Longhu Mountain Scenic Spot

Longhushan scenic area is a World Geopark, a national natural and cultural heritage site, a birthplace of Taoism, a national scenic spot, an AAAAA national tourist area, a National Forest Park and a national key cultural relics protection unit. With an area of 220 square kilometers, Longhu Mountain is a typical Danxia Landform in China. It is the birthplace of Taoism in China and a national key scenic spot. It joined the World Geopark network in 2007.

Longhushan is a project of China's Danxia [combination of six scenic spots including Longhushan (including Guifeng)] recommended by China to UNESCO World Natural Heritage Center in 2009 with the approval of the State Council. It is the only World Heritage Application Project in China in 2010. On August 1, 2010, the 34th World Heritage conference held in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, put "Danxia of China" on the world heritage list. Longhu Mountain has become the Eighth World Natural Heritage in China. In 2009, Longhushan was also shortlisted for the gold award of "the most favorite scenic spot of Chinese college students".

Longhu Mountain Scenic Spot

synonym

Longhushan scenic area generally refers to Longhushan scenic area

Longhushan scenic spot is located in Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, 18 kilometers away from the city center. It is composed of six scenic spots, including xianshuiyan, Longhushan, shangqinggong, hongwuhu, Mazuyan and yingtianshan. It has 55 scenic spots and 261 scenic spots, covering an area of 200 square kilometers. In addition, it also includes Yiyang Guifeng and other independent scenic spots (spots), covering an area of 40 square kilometers.

Longhu Mountain is China's eighth world natural heritage, World Geopark, national natural and cultural heritage site, national 5A scenic spot, National Forest Park and national key cultural relics protection unit. With an area of 220 square kilometers, Longhu Mountain is a typical Danxia Landform in China.

Longhushan is the birthplace of Taoism in China. Its Taoist holy land, blue water Danshan and ancient cliff tombs are known as "three wonders".

Longhu Mountain has 62% forest coverage, abundant rainfall and warm climate. The air anion content of Longhu Mountain scenic spot is 15 times higher than the normal value. It is one of the top natural oxygen bars in China

. In September 2017, it won the title of "China natural oxygen bar".

The best global tourism destination of China National Tourism in 2018.

On February 14, 2020, the Department of culture and tourism of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced that from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, the state-owned A-level scenic spots and some non-state-owned scenic spots in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will be open to medical workers and their families free of charge.

Historical evolution

In 1988, it was approved by the State Council as a national key scenic spot.

Joined the World Geopark network in 2007.

In 2009, Longhushan was also shortlisted for the gold award of "the most favorite scenic spot of Chinese college students".

Longhushan is a Danxia project approved by the State Council in 2009 and recommended by China to UNESCO World Natural Heritage Center. It is the only World Heritage Application Project in 2010.

On August 1, 2010, the 34th World Heritage conference held in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, put "Danxia of China" (Dragon and Tiger Mountain) on the world heritage list. Longhu Mountain has become the Eighth World Natural Heritage in China.

On April 27, 2012, the National Tourism Administration officially awarded Longhushan tourist area the title of "national AAAAA tourist attraction"

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geographical position

Longhushan scenic spot is located 20 kilometers southwest of Yingtan City, the transportation hub of Eastern Jiangxi Province.

geographical environment

topographic features

Longhushan is one of the best developed areas of Danxia Landform in China, which belongs to Xinjiang fault basin in geological structure. The basin began to form in the Late Triassic. From the late Jurassic (150-140 million years) to the early Cretaceous (140-90 million years), active volcanoes erupted in the basin and deposited muddy sandy rocks of fluvial and lacustrine facies, which laid a material foundation for the formation of volcanic landforms in the area. In the late Cretaceous (0.9-0.67 million years), the basin expanded and deposited a set of thick purple red fluvial lacustrine clastic rocks (conglomerate and sandstone), which provided material conditions for the formation of Danxia landform. The later crustal movement turned the area into land, and the typical Danxia landform was gradually formed by the external geological processes such as flowing water, erosion and cutting along the rock fissures and gravitational collapse. The genetic types are: water erosion type, collapse residual type, collapse accumulation type, dissolution weathering type, dissolution weathering collapse type. In the form of: Shizhai, Shiqiang, Shiliang, Shiya, Shizhu, Shifeng, fengcong, Fenglin, yixiantian, Fangshan, Zhubei mountain, honeycomb cave, vertical cave, Tianshengqiao, Shimen, etc., and there are all kinds of human like beautiful modeling landforms

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Climatic characteristics

Longhushan scenic area belongs to the humid monsoon climate in the middle subtropical zone, with the characteristics of no heat in summer, no cold in winter, warm and humid, and four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 18.0 ℃, the average temperature in January and July is 5.5 ℃ and 29.7 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 40.7 ℃, and the minimum temperature is - 8.6 ℃. The annual average rainfall is 1878 mm and the annual average evaporation is 1648.4 mm

