Nanyue Mountain Forest Park

Nanyue Mountain Forest Park

Nanyue Mountain in Shishou is a provincial forest park and a national AA scenic spot. Located in Shishou City, Hubei Province. Nanyue Mountain Forest Park is located in the urban area of Shishou City, which is composed of Nanyue Mountain, Ma'anshan, Bijia mountain and Shandi lake. The gate of the park is located in the middle section of Nanyue Mountain Road, with a total area of 2500 mu. In 1992, it was approved by the former Ministry of forestry as a provincial forest park, which is one of the national forest park sites. The park is in the charge of the Municipal Forestry Bureau, with the park tourism management and forest management as the main.

Nanyue Mountain Forest Park, with a total area of 94.8 hectares, is composed of Bijia mountain, Ma'anshan mountain, Nanyue Mountain and bottom lake. The main peak of Nanyue Mountain is 141.7 meters above sea level. The park is surrounded by three tall and straight mountains and one water. It is a rare mountain landscape in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Jingjiang plain and the north part of Dongting. It is a rare urban forest and beautiful landscape. Because Nanyue Mountain is a famous Taoist resort in southern Hubei and Northern Hunan, it is also known as "little Nanyue" and "little Wudang". Nanyue Mountain Forest Park is not only an important place for science popularization, education and cultural display, but also an ideal resort for forest sightseeing, religious sightseeing, fitness and leisure. The main landscapes are: Lover rock, immortal cave, Li Wei temple, anti Japanese War sites, sun Sutra stone, ancestral hall, Sanyuan palace, Guandi temple, etc.

geographical position

Shishou Nanyue Mountain, formerly known as longgai mountain, is the name of Taoism

Mountain, one of the ten ancient embroidered forests, is now a provincial forest park. The shape of Nanyue Mountain is like a dragon flat Baogai, so it is named. Today it is called Nanyue Mountain. There is a lake at the bottom of the mountain, namely the lake at the bottom of the mountain.

From east to west, there is Yueyang provincial road from Shishou to Gongan, and from north to south, there is Qinshi provincial road from Shishou to Huangshi. It is about 118 kilometers away from the ancient city of Jingzhou (Shashi). It is a comprehensive urban forest park.

Address: No.5 nanyueshan Avenue, Shishou City, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province

Resource status

plant resources

The forest park has 56.3 hectares of forest and more than 200 kinds of tree species, including Liriodendron chinense, Mexican fir, Dalbergia, celadon, snow in June, etc. There are more than 30 kinds of precious ancient trees and trees. Among the forest types, there are Pinus elliottii forest, camphor forest, Sabina chinensis forest, Metasequoia glyptostroboides forest, peach forest and Camellia oleifera forest of artificial origin; there are masson pine forest, mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest and mixed bamboo forest of natural origin. There are dense forests, rich tree species and various flowers and trees on the mountain. The land forest coverage rate in the park is 95%.

Animal resources

Nanyue Mountain is also the habitat of many birds, with more than 40 kinds of birds and animals. It is not only a good urban forest landscape, but also a natural ecological barrier and oxygen source for Shishou City. Some people compare Nanyue with Suzhou and Hangzhou, and quote a poem: "if you regret the spring for a long time, you will know that Nanyue is better than Suzhou and Hangzhou.".

Main attractions

Baimuyuan

It is located on the southern hillside of the forest park, covering an area of 15000 square meters. The project was designed and completed by the horticultural center of Wuhan Botanical Garden in September 2008 and started construction in October of the same year. The implementation of the project highlights the characteristics of plant landscape, integrates the terrain characteristics into the plant landscape, and is the most characteristic plant scenic spot in the layout of Forest Park. Now it has completed the construction of corridor bridge, Longyu Pavilion, Primula garden, Fengling, Butterfly Valley, Yuxiu garden, 3-star public toilet, etc. More than 500 ornamental trees have been planted, with a wide variety of flower color blocks of 1500 square meters, turf of 4000 square meters, stone steps of 2000 meters, and square floor tiles of 480 square meters. The "baimuyuan" project is under construction and will become a beautiful scenery of Nanyue Mountain Forest Park. It has the functions of serving the public, science popularization and leisure, and really makes Nanyue Mountain Forest Park a good place for garden in the city and people in the green. Nowadays, the number of tourists in the forest park is increasing year by year, with more than 800000 tourists per year. It has developed into the largest forest eco-tourism and religious and cultural tourist attraction in Hunan and Hubei. In order to meet the growing social needs of the people in Shishou and even in Hunan and Hubei, Nanyue Mountain Forest Park plans to organically integrate the divided three mountains and the lake at the bottom of the mountain surrounding Nanyue Mountain Forest Park, expand the scale, upgrade the grade and build high-quality products, and present a new look to the world.

Mountain peak

The mountains of the forest park are composed of Nanyue Mountain, Bijia mountain and Ma'anshan mountain. Nanyue Mountain is the highest with an altitude of 141.9 meters. Although the three mountains are not high above sea level, they are particularly conspicuous on the vast Jingjiang plain and are praised as the majestic peak of Jingjiang River. From afar, there are three mountains, a stream of water, a green forest and a palace. The three mountains are just like the three jades of the "jade head", which are arranged in one word and inlaid on the edge of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River.

