Longtouzhu

Longtouzhu is like a giant dragon lying in the blue waves of Taihu Lake, stretching straight into the lake. The mountains are shaped like dragon head, dragon tongue, dragon eye, dragon neck, dragon back, dragon claw and dragon. It is a good place for Wuxi people to have outings, picnics and barbecue in spring and autumn.

Longtouzhu

Longtouzhu natural scenic spot of Taihu Lake in Wuxi City is located at the southernmost end of Mashan Taihu Lake National Tourist Resort in Wuxi City. Facing the vast expanse of Taihu Lake, it is backed by Lingshan Giant Buddha, enjoying the aura of heaven and earth and the grace of Giant Buddha. Longtouzhu stretches from Dachu mountain into the middle of Taihu Lake to form a peninsula, which looks like a giant dragon lying in the blue waves of Taihu Lake, so it is named longtouzhu. From the Dragon tongue, longan, longer, Longjing to Longbei, the total length is 2500 meters. The mountains here are not high and the mountains are overlapping, the water is not deep and the waves are vast, and the mountains and waters are beautiful. It is a natural landscape painting in the south of the Yangtze River

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There are many good fruits on the mountain and fresh lakes in the water all the year round. The dragon's head Red Bayberry and Taihu silverfish have long been famous in the south of the Yangtze River. People swim on it, surrounded by water, surrounded by mountains, pines and cypresses, magnificent momentum; everywhere winding paths, willows and flowers, beautiful scenery.

Distant view: ten thousand hectares of blue waves, flock of geese return to the South; close view: Jiao mountain floating blue, sail shadow gull by. The waves and the pines sing together, and the sunset and the lonely ducks fly together. You can feel the magnificence of the lake and the sense of transcendence.

Main attractions

Wanglong Pavilion

There are three scenic spots in longtouzhu natural scenic spot. The first is the Longmen viewing platform at the gate, the second is the Dragon watching Pavilion, and the third is in the lake. Only when you go out of the lake by boat can you really appreciate the momentum of the green dragon lying in the waves.

The Wanglong Pavilion is the best place to view the longtouzhu on land. From a distance, the longtouzhu stretches into the center of Taihu Lake like a green dragon. According to "Taiping Yulan", there is a cave in the south of Dongting mountain in Zhenze, which is more than 100 feet deep and 50 Li to the Dragon Palace In the early days, the Dragon Palace of the Dragon King of Donghai was at the bottom of the lake to the south of the west mountain of Taihu Lake. In the spring and Autumn period of Wu and Yue, the story of "Qinglong saving the king of Wu" made the reputation of Qinglong in Taihu Lake widely spread. In the Tang Dynasty, "Liu Yi's biography" made Longnv a household name.

Mashan

In the spring and Autumn period of Wuyue, Mashan was also called "Fujiao mountain". The battle of Fujiao broke out in 494 B.C. on the surface of Taihu Lake to the south of Longtou. It is said that in 496 B.C., he Lu, king of Wu, attacked Yue. After Yue sent out a surprise army, he defeated the Wu army in one fell swoop in Li (now Jiaxing, Zhejiang). He Lu also died on the road of defeat because of his injuries. After Fu Chai ascended the throne, he vowed to resume his father's enmity and ordered Wu Zixu to train his army in Fu Jiao mountain. After hearing the news, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, attempted to take the initiative and led tens of thousands of people from Taihu Lake into Wu state to seize fujiaoshan. Although Wu's army was unprepared and rushed to fight in advance, because it was fighting on its own territory, it occupied the right place and people, and Wu's command was proper, so it defeated the enemy. The battle was launched on the water around longtouzhu. It is said that late in the night before the war, Fu Chai had a dream that there was a green dragon in the sky and told him that the Yue army would invade tomorrow. If the Wu army could not resist, as long as Fu Chai called "green dragon save me", it would come true. The next day, as expected, everything was as he had seen in his dream. At the critical moment, Fu Chai looked up to heaven and cried out. Then he saw a green dragon descending from the sky and turning into land in Taihu Lake. The Wu army abandoned the boat and landed on the land. His morale was greatly boosted. He shot arrows at the other side's warships. The Vietnamese army suffered heavy losses and fled. From then on, the green dragon no longer turned to heaven and became longtouzhu.

Longxi Beach

Wanglong Pavilion, 50 meters ahead, ascends the stairs and goes down to Longxi beach, the place where Qinglong in Taihu Lake used to play.

Whenever summer comes, at dusk, Qinglong turns into a handsome young man and comes here to enjoy the cool. Qinglong's majestic appearance attracts the nine Fairies in the sky. Out of shyness, the nine fairies turn into colorful clouds. Qinglong sets off the waves of Taihu Lake. The waves are blooming like lotus flowers, while the nine fairies dance as colorful clouds and accompany with sunset. So far, as long as people see the waves rolling here and the flowers on the water, they say that the green dragon is coming, and there must be sunset at night. Also said that the dragon's head sunset is more beautiful than other places. In fact, it's because there are more southeast winds in summer, and it's windward here. It's naturally wavy. In the daytime, the sun is direct and it's not easy to see the waves. In the evening, the waves are obvious. And because the tap reaches into Taihu Lake and there is no pollution around, the sunset will be more gorgeous. Especially now that the air pollution is becoming more and more serious, the sunset can no longer be seen in many places, and the air around the dragon's head is still first-class. If tourists come to the dragon's head in summer, they may be lucky enough to meet the nine fairies turning into rosy clouds.

Longxi beach is still a good place to play in the water. Tourists can touch a snail in front of the beach and float in the water. Fortunately, they can catch some "Dragon Palace shrimp soldiers" between the rocks. It may be that there is a green dragon here. There are a lot of shrimp around longtouzhu. When it comes to muggy weather, these shrimp will lie in the cracks of the lake, so they are easy to catch.

Yundou cliff

From Longxi beach along the lakeside trail westward, through the mouth of the mountain, you can see another beach. On the beach, there is a cliff, hanging in the air like a cloud. This is Yundou cliff. It is said that when the mighty and brave Taihu Lake Qinglong was playing on the beach, the nine fairies turned into colorful clouds and danced with each other. When she was tired, she stopped at the top of the cliff to have a rest. Over time, the top of the cliff became as beautiful as colorful clouds. It is also said that since Qinglong turned into longtouzhu, nine fairies turned into colorful clouds again and came to Qinglong for a lifetime. Finally, they turned into stones and became yundouya. "Fairy clouds with green dragon", what a beautiful legend, what a moving story, a lover should take a picture here, green dragon fairy will bless you and he Meiman, accompany for life.

Continuous neck Bridge

The dragon's ears can be seen 50 meters south of yuntuo cliff. These are the ears of Qinglong. Next to the Dragon ear, there is a road to the Dragon neck. On the Dragon neck, there is an exquisite small stone bridge, named Xujing bridge. Because the Dragon neck below is broken, now it is called Xujing bridge. How did the Dragon neck break? There's another story. It turns out that there is a deer island in the middle of Taihu Lake. There is a deer dragon living on the deer island, which is a vicious dragon. Under the influence of the dragon, the people on deer island are vicious. They are either Lake bandits or robbers. They often harass the people around them. But they dare not come to the dragon's head, because it is protected by the green dragon of Taihu Lake. Later, Qinglong became longtouzhu, and Lulong often attacked. At this time, Qinglong could neither go to heaven nor dive, and his ability could not be exerted, but he beat Lulong again and again. Not convinced, Lu long conspired with the robbers on the island. Ten robbers on the island cut off the neck of the Dragon while the green dragon was sleeping. So the Dragon neck we see today is broken, and whenever it rains, we will see the blood flowing from the Dragon neck. In fact, the red soil at the Dragon neck dyed the rain red. People around the dragon head saw that the dragon was dying, so they built a bridge with Jinshan stone on the neck of the dragon.

Faucet

After Xujing bridge, I set foot on the dragon head. Here is the word "longtouzhu" written by Mr. Zhao Puchu, and on the back is the word "dragon without tail" written by Mr. Yin Shoushi. The huge rock stretching into the center of the lake in front is dragon tongue, which is about 15 meters long and 4 meters wide. What protrudes here is longan, and where we stand is the dragon head. Some people say that this is not as like the dragon head as we see in front of us, because "we don't know the true face of the dragon head, only because we are on the dragon head.".

Longtouzhu is directly inserted into the center of the lake, dividing Taihu Lake into East and West Lakes. It faces Suzhou across the lake in the East, Yixing in the west, and Huzhou in Zhejiang Province in the south. The current here is fast and the underwater undercurrent is crisscross, so you can't swim here. In this quiet view, when the wind is still, thousands of hectares of gold are retting, and the lake is like a mirror; when the wind is crazy, the waves are beating, and the beads are splashing like rain. Standing up against the wind makes people feel relaxed and happy. Looking at the 36000 hectares of Taihu Lake and the breathtaking battle between Wu and Yue in the spring and Autumn period, you can not only appreciate the pride of the dragon head, but also feel the hegemony of the king of Wu.

Toad stone

Stop at Longtou and look out into the water of Taihu Lake. The two huge rocks are stacked in the shape of toad climbing, facing Maji mountain and facing Dongting mountain. The shape is interesting and lifelike. It is a scene of Longtou Zhu.

It is said that on the way across the sea, the eight immortals passed Laoshan Mountain in the East China Sea. From a distance, you can see the mountain with many peaks and white clouds. From a close view, you can see the mountains with lush pines and cypresses, brilliant flowers, clear springs and winding bridges. So the eight immortals decided to have a rest here for a few days. On that night, the gods of Laoshan were invited to report and then went to the Qing palace to have a banquet and drink. When he was drunk, there was a cry in the mountains. LAN CAI and his surprise asked: why is there a cry? The land master reported: Recently, there are two monsters in Laoshan area, the "earth silkworm" and the "white moth". They destroy plants and crops, and destroy the land. The cry is made by plants and crops. After hearing this, LV Dongbin was very angry, so he sent an arrow to summon general toad of Taihu Lake in the south, and immediately led thousands of troops to Laoshan to subdue the demons. General toad led thousands of troops to fight several fierce battles, and the two demons "earth silkworm" and "white moth" fled to hide on a desert island in the East China Sea. General toad was afraid that the two demons would harm the people again, so he stayed by the sea day and night. Day after day, year after year, slowly become a huge stone.

Trace stone

On the stone beach to the west of longtouzhu, there are four stone caves of the size of Yingchi, six or seven inches deep, like traces of horses. When the water level is high, only 2 holes can be seen, while when the water level is low, 4 holes can be seen. It is said that the first emperor of Qin Dynasty visited Kuaiji in the East and practiced them by Shenma. It is said that in his later years, Emperor Qinshihuang was very hot tempered, and he always killed people with a knife. Civil and military officials all said that the emperor was afraid that someone would rob him of his throne. It's just right here

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