Lingyang Gorge

Lingyang gorge is located in the southwest of Dinghu District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. It is one of the Three Gorges where Xijiang River flows through Zhaoqing, a thousand year old county. Located in the lower reaches of the Three Gorges, the highest water is the deepest and the longest, which is the most spectacular and magnificent among the Three Gorges.

It is said that there is a cave on the North Bank of lingyangxiakou. There used to be a "Lingxia ancient temple". Because it is located at the mouth of lingyangxiakou, it is named Xiashan temple. Xiashan Chasheng was once one of the eight scenic spots of Zhaoqing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Unfortunately, the ancient temple was destroyed in modern times and only remains today.

Lingyang Gorge

Lingyang gorge is located in the lower reaches of Zhaoqing City of Xijiang River. It is a tourist attraction in history. It is 3km away from Dinghu Mountain in the north. You can choose a one-day tour from Dinghu Mountain to Lingyang gorge. After touring Dinghu Mountain, you can drive straight along Luoyin avenue to the end, where you can see the rolling green mountains, the surging torrent through the gorge and out of the valley. Then you can go along the Xijiang dike to meet Lingyang gorge to Houli, the Xiaoji at the mouth of the gorge. You can enjoy the wind and light of Lingyang gorge, absorb the aura of mountains and rivers, and accept the baptism of the surging momentum of big rivers.

Natural barrier

The two mountains of Lingyang gorge face each other in the north and south, and the sky is high. Gaoyao is named for the high and dangerous lingyangxia mountain. Due to the narrow entrance of Lingyang gorge, Xijiang River flows fast. Mr. long Fengzhang's Lingyang gorge inscription describes the current "fierce tiger running forward". Every year in the flood season of Xijiang River, the turbid and turbulent flood, with the force of thunderbolt, goes through the gorge and out of the valley, rapidly and straightly pours down, rolling torrent, showing people the power of nature. Description of the terrain "choke throat in Lingnan.". Lingyang gorge is the throat of the waterway between Guangdong and Guangdong. It is a natural barrier. When one man is in charge of the pass, ten thousand people are not allowed to open the dangerous terrain. Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty set up a customs here, warlords Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi chose to build blockhouses on the hillside of the exit gorge, and set up a naval fleet here in the Anti Japanese war.

Beautiful legend

It is said that the mountain of Lingyang gorge is the fossil of Xianyang. It is also said that the five sheep in Guangzhou originally belonged to six sheep. When the immortal whip sheep crossed this gorge and went down to Guangzhou from the East, they saw the beautiful mountains and rivers here, and put down a fairy sheep, so it was named "antelope gorge". Wang Shizhen, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, said in his poem that when the river flows upstream into the Xijiang River, it has been heard in the Gaoxia gorge. In the year of he, the trace of God sheep, Lingxia open Hong! “。 Ruan Yuan, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty who annotated the water classic, also thought that the five sheep in Guangzhou were rode by the immortal from this gorge. He wrote down a magic praise poem: "where does the five sheep immortal come from? He must ride the sheep from this gorge.".

have a long history

Lingyang gorge has a long history and beautiful scenery. It has always been a place for poets and poets to visit. They wrote many praises. Lingyangxia mountain is connected with water, and water is connected with mountain. A water to the sea, two mountains into the cloud, beautiful scenery, wave light boat shadow. Every year, except for the summer flood season, the river is clear, calm and beautiful in spring, autumn and winter. In the calm river, the common fish paddle in the water or jump out of the water in distress, proud of the fisherman. Lingyang gorge is known as the "small Three Gorges". It has high mountains, dense forests, rugged cliffs, thousands of feet of cliffs, emerald layers of forest, brilliant flowers in four seasons, and cool wind filtering among branches and leaves and grass. The shape of the mountain is like a tiger, a lion and a sheep. It is lifelike, and the story is moving. High mountains and clear streams fly on the cliffs. Over the green high mountains, the white fog wafts one by one, symbolizing the sanctity of the mountains. The growing pines stand among the rocks on the cliffs, and the breeze blows like dancing and singing. There are several ancient banyan trees with green roots and stones beside the Xiashan River, which are green umbrellas for fishermen to park their boats and enjoy the cool. The red cotton in full bloom in spring is a little red among the green mountains and waters, standing proud in the eyes of the earth network edition. Liang Feng is born in high bamboo, while Yan Guang is lost in green trees. Green mountains and green waters, giant birds and animals chasing, fishing boats sailing, rafts flowing, and fishermen casting nets fishing, constitute a beautiful picture.

Tourism development

After enjoying the beautiful scenery of the rivers and mountains, tourists can enjoy Xijiang River fresh food, tea and wine on the fishing port dining table beside the river. The gentle breeze blows slowly from the gorge mountain, watching the beautiful posture of fishermen casting nets, seeing the ships full of goods and the waves in rows. It's really "watching the scenery of the mountain with wine, listening to the sound of the waves with a cup", which makes people infatuated and forget to return. (: Liu Qian)

History of Lingyang Gorge

Since the Tang Dynasty, Linghua temple has been built in the South and Xiashan temple in the north at the entrance of Lingyang gorge. The two temples stand on opposite sides of the river. Monks call from across the river and sound the river gorge. It's quite interesting. When night falls, there are many sails, fishermen mooring boats, river breeze and fishing fire, and the sound of midnight bell. Before the gate of Qingyun temple in Dinghu Mountain was opened, the antelope gorge was full of tourists and scenery along the river gorge. There are: guiape ancient cave, Qingfengge, Longmen Yitian, 20 Li ancient road, 24 ancient bridges, steles of rebuilding the ancient road in the 22nd year of Daoguang (now preserved), Shanhu, wangfugui (stone), Shuanglong waterfall in Wenshu mountain, laolongtan, Niangniang Temple, Tianhou temple, ancient blockhouse, laokengyan cave, eunuch temple, anti Japanese hero monument, etc. On the North Bank of the chuxiajiang River, less than 2 kilometers away, there are Zhenxi temple, Fubo Gongzi temple, Beidi temple and BOLUO Temple (some of the above temples were destroyed by the war).

Development of Lingyang Gorge

Zhaoqing has been rated as one of the first batch of excellent tourism cities in China. With the continuous development of tourism industry, Zhaoqing is a famous tourist destination of our generation. The scenic spots and historic sites of Lingyang gorge, green mountains and green waters, have gradually attracted people's attention, and the number of tourists from provinces, Hong Kong and Macao is increasing. It's a good place to relax after hard work.

Address: lingyangxia, Dinghu District, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 112.550481

Latitude: 23.105792

Chinese PinYin : Ling Yang Xia