Wulong Gorge

Wulong Gorge

Located in Sanggan ancient road, Wulong gorge is a grand canyon about 10 km long and 1 km wide, which is formed by volcanic lava washed by river for 100 million years. In the canyon, there are not only gorgeous natural landscapes such as "Oolong Xieyu" and "Oolong waterfall", but also rich cultural landscapes. It is known as "Jiuzhaigou" in northern China. Now it has become an eco-tourism resort, integrating catering, entertainment and leisure. At the same time, people enjoy the natural scenery, drifting, boating, fishing, archery, gliding, horse racing and nature into one, to obtain physical and mental pleasure.

On August 17, 2014, Datong Volcano Group National Geopark was opened, and wulongxia Sangganhe scenic spot was successfully listed as one of the three scenic spots of Datong Volcano Group provincial Geopark. Wulongxia ecotourism resort starts from Sanggan Lake (Cetian Reservoir) in the west, reaches Daxinzhuang village in the East, connects Bao Village in the south, and looks at reasoning village in the north. The whole scenic area is about 5000 mu, with water area of more than 1 million square meters and vegetation coverage of 800000 square meters.

Wulong gorge is located at the bottom of Cetian Reservoir area, 1km south of e Mao Village, Yunzhou district. In the middle of the gorge, there is a long gorge with volcanic lava on both sides. After being washed by the river for hundreds of millions of years, it forms a natural gorge of 10km long and more than 100m wide. In the gorge, there are willows, green grass, clear streams, green cliffs, strong stones, flowers, black boulders, gurgling springs, blue water and small boats I'm going to wear it all the time. It is a picturesque natural scenery. There are abundant natural and cultural landscapes, as well as Wulong spring, Wulong beach and Wulong cave.

Sanggan Lake ecotourism area, with Cetian dam as the backbone, 50000 Mu reservoir lake as the center, 20 Li Wulong gorge as the charm, and the north and South Mountains as the background. It is composed of four parts: dam, water, gorge and mountain. Unique landform, good vegetation, beautiful scenery and beautiful environment.

Introduction to scenic spots

Located in Sanggan ancient road, Wulong gorge is a grand canyon about 10 km long and 1 km wide, which is formed by volcanic lava washed by river for 100 million years. In the canyon, there are not only gorgeous natural landscapes such as "Oolong Xieyu" and "Oolong waterfall", but also rich cultural landscapes. It is known as "Jiuzhaigou" in northern China. Now it has become an eco-tourism resort, integrating catering, entertainment and leisure. At the same time, people enjoy the natural scenery, drifting, boating, fishing, archery, gliding, horse racing and nature into one, to obtain physical and mental pleasure.

Wulong gorge is located at the bottom of Cetian Reservoir area, 1km south of e Mao Village, Yunzhou district. In the middle of the gorge, there is a long gorge with volcanic lava on both sides. After being washed by the river for hundreds of millions of years, it forms a natural gorge of 10km long and more than 100m wide. In the gorge, there are willows, green grass, clear streams, green cliffs, strong stones, flowers, black boulders, gurgling springs, blue water and small boats Ten to wear. It is a picturesque natural scenery. There are abundant natural and cultural landscapes, as well as Wulong spring, Wulong beach and Wulong cave. It's really an ideal place for you to go on holiday and relax.

Sanggan lake is Datong Cetian Reservoir. Sanggan Lake ecotourism area, with Cetian dam as the backbone, 50000 Mu reservoir lake as the center, 20 Li Wulong gorge as the charm, and the north and South Mountains as the background. The main landscape consists of "dam", "water", "gorge" and "mountain". Unique landform, good vegetation, beautiful scenery and beautiful environment. The scenic spot is 3 kilometers wide from north to South and 38 kilometers long from east to west, with a total area of 95 square kilometers.

Landscape resource is an objective entity, and tourism is the main activity of people. Only when the landscape is rich and distinctive, can it attract people to sightseeing, and it is necessary to develop and construct. Datong Sanggan Lake ecotourism area is gradually formed by the construction of Cetian Reservoir in the middle reaches of Sanggan River, with a capacity of 580 million cubic meters and a water surface of 33 square kilometers. Thanks to superior conditions, it has beautiful environment and beautiful scenery. Being personally on the scene, whether it is the landform of the northern part of the great wall or the reservoir itself, it gives people a feeling of the vast and magnificent open field. Combined with the footprints of human historical activities, it integrates the characteristic natural landscape and the long-standing cultural landscape.

Legend of Wulong Gorge

Sanggan River flows into Datong Basin. The river is wide, just like a young woman walking slowly. She traveled 50 kilometers eastward to the foot of Datong volcano. The lava has been washed by the river for hundreds of millions of years, forming a grand canyon about 10 kilometers long and 1 kilometers wide. This is the Wulong gorge of the famous guansanggan river. In the gorge, the black volcanic rocks lie at the bottom of the valley, and the clear current flows eastward. Looking around, green grass, red cliff dangerous towering, waterfall hanging high, spring gushing, birds contending, Yang Ying Yiyi, a school of Jiangnan scenery. In the early spring of the year of ugliness, the reporter came to Wulong gorge. The warm spring breeze opens a beautiful landscape painting for us. At the west entrance of the gorge, two waterfalls, flying pearls and jade, hang on the south bank. Looking up from the bottom of the gorge, the waterfalls seem to discharge from the dark six edged mountain belly, which is very spectacular. This is the famous Wulong waterfall. Every time visitors come here, they can't help singing Li Bai's Poems: "flying down 3000 feet, it's suspected that the Milky way is falling nine days."

