Luya Mountain Scenic Spot

Luya Mountain scenic spot is located in the middle of Ningwu County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, with Luya Mountain (the main peak of Prince Hall) as the center, including many scenic spots, such as Malan grassland, xiaoluya mountain, Wannian ice cave, Millennium ground fire, cliff plank road, Tianchi Lake Group and lover Valley, with a total area of 321 square kilometers.

Luya Mountain Scenic Spot

Luya Mountain scenic spot is a scenic spot Integrating National Geopark, National Forest Park, National Nature Reserve, National Water Conservancy Scenic Spot and Chinese folk culture tourism demonstration area with ten series of tourism products of "mountain, stone, forest, grass, cave, lake, spring, valley, temple and pass".

With Luya Mountain (the main peak of Prince Hall) as the center, the scenic spot includes many scenic spots, such as Malan grassland, xiaoluya mountain, Wannian ice cave, Millennium earth fire, cliff plank road, Tianchi Lake Group, lover's Valley, etc.

geographical environment

Luya Mountain scenic spot is located in Ningwu County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province. With ten series of tourism products of "mountain, stone, forest, grass, cave, lake, spring, valley, temple and pass", it is a scenic spot Integrating National Geopark, forest park, nature reserve, Water Conservancy Scenic Area and Chinese folk culture tourism demonstration area.

With Luya Mountain (the main peak of Prince Hall) as the center, the scenic spot includes many scenic spots, such as Malan grassland, xiaoluya mountain, Wannian ice cave, Millennium earth fire, cliff plank road, Tianchi Lake Group, lover's Valley, etc.

Main attractions

Luya Mountain

Luya is a rare ecological gene bank in the world, with overlapping peaks, steep peaks and lush forests. There are more than 700 kinds of plants, 240 kinds of animals and more than 100 kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicines in the area. It is the mother river of Sanjin, the water source of North China, the hometown of Larix principis rupprechtii and the home of spruce. It is also the only pilufo Taoist center in China and the main protected area of brown eared pheasant, a rare bird in the world.

Luya Mountain is named because it looks like a "Luya". It is 2736 meters above sea level. On the top of the main peak, about 10 square meters of stone flat, a stone building, Prince's hall, is towering. Because it is located at the top of the mountains, it can be seen from dozens of miles away.

Luya Mountain used to be the first place for emperors, generals and poets to go for recreation and hunting. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had been here many times for summer hunting. He built a huge community of palaces in the Tianchi Lake, which meandered hundreds of miles and flourished for a time.

Prince Hall

The crown prince hall is built with stone foundation and stone walls. There is an iron bar on the ridge of the hall pointing directly to the sky, which seems to be a special lightning protection device. The top of the hall is scattered on all sides. It was originally covered with copper tiles, but now it has been lost. The gate of the hall opens to the north, and the stone chisel "Prince hall" stands out. On both sides of the wall, the word "Buddha" is chiseled, neat and vigorous. According to textual research, Luya Mountain is the only Pilu Buddhist temple in China, and the prince hall is the top of the Buddha.

The prince's hall is now accessible by terraces. A new iron fence is built around the hall to ensure the safety of the hall. The stone inscriptions on both sides of the hall gate are written by Bai Wenliang in the Guangxu period when he advocated repairing the hall Huang Keyi, a modern poet, has a poem praising the scenery of the prince's Palace: the Lusha mountain is beautiful, the mountains are quiet and the woods are secluded, people are intoxicated; the cliffs and islets are towering in the blue sky, and the prince's palace forgets to return. "

Malan grassland

With an altitude of 2721 meters and an area of more than 6000 mu, the Malan grassland was formed in the Cenozoic Quaternary glacial period 750000 years ago. Facing Luya Mountain from north to south, it is one of the largest subalpine meadows in North China. The grass here is fertile, and it is the base for emperors to raise horses.

The Malan grassland integrates meadows, forests, mountains, canyons, strange pines, strange rocks, the Great Wall, Jiangtai and the pagoda. In the southeast corner, there is a strange pine garden. In the south, there is a strange stone slope. In the southwest corner, the collapsed stupas are half hidden in the grass. The great wall of the Northern Qi Dynasty runs through the grassland from east to west.

Wannian ice cave

The Wannian ice cave was formed in the Quaternary glacial period of Cenozoic, with a history of 3 million years.

Its peculiarity lies in the fact that the climate outside the cave can't form an icy environment at all, while the icicles inside the cave don't melt all year round, and the deeper the ice gets, the thicker it gets. It is the largest ice cave ever found in China, and also a rare large ice cave ever found outside the permafrost in the world.

In 2005, the Wannian ice cave in Ningwu became a National Geopark in the fourth batch of national geoparks. It is now nearly 100 meters in development. Divided into up and down layers, through drilling ice holes, down the ice stairs, over the ice stack, you can visit each layer. Each layer can hold dozens of people, and the cave is surrounded by ice. Icicles, ice curtains, ice waterfalls, ice flowers, ice Buddha, ice bed, ice bell, ice man, ice Bodhisattva, etc. are formed by ice. The scenery in the cave is exquisite, dazzling, graceful and magnificent. It's a world of ice.

