Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park

Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park

Xuefeng Mountain Forest Park in Hongjiang City, Hunan Province is located in the area of Su Baoding, the main peak of Xuefeng mountain in the east of Hongjiang City, with an altitude of 1934 meters.

Introduction

The predecessor of Hunan Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park is Xuefeng Mountain Forest Farm (founded in 1958). The construction period of the park is expected to be 4 years, namely from 2009 to 2012. The construction contents include: Xuefeng mountain resort, anti Japanese War Memorial Park, Xuefeng mountain hunting Park, Xuefeng mountain botanical garden, Xuefeng mountain mountaineering base, Li Zicheng Memorial Park and other comprehensive forest parks. In 2004, Xuefeng mountain was approved to set up a provincial forest park, and on January 9, 2008, the administrative license decision for the establishment of Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park was issued, which was named "Hunan Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park". In the territory of Chongshan Junling, continuous, mountains stacked barrier, narrow valley, steep slope, rocky cliffs, flowing springs and waterfalls, cloud filled, towering ancient trees, high mountains and lush forests, rare birds and animals can be seen everywhere. There are immortal like axe chisels, just like the Pinghu Lake on the top of the Tianchi Lake, the myth of birds playing with feathers in the pingshantang lake, and the artificial wonders of ladder and platform. There are abundant animal and plant resources in the park, with more than 700 species of woody plants belonging to more than 90 families. Among them, there are more than 50 species of rare and protected tree species at or above the provincial level, such as Ginkgo biloba, camphor wood, goose palm autumn, Taxus chinensis, and more than 40 species of wild animals, such as salamander, wild boar, rock chicken, Caragana. More than 500 kinds of medicinal plants such as wild Gastrodia elata, Ganoderma lucidum, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos and honeysuckle are scattered in the garden, which is a rare natural Chinese medicine botanical garden in the world. Xuefeng mountain is rich in products. It is famous for its black bone chicken, Yunwu Tea, yulanpian, Weicai, Yimi, Longya Lily, etc.

Main attractions

Xuefeng Tianchi

Located at 1300 meters above sea level, pingshantang scenic area has a water surface of more than 60 mu. It is a beautiful and beautiful scenery, like a mirror, like a yaochi lake, like a fairyland, hence its name.

A ladder to heaven

In the 1960s, Huaihua Alpine meteorological observation station built a fully enclosed staircase with a total length of about 300 meters and 199 bluestone steps for winter observation.

Ancient Buddha Mountain

The mountain is precipitous and majestic. It is famous for the ancient Buddha Temple in the mountain, such as ancient Buddha Temple, immortal cave, xiongshiyan, Changliang cave, bailiangjing ancient market, etc. Suitable for exploration, rock climbing, pilgrimage and scientific research.

geographical position

Xuefengshan National Forest Park is located in the east of Hongjiang City, on the golden belt of "China's first tourism corridor". It is the southeast gateway of Huaihua City. Its geographical coordinates are: east longitude 110 ° 21'10 ″～ 110 ° 26'30 ″, north latitude 27 ° 12'15 ″～ 27 ° 22'45 ″. The park is 40 km long from north to South and 8 km wide from east to west. It is distributed along the middle part of the main vein of Xuefeng mountain from south to north. It borders Tangwan town and Xima Township in the East, Jiangkou Town of Dongkou County of Shaoyang City in the south, Xuefeng town and Tieshan Township in the west, Wanxi Township and huangmaoyuan town of Xupu County in the north, with a total area of 4025.9 hectares.

Geology and geomorphology

The geotectonic position of Xuefengshan National Forest Park is located in the Caledonian Indosinian fold Zou belt in central Hunan and southern Hunan. The stratum is mainly the lower Paleozoic Sinian Jiangkou formation above the Proterozoic. It is a continuous marine deposit and a slightly metamorphic rock.

Located in the main vein of Xuefeng mountain, Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park is a middle mountain landform of erosion and denudation structure. The main peaks in the territory are Laoli mountain, baiyanyun mountain, Maomao mountain, Gufo mountain, Nao mountain and Pingding Mountain, with an average altitude of 1150 meters. The highest peak is Laoli mountain with an altitude of 1541 meters, and the lowest peak is zanziping mountain with an altitude of 764 meters, with a relative altitude difference of 777 meters. The mountain ranges run from high to low from south to north, with high mountains and steep slopes, complex terrain, ups and downs, and give birth to a large number of Intermountain basins, platforms, terraces, and natural alpine lakes.

soil environment

The parent rock of soil forming materials in Xuefengshan National Forest Park is slate shale and granite, of which granite is in gufoshan area and slate shale is in other areas of the park. The soil formed is mainly mountain yellow soil and mountain yellow brown soil, with humus layer thickness of 5-20 cm, soil layer thickness of 50-90 cm, pH value of 5.5-6.5, medium to upper soil fertility, suitable for a variety of plants Long development.

climatic conditions

Xuefengshan National Forest Park belongs to the humid monsoon climate zone in the middle subtropics. However, due to its high mountain area, long frost period, low temperature, rainy and foggy throughout the year, and less sunshine, it has the characteristics of "cold in winter and cool in summer, dry in winter and wet in summer". The annual average temperature is 12.7 ℃, the annual maximum temperature is 27.3 ℃, and the annual minimum temperature is - 10.1 ℃; the annual active accumulated temperature greater than 5 ℃ is 3617.3 ℃, the fog cover period is 252 days, and the annual average rainfall is 1810 mm; it begins to snow in November every year, melts in March next year, and the average freezing period is 55 days. The relative humidity is above 79%, the frost free period is 293 days, and the average annual sunshine hours is 1250-1450 hours. The climate in the garden is affected by the mountain regime, showing different climatic characteristics with the change of altitude.

