Shenguang Mountain Forest Park

Shenguangshan National Forest Park

synonym

Shenguangshan forest park generally refers to shenguangshan National Forest Park

Shenguang Mountain National Forest Park is located in Shenguang village, Fuxing street, Xingning City, Guangdong Province. It is 3km away from Xingning City, close to Xingning station of Guangzhou Meishan railway and Xingning west exit of Meihe expressway. It is the most important tourist attraction in Xingning and a famous religious and cultural tourist attraction in eastern Guangdong. It is an urban park with the main natural landscape of Shenguang mountain and the characteristics of religious culture, integrating historical culture, Hakka culture, sightseeing, mountaineering fitness, leisure and entertainment.

The total planning area of the park is 674.6 hectares, the forest coverage rate is 92%, and the peak is 360 meters above sea level. The natural forest vegetation is dominated by subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest and coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest, with the maximum age of 800-1000 years.

There are more than 1000 kinds of plants belonging to more than 200 genera of 70 families and more than 400 kinds of wild animals in the scenic area.

Historical evolution

The predecessor of Shenguang Mountain National Forest Park is Shenguang mountain tourist area.

In 2001, as one of the most important tourist attractions in Xingning City, the municipal Party committee and the municipal government listed its construction into the key development projects of the Tenth Five Year Plan and the overall urban construction plan of Xingning City, and the Municipal Forestry Bureau was specifically responsible for the construction and management.

In 2003, the Municipal Forestry Bureau hired Guangdong forestry investigation and Planning Institute to make a detailed planning for shenguangshan forest park.

In May 2005, approved by the State Forestry Administration, Shenguang mountain was officially promoted to a national forest park.

geographical environment

position

The geographical coordinates of Shenguang Mountain National Forest Park are 115 ° 41 ′ 05 ″ - 115 ° 41 ′ 14 ″ E and 24 ° 04 ′ 59 ″ - 24 ° 06 ′ 17 ″ n. Four boundaries: Meizi management area: the foot of the mountain (along the highway) yaoshanxia immigration house (along the foot of the mountain) west side of Qiuwu fish pond (along the highway) dashi'ao Shankeng (along the ridge) dashi'keng reservoir dam (along the hillside) Zeng Gongtang (along the foot of the mountain) Changwo Li (along the ridge) junao (along the ridge) dengzhanshen (along the ridge) Wuzhang reservoir dam (along the foot of the mountain) Meizi management area At the foot of the mountain.

terrain

Shenguangshan National Forest Park is located in the hilly area of northeast Guangdong, controlled by the northeast to southwest Lianhua Mountain and Luofu Mountain.

The general trend of topography is gradually decreasing from northwest to Southeast, and from south to North in the south.

climate

Shenguangshan National Forest Park is a transitional climate between South Asia and middle subtropical, with an annual average temperature of 20.4 ℃. The annual average temperature of the city is 21 ℃ and the precipitation is 1540 mm. The hottest month is July with an average temperature of 28.5 ℃ and the extreme maximum temperature of 38.3 ℃; the coldest month is January with an average temperature of 11.4 ℃ and the extreme minimum temperature of - 2.7 to - 6.4 ℃. The average annual rainfall is 1 540.3 mm. Summer rainfall is the most, accounting for 41.5% of the annual rainfall. The annual average sunshine hours is 2009.8 hours. The wind direction is relatively stable, the frequency of northwest wind is the highest, followed by southeast wind.

natural resources

Botany

The forest community of shenguangshan National Forest Park is composed of coniferous and Masson pine, which includes pure coniferous forest and coniferous forest with a small amount of broad-leaved trees. It is distributed in most areas of the park, covering an area of 36760 square meters. Coniferous forest with a small amount of broad-leaved trees usually consists of Pinus massoniana; young trees of broad-leaved tree species such as Schima superba, haggard tree, Cinnamomum camphora, yellow Niumu and yajiaomu are common in the understory; callicarpus kirilowii, Ilex prunifolia, Jiujie, gangsong, trigeminal bitterness, Litsea cubeba and abalone are common in the shrub layer; Dicranopteris japonica and Dryopteris sinensis are the main understory vegetation in the herb layer. The coniferous forest community is grey green in appearance, simple in structure and uniform in canopy. In the east of Shenguang temple, a Masson pine forest is growing well, majestic and tall, with an average DBH of 30cm. The stand is 10-15m high. There are more than 1000 kinds of plants belonging to more than 200 genera and 70 families in the scenic area

animal

There are more than 400 kinds of wild animals in the scenic area.

scenic spot

Shingwang

Shengguang temple, formerly known as Shouqing temple, was built in the third year of Jiayou in the Northern Song Dynasty, with a history of nearly one thousand years. In the Ming Dynasty, because Nanshan was renamed Shenguang mountain, Shouqing temple was changed to Shenguang temple. In 1984, at the initiative of master Chang Tzu (Shi Shanguang, the sixth generation disciple of the eminent monk he Nanfeng), who presided over longfu temple in Thailand, with donations from Thailand, India, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, Shenguang temple was rebuilt under the original temple, and the original site was rebuilt as the ancestral hall. The architecture of Shenguang Temple imitates the architectural style of Thai temples, with red walls and green tiles. It is majestic and solemn, covering an area of about 8000 square meters and a construction area of 2050 square meters. There are Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Fatang, Haihui tower, sutra Pavilion, Guanyin Pavilion, dizang Hall, east-west wing room, jade Buddha Hall, Zen hall, memorial hall, Zhai restaurant, etc. There are five hundred Arhats in the main hall, and there are magnetic paintings about the origin of Sakyamuni's becoming Buddha. There are monks living in the temple.