What makes people even wonder is that less than 200 meters away from the ice cave, there is a thousand year old ground fire, which is called Millennium volcano. This ice and fire, originally meant to conquer each other, coexist wonderfully on the same mountain. It can be said that it is a wonder in the world and a unique one in China.

Source of Fenhe River

The source of Fenhe River is the mother river where the people of Sanjin drink water and think about the source and seek their roots. Fenyuan is surrounded by nine mountains, streams, pavilions and pavilions. There is a pond at the source. The stone wall of the pond is engraved with the four characters "Fen yuan Ling marsh". There is a dragon head carved on the wall. A clear spring spouts from the mouth of the dragon, flowing all the year round. Leiming temple and Kuixing Pavilion stand upright on Louzi mountain. With the aura of Fenhe River, the weather is extraordinary. Since ancient times, it has been the first scenic spot in the three Jin Dynasty.

Jiuzhong waterfall

Jiuzhong waterfall is located at the foot of Dagou village, Dongzhai Town, Ningwu County, between lover valley scenic spot and Malan grassland, about 12 kilometers away from Dongzhai town. Because of its high terrain, clear sky and clear air, it seems to enter the sky, so it is called "Jiuchong waterfall". The waterfall falls down from the rocky cliff of the forest covered Valley, with a height of more than 300 meters, a drop of 55 meters, a flow of 120 m / s, 28000 negative oxygen ions / cm, and a maximum temperature of 19 ° C in summer.

Enjoy the jiuzhong waterfall, the torrent and the natural oxygen bar. Visitors climb up from the lowest part of the waterfall. There are waterfalls and streams at their feet. The mountain flowers around them are bright and green. The blue sky, white clouds and water mist above them are hazy. In particular, they are rich in negative oxygen ions, which makes people feel refreshed and bathed naturally. It's really a good place to get close to the mountains and waters, clean up the noise and enjoy it.

A wonderful stone

Ningwu County 30 kilometers away from the town of Dongzhai xilouzi mountain south slope, there is a cliff standing in the ditch side stream. The cliff is about two feet high, with a huge stone on the top. The stone, supported by two small stones, stands on the top of a steep slope of about 30-40 degrees. The stone is about 3 meters high and 2 meters wide. Although it stands on the slope and the wind seems to move, it has been standing there for hundreds of years.

Because the stone is like a pot covered with a lid, and the two small stones supporting it are like the feet of the pot, it is called "Zhiguo stone", which has become one of the eight wonders of ancient Ningwu Prefecture and Ningwu county.

According to experts' investigation, the stone was formed during the Quaternary glacial period.

Lover's Valley

Located in the depth of xilinxi mountain in Ningwu County, it is an elegant and beautiful valley. It is said that it is a treasure land for lovers to fall in love with each other against the wind and finally become their hometown. The whole valley is ten li in length. A four-year stream flows out from the valley palm. Under the waterfall with a drop of more than ten meters, many stone pools are formed. The whole valley is composed of many "s" shapes. Each "s" shape contains the wonderful scene of another village with hidden willows and bright flowers, which varies with the seasons. It is a romantic place to return to nature and express emotions.

Tianchi Lake Group

The group is composed of 15 natural lakes. Mayinghai (also known as "mother sea") is the largest lake in the Tianchi Lake Group, with an altitude of 1771 meters, an average water depth of 8 meters, an area of 0.607 square kilometers and a water storage capacity of 8 million cubic meters. From the first year of Zhenguan to the first year of Yifeng, the Tang Dynasty successively set up 8 lanes and 64 supervisors in Northwest China to raise official horses. Among them, Tianchi and Yuanchi were set up in Guancenshan area alone At that time, there were "tens of thousands of horses, different colors for the group, looking like clouds", leaving a good story of "Loufan comes out of the steeds" and "Loufan's administration is the best in the world". Loufan horses produced in the area of Tianchi and the steeds produced in the western regions were as famous as those in the world at that time, which made immortal contributions to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

Yuanhai

Yuanchi lake, also known as "Gonghai", is the second largest lake in Tianchi Lake Group after Maying lake, and is also called "Yuanyang sea" together with "mother sea". The altitude is 1845 meters, the average water depth is 11 meters, the area is 0.275 square kilometers, and the water storage capacity is 6.8 million cubic meters.

Yazihai

Duck sea, close to Tianchi Lake and Pipa sea, the three seas are shaped like six tripods. The altitude is 1840 meters, the water depth is 4 meters, and the water area is 0.07 square kilometers. The water is bright and clean, the color is like jade dew, and the shape is like duck eggs. There are a large number of carp, grass carp, crucian carp and wild ducks in the sea. It is a paradise for wild ducks to breed and inhabit, so it is named duck sea.

Duck sea has unique scenery, unique charm, no noise, and always keeps the virginity of nature. On top of the blue waves, ducks are crossing the river. "White hair floats in the green water, red palms stir the clear waves.". The sun is reflected in the sea, just like the sea is spraying gold and jade. In spring and autumn, white swans often come to visit, and take duck sea as their migration station, which adds auspiciousness and joy to duck sea. Standing on the high hill by the duck beach, you can see several other places

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