Shimen Scenic Area

Shimen plank road scenic spot

synonym

Shimen scenic area (Hanzhong Shimen plank road scenic area) generally refers to Shimen plank road scenic area

Shimen plank road scenic spot is a famous scenic spot in Hanzhong, which is a national AAAA scenic spot,

It is located in baogukou at the junction of Hantai District, Mianxian county and Liuba county (District) of Hanzhong City. It has national key protected cultural relics and various local delicacies. It is known as "the hometown of plank road in China" and "the Pearl of water conservancy in Northwest China". It is also the hometown of Baosi in legend. It is not only the site of Shimen Reservoir, a water conservancy project, but also rich in human and natural landscape. It is the site of Baoxie Road, Shimen and its cliff stone carvings, the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, as well as the protection area of rare animals and plants.

natural scenery

Hanzhong Shimen plank road scenic spot is 15 kilometers away from the urban area. Relying on Shimen Reservoir, it is a suburban water conservancy scenic spot with beautiful scenery and historic sites.

Baogu mountain is precipitous, with towering rocks and green peaks. It is quiet and elegant, with different scenery in four seasons. Wang Wanxiang, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, summed it up as "the twenty-four sceneries of Shimen". After the completion of Shimen Reservoir in 1975, Baogu was further improved. Shimen Reservoir is a large-scale water conservancy project mainly for irrigation, with a storage capacity of 109.8 million cubic meters, irrigation of 515000 mu of farmland, and installed power generation capacity of 40500 kW. With a height of 88 meters and a top length of 264 meters, the dam is a double curvature arch dam with beautiful and magnificent shape. The high gorge and flat lake are rippling with blue waves. Cruise ships and speedboats shuttle on the 17 km long artificial lake to enjoy the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains. There are many kinds of aquatic birds, such as giant salamander, turtle and egret.

Features of scenic spots

The scenic spot has green trees and jagged rocks. It not only has magnificent water conservancy landscape, vast water scenery, but also has profound cultural and historical relics.

This is the site of Shimen, Baoxie road and their cliff carvings, the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units;

Here is the world's first artificial tunnel - Shimen;

This is the birthplace of Shimen thirteen products, the national treasure;

This is the hometown of plank road in China;

This is the hometown of Baosi;

This is the Pearl of water conservancy in Northwest China;

Here is a local delicacy - Baohe fresh fish.

Shimen Reservoir is the third generation of Baogu water conservancy project after shanheyan and Baohui canal. Shimen Reservoir, built in the late 1960s, was the first and highest reinforced concrete double curvature arch dam in China at that time, with a height of 88 meters, an arc length of 260 meters and a storage capacity of 109.8 million cubic meters. It is a large (II) reservoir integrating farmland irrigation, flood control and power generation, and aquaculture. Since its completion in 1975, Shimen Reservoir has benefited the people of Hanzhong and played a very important role in the social stability and economic development of Hanzhong. It is affectionately called "life bank" and "mother bank" by the people of Hanzhong.

Scenic spots

Shimen plank road

Shimen National Water Conservancy Scenic Spot is located in baogukou, 15 kilometers north of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. It is the site of Baoxie Road, Shimen and its cliff stone carvings, the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council in 1961. It is also the first batch of scenic spots in Hanzhong City. It was promoted to National Water Conservancy Scenic Spot in 2002. The scenic spot not only has the profound historical and cultural heritage of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, but also has many unique and beautiful natural scenery, attracting many tourists to visit every year. The scenic spot is characterized by steep mountains, jagged rocks and green peaks. Wang Wanxiang, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, summarized it as "24 scenes of Baogu". The construction of Shimen Reservoir is even more icing on the cake, Gaoxia Pinghu, rippling blue waves, boats, boats shuttle in the 17 km long water corridor, you can enjoy the scenery of lakes and mountains, pleasant scenery; antique plank road is unique, flying in the air on the steep cliff of Baogu, becoming the epitome of ancient baoramp; thrilling high-altitude acrobatic performance and steep mountain of Shimen are skillfully integrated, attracting many visitors to watch. There are many kinds of aquatic birds, such as giant salamander, turtle and egret. This is the hometown of Baosi, a beautiful woman, and the hometown of plank road in China.

