Songmingyan National Forest Park

Songmingyan National Forest Park

Songmingyan National Forest Park is located in Taizishan forest area, 25 kilometers south of Hezheng County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province. With a total area of 2666 hectares, the park is composed of songmingyan scenic spot, yaoshuixia water recreation area, balugou Alpine botanical garden, huaishanziliang forest landscape area and Xiaoxia leisure resort. The park is located in the Taizishan forest area, with large relative height difference, a variety of animals and plants, and more than 130 kinds of trees and shrubs.

Development history

According to documents, songmingyan temple was first built in 1404-1437, the second year of Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty. Liu Zhao, the governor of Hezhou, donated money and encouraged the people to donate money to build it. During the reign of Tongzhi of Qing Dynasty, the main hall, the second hall, the third hall, Yuhuangge, Notre Dame palace, Nanwutai and xixiding were built successively. Most of them were destroyed in the war. When the county was built in 1929, none of them was destroyed preservation. Leibafo, one of the former leaders of the Gannan uprising, once sat on his bed in songmingyan. In 1985, with the implementation of the religious policy, the local people donated money to rebuild the main hall, dugang temple, Mountain Gate, Yuhuangge, Niangniang hall and other classical buildings on the original site, and the Buddhist activities became more and more prosperous.

Songmingyan National Forest Park was established in 1992 with the approval of the Ministry of forestry, and is now managed by Hezheng county tourism development company.

From 1998 to 2000, Hezheng county raised more than 7 million yuan to improve the infrastructure of songmingyan scenic spot, completed the construction of songmingyan waterfall, water curtain cave, archway gate, songmingta, artificial lake and other scenic spots, office buildings, oil paving of some roads in the scenic spot and other infrastructure construction, opened the program-controlled telephone, transformed the power supply lines, and built a road A mobile communication tower has greatly improved the water, electricity and communication conditions in the scenic area.

In September 2001, the county won another 17 million yuan of state investment in the construction of main roads, parking lots, flushing toilets, tap water and other infrastructure. The implementation of the project not only greatly improves the infrastructure of the scenic area, but also effectively widens the tourist area and increases the tourist capacity.

The service items in the scenic area are becoming more and more perfect. Four sightseeing buses have been opened. There are "Huaer" ethnic singing, boating, fishing, horseback riding, camping, exploration and other leisure and entertainment items, as well as various ethnic flavor snacks. There are two hotels and resorts integrating leisure, entertainment and catering, which are ideal places for leisure, entertainment and summer vacation.

In 1992, songmingyan was listed as a national forest park by the Ministry of forestry.

Songmingyan was listed as a provincial scenic spot by Gansu Provincial Government in 2000.

In 2002, it was listed as the provincial youth patriotism education base by the Publicity Department of the provincial Party committee.

In 2006, it was rated as national AAAA tourist area.

geographical environment

Songmingyan National Forest Park is located in Xiaoxia, diaotan Township, 28 kilometers south of Hezheng County, 143 kilometers away from Lanzhou City and 56 kilometers away from Linxia city. The peak elevation of the scenic spot is 2736 meters. The total area of songmingyan park is 2666 hectares. It is composed of songmingyan scenic spot, upstream music area of Yaoshui gorge, balugou Alpine botanical garden, Huaishan Ziliang forest landscape area and Xiaoxia leisure resort area Yes.

Main attractions

Songmingyan scenic spot is famous for its "Songyan reddening". As early as the Ming Dynasty, there were Jade Emperor Pavilion, Bodhisattva hall, Notre Dame palace, dugang temple and other temples, which drilled through the climbing stone steps and the connecting peak ladder.

Yaoshui gorge water recreation area, with a water surface of 150000 square meters, is dominated by Yaoshui reservoir.

In the forest landscape area of Ziliang in Huaishan, 2000 mu of Pinus tabulaeformis, Larix gmelinii, spruce, fir, Pinus armandii and 500 mu of forest nursery are the main landscapes.

Xiaoxia leisure resort is connected by Xiaoxia River, Huaxi River and Huajing River; arch bridge and curved bridge are interconnected; corridor and waterside pavilion are invited; Dongmen and Yingbi are facing each other.

The scenic spot is composed of three peaks of Xiding, Nanwutai and jiguanling. It is also called "Bijia mountain" because of its abrupt and straight shape, and because it is said that Ma Liang, the magic brush, put his magic brush here after finishing his painting.

In addition, on the cliff, there is a section of cross cut road, which is called "Overpass" because of its precipitousness. Above the "Overpass" and between the overhanging stone cliffs, there is a peculiar shape of Masson pine, known as "Wannian pine".

Across the "Overpass" tens of meters north is the "line of sky" scenery. From the word "yixiantian" to the south is yangtianchi. The water seeping from the cliff is clear and endless all the year round.

