Xiamen Hongshan Park

Xiamen Hongshan park is located in Hongshan, the middle section of Siming South Road in Xiamen city. It is a leisure park in the city and a part of wanshishan national scenic spot, integrating historical sites, modern gardens and recreational facilities. The highest point in the park is 125 meters above sea level, which is higher than that of sunlight rock on Gulangyu Island on the other side. It is the best place in the city to climb and look into the distance, with wanshishan in the East, Gulang scenery in the west, Dadan and Erdan islands in the South, and the new appearance of Xiamen City in the north. There is a Hongshan temple on the mountain. In front of the temple, because of its unique terrain, changeable wind direction and interweaved rain when it rains, there is a "Hongshan weaving rain" spectacle, which is one of the eight scenic spots in Xiamen.

Hongshan Park

synonym

Xiamen Hongshan park generally refers to Hongshan park

Hongshan park is located in the center of Xiamen City, in the middle of Siming South Road, Siming District, Xiamen city. It is surrounded by the city on three sides and backed by the mountain on one side. At the top of Hongshan Park, there is a garden for making tea, and tea sets can be rented inside. The total area is 17.4 hectares, including 16.7 hectares of green space.

Development history

At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, this is a Shanzhai called Jiayu village where Zheng Chenggong stationed troops. The site still exists. Later generations also carved "Yanping Jun Wang Yuan" on the boulders. Now it is a park, surrounded by flowers and trees, stone path around the cliff and forest.

Standing on the west slope to see Gulangyu is like a landscape painting on a vertical banner, which is a rare viewing angle. Jiaer garden is built beside Jiayu village on the top of the mountain. It is an antique castle building with pond water pavilions, pavilions, flower beds, lawns, natural stone scenery, and exquisite stone carvings of sleeping children.

Originally on the hillside between Hongshan mountain and Hutou mountain, the temple is magnificent and solemn. It is the second temple on Xiamen Island. There is an ancient road behind the temple to the east of Putuo temple. Between the two mountains, there is ventilation on all sides. During the rainy season, the wind blows and the rain is like weaving. Therefore, there is a spectacle of "Hongshan weaving rain", which is one of the eight scenic spots in Xiamen. The temple was destroyed in the early Qing Dynasty and rebuilt during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795). In the Qing Dynasty, "zhennanguan" was built between the two mountains, and a thoroughfare was opened by lowering the slope.

In 1889, the xishen monk of Nanshan Temple in Zhangzhou was invited to the abbot of the temple to rebuild Hongshan temple. Later, monk Xi Shen went to Chongxing South Putuo temple. In the early years of the Republic of China, Jiang Yide donated a lot of money to rebuild the palace. In 1924, when the monk turned Nanputuo temple into a forest of ten directions, Hongshan Temple became the lower house of Nanputuo temple.

In the mid-1920s, the Buddhist movement rose in the Buddhist circles of Xiamen. Cai Jitang, ye Qingyan and other young Buddhist residents organized the "New Youth Association of Buddhism in Southern Fujian". Taking Hongshan temple as the site, they established the "Buddhist Hongshi Association" and held regular Buddhist recitation meetings and lectures. The abbot of shihongshan temple was Pu Song, a young monk in Taiwan. He not only fully supported, but also actively participated in various Buddhist activities. Later, he returned to Taiwan, and the abbot was succeeded by Miaozi. In the 27th year of the Republic of China, Xiamen was occupied by the Japanese. Most of the residents of Hongshan temple were separated from the mainland. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, they were transferred to abbot caigu.

Main attractions

Hongshan park is a leisure park in the city and a part of wanshishan national scenic spot. The highest point in the park is 125 meters above sea level, which is higher than the sunlight rock on Gulangyu Island on the other side. It is the best place in the city to climb and look far away, to the east of Yuping mountain, to the west of Gulang scenery, to the south of Dadan and Erdan Islands, and to the north of Zhongshan Park. There is a Hongshan temple on the mountain. In front of the temple, because of its unique terrain, changeable wind direction and interweaved rain when it rains, there is a "Hongshan weaving rain" spectacle, which is one of the eight scenic spots in Xiamen.

Hongshan park is located in the beautiful Hongshan, north of Siming South Road, covering an area of 130000 square meters, integrating scenic spots, modern gardens and recreational facilities. The "Jiaxing garden" in the park is composed of pavilions, platforms, pavilions, pools, flowers and trees. Two 500 meter long mountain paths connect Hongshan Park, Yanping Junwang garden, shuangzhonghun, Junwang pool and other scenic spots. The Hongshan paradise at the foot of the mountain is a large-scale entertainment place reconstructed from an air raid shelter. The main hall of the playground covers an area of more than 700 square meters and has various entertainment facilities.

Hongshan temple, with an area of 300 square meters, is a small and exquisite architecture in the west of Hongshan mountain. The couplet on the pillars of the temple reads: "Hongtu Ji Lujiang scenic spot is equally divided into eight scenic spots, the mountain light is united with the blue sea, and the compassionate navigation is universal.". There is a huge stone in front of the temple, which is engraved with the word "Hongshan Zhiyu". In the past, when there was wind and rain, the two mountains stood side by side, the strong wind whirled, the rain whirled with the wind, hovering between the green forest cliffs, like weaving cloth, thus forming one of the eight famous scenes of Xiamen in history. It is said that the stone carvings of Jiaxing village were written by Zheng Chenggong. At that time, from Jiaxing village in Hongshan, to bishanyan, aoziling, Wulaofeng in the East, and all the way to Hulishan, Zheng Chenggong was stationed in the area.

On the left side of Hongshan temple, there are stone inscriptions of "Hongyi" in 1622, six lines and 60 characters in regular script. When the Dutch colonists sent ships to invade the coastal areas of Southern Fujian, Fujian Governor Xu Yiming and other soldiers stationed in the center left post. After fighting against "Hongyi", they visited Hongshan and engraved inscriptions to commemorate. They left an important physical witness of the Chinese people's early resistance to the invasion of Western colonialists. Hongshan Hongyi stone carvings and huxiyan Houshan stone carvings with the same content are listed as provincial cultural relics protection units.

Special food

Xiamen is rich in seafood all year round, with a wide variety and excellent quality. No matter lobster, abalone, crab, shrimp, snail, shellfish and so on, they are delicious and smooth. In addition to the fruits imported from other places, Xiamen produces dozens of fruits including longan, litchi, banana, pineapple, papaya, carambola, citrus, watermelon, mango, peach, loquat, sugarcane, etc.

Tourism information

Passengers can take the following bus routes: Xiamen No.1, Xiamen No.2, Xiamen No.20, Xiamen No.21, Xiamen No.22, Xiamen No.135, Xiamen no.659 and Xiamen no.841 to get off at dashenli station. Less than 200 meters to Zhongshan Road.

Address: No.331, Siming South Road, Siming District, Xiamen

Longitude: 118.08596401126

Latitude: 24.445634594968

Tel: 0592-2025696

Tour time: 2 hours

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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