Baishuidai Scenic Area

Baishuidai Scenic Area

Jiangmen Baishuidai scenic spot is located in Jianghai District, Jiangmen City, with a planned control area of 5.4 square kilometers and a maximum altitude of 166.7 meters. It is a municipal scenic spot in Jiangmen City. It is known as the "natural oxygen bar" in the downtown area for its beautiful peaks, clear springs, lush vegetation and lush forests. Its unique and beautiful natural landscape and cultural landscape complement each other with its long and splendid history and culture. It has unique tourism resources. It is a good place for people to enjoy their body and mind and for leisure and sightseeing.

Introduction to scenic spots

The landscape of Dahua mountain flows slowly between the hoe mountain and the Songzi mountain to the Ma garden. From a distance, it looks like a white ribbon, so it is called "White Ribbon". There are Shuiyue palace, cha'an temple, Yangxian Pavilion and Qingyun bridge in Baishuidai scenic area. Among them, Shuiyue palace and cha'an Temple (liuzu Temple) are rated as municipal cultural relics protection units. Cha'an temple built in Ming Dynasty is named to commemorate the eminent monk of Tang Dynasty and Zen master Yixing who once lived here. In the scenic spot, the ancient trees are towering, the sun is covered with thick shade, and the streams and springs are flowing continuously. The ancients said that "the ancient trees are deep and thick, the day is also night, the springs are cold, and the summer is still autumn", showing its charming style.

In recent years, Baishuidai scenic spot has continuously improved its tourism facilities, and newly built city garden, Longguang tower, sports park, Daxiong hall, taoyuanpu and other scenic spots. In the city garden of Baishuidai scenic spot, rhododendrons are in full bloom, and the citizens forget to return and take photos. The city garden has been open to the public free of charge for four consecutive years, and it has become a major attraction of the scenic spot. During the national day, Baishuidai scenic spot attracted 40000 tourists.

Main attractions

Baishuidai Scenic Area

Baishuidai scenic spot is located in Jianghai District of Jiangmen City, covering an area of nearly 6 square kilometers. It can be directly reached by No.3 bus in the urban area. It is a natural scenic spot with a long history. Baishuidai became a scenic spot in the 27th year of Daoguang reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1847). It was first proposed by Ma Tianbao and Ma Yulin of Ma nationality in Mayuan township. They built temples first, and then gradually opened up as scenic spots. Since then, it has been rebuilt three times. The first time was in 1815, when the temple was destroyed due to the war at that time, the villagers proposed to rebuild it. The second time was in 1900, because of lack of funds, it was only for simple maintenance. The third time was in 1928, this time on a large scale. In addition to rebuilding the Baishuidai temple, it also built zhibaishuidai temple It's a stone road.

Baishui is surrounded by a stream, three springs and Tianshan Mountains, with a total area of more than 700 mu. One stream is Maxi, and three springs are Hongtao spring, Longkou spring and Dijing spring. The five mountains are Dahua mountain, hoe mountain, Songzi mountain, Hongtao mountain and Hulu mountain. The flowing water from the mountain spring is cool and clean, with sweet taste. The villagers call it "fairy water". For hundreds of years, people have praised this place as the holy land of dragon veins, competing to visit and worship.

There are Shuiyue palace, Sansheng temple, Longmu temple, Jiangtian Pavilion, Qingyun bridge and lotus boat on both sides of Baishuidai stream. In the scenic spot, there are more than 100 years old trees, such as Piedmont beside the stream, marriage stone, marriage tree, and dense yajiaomu, xiechuarong, pseudopingpo, acacia, shansongshu, etc.

Water Moon Palace

As the earliest architecture, it is said that there was a small temple offering tribute in Ming Dynasty, and there was an endless stream of visitors. It has always been prosperous. It was expanded in the 27th year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty (1847) and rebuilt three times. The first time was in the first year of Xianfeng (1851); the second time was in the 26th year of Guangxu (1900); the third time was in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928). The temple is built on the rock, with wood and stone structure. There are still traditional exquisite wood carvings and stone carvings. There are immortal footprints on the rocks in the temple. In the same year after the completion of Shuiyue palace, a pavilion was built on the side of the temple, which is also of wood and stone structure. On the pavilion is a horizontal plaque with a view of the river and the sky, written by Bao Jun, a Jinshi of the Qing Dynasty. There is a woodcut couplet on the pavilion column: "waterfall water when Pavilion sunny also rain, Songtao pouring couch, summer still cold.". Beside the pavilion, a stone bridge was built across the river, which is called "Qingyun bridge", with the characteristics of ancient stone bridges in Qing Dynasty.

Dragon light tower

Located on Niushan, the highest point of Baishuidai scenic spot, Longguang pagoda is an eleven story imitation song glazed tile pagoda. The tower is 79 meters high, of which the gold plated Tasha is about 18 meters high. The plane of the tower is octagonal, and the diameter of the bottom layer is 27 meters. The pagoda is the highest imitative ancient pagoda in the province.

Macao's return to the motherland Memorial Gallery

The memorial corridor of Macao's return to the motherland was built in Baishuidai scenic spot. On the eve of Macao's return to the motherland, the memorial corridor was successfully completed by the Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) with donations from members of the Macao region, contracted by the provincial Civil Engineering company and environmental treatment by the landscape department.

