Longmen River National Forest Park

Longmen River National Forest Park

Longmen River National Forest Park is located at the intersection of Zhaojun's hometown, Shennongjia primeval forest area and Badong County, 80 km away from the dam site of the Three Gorges dam. It is the hinterland of Yichang Xingshan Shennongjia Nature Reserve Badong shennongxi tourist area, a national adventure tourism line. National Highway 209 and Xiangxi River pass through the park, so the traffic is very convenient. The climate, soil and vegetation in the garden are characterized by the transition from north to south, which is known as "natural forest garden" by botanists.

geographical environment

Longmen River National Forest Park is located at the intersection of Zhaojun's hometown, Shennongjia primeval forest area and Badong County, 80 km away from the dam site of the Three Gorges dam.

Karst cave landscape is one of its main features, with more than ten underground caves in the territory. The Panlong cave, developed in the first phase, faces east in the west, wide in the bottom and narrow in the top, presenting a unique "floor type" style. The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the rock wall is as smooth as glass. There are several clear pools in the cave, like springs and abysses. The Dragon Palace pagoda is formed by the dripping of spring water along the stone emulsion. It is composed of the sea god needle, the green dragon, the dragon playing with the Pearl, the Xuanwu going out to sea, the rosefinch spreading its wings, the Golden Rooster hatching, the giant pillar of the sky, the dragon playing with the Pearl Clusters of jade and bamboo shoots rise from the ground. They are majestic, majestic, graceful, exquisite and beautiful.

Longmen River National Forest Park is located in the middle of Three Gorges, Shennongjia and Wudang Mountain. It is adjacent to Zhaojun village in the South and Shennongjia primeval forest in the north. National Highway 209 passes through the park, so the traffic is very convenient. In the park, there are many mountains, valleys, precipitous terrain, rare birds and animals, and the rare evergreen broad-leaved forest and the fourth century glacial relic plants in the subtropical zone are preserved. The natural scenery is unique. In 1996, it was named National Forest Park by the Ministry of forestry.

natural resources

The climate, soil and vegetation in the park are characterized by the transition from north to south, which is known as "natural forest garden" by botanists. In particular, Davidia involucrata, purple stem, xingshanyu and other rare tree species are distributed. Giant salamander, snub nosed monkey, forest musk deer and red bellied pheasant are national first and second class protected wild animals.

Main attractions

Shennongdong scenic spot is one of the core landscapes of Forest Park. The cave is formed by the erosion and evolution of calcium carbonate rock for hundreds of millions of years. The cave body is a rare floor style, which is composed of upper, middle and lower layers. The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer. There are many kinds of stone forests in different shapes. There are flying waterfalls, amiable Guanyin, outgoing Zhaojun, obstinate Bajie, and several stalagmites with a height of more than 20 meters standing in the middle of the cave. This is extremely rare in other caves. Tourists call it dinghaishen needle. All kinds of shapes in the cave are vivid, and the scale is very grand. It's like entering a palace.

What's more, in 2003, the staff of the scenic spot found a 1.2-meter-long and 8.5-kilogram giant salamander in yunu pool, which is the largest wild giant salamander found in China.

There are many rare tree species, rare birds and animals to be found, underground karst caves are densely covered, and there are more than 90 scenic spots. It has great advantages and potential for the development of eco-tourism, especially Shennong cave, which is famous for its strangeness, beauty and uniqueness. Among them, Xuanwu went out to sea, dinghaishen needle, qingtianyuzhu and Music Clock milk were naturally made, which was amazing.

The total area of the park is 4644.4 hectares. The climate, soil and vegetation in the park are characterized by the transition from north to south. It is known as "natural forest garden" by botanists. And the altitude difference is large, thus forming "a mountain has four seasons, ten miles different days" mountain color, climate, forest and other rich forest, eco-tourism resources. Her original, rich and interesting natural landscape changes with the wind and rain of the four seasons. During the tour, it seems to be a beautiful landscape painting.

Climb to the main peak of the park and look around the mountains. On the one hand, there are green peaks, deep caves and gullies, springs and pools with pavilions, winding streams and ancient woods. It's a primitive, magical, precipitous and mysterious landscape painting.

On the one hand, there is a mountain plain surrounded by mountains, where the smoke rises, the sound of chickens barking and dogs barking and cows mooing; on the other hand, farmers singing and children crying, another pastoral scenery, in the embrace of ancient trees and strange peaks, under the background of blue sky and white clouds, everything is so harmonious and joyful, as if you were in a "paradise in the world".

Tourism information

It's 20 kilometers to Muyu. It's 80 kilometers to Yichang City, 80 kilometers to Xingshan Gaoyang Town, 60 kilometers to Badong County by taking Kuaiba. It's 20 kilometers to Muyu by car.