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hydrographic features

Longhu Mountain is rich in groundwater resources, especially in the mountainous area where vegetation is well developed, bedrock fissures are rich in water, the terrain is deeply cut, and groundwater circulation conditions are good. Groundwater will flow into streams and valleys not far from the hillside. From mountain area to river valley, the mineralization degree of groundwater is obviously increased, showing medium to weak acidity, soft to slightly hard water, colorless, tasteless, odorless, transparent, with little suspended solids, and the water temperature is usually between 17 ℃ and 20 ℃.

natural resources

Botany

The flora of Longhushan scenic spot belongs to the humid forest area in Southeast China, the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest sub zone, the evergreen Castanopsis fargesii forest and the pine fir forest area in the West foot of Wuyi Mountain. Superior natural conditions breed abundant plant resources. According to statistics, there are more than 460 species in 250 genera and 100 families.

The main forest types are broad-leaved forest, coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest and coniferous forest. Among them, broad-leaved forest is mainly distributed at the altitude of 300-800 meters, Shangqing, Erkou, Lengshui and other places are the main distribution areas, which are multi-level forest belt. The upper layer is dominated by Castanopsis fargesii, Quercus, Castanopsis eyrei, Coriolus koraiensis, Liquidambar formosana, Schima superba and other large trees, the middle layer is dominated by sub trees such as huangduanmu, Yangtong, Litsea cubeba and stump sprouting of some large trees, and the lower layer is dominated by more than 100 kinds of small shrubs such as Yingren, Wuyao, azalea, niubishuan, Euonymus, WuFan, etc. Among them, there is a large area of Phyllostachys pubescens forest, mainly distributed in Erkou, Lengshui and other places. In the broad-leaved forest zone, the higher the altitude, the fewer the tree species. There are only a few species of Fagaceae and Magnolia at the altitude of 700-800m, and a small area of Pinus taiwanensis is scattered in some mountainous areas. At 300-610 meters above sea level, there are more than 100 families, genera and 400 species of broad-leaved forest

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Longhushan scenic area has a total land area of 23218 hectares, a forest area of 14300 hectares, a forest coverage rate of 62%, a standing stock of more than 500000 cubic meters, and more than 1.7 million Phyllostachys pubescens. Longhushan scenic area is located in the subtropical humid area, with biodiversity and rich vegetation. The forest vegetation distribution belongs to the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest region. The flora is close to Wuyi Mountain in Fujian Province, with a typical Danxia landform area of animal and plant communities. The diverse ecological environment and rich plant species provide good conditions for the reproduction and habitat of many kinds of insects, birds and mammals. The flora of Longhu Mountain is close to Wuyi Mountain in Fujian Province. Due to the high altitude and steep mountain, the vertical distribution of vegetation is obvious. The main vegetation types are: evergreen broad-leaved forest, evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest, coniferous forest, mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest, mountain top dwarf forest, etc. Distribution of plants in Longhu Mountain: at an altitude of 1200-1300 meters, there are Rhododendron erinaceus, Rhododendron Yunjin, Vaccinium uliginosum, Fargesia, Rhododendron Huangshan, Euonymus japonicus, Pinus taiwanensis, Rhododendron manshanhong, honeysuckle, lantern flower, Vaccinium platyphylla, Jiami, hezhujiami, shanfan, Rhododendron violaceum, Eurya, shuiyuehuaqiu, qianzhuci, Shier, etc. In the area of Tianmen Mountain from 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level, the upper arbor is mainly Pinus taiwanensis, accompanied by Schima superba, Magnolia grandiflora and Pseudotsuga fortunei. The tree height ranges from 7 meters to 20 meters and grows well. The trees in the lower layer include lantern tree, camellia, Prunus Cerasus, YINGSHANHONG, Camellia oleifera, Taxus chinensis, Cephalotaxus, Berberis, Rhododendron erinaceus, Rhododendron yunjinensis, Salix mandshurica, Nitraria auriculata, Wuyao, Eurya huangshanica, Vaccinium platyphylla, tiannvhua, Fargesia, Pleioblastus, Phyllostachys heterocycla, Phyllostachys heterocycla, and fujianbai, which make the pines in this scenic area green and have thousands of flowers

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animal

According to the survey and statistics, there are more than 40 kinds of mammals in Longhushan scenic spot, accounting for about 40% of 106 kinds in Jiangxi Province.

There are more than 170 species of birds in scenic spots, accounting for more than 40% of 420 species of birds in the province. The Chinese merganser on the Bank of Luxi River in bojiwan section of Longhushan National Forest Park belongs to the first class national protected animal.

Reptiles have been known in scenic spots, mainly snakes, accounting for about one fifth of the snake species in the province.

Among amphibians, giant salamander (salamander) is the most rare. In addition, there are tailed amphibian fat salamander and salamander; tailless amphibian scenic spots are rich in frogs, black spotted frogs, money frogs, marsh frogs, Ze frogs, rock frogs, rain frogs

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