Chime hammer peak

Qinghammer peak is located in the suburb of Chengde City, Hebei Province

It is 59.42 meters high, thick on the top and thin on the bottom, and is shaped like a washing wooden hammer, so Emperor Kangxi gave it the name

"Qing hammer peak" is commonly known as "bang Chui mountain". Chengde was the sea in ancient times, and then became the land.

Chime hammer peak

Qinghammer Peak National Forest Park, surrounded by Chengde City, is a national AAAA scenic spot, which is inlaid with the famous summer resort and Waiba Temple scenic spots at home and abroad. The total area is 159000 mu, about 2.5km away from the urban area.

The natural landscape of the park is unique. It is famous for Danxia landform with beautiful rocks and different peaks. It has temperate monsoon climate. The qinghammer peak cableway is the longest chair cableway in China.

geographical position

Qinghammer Peak National Forest Park embraces the urban area of Chengde and integrates with the famous summer resort and Waiba Temple scenic spots. It covers a total area of 159000 Mu and is about 2.5 km away from the urban area. The park has a unique natural landscape, famous for its beautiful rocks and towering Danxia landform.

Related records

In the scenic area, there is a tall and straight stone column standing up from the sky and straight into the clouds. The stone column is 59.42 meters high, thick on the top and thin on the bottom. It is shaped like a washing stick. Therefore, Emperor Kangxi gave it the name of "qingchufeng", commonly known as "Bangchui mountain". Qinghammer peak is one of the top ten famous mountains in Chengde, which was called "shiting" in ancient times. Li Daoyuan, a geographer of the Northern Wei Dynasty, recorded in shuijingzhu that "Rushui (today's Luanhe River) flows to the southeast again, and Wulie water flows into Yan, and its three schools of water are combined The southeast calendar stone stands down. Standing on the top of the mountains, the solitary stone cloud is lifted, facing the precipitous cliffs, which can be more than a hundred feet high.... ". On the hillside of qinghammer peak, there is a mulberry tree with an age of more than 300 years, named mengsang. Although it grows between rocks, it grows luxuriant branches and leaves. It bears white mulberry. It is fat and big. It is said that eating it can prolong life.

There is a beautiful folk legend about the origin of the chime hammer peak: it is said that a long time ago, Chengde area was a vast ocean, and the chime hammer peak was the sea eye. At that time, there was a sea monster who often hurt people. A young man did harm to the people, but he angered the Dragon King and was tied into the Dragon Palace. The Dragon girl passed by and saw that the young man was beautiful and unyielding. She was in love with him, so she stole the Dragon King's Dinghai needle and took the young man out of the Dragon Palace. The Dragon King sent troops to catch up with her, and the Dragon girl threw out her Dinghai needle to block the sea eye, which gradually turned into land. The Dragon Girl and the young man got married and lived happily. When the Jade Emperor knew about it, he sent troops to capture the Dragon Girl. The Dragon girl would rather die than surrender. She was turned into a mulberry tree and planted on the hillside of Bangchui mountain.

Qing hammer peak cableway is the longest chair type cableway in China, with a length of 1620 meters. There is Baoshan Temple 200 meters to the north of qinghammer peak, which is called giant wall Buddha light. The cliff stone carvings in the temple are unique. You can also walk south about 500 meters to visit the vivid and lifelike toad stone.

Chengde city is located in a river lake basin surrounded by mountains. The composition of conglomerates in Chengde basin is similar to that of calcareous sandy conglomerates in Danxia Mountain, Renhua county, northern Guangdong Province. It is easy to be eroded by water containing carbon dioxide, resulting in a variety of strange shapes. Therefore, the landscape wonders similar to Danxia Mountain in Jiangnan gradually formed around Chengde basin.

Looking from the east of the summer resort, you can see a huge stone on the top of the mountains in the East. It is like the thumb of the earth praising something. In the 41st year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1702), Emperor Kangxi gave the peak the name of "Qing hammer peak" because it looks like "Qing hammer".

Qing hammer peak, known as stone ting in ancient times, is commonly known as Bangchui mountain. As early as 1400 years ago, Li Daoyuan, a famous geographer in the Northern Wei Dynasty, recorded in shuijingzhu that he was "a solitary stone with a cloud lifting, facing a precipitous cliff, which can be more than a hundred feet high". According to the actual measurement, qingchufeng is 596.29 meters above sea level, 38.29 meters high, 59.42 meters high with its base, 15.04 meters in diameter at the upper part and 10.7 meters in diameter at the lower part, with a volume of about 6508 cubic meters and a weight of about 16205 tons. It is estimated that it has been 3 million years old. There is a mulberry tree on the hillside of fengchui, about 3 meters high, about 300 years old.

Related environment

In order to enjoy the qinghammering peak, Emperor Kangxi built a "sunset Pavilion of the hammering peak" on the west mountain of the summer resort, which is far away from the qinghammering peak. Whenever the sun is about to disappear, Optimus Prime is majestic and magnificent in the sunset.

On the side of the cliff about 500 meters south of qinghammer peak, a big stone looks high and eager to try. From a distance, it looks like a big toad squatting. This is the toad stone. Stone toad back north south, head out of the cliff, mouth slightly start, its state is very popular. Toad stone is about 14 meters tall and 20 meters long. There are two holes under the abdomen. The two holes are connected from north to South and run through from east to west. People can crawl past. Sheng xiadeng tour, cool inside the cave, refreshing exception.

Development prospects

Qingchufeng National Forest Park, with a total area of 15.09 million mu, is the main scenic spot of qingchufeng. It is famous for its natural scenery of strange mountains and rocks and lush forests. Not only are the mountains different, but the forest environment is also beautiful. More than 100 kinds of wild flowers, such as Rhododendron, peony, rose, clove, cherry blossom, mountain chrysanthemum and carnation, are distributed throughout the scenic area, which is a large natural garden. It is also a precious Arboretum. More than 300 tree species, such as Pinus tabulaeformis, Acer truncatum, Betula platyphylla, Populus davidiana, spruce and Tilia amurensis, show their unique style. In the dense jungle, there are mandarin duck, golden winged bird, blue indigo bird, flower swallow, pheasant, yellow bird, cuckoo, deer, blue sheep, roe deer, badger, fox, hare and other nearly 100 kinds of birds and animals, which make the scenic spot full of vitality and wild interest.

Related events

On December 5, 2016, the National Tourism Administration held a press conference and was warned in the list of 4A scenic spots.

Address: Chengde City, Hebei Province

Longitude: 117.962158

Latitude: 40.96953

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