The corridor has a European design style. It is built along the two slopes of the original hill. The color is white, elegant and elegant. It echoes with the adjacent Hong Kong return Pavilion and the Niushan tower under construction. The main body of the corridor is about 80 meters long. From the foot of the two hills, you can reach the top platform. Here is a circular granite pavement, and there is a tower in the middle On the southeast of the platform, there is a free stone about 2 meters high, on which is written by Mr. Lin Jin, a calligrapher of Macao, "Macao's memorial corridor for returning to the motherland.".

Xiaozhu Mingdong

When you enter cha'an Park, you will see an antique stone archway standing among the green trees, engraved with the four words "Xiao Zhu Ming Dong", which was inscribed by Chen Cao, a famous scholar in the Qing Dynasty. On the back of the stone archway, the word "Buddhist realm" is inscribed by the calligrapher Rao jisui. Many people come here with a feeling of stepping into the Buddhist world and being extraordinarily refined. Zhuming cave is a famous scenic spot in Luofu Mountain, one of the four famous mountains in Lingnan, which is famous for its quiet and elegant. Because people think it can be compared with Zhuming cave in Luofu Mountain, it is called "xiaozhuming cave".

Cemetery of Mr. Chen Shaobai

Out of the temple gate to the top left, there are many pavilions on the mountain road, with verdant trees and quiet scenery. This is the cemetery of Mr. Chen Shaobai, a pioneer of the democratic revolution. It was built in 1935. Mr. Chen Shaobai is a close comrade in arms and right-hand assistant of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and the pride of Jiangmen people.

The lotus pond

Walking out of cha'an temple, there is a small lotus pond in the garden, which is full of water lilies. Every flowering season, lotus fragrance bursts here, refreshing. On the opposite side of Lianchi, there is a man-made lake, which is crossed by a zigzag bridge. People can watch the fish in the lake, or walk along the flower shaded path, listen to the birds singing, and be in a trance of the countryside in the city.

Marriage tree

At the entrance of the park, there is a very strange tree with red colors. In fact, it is not one tree, but two trees. The heads of the two trees grow on both sides of the stream, while the trunks are twined above the stream, just like a loving couple embracing each other. Therefore, they are called "husband wife tree" or "marriage tree". There is a very sad legend about this marriage tree. In ancient times, there used to be a young man and woman living here. They loved each other and vowed to marry each other. But the two people's clans were at odds, their marriage was blocked, it was difficult for them to get married, and eventually they died of melancholy and Acacia. After death, each of them turns into a tree and grows up across the stream to show their loyalty to love. Therefore, many lovers in love like to come here to worship him and tie ribbons to pray for the eternity of love.

Inscriptions and couplets

For example, there are inscriptions of Liyuan's inscription "Minghe" and "Kongshan qinzhu" in Qing Dynasty, Hanlin wugencui's inscription and Zhou Chi's inscription "the first spring of Ma garden". The stone column in front of shuiyuegong temple is engraved with a temple couplet written by Chen Yuance in the 14th year of Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty and written by Chen huajiong, the Hanlin: "the word of spirit is xianmaxi, the cave opens in Zhaodai, and the fairy trace is lianzuoyan and xiaoputuo.". In addition, Ma Yunlin and Liang Yanshen, who lived in the 28th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, wrote couplets: "cliffs are towering with clouds, ethereal forms of Dharma, flowing back around the ancient temple spring, clear she xianshao" and "Buddhism is boundless, chiding stones become rosettes, immortals have a part in the flow, many bamboo groves travel" and so on. Since the Qing Dynasty, the place has attracted many celebrities to visit, and left a lot of popular poems. Baishuidai scenic spot also has some beautiful special landscapes, such as Chaoxia Guankou, Longquan daoyue, taominggangying, immortal footprints, hongmiangutui, etc.

Lotus boat site

This proves that there was a literati's activity here in Qing Dynasty. The rocks beside the waterfall of Baishuidai mountain retain the activities of literati in Qing Dynasty. Ancient stone carvings of the Qing Dynasty are preserved in the rocks beside Baishuidai mountain stream, such as "Mingke", "kongshanqinzhu" and "the first spring of Maxi". All these confirm the historical culture and artistic value of Baishuidai stone carvings.

Historical evolution

Located in the southern suburb of Jiangmen City, the white water belt is the only natural scenic spot with a long history in the city. There is a stream originated from Dahua mountain. The stream flows slowly between hoe mountain and Songzi mountain to Mayuan, forming a white belt, so it is called "white water belt". There are three springs gushing from the rocks beside the stream. It is called Hongtao spring, Longkou spring, Dijing spring. The spring water is sweet, cool and clean. It is said that it can cure all kinds of diseases and is known as fairy water. Baishui is known as one stream, three springs and five mountains. On both sides of the stream, there are Shuiyue palace, Dasheng temple, Longmu temple, Tianhou temple, Jiangtian Pavilion, Yangxian Pavilion, Qingyun bridge and other places of interest. There are Qing Dynasty stone carvings on the rocks, such as "Mingke" and "Kongshan qinzhu" carved by Li Yuan, a famous official in the Qing Dynasty,

The inscription of Wu quancui in the Qing Dynasty and the inscription "Maxi No.1" by Zhou Chi

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