In the main hall of songmingyan - Guanyin hall, there is a very strange landscape - Shenquan. It is said that this spring is melted by the nectar in the jade vase of Guanyin Bodhisattva. It seeps out from under the lotus throne. It is overflowing but not overflowing. It is dry but not exhausted. The water quality is very clear. Drink, then wish, drive diseases, run mind. People vie to drink it, and many people follow it, so it is called "holy spring".

In addition, songmingyan scenic spots include: the bell of secluded temple, the beauty of worship hall, the majestic posture of main hall, Songming waterfall, birds in the morning, Xiaokang family, Yuanyang Lake, Songming tower, couple tree, etc.

April 8th

Every year from April 26 to April 28 of the lunar calendar, thousands of believers and tourists come from all directions. Han, Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan folk singers from Linxia, Hezheng, Guanghe, Kangle, Zhuoni, Xiahe, Lintao and other places gather here to set up tents and sing songs day and night on the slopes of songmingyan, under the shade of trees, beside streams and in the jungle In memory of the fairy who left the beautiful songs in the world. Visit the mountains to sing flowers or pray for blessings and disasters, ask God to make a wish, and hold a Buddhist Longhua Festival. April 28 is the climax of Huaer Festival, so songmingyan is commonly known as "April 8". "The old monk opens a new bathing Buddha meeting, and eight thousand female tourists sing peony" is a true portrayal of songmingyan flower meeting.

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, in the western mountainous area of Linxia, Gansu Province, people have the custom of putting sky lanterns. At the end of the year, the sky lamp was first released, which sent the evil of the plague far away. At the same time, I hope that the next year will be a good year and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe. Therefore, the sky lantern is also called Taiping lantern.

When the full moon comes out of Dongshan nest, men, women, old and young rush to the village's threshing field. In the middle of the wheat field stands a paper sky lamp, which looks like a big sack. In front of the sky lamp, there is a table for offering. On the table, there are some offerings, such as fried cakes, winter fruits, noodles and mice. Cigarette smoke, red candle bright, reflecting a solemn, solemn face. With three firecrackers ringing, the respected old man in the village walked to the sky lamp with a red candle in his hand. The two young men and women had already held the sky lamp high, waiting for the old man to light it. The sky lamp was lit, and the snow-white sky lamp suddenly turned red and bright. After a while, it seemed that an invisible magic hand was stretched out from the air and slowly lifted up the sky lamp. The children immediately cheered, while the adults were full of piety, as if praying silently in their hearts. The red sky lanterns are like big colored balls, which are raised higher by the children's voices. Flutter to the vast sky, and finally melt into the countless stars.

natural resources

Resource characteristics

Songmingyan Forest Park is located in Taizishan forest area, with large relative elevation difference. Rich plant resources make the four seasons of the scenic area change clearly, and the landscape is rich and changeable.

Resource classification

Songmingyan National Forest Park is rich in animal and plant resources. The identified wild animals include blue eared pheasant, red bellied pheasant, light bellied snow pheasant, wild pheasant, Sibuxiang, deer and other rare animals. There are more than 200 species of trees and shrubs, 174 species of wild flowers and plants, 205 species of wild medicinal materials, more than 10 species of wild fruits with certain economic ornamental value, and the beauty of "green plant kingdom" Scale. There are more than 130 kinds of trees and shrubs, including fir and birch in the high mountains, spruce, red birch, white birch and Populus in the center, Pinus tabulaeformis, poplar and larch in the low mountains, Rhododendron, hydrangea, Primula and Salix in the forest with bright colors and unique flower shapes; There are widely distributed; a large number of Zushima, sankezhen, jiujiechangpu, chuanchishao, Huangqi, Zihu, luhancao, etc. Precious animals are foxes, pheasants, rabbits, wild boars and other birds and animals. The dense forests, colorful flowers, medicinal materials of different uses, and various kinds of rare animals and birds are in full bloom.

Tourism information

traffic

Provincial Transportation

There is no airport and railway in Linxia, and the traffic is mainly by road. The West bus station and south bus station of Linxia city, located in Minzhu West Road and Jiefang South Road, bear the heavy burden of Linxia road transportation. There are passenger buses to Lanzhou, Urumqi, Tianshui, Dingxi, Wuwei, Dunhuang, Turpan, ABA and other cities inside and outside the province every day, which are the most important channels for Linxia to contact the outside world. Linxia highway is mostly mountain road with slow speed. The scenic spots in the city are walkable. No.1 bus goes back and forth to the north and south bus stops. It is very convenient to take bus in Linxia city. 11 bus lines and many bus stops cover all corners of the city. Taking bus is the first choice for people to travel.

Intercity traffic

Get on the bus at Hezheng county passenger station every 20 minutes. The ticket price is 5 yuan and the journey is 35 minutes. You can get off at the gate of the park directly.

admission ticket

25 yuan

Address: Taizishan forest area, 25 kilometers south of Hezheng County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province

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