Wushan Lake

Wushan Lake

Wushan lake is a city lake in Wuxue City and the lake with the most temples in Hubei Province. Wushan lake is located at 115 ° 35'14 "E and 29 ° 54'44" n, with a water area of 16.3 square kilometers.

He Xiubing said in his poem, "stepping on the green land, the fragrance of wheat leaves, the busy fishing boats in Wushan lake.". Lushi grass color due to the wind, smoke everywhere by waves. The clear water of the Buddhist kingdom flows through the great river, connecting Jiangxi, Anhui and Hubei. The east wind wants to rise to the hometown of dragon, bathing in Buddha well to wash the mind and forget. How many sails are left behind, and the waves are surging in Wuxue harbor. " The poem says that "the fishing boat spreads over Wushan Lake in the night, the moon shadow waves and the jade floats in the heart. Among the reeds, there are wild geese and ducks sleeping, while the songs of Ling sing from Tingzhou

There is a small island in Wushan lake called Wushan village. The highest point is about 50 meters above the lake. The island is made of rocks and has temples on it. It is a good place for Buddha worship, tourism and fishing. (note by Chen Zeyu) < / I

On August 7, 2019, Wushan Lake National Wetland Park was listed in the list of important wetlands in Hubei Province.

General situation

Wushan lake is a natural lake near the Yangtze River. It is located in the south of Wuxue City, adjacent to the northeast of Wuxue central city, 8 km to the entrance of Shanghai Chengdu Expressway and 3 km to Wuxue station of Beijing Kowloon Railway. Wushan lake is wide and deep, and "Wuhu Mingyue" is one of the ten sceneries of Guangji. It is surrounded by high forest coverage, beautiful environment, fresh air, and a variety of rare and valuable tree species. It is also a business negotiation and hydrophilic eco-tourism resort for business enterprises.

Wushan lake is located at 30 ° n. Latitude 30 ° is the latitude line that runs through the four ancient civilizations in the world. It is also the wonderful place that runs through Mount Everest, Mariana Trench, Yangtze River, Mississippi River, Nile River, Euphrates River and other famous rivers. What's more mysterious is that this latitude line is also the place where many enigmas of nature and civilization are located. For example, the pyramid built in the center of the earth's landmass, the mysterious Sphinx, the frescoes of "Vulcan kindling" in the Sahara desert, the dead sea at an altitude of minus 800 meters at the junction of Jordan and Palestine, the "Hanging Garden" in Babylon, the amazing "Bermuda Triangle", and the amazing ruins of ancient Maya civilization.

Wuxue is 30 ° n. In 1875, he Shaoji, the author of the woodblock book "the picture of the Yangtze River" and the Jinshi of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, made an investigation here and said: "stepping on the auspicious cloud land, lotus blossoms everywhere.". CCTV organized the launch of large-scale long live feature reports on "talking about the Yangtze River" and "a trip to China at 30 degrees north latitude". The two programs outline the intersection of the zigzag, which is located in Wuxue.

Wushan Lake

Wuxue is located on the ancient Beijiang site at the deep water mouth of Wushan lake. It was originally called Qinglin lake and is one of the nine important caves of the ancient Yangtze River.

When the new commercial towns took shape in the second year of Yongle (1404) of Ming Dynasty, the Qinglin river was cut off because Zhu Di built the Huangguang dyke. When people changed the name of Qinglin lake to Wushan lake because of the former site of King yingbu's city and royal residence, this new commercial town was named Wujia cave for short.

After Zhu Di built the Huangguang dyke, the connection between the old Beijiang River and the Yangtze River was cut off. Due to the rapid flow of water, the dyke was built into a "concave" shape, which made Wuxue a good deep-water port and created favorable conditions for the rise of new commercial ports.

When the dike was built, it was turbulent and the water depth reached 40 to 50 meters. When the Huangdi was built to 75 to 76 kilometers on the left side of the e river, it was unable to wade through the water to build the dike. The hydraulic workers had no choice but to act expediently: a "concave" shaped dike was built here, and a large "concave" shaped hole was left in the Yangtze River, which greatly facilitated the berthing, loading and unloading of ships or the addition of daily necessities. The old street of Wuxue is named "laobatou, dabashang, Houba street, Xiba Street" and so on.

In 1761, the Tongzhi Prefecture was set up in Wuxue, and the first town construction began in 1785. In 1875, Wuhan pass was set up. In 1894, Huaiyan branch was set up. In 1894, Zhang Zhidong supervised the construction of Jiangfang fortress. In Taiwan, 14 cannons were built with 8 large caliber cannons. In 1915, the Provincial Public Security Bureau was set up, and in 1916, the ship inspection institute was set up. So Wuxue became one of the seven commercial ports in Hubei.

