Ziyun mountain scenic spot

Ziyun mountain scenic spot

Ziyun mountain scenic spot is located in Ziyun town in the southwest of Xiangcheng County, Henan Province. It belongs to the east foot of Funiu Mountain system. It is composed of nine mountains and eighteen peaks, five lakes and one river, with a total area of about 50 square kilometers. It is a national AA scenic spot and a provincial forest park. National Highway 311 to provincial highway 329. It is 10 kilometers from Pingdingshan City in the south, 45 kilometers from Xuchang City in the north and 60 kilometers from Luohe City in the East. It is a natural scenic tourist area integrating natural landscape and cultural landscape. Ziyun mountain, known as "Chuci mountain" in ancient times, was named after a mass of purple clouds.

In February 2020, in order to pay tribute to the vast number of medical workers fighting in the front line of prevention and control, Ziyun mountain scenic spot will provide free tours for medical workers with doctor's and nurse's certificates from the date of resumption of operation to December 31, 2020.

topographic features

The total area of Ziyun mountain scenic spot is about 50 square kilometers. It consists of nine mountains, eighteen peaks, five lakes and one river. Ziyun mountain was formed during the Yanshan orogeny 100 million years ago. The lithofacies belongs to Shiqianfeng sandstone, with northwest southeast strike and "L" shape, about 15 km long. Ziyun mountain is an ideal resort for tourism and summer vacation. It is known as the "back garden" of Pingdingshan City and the "front garden" of Xuchang city. The scenic spot is famous for its "strangeness, beauty, seclusion and antiquity". It displays the style of the first quercetin forest in the north of the Yangtze River, showing the rich treasure of Neo Confucianism and culture, integrating human landscape and natural landscape. The ten thousand mu quercetin forest on Ziyun mountain is known as "the first quercetin forest in the north of the river". In late spring, it is lush and green, and in late autumn, the layers of forest are dyed, and the flowers are red. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Min, the Minister of the Ministry of household, built Ziyun academy to carry forward the Confucian culture, which was the center of Chinese philosophy at that time, and made Ziyun mountain famous all over the world. The Climbing Festival is held on September 9 of the lunar calendar every year. In January, you can enjoy the flowers of Gexian Sophora japonica, and in October, you can enjoy the red leaves of Ziyun.

geographical environment

Ziyun mountain is located in Ziyun Town, southwest of Xiangcheng County, Henan Province. Its main peak is 1349.7 meters above sea level. Walking down the main peak and toward the northwest, it is the second peak of Ziyun mountain, with an altitude of 1303.4 meters. Standing on the second peak and looking up at the main peak, you will be surprised to find that it is like a Maitreya Laughing Buddha. It is kind and quiet, which makes people admire. In addition, if a person with Buddhist affinity stands at a certain angle of the second peak, he can also see the wonderful scene of Ziyun where "there is a Buddha on the Buddha, there is a Buddha under the Buddha, there is a Buddha in the Buddha, and the Buddha is connected with the Buddha". People can't help wondering whether this is the so-called creation of heaven and earth, and the affinity between Buddha and human. As for the origin of the name of Ziyun mountain, according to local residents, Ziyun mountain was commonly known as "goose horn temples" in ancient times, and later changed its name to Ziyun mountain because of the cloud steaming and rosy clouds all the year round. The charm of Laughing Buddha, the wonderful scene of Ziyun mountain and the natural landscape of Ziqi coming to the East inject fresh soul into Ziyun mountain, making Ziyun mountain full of natural, spiritual and vivid beauty, which can be called the holy land of Zhongling Yuxiu.

Ziyun mountain is towering and majestic. When you look up from a high altitude, the mountains are green and the mountains are overlapping. The tea fields are vast and the fields are crisscrossing. The trees stand upright and the trees are lush. When you look up from a high altitude, you can see the boundless scenery of Ziyun mountain, which is quite like "you will be on top of the mountain and see the small mountains at a glance". The four seasons of Ziyun mountain are changeable and colorful. In spring and March, thousands of azaleas are blooming, colorful and dazzling; in hot summer, the cool wind blows, the breath is cool, and the restlessness is scattered; in autumn, the fragrance of tea is elegant and refreshing; in winter, the scenery is beautiful and beautiful.

The annual average temperature of Ziyun mountain ranges from 18 ℃ to 20 ℃. With mild climate and fresh air, Ziyun mountain has the reputation of "natural cool storage". It is an ideal summer resort. In addition, the surrounding rich forest vegetation and 24000 air negative oxygen ions per cubic meter create a good natural ecological environment in Ziyun mountain. Ziyun mountain is like a green treasure house, a natural oxygen bar and a paradise for ecological health preservation and vacation.

Main attractions

Ziyun Academy

Ziyun academy is one of the eight academies in the Ming Dynasty. It is located in the south of Ziyun mountain scenic spot. It is built in the beautiful, quiet, green and lush mistletoe forest. There are Dacheng hall, left and right Minglun hall, East and West veranda, gatehouse, chengsiheyuan in the Academy, and bell and Drum Tower, Wenchang temple and gate outside.

