Taohuachong Forest Park

Taohuachong Forest Park

Taohuachong, located in the northeast corner of Yingshan County, Hubei Province, is a national AAAA scenic spot. The average altitude of the park is 1205 meters, and the main peak is 1698.7 meters above sea level, covering an area of 30 square kilometers.

geographical position

The park is close to the hometown of caopanbisheng, Yingshan County, Huanggang, Dabie Mountain Ecotourism Area. It is located in the center of the Yangtze River economic belt, 210 kilometers away from Wuhan, with superior location and convenient transportation. The two trunk lines connect National Highway 318 in the west, national highway 105 in the East and Yingxi class II Highway in the south.

Overview of scenic spots

At the southern foot of Tiantangzhai, the main peak of the majestic Dabie Mountains, with blue sky, green mountains, white clouds and clear water, Yingshan is the hometown of Bi Sheng, the world-famous inventor of movable type printing. In the northeast corner of Yingshan County, there is a beautiful taohuachong National Forest Park with a total area of 42800 Mu and an altitude of 600-1698 meters. Datongjian, the second peak of the Dabie Mountains, is located in the area.

It is said that long ago, the nine immortals scattered flowers and scattered a blooming peach blossom in the peach blossom rush. This peach has 7749 petals, fragrant and refreshing. After the peach blossom falls in taohuachong, it becomes a big and small 7749 mountain peaks. Taohuachong gets its name because it looks like a peach blossom.

The peach blossom flushes the boundary to connect the Hubei to be effective, the water school Jianghuai. The park is famous for its mountain landform, primitive ecology and red culture. In the territory, there are undulating mountains and ravines; Bitan waterfalls, strange rocks and pines, high mountains and dense forests, and pleasant climate. In the hot summer, the average temperature of our scenic spot is 24-28 degrees centigrade, which is known as "Chengde is not allowed to escape the summer, Lushan is not allowed to enjoy the cool". There are three main tourist routes in the scenic area. Ten mile Taohua River ecotourism line. The ten mile Taohua river is winding and snaking, the Bitan lake is full of pearls, and the mountain flowers are brilliant, just like a fairyland in the world. Xiaoqiling towering, hand in hand with Hubei and Anhui, the legacy of Chu City, the famous red resort; lijiazhai field development line. Lijiazhai is a treasure house of species in the Dabie Mountains. This is a rare place for tourism, summer vacation, scientific research, film and television, and outdoor expansion.

In the early spring, peach blossoms rush and willows turn green, peach blossoms bloom, and tourists from all walks of life come in droves. The territory of countless peach, colorful, a wide range of varieties, different flowering. Rhododendrons are blooming all over the mountains, decorating thousands of peaks and mountains. Thousands of orchids are fragrant and refreshing. In the season of blooming mountain flowers, the air is filled with the fragrance of pollen, and countless colorful butterflies are dancing in the wind, dazzling, as if in a fairyland.

Entering the charming ten mile Taohua River, Xiannv lake, yunzhan cave, Jingxin lake, Taohua lake and Xuanwu Lake are clear and green, and Chilian waterfall, Shilai waterfall, Yuanyang waterfall and Taohua waterfall are hanging high. There are more than 40 scenic spots in Taohua river. Each scenic spot may have beautiful legends that make you fascinated, or sad stories that make you cry. Along the tourist trail, you can watch flowers, listen to water, taste mountains and play butterflies, and fully integrate yourself into the nature. Enter Si Xi also, forget, all the noise has already left, let you return to a true self. Along the way, you will see the waterfall pools with different characteristics, strange rocks such as Qinhuangdao coin, flying saucer stone and Zhenxi stone, and various streams. About two and a half hours' journey will make you marvel at the creation of heaven and earth and the uncanny workmanship of nature. When autumn comes, red maple, Cotinus coggygria and other colorful tree species are dotted all over the mountains and valleys, and the artistic conception of "three yellow, two green and five dividend" is as charming as a beautiful girl. These, let yourself go quietly to read it.

In taohuachong, it is necessary to go to xiaoqiling at the junction of Hubei Province and Anhui Province to feel the red land of "blood stained red soil three feet deep". Since ancient times, xiaoqiling has been a place for military strategists. Here, the great wall of Chu, which meanders for several kilometers, is like a giant dragon perched on the ridge. The viewing platform on the easternmost side of the great wall of Chu is the best place to watch the sunrise. It is also the place where the first ray of dawn rises in Jingchu. At that time, the red 25 army, the red 28 army and the Zhang tixue revolutionary guerrilla base were set up here. Liu Deng's army marched thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains to pass here. Countless revolutionary martyrs shed their blood here, leaving behind a series of red scenic spots, such as the Red Army Hospital, the Dazhuyuan conference site, and the former military and political sites.

"Original grassland, original ecology, wild game, wild customs" is a true portrayal of here. The beautiful scenery of taohuachong and the simple people are looking forward to your arrival!

Taohuachong Forest Park is a subtropical evergreen deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest zone with dense forest and prominent forest vegetation characteristics. It is rich in plant species and obvious unique species of ancient plants. The territory is rich in Gastrodia elata, Panax notoginseng, Platycodon grandiflorum, musk and other precious medicinal materials, known as "the first treasure house of medicinal materials". Only in this way, the animal resources in the park are also very rich. Taohuachong Forest Park is located in a dangerous place with peculiar natural landscape. The park is near Zhanhe reservoir, the second largest artificial lake in Yingshan in the East, and Honghua reservoir, the third largest artificial lake in Yingshan in the West. Not far from the reservoir dam is the hometown and cemetery of Bi Sheng, the world-famous inventor of movable type printing in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was also an important base for the red 25th army, the fifth division of the New Fourth Army and the Liu Deng army to fight in the Dabie Mountains.

