Erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park

Erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park

Erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park is located in Wulongkou, 1 km north of Guannan County, Jiangsu Province, and at the mouth of Guanhe River at the intersection of five rivers. As a new tourist attraction in Guannan County, Guannan people make full use of the strategic resources of journey to the West and erlangshen, with a total investment of 120 million yuan, 395 mu of development land and 16000 square meters of construction area. The completion of the park is an important measure to realize the regional cultural inheritance and tourism development in Guannan. On May 5, 2014, the park was approved as a national 4A scenic spot. It has become a cultural heritage and Exhibition base of erlangshen in China, the largest Taoist place in Northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong, and an important scenic spot of "Huaihai West tour cultural tourism circle".

overview

Erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park is located in the core area of Wulongkou, one kilometer north of Guannan County, covering an area of 395 mu. Five rivers, including Yanhe River with a history of more than 1000 years, Guanhe River with a history of more than 800 years, Wuzhang River repeatedly chanted by ancient scholars, and South and North Liutang River, on which the residents of Guannan county live, meet here. The water area is broad, the ecology is excellent, and the river flows ancient and reaches the sea.

Erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park pursues Erlang Zhenjun, one of the four famous works "journey to the west" and the best hometown of the author. According to research, the guanjiangkou where erlangshen is stationed is now the guanhekou in Guannan county. The park is characterized by imitating the ancient buildings of Tang Dynasty, promoting the "filial piety" culture as the theme, focusing on wetland protection, recreation and ecological experience, connecting Erlang God and Guannan culture into a real scenic spot visible to the naked eye, attracting curious tourists from all over the world to explore, while many of Erlang's magical stories handed down from generation to generation along the Guanhe River become the rest of people's sightseeing The topic of music.

geographical position

Guannan Erlang temple is located in Wulongkou, Guannan County, Jiangsu Province. Tracing back to the source, Wulongkou originally refers to the intersection of Guanhe River, Yanhe River, Nanliutang River, beiliutang River and Liji River in Guannan, which is about 500 meters west of Wuzhang river sluice. Over time, Wulongkou has evolved into a regional name, which is not only the ancient name of Wuzhang River, but also the geographical name of Wuzhang River and its surrounding areas. Now, Wulongkou ecological protection zone has been set up in Guannan County, covering Xin'an town and Liji Town, and gradually developed and utilized, striving to build it into a scenic spot integrating tourism, sightseeing, catering and commerce.

historical background

In 1128 ad, the Yellow River moved southward to capture the Huaihe River and ran into the sea, forming a charming tidal river on the Xuhuai plain in Northern Jiangsu, which is Guanhe River.

Guanhe was called Guanjiang in ancient times. The battle between Erlang God and guanjiangkou described in the classic journey to the West refers to today's guanhekou.

On the Bank of Guanhe River, there is a land full of vigor and vitality, which is Guannan. Guanhe River is the mother river of Guannan people. It has a long history, splendid culture and deep historical precipitation.

Guanhe is the hometown of Erlang God. For many years, there has been a legend that Erlang lived in guanhekou on both sides of Guanhe River. According to historical records, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, there was Erlang temple in Wulongkou (wuzhahe) of Guanhe River in Guannan, which was destroyed in the war.

Today, with the establishment of the construction project headquarters in Wuzhang River and the construction of Erlang Temple Cultural Heritage Park, which has long been looked forward to by the people of Guannan, we believe that it has extremely important historical and practical significance for the people of Guannan to inherit the broad, profound and profound historical and cultural deposits of mother river, and for the people of Guannan to build their beautiful homes in the future.

Wu Chengen, the author of journey to the west, who originally came from Lianshui County and moved to Huai'an, has a deep relationship with Guannan. According to experts' textual research, his place of origin is Liuyuan village, Xin'an Town, Guannan county. In the 1970s, the epitaph of Liu Gong unearthed in shuohu Township, Guannan county was identified by provincial cultural relics experts. The content of the epitaph was written by Wu Chengen and has been listed as a national second-class cultural relic. Not only that, journey to the West also absorbed a large number of local dialects in Guannan area. In the sixth chapter of the book, "Guanyin went to the meeting to ask the reason why the little sage came down to the great sage", and in the sixty third chapter, "two monks played strange things in the Dragon Palace" According to the research, the image of Erlang God in the chapters of "Qun Sheng Chu Xie Huo Bao" is also borrowed from the local characters in Liuyuan village. The prototype of guanjiangkou where Erlang God is stationed is today's Guannan. There are many local legends about Erlang God. In addition, the Erlang temple, which was once built in Wulongkou, north of Guannan County in history, flourished for a time and was destroyed by wars and floods.

