baishi mountain

baishi mountain

Baishi mountain, located 15 kilometers south of Laiyuan County, Hebei Province, is located at the northernmost end of Taihang Mountain, with an area of 54 square kilometers. The highest peak, foguangding, is 2096 meters above sea level.

It is a World Geopark, a national 5A tourist attraction, a National Forest Park and a national youth science and technology education base. There is a unique Dali peak forest landform in China.

In mid September 2014, Baishishan glass plank road was opened to the outside world, which is the longest and widest suspended glass plank road with the highest altitude in China. Since October 1, 2018, the ticket price has been adjusted to 135 yuan in peak season.

Historical evolution

In 2000, we laid a long walk of more than 7000 meters, consisting of 7000 steps, plank road, tunnel and cable bridge, which can bring tourists into the essence of Baishi mountain. In 2001, it was listed in the second batch of "national geoparks" by the Ministry of land and resources.

On September 18, 2006, the World Geopark jointly declared by Laiyuan Baishishan National Geopark, Laishui Yesanpo National Geopark and Beijing Fangshan National Geopark passed the review of the World Geopark Review Committee.

On September 15, 2014, Baishishan glass plank road was opened to the public.

geographical environment

Location context

Baishi mountain, located 15 kilometers south of Laiyuan County, Hebei Province, is located at the northernmost end of Taihang Mountain, with an area of 54 square kilometers. The highest peak, foguangding, is 2096 meters above sea level. Baishi mountain is a part of Fangshan World Geopark in Beijing. It has unique marble peak forest landform in China.

Baishi mountain is located in the northernmost part of Taihang Mountain. The highest peak, foguangding, is 2096 meters above sea level. You can overlook Langya Mountain and Wutai Mountain from the top. Baishi mountain has a variety of landscapes, including peak forest, strange rocks, cliffs, canyons, waterfalls, forests, sea of clouds, Buddha's light, the Great Wall, temples and other landscapes. With unique landform and complex structure, Baishi mountain is one of the "thirty six caves" in ancient China.

Geology and geomorphology

There are more than 200 square kilometers of this rock mass under the Baishi mountain, which is called "sigezhuang rock mass". Baishi mountain is located at the northernmost end of the 800 Li Taihang Mountain. It is tall and has "three peaks, six platforms, nine valleys and 81 peaks". The main ridge line is more than 7000 meters long, and the highest peak, foguangding, is 2096 meters above sea level. It is the dragon head of the northwest uplift of the North China Plain. You can overlook Langya Mountain and Wutai Mountain from the top.

Main landscape

Peak forest

The most spectacular scenery of Baishi mountain is famous for its peak forest landform. The marble peak forest in its core is the only marble peak forest landform in China, which is a new type of peak forest landform in China. The essence of the scenic spot consists of more than 100 peaks, which are scattered and relatively independent. The main peak is 2096 meters above sea level, hundreds of meters higher than the surrounding mountains. Because the shape and rhyme of Baishi mountain are similar to Huangshan Mountain, it is called "northern Huangshan Mountain" by tourists.

In summer and autumn, when the altitude is more than 1800 meters (the starting point of the walking road is more than 1800 meters), the clouds are often misty and the sea of clouds is dreamy. When the rain comes, the waves are rolling and floating It's hard to be illusory.

Baishi mountain has a lot of precipitation, dense vegetation and water conservation. Most of the springs appear within the altitude of 1300 meters. The canyons and waterfalls at the West and south foot have their own characteristics. The Shuanglong waterfall and Feilong waterfall at the ten waterfall gorge at the West foot are the most unique and spectacular. The Great Wall, about 4000 meters long, runs through the north side of Baishi mountain. Most of the enemy towers and walls are well preserved. It is one of the most well preserved sections of the Great Wall in China. "The enemy tower is built outside the city wall" is a "strange" of Baishishan Great Wall, which reflects the principle of adapting the construction of the Great Wall to local conditions.

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Juma headspring group covers an area of 6 square kilometers, with spring water, poplar green space, mountains and rivers, quiet environment, small bridges, flowing water, people, a school of water scenery. Laiyuan County has many springs and large water volume. There are 102 known springs, and there are more than 30 springs whose flow rate is more than 2 L / s. when many famous springs in the country have dried up one after another, Juma spring is still gushing. It is a real spring city. There is a city in the spring, and there is a spring in the city. Therefore, it can be called the top-quality spring city at the county level. The water temperature of Juma fountainhead has a big difference with the outside world, but the fog is transpiration. Therefore, Juma River is the longest ice free River in northern China. The streams and waterfalls in the granite gorge at the lower part of Baishi mountain, the well preserved Ming Great Wall at the north foot and the spring group in Laiyuan County are all included in the protection scope of Baishi Mountain National Geopark. In the Warring States period, Baishi mountain was divided into Yan and Zhao. In the confrontation period between song and Liao dynasties, Baishi mountain was divided into two countries. Now, climbing on the top of Baishi mountain, overlooking Tianchou in the north, Langya (mountain) in the East, peaks in the South and Wutai (mountain) in the west, you feel like you are in a fairyland outside the sky. You will sincerely feel the "boundless beauty of the mountains and rivers of the motherland".

