White Cloud Mountain
Baiyun Mountain, located in Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, is one of the famous mountains in southern Guangdong Province. It has been known as "the first show in Yangcheng" since ancient times. The mountain is quite broad, composed of more than 30 peaks, which is the branch of Jiulian Mountain, the highest peak in Guangdong. Covering an area of 20.98 square kilometers, the main peak of the mountain is 382 meters high.
Baiyun Mountain is the first national AAAAA scenic spot in the scenic spot industry of Guangzhou, and also the only scenic spot in Guangzhou with two honors of national civilized scenic spot and national AAAAA scenic spot.
Historical evolution
Baiyun Mountain has a strong cultural precipitation, which can be traced back to the Neolithic prehistoric culture site of Huangpo cave in Shanbei. At the end of Qin Dynasty, Gao Shi Zheng an lived in seclusion in Baiyun Mountain to collect medicine and help the world
Ge Hong, a man of Jin Dynasty, once worked in Baiyun Mountain for alchemy and wrote baopuzi, a famous Taoist work.
In Nanliang period, Zen master Jingtai came here to build a temple. It was the earliest temple in Baiyun Mountain. It also left a scene of "Jingtai monk's return", one of the eight old scenes in Yangcheng.
After the Tang and Song Dynasties, some scholars, such as Du Shenyan, Li qunyu, Su Shi and Han Yu, began to climb mountains and recite poems. Their poems are full of emotion and become valuable historical and spiritual wealth of Lingnan.
Baiyun Mountain accounts for the third of the eight sceneries of Yangcheng in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: "Pu Jian Lian Quan, Jingtai Seng GUI, Baiyun Wan Wang". In the late Qing Dynasty, there were baiyun temple, Shuangxi temple, Nengren temple, Maitreya Temple and other ancient temples, as well as Baishan fairy hall, pearl, baihuazhong and other places of interest.
The anti French and Sino Japanese War of modern Chinese revolution also left footprints here.
In October 1938, the Japanese invaded and Guangzhou fell. The cultural relics, historic sites, hills and trees of Baiyun Mountain were all destroyed.
By the time of liberation, only the memorial archway of "the first peak in the south of heaven" and the ruins of some temples were left.
After liberation, the people's Government of Guangzhou organized the masses to plant trees extensively, built 10 reservoirs, opened up roads to connect the north and the south, built Shanbei, Peak Park, villa and Shuangxi Hostel, and reproduced the lush and vigorous landscape of Baiyun Mountain.
After liberation, it was under the jurisdiction of Forestry Department of National Sun Yat sen University.
In 1958, with the approval of Guangzhou Municipal People's government, Guangzhou Baiyunshan construction management office was established, which is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of landscape architecture.
After 1958, the Peak Park and Beishan park were opened up, pavilions and pavilions were built, and hotels such as Shanzhuang Hotel, Shuangxi villa and Songtao courtyard were also built. Huangpodong reservoir, mingzhulou reservoir, dajinzhong reservoir, Luhu Park, Guangzhou Beilin, Yuntai garden, mingquanju Resort and other scenic spots have been developed.
After the construction of successive Guangzhou municipal governments, Baiyunshan Scenic Area Administration Bureau was established.
In the early stage of socialist construction, the older generation of revolutionaries Zhu De, Dong Biwu and Guo Moruo left inscriptions. Premier Zhou Enlai and vice premier Chen Yi once carried out state affairs activities in Baiyunshan Villa Hostel, which was known as "Diaoyutai in the South".
In the 1960s and 1980s, Baiyun Mountain was rated as one of the "new eight sights of Yangcheng" twice for its "Baiyun Songtao" and "Yunshan Jinxiu".
In February 1986, a 1672 meter long climbing cable car was built.
In October 1989, China's largest natural bird cage was built in Mingchun Valley on the top of the mountain, covering an area of 12500 square meters.
In 1992, the people's Government of Guangzhou invested in the construction of the stele forest in Guangzhou, which was opened to the outside world in 1994.
On January 22, 1996, with the approval of Guangzhou Municipal Organization Committee, Guangzhou Baiyunshan Scenic Area Administration Bureau was established, which is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Municipal Administration Bureau and Guangzhou landscape Bureau.
In the reform of Guangzhou municipal organs in 2001, Guangzhou Municipal Organization Committee once again made it clear that the Administration Bureau of Baiyunshan Scenic Area is a public institution at the deputy bureau level, which is managed by the Municipal Bureau of landscape architecture and is responsible for the management and administrative law enforcement of Baiyunshan Scenic Area. There are seven functional departments in the administration, including the office, the forest greening department, the planning and construction department, the tourism business department, the planning and finance department, the security department, the Armed Forces Department (joint office), and the political department (Joint Office of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, the supervision office, and their offices).
