Lingshan, Xinyang

Lingshan, located 44 kilometers southwest of Luoshan County, is far away from the summer resort Jigong Mountain. Lingshan, formerly known as Bashan, was renamed Lingshan because of its "every time there is cloud cover, there will be rain. Lingshan mountain area of 40 square kilometers, the main peak Jinding 27.7 meters above sea level, Luoshan County, the second highest.

Lingshan scenic spot in Xinyang

synonym

Lingshan in Xinyang generally refers to the scenic spot of Lingshan in Xinyang

Lingshan scenic spot in Xinyang is located in the southwest of Luoshan County, Henan Province. It is adjacent to Jigong Mountain management area in Xinyang and Dawu County in Hubei Province in the southwest, Jilong mountain in the East, Jigong Mountain and Nanwan Lake in the West. It includes six scenic spots: Lingshan Temple scenic spot, xiaoyaodong scenic spot, Jinding scenic spot, Longfeng Xianglin scenic spot, Longya Temple scenic spot and Jiuli Luoyan Lake scenic spot Ecological demonstration area and bird protection area are integrated. The total area of the scenic spot is 61.5 square kilometers.

Lingshan, originally known as Bashan, originated from eight main peaks. The highest peak of Bashan is 827.7 meters above sea level. The ancients mistakenly thought it was the highest peak in the county. Because of the close sound of Ba and Ba, the latter eight mountains are called Ba mountain. This mountain "every cloud covering the top will rain, experience the letter ran", one of the peaks is called Xiaoling mountain, which is naturally consistent with the name of the mountain, "Ling" and "Ba" are the same word "rain", so the name of Ba mountain is gradually replaced by Ling Mountain. It has been widely spread that Lingshan is very effective in responding to requests. Although there is no scientific reason, there are many believers, and there are many rumors about responding to requests. Some fortune seekers even travel thousands of miles.

Lingshan was named as a provincial scenic spot by Henan Provincial People's Government in 1994, and was listed as one of the first batch of scenic spots by Henan Provincial Tourism Administration in 1998. In 1999, the master plan of Lingshan scenic area (1997-2010) was officially issued and implemented by the people's Government of Henan Province. In July 2007, it was accepted by the National Tourism Administration as an AAAA tourist area.

Regional location

Lingshan scenic spot is located in Luoshan county at the junction of Henan and Hubei provinces. It is 300 km away from Hefei in the East, 150 km away from Wuhan in the south, 38 km away from Xinyang in the West and 320 km away from Zhengzhou in the north. It is 40 kilometers away from Beijing Guangzhou railway and 107 National Highway in the west, 50 kilometers away from Beijing Kowloon Railway and 28 kilometers away from Kaiwu highway in the East, 30 kilometers away from Shanghai Shaanxi Expressway and 312 National Highway in the north, 10 kilometers away from Nanxin (Yang) Ye (Ji) highway in the south, a tourist highway connecting Jigong Mountain in the south, Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway passing through the foot of Lingshan and leaving an exit in Lingshan Town, and another exit in the south of the scenic spot, Jigong Mountain station, will be opened soon In Luoshan, wujiapo, Jigongshan, Dawu and Xinyang, buses often come here, and the traffic conditions are convenient.

Resources and environment

geographical environment

Lingshan was formed in Mesozoic Cretaceous (150-70 million years ago) and is a granitic batholith. The annual average temperature is 13-15 ℃. In summer, the daily temperature difference between the mountain and the mountain is 7 ℃ and the night temperature difference is 15 ℃.

According to incomplete statistics, Lingshan has 36 waterfalls, 72 caves and 108 famous rocks and walls. Among them, the intelligent girl is like the Athens goddess in the Western Greek mythology; the shape of the dangerous stone is mysterious and huge; the camel looks up to the sky, huge and vivid; the Xiaoyao cave is magical and mysterious; the immortal cave is located in a precipitous place, and the shape of the cave top is strange, which is rare in the world; the Milky Way waterfall is a combination of spectacular, mysterious, strange and precipitous, which can be called one of the best in the world; Jiuli Luoyan lake is surrounded by mountains, the lake bank is zigzag, the scenery of the lake and the mountain is shining; Lingxiu is cloudy, elegant, and immortal; the "eight mountains" shenbi peak is the word created by the God, the word is divided into yin and Yang, and the stroke is regular.

Biological resources

Botany

The mountain is rich in natural resources, and there are more than 1000 kinds of plants. It is worth mentioning that Lingshan Yunwu Tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China - Xinyang Maojian tea; chestnut and Chinese Macadamia peach are high nutritional foods with high economic value; Eucommia ulmoides, Platycodon grandiflorum, Aesculus septempunctata, etc. are valuable Chinese herbal medicines. The forest vegetation coverage rate is 90%. There are 7 types of plants, 122 formations, more than 200 clusters and 1879 species of higher plants.

 

animal

In 2008, there were 1067 species and 190 families of animals in the scenic area, and 233 species of birds alone. The scenic area is an important part of Dongzhai forest farm, a national bird nature reserve. Among them, white crested pheasant and white crested long tailed pheasant are the first class protected animals and the second class protected animals. Mammals mainly include wild boar, wild goat, wolf, leopard, big civet, etc.