Wetland green wave

To the north and east of Nanyue Mountain is a long and narrow lake. It starts from Zhangjiatan in the northwest and connects with guantian Lake in the southeast. It is semi encircled with Nanyue Mountain. Because it is under Nanyue Mountain, it is called Shandi lake. The East Lake has a wide water surface, willows hanging on the bank, trees hiding, green water and sparkling water. Moreover, it is also dependent on the mountains and rivers, the lake is bright, the mountains are empty, and it is a rare beautiful Waterscape in the city.

Gardenia belt

At the end of the mountain there is a dark path of Gardenia. Every early summer, dense as the stars of gardenia, fragrance overflowing, refreshing, exposure to its place, make people relaxed and happy. If you look around, the flower buds are like stars, swarms of bees are flying up and down, the silver flowers are like a sea, and the tourists are like weaving. If it's true, it's not the fragrance that smokes people's eyes, it's probably the snowflakes that fall in June.

Love rock

At the top of Nanyue Mountain, in the corner not far from Tianchi, there is a cylindrical stalagmite more than Zhang high standing with another stone pillar, like lovers who have met for a long time and poured out their hearts to each other. So people call it love rock, tourists in pairs here for a group photo.

Nanyue Mountain Taoist temple

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in order to implement the party's religious policy, Chen Lijing, who came back from baiyun temple in Beijing, led the Taoists to preside over Nanyue Mountain, and successively rebuilt the ancestral hall of Nanyue Mountain, attracting tourists from all over the world.

Er Tian Gong

Covering an area of more than 1500 square meters, the ER Tian palace is built on a steep hillside. From a distance, it has red walls, green tiles, cornices and brackets. It integrates buildings, halls, pavilions and corridors. It paints dragons and carves phoenixes, which is magnificent.

Ancestral hall

At the top of Nanyue Mountain, the building imitates the appearance of the sun palace in Beijing. The window lattice is antique, the pillars are coiled with golden dragons, the eaves are flying at the corner, and the founder of Zhenwu sits in the center of the building. His whole body is shining with gold.

Temple of God of wealth

Built in front of the ancestral hall, the hall is dedicated to Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Because of the profound influence of the culture of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were originally gods of Sanyi temple, turned into God of wealth. This is a religious wonder of Nanyue Mountain.

Wangjiang Pavilion

At the end of Nanyue Mountain, which stretches for several miles, there is a hexagonal pavilion imitating the Song Dynasty beside the steep cliff. Inside the pavilion, there are pictures of beautiful ladies painted in fine brushwork, wintersweet paintings of fighting frost and boiling snow, and Quzi pictures of looking up at the river and sighing. The top of the pavilion is crystal clear, like the white jade of Qionglou.

Moyan stone carving

Located on the north side of the peak of Wenfeng mountain, 10 meters outside the wall of the TV Tower, there is a stone carving in Moyan. There are two characters of traditional official script "Xiulin" carved on the boulder, each of which is about 70 cm high and 90 cm wide, and the calligraphy is neat and beautiful.

Tianchi corridor

Not far from the ancestral hall, there is a deep circular well. The bottom of the well is clear all the year round. Goldfish swim in the pool, and the light fountain is colorful. The archaize corridor beside the pool has a broad vision and is simple and generous. It's cool in summer, and the breeze is gentle. Kudzu trees around, beside the gurgling stream. The mialang bridge is like a crescent moon hanging, clouds shuttling under the bridge piers, animals singing and birds singing in the dense forest. It is not a reconstruction of the West Lake, it is better than the Queen's pool.

Fairy Cave

Located in the southeast side of the ancestral hall, several huge stones are stacked into a natural cave. The hole is △ shaped, with a small mouth and wide inside. It is said that Ge Hong, the medicine sage of Jin Dynasty, collected medicine and sought to live in this cave. Because he collected medicine to help the poor, he moved LV Dongbin, who traveled all over the world. Later, he often played chess with Ge Hong and attracted tie Guai Li and he Xiangu. So immortal cave is also called eight immortals cave.

Golden turtle playing with toad

Out of the ancestral hall, along the road to the east of more than 1000 meters on the ridge, such as a naturally made big toad, eyes wide open, eyeing like a giant rock. It is said that this big toad came from the Moon Palace. Because he jumped into the lake at the bottom of the mountain to take a bath, he was bitten by the black fish essence of the lake at the bottom of the mountain. As soon as he came ashore, he was surrounded by seven golden turtles. Therefore, it is also called "seven turtles playing with toads".

Sutra stone

Located at the bottom of the mountain lake on the north slope of the eastern part of Nanyue Mountain, there are two or two square and semi suspended boulders. It is said that Lao Tzu preached in Nanyue Mountain. The Scriptures were swept into the lake at the bottom of the mountain by the strong wind. Later, they were picked up by the disciples and dried here, so they were named Shai Jingshi. It is also said that it is the Sun Wukong's golden stone.

Amusement facilities

Central playground

Located in the north of the South Gate of the park, there are not only earth shaking pirate ships, but also bumper cars, battery cars, human powered elevated cars, children's fitness bounce beds, air cushion castles, luxury carousels, etc.

Children's Playground

Also known as brave amusement park, the park is located next to yitiangong. The layout of the whole park is rigorous, and there are many high and low sports, such as cliff like cable bridge, single cable bridge, steel wire sliding rope, balance foot, chair swing, climbing cage for physical fitness, rat hole net, maze Bagua car, etc.

Ghost town

Also known as the city of terror, located in

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