Park Construction

In the sixth chapter of journey to the west, Yang Jian, the God of Erlang, narrates that he once saved his mother by chopping Taoshan with his axe and lived in Guanjiang river with his pride. He also describes the fierce battle with Monkey King at Guanjiang river. Along the Guanhe River, many stories about Erlang God have been handed down from generation to generation. According to the records of many literary works and the textual research of experts, the guanjiangkou where Erlang God is stationed is now the guanhekou in Guannan! Today, his 760000 sons and daughters of Guanhe River are fully embodied in his spirit of chopping the river and harnessing the water, benefiting the people, saving people in urgent need, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. In order to deeply excavate the local cultural heritage, vigorously carry forward the journey to the west culture, build the "great journey to the West cultural tourism circle" of Lianyungang Guannan Huai'an, and promote the tourism development of the county, Guannan county decided to build erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park.

Earlier in 2010, Guannan county held a review meeting of tourism resources, and Li Hongfu and other scholars suggested: excavate the cultural relics and anecdotes of erlangshen, and highlight the landscape personality. In May 2010, Lianyungang Municipal government issued the notice on publishing the second batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage list and the first batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage extension project list (lianzhengfa [2010] No. 41). The "Legend of Erlang God" project declared by Guannan County Cultural Center was included in the folk literature intangible cultural heritage. It is in this context that the erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park in Guannan county came into being.

Erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park is located in the core area of Wulongkou, one kilometer to the north of Guannan County, where five rivers meet and the ecology is excellent, connecting the river to the sea and flowing with ancient charm. The park is planned by Professor Li Hongfu, a research expert of journey to the west, and designed by Professor Pan Guxi, a famous ancient architecture expert. It covers an area of 395 mu, with a construction area of 16000 square meters. All of them are antique buildings, mainly including Zhenjun hall, cixiao Pavilion, zhanjiaotai, tuanyuan palace, ershengdou bianyuan, 3D animation studio and other scenic spots. The scenic spot also develops journey to the West and erlangshen culture Products. The park started construction in May 2010, and the first phase of the project was trial opened in April 2012. After continuous improvement and construction, it is the most authoritative erlangshen cultural heritage and Exhibition base in China, the largest Taoist place in Northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong, and an important scenic spot of "Huaihai Xiyou cultural tourism circle". At the peak, it receives more than 10000 tourists a day.

On May 5, 2014, the national quality rating committee of tourist attractions issued the Announcement No. 2, 2014, and the erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park in Guannan county was successfully approved as a national 4A scenic spot, becoming the first 4A scenic spot in Guannan county.

Introduction to scenic spots

Erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park includes more than 20 scenic spots, including Zhenjun hall, cixiao Pavilion, zhanjiaotai, cultural exhibition center, ershengdou bianyuan, Tianhu garden, etc., in order to reproduce the majestic style of erlangshen temple in history.

Specialty gifts

(shopping) Tanggou wine, Guannan Flammulina velutipes, yam, lotus root, grass egg, etc

(delicacies) Bailu smoked roast meat, doudan, Zhuji pig head meat, Chinese toon scrambled eggs, marinated tofu, chaopai, etc

Transportation guide

Route: take long-distance bus to Guannan bus station or Chengdong bus station, then transfer to local bus to erlangshen scenic spot.

Self driving route: Huailian Expressway from Guannan / Xiangshui / s235 exit, along Renmin West Road - Beili line - x207, you can.

Related events

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

Address: Wulongkou tourist resort, 1km north of the city

Longitude: 119.325699

Latitude: 34.125282

Tel: 0518-83222501

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