Ape King cave in Jiuhuang mountain

Ape King cave

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The ape King cave in Jiuhuang mountain generally refers to the ape King cave

Ape King Cave Scenic Spot is located in Beichuan County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. It is located on the tourist ring line from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, covering an area of 15 square kilometers. It is a provincial-level scenic spot and a municipal key cultural relics protection unit.

The scenic spot is composed of mountain caves, cliff golden plank road, primeval forest and ancient Qiang culture resort. Within 4 square kilometers around the cave of ape King scenic spot, there are 23 distinctive caves, including Yanyun cave, Ganlong cave and silver carp cave. In ape King cave, there are hundreds of magical landscapes with different styles, such as "string beads with jade", "Pearl White Jade Pagoda", "beautiful stone forest", "yaochi cave" and "cliff stone harp". The landscapes are both real and illusory, which are called Huanglong beauty in Dream Palace cave by tourists.

geographical environment

Located in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China, the ape King cave in Jiuhuang mountain is located on the tourist ring line from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou. Its geographical coordinates are 104 ° 43 'e, 31 ° 89' n and its altitude is 2095 meters. It is the largest karst cave in Southwest China and a famous tourist cave in Western China.

Ape King cave has become a scenic spot integrating scientific research, ancient science, sightseeing, avoiding office, meeting, mountain sports tourism and Qiang customs tourism.

The ape King Cave Scenic Spot in Jiuhuang mountain is composed of high mountain karst caves, cliff golden plank road, primeval forest and ancient Qiang culture resort. The famous ape King cave is a rare group of Alpine caves in Southwest China. There are 23 distinctive caves distributed within 4 square kilometers around the ape King cave. They are Yanyun cave, Ganlong cave, silver carp cave, etc. In ape King cave, there are hundreds of magical landscapes with different styles, such as "string beads with jade", "Pearl White Jade Pagoda", "beautiful stone forest", "yaochi cave" and "cliff stone harp". The landscapes are both real and illusory, which are called Huanglong beauty in Dream Palace cave by tourists. Ape King cave has become a scenic spot integrating scientific research, KEGU, sightseeing, shunshu, conference, Dengshan sports tourism and Qiang customs tourism. It has 450 star hotel beds and can accommodate 300 people at the same time.

When you enter the valley in spring, the mountain flowers are brilliant and the peaches and plums are blooming; when you enter the valley in midsummer, it is cool and pleasant with thick shade; when you enter the valley in golden autumn, it is full of red leaves and fruitful; when you enter the valley in the middle of winter, it is snowy and crystal clear. No matter what season, the ape King cave in the valley can always show her extraordinary charm.

There is no doubt that spring is the best season to visit ape King cave. The ape King cave, surrounded by green hills, has beautiful scenery, just like a natural green oxygen bar. The ape King Cave Scenic Spot, which is composed of karst cave, dangerous mountain tea pavilion, alpine virgin forest and other scenic spots, is actually a three-dimensional ecological world. Exploring the secrets in the cave, sightseeing in the mountains and searching for treasure in the forest will not make you feel wasted for a moment.

The ape King cave is named after the cave. Within 4 square kilometers around the ape King Cave Scenic Spot, there are 23 distinctive caves, such as Yanyun cave, Ganlong cave and silver carp cave. Walking into the ape King cave, you will be intoxicated by the real and illusory world in the cave. Hundreds of magical landscapes with different styles, such as "string beads with jade", "Pearl White Jade tower", "beautiful stone forest", "yaochi cave" and "cliff stone Qin", are lifelike. Out of the cave, you can walk in the mountains, shake hands with macaques, and say hello to squirrels. You can sit in the mountains, make a cup of tea, and sigh about the changes of the world. Of course, you can also experience the thrill of tiaoso in the ape King cave. Liusuo is a means of transportation for the local Qiang people. Two steel ropes are set up between the two mountains. After people fix them, they slide between the mountains through the steel ropes. It's a game for the brave. If you don't look at the abyss at the foot of the mountain, many people have been frightened by the wind.

Scenic climate

Mianyang City belongs to the eastern subtropical monsoon climate zone, with mild climate and four distinct seasons. Generally, winter lasts for a long time, mostly more than three months. However, the average temperature in winter is above 0 ℃, so there is no severe cold in winter, and the highest temperature in summer. However, the average temperature in July is between 24.2 ℃ and 27.2 ℃, so there is no severe heat in summer.

places of historic figures and cultural heritage

The ape King Cave Scenic Spot in Jiuhuang mountain takes the protection and promotion of the ancient Qiang culture as its mission. It completely preserves and truly reproduces the folk customs of the Qiang people for thousands of years. All the buildings in the scenic spot are the true embodiment of the original Qiang architectural culture. The first blockhouse of the Western Qiang, the cliff stack Road, the liusuo, the lover bridge and the Qiang love garden are its representatives, providing a "feeling of mystery" for tourists The ancient Qiang culture is a place to experience the local conditions and customs of the Qiang people.

