China's Millennium ginkgo Valley

China's Millennium ginkgo Valley

China Millennium ginkgo Valley is located in Yongxing Village, Luoyang Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province

It is one of the four ancient ginkgo communities in the world. Covers an area of 17.14 square kilometers, including a mother nine son, Hu ancestral hall, the hometown of the great Xia Emperor Ming Yuzhen and other attractions. At present, there are 5.2 million ginkgo trees, of which more than 60000 are more than 100 years old, nearly 10000 are more than 500 years old, and 308 are more than 1000 years old. It has the most densely distributed, largest scale and best preserved ancient ginkgo community in China and even in the world. It is known as "the first town of Ginkgo in China" and "the hometown of Ginkgo in China".

In 2003, it was included in the list of national nature reserves. In 2014, it was approved by AQSIQ to implement the protection of geographical indication products. Known as the "Millennium ginkgo Gallery, the purest place in the world.".

Beauty of four seasons

China's Millennium ginkgo Valley is characterized by ancient ginkgo trees with idyllic scenery, which narrates the cultural concept of harmony between man and nature in traditional Chinese philosophy. No matter where you are in Ginkgo Valley, you will see the world you yearn for. Mountains and tree crowns in the sun, green flow surging, the circle and line of light and shadow telling the consensus, tacit understanding and strength between heaven and people, mountain screen tree umbrella protecting the farmyard, curling smoke kissing the white clouds, winding mountain road lingering flowers shame, harmonious charm depicting the real loftiness.

The beauty of the Millennium ginkgo valley lies in the four seasons, in the cycle of spring, summer, autumn harvest and winter storage.

The beauty of spring lies in farming. The green gingko trees and golden rape fields will give you a taste of 3000 years of farming and stone grinding culture.

The beauty of summer lies in the folk houses, which are composed of ancient buildings and folk houses. We invite you to experience the folk culture of 3000 years.

The beauty of autumn lies in Ginkgo biloba. The ancient ginkgo community of three thousand years has been dyed yellow.

The beauty of winter lies in the snow. The ginkgo Valley is like a Chinese ink painting, waiting for the arrival of spring. "You give me one day, I give you three three thousand years", which is the best interpretation of the four seasons tourism made by the Millennium ginkgo valley.

In order to inherit the Longevity Culture of Ginkgo biloba, the use area of wulaoshu core scenic area has been more than doubled. On the basis of the original ancient ginkgo community, "Twelve dishes and two soup" has been added. The twelve dishes are: Six pavilions (Film Museum, wax museum, huangyuangui Museum, dinosaur Museum, stone mill Museum, ginkgo Museum), six gardens (welcome garden, farming garden, dinosaur garden, colorful garden, orchid garden, science and technology garden) The two soups are: new projects such as paying homage to Wannian Wulao tree, eating ginkgo longevity banquet, sightseeing experience projects, local folk art performance and farmhouse entertainment. The wulaoshu longevity festival was held. Through visiting Huangyuan turtle hall, dinosaur garden and ancient ginkgo community, the health knowledge of Ginkgo was popularized, health care activities were carried out, and the natural and healthy green lifestyle of the whole people was advocated. We will spare no efforts to build four seasons sightseeing and leisure scenic spots, fully operate the market in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and create four seasons tourist resorts for citizens to travel.

geographical environment

geographical position

China's Millennium ginkgo Valley is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River Basin and the Huaihe River Basin,

It spans 113 ° 14 ′ e to 113 ° 46 ′ E and 31 ° 19 ′ n to 31 ° 58 ′ n. It is located at the junction of Dahong mountain and Beizhao mountain, at the south foot of Tongbai mountain, the west end of Dabie Mountain and the southeast of Dahong mountain. It connects Guangshui city in the East, suixian County in the west, Anlu of Xiaogan City and Jingshan of Jingmen City in the south.

Climatic characteristics

Ginkgo Valley belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, with mild climate, sufficient sunlight, abundant heat and abundant rainfall. The average temperature is 16 ℃, the average annual accumulated temperature is 5100 ℃, the frost free period is 250 days, the average annual sunshine hours is more than 2400 hours, and the average rainfall is about 1200 mm. In summer, the extreme maximum temperature is 38 ℃, the minimum temperature is 23 ℃, and the temperature difference between day and night is up to 15 ℃, which is suitable for summer. It is one of the most suitable ecological areas for Ginkgo biloba, and is a typical Valley rural landscape.

topographic features

China's Millennium ginkgo Valley is located at the junction of Dahong mountain and Baizhao mountain, which belongs to semi hilly and semi mountainous terrain.

The middle part of Ginkgo Valley is alluvial plain, and the East, South and North are hilly areas, with an average altitude of 64.3 meters.

