Shenshan National Forest Park

Shenshan National Forest Park

Shenshan National Forest Park is located 15 kilometers northwest of Quanjiao County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. It was approved as a National Forest Park in 1992.

Shenshan National Forest Park belongs to the north subtropical low mountains and hills, with the highest peak at an altitude of about 395 meters, covering a total area of 2200 square kilometers. The main scenic spots are Baishiquan, Shenshan lake, Zhansheng tower, Yuxi bridge, Xianren cave, Tuanshan cave, Longdong Cave, qingniu cave, etc., as well as heishipeng, a pictorial Shenshan stone, and Shenshan temple, which has existed for more than 1200 years.

On February 16, 2020, the scenic spot issued an announcement. From the end of the epidemic and the date of the scenic spot's resumption of operation to December 31, 2020, medical workers from all over the country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) will enter the park free of charge with their valid certificates (doctor's card, nurse's card and other medical work-related qualification certificates) and original ID cards.

< I (general picture, the main entrance of Shenshan National Forest Park)

geographical environment

Location context

Shenshan National Forest Park is located in Quanjiao County, Chuzhou City. The geographical coordinates are between 118 ° 03 ′ - 118 ° 08 ′ E and 32 ° 05 ′ - 32 ° 10 ′ n. It is adjacent to Wu Jingzi Memorial Hall in the East, Santa Temple Scenic Area in the south, Daishan Lake tourist resort in the West and Huangfu Mountain National Forest Park in the north. The forest park covers a total area of 2200 square kilometers, 35 kilometers from Chuzhou in the north, 100 kilometers from Hefei in the West and 85 kilometers from Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in the East.

topographic features

Shenshan National Forest Park is located in the southern extension of the Yangtze Huaihe River watershed. It is a karst landform with low mountains and hills. Most of the mountains in the territory are only 200 meters above sea level, and the highest peak is about 395 meters above sea level.

climate

Shenshan National Forest Park is a transitional climate zone from north subtropical zone to warm temperate zone with four distinct seasons and sufficient light. The annual average temperature is 15.4c, the annual average precipitation is 800-1000mm, and the frost free period is more than 210 days.

hydrology

There are many small lakes in Shenshan National Forest Park, among which the larger lakes are Shenshan lake, Nanhu Lake, Xihu Lake, etc.; mountain springs mainly include Hehua spring, longbi spring, Qingshui spring, Longwang spring, etc.; streams mainly include badaojian, Cuizhu stream, Yuxi stream, etc.

Resources

Botany

By February 2010, the forest coverage of Shenshan National Forest Park has reached 90%, and the vegetation is mainly natural broad-leaved forest and artificial evergreen coniferous forest, with 400 species of trees.

The main plants are pine, fir, maple, elm, Quercus acutissima, Sophora japonica, park tree, Ginkgo biloba, bamboo, junqianzi, Haloxylon, Angelica sinensis, Agrimonia pilosa, Albizia julibrissin, Pterocarpus tatarinowii, tassel, etc.

animal

By March 2011, there were more than 30 species of wild animals in Shenshan National Forest Park. Among them, the provincial protected animals mainly include Rhododendron, swiftlet, Shoudai bird, heron, leopard cat, etc.

Scenic spots

Shenshan Temple

Shenshan temple was built in the Wanli period of the Tang Dynasty. The building consists of a front building and a back hall, with five wooden rooms and two floors. There are many historic sites in the temple, such as Daxiong hall, Guanyin hall, Fawang hall, ZANGJIN Pavilion, chaiwang Yubei, chaiwang well, Longwen stone carving, and zangbing valley. In 1985, it was recognized as a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level by the people's Government of Anhui Province.

Dragon Cave

The Dragon Cave is at the foot of the peony mountain, 4 li to the west of the main peak of the holy mountain. The entrance of the cave needs to crawl into the cave. The nearly 100 meter corridor sometimes turns, sometimes climbs up, and finally enters a urn shaped room, in which there is a round hole with a diameter of 40 cm.

Tuan cave

Tuanshan cave is located three miles northwest of the main peak of Shenshan mountain. It is on Tuanshan mountain on the side of badaojian. The entrance is more than 20 meters down from the top of the mountain. The main entrance leads into a circular hall, and then enters into another hall through a circular gate.

Fairy Cave

Xianren cave, 200 meters in front of Shenshan temple, is the only cave open to the public in the park. Facing the Dadan pool, the cave passes through the corridor, turns through the stone gate and enters into a hall called "immortal gathering hall". The bell and milk in the hall have different shapes. It tells the stories of "Guanghan fairyland", "immortal playing chess" and "Yinhe waterfall". Follow the "nine cloud platform" and enter the "alchemy hall" of the upper cave through the "immortal guide". It is the place for the Taoist of Shenshan to make alchemy and boil stones. A "alchemy furnace" is close to the cave wall.

Development and construction

In September 1992, the former Ministry of forestry approved the establishment of a national forest park.

On February 28, 2011, the foundation laying ceremony of Shenshan international ecological boutique agricultural leisure resort was held in Dashan forest farm of Shenshan National Forest Park, becoming the first large-scale tourism project in Quanjiao county.

At the beginning of 2011, the project construction of Quanjiao shenshansi road was started. By July, the 13.14 km road section from Quanjiao to shenshansi had been completed.

Local specialties

Lion head

Lion head is a traditional snack. The production process is as follows: the flour is fermented, and then the fermented flour is mixed with alkali. After kneading, the flour is divided into several parts, and each part is added with ginger, onion and salt to make a lion head shape. Do it well in the afternoon of the first day, and fry it twice in the morning of the second day. For the first time, gently fry it into golden yellow. After taking out the oil, fry it in the hot pot. Then take out the oil and fry it.

Guanba beef

Guanba beef is a traditional halal dish with peppers. The beef cattle with more than six teeth were slaughtered. The beef was put into the pot and mixed with clove, cinnamon, star anise and other spices. When eating, cut it with a knife.

Zhougang Xuezao

The main ingredients of zhougang Xuezao are glutinous rice, flour, sugar, soybean, vegetable oil, etc. Take the soaked glutinous rice and grind it into powder, mix it with boiling water and rub it into strips, boil it in the pot, add 2 jin of soybean powder into the machine, stir it, take it out, cut it into long strips, sprinkle with flour and dry it in the sun, and make it into jujube green body; take it out and fry it in golden color. Take the sugar into syrup, take the steamed flour, soak the fried billet in the syrup, and then dip in the flour.

Tourism information

Opening Hours

7:00-16:30

Self driving line

① From Quanjiao county to the northwest, drive 710 meters along Rulin street to Xinhua Road, then turn left to Fenghuang street, drive 310 meters to Fu'an Road, then turn right to x032;

② Drive 10.5km along x032, go straight to x026, drive 2.7km, turn right ahead and drive 3.7km to Shenshan National Forest Park.

Location of parking lot

Park gate

Address: Cao'an Township, Quanjiao County, Chuzhou City

Longitude: 118.10810089111

Latitude: 32.112907409668

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