Chaibuxi Grand Canyon

Chaibuxi National Forest Park in Hubei Province

synonym

Chaibuxi Grand Canyon generally refers to Hubei Chaibuxi National Forest Park

Located in Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, Yichang City, Hubei Province, Chaibuxi National Forest Park is a typical Grand Canyon Scenic Spot with a total area of 6667.00 hectares. The forest park is located in the subtropical mountain monsoon climate zone, with an annual average of 13.1 ℃ and an average annual precipitation of 1588 mm. The vegetation types are evergreen broad-leaved forest and coniferous broad-leaved deciduous forest belt in north subtropical zone, and the coverage rate of Forest Park is as high as 81%. Chaibuxi has four scenic spots, Tanzikou, dawankou, Jiaokou and duanshankou, with more than 120 scenic spots.

In August 1996, it was approved as a national forest park by the former State Forestry Administration. In 2013, Chaibuxi National Forest Park was rated as "the most popular and beautiful forest scenic spot in China".

geographical environment

Location context

Chaibuxi National Forest Park in Hubei Province is located at the junction of changleping and yuyangguan towns in the southeast of Wufeng, connecting Wulingyuan in the South and Qingjiang River in the north. Its geographical coordinates are between 30 ° 13 ′ 24 ″ ~ 30 ° 11 ′ 26 ″ N and 110 ° 52 ′ 28 ″ ~ 110 ° 59 ′ 10 ″ e, with a total area of 6667.00 hectares.

topographic features

Chaibuxi National Forest Park in Hubei Province is a typical karst landform formed in the Sinian period. Its basin is a typical karst landform formed by long-term geological changes after the Quaternary glacial movement. It is 50 km long from east to west and 1-2 km wide from north to south. Chaibu stream, the main stream at the bottom of the valley, has a total length of 35.8 kilometers and a drainage area of 213 square kilometers. The highest altitude is 1417.6 meters and the lowest is 250 meters.

Climatic characteristics

Chaibuxi National Forest Park is located in subtropical mountain monsoon climate zone,

The vertical climate zone is very obvious, with four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 13.1 ℃, and the average annual precipitation is 1588 mm.

hydrology

Chaibuxi National Forest Park, located in the upper reaches of Yuyang River in Qingjiang River system, originates from the Yellow lawn of xueshanjian (1600 meters above sea level) on the northern border of Wufeng county. After flowing through Machang Bay and converging with another tributary, Donghe River, it flows into Yuyang River, with a total length of 29.5 km and a width of 1-3 km from north to south. It is V-shaped. There are eight natural cliffs on the Bank of the stream entering the valley. The length of the upper reaches from Huangcaoping to guanmenyan is 8 km; the length of the middle reaches from guanmenyan to tieeryan is about 8.05 km; the length of the lower reaches from tieeryan to Donghe confluence is about 13.39 km.

Resources

plant resources

Up to 1997, there are 737 species belonging to 250 genera and 85 families in Chaibuxi National Forest Park, Hubei Province. Tall trees, such as fir, birch, Dong tree and other broad-leaved trees. Arbor forest, full of a variety of complex shrubs and knee winding plants, the ground is a variety of flowers, herbs. Chaibuxi medicine mountain: King Wen a pen, seven leaves a flower, a bowl of water by the river, a bead on the head. There are more than 100 rare tree species, the main precious tree species are Davidia involucrata, hemlock, silver magpie, white catalpa, etc. There are many wild flowers in the forest, such as wild peony, wild Rhododendron and rare Dove (Davidia involucrata).

Animal resources

According to the official website of the government in 2012, there are 307 species of vertebrates in Chaibuxi National Forest Park, Hubei Province. There are 27 species of national key protected animals, 13 species of wild mammals under the first and second level national protection, 24 species of national key protected birds, 29 species of reptiles and 12 species of amphibians. Such as: South China tiger, leopard, python, red giant salamander, etc.

Main attractions

Dawankou

Dawankou is the core scenic spot of Chaibuxi Grand Canyon and the main gate of Chaibuxi scenic spot. The tour route of dawankou scenic spot is divided into the east route and the west route. The east route is mainly two towering stone ridges with the same shape as "Bijia mountain". The small one is called "guqintai". The big one is called "playing chess platform". On the top of the raised stone peak, there are several scattered large stones. From afar, it looks like a table and two stools placed manually. It is said that the king of Han and the king of Tu once played chess here, so it is called "chess playing platform".

Tanzikou scenic spot

The origin of Tanzikou scenic spot: the 20 meter square large round cave is like a huge jar with only a round mouth left half broken. It is always in the end. The outer semicircle of Tanzikou hangs between the cliffs nearly 500 meters high, forming a natural stone bridge flying in the air. Tanzikou is one of the two major scenic spots in the development of Chaibuxi Grand Canyon.

Shenbi peak

Shenbi peak is like a royal pen, standing upright, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with a height of about 26.8 meters. The widest part in the upper part has a diameter of 2.8 meters, and the narrowest part in the lower part is only 1.2 meters. It has been standing for thousands of years.

Development and construction

Infrastructure

In 2002, Chaibuxi Grand Canyon Scenic area built two special highways, a total of 22 kilometers. Four kilometers of special roads and a drinking water project will be built, with an investment of 800000 yuan.

brand building

In August 1996, it was approved as a national forest park by the former State Forestry Administration.

In 2013, Chaibuxi National Forest Park in Hubei Province was rated as "the most popular and beautiful forest scenic spot in China".

transport line

traffic

Take Wufeng No.812 intercity bus to Wufeng county from Yichang Bus Center Station (next to Yichang East Railway Station) or Yichang long distance bus station (No.126 Dongshan Avenue, Yichang City), 6:50-18:20 every day, every 30 minutes or so. The ticket price is 45 yuan.

road trip

Expressway route: Yiling Yangtze River Bridge → s68 Yueyi Expressway (Fanba Expressway) → S88 (intersection of Fanba Expressway and Shanghai Chongqing Expressway) → G59 Yiwu Expressway (intersection of Hubei Expressway and Yueyi Expressway) → dafangping yuyangguan scenic valley road Chaibuxi scenic tourist center.

Route

Route arrangement: deleqiao Shengshui Guanyin quega stone Qingyun ladder duizi stone; shenbi Feng Bijia mountain Banlian Pavilion Guanyun platform Mochi; Dui Qi platform QingQin platform Dayi pestle Baihu totem xiulou; rentou mountain xiangluopo Tuwang casting sword.

History and Humanities

Tujia folk song

As the saying goes: "those who can walk will jump, and those who can speak will sing." Chaibuxi is a place where there are few people in the mountains. In the past, when the traffic and communication were inconvenient, folk songs could not only be used for entertainment, but also a good way of communication. Therefore, all the men, women and children in Wufeng could sing folk songs. In the past, the traffic depended on walking, the safety depended on dogs, and the communication depended on roaring BA is like a river.

Address: Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, Southwest China

Longitude: 110.918068

Latitude: 30.218783

Tel: 0717-57593

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