Travel time

The climate of Longmen River in Shennongjia is based on subtropical monsoon climate. With the increase of altitude, there are many climate types, such as warm temperate zone, middle temperate zone and cold wave zone. The extreme low temperature is - 21 ℃ and the extreme high temperature is 38.5 ℃. Every year from the end of September to the next April is the frost period. The climate in the mountain is not very stable. The phenomenon of sunrise in the East and rain in the West appears from time to time. There is a poem describing the climate characteristics of Longmen River in Shennongjia: "the foot of the mountain is in midsummer, the mountain is in spring, the foot of the mountain is in autumn, the top of the mountain is in ice, red, orange, yellow and green, and spring, summer, autumn and winter are the most difficult to separate.". The best season for Shennongjia Longmen River tourism is from June to October every year.

Local customs

There are many ethnic minorities in Longmen river area of Shennongjia, and the customs of each ethnic group are also different.

Tujia: Tujia people celebrate the new year one day earlier than Han people, which is called "catching up the new year". It is explained that during the Jiajing period (1522-1566), the chieftains in Western Hubei were transferred to the coastal areas to fight against Japanese. In a battle at the end of the year, in order to prevent the enemy's sneak attack, the Tujia warriors celebrated the new year one day ahead of time, and later became a custom.

Miao: the Miao family not only celebrate the lunar new year on December 30, but also celebrate the new year of their own nation. Generally speaking, the Lunar New Year is celebrated on the 30th of the twelfth month, the Lunar New Year is celebrated on the noon of the first month, and the Lunar New Year is celebrated on the seventh day. It is said that once when the officials expelled the Miao people, the Miao people scattered and fled. They did not gather in the Dashan cave until the first month. According to Jiazi's calculation, this day coincided with "noon", so the Miao people had the custom of celebrating the Chinese new year every noon.

Dong Nationality: it is popular for the Dong people to have "heavy new year", which means eating rice twice a day. For the first time, they eat rice or porridge with green vegetables, and for the second time, they eat "mixed rice" and sumptuous rice with wine and meat. There are two origins: one is that the imperial court caught the Dong people one year, and every family ran away after eating a few mouthfuls of rice on New Year's Eve, and settled down in the dark, but found that the food and rice they brought had mixed together, so they made a "he rice" to eat; the other is that the ancestors of the Dong people were poor and had no rice to cook at the age of 30, so they could only eat some green vegetables and porridge, and had a slightly rich meal after digging ferns in the mountains New year's dinner.

When you travel to Longmen River in Shennongjia, you can not only enjoy the magical scenery of nature, but also have many local specialties for you to buy. The main products are: Shennong tea, Lentinus edodes, Chinese herbal medicine, wood cutting board, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, wild honey, red birch juice, root carving, wild animal specimens, crystal stone, wild walnut, chestnut, etc. If you want to go shopping, you can go to the streets of Muyu town and Songbai town. You can buy local specialties in the stalls and shops everywhere.

Delicious food

Longmen river area has a doggerel: "eat potato fruit, roast pimple fire, wine with bacon to drink, in addition to God is me.". It's all about local food. When you get to Shennongjia, try the local bacon, potatoes and lazy tofu. In addition, Longmen river wild vegetables are also famous dishes. Shennong Tujia banquet and Shennong wild vegetables are delicious.

Current situation of the park

Shennongjia tourist area

1、 Longmen River National Forest Park was approved by the former Ministry of forestry in 1993. Except for the Shenlong Cave Scenic Spot built in the first phase, no other scenic spots and tourism projects have been developed. The park is managed by the county state-owned Longmen River Forest Farm, with five tourism practitioners. The annual ticket income of more than 100000 yuan is the main income of the park. After the income and expenditure offset, there is basically no surplus, which is in a difficult state of maintenance.

2、 There are many factors restricting the development.

First, there are inconveniences in convenient transportation. As far as the Shenlong cave, a developed scenic spot in Longmen River National Forest Park, is concerned, although it is located in an important traffic road, it takes about one kilometer to go through 800 steps from abandoning the car to boarding the entrance. Moreover, the mountain is steep and takes a lot of physical strength, which makes most visitors dread. Second, there is a single scenic spot. The whole forest park has only developed the Shenlong Cave Scenic Spot, which is a karst cave. It is not attractive for tourists who have visited Zhangjiajie, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. Add to the cave is located in the hillside, climbing all the way there is no place to see, can play, inevitably boring. When you get to the cave, the whole visit takes only ten minutes, which makes it hard for tourists to enjoy themselves. Third, there are no food, housing, play, shopping and other tourism facilities. According to the normal development of the tourism industry, the proportion of other income other than tickets should be more than 80% of the total income. In order to make tourists stay, eat well, have fun, buy happily and think about it again, this is the secret that the tourism industry can promote the development of the local economy. Fourth, it has not been integrated into the circle of Shenlongjia tourism. It is difficult to make a difference by fighting alone. The fifth is the lack of follow-up funds, resulting in many scenic spots and tourism projects can not be developed. According to the rolling development mode envisaged by the place where the park was built, it is impossible to rely on its own strength at present. Sixth, no market-oriented mechanism has been introduced,

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