Yangri Town, Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei Province

Yangri town

Yangri town is located in the east of Shennongjia, 110 ° 41 ′ to 110 ° 52 ′ e, 31 ° 36 ′ to 31 ° 51 ′ n, adjacent to Baokang in the East, Xinhua and Songluo in the south, honghuaduo forest farm in the north and Songbai town in the West. The total land area is 260 square kilometers, accounting for 8% of the forest area. The area extends 22.3 kilometers from north to south, 18 kilometers from east to west, with the highest altitude of 2214.2 meters and the lowest altitude of 434.2 meters. There are 14 administrative villages, one community, 81 villager groups with a total population of 10947 (2017).

survey

Shennongjia forest area governs towns. Located in the northeast of the region. The resident population was 10947 (2017). It has jurisdiction over 1 neighborhood committee and 14 administrative villages. The town government is in Siwan. Scenic spots include the dam formed Wushan lake, "rhinoceros watching the moon" and wild wintersweet garden.

evolution

Yangri town is named after Yangri Bay. Yangri Bay is located in the south of Guanmen river. The area is gentle and open with long sunshine. From sunrise to sunset, the bay is sunny. Originally in Panshui District of Fangxian County, it was under the jurisdiction of Shennongjia forest region in May 1970. Yangri district was set up at that time. It was changed into a commune in 1975 and a town was established in 1984. In 1996, it covers an area of 259 square kilometers and has a population of 10000. It has jurisdiction over 24 administrative villages, namely, vegetable, qianjiawan, Nanya, Taoyuan, Xianyi, Changyuan, Daping, Wentang, Longxi, xiaoshuwan, Wushan, Sanyuan, Shuangjian, Xuewu, Taiyang, Wanfu, Chaoyang, Qiligou, Gushui, Baiyu, Changqing, baimadong, Tudiling and Shuangxin. In 2004, the town government was stationed in Siwan, with a population of 10900 and an area of 253 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over a neighborhood committee in yangriwan and 14 administrative villages in Yangri, qianjiawan, Taoyuan, Chaoyang, Taiyang, Shuangjian, Wanfu, Daping, Nanya, Gushui, Bailian, Changqing, Longxi and Wushan. [2013 code and urban rural classification] 429021101: ~ 001121 Yangri neighborhood committee ~ 200122 Yangri village ~ 201220 qianjiawan village ~ 202220 Nanya village ~ 203220 Taoyuan Village ~ 204220 Shuangjian village ~ 205220 Wanfu village ~ 206220 Taiyang village ~ 207220 Chaoyang village ~ 208220 Longshan Village ~ 210220 Daping village ~ 211220 Changqing village ~ 212220 Bailian Village ~ 213220 Gushui Village

Overview of the town

① Town name: Yangri town. ② Beautiful name: xiaojiangnan in the forest region and the earliest natural town in Shennongjia. ③ Location: East of Shennongjia forest area, 15 kilometers east of Songbai town. [important scenic spots]

Fossil mountain; Wushan; Jinglian temple; ancