Longquan National Forest Park

Longquan park has a long history, built in the late Tang Dynasty, was the center of cultural activities of the central Yunnan people. With towering ancient trees, unique pavilions and clear springs, the park was once praised as "the first scenic spot in western Yunnan" by Dong Yidao, a famous painter in the late Qing Dynasty, and the first of "eight scenic spots in Yimen". In addition, the dinosaur fossils unearthed in jiaojiadian, Shijie Township, Yimen in 1987, with a history of 180 million years, are the biggest attraction in the scenic area. There are Longquan River and Longquan culture square near the park. After visiting the park, you can visit Yimen County by the way.

Longquan National Forest Park

Longquan National Forest Park was established in 1992 with the approval of linzaopizi (1992) 200 document of the former Ministry of forestry. It covers a total area of 24380 hectares. Qingzhanghe River and national highway 207 run through the north and south, with superior conditions. It is a national park with forest natural landscape and historical relics such as Longyao temple, Longshen temple, the front headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the former site of the northern Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. After more than ten years of scientific planning, active protection, development and construction, the park has become a tourist attraction and patriotism education base in Shanxi Province.

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Historical evolution

Leiyin temple, an ancient karst cave temple in the park, is also known as Longyao temple. In the Zhou Dynasty, the cave was turned into Shilong cave. In the northern and Southern Dynasties, it was transformed into Leiyin temple. As of 2014, it has a history of more than 3000 years.

In January 1944, Chen Yi passed here on his way back to Yan'an, leaving behind a poem "expressing his feelings through Taihang Mountain".

Longquan park is a national forest park approved by the State Forestry Department in 1992. It was established in 1992 and started construction in August 1993. Up to now, it has invested 1.5 million yuan and invested nearly 40000 volunteers to build a number of scenic spots such as Longyao temple with architectural style of Qing Dynasty.

geographical position

Longquan National Forest Park is located in the southeast of Zuoquan County in the middle section of Taihang Mountain, in four towns of baoze, Tongyu, Matian and Zecheng, bordering Shexian County of Hebei Province, and in the pass of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces.

natural environment

geology

This area is a folded and uplifted mountain in the middle of the two wings on the back of the Taihang Mountains. The terrain is high and steep with undulating peaks, with an average altitude of more than 1600m. The highest place is the top of the North Tianchi Lake, with an altitude of 2097.4m. The terrain is high in the South and low in the north. From south to north, it mainly includes three natural geographical units: the subalpine meadow area of the North Tianchi Lake, the wide valley area between the mountains of Qianmu Sichuan, and the Zhongshan forest area of Longquan.

Climate

This area belongs to warm temperate zone, cold temperature and semi humid climate, rain and heat in the same period, four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 7.3 ℃, and the average temperature in January is about - 9 ℃. The average temperature in July is 22 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 37 ℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is minus 20 ℃. The annual precipitation is 550 mm, the frost period is from mid September to mid May of the next year, and the frost free period is about 130 days. In summer, because of the high terrain and dense vegetation and forest, the temperature here is obviously lower than that in the same latitude area, so it is one of the ideal areas for summer.

Resource overview

natural resources

There are one kind of rare birds to protect brown eared pheasant, two kinds of animals to protect Tragopan, leopard and so on, as well as wulingzhi and other drugs and countless Chinese herbal medicines.

There are ancient national rare species of beech and red bean trees, one of which has a diameter at breast height of 1.3 meters and a height of about 40 meters, and is more than 400 years old.

The vegetation in the area belongs to coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest, with 626 species belonging to 305 genera and 97 families. The forest coverage rate of Shanxi Province is 90%, which is one of the best protected secondary forest areas in Shanxi Province. There are many kinds of wild animals, including brown eared pheasant and leopard, and argyi leaf leopard. In 2006, beijinzhong Environmental Protection Bureau and Jinzhong Tourism Bureau were rated as "green environmental protection scenic spot".

Human resources

Leiyin temple, full of strong religious color, is dominated by Buddhism and compatible with Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. On the top of the cave is carved a cliff stone inscription with the words "Brahma, Buddha and earth". It can be seen in the early morning of spring and the first light of dawn, which can be called a wonder in the world. It is rare that the bell tower and drum tower are combined into one and the first floor is used for both purposes. After paying homage to the purple Leiyin temple, you can see the Heli tower of monk Yuanzong in Tang Dynasty. The tower is built on a tall stone base with solemn, simple and solemn shape. Standing in front of the pagoda, if you are in the Buddhist cave, you will feel extraordinary and refined. The pagoda body is hidden in the forest. It is simple and integrated. There is a poem saying: the low brick pagoda seems to be ordinary, and the green hills on all sides are used as the protective wall. The cave temple is not a utopian thing, and it is close to it for thousands of years. Here are the Qing Dynasty Treasury gold bricks unearthed from Leiyin temple. They are well preserved and precious historical relics.

Main attractions

Longyao Temple

Located in the north end of the park, 1.5 km around Longyao temple, covering an area of 363.4 hectares, there are 26 natural and cultural landscapes. There are the Longyao temple complex built in the northern and Southern Dynasties and located in the cliff cave. There are ten Dragon Temple, Longdong waterfall, Longzhu Qingtian, cliff hanging pine, sliding wall bonsai, fog around forest and other landscapes. The cave of Longyao temple is 50 meters high, 36 meters wide and 51 meters deep. It is said that it was the place where Huang Feihu, King Wucheng of the Shang Dynasty, raised his statue. There are Lingquan waterfall and Lingquan cave with a drop of more than 20 meters on the cliff below the temple, and wolongtan not far away.

Thousand mu Lingchuan

The grassland in the area is like a green blanket, the vast forest is like a green barrier, the ancient pine and cypress are flying between the cliffs, and the national first and second class protected rare birds brown eared pheasant, horned pheasant and the first class protected animal leopard live in it. In the north and South Tianchi, there are Baise forest sea, solitary pine meadow, ancient willow strange forest, bottomless cave, small patio, Xianren bridge, longjuyan and other major landscapes. Tianchi mountain, the famous peak of Taihang, is the place where the "Buddha light" emerges at sunrise and sunset. Tianchi temple is built on the mountain, which has been known as a summer resort since ancient times. Nearby, there are karst caves hidden between cliffs. Shilong cave is 25 meters high, 40 meters deep and 40 meters wide. There is an ancient Leiyin temple in the cave, which is a heritage of the Qing Dynasty. There is a thousand mu waterfall spring on the opposite side of the ancient temple.

Ancient village

It is located in the xiaoyinggou area in the central and southern part of the park, covering an area of 1353.5 hectares, with a forest coverage rate of 79%. Cliff rises from the ground like a knife or axe. There are primitive stone paintings. The main landscapes are cenpeng and Mawu mountain villages, surrounded by cliffs. In the deep valley and cave, the remains of Shanzhai still exist. The water washed rock painting of huafo rock is mysterious and ancient, which is rare in the world: after the rock is washed by water, the sitting statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva appears quietly, and the words "create wealth together" appear.

Ma Tian scenery

There is gaohuanyun cave, a large-scale summer cave excavated on the cliff during the Eastern Wei Dynasty. On both sides of national highway 207, there are steep cliffs. JiuTan mountain, Wujun mountain, Guishan mountain and rabbit mountain are connected with Meiren peak and Guangong mountain. Beauty peak, beautiful eyebrows and beautiful eyes, formed naturally. Guan Gong mountain looks out from afar with his head held high, his left hand stroking his beard, his right hand stroking his knees, the blue sky above his head, and his feet stepping on the green water. The hump of Camel Mountain is abrupt, and the turtle essence stone under the mountain can be seen. There are also Hutou mountain and primitive rock paintings that look like crouching tigers.

Ancient temple tour area

The area is located 10 kilometers southwest of Zuoquan county. The terrain is precipitous, with many peaks, cliffs, dense forests, beautiful mountains, quiet environment and fresh air. There are Leiyin temple complex built in the Zhou Dynasty, Shilong temple complex in the Tang Dynasty, Sanxian cave, Longdong waterfall, Longquan crescent lake, cliff hanging pine, fog around forest and other landscape.

Sanxian cave

There is a long-standing story about Zhonghua. It is said that during the Western Zhou Dynasty, King xuanwang of Zhou fought against qianmuchuan, and three immortals came to rescue him, which was passed down as a beautiful story.

Development and construction

In accordance with the overall tourism work plan of Zuoquan County, the overall planning of the park takes Leiyin temple, Qianmu Lingchuan, beitianchi, Wutai temple and daguanglong garden as the main areas, forming an AAAA scenic spot integrating religious worship, sightseeing, leisure, natural health preservation and recreation. The planned investment of 560 million yuan will be completed in three stages in eight years. The roads from muchI to Liangyu, Longze to the gate of the scenic spot and Daguang to qianmuchuan tourism line have been widened and reconstructed. Meanwhile, the construction of mobile communication and water resources facilities has been completed, and the construction of scenic spots and supporting facilities in the scenic spot will be fully implemented.

Address: Longquan Park, Yimen County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 102.136672

Latitude: 24.668607

Tel: 0877-4964023; 0877-49

Tour time: half a day

Traffic information: you can take a taxi in Yimen County.

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