Biological resources

vegetation

Xuefeng Mountain National Forest

The vegetation flora in the park is located in the transition zone of central China, South China and Yunnan Guizhou flora, belonging to the North vegetation sub zone of typical evergreen broad-leaved forest in the middle subtropical zone; in the vegetation division of Hunan Province, it belongs to the mountainous vegetation area in Western Hunan, which is one of the typical zones in the middle subtropical zone of China. The composition of vegetation is complex and there are many kinds of trees. The floristic composition of vegetation mainly includes Fagaceae, Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, Theaceae, Hamamelidaceae, elaeodaceae, ileaceae, alumaceae, Bambusoideae and subtropical conifers. The main vegetation types are: evergreen broad-leaved forest, evergreen fir, pine coniferous forest, evergreen deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest, evergreen coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest, bamboo forest, shrub forest, meadow, etc. The vertical distribution of natural vegetation is obvious, and there are many kinds of plants. Above 1400 meters above sea level, it is generally mountain shrub meadow belt, and the main plants are Fargesia, Miscanthus, kiwifruit, kudzu, Carex, etc.; at 1200-1400 meters, it is shrub plant community, and the main plants are Huaxiang, Rhododendron, Eurya tenuifolia, sizhaohua, Quercus auriculata, etc.; below 1200 meters, it is evergreen coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest belt, and the main plants are evergreen coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest belt The plants are Cunninghamia lanceolata, Pinus massoniana, Pinus thunbergii, Cephalotaxus superba, Castanea henryi, Liquidambar formosana, WuFan, Quercus alba, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, birch, niujin, etc.

Forest resources

According to the relevant data, according to the survey and statistics of Xuefengshan National Forest Park in the Tenth Five Year Plan of Hongjiang City, the forest coverage rate is as high as 90.7%; the woodland area is 4021.3 hectares, accounting for 99.9% of the total area of the park, including 3029.4 hectares of woodland, accounting for 75.2% of the total area of the park; the arbor woodland area is 3003.5 hectares, including 1313.5 hectares of natural forest According to species composition, coniferous forest area is 1712.7 hectares, broad-leaved forest area is 1290.8 hectares, and bamboo forest area is 25.9 hectares. In addition, there are 638.4 hectares of shrubbery.

The total volume of standing trees in the park is 202260 cubic meters, of which: forest volume is 201979 cubic meters, accounting for 99.9% of the total volume; other volume (sparse forest, scattered) is 281 cubic meters, accounting for 0.1% of the total volume.

Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Community is well developed. In addition to woody plants, there are many kinds of undergrowth and inter forest plants, such as fungi, mosses, lichens, ferns, herbs and so on. Many of them have high utilization value, such as delicious Tricholoma matsutake, Boletus, Auricularia auricula, Pteridium aquilinum, Actinidia speciosa, medicinal Gastrodia elata, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, Pinellia ternata, ginger, Ophiopogon japonicus, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, fishy Grass, etc.

wild animal

Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park is rich in wildlife resources

Its good natural ecological environment is an ideal place for wildlife to inhabit and breed. According to the survey, there are about 190 species of wild animals in the territory, including 16 species of national key protected wild animals, including 2 species of grade I, namely clouded leopard and yellow bellied horned pheasant; 14 species of grade II, namely giant salamander, pangolin, Swertia, jackal, green weasel, Grass Owl, long eared owl, short eared owl, etc. Among the wild animals, snakes and birds are the most common, such as Agkistrodon acutus, cobra, cauliflower snake, black tip snake, thrush, bamboo chicken, turtledove, tit, Pulsatilla, myna, woodpecker and Tragopan.

Tourism information

Traffic information

Huaihua South Station take the express bus to Anjiang, then transfer to the bus to Xuefeng town in Anjiang, and then get to the scenic spot in Xuefeng town.

Free policy

In February 2020, to pay tribute to the medical workers, Xuefengshan National Forest Park will provide preferential and free tourism services to medical workers throughout the country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) from the date of resumption of operation to December 31, 2020. Medical and nursing staff in the whole country shall present valid certificates (doctor's or nurse's practice certificate and work certificate). Medical and nursing workers without certificates shall be provided with valid written certificates and ID cards by their hospitals, and enjoy their own free admission treatment.

Address: Hongjiang City, Huaihua City

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