There were many commercial ports and guilds in Wuxue, including Jiangxi Guildhall in Tangxia street, Huizhou Guildhall in Juren street, Qingyang Guildhall in Houba street, Fujian Guildhall in Shanghe street, Nanjing Guildhall in bawai in Tangxia street, Xingtong Guildhall in Zhengjie street, Jingxian Guildhall in Houba street, etc.

It has the reputation of "nine important points of the Yangtze River", "diversion outlets of the Beijiang River", "ten deep-water ports of the Yangtze River" and "seven commercial ports of Hubei Province in the Republic of China". It is also known as "little Hankou" and has been listed in the port development plan of Sun Yat Sen's "national strategy".

In 1938, the Japanese invading army marched up the Yangtze River, and the Wuxue commercial market was burned and plundered by the enemy. Three thousand merchants gathered in the famous Wuxue port of 50000 citizens. At that time, the population was scattered and the merchants scattered.

Historical allusions

According to historical records, during the pre Qin period, the peasant army led by yingbu set up troops in wushanzhai. After being punished by Tsing, Ying changed her surname to Tsing and called herself Tsin bu. When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang set up an army against the banner of Qin Dynasty in daze, qingbu guided them according to the situation and occupied the military stronghold, echoing with Wu Rui, the "Pan king" of Jiangxi Province. Soon, he joined Xiang Liang, Chen Ying, and Liu Bang's peasant army and ordered the whole world to overthrow the powerful Qin Dynasty with the command of "although Chu had three families, it would be Chu if Qin died". "Taiping Huanyu Ji" says: "the Guangji of Qi is the sixth of Qin and Han Dynasties." Therefore, Wuxue is one of the six ancient states. Yingbu Jieqi was granted queen and Jiujiang county was transferred from Shouchun, Anhui Province. There are also historic sites of "qingbu old city" and "Jiujiang Palace" near today's Wushan village. Yingbu was given the title of King Jiujiang and named himself "King Wu" after the place where the village was established. He lived in seclusion for three years.

Wushanzhai

Wushanzhai is a small island in the waters of the north part of Wushan mountain. From the map, it looks like a leaf of Osmanthus fragrans. With a forest coverage rate of more than 98%, the island is a natural bird habitat. There are temples on the island, which is a good place for Buddha worship and fishing tourism. As for the origin of the island, there is a beautiful legend handed down from generation to generation. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought in Wushan lake. At first, Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated and chased by Chen Youliang. Zhu Yuanzhang's warship was sunk and fell into the water, but was rescued by a huge carp in the lake. Zhu Yuanzhang escaped the disaster, but the carp was shot to death by Chen Youliang's army. After the good carp died, God remembered its kindness and made it become an island standing in the lake forever. This island is today's wushanzhai. This legend expresses the local villagers' love for Wushan village. (note by Chen Zeyu) < / I

Fisheries

Wushan lake has developed fisheries, including Wuhuang lake fishing ground. Many villagers around Wushan lake are engaged in fish farming according to local conditions, especially liuziqing embankment, guoyinglong embankment, guoeryuan and zhuhuayuan. The embankment has a unique method of fish farming. The fish are fat and beautiful in appearance, very energetic and delicious. They are sold all over the country and are deeply loved by people all over the country.

custom

Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival, the villages around Wushan Lake hold a grand dragon boat race to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan. About a month before the Dragon Boat Festival, villagers in various villages began to row dragon boats in Wushan lake. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, hundreds of dragon boats are launched, and Wushan lake is very busy. On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, the villages around Wushan Lake rowed dragon boats to visit each other and give gifts to each other to increase friendship. In the afternoon, the dragon boats from all villages will rush to the Guanqiao harbor of Wushan lake for the competition, with thousands of sails racing, hundreds of boats competing for the best, the audience shouting and thousands of drums. Thousands of years have passed, and the villagers around Wushan lake have been racing for generations. But the custom of dragon boat racing in Wushan lake on the Dragon Boat Festival has never been lost. (note by Chen Zeyu) < / I

Future development

There is a small hilltop at the top of the southern part of Wushan, which has been opened up as Wushan Lake National Wetland Park (formerly known as Wushan Lake tourist resort). There are hotels, swimming pools, wetland science museum and so on in the park. Recently, the cruise ship and motorboat tourism industry has been developed, which is a good place for home tourism. With the continuous development of Wuxue, the road around Wushan lake will be completed in the next few years. I believe that the tourism industry of Wushan lake will develop better and make greater contribution to the economic development of Wuxue. (comments by Chen Zeyu) < / I

Address: Shennongjia Forest Area

Longitude: 110.7971572876

Latitude: 31.70866394043

Ticket information: market price: 25.0 yuan

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