Laodingshan National Forest Park

Laodingshan National Forest Park

Laodingshan National Forest Park is located in the east of Changzhi City, 2 kilometers away from the urban area, covering an area of more than 40 square kilometers. It is divided into four scenic spots, 44 scenic spots, one is the animal breeding and viewing area, the other is the forestry research and investigation area, the third is laodingshan scenic area, and the fourth is shennongfeng scenic area.

Location context

District location

Laodingshan National Forest Park is located in the northeast of Changzhi City, 2km away from the city, adjacent to Huguan and Pingshun counties in the East and Lucheng city in the north, covering an area of more than 40 square kilometers.

topographic features

Most of the mountains are lower Paleozoic Cambrian and Ordovician limestone, with the highest elevation of 1378 meters. The scenic spot is composed of more than 40 peaks with 5 peaks, 9 ridges and 18 gullies, and more than 30 natural caves.

Climatic characteristics

The average annual temperature of the park is 9.1 degrees and the average annual precipitation is 618.9 mm.

Resources

There are more than 10 natural resources, such as lion crouching on hillock, jiantianshi, Shicong Zhuju, shimai Weilan, wuzhiqingtian, dangyan skyscrapers, etc. There are abundant human resources, including Jiulong palace, baicaotang, zushi temple, cliff stone carvings, Panshan ancient road, ancient fish pond, Nanya palace, Chaoyang palace, guhanquan, shennongjing, Baigu cave, Leifu cave, etc.

Main attractions

Shennong cave

In the east of Digu temple, there is a Shennong cave, which is said to be the place for Shennong to taste all kinds of herbs. The mouth of the cave faces west and is cut on a natural bluestone. The entrance is 1.7 meters in difficulty, about 1 meter in width, 5.7 meters in width, 6 meters in depth and 3 meters in height. On the left side of the entrance is a rectangular stone wall, like a natural stone plaque. Outside the cave, it is flat, with green grass and pines and cypresses. If there is no one to lead, it is hard to find. In the cave, a kind of admiration for ancestors arises spontaneously. In the middle of the Yuhuangding mountain, there is a natural cave, which is 6 meters wide and 11 meters deep, with a small hole inside. The wall of the cave is exquisite and full of light. There are five stone carvings in the cave, which are well preserved. In particular, the inscriptions of "Shugu Xingzhi", "Shugu Youzhi" and "Song Zhiping Zhong" on the military affairs statement of the Secretary of the Song Dynasty are smooth and vigorous .

Nanya Palace

In the southeast half of Xinding mountain, there is the largest natural cave in laoding mountain, named "Nanya Palace". The entrance of the cave is an antique gate, and above it is a double enamel Pavilion. The cave is wide. It is ten meters high and covers an area of about 500 square meters. The seed milk on the top of the cave is drooping, and the wall of the cave is uneven. The belly of the cave is naturally divided into two holes. The outer cave is just dedicated to the statue of the ancestor, and the opposite is the statue of Guanyin. The inner cave is slightly higher and wider than the outer cave. It is called the four wall cave, and many animal statues are made. On the right side of the cave, another door is opened to turn into a cave about 20 square meters, 2.5 meters high. In the middle of the cave, the Buddha statues are arched. On both sides of the cave, eighteen Arhats are carved in relief. With exquisite craftsmanship, they are ready to appear.

Guhanquan

In addition to the numerous caves in laodingshan, there is also a "cold spring". There is a sweet spring in digusi village. The plaque at the entrance of the cave is inlaid with the regular script "ancient cold spring" left by the Qing Dynasty. Ancient cold spring is Baigu spring, also known as Shennong spring. "Lu'an Fu Zhi" said: "Baigu spring, in front of the Shennong temple in Baigu mountain, is a spring filled with stones. The monks of the temple lead it into a Fuliu, annotate it as a pond, and fly down the gully from the mouth of Juankou, annotate it into Shizi River, which tastes sweet." There is a Song Dynasty style relief dragon head at the entrance of the cave, Wolong at the entrance of the spring, with a dragon mouth open, and a round stone well at the bottom. The poor springs are listed as one of the Eight Sights in ancient Lu County, and there are many legends handed down to this day. And the representative is: when the Bogu temple was first built, the stone dragon's mouth was dripping with grain continuously. It was not slow and could be used by all the craftsmen and monks. When it was finished, the little monk who was picking up the grain at the mouth of the Dragon gradually felt monotonous, so he poked it in the mouth of the dragon with a wooden camphor. Suddenly, ten pairs of white pigeons flew out of the mouth of the dragon. From then on, longzui no longer drips the valley, only a stream of Weixi spring water flows out. The white dove falls in Huguan and turns a mountain peak into a white mountain.

