Yushan National Forest Park

Yushan National Forest Park is located on the Bank of Shajiabang and Yangcheng Lake. It is like a bright green pearl inlaid in the beautiful water town of the south of the Yangtze River. Changshu, a famous historical and cultural city in Jiangsu Province, stretches to the southeast. In the southwest, it is closely linked with the beautiful Shanghu Lake. The scenery of the lake and the mountain is beautiful. It is known as "all the seven streams flow through the sea, and the green hills half enter the city". Yushan has become a famous tourist attraction in the south of the Yangtze River due to its superior geographical location, beautiful natural scenery and rich cultural landscape. In 1982, it was listed as one of the important scenic spots of Taihu Lake scenic spot, a national key scenic spot; in March 1989, it was approved as a national forest park by the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of forestry. Yushan is a famous scenic spot in Changshu, which was called Wumu mountain in ancient times. The highest peak of Yushan is 263 meters above sea level, with more than 300 large and small faults distributed throughout the mountain. Yushan National Forest Park is divided into five tourist areas: Xinfeng, Weimo, Xingfu, Jianmen and Baoyan. There are many cliffs, caves, springs and forests in the park. There are Jianmen stone, Fushui Qingyan, Fushui Shuangqiao, Changshu field, laoshidong, xiaoshidong, qinbojian, taoyuanjian, Xingfu Guilin, Baoyan bayberry forest, guixiangyuan Guilin, etc. The cultural landscape includes temples, platforms, pavilions and tombs. There are Qiliang Xingfu temple, Weimo temple in the Southern Song Dynasty (now expanded into Weimo Villa), Prince Liang Zhaoming reading desk, and Xinfeng Pavilion in the Southern Song Dynasty. Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there have been some famous tombs, such as Zhongyong tomb at the end of the Shang Dynasty, Yanzi tomb in the spring and Autumn period, Huang Gongwang tomb, a great painter of the Yuan Dynasty, Qian Qianyi tomb and his concubine Liu Rushi tomb, Qu Shizhen tomb, Wang shigu tomb, shiweng Tomb of the two dynasties, and Zeng Pu tomb. A large number of celebrity tombs are a major feature of Changshu's famous sites, marking the profound and brilliant historical and cultural accumulation of Changshu.

Yushan National Forest Park

Yushan National Forest Park is located by Shajiabang and Yangcheng Lake. Changshu City, a famous historical and cultural city in Jiangsu Province, stretches to the southeast, and Shanghu Lake to the southwest. The park is located at the edge of the north subtropical zone, and its forest vegetation type is mainly subtropical evergreen deciduous cinnamon leaf mixed forest. Yushan National Forest Park covers a total area of 1260 hectares.

At the same time, the park belongs to the national AAAAA tourist attraction, National Forest Park.

Development history

infrastructure

In 1983, the construction of "vimo Sunrise" scenic spots, the use of vimo temple ruins to build vimo villa.

In 1987, vimo villa was completed.

In 1989, Mr. Zhang Zhaoming and Ms. Zhou Wanyu invested in planting 100 osmanthus trees in the mountain manor.

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In 1982, Jiangsu Taihu Lake Scenic Area Construction Committee listed Yushan scenic area as one of the ten scenic spots in Taihu Lake scenic area.

In 2011, Yushan Shanghu tourist area was approved as a national 5A scenic spot.

In 2013, it was rated as 5A tourist attraction.

In 2013, it was rated as the most beautiful forest scenic spot in China by the State Forestry Administration.

Main attractions

Yushan National Forest Park is divided into five tourist areas: Xinfeng, Weimo, Xingfu, Jianmen and Baoyan.

Xingfu scenic spot

Xingfu scenic spot is located in the deep valley at the northern foot of Yushan Mountain, with the millennium old temple Xingfu temple as the center, "bamboo path leads to secluded place, and Zen house has deep flowers and trees". Poshan temple was first built in Qi Dynasty. In 537 A.D., it was renamed Xingfu temple. There are more than 20 places in the temple, such as Daxiong hall, Jiuhu Pavilion and hollow pool. "Breaking the mountain and clearing the dawn" is one of the 18 scenic spots in Yushan. Xingfu ancient temple is an ancient temple in the south of the Yangtze River, also known as Poshan temple. It was built in the Southern Qi Dynasty and is located in the middle valley of the northern foot of Yushan Mountain. There are many places of interest in the temple, such as Yinxin stone house, Junzi spring, Jiuhu Pavilion, hollow pool and so on. The tombs of the four eminent monks are the tombs of huaida and Changda in the Tang Dynasty, houliangyan in the late Tang Dynasty, and tham'en in the Song Dynasty. Lianzhu cave is located in the back mountain of Xingfu temple. It is three feet wide and five feet deep, and can accommodate 40 or 50 people. There is a big hole on the top of the cave, and the spring flows into it from the top hole, such as Lianzhu. Lianzhu cave got its name from this.

Jianmen Scenic Area

Jianmen, the highest place in the middle of Yushan Mountain, is 261 meters above sea level. It is famous for its stone scenery. There are cliff stones in Jianmen. It is said that King Fu Chai of Wu tried his sword here and split one stone sword to form two stone gates. The inscription "Yan Lan Gao Kuang" by Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty and the jade seal are engraved on the huge stone of Jianmen. There are also famous stone carvings of Ming and Qing Dynasties under Jianmen, such as "Qingyun gets the road", "Yangzhi", "Guanzhi", "qusi stone". There is a "sword Pavilion" on the left side of the top of Jianmen. This is the scene of the famous work Changshu field by Qian song, a famous Chinese painter. Jianmen scenic area also has some important scenic spots, such as Fushui Qingyan, Qinu tomb, Qu Shizhen tomb, SONGFENG Pavilion, zanghai temple, baoguoyuan, Changshou bridge and so on. It is equipped with Jianmen restaurant, Changshou noodle shop, teahouse, small commodity market and other service facilities.

