Dahongshan Scenic Area

Dahongshan scenic area, 65 kilometers away from Suizhou City, with the main peak at an altitude of 1636 meters, is known as "the first peak in the sky in northern Chu".

From west to East, the mountain stretches across Suizhou, Yicheng, Zaoyang, Zhongxiang and Jingshan. It is the pivot of the Central Plains and the fortress of Jianghan. It belongs to the famous mountains, the pivot of the Central Plains and the fortress of Jianghan.

Dahong mountain belongs to limestone geology. There are many caves around the main peak of Baozhu peak. There are immortal cave, shuangmen cave, Huangyan cave, Liangwang cave, Koizumi cave and Ehuang cave. The corridor is tall, peculiar, majestic, and the bell breast is hanging. It is like a labyrinth. Xianren cave is open to the public, and several halls can accommodate ten thousand people. The lotus Pagoda in shuangmen cave is 30 meters high, with ten people holding it hand in hand. The view of the pagoda is various, which can be called "the wonder of the world".

Dahongshan Scenic Area

Dahongshan scenic spot is located in the north central part of Hubei Province, between Hubei basin and Nanyang basin. Covering an area of about 330 square kilometers, the main peak is 1036 meters above sea level, known as "the first peak in the sky in northern Chu". Mountain from west to East, across Suizhou City, Jingshan City, Zhongxiang City, Panji hundred Li.

Dahong mountain, known as Lvlin mountain in ancient times, is the birthplace of the second famous peasant uprising "Lvlin uprising" in Chinese history. It is also the birthplace of Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has a history of 2000 years. This is the origin of the word "heroes of the green forest".

The best travel time of Dahongshan is from March to October every year, which is also the peak tourist season of Dahongshan.

Practical information

Best travel time

The four seasons of Dahongshan are magical and changeable. In different seasons, you can enjoy Dahongshan in the cloud, in the rain, in the fog and in the snow. In spring, everything wakes up, the mountain flowers are brilliant, the jasmine, the cherry blossom, the azalea, the Peach Blossom It's a good place to go for an outing. In summer, with spring and waterfall, mountain breeze and cool feeling, it's a summer resort. It's really "a time when the river city is burning bitterly in July, and the natural and unrestrained mountain streams are mingled". Tourists can watch the sunrise, enjoy the sunset and overlook the mountains on Baozhu peak. In autumn, maple trees are dressed in red, while oak trees and gingko trees are dressed in yellow. Wild chrysanthemums, clusters, yellow, orange, golden scattered all over the hillside. Wild fruits are plentiful everywhere. In winter, when the snow is flying, the snow is pressing on the pines and the agar branches of Yushu. As described in the poem, "thousands of peaks towering, white clouds Kuma, snow after spring is not willing to open.". Dahongshan is not only a leisure resort, but also a place of longevity.

Ticket information

On February 20, 2020, Hubei announced that all A-level tourist attractions will be free of tickets for medical aid team members within five years. Dahongshan scenic spot is one of them.

Main attractions

Main peak of Dahong mountain

Baozhu peak, the main peak of Dahong mountain, is 1055 meters above sea level, which is "the first peak in the sky in northern Chu".

Introduction to the main peak

Standing on the top of Baozhu peak, which is "the first peak in the sky in the north of Chu", we can see that the main hall of Hongshan temple, which is "the unparalleled courtyard in the east of Han Dynasty", has long disappeared, and Huanglong lake is beyond recognition, which has aroused more humanistic thinking in the vicissitudes of life. Yes, the grade of a mountain lies in its cultural depth. From this point of view, Dahongshan should at least be listed in the top ten of the country.

"The kingdom of Fu, Han and Dong was founded by sages. After Shennong, Ji Liang was a great sage." This is what Li Bai said in the Tang Dynasty. Lishan Town, the former capital of Li state at the foot of Dahong mountain, is the birthplace of Yan Emperor Shennong's family, which can be proved by the huge stele erected by the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty. According to the book of history, Emperor Shun "ploughed in Lishan and went to the fields in the early days of his reign." there are still many relics of Emperor Shun in Suizhou. Ji Liang, as Li Bai said, was the first materialist philosopher in China who valued the people and despised the gods, so there was a "Ji Zi temple" in the east of the city. Of course, the chime bell unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng is the most brilliant reflection of regional cultural achievements. Its discovery is known as the "eighth miracle" of the world. There are 6 tomb relics, 20 of which can be called the most in China and the most in the world. Many of them were selected as the world's best and China's best by the world record association.

Just like climbing Jiugong Mountain and thinking of Chuang Wang, climbing Dahong mountain can't help thinking of Lvlin uprising. The first peasant uprising in China was initiated by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang of Chu, and the second peasant uprising was also initiated by Chu. More than 2000 years ago, Wang Kuang and his nephew Wang Feng set up a new regime in Dahongshan. Later, Liu Xiu, a native of Zaoyang, who became the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, joined the green forest army. Ming Yuzhen, one of the leaders of the red scarf army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, set up troops in Qinglin village at the foot of Dahong mountain. In 1363, he established Daxia state in Chongqing and managed Sichuan to a well-off level. His descendants are now widely distributed in the Korean Peninsula. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's uprising army and Wang Conger's Nien army fought fiercely in Dahongshan. During the Taiping Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhao Bangbi, a Tuo family member in Changgang Town, was promoted as the emperor of the "later Song Dynasty" and issued iron coins "Tongbao of the later Song Dynasty" based on Dahongshan. Zhao Bangbi made the Manchu Qing government have a headache, so that Suizhou students "secretly step on ten subjects", talent for quite a long time. Therefore, Dahongshan is the hometown of sages and emperors. Dahongshan has a soul, which is the soul of heroes bred by Dahongshan.

