. The expanded Yuhua palace covers an area of nine hectares, with five doors and ten halls.

Yuhua palace, including Fenghuang Valley, coral Valley and Zhilan Valley, became the place where Emperor Taizong dealt with the government in his later years. In the second year of Yonghui (651 AD), Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty Li Zhi issued an imperial edict to abandon Yuhua palace as Yuhua temple. From then on, Yuhua palace ended its mission as a Royal Summer Palace. Since then, the Yuhua palace has been declining, most of the buildings were destroyed in the Anshi rebellion in the middle of Tang Dynasty. In October of the fourth year of Emperor Gaozong's Xianqing (659 AD), master Xuanzang translated Buddhist scriptures in Yuhua temple for more than four years, and died here in the first year of Linde (664 AD). From Song Dynasty to Ming Dynasty, Yuhua temple was located in Sucheng Hall of Yuhua palace.

According to the investigation, at its heyday, the Yuhua fufu nine halls and five doors had a central axis and symmetrical plane layout, which perfectly combined with the surrounding natural environment. The whole building takes "Yuhua hall" and "paiyun hall" as the central axis. According to the trend of the river valley and local conditions, it is symmetrically arranged with "Huihe hall" in the East and "BIE hall" in the West. At the same time, the palace buildings are closely combined with the surrounding precipices, winding water, lush trees and other elegant scenery. The magnificent green tile and white wall palace and the green color of Qianfeng reflect each other. The "Sucheng hall" in the North combines the buildings with the cliffs to form a wide hall style cave eaves architecture of Houxie mountain style, which has more traditional characteristics of our country. At the same time, dredge the mountain spring, remove the water, causing the "flying rain" and "water curtain" flying down beside the temple. These ingenious architectural arts are just like those in "CE Fu Yuan GUI": "the craftsmen thought that the layers of rock and valley were steep, and there was no way to take advantage of them, so they spared the spring and resisted the temple, and covered the mountain and connected the garden."

According to the records of dozens of important historical books such as Zizhitongjian, there are 23 odes left by the celebrities, among which Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, wrote the inscription of Yuhua palace, in which "visit Dongshan and engrave fangjinshi". The eulogy of "daoguangxuan driving, sound flowing, Ji trace" compares Yuhua mountain to Kongtong mountain where immortals live; Du Fu wrote "Yuhua Palace" that "the river returns, the pines grow, the squirrels run through the ancient tiles. I don't know what the king's palace is. It's left behind. The ghost in the Yin room is hot and the evil way is sad and turbulent. The sound of music is real and the autumn is bleak. Beauty is yellow, but beauty is pink. At that time, he served Jin Yu, so the object was only stone horse. Sorrow comes from the grass, and the song is full of tears. Who is the elder in the long journey.

geographical environment

Yuhua palace scenic area is close to mountains on three sides and water on one side, with Fenghuang mountain of Qiaoshan mountain as the main peak, with an altitude of 1671 meters. The scenic spot is the largest Pinus tabulaeformis forest area in China. The natural landscape is characterized by majestic, beautiful and quiet. It is surrounded by mountains, with overlapping peaks, beautiful trees and waterfall. There are 28 peaks, 26 rock peaks, 1 cold spring, 5 waterfalls, 10 Bi Po, 5 streams and many caves in the scenic area. Here, the mountain is majestic, the wall stands, and the mountain is soft outside and firm inside. The water of Yuhua has a long standing reputation. It comes from the sky and sprays out to the ground in various forms. Although the waterfall is not rich in water, it is strange and special. Some are like beads hanging upside down, and some are like sunny days and flying rain. If you look up carefully, "the waterfall on the top of the cliff is sunny and rainy, and the broken beads brush your face like autumn in summer.". Due to the altitude, vegetation and terrain, the microclimate here is special. With the change of seasons and seasons, the mountain scenery is different in the four seasons of the year. In spring, the flowers are everywhere, competing for splendor; in summer, the weather is cool and pleasant; in late autumn, the red leaves are blooming; in winter, the mountains are covered with silver, with "Yushu" and "pear" branches. For example, from December to April of the next year, you can also see the "ice tower" under the cliff. The scenic spot is rich in vegetation, various families and species, neat forest, lush and orderly, mountain roads in the forest, high and low circling, stone path twists and turns, especially the layer structure of sedimentary rock, showing its own rhythm from the cliff, giving people a strong sense of rhythm, the whole scenic spot is rich in spatial levels, and the scenery is deep.

Yuhua palace is the Imperial Palace in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, built "Renzhi Palace", and Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, expanded it into five gates and nine halls, which was renamed "Yuhua Palace". Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty translated the Sutra here for four years, completed 200000 Sutras of Daban ruojing, and died here in the first year of Linde (664 AD). At present, some precious cultural relics, such as Xuanzang's hand-made stone Buddha footprints and stone diamond Buddha seats, are collected in the Museum of Chinese history. Coral Valley (West Palace), guoyugou (East Palace) Buddha Xi grottoes and Buddha carving sites are well preserved, which have extremely important scientific research value.

Introduction to scenic spots

Guo Yugou

The East Palace of Yuhua palace, also known as guoyugou, has lush trees, clear springs and exquisite natural caves. The cultural landscape and natural scenery are integrated as a fairyland

Chinese PinYin : Yu Hua Gong