Features of scenic spots

Taohuachong National Forest Park has undulating mountains and ravines, Bitan waterfalls, strange rocks and pines, high mountains and dense forests, and pleasant climate. Three tourism routes have been opened up, including the ecological tour of Taohuaxi, the red cultural tour of xiaoqiling and the exploration tour of lijiazhai primeval forest.

Qilin Valley reaches datongjian, the second peak of the Dabie Mountains, and goes down to the upper left gully of the tourist reception area of the park. In this 600 hectare mountain forest, there is a primitive village with more than 20 families, which was the base of the Red Army at that time. There is also a hundred animal garden on the boulder slope, which is full of vitality. Lijiazhai, a primeval forest with an area of 6000 mu, is a pure natural forest. It is surrounded by clouds all year round. The ancient trees are known as Jupiter. There are nearly 100 rare species under state protection, such as Pinus taiwanensis, Pinus Lysimachia, xiangguoshu, Pterocarpus tatarinowii, tiannvhua, Liriodendron, living fossil, Millennial "Ginkgo biloba" and Metasequoia glyptostroboides. The precious medicinal materials such as Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides, Dendrobium, musk and Ganoderma lucidum are derived here. There are many rare animals and countless insects, which can be described as "ten thousand kinds of frost compete for freedom". It is the base of field exploration and forestry research in Jianghan University and Anhui University of science and technology. Mr. Kono, a Japanese forestry expert, came here for investigation and thought that this is "a rare primary secondary forest community in China, which can be called" the most in Central China ". On the top of Datong, the second peak of the Dabie Mountains, at an altitude of 1698 meters, there are bones and stones on the back of cattle, and the mountain landscape is more magnificent. The film "Snowy Dabie Mountains" was shot here, and became the film base of Hubei film studio.

The Shili Taohua River, known as "Jiuzhaigou in Central China, the first river in Central China", runs East-West across the park, from the "Taohua Lake" to the "Taohua waterfall", with a total length of 10 Li, "ghost axe, supernatural creation, natural landscape and magic". Its streams gather the water of thousands of springs, gather the flow of hundreds of gullies, or run around, or fly straight down, through the rocks and cut the walls, waterfalls and pools, like a chain like a dragon, breaking through the valley and forest, with a myriad of images; its valley gathers the strange things of thousands of rocks and trees, or forms independently, or forms a scene by coincidence, with dragons, snakes, turtles, snails, phoenixes, cranes, insects and fish. Even more unique are the images of gods, Buddhists and Taoists, such as "Jiulong waterfall fairy pool, Lingbo fairy bathing in the stream", which are either printed on the rock or displayed in the water. They are vivid, graceful and elegant. Tourism development, nine long bridge up and down; harmony between man and nature, thousands of steps, thousands of flowers. More love stories, tear jerking heart Jingdong, myths and legends, soul stirring through the rainbow. As the saying goes, "the Peach Blossom River is ten miles away, baidu looks for the fragrance, the scenery takes the lead, the fairy of a thousand generations bathes in the waves, and Jiulong roars and thunders for thousands of years.". He is personally on the scene, with all kinds of feelings, relaxed and happy, and looks at the sky and the world. Along the way, he has boundless scenery, pleasant feelings and wisdom, reading mountains, reading water and reading life.

Fairy pond is a red dike formed by crustal movement. It looks like a fairy bathing. It is a wonder in the world. Hence the name of fairy pond.

One gate leads to Hubei and Anhui, two eyes look at the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers, the red soil in the border area, and the ancient Great Wall of Wu and Chu. The scenic spot shares the same peak with Yuexi, with the highest elevation "Dabie Mountain revolutionary historical monument" in the East and "beacon tower" in the West. The three kilometer long antique Great Wall meanders between the big and small Qi mountains, with big ups and downs, long mountains and long dragons; the north and South are separated, with different forests and trees. The big and small Qi (QI) ridge was left by the Yellow nest uprising army at the end of Tang Dynasty when it was under the separatist rule. During the period of the great revolution, the 25th and 28th Red Army, the New Fourth Army and the Liu Deng army during the Anti Japanese War and the war of liberation took this as the rear base and successively set up the Red Army hospital and the battlefield medical station. Dazhuyuan conference site, Red Army cave, huaiying Pavilion, Yingxiong pine, etc. witnessed the vicissitudes of "blood stained red soil three feet deep". In 2000, Hubei Province held the activity of "climbing the great wall of Wu and Chu to welcome the first ray of dawn of the new century", which radiated the vitality of "red soil in the border area, the great wall of Wu and Chu". From this, the red monument stands majestic; looking back on the past and looking back on the present, the battlefield has no smoke-free memory of heroes.

In Chongli, the peach blossom is mixed with the shore red, the Guanyin Pudu shows its wonderful skill, the nine to one card is eight Li, and the monk stone stands miaolinian peak. Taohuachong, located in the arms of datongjian, the second peak of Dabie Mountains, is 1698 meters above sea level

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