Qiang people are good at building blockhouses, stone houses, cable bridges, plank roads and water conservancy weirs. In Qiang language, Diaolou is called "qionglong", which is the main fortification of Qiang village. It is located in dangerous passes and passes. The whole body of Diaolou is made of mud and stone, big at the bottom and small at the top, such as a pyramid with sharp edges, which is called "living fossil of architecture". As early as 2000 years ago, there was a record in the biography of Southwest Barbarians in the book of the later Han Dynasty that ran Ji (Zuo Ma you long) lived close to the mountain, built a stone house, and was more than ten feet tall. Blockhouses are mostly built next to houses in villages, with a height of 10 to 30 meters. They are used to defend the enemy and store grain and firewood. Diaolou has four corners, six corners and eight corners. Some of them are as high as the thirteenth or fourteenth floor. The building materials are flakes of stone and yellow earth. The foundation of the wall is 1.35 meters deep and made of stone. The inside of the stone wall is vertical to the ground, and the outside is inclined from bottom to top. Construction without drawing, hanging line, column support, rely on superb skills and experience. The building is stable and durable.

Qiang people's houses are flat roofed houses made of stone, which are square in shape. Most of them have three floors, each of which is more than 3 meters high. The lowest part of the roof platform is a wooden board or slate, which extends out of the wall to form an eaves. The wood or slate is densely covered with branches of trees or bamboo, and then covered with loess and chicken manure. The thickness is about 0.35 meters. There is a channel for water diversion, which is warm in winter and cool in summer. The roof platform is a place for threshing, sun drying, sewing, children and the elderly to play and rest. Some buildings are built with arcades for communication. Jiuhuangshan Qiang love garden villa in West Qiang is a typical Qiang residential building. Tourists can fully experience the ancient Qiang architectural culture.

In order to facilitate transportation, the Qiang people created the cable bridge more than 1400 years ago. There are stone foundations or large wooden columns inside the stone gates built on both sides of the river. Bamboo ropes as thick as arms are tied on the foundations and columns, ranging from a few to 10. The bamboo cable is covered with wooden boards, and bamboo cable handrails more than 1 meter higher than the bridge deck are set on both sides. The liusuo bridge and the lover bridge in jiuhuangshan are the outstanding representatives of the cable bridge.

There are two kinds of plank road: Wooden stack and stone stack. Wooden stack is built in dense forest, paved with wood for road, mixed with earth and stone; stone stack is built on cliff, edge rock drilling, inserted wood for bridge. The cliff plank road of jiuhuangshan mountain in Western Qiang is a stone plank road, with a total of 999 levels, which goes directly to the scenic area of jiuhuangshan mountain in Western Qiang. There is a saying that "the stone stack goes into the cloud, or you can meet a fairy".

Historical evolution

The first Western Qiang blockhouse, located on the ape King cave in Jiuhuang mountain, is said to have been built in the Han Dynasty. According to historical records, this area is located in the "main point of the Han Dynasty" and the Qiang people are "strong, upright, and skilled in hunting and shooting" and often "plunder the land of the Han Dynasty". In the 25th year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, he Qingping, a famous general of Western Shu, demolished it in the "white grass rebellion" and rebuilt it on the original basis in 2003.

The first blockhouse of Western Qiang is built on the southeast side of Qiangqing garden in Jiuhuang mountain scenic area of Western Qiang, on the top of 2300 meters above sea level. It is located on the ancient tea horse road of Songping. The river flows at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by high mountain cliffs, with a side length of 8 meters at the bottom and a height of 30 meters. This watchtower is not only a fortification for the village of boar City, but also a watchtower for the Qiang people to understand the actions of the army. If there is a war, you can see it from dozens of miles.

Standing on the top of the Diaolou, to the southeast is the fertile Fujiang plain, rolling like a jade belt into the sky; at night, the lights in Jiangyou and Mianyang City are flashing like fluorescence. In the northwest, there are many mountains. In fine weather, you can see snow mountains hundreds of miles away.

Jiuhuang mountain is located in Beichuan County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. It is located on the tourist ring line from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, covering an area of 15 square kilometers. It is a provincial-level scenic spot and a municipal key cultural relics protection unit. The geographical position here is superior and the transportation is very convenient.

Main attractions

Touring karst cave

Ape King cave is a rare group of high mountain caves in Northwest Sichuan, with a journey of 5.8 kilometers. The cave has been carefully carved by nature for thousands of years, forming a unique cave spectacle. The famous scenic spots in the cave include beautiful and straight "Stone Forest Beauty"; true and illusory "yaochi cave"; pearl white jade tower with beads; official, commercial, angle, micro and feather "Cliff stone Qin" with five tones of Qingyue. With the latest cave lighting designed by the cave Lighting Research Institute of the Ministry of electronic industry, walking into the ape King cave is like walking into a dreamlike world and into an isolated paradise.

let's watch a play

A steel wire with a length of 600 meters and a height of 280 meters flies between the two dangerous mountains. Dozens of professional high-altitude performers make wonderful contributions every day, such as graceful and soothing butterfly fan dance, dexterous and agile high-altitude bicycle stunts, thrilling and exciting steel wire motorcycles, and the beloved monkey flying in the clouds. Every program makes your heart beat and your eyes feast.

3、 Crossing lover's bridge: a dexterous and light steel cable bridge will make two as lovers

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