In the fourth year of Chenghua (1468) of the Ming Dynasty, Li Min, a senior official and Minister of the prince's shaobaohu department, was appointed as an envoy of Zhejiang Province. His mother died and returned to his hometown for three years. During this period, he often strolled around Ziyun mountain. Seeing the beautiful and quiet scenery of the mountain, he built three study rooms for reading and lecturing. In the 18th year of Chenghua (1482), the emperor issued an imperial edict to give the name of Ziyun academy, which expanded the palace, hall and Zhai, and finally built the same as the Confucian temple. In the 19th year of Chenghua, because of his illness, Li Min wrote a letter to beg for his return. He took care of his illness in Ziyun Academy. He studied with other students the books written by Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, and established a treaty. His practice and politeness made him famous in Zhongzhou for a time.

As another famous academy after the four academies of Song Dynasty, Ziyun academy has attracted students from all over the world to seek advice here. It is said that his Royal Highness Prince Youchu (emperor Hongzhi) also studied here. Since the completion of the Academy, there has been an endless stream of literati. They chant the snow in spring, avoid the heat in summer, enjoy the red leaves in autumn, and watch the snow in winter, leaving many well-known poems.

Ziyun red leaf is the autumn landscape of quercetin leaves of ten thousand mu on the hillside of Ziyun mountain. In the late autumn, the mistletoe leaves are red all over the mountain when they are frosted, and the forests are dyed like fire and rosy clouds, reflecting half of the sky and the surrounding mountains, lakes and rivers. The ancients once praised that "red clouds and red leaves are better than fire. You don't have to go to Xiangshan to enjoy autumn.".

The Quercus forest in Ziyun mountain is located in the hillside and valley between Danxia peak, Shuyuan mountain and Ziyun peak. It is a ring, 4.5 km long, 1.42 km wide, and covers an area of 6.4 square kilometers. It is said that it was given by Emperor Chenghua of Ming Dynasty. It is afraid that the Quercus forest will exceed 10000 mu, which makes Li Min, Minister of the Ministry of household, have the heart of usurping power. The shape of the quercetin tree is peculiar, with the beauty of music. Its body is like a dragon, and its leaves are like tiger's claws. There are no miscellaneous trees in the mistletoe forest. Every time they are dyed by frost in late autumn, they are all covered with red clothes, which are particularly enchanting. The purple clouds at the top of the peak, the rosy clouds in the sky and the fiery red mistletoe set off each other, which is spectacular and breathtaking. The red leaf cycle is long, generally from the beginning of November, lasting about 25 days.

Ziyun Hongye is the best place for Zhongzhou to enjoy the red and autumn. It has been visited by literati, poets and celebrities in all dynasties, Ge Hong and Ge Xuan in the Jin Dynasty, Fang Xuanling in the Tang Dynasty, Mei Yaochen in the Song Dynasty, Li Min and Shen Zhou in the Ming Dynasty, sun Qifeng and Li laizhang in the Qing Dynasty.

Moon watching Pavilion

The moon watching Pavilion is located on a hill 150 meters south of Ziyun Academy. It is 10 meters high, square and 5 meters long. It is made of bluestone. It is the place where teachers and students of the Academy wrote poems, answered correctly, played the piano and enjoyed the moon.

You can enjoy purple clouds in spring, green fields in summer, red leaves in autumn and snow in winter. Especially on the 15th day of the lunar calendar, if the sky is clear, a round of jade plates slowly gush out from the top of the Academy in the East, and the whole mountain range is shrouded in the bright moonlight, peaceful and quiet. Occasionally, birds sing in the night, which makes it more quiet and peaceful, just like a fairyland.

Red stone forest

The red stone forest is a group of red stones on the top of the mountain in South Danxia, west of Ziyun. It is about 2000 meters long and 30 meters wide. It is close to ten thousand mu Quercus forest and Nanping grassland.

The stones in the red stone forest are all reddish brown, the highest is more than 3 meters, and the low ones just protrude from the ground, uneven. Some are like red lotus blooming, some are like horses galloping, some are like humps, some are like turtles crawling, some are like heavenly dogs barking at the sun, some are like turtles exploring the sea, some are like brown bears welcoming guests, some are like otters looking at the clouds, some are like hens pounding their nests, and some are like golden monkeys rising up. Walking into it, I feel that the seats are scenery, picturesque everywhere, just like stepping into a fairyland. In summer and autumn, jingshao, wild chrysanthemum and other wild grasses are mixed among them. From a distance, there is green in the red and red in the green, which is extremely enchanting. In winter, the green clothes of wild grasses are faded, and the stones are more red, which is like a flame burning the hills.

The red stone forest is a peculiar landform of sandstone stone forest formed by the exposure of red sandstone due to geological changes and long-term erosion and cutting of wind, frost, rain and snow. However, there are many legends left in the folk, such as the horses herded by Sun Wukong when he was a Bimawen, the beasts listened to by Laozi when he was lecturing, and the red stone boundary stele set up by Li Min, the founder of Ziyun academy, for the ninety-nine hectares of Quercus forest, Add a more beautiful color to the red stone forest.

Tourism information

traffic

Ziyun mountain is located between Xuchang and Pingdingshan, near Pingdingshan. There is a special bus to Ziyun mountain at the South Station of Xuchang city. In Zhengzhou, you can take the bus from Zhengzhou to Pingdingshan to ziyunshan road. You can also take a bus to Xiangxian City, and then take a bus to Ziyun mountain. Or get off at Pingdingshan and take a bus to Ziyun mountain.

Free policy

In February 2020, in order to pay tribute to the vast number of medical workers fighting in the front line of prevention and control, all A-level tourist attractions in Shijiazhuang will be free of charge for medical workers with doctor's and nurse's certificates from the date of resumption of operation to December 31, 2020. (the first ticket is free, including hot spring, cableway and performance

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