Ancestral hall

There is a ancestral hall above the Shenguang temple. The hall is divided into the main hall and the gallery, covering an area of 3000 square meters, with a construction area of 1150 square meters. There are more than 100 Buddha statues in the hall.

Shigu King

From the mountain pass on the west side of Shenguang, you can see a thousand year old banyan and an ancient tea pavilion, and there is a huge stone beside it, which is called "shigu king". According to legend, shigu king was a national hero in ancient Xingning. He was honored as a God for his meritorious service in protecting his family and defending his country. In memory of this legendary hero, later generations set up an altar and a palace nearby. There is a horizontal plaque on the top of the altar, which is written in lacquer and gold with the words "Yan Gu Tian Quan". These four words can be divided into "one man in Yamaguchi, king of Shigu".

Mochi and Tanhua Academy

There is a stone spring beside Mochi temple in Shanao, east of Shenguang. The spring water gushes from the rocks and flows continuously. The spring water is clear, pure and free of impurities. The water tastes sweet. According to the records of Zhengde Xingning annals compiled by the Ming Dynasty, Luo Mengjiao, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, studied here. He often studied in linchi by the spring and washed inkstone pool. The ink color was exhausted in the water, so he got the name of inkstone pool. Luo Mengjiao studied hard in high school and was awarded a bachelor's degree. To commemorate him and inspire his descendants, they built a flower exploring Temple beside the ink pool, and later changed it into a flower exploring Academy.

Mochi Temple

There is an old temple beside Mochi and Tanhua Academy - Mochi temple. In the Mochi temple, there are the largest Avalokitesvara Buddha statue with thousand hands and thousand eyes in Guangdong Province and the 500 Arhats statue in the completed Mahavira hall. The sculptures of the two Buddha statues are vivid and magnificent, and tourists come in an endless stream every day.

Cultural allusions

He Ziyuan, a native of Xingning, Guangdong Province, is a veteran of the 1911 Revolution and a pioneer of modern Chinese education. He and Qiu Fengjia are both revolutionary allies of the same Geng and the same trench. They are like brothers and sisters, sharing weal and woe, and have always maintained close ties.

On May 22, 1907, the Alliance launched an anti Qing uprising in Huanggang, Chaozhou. More than 5000 people participated in the uprising in Chaomei area, and more than 200 people died. He was outnumbered and defeated on the 6th. On the afternoon of the 27th, the rebel army announced its disbandment, and the commander in chief Chen Yongbo and Yu Jicheng were forced to flee Hong Kong. He Ziyuan and others immediately returned to Meizhou. Soon after, the identities of Xiao Huichang, Jiang Baijian, Yao Zhuying, Zhang Huagu and others were exposed, and they were forced to take refuge in Shima jianzhuding tea farm, the ancestral estate of he Ziyuan's family.

In order to rescue the revolutionaries and discuss the next action plan, Qiu Fengjia came to Xingning many times in the autumn of the same year to discuss countermeasures with he Ziyuan. After that, the party members in distress got out of danger with the help of he Ziyuan and Qiu Fengjia.

During the Double Ninth Festival, he Ziyuan took Qiu Fengjia and other revolutionaries to visit Shenguang mountain. It was an extraordinary time when the anti Qing movement was at a low ebb. The revolutionaries who were hiding in Tibet climbed the magnificent Shenguang mountain together and looked out into the distance. They could see that there were many mountains and obstacles, the clouds were flourishing, the green was about to drop, and the mountains were beautiful! He Ziyuan can't help but recite "qingpingle · Dingwei Chongyang brings Canghai brother to Shengguang mountain to reminisce.".

Ding Wei and brother Canghai ascend shenguangshan in Chongyang

Qingpingle

Golden autumn to dusk, winding road lost way, ask how many yellow flowers bloom? There are countless tourists on the mountain. In those days, the autumn wind was blowing together, but now we climb the peak together. Looking at the high places of the world, the mountains are covered with fog.

This song "qingpingle" is lyrical, sincere and touching. The whole poem shows the dauntless revolutionary spirit and heroic spirit of the old revolutionaries such as he Ziyuan and Qiu Fengjia, who are more frustrated and more courageous and never give up until they reach the goal. At the same time, it also leaves a touching story for the experienced Shenguang mountain.

Traffic information

Bus: the park is 3km away from the urban area of Xingning. There is No.1 bus (2 yuan) arriving at the park from 6:30 to 21:00 every day in the urban area. There are passenger buses to major cities in Guangdong at Xingning bus station.

Train: Xingning railway station of Guangzhou Meizhou Shantou railway is located at the foot of Shenguang mountain, only 0.5 km away from the entrance of the park.

Flight: 57 km from Meizhou airport.

Expressway: Xingning west exit of Meihe expressway is 1km away from the entrance of the park.

Address: Shenguang village, Xingning City, Meizhou City

Longitude: 115.7131

Latitude: 24.106219

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