Bamboo Sea

Bamboo Sea

Shunan Bamboo Sea: national AAAA scenic spot, national scenic spot, China's top 40 tourist destinations, China's biosphere reserve, China's top 10 most beautiful forests, China's top 10 most characteristic scenic spots, "Green Globe 21" certification.

Shunan Bamboo Sea is located in Yibin City in the south of Sichuan Province, with an area of 120 square kilometers and a core scenic area of 45 square kilometers. It has eight main scenic areas and 134 scenic spots. It is composed of 27 precipitous mountains and more than 500 peaks. There are more than 400 kinds of bamboo in the scenic area, covering an area of more than 70000 mu. The branches of Phyllostachys praecox are stacked and rooted. It is lush, beautiful and magnificent.

Shunan Bamboo Sea is the largest natural bamboo forest scenic spot in the world. Its unique geographical location has created "Yunshan bamboo sea, heaven and earth". It is the world's rare and China's only bamboo culture and bamboo ecological leisure tourism destination that integrates bamboo scenery, mountains and rivers, lakes, waterfalls and ancient temples, and has a long history of human landscape. The vegetation coverage rate of Shunan Bamboo Sea is 92.4%. The scenic area is green and pleasant with fresh air. It is a natural green oxygen bar. It is also a famous film and television base in southern Sichuan. Many film and television works and variety shows, such as crouching tiger, hidden dragon, big man, big wine merchant, Fengyun 2, spring tide rolling in, warrior, and Zhejiang satellite TV's 24-hour reality show, all take the bamboo sea in southern Sichuan as the location for shooting.

The bamboo sea in southern Sichuan is suitable for all seasons: in spring, new shoots are everywhere and business is full; in midsummer, tender bamboo is green, the shade of trees covers the sun, waterfalls are flying and springs are springing, and the climate is pleasant; in autumn, green bamboo is windy, and there are red leaves in the green bamboo forest; in the middle of winter, the forest is cold, the streams are clear, and the branches are white and snow.

Historical evolution

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the bamboo sea in southern Sichuan was known as wanlingqing. Huang Tingjian, a famous poet, came here for a visit. Seeing this sea of green bamboo, he repeatedly praised: "magnificent, bamboo waves are thousands of Li, Emei sister ears!" That is to say, holding a broom as a pen and writing "wanlingqing" on the yellow umbrella stone, hence the name.

In the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, there were relief sculptures of cliff sculptures and journey to the West stories in Xianyu cave.

In 1988, it was approved as "China National Scenic Spot".

In 1991, it was rated as "China's top 40 tourist destinations".

In 1996, Comrade Li Peng wrote an inscription "the bamboo sea in southern Sichuan is green all over the world".

In 1999, it was named "China biosphere reserve".

In 2001, it was rated as one of the first batch of national AAAA tourist areas.

In December 2003, Shunan Zhuhai passed the world "Green Globe 21" certification.

On October 23, 2005, it was rated as "China's top ten most beautiful forests".

At the end of 2007, it won the title of "ten most popular scenic spots in China" and "ten most distinctive scenic spots in China".

On August 8, 2008, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games was held. The opening ceremony presented a dreamy and beautiful picture of the bamboo sea in southern Sichuan.

In 2009, Shunan Bamboo Sea won the world record association's largest bamboo forest scenic spot in China.

On November 18, 2009, Shunan Bamboo Sea was successfully listed in the second batch of "China double heritage" preliminary list.

In 2011, it won the honorary titles of "the most beautiful scenic spot in Sichuan panda Award" and "the most competitive first brand of green low-carbon tourism in China".

In May 2013, Shunan Zhuhai won the title of "the first brand of green natural health tourism in China".

In August 2015, it won the title of "the most beautiful China · green ecological charm" tourism destination.

In May 2018, Changning County of Yibin City successfully held the 9th Sichuan Rural Cultural Tourism Festival with the theme of "tasting the bamboo sea and Promoting Rural Revitalization".

geographical environment

position

Shunan Bamboo Sea is located at the junction of Changning and Jiang'an counties in Yibin City, 103 ° 36 ′～ 105 ° 20 ′ E and 27 ° 50 ′～ 29 ° 16 ′ n. It is about 430 km from Chengdu in the north.

climatic conditions

The bamboo sea in southern Sichuan belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, with mild climate, abundant rainfall and four distinct seasons. The average altitude is about 600-1000 meters, the temperature is generally no less than 0 ℃, the maximum is no more than 30 ℃, the annual average temperature is 15.5 ℃, and the relative humidity is above 83% all the year round. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the climate is pleasant. The forest coverage rate of Shunan Bamboo Sea Scenic Spot is 92.4%, the air is fresh, and the concentration of negative ions is 30223 / cm3.

Biological resources

The bamboo sea in southern Sichuan is a "sea of bamboo", with more than 70000 mu of green bamboo covering 27 steep mountains and more than 500 peaks. There are 58 species of bamboos belonging to 15 genera in this area. In addition to common bamboos such as Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens and Neosinocalamus affinis, there are also rare bamboos such as Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys grosvenorii, Bambusa renmian and Bambusa Yuanyang. Lush in summer and silvery in winter, it is a rare large-scale bamboo landscape at home and abroad. It is also known as the four wonders of southern Sichuan, together with dinosaurs, stone forests and hanging coffins.

