Nuoshui River Scenic Area

Nuoshui River National Scenic Spot

synonym

Nuoshui River scenic area generally refers to nuoshui River National Scenic Area

Nuoshui River Scenic Spot: World Geopark

National AAAA scenic area, national scenic area, National Nature Reserve, National Forest Park and National Geopark.

Located in the north of Tongjiang County, Sichuan Province, the scenic area covers an area of 525 square kilometers, close to Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province. It is protected by "Qinchuan keylock" in the East and connected with "Jianmen Shudao" in the West. It has beautiful water flowing in the middle, strange springs everywhere, dangerous peaks, strange rocks, and many passes, canyons, waterfalls, karst caves and underground rivers.

The scenic spot is composed of four independent scenic spots, namely "nuoshui Dongtian", "Linjiang Lixia", "Kongshan Tianpan" and "singing stone forest". It is distributed in an arc. It is characterized by the harmonious unity of green mountains, beautiful water, strange caves and beautiful stones. It forms a circular tourist line with Tongjiang Red Army city.

There are more than 300 scenic spots, including 128 karst caves, more than 300 dangerous beaches and bitans with different styles, more than 100 waterfalls, undercurrents, fountains and water curtains, and about 75 Qifeng cliffs, Lixia valleys and dangerous roads. Among them, Zhongfeng cave, Longhu cave, Xianren cave, Shizi cave, loufang cave, Songjia cave and other stalactites are of various colors and shapes, which are similar to Tianting Shuifu. Zhongfeng cave is the most famous cave in tourism development in China. It is recognized as "the first cave in the world" by Zhu Xuewen, President of China cave Association It is the "No.1 drift in Asia".

On April 17, 2018, it officially became a UNESCO World Geopark.

geographical environment

It can be said that there are caves in the mountains, and there are caves in the caves. The caves are adjacent to each other and have their own characteristics. There are more than 40 caves with an area of more than 20000 square meters: niujiaojiao cave, Shizi cave, Zhongfeng cave, Songjia cave, loufang cave, Laolong cave, Xianren cave, Xiannv cave, etc. Some of these caves are near Qingxi river or cliff. Some of them have to crawl and some of them have to dive. The landscape in the caves keeps its original style. Among them, Zhongfeng cave, Shizi cave, Songjia cave and loufang cave are unique. Three tides, color spring, wind spring, TIAOYU spring and other colorful, spectacular. Zhongfeng cave, also known as Foguang cave, is the largest karst cave in the scenic area. It is named after the development of Buddha light in the cave. It is majestic, precipitous, magnificent and mysterious. It is divided into three layers: Upper Cave, middle cave and lower cave; three kinds of large cave, middle cave and small cave; three kinds of dry cave, water cave and wind tunnel; it is composed of upper, middle, lower, water and gorge; it is a multi-level, multi type and multi characteristic underground cave world. It has a total length of more than 15000 meters, an area of 600000 square meters, a developed area of 7000 meters and a tourist area of 200000 square meters. Inside the cave, the paths are crisscross, like cobwebs. The canyon is deep and majestic. There are many milk shoots and uneven stone buds. There are three exits in the cave. The cave has large space, warm in winter and cool in summer. The climate is pleasant, and the temperature, humidity and air in the cave are excellent. Over the years, the temperature is constant at 18 ℃ and the humidity is 96% to 98%. There is no cave at home and abroad that has the fairyland of yaochi, the fantastic Ba people's amorous feelings, the farewell to my concubine, the pilgrimage of Ten Thousand Buddhas who are afraid of enlightenment, the natural legacy of the Ba state, the shining Buddha's light, the river's boats and the vicissitudes of time Strange city.

"Linjiang Lixia" scenic spot is located in the east of "nuoshui Dongtian", covering an area of about 120 square kilometers. The steep walls on both sides of the Strait are cut, and the forest is as deep as the sea. At the bottom of the valley, small pools, like crescent moon and baohu, are strung together by white running water, shining like gems. The water in the pond is clean and pure, and there is no pollution at all. The waterfalls in Linjiang Lixia all originate from the karst caves on the middle of the mountain. Due to the calcified multi-layer landform, the mountain is covered with moss, flying straight down, and various forms can be seen everywhere.

"Kongshan tianpen" scenic area, covering an area of 160 square kilometers, has more than 80 famous scenic spots. The unique karst landform has created a 13 square kilometer high mountain basin on the high mountain with an altitude of more than 1450 meters. The basin has a flat bottom, 8.5 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide. There are many mountains around the basin, towering into the clouds. There are 137 peaks all year round. The scenery is like a "natural bonsai". In the high mountains around "Kongshan tianpen", there are 40000 mu of virgin forest and 20000 mu of bamboo sea. There are more than 1000 kinds of plants and 103 kinds of wild animals in the forest. There are 15 formations, 12 formation groups and 4 formation classes, belonging to two types of phytotonic plants. Among them, there are 14 species of native precious plants under state key protection, and wild animals are divided into 5 classes, 32 orders, 87 families and 230 genera. There are 29 species of class I and II rare animals under state key protection and 122 species of rare animals under provincial key protection.

