Laojunding

Laojunding scenic spot is located in the upper source of Dashi River, the mother river of Qinhuangdao, and the northwest of Liujiang National Geopark. It is the peak of Liujiang Basin. It integrates Taoist culture, geological culture and River culture, integrates sports and leisure, health and sports, and holiday sightseeing. It has excellent natural ecology and is known as the natural "oxygen bar".

Laojunding

Laojunding, 30 kilometers north of Qinhuangdao City, is located in the east end of Yanshan Mountains, the central area of Liujiang Basin National Geopark, and the North China Plain and Bohai Bay in the south. It belongs to Haigang District of Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. The mountain is mainly composed of upper Archean mixed granite and Yanshanian granite intrusion. The low-lying hills and plains are composed of Paleozoic and Mesozoic strata. Among them, coal mining has a long history. Dashi River and its tributaries converge here to form the main regional water system.

The landscape pattern of laojunding is Taiji and the scenery is beautiful. In ancient times, there was a Taoist temple built on the top of the mountain, which was full of incense. It was rebuilt twice in the Qing Dynasty. Around laojunding, 13 natural villages are built around the mountains.

1、 Overview

Laojunding, 30 kilometers north of Qinhuangdao City, is located in the east end of Yanshan Mountains, the central area of Liujiang Basin National Park, and the North China Plain and Bohai Bay in the south. It belongs to Haigang District of Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. The landscape pattern of laojunding is Taiji and the scenery is beautiful. In ancient times, there was a Taoist temple built on the top of the mountain, which was full of incense. It was rebuilt twice in the Qing Dynasty. Around laojunding, 13 natural villages are built around the mountains.

2、 Geology

This area belongs to the eastern part of Yanshan mountain area, with an altitude of 493.7 meters. It is a local low mountain area. It consists of late Archean Suizhong granite and Yanshanian granite intrusion, forming a towering basin periphery. The upper Paleozoic, Paleozoic and Mesozoic constitute low-lying hills and undisturbed basin landform, namely Liujiang Basin. Liujiang Basin is about 2 km long from north to South and 12 km long from east to west. It is surrounded by steep mountains in the north, East and West, and opens to the Bohai Sea in the south. Dashihe River, which runs through the basin, is the main water system in the region, and the highest peak is laojunding in the northwest. It is mainly composed of granite and limestone with complex terrain and crisscross canyons. The surface of the area is sedimentary soil, the soil is yellowish gray, slightly loose state, the surface has plant layer, root development, layer thickness of about two meters. There are coal resources under the east slope. The geological soil under laojunding slope is silt and weathered fine sand.

3、 Hydrology

The area is a valley with little water, and the upper source of Shihe River is under laojunding. There are streams passing through all the year round, and torrent is formed during the geomantic period (late June to early August). It is a seasonal river, mainly Quaternary pore phreatic water, and the aquifer is sandy soil. The surface precipitation flows into Shihe River. Groundwater is mainly supplied by atmospheric precipitation and mountain spring water. The water is sweet and pollution-free.

4、 Climate

The region belongs to warm temperate semi humid continental monsoon climate, with hot and rainy seasons, seeking warmth. The northern cold current is blocked by Yanshan mountain, the frost period is short, and the annual average daily temperature is 10-15 ℃. The average temperature of the coldest month is 7.5-10 ℃, the hottest month is July, the average temperature is 23.5-24.5 ℃, and the frost free period is 160-175 days. The annual precipitation is 500-650 mm.

5、 Vegetation

The plant coverage of laojunding is 95%, and the vegetation is mainly deciduous broad-leaved forest and sparse Pinus tabulaeformis and shrubs. There are dozens of species, such as Pinus tabulaeformis, Quercus baltica, Populus davidiana, wild apricot, kiwifruit, Rhododendron, Vitex negundo, catalpa microphylla, etc. All kinds of shrubs and grasses grow well and are ecological landscape in three seasons.

6、 Animals

There are abundant animal resources in the mountain, such as badger, hare, roe deer and squirrel. Dozens of birds, such as warbler, blackbird, hummingbird, owl, pheasant, tit and Harrier, live in the forest.

7、 Resource overview

Laojunding resources are mainly reflected in Taoist culture, site information and natural ecological landscape resources.

Laojunding historical relics: Qianlong's Linyu county annals records: "laojunding, in the south of yiyuankou, occupies 67 li of the city, with laojunan on it. The remains of Andong Dan furnace are still there. " Guangxu "Yulin County annals" records: "there is Laojun nunnery on the top of Laojun, and it is said that there are traces of Danlu in the east of nunnery."

In the 23rd year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty, engongsheng and houdiejiao instructed Wang Yishi to write the inscription on the rebuilding of laojunding Xiaan, which is full of the following words: "laojunding is tall and Cui Wei, the crown of all the mountains in Shimen. Among the twenty-eight scenes of stealing strange things, there is no harvest, and so is the one who left behind the mountain. Its top is several mu, there are three laojuntang, there are wells in front of the hall, the water is very clear, for the coal digger hole empty, its downhill leakage and well dry. Kangxi 20 years (1681), around the mountain and the home of shisanzhuang began to build a temple at the foot of the mountain, so it was xiaanyun. The terrain of the nunnery is broad, and the temple system regards the upper nunnery as majestic and broad. There are three main halls for one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas. The front hall has three rooms, with a strong face to protect the Dharma of Weituo, and the south side to lead Maitreya Buddha. There are three eastern and Western corridors, three Zen rooms (halls) and one mountain gate. It was first rebuilt in 1786, the 27th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong. Gonggong of gongjiazhuang on the side of the mountain, whose name is Yue and whose name is Huatang, is also a strange person in trade. In 1826, the family and Yu were friendly. They joined hands with the power of the thirteen villas in Daoguang's sixth year (1826). There are four theatrical rooms and several kitchens, which are also renovated. An Cheng asked me to record it. I remember that Yu Zhuang lived on the right side of the mountain for a long time. He wandered on the top of the mountain and looked south. The sea was clear and shining with the sun. Overlooking the Zushan mountain in the west, the Qifeng mountain stands. The Great Wall in Northeast China is surrounded by cliffs and clouds. It is like crouching tiger, running ox, startling snake, xiangluan and Wufeng, straight as Dunhu, horizontal as sawtooth, bowing and bowing to each other. All of them can be regarded as one of the key points. It's really called "looking at all the mountains". If you are tired and go back to the nunnery and have less rest, you will have a different world. Sit back on the high roof, a ridge across the front, to show, I do not know where to go.

According to Yongping Fu Zhi by Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, the inscription of Laojun temple was rebuilt. As follows: there is an nunnery at the West foot of Laojun Mountain, named "Jieyin". Liu Jian rebuilt it at the beginning of Shunzhi and Longfei's reign in Kangxi.

Many of the above records of Laojun nunnery and Xiaan, and all the buildings have gone through the vicissitudes of time, but only the nunnery site and sporadic brick and stone sites are left.

8、 Development and protection

In 2015, the construction of laojunding eco-tourism scenic spot began. The scenic spot is an open tourist resort, and the villages are all tourist spaces. It is a place of homesickness and Poetic Habitation without human interference and ecological destruction. Laojunding, who has been sleeping for thousands of years, has gradually shown the world the customs of Wanzhong. Laojunding people are making unremitting efforts to experience the natural ecology and taste health and happiness for tourists at home and abroad with the spirit of self-improvement, being outstanding practitioners of Taoism and nature, towards the goal of sustainable development of eco-tourism.

Address: Fangzhuang village, shimenzhai Town, Funing County, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province

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