Baoyan Ecological Sightseeing Park

Yushan Baoyan ecological tourism park covers an area of more than 1500 mu. It is a project of Changshu demonstration area of national sustainable and efficient agricultural technology research and demonstration, and also an important scenic spot of Yushan National Forest Park. It is located in the northern edge of the north subtropical zone, with mild climate, abundant rainfall, back mountain and facing lake, and south slope. It has a very good natural ecological environment.

Baoyan ecological sightseeing park is rich in cultural landscape. The original famous temple, Baoyan temple, was first built in the reign of Liang Tianjian (502 A.D.), which has a history of 1490 years and was destroyed during the cultural revolution. There are also tombs of Zeng Pu, Weng Tonghe, Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi, and Huang Gongwang, a great painter of the Yuan Dynasty. Baoyan eco-tourism park is also a place where people in Changshu "watch the red bayberry". The custom of "watch the red bayberry" has a history of 900 years, which is recorded in the records of Qinchuan in Yuan Dynasty and Changshu county records in Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. On June 15, 2002, the fourth Baoyan red bayberry festival was successfully held, which made the folk custom of "going to Baoyan to see the red bayberry" brilliant again.

Vimo Villa

Weimo villa, located in the middle of Yushan Mountain, is a garden scenic spot built in 1983 by using the ruins of xiweimo temple. The newly added scenic spots, such as baigui garden and Qingxin hall, not only have the artistic conception of traditional villa garden, but also have the wild interest of natural forest, spring and stream, becoming a famous scenic spot in Yushan. It is located near the top of Yushan Mountain, just in the middle of the main road between xinfengting, yushanmen tower and Jianmen mountain.

Vimo Temple

Vimo villa was built in the ruins of the former vimo temple and got its name. Located on the top of Yushan Mountain, Weimo temple was built in 1163, the first year of Longxing in the Southern Song Dynasty. Its original name is Shiwu Weimo nunnery. Because it is on the Shiwu stream on the north slope of Yushan Mountain, it is named after Weimo nunnery.

Chengyuan site

It began in the Western Jin Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng changed the Earth City into a brick city and surrounded the southeast end of Yushan Mountain. In the 32nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1553), the Japanese pirates were renovated and expanded, and gradually collapsed after the end of the Qing Dynasty. In 1994, more than 100 meters of the city wall was restored at the ancient city wall site, and Yushan gate tower was set up.

Reading desk

It is said that it was the reading place of Xiao Tong (591-521 A.D.) the prince of Zhaoming in the southern Liang Dynasty. At the southeast foot of Yushan Mountain, tufu uplift is a platform. There is a pavilion on the platform. There are three stone carvings embedded in the main wall of the pavilion. In the Pavilion, there is a large stone platform with a stone stool beside it. On the front of the platform, there is a "record of Yulu garden", which was written by Ni liangyue in the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty. Around the reading desk, ancient trees block out the sun, green bamboo whirling, elegant scenery. When Prince Zhaoming chose this scenic spot to choose a book, he said that it would be a legacy for later generations, which made people express their nostalgic feelings.

Tourism information

Internal transportation

Bus route: No.5, 7, 8, 9, 110, 116 (under Yushan Park Station)

Every weekend, holidays, Yangpu Sports Center at 7:00, Hongkou Football field at 7:30, Shanghai Stadium at 8:00 there are tourist bus, 16:30 return, tourism package 100 yuan. At other times, the shuttle bus from Hutai Road bus station to Changshu will leave in two hours. Transportation: Yushan Park and Yanzi tomb at the foot of the mountain can be reached by bus 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 5, 7, 8, 9, etc. There are 125, 117 roads in the South and 102, 120, 9 roads in the north. In addition, you can take Yushan cableway from Xingfu temple. From Yanzi tomb, you can take bus No.118 to Jianmen, but there are few times. Yushan tour cableway, located between Xingfu temple and Yushan Jianmen, runs through the northern foot of Yushan Mountain. It is a single line circulation, fixed rope holding device and double person hanging box type passenger ropeway. With a total length of 1068 meters, it is equipped with 90 hanging boxes, with a running speed of 1 m / s, a one-way passenger capacity of 300 people / h and a ride time of 20 minutes.

External traffic

Self driving

Hangzhou to Yushan: Shanghai Hangzhou Expressway

Nanjing to Yushan: Shanghai Nanjing Expressway

Shanghai to Yushan: Hujia Expressway

Tourist route information

Yanzi tomb -- xinfengting -- yushanmen -- Weimo villa -- guixiangyuan -- Jianmen

Xingfu Temple Guixiang garden Jianmen

Ticket information

Ticket price: free, including Weimo, Jianmen and xiaoshidong.

Opening hours: all day.

Yushan ropeway (25 yuan one way, 40 yuan two way).

geographical environment

Location context

Yushan National Forest Park is located in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, near Shajiabang and Yangcheng Lake. Its geographical location is 31 ° 36'n and 120 ° 40'e.

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