Singing stone forest, also known as Ma Ba stone forest, covers an area of 14 square kilometers. The Maba stockaded village is located in the south of Zhicheng, the temple mountain of Menzhen and the East winding to this point. There is a peak with flat top, wide and gentle top, crisscross gullies, towering ancient trees and dense trees. It is surrounded by cliffs and cliffs, covering an area of about 1000 mu and 1500 meters above sea level. Only the Yangchang trail on the East and west sides can reach the top of the stockaded village. There is a tendency that "one man is in charge of the pass and ten thousand men are not allowed to open it".

At the foot of the steep cliff in the north of the village, there is a flat dam with a radius of more than 1000 mu, which is called MABA. The stone forest is located in it. The steep and abrupt green stone hills stretch for more than ten miles, forming a mysterious stone city. Naturally, there are five stone walls and more than 120 large and small hills in the city. The city is surrounded by strange rocks, just like a heavenly army, armed with military equipment. And the stone forest in the city, three five clusters, staggered. Stone pile, stone column high and low scattered, uneven, before embracing after cluster, form thousands of. Some of them are equipped with head and foot, such as people, pens, bridges, umbrellas, banners, banners and Senran. Looking around, it looks like a forest scene, like tens of thousands of soldiers. Famous Shijing include: Tang Monk pilgrimage, fairy yearning for the world, Taigong fishing, empty mountain bird's voice, stone bird returning to the forest, heroes going out to battle, tianluodiwang, Wei zhengmianjun, horses galloping, tianbingshenjiang, Dinghaishenzhen, zhaizhongzhai, chengzhongcheng, 108 luohanbao, 24 lianghuang, etc There are more than 100 odd shaped stones.

There are three underground river openings and two underground secret palaces in the stone forest, 8 kilometers away from Yuntan ancient Buddha cave. On the top of MABA village, there is the famous "wanzhanghang" in the "wanzhanggou" with a depth of about 500 meters and a width of about 3 meters; there is a marsh (luorentian) with an area of 3.5 Mu between two canyons; there is a cow dung inlay beside Erlang temple; there is an underground secret palace in Menzhen temple and in Zhaizhong village.

In the northeast of the stone forest, there are more than 4000 mu of natural ecological forests such as honghuashan, longchizhai, Dazhongshan and menzhensi, and on both sides there are more than 800 mu of virgin forest in jigongzhai. There are many coniferous broad-leaved forests and rich rare species in the mountains. There are wild boar, black pig, black bear, macaque, muntjac, golden pheasant and other precious animals in the primitive forests.

There are relics of Erlang Temple (commonly known as niushijian) and Menzhen Temple (also known as Hongyun Temple) built in the early Tang Dynasty. There are the tombs of Li Zhonge, the young minister of Taichang temple in the Qing Dynasty, the former residence site of the soldiers' minister in the Song Dynasty, the former residence of Jin's three generals including Jin Fengxiang, the former deputy commander of Chengdu Military Region, and the former manor of Jin Tingyuan, the former landlord and bandit leader in Northeast Sichuan.

According to the records of Sichuan history and Tongjiang County annals, from June 1797 to the spring of 1798, the headquarters of the Sichuan Shaanxi blue army of the Chinese white lotus sect was set up there. At present, there are three well preserved stone villages, five gates, two stone inscriptions, two couplets and one tablet. The ecological agriculture and legal education base of Zhicheng prison is preparing to open to the outside world.

Main attractions

Nuoshui cave

"Nuoshui Dongtian" scenic spot is located 80 kilometers north of Tongjiang County, covering an area of about 170 square kilometers, with more than 270 famous scenic spots. This scenic spot is mainly karst landform, with complex terrain and peculiar landform. The nuoshui river runs through the north and south of Henan Province. The two sides of the nuoshui River have towering peaks, ravines, steep slopes and vast forest sea. The mountains, water, rocks, forests and canyons are all in different shapes. The 128 underground caves are amazing. There are the murmur of water in the Yinhe River Longtan, and there are caves embedded with cow horns. There are fairy flying pictures, stone Buddha immortal caves. There are a variety of fantastic sceneries, underground palaces and lion caves. There are exquisite arts Naturally, there are caves in the fairyland, underground city and Zhongfeng cave. It can be said that there are caves in the mountains, and there are caves in the caves. The caves are adjacent to each other and have their own characteristics. The tourists are very impressed. Zhu Xuewen, President of the National Geological Society, tourism Geoscience Research Association and Cave Research Association, paid a field visit to the nuoshui River, praising the "Tongjiang nuoshui River scenic spot" for its unique resources and high grade. Among them, the karst cave group is a labyrinth cave system developed in Paleozoic Permian limestone, with a large scale and complete development of stalactites, which is unique in China. " The core of nuoshui Dongtian scenic spot is operated by Sichuan Tongjiang nuoshui River tourism industry company.

Lion cave

Located 3500 meters north of Niujiao inlay, it has a swimming area of about 70000 square meters. It is composed of 12 major landscapes, including three halls, seven courtyards, West Sea in the cave and plank road in the cave. The main cave is more than 2000 meters deep and 30-80 meters high. There are many tower pillars in the cave. The Yinhe river is deep and the four walls are covered with milky stones. The shape is magical and the momentum is magnificent. When you are in the cave, you will feel solemn

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