In the vast bamboo sea in southern Sichuan, rare plants such as Alsophila spinulosa, orchid, Phoebe and fern also grow sporadically. According to statistics, there are no less than 200 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines produced in the bamboo sea, which can be called a large natural medicine garden. Bamboo mice, bamboo frogs, Qing chickens, Qin frogs, bamboo leaves green and other unique animals inhabit in the bamboo sea. In addition to bamboo shoots, there are many valuable fungi in the forest: Dictyophora, Hericium erinaceus, Ganoderma lucidum, pycnomyces, etc.

Main attractions

overview

The bamboo sea in southern Sichuan is about 13 kilometers long from east to west and 6 kilometers wide from north to south. There are 134 scenic spots in the bamboo sea, including 15 first-class scenic spots and 19 second-class scenic spots. The bamboo sea in southern Sichuan is famous for its majestic, dangerous, secluded, precipitous and beautiful scenery, integrating landscapes, caves, lakes and waterfalls. There are 134 scenic spots in eight main scenic areas, including Tianhuang temple, Tianbao village, Xianyu cave, Qinglong lake, colorful waterfall, Wanjiang scenic area, ancient battlefield, Guanyun Pavilion, feicui corridor, Chahua mountain, Huaxi thirteen bridge and so on. Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea is a first-class environmental protection tourist area in China with fresh air, pure air and high ion content.

The whole bamboo sea is zigzag, wide from east to west and narrow from north to south. Mountain is a typical Danxia landform, with an altitude of 600-1000 meters. In the forest, there are streams, waterfalls, lakes, clear springs, fresh air, tulips and winding paths. Bamboo scenery is a tourist attraction for people to return to the nature, which integrates with the rich and supporting landscapes, lakes, waterfalls, caves, temples, meteorology, geology and folk houses, pays equal attention to natural ecology, history and humanities, and is suitable for people to visit in four seasons. There are more than 500 hills covered with bamboo. At present, there is a bamboo sea museum which collects and displays bamboo specimens and bamboo culture materials in China.

Xianyu cave

Xianyudong is located in the steep cliff of chaeryan in xianyudong scenic area in the southern part of bamboo in southern Sichuan. It is known as the "Pearl of bamboo sea" for its excellent natural and cultural landscape. Xianyu cave used to be a natural rock cave, more than 300 meters long, 2 to 15 meters wide and high, with a vast bamboo forest on the cave and a bamboo sea Grand Canyon at the bottom. In addition, there are temples in Xianyu cave. The hall of monks is the place where ashes are stored after the death of the past dynasties. There is a stone pagoda and 15 niches for ashes. At the entrance of Nanshan gate, there are four characters of "Xianyu Dongtian" inscribed by yin'an Taoist. There is a half couplet on the left door post: "Xiuzhen Anle is Penglai", which is said to be from yin'an Taoist.

Xianyudong was designated as the key cultural relics protection unit of Sichuan Province by Sichuan Provincial People's Government in 1990.

Guanyuntai

Guanyuntai, also known as sedan chair stone. In the pavilion, you can see the shallow hills in South Sichuan. The river is like a belt, the fields are crisscross, and there are bamboo trees everywhere. Further away, it is the mountainous area around the Sichuan basin that transits to the Yunnan Guizhou Plateau. There are two rows of mountains stretching from east to west, one is yellow mountains, the other is full of green vegetation. They are like "Yellow Dragon" and "green dragon", swimming side by side, protecting this geomantic treasure land of bamboo sea in southern Sichuan.

At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China, hundreds of beautiful dreamlike pictures of turtles celebrating their birthday were presented to all the audience. "Yunshan bamboo sea, heaven and earth" can be fully reflected.

Longyin Temple

Longyin temple, also known as Longwei temple, is located on Jiulong Mountain, 980 meters above sea level. The temple covers an area of 450 square meters. There are green waves on all sides, and the sky is vast. The wind blows and the bamboo waves sound like Longyin, so it is called Longyin temple. Built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), there were main hall, lower hall and side hall. During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Shang Hui and Shang Xiu were in charge. In 1959, it was demolished, and there are still footstones, steps and stone door frames. On the frames, there is a couplet: "two trees insert green clouds, the Dragon sings and the tiger roars, and the sky is blue and the sky is clear on all sides.".

Longyin temple stone carving was listed as the fourth batch of provincial cultural relics protection units by Sichuan Provincial People's Government in 1996.

Qinglong Lake

Qinglong Lake scenic area, covering an area of 3.06 square kilometers, is mainly composed of large water surface and historical relics. Qinglong lake is located at the foot of the towering and precipitous Chaqi mountain, with a water surface of 3 square kilometers. It is the largest lake in the verdant bamboo sea. The body of the lake is like a dragon with a big head and a small tail, so it is called Qinglong lake.

There are two different prototypes in the lake. The lake is green and clear, surrounded by green bamboos and green grass. There are Meiping, Gufo cave, Liangfeng cave, Zhaoyao mirror, qidieshi and other historic sites nearby. When the sun rises and sets

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