There are 245 species of birds in Lingshan, of which 39 are under national key protection and 95 are listed in the Sino Japanese agreement on the protection of migratory birds, accounting for 79% of Henan Province and 20% of the whole country. Lingshan is the largest protected area in the same latitude or longitude. There are 99 species of butterflies, colorful and flying in groups. It is a real butterfly valley.

 

Human history

The holy land of Buddhism

Lingshan is a famous Buddhist holy land. In the old days, there were seven temples (Lingshan temple, zhongfo temple, Baifo temple, baiyun temple, Longya temple, Dangshi temple and Jinding Temple) and three nunneries (Yuantong Temple, Fuquan temple and Yanshou Temple). There are still two. Lingshan temple has a history of more than 1500 years, which is one of the earliest temples built when Buddhism was introduced into China.

Jiuli pass

It was formerly known as Dachang, Huangxian pass, Baiyan pass, Baiyan pass, etc. In the early Han Dynasty, the county was set up here, and this pass was renamed jiuliguan because it was nine li away from the county in the north. The mountains on both sides of the East and the West are steep, and the winding path of sheep intestines is like a throat. In ancient times, "the car is not square track, the horse is not riding" shape, its rugged and dangerous. This pass, together with the pingjingguan pass and Wushengguan pass in Xinyang, was called "Ming Er" or "man Sai" in the past, and it is one of the nine fortresses in the world. The only way to get through the three passes is to enter the Central Plains in the north and Chu in the south. The famous ancient road between Chu and Yu was formed because of this pass. Therefore, it is a place that must be contested by military strategists in the past dynasties. In Zhou Dynasty, when Chu destroyed Shen and Xi, he attacked the pass from then on; when they attacked together, they were defeated, and then they retreated to the pass and refused. Han home Strider County, the county built nine miles north of Lingshan at the foot of the east mountain. In the third year of Liang Tianjian in the northern and Southern Dynasties, Wei besieged Yiyang (now Xinyang). Cao Jingzong and Wang Zengbing led tens of thousands of people to save their lives. Because they failed to overcome this barrier, Yiyang was brought down to Wei. Zhao Kuangyin, the song Taizu, was so defeated that he almost died. The Yang generals of the Song Dynasty also stationed troops here. At the end of song Baoyu's reign, Kublai Khan of Mongolia invaded the Huaihe River from Guangshan to jiuliguan. The inspection department was set up here in the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Qing army attacked, the Ming generals Tian Guozhong and Tian Guoyong died here. The people built a general temple here as a memorial. At the end of Qing Dynasty, it was occupied by Nian Army. During the period of democratic revolution, Lingshan area was the center of Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Soviet areas. The famous Lingshan plain clothes team was very powerful. During the Anti Japanese War, Li Xiannian came to Lingshan many times and held a famous Lingshan Temple meeting in Lingshan temple. In 1969, Jiepai reservoir, Jiuli Luoyan lake, was built by blocking the north and South Pass, and most of the original site was submerged.

 

Scenic spots

Lingshan Temple Scenic Area

Lingshan temple is located in the middle and upper part of Jiulong River. It is the central scenic spot of the scenic spot, covering an area of about 2.8 square kilometers. It is rich and dense with complete contents. It is characterized by ancient temples, strange forests, beautiful lakes and green peaks. The main content is pilgrimage. There are five main scenic spots, namely Yuanzhang lake, Lingshan temple, Jiulong waterfall, Baima cave and Chungui Diecui peak.

Yuanzhang Lake Scenic Spot

Including Zhu Yuanzhang statue, imitation of the Great Wall, Bashan bridge, Baqiao water, da'erwo, Liyu tiaolong, wanrenzhong, Lingshan Xiumu, Lingshan stele forest, bainiayuan, Lingshan Hotel, etc.

Statue of Zhu Yuanzhang

It was built on June 6, 1995 and completed on August 8, 1995 to commemorate the third visit to Lingshan by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty. It was invested 200000 yuan by the people's Government of segang Township and undertaken by Suizhou garden and ancient architecture company of Hubei Province.

Lingshan stele forest

It is mainly composed of seven parts: the Buddha department, the Bodhisattva department, the Guanyin department, the heaven department, the Tianshen department, the Mingwang department, and the Luohan department, with a total of 80 engraved steles. The monument, 1.66 meters high, 0.66 meters wide and 0.33 meters thick, was donated by Hong Kong ZengShi International Co., Ltd.

Lingshan Temple scenic spot

Lingshan Temple

It was built in 474, the fourth year of emperor Xiaodi's reign in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is one of the earliest temples built when Buddhism was introduced into China. In the time of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, it was once called the national temple. In the second year of song and Yuan Dynasty (1087), it was expanded. In the second year of Yuan Yanyou (1315), it was rebuilt. In 1370, the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu, came here to subdue incense. He appointed Chen Dayong, the then Abbot monk, as the Zen master of jinbifeng, and ordered him to accompany him to Beijing to discuss the government affairs. He inscribed a plaque on the temple gate of Shengshou Chan temple, and gave half a Luan to drive Chen in the main hall. In 1712, Gaoying, the abbot of Lingshan temple, went to India to study Buddhism and brought back the statues of Sakyamuni and arhat. In 1828, the temple was washed down by water. After constant renovation, it was restored in 1913. Since then, the war has been in a series of calamities, with more destruction and less repair, and the situation has become increasingly depressed. In 1995

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