Dahongshan is very famous in history because it is a Buddhist jungle. Shanxin, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, stopped immediately when he met a lake. He arrived at Dahong mountain in the second year of Baoli. The mountain advocated that Wuling donate mountains and forests to build a temple for him because of thanking him for praying for rain for the people. Since then, Buddhism has flourished in Dahongshan and 26 temples have been built in succession. It is worth mentioning that monk Shanhong, a famous monk in the Northern Song Dynasty, went to Tianzhu in the fifth year of Xianping of Zhenzong. He started from Tianshui, went through 39 countries, and returned to Kaifeng after 13 years, and was welcomed by Emperor Zhenzong. The monk, known as "the second monk of Tang Xuanzang", later passed away in Dahongshan. During the Duanping period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin soldiers invaded the south, and some monks and good faith Buddhists of Lingfeng Temple of Dahongshan moved to Dongshan of Wuchang. The origin of Hongshan of Wuchang and Dahongshan of Suizhou began here. According to the records of Dahongshan by Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, "Hongshan in Jiangxia used to be called Dongshan, with Baotong temple at the foot of the mountain and Baotong as the Grand View of the city. During the Baoli period of the Tang Dynasty, Shici of Dahongshan in Suizhou prayed for the rain to stop. At the end of the Song Dynasty, he was ordered to move to Jinghu by soldiers, and his Buddhist feet were built here, so he called it Hongshan."

In the first year of Shaosheng in Song Dynasty, in order to take care of the elder monks on the mountain, the longevity preserving temple was built at the foot of Hongshan temple. Now the hospital has been built on a large scale, and the ancient meaning has been lost. There are only five stone tablets at the gate to witness the vicissitudes. Among them, the three song steles were erected in Zhenghe third year of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jingkang second year and Shaoxing 23rd year of the Southern Song Dynasty. The cultural relics of the Song Dynasty may be extinct in Hubei. It's not proper to put these steles casually. Is it because there are too many historical sites in Dahongshan?

Coincidentally, on the hillside not far from the temple, there is a forest of pagodas. There are seven pagodas, one of which is a five level brick pagoda. It has been deserted for a long time, and there is no sign of protection. It is more than 500 years ago when the Han River was diverted. Dahongshan, an ancient pagoda, is the same age as the city of Hankou. It is another fate between Suizhou and Wuhan. Born in Hankou, I can't help bowing to the brick tower in the setting sun.

Dahong mountain is such a mountain. It seems to be especially suitable for the people of Wuhan. Come to worship the ancestral temple of Baotong Buddhist temple in Wuchang, and worship the ancestors who lived with Hankou! It should tell people that Dahongshan has everything and is perfect, and there is no need to go far away to other so-called famous mountains. Because of the irrigation of Dahongshan water, even after the "south to North Water Diversion" above Danjiang River in the future, the Han River will still be vast and clear, so paying homage to Dahongshan is a journey of gratitude. This is our real hometown.

Hongshan Temple

Dahongshan mountain is connected with mountains, Hongshan temple is connected with temples, and "jingshe looks at the world" is a holy land of Buddhism. According to the records of Dahongshan annals, in addition to the upper courtyard (Lingfeng Temple) and the lower courtyard (Wanshou Temple) of Hongshan temple, 26 temples have been built in the high mountains of Dahongshan since the Tang Dynasty. They are: Sisheng temple, Jixiang temple, Guangde Temple, Huilong Temple, Yutai temple, Wanghu temple, Miaoji temple, Quanxing temple, dongbaiyun temple, Guanyin temple, Huayan Temple Taiji temple, Shengquan temple, liantai temple, Qianfo temple, Taiyang temple, Chashan temple, Huanglong Temple, Baofeng temple, Xiangyun temple, Nanyue temple, Dongyue Temple, Sansheng temple, Lijia temple, xibaiyun temple, Gaofeng temple. The elegant rhymes of the monasteries and the bell chime together, and the monks chant the Sutras in a witty way. In the whole foothills of Dahong mountain, the six pearls of incense in the Buddhist temple resound through the peaks, and the five colors of Buddhist temples float in the air, and the rhyme of Buddhist scriptures spreads in ruichong mountain. From this, we can see that: in Dahong mountain area, temples are scattered all over the place, pilgrims and believers come in an endless stream, and the morning bell and evening drum fall here, ranking second to none in Hubei Province, competing with Wudang Mountain, the holy land of Taoism in the northwest of Hubei Province.

Hongshan temple is divided into upper and lower courts. The upper court at the top of Baozhu peak is historically called "Youji Temple", "LINGJI Temple", "Lingfeng Temple" and "Chutian wangcha"; the lower court at the south of the foothills is historically called "Baoshou Temple", "Wanshou Temple" or "Wanshou Temple". Hongshan temple is their common name, and is also the general name of the upper and lower courtyards.

Qifeng temple in the upper courtyard was built in the second year of Baoli (826 A.D.), and Wanshou temple in the lower courtyard was built in the Northern Song Dynasty (1094-1097 A.D.).

Hongshan temple is the five major temples of Linji, Jiyang, caodong, Yunmen and fayan developed by Huineng family of Southern Zen

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