In May 1996, Guangzhou Municipal Planning Bureau organized the preparation of the master plan of Baiyunshan Scenic Area in Guangzhou, which passed the examination of Guangdong Provincial People's Government in February 2006 and was approved by the State Council in October 2009.
geographical environment
Location context
Baiyun Mountain is located in the northeast of Guangzhou city. Its geographical location is 113 ° 17 ′ E and 23 ° 11 ′ n. The terrain is slightly oblique rectangle, northeast southwest trend, east-west width of about 4 km, South-North length of about 7 km. The mountain is quite broad, composed of more than 30 peaks, which is the branch of Jiulian Mountain, the highest peak in Guangdong. The total area is 28 square kilometers, of which 20.98 square kilometers are under special protection.
According to the master plan of Baiyunshan Scenic Spot in Guangzhou (2009-2025), eight scenic spots are planned in Baiyunshan Scenic Spot, including Luhu, Feieling, santailing, mingchungu, keziling, mosingling, mingzhulou and heyiling.
topographic features
Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou is the Southwest Branch of Jiulian Mountain range. It is a hilly terrain in the south of the five ridges. The terrain is high in the middle and tilts from northeast to southwest. The highest point is Moxing mountain, 382 meters above sea level. The relative depth of Baiyun Mountain Valley is about 100 meters.
Climatic characteristics
Baiyun Mountain is located in the south of China, belongs to the south subtropical monsoon marine climate, warm and humid, rain and hot at the same time. The annual precipitation is 1689.3-1876.5mm, and the precipitation from April to September in rainy season accounts for more than 85% of the whole year.
natural resources
Baiyun Mountain is rich in natural resources.
There are 876 species of plants, including five rare and endangered plants protected by the state: e-zhang, Tu Zhi Xiang, Dalbergia odorifera, Keteleeria oleifera, Zhubai, etc. Among 657 species of wild plants, many species have potential economic value, such as 86 species of timber species, 343 species of medicinal plants and 97 species of wild ornamental plants.
The green coverage rate of Baiyun Mountain has reached more than 95%
Baiyun Mountain has a total green area of 42000 mu. It can absorb 2800 tons of carbon dioxide and release 2100 tons of oxygen every day, which can be used by nearly 3 million people to breathe normally. It is known as the "City Lung" of Guangzhou.
The air quality of Baiyun Mountain has reached the national first class standard, the noise quality has reached the National Class 0 standard, and the surface water quality has also reached the international standard. Some mountain streams and springs can even be directly drunk.
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In 1999, it was rated as "the first batch of demonstration sites of civilized scenic spots in Guangdong Province", in 2000, it was rated as "the advanced unit of national scenic spots" and the first batch of national AAAA tourist areas. In 2001, it passed the ISO quality and environmental double certification
In May 2002, Baiyun Mountain scenic spot was approved as "national key (National) scenic spot" by the State Council.
In 2005, it was awarded as one of the first batch of "advanced units for creating national civilized scenic spots".
In 2005 and 2006, it was awarded "advanced unit of comprehensive improvement of national key scenic spots" by the Ministry of construction for two consecutive years.
In 2006, it was rated as the model of civilized unit in Guangzhou.
At the end of 2006, Baiyunshan Administration Bureau launched a lot of work in terms of hardware, software and so on.
In 2007, it was awarded as "excellent unit for comprehensive improvement of national key scenic spots".
On January 21, 2011, the National Tourism Administration officially approved Baiyunshan Scenic Spot in Guangzhou as a national 5A scenic spot, which is the only national 5A scenic spot in Guangzhou. On March 18, Baiyunshan Administration Bureau held a listing ceremony in Yuntai garden. At the same time, Baiyunshan has become the only one in Guangdong Province among the "first batch of pilot units of Tourism Standardization in China" determined by the National Tourism Administration.
Main scenic spots
overview
Baiyun Mountain has become a national scenic spot and tourist attraction. Baiyun Mountain scenic spot has seven tourist areas from south to north
There are three most popular scenic spots in China: Yuntai garden, the largest garden garden in China; Mingchun Valley, the largest natural bird cage in China; sculpture park, the largest theme sculpture park in China .
Luhu scenic spot
Luhu scenic spot is the first scenic spot in the south of Baiyun Mountain scenic spot. Luhu Park, built in 1958, is located at the south foot of Baiyun Mountain. There are lakes, curved bridges, pavilions and corridors, temples and ancient temples at the foot, so it is called Luhu park. It covers an area of 3.7 square kilometers. It is the largest open and multifunctional Park in Guangzhou.
Santailing scenic spot
Yuntai garden is one of the largest garden style gardens in China with high style, focusing on appreciating the precious flowers and trees in four seasons. It is located in santailing of Baiyun Mountain, covering an area of 120000 square meters. It is based on the world famous garden - Buchart garden of Canada, designed by Guangzhou landscape architecture design institute, Guangzhou
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