Main attractions

In China's Millennium ginkgo Valley Scenic Area, the ancient ginkgo trees are connected into a piece, forming a community, and converging into a valley. There are human settlements beside the ginkgo trees, the ancient trees are next to the farmhouses, and the local architecture and pastoral life are integrated. A person and the trees live in harmony. It is known as the "Millennium ginkgo, the ten mile Gallery, the purest place in the world". In the gallery, there are the king of ginkgo trees, penyushu, wulaoshu, and yinxingzhi Zun, qijiaolang and other scenic spots.

In addition to Ginkgo biloba, the ancient villages in the scenic area have the architectural styles of different times, such as Shang and Zhou dynasties, Qin and Han Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, song and Yuan Dynasties, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the ancient buildings with Hubei residential characteristics, such as Hu's ancestral hall, Taoyuan lake, jiukouyan New Fourth Army patriotism education base, the hometown of the great Xia emperor mingyuzhen, and Xiangguo Temple in Guangshan.

China stone mill Museum

The China stone mill museum is composed of more than 1300 pairs of stone mills of different sizes and materials collected by famous local collectors over the years. The largest diameter of these stone mills is 1.1 meters and weighs 300 kg, while the smallest diameter is only about 10 cm. These stone mills are paved into paths and placed on both sides of the road, forming stone mill buildings, stone mill squares and stone mills Several benches, stone sculptures and other landscape. The walking path in the scenic spot is paved with stone mills donated by millions of families in more than ten provinces of China, which means that the stone (hour) is used to run.

Five old trees square

The five old trees square is made up of five thousand year old ginkgo trees, which are connected by their roots. It's said that Confucius once asked the old man about it.

One mother and nine sons

One mother and nine sons are located in group 1 of Yongxing Village (near grandma's farmhouse meal). According to expert identification, the age of this ancient ginkgo book is more than 500 years. The height of the tree is about 30 meters and the girth diameter is about 8 meters. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, nine young trees sprouted in the growth layer of the mother plant's outer shell, forming a towering tree, forming a strange scene of "nine sons holding their mother".

The local people implied mother's kindness and filial piety, and warned future generations not to forget the righteousness of filial piety. If you look closely at the roots, you can see that the new sprouts are surrounded by natural regeneration, just like generations supporting each other. The ring after ring records the process of the mother tree's wind and rain to protect the seedlings. Although the mother tree is old now, the nine sons are still around to protect the mother from the wind and rain, passing down filial piety from generation to generation. "One mother and nine sons" is not only the spiritual nature of nature, but also the villagers' praise of "parents' kindness and children's filial piety".

Taiyi ancient temple in Qianyuan mountain

Taiyi ancient temple of Qianyuan mountain is located in Qianyuan mountain of Luoyang Town. It is said that it is one of the 36 caves of Taoism. According to historical records, a Taiyi temple was built in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and was destroyed in the war before liberation. Since 2009, it has been planned to build nine halls with one roof and one hole. Cihang hall, Jinguang cave, Jinding, living area and other infrastructure construction have been completed. Taiyi hall, God of wealth hall, Lingguan hall, transit hall and immortal pavilion are under construction in batches.

Hometown of mingyuzhen

Mingyuzhen's hometown is the real house where the emperor of the great Xia Dynasty lived. Because of its long history, it has been submerged by the wind and rain for a long time. The total construction area is 1400 square meters. Its scale and style are integrated according to historical data and folk memory. The pattern of three entrances and two courtyards plus wing rooms and cloisters is a typical style of ancient architecture in Suizhou area.

Memorial Hall of the Fifth Division

The memorial hall of the Fifth Division aims to commemorate the old generation of proletarian revolutionaries. In 1982, Luoyang Town of Suizhou city established the memorial hall of jiukouyan revolution site. In 1984, Li Xiannian, then president of the people's Republic of China, personally wrote a plaque for the jiukouyan Memorial Hall on the site of the headquarters and Political Department of the fifth division of the New Fourth Army of the national revolutionary army. In 1992, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level. In the spring of 2008, it was included in the scope of museums visited by the central government free of charge.

Development history

In 1997, it was designated as one of the four ancient ginkgo communities in the world by experts of the national ginkgo Symposium. It has the reputation of "the first village of Ginkgo in China" and "the hometown of Ginkgo in the Millennium".

In 2004, the State Environmental Protection Administration issued the national nature reserve list, and Suizhou ginkgo forest was selected, and it became China's wild plant ginkgo nature reserve with an area of 17.14 square kilometers.

In 2009, the first phase of Ginkgo Valley project has been completed, and the antique gatehouse, Ginkgo Garden Hotel, ginkgo square and other scenic spots and reception places have been put into use.

From 2009 to 2011, Hubei Yulong water supply company invested 650 million yuan to build new projects of Dahongshan Yulong hot spring, Luoyang Millennium ginkgo Valley and Huaihe River rafting, integrating tourism resources of Luoyang ginkgo Valley, Dahongshan hot spring, volcanic Geopark and forest spring ecological park.

In 2012, China's Millennium ginkgo Valley Tourism Area has been completed by Wuhan University Institute of tourism planning and design tourism master plan and detailed plan, invested and developed by Suizhou Julong group.

2011 to 2014

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