Stone carvings in Shimen

In history, after the opening of the stone gate, the officials, merchants and literati of the past, while enjoying the famous sites, wrote down things and expressed their feelings, and engraved them on the cliffs inside and outside the stone gate for generations, thus forming the magnificent stone carvings on the cliff of the stone gate. From the Han and Wei dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, these stone carvings are a treasure house of stone carvings. In particular, the Eastern Han Dynasty "Ode to Shimen", "gunxue" and the Northern Wei Dynasty "Shimen Ming" are important stone carving materials for studying ancient politics, military affairs, transportation, science and technology, water conservancy and culture, which are of great value in the history of Chinese calligraphy. The Japanese calligraphy circle is known as "Hanzhong Shimen, the teacher of Japan". In 1961, the site of Baoxie Road, Shimen and its cliff carvings was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

In 1970, when the Shimen Reservoir was built, thirteen of these stone carvings were chiseled down and now displayed in Hanzhong City Museum (ancient Hantai). This is the famous "Thirteen stone carvings of Shimen", which is known as "national treasure", while Shimen and other stone carvings were submerged in the reservoir.

history

Shimen is located in the south entrance of Baogu, 20km north of Hanzhong City. It is cave shaped, north-south, on the West Bank of Baohe River, parallel to the river. The east wall of Shimen is 16.5 meters long and the west wall is 15 meters long; the south entrance is 3.45 meters high and 4.4 meters wide; the north entrance is 3.75 meters high and 4.1 meters wide. The tunnel and the plank road are on the same horizontal line. There is no trace of axe chiseling in the cave. It was made after being heated by fire and water. There are several opinions about the time of stone gate excavation, such as the sixth year of Yongping of Ming emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 63), Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty and the excavation of Qin people. Baohe Shimen plank road is one of the earliest artificial traffic tunnels in the world.

Zhandao, known as "the Ninth Wonder of the world", is the most dazzling cultural boutique of Shimen. With a total length of 235 km, Baoxie plank road was a military hub connecting the north and the south in ancient times. People often say, "it's hard to walk along the Shu Road, but it's hard to get to the sky.". Since the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, in order to surmount the natural danger of Qinling Mountains, the ancients drilled holes along the cliffs of the river valley, with beams as beams, standing trees as columns, and wooden boards and railings as plank paths. It starts from baogukou in Hanzhong in the South and ends at Xieyu pass in Meixian County in the north, so it is called Baoxie plank road.

With the construction of Shimen Reservoir, the ancient plank road sank in the vast Crystal Palace. Now, with the development of Shimen tourism, Shimen tourism company has raised the subgrade nearly 80 meters on the basis of the ancient plank road, restoring this ancient plank road wonder. With a total length of 3.6 km and an investment of 9.87 million yuan, the antique plank road will be restored one by one in various architectural forms, and the glory of the plank road will reappear. The terrain of the valley is complex. In order to open up roads on the steep cliff, the ancient laborers created various road forms according to different terrain. "Flat beam column type", "stone foundation type", "multi-layer flat beam column with shed cover type", "thousand beam without column type" and other shapes are reflected in this section of plank road.

After leaving the ancient capital Chang'an, walk along the Baoxie road to Baogu at the south end. Here, the two mountains face each other, the wall is thousands of feet high, and the current is fast, which becomes an obstacle of Baoxie plank road. "Historical records" records: "plank road thousands of miles, omnipotent, only Baogu wanhu (w ǎ ng ū) its mouth." As early as the sixth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han and Ming Dynasties issued an imperial edict to rebuild the Baoxie plank road. He used the method of "burning fire and stirring water" to dig a chuanshansui cave about 16 meters long and 4 meters wide. This is the earliest tunnel opened to traffic in the history of the world and an unprecedented feat of human conquest of nature.

The opening of the stone gate made the Baoxie road run through smoothly. Literati poets, court officials, and traveling businessmen were deeply shocked by the splendor of the stone gate and the arduousness of the project. They wrote poems on the stone wall to express their feelings. Their main contents were to record the opening and restoration of the ancient projects of the stone gate, Baoxie Road, and shanheyan, as well as to praise the magnificent scenery of Baogu Landscape. With Shimen cave as the center, these stone carvings gradually formed a vast group of Shimen cliff carvings. Among the more than 100 square stone carvings, the 13 pieces from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty are the most famous. They are called "Hanzhong Shimen, the teacher of Japan" by Japanese calligraphers who love Chinese Calligraphy. Cao Cao's "gunxue", Zhang Liang's "yupen" and Zheng Zizhen's "Shihu" are vigorous, simple and fluent. In particular, "Ode to Shimen" and "Shimen Ming" have been praised as models of Chinese calligraphy since ancient times.

From Chang'an to Chengdu, the most prosperous period of the plank road is more than 90000 li of the pavilion, five li of a post, ten li of a pavilion, thirty li of a post. These flying plank roads, winding between the green mountains and the turbulent green waves, sometimes a corridor, sometimes a pavilion, sometimes a pavilion, sometimes a floor, are quite gorgeous and elegant. They are all part of the post facilities of the plank road.

Since its invention, the plank road has been inextricably linked with the war. From the Baoxie road to the north, you can go straight to Chang'an. From the Baoxie road to the south, you can easily take Sichuan and Sichuan. In terms of military geographical position, there is room to attack and defend. It has been a must for military strategists since ancient times. The most brilliant war here is the battle between Chu and Han

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