Ten waterfall Gorge

Shipu gorge is a Grand Canyon of granite structure. The clear spring water gushes out from Longhu spring at an altitude of 1300 meters. The stream is full of ups and downs, flowing as a pool and jumping as a waterfall. The "Double Dragon Waterfall" with a drop of more than 50 meters falls into the pool for the first time, turns 90 degrees and falls again. It has a unique and beautiful posture and is the top grade of the waterfall. "Feilongtan" waterfall is open, scattered and splashed with jade. "Silent waterfall" stream from the stone slide, like silk general, but also dynamic and static, silent. Shipu gorge granite landform and waterfall water, constitute a "spring, waterfall, stone, pine" in one of the gorgeous landscape. Ten waterfall gorge with high mountains and fast water has always been favored by tourists. Baishishan Great Wall, a national key cultural relic protection unit at the northern foot of the mountain, is one of the best preserved sections of the Great Wall. The wall cut by Mao Zedong shows the vicissitudes of time.

The origin of the name

Baishi mountain is named for its white marble. The dolomite cover in the upper part of Baishi mountain was formed in the marine environment one billion years ago. The crustal movement made the dolomitic marble produce more than two groups of vertical joints. In the long years after that, the weathering made the vertical cracks expand continuously, and the rock layer became a pillar like peak. Moreover, these pillar like peaks just stood on the stable granite base In fact, these strange and dangerous peaks can be preserved in the continuous geological movement.

The Baishi in Baishi mountain is the dolomite roasted by the hot magma when the magma intruded. The dolomite is recrystallized and transformed into white marble with uniform grain size. However, because the top of Baishishan is far away from the magma and the fire is not enough, although it has undergone thermal metamorphism, it has not formed pure marble and is still a layered dolomite appearance.

After the magma arched the upper stratum, the broken stratum was eroded little by little by millions of years of water washing, sun and wind weathering, and turned into pebbles, sand and soil. It is suspected that the granite in the shallow part of the crust gradually "broke out".

Features of scenic spots

More peaks: in less than three square kilometers of area, ridges and valleys are mostly clustered.

Steep: straight up and down, angular, steep wall, such as a knife cut axe.

Different forms: such as pillars, such as sails, such as bamboo shoots, such as swords, such as people, such as animals, such as gods and ghosts. Potential danger: some are big at the top and small at the bottom, some are toppling but not toppling, and some are like blocks.

Baishi mountain is named for its white marble. Baishi mountain has a complete landscape, including peak forest, grotesque rocks, cliffs, canyons, waterfalls, forests, sea of clouds, Buddha's light, the Great Wall, temples and other landscapes. The landform is peculiar and the structure is complex. Baishi mountain is one of the "thirty-six caves" in ancient China. Because there are many opportunities for clouds in summer, "Buddha light" often appears.

"Baishi Qingyun" is the first of the twelve ancient scenic spots in Laiyuan, which means that even if it is sunny, there will be clouds around the top of Baishi mountain. The cloudy and foggy Baishi mountain is determined by the special geological structure of Baishi mountain.

The scenery of Baishi mountain is the first time after the rain: clouds grow out of the ravines, and then spread rapidly, such as ten thousand beds of cotton wadding, filling up the ravines, giant rocks like floating islands, and strange peaks like fairy mountains.

Baishi Mountain Cloud combination is the most beautiful scenery in Laiyuan. The condition of cloud formation is that the air rises continuously and the water vapor replenishes continuously. When the southeast warm and humid air flows up and condenses in Baishi mountain, it is blocked and stored in the mountains, streams and waterfalls, and the water vapor is constantly replenished, so it is easy to form clouds. Because the air flow from the north is often dominant, the clouds in the south of Baishi mountain are difficult to cross the ridge and tend to circle and surge on the top of the mountain. After the formation of the clouds at the southern foot of Baishi mountain, they try to cross the ridge driven by the southeast wind, and the cold and warm air flow often collide on the line of Qingyun peak. With the change of cold and warm air flow, the clouds rise and fall from time to time, advance and retreat from time to time. Especially when the cold and warm air currents are equal, they stick to each other above the ridge, and the clouds stand on the wall. On one side, it is dark, while the sun is shining in the sky. "Fengyun Jihui" is a great spectacle of Baishi mountain.

Get honor

Baishi mountain in Laiyuan, together with Huangshan Mountain, Dunhuang ghost city, Hukou waterfall and other tourist attractions, has been approved as the second batch of national geoparks by the Ministry of land and resources. Hebei is a provincial scenic spot, provincial forest park, national AAAAA scenic spot, National Youth Education Center

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