Bronze statue of Emperor Yan

There are many legends and activities of Emperor Yan in laoding mountain. With the development of Emperor Yan as the center, laoding mountain has become the ancestral mountain. Its cultural connotation has a long history and can be compared with the great Sophora tree in Hongdong, Shanxi. In memory of Emperor Yan, the cultural relics administration invested more than 5 million yuan to create a bronze statue of Emperor Yan, with a total weight of 100 tons. It was designed by the famous Chinese sculptor Qian Shaowu. The foundation was laid on September 1, 1990 and installed in October 1995. The bronze statue of Emperor Yan on the base is a standing statue with hair and red arms. The upper body is covered with animal skin, and the lower body is covered with leaves. The slightly raised hands are holding a bunch of ears of grain. Its face is solemn and dignified, with extraordinary bearing. It is designed as a deified person, which highlights the worship and admiration for the ancestors. The bronze statue faces the direction of Changzhi City, as if Emperor Yan, the ancestor of China, was still watching his descendants with concern.

stone tablet

The huge stone tablet on the left side of the bronze statue, which is 6 meters long and 3 meters high, is engraved with inscriptions on the brilliant achievements of Emperor Yan. The platform on which the bronze statue was placed was surrounded by white marble railings and surrounded by slope protection. The total height of the bronze statue is 39 meters, of which the height of the statue is 25 meters, the height of the base is 14 meters, the width is 24 meters and the length is 29 meters. The base is divided into two parts, the first part is three layers, each layer is 2 meters high, the surface is white granite veneer, there are steps connected; the second part is the exhibition hall, 8 meters high, red granite veneer, the front is inlaid with 8 meters long, 5 meters high copper plate laying cattle head relief. The reason why we want to carve ox's head is that Yan Emperor's clan took ox as their "totem", that is, their clan's protection god. It also implies Yan Emperor's immortal contribution to domesticating livestock and creating agriculture. From the steps behind the base to enter the exhibition hall, it shows the great contribution of Emperor Yan to the creation of ancient agricultural civilization in the form of pictures, text descriptions and objects. The bronze statue of Emperor Yan is empty in the middle. Along the spiral ladder, you can reach the millet ear on the chest of Emperor Yan. Here is a viewing platform that can hold 20 people standing. Standing at such a height, you can have a panoramic view of the Shangdang basin, including the city outline, farmhouses, tall buildings and countryside. It is impressive, but it gives rise to a great and humble feeling and a sense of pride as a Chinese descendant.

Development and construction

Laodingshan National Forest Park is located in the east of Changzhi City. It was established in 1992 with the approval of the original linzaopizi (1992) No. 200 document of the Ministry of forestry of the people's Republic of China. It is 2 kilometers away from Changzhi City and covers a total area of 2200 hectares.

Since the establishment of laodingshan National Forest Park in 1992, according to the master plan of laodingshan National Forest Park, taking Yandi Shennong family as the soul of the park construction, Jiulong palace and xindingdi ancient temple have been restored, and Yandi statue, baicaotang, self-control slideway, Sanjie Yougu, skating rink, karting racetrack, skiing rink and other scenic spots have been newly built.

traffic

aircraft

Changzhi Wangcun airport can take off and land small and medium-sized passenger aircraft, and has opened direct flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Datong and other places. Changzhi Wangcun airport.

train

In Changzhi, there are two national railway lines, Taijiao and Hanchang, running through the north, South, West and East. There are trains to Shanxi, Beijing and Lianyungang. Changzhi railway station.

highway

Changzhi highway crisscross, there are Changhan highway, Changjin highway, Changtai highway and so on. In addition, there are four national highways, with 208 national highway and Changhan second-class highway as the backbone, and 14 local highways to form a "Feng" shaped highway network. At the same time, Taijiu Expressway in the north, Dayun road in the West and Jinjiao Expressway in the South lead to the Central Plains. There are more than 200 long-distance bus lines from Changzhi passenger station to Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan, Shijiazhuang and other places. Take a taxi from Changzhi to laodingshan baicaotang, or take bus No.2 to the terminal, and then walk for about 20 minutes.

Address: East of Changzhi, near 001 Township Road

Longitude: 113.170125

Latitude: 36.198301

Tel: 0355-2161227

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