Under the waterfall is a quiet lake, called Wulong lake. The lake is crystal clear, surrounded by green trees. At dawn and dusk, you can go boating on the lake. The Red Cliff is burning. The lake is colorful and the sound of the water is heard all the time.

Wulong gorge is located in the territory of Datong Volcanic Group. The two sides of the gorge are volcanic lava. Its strange rocks, Feiquan and Wudi are known as the "three wonders of Shixia".

After passing Wulong lake, there is an open river beach in front of us. Huge black volcanic rocks are scattered on the beach in their proper places. Some of them are like a strong ox lying on grass, some are like a lion sleeping, some are like a tiger going down the mountain, some are like a Kunpeng spreading his wings, some are like a dragon playing in the water, and some are like monks meditating Time and running water make them smooth as jade, with no edges and corners, just like a happy water family. In the hot summer, the tourists walk barefoot on the smooth pebbles, and the river kisses their feet. They watch the masterpieces of nature with their eyes, and feel the meaning of "harmony between man and nature". In Wulongtan, people unconsciously follow the flowing water to the East, but they have different feelings because of their different life experiences.

Tourists wade through 1 km of Wulong beach on foot, often sweating, slightly tired. Nature seems to know people's wishes, flying to a spring on the north bank, called Wulong spring. Wuquan is located on the cliff, and its exit is a cave 2 meters wide, 1.5 meters high and 2.5 meters deep. The gurgling spring flows out of the cave at a flow rate of 0.27 cubic meters per second, just like an Oolong jade. Spring twists and turns East, into a dense poplar forest. Red leaves, streams, green duckweed, full of poetic. The scenery of this spring is comparable to that of Hupao spring in Hangzhou West Lake.

In Wulong gorge, there is a kind of black butterfly that only grows in the gorge. In midsummer, the green water flows eastward and the black butterflies dance, forming a beautiful scene of "black butterflies in Qingxi". When the reporter visited, a black butterfly landed on the grass. After a short time, it flapped its wings and flew to the south bank. In the crevices of the rocks on the south bank, peach blossoms are blooming in the wind.

Main attractions

Wulong gorge has not only beautiful natural landscape, but also rich cultural landscape

Luohan Cave: it is located on the cliff on the North Bank of Wulong gorge. There is a stone tablet beside the cave. According to textual research, this cave was dug by a monk in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. At the turn of spring and summer, and at the end of summer and autumn, there are clouds in front of the cave, and the clouds seem to come out of the cave, which is a magical landscape.

Hongmen Temple site: it is located in the north of Wulong gorge. According to historical records, Hongmen temple was an ancient Buddhist temple. At that time, monks gathered and incense flourished. In the early Tang Dynasty, because the temple presided over the tyranny, all evil, was destroyed by Emperor Taizong. This is the story of the play "Red Gate Temple", which is performed by the local drama "playing children" in Datong.

Iron cable floating bridge: at the west entrance of Wulong gorge, there is an iron cable bridge flying over the South and North banks of Sanggan River. According to the records of Datong county annals, the bridge was donated by Li Jun of Shuzhong Road Government in 1542. At that time, eight iron ropes were cast, each weighing 400 kg and about 18 Zhang long. On the North Bank of the river, stone cliffs were chiseled as piles, and iron ropes were pulled to connect with the South Bank of the river. They were tied to huge wooden piles and covered with huge stones. This is the famous Sanggan River cable bridge, also known as Puji bridge. Because the torrent under the bridge is like the roar of a tiger and the sound of a dragon, and the iron rope is unstable, the pedestrians are frightened and difficult to walk every time they cross the bridge. Literati and poets of all ages passed by this bridge and felt the thrill here. They all wrote poems to express their feelings. Huang Wenjie, a man of the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Tiesuo bridge": "it is suspected that Feixian is crossing the deep stream. If you throw the Tiesuo, it will become a bridge. Canglong Yan water thousand layer wave, Tianma soared nine nights. Penglai fairy mountain clouds, pearl palace Autumn Moon far away. The other side of the maze has its own golden rope In the late Qing Dynasty, Li Dianlin, the assistant scholar and Minister of the Ministry of official, built the bridge when he returned to his hometown. After the bridge was repaired, he personally wrote such a poem for Puji bridge: "the ice layer is breaking, and the passengers are frightened. Every spring and autumn, he stops traveling. Looking to the west, Ma Yi comes from the headwaters of the river, and to the East, it connects the mountains and arches Yanjing. The stone wall stands upright, and the iron rope is a rainbow. Walking Yu Liang no disease involved, back a total of dangerous road said Ping

Gu Yanwu's foot: at the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Gu Yanwu, a famous scholar, came to Shanxi from the capital to give lectures. When he passed through Wulong gorge, he was so fascinated by the scenery here that he couldn't forget to return. He lingered here for several days, and then he was reluctant to leave. Middle of Wulong Gorge

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