Phoenix pine in Jiuhua Mountain

--In Jiuhua Mountain, a famous Buddhist mountain, there is a thousand year old pine. It is said that it was planted by huaidu, a famous monk in the northern and Southern Dynasties. It is more than 1400 years old and looks like a phoenix spreading its wings. It is called "Phoenix pine" by local people.

--Although Fenghuang pine is not as famous as Yingke pine at home and abroad, its unique shape and history are not inferior to Yingke pine. In addition, the painter Li Keran praised fenghuangsong as "the most wonderful pine in the world".

--Gu song is near the bell tower of Minyuan nunnery group. After taking the cable car down the mountain, he walks down the stone steps and then to the right. He can only get there after walking for 15 minutes.

Phoenix pine in Jiuhua Mountain

Fenghuang ancient pine is 7.68 meters high and 1 meter diameter at breast height. It has a peculiar shape. It is just the phoenix spreading its wings, so it is called Fenghuang pine. The trunk is flat and cocked, like a phoenix crown. The two branches are one high and one low, like a phoenix tail. The grass around the root is as green as grass. There is a big garden stone under the pine tail, which is called "phoenix egg".

History and culture

This phoenix ancient pine, recorded in the southern and Northern Dynasties, has a history of 1400 years, and is still very strong, leafy and green. Fenghuangsong has become the protagonist in many ancient and modern poets, painters and photographers' hymns and beautiful paintings with its majestic appearance and legendary stories. It is known as "one pine in the world".

taxonomy

Trees, conifers, Pinaceae

Legend

It is said that on a plain in ancient times, there lived a family of nine sons and eighty-nine grandchildren. One day, the witch, the sea demon king, fought with nine brothers in an attempt to annex the plain. He was seen by the Big Dipper in the crevice of the cloud, so he came to help with the battle with his star stick. All of a sudden, thunder and lightning, two strange burning bones, 99 peaks towering into the clouds, into the name of Jiuzi mountain Baoshan. In a year of drought, a Golden Phoenix came to Penglai Island to water the money tree and deliver tea to pilgrims. One morning, when the Golden Phoenix took off to carry water, it caught up with the Buddha's Sutra altar. The Golden Phoenix was illuminated by the Buddha, leaving behind the eternal majestic posture of spreading its wings and taking off.

Painter evaluation

Li Keran, a famous contemporary painter, praised it as "the first pine in the world".

Location map

Address: Jiuhua Mountain scenic spot, Qingyang County, Chizhou City, Anhui Province

Longitude: 117.80369091034

Latitude: 30.479139835319

Tour time: 30 minutes

Transportation information: located in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area, the transportation mode to Jiuhua Mountain is as follows

1. Railway station: after leaving the railway station, take Chijiu line or Chiqing county to Jiuhua Mountain at Chizhou bus station.

① Chijiu line: the terminal is Jiuhua Mountain (Ke Village) bus station (about 50 minutes drive), where you can transfer to the scenic spot bus and get to Jiuhua Street (about 30 minutes drive).

② Chiqing line: take the Chiqing line to Qingyang, get off at Wuxi (about an hour's drive, 6 yuan), and then transfer to the minibus from Qingyang to Jiuhuashan (Kecun Transfer Center), which runs every 15 minutes, about half an hour's drive, 4 yuan.

Chizhou railway station is about 50 kilometers away from Jiuhua Mountain scenic spot. It takes about one hour to take a taxi from the railway station to Jiuhua Mountain for about 100 yuan.

2. Long distance bus: Jiuhuashan bus station is located in Kecun new street. It is the bus stop of Jiuhua street and the ticket sales office of Jiuhuashan. Jiuhuashan bus station has opened nearly 30 bus routes to Tongling, Anqing, Wuhu, Hefei, Nanjing, Shanghai, Yiwu, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Huangshan, Chizhou, Qingyang, etc.

3. Traffic in the scenic area:

① Jiuhua Mountain scenic area implements internal traffic control. From Friday noon to Sunday afternoon, self driving is not allowed to go up the mountain. You can only park in the parking lot of Jiuhua Mountain New Area, and then transfer to the bus to go up the mountain. Therefore, it is suggested that self driving must go up the mountain and avoid weekend time as far as possible. Parking fee standard of Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Spot: 10 yuan / vehicle for vehicles entering the mountain, 40 yuan / vehicle for overnight parking, 25 yuan for non overnight parking.

② Tricycle: in addition to walking in Jiuhua Mountain, you can also choose tricycle. Generally, there are two kinds of tricycle, electric and manual. Generally, you can take 2-3 people, and the price is about 3-5 yuan / person.

③ Scenic bus: Jiuhua Mountain scenic area is very large, from Ke village to Jiuhua street, and there are scenic buses between major scenic spots in Jiuhua Mountain scenic area. The ticket is at Kecun bus station. Tourists can choose to buy it. Each bus station can only take it once. After getting on the bus, a special person will punch holes in the ticket. It should be noted that there is no random round trip between multiple boarding points, such as Ke village, Fenghuang pine, Huxing villa (i.e. cable way to Tiantai), Yingxian bridge (Jiuhua Street) and Huatai. If Huatai only leaves for Ke village, you must buy a new ticket to get on the train and enter the mountain. So when you come out of the flower bed, you have to go through the formalities for entering the mountain for the second time.

Ticket information: included in the ticket of Jiuhua Mountain scenic spot.

Opening hours: all day

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