Wanshishan

Wanshishan, a beautiful mountain in Xiamen City, is a part of Gulangyu wanshishan national scenic spot, including Taiping mountain, Banling mountain, Zhongyan mountain, Yangtai mountain, waiqing mountain, Wulao mountain, Zhongshan Mountain, Gushan Mountain, Hushan mountain, etc., with a land area of about 32.96 square kilometers. It is one of the few large and medium-sized cities in China that is close to downtown and has the largest area of sightseeing.

Gulangyu wanshishan scenic spot

synonym

Wanshishan generally refers to Gulangyu wanshishan scenic area

Gulangyu wanshishan scenic spot is a famous tourist attraction in Xiamen. It is an AAAAA scenic spot. It is located in the south of Xiamen City, covering wanshishan, Gulangyu and part of Xiamen Bay.

The whole scenic spot has the sea, mountains, islands, reefs, beaches, rocks, temples, flowers, wood gods show, as well as the national style, overseas Chinese customs, Fujian and Taiwan characteristics, and Western exotic sentiment.

Introduction

Gulangyu wanshishan scenic spot is mainly composed of granite geology, with exposed rock mass and boulders all over the place. There are many gullies and streams, changeable coastline, alternate beaches, and mountains, islands and seas set off each other. The plant landscape is rich and colorful, forming a subtropical island scenery.

The whole scenic spot has the sea, mountains, islands, reefs, beaches, rocks, temples, flowers, wood gods show, as well as the national style, overseas Chinese customs, Fujian and Taiwan characteristics, and Western exotic sentiment.

master plan

In 1988, the master plan was compiled, with a total area of 245.74 square kilometers, including 1.77 square kilometers of Gulangyu, 32.97 square kilometers of wanshishan and 211 square kilometers of sea area. Nature: it is a national scenic spot with ocean as the main body, globular granite as the characteristic, mountain and sea blending, city and landscape dependent, and rich cultural connotation. It is divided into ten scenic spots: Sanwan Huihai (sea area), wanhu Chaotian (wanshishan), gulangdongtian (Gulangyu), ancient temple Xinhui (Nanputuo Temple), Huxi night moon (huxiyan, Bailudong, Hongshan Temple), jinbangdiaoji (jinbangshan, Yangtaishan), Hongji viewing the sun (yundingyan, jinjiting), Shangli exploring (Shangli reservoir, Forest Park), zengcuo vacation (zengcuo) CuO Long Beach), Huangcuo view (Huangcuo scenic spot), etc. Gulangyu Island is connected with wanshishan scenic area by Lujiang River, known as "sea garden".

Legends of past dynasties

It is said that there is a huge stone in the southwest corner of the island, which is hollow due to the erosion of the waves. When the tide comes, the stone sounds like a drum. The green coverage rate of the whole island is more than 37%, with green trees, safflower and green grass all over the island. Walking in the streets, there is no noise of cars and horses, but the sound of Qin is melodious. It is known as "the island of music".

Features of scenic spots

The main scenic spots are: Zheng Chenggong stone statue Haoyue garden, Lin Qiaozhi Memorial Garden - Yu Garden, sea view garden, sunlight rock and Zheng Chenggong memorial hall, water control platform, etc.; and a boat tour around the island to enjoy the beautiful coastal landscape composed of rocks, cliffs, reefs and beaches.

Cultural details

Gulangyu used to be a desert island. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong set up a camp to train the Navy. After the opening of the sea ban, it began to prosper. As early as the 37th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1698), there were foreign exchanges. After the Opium War, Xiamen was opened up as a trading port of five ports, and Gulangyu was forcibly occupied by Britain.

In 1902, the consulates of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Norway, Sweden, the Philippines and the Qing government signed the "Regulations of Xiamen Gulangyu public boundary", which reduced Gulangyu to a "public concession" of the great powers. There are buildings of different styles in 13 countries on the island, which are known as "World Architecture Museum". In 1928, Yanping Park was built in memory of Zheng Chenggong, covering 587 hectares. In the 1930s, overseas Chinese and businessmen built villas and private gardens on the island. The famous villas include Guanqing villa, Huangjia villa, Shuzhuang garden, Yiyuan villa and Guanhai villa. During the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, it was seriously damaged.

In the 1950s, Lin Erjia's family dedicated Shuzhuang garden to the state, and the government carried out comprehensive maintenance of it. The "Fanzai tomb" on Huangyan road was turned into a Liberation Park and later into a Gulangyu concert hall. In the 1960s, street greening and small garden construction were carried out. Build peace park, build bathing beach, changing and flushing room, guoxingjing restaurant and fountain in the West Flower Garden of guoxingjing.

Reconstruction period

From the late 1970s to the 1980s, large-scale landscaping construction was carried out, covering an area of 1.52 hectares, planting more than 50 kinds of trees and shrubs, more than 100000 trees, and planting 4097 square meters of lawn. To restore the sun rock and temples, add a small building on the terraced hill; to invest 700000 yuan to restore the Shuzhuang garden, build a new meishou hall, rebuild the bronze statue of Lin Erjia, add tingtaoxuan, Sheling garden, and wanshishan house; to renovate the gangzihou bathing beach and supporting facilities, rebuild the peace Park, with an area of 1.78 hectares; to build a new Haoyue garden, with an area of 1.94 hectares; to erect a total height of 15.7 meters and a weight of more than 1400 meters on fudingyan It costs 1.22 million yuan and consists of 625 granite statues of Zheng Chenggong, Yuyuan and Dr. Lin Qiaozhi's white marble statues, Gulang Park and Bijiashan Park, dadeji bathing beach, Huandao Road and guanhaiyuan tourist wharf. In 1990, a relief sculpture was built in Haoyue garden to reappear Zheng Chenggong's expulsion of the Dutch invaders. The main body is 4.7 meters high and 13.7 meters wide. It uses 200 tons of copper.

Wanshi Mountain View

Wanshishan scenic area is located in the urban area in the West and North, connected with Lujiang River and Gulangyu scenic area, and the scenic area in the East and south. There are huge rocks on the top of the mountain. The granite mountain has a unique landscape, with a variety of rocks and rocks. The valleys and streams are winding, the peaks are undulating, and the beaches are continuous.

Most of the old 24 scenic spots in Xiamen are located in this scenic area, such as "Hongji viewing the sun", "sunset on the balcony", "Wanshou Songsheng", "Wanshi suoyun", "Zhongyan Yuhu", etc. Xiamen botanical garden, Huxi Hongshan, Nanputuo temple and Hulishan fort are the main parts. The botanical garden is located in the northwest of the scenic spot. The main peaks are Taiping mountain, Zhongyan mountain, Shitou mountain, Banling mountain and mile mountain; the main valleys are Qiaoxi and shuimokeng River, which converge in man-made lake wanshiyan reservoir. There are more than 3000 kinds of plants cultivated in the garden, including more than 20 specialized gardens and planting areas, such as pine and fir garden, palm garden, introduction and domestication area, succulent plant area, orchid garden, etc. Nanputuo temple, a famous ancient temple in Southern Fujian, was built in the Tang Dynasty. The main buildings are the Mahavira hall, the Dabei hall and the Sutra Pavilion. The treasures include the Burmese jade Buddha and the Ming Sutra.

The Huli mountain is a protruding part of the mountain area. It is one of the coastal defense fortresses in Xiamen. Huxi and Hongshan are located in the western part of the scenic area, waiqing mountain, and Yuping mountain in the north. On the 15th night of the lunar calendar, the moon shines on the tiger carving and projects the stone wall. The shadow moves with the light, just like a living tiger wandering. The South Branch of Hongshan, because of the two mountains, wind and rain, wind and rain whirl, interweave, like weaving grain into fiber, forming a "Hongshan weaving rain" spectacle.

developing process

Wanshishan scenic spot has a long history of scenic spots and ancient buildings, but before 1950, it was barren mountains and bare rocks, resulting in serious soil erosion. In 1952, wanshiyan reservoir was built to store 150000 cubic meters of water. After 1953, four mass activities to build scenic forests were carried out.

In 1959, a 300 square meter plant cultivation greenhouse and wanshiyan specimen building were built, and a arboretum was opened the next year. In the 1960s, the botanical garden was established by the Ministry of construction and industry of the people's Republic of China. During the "Cultural Revolution", it was stopped and continued in the 1970s. In 1977, Mao Dun wrote the name of the botanical garden. Since the 1980s, it has developed rapidly. In 1984, Xiamen Buddhist Association raised 1 million yuan from overseas to rebuild Yuping temple and its ancillary facilities, with a construction area of 580 square meters.

In 1986, Xiamen Municipal Bureau of landscape architecture invested 71000 yuan to build Huxi Park, rebuild mountaineering roads, repair and build a new round Pavilion on the second floor. Around 1987, it invested 35000 yuan to rebuild wanshilian temple, with a construction area of 360 square meters, inscribed by Zhao Puchu; invested 400000 yuan to rebuild jinjiting temple, with a main temple of 70 square meters, a memorial hall of 200 square meters, and a house of 700 square meters; invested 1360000 yuan to build Tianjie temple, with a construction area of 2220 square meters; all the above investments were collected from overseas by Xiamen Buddhist Association. At the same time, Xiamen Construction Committee invested 1 million yuan to build the ancient temple of taipingyan, with a construction area of 2000 square meters. In addition, Hongshan temple and Nanputuo temple were built, Hulishan fort and dongpingshan reservoir were opened, and some new plant scenic spots were set up.

According to statistics: by 1985, more than 4000 species of plants had been introduced into the botanical garden. By 1987, a total of 34.7745 million trees had been planted.

Tourism information

Medical workers and their immediate family members (holding household registration, marriage certificate, birth certificate and other relevant documents) enjoy: 1. Free transition. 2. The state-owned scenic spots and characteristic scenic spots (including Shuzhuang garden, sunlight rock, Haoyue garden, bagualou Organ Museum, lettering Museum, Gulangyu Museum of foreign cultural relics, haitiantanggou, China Records Museum) are free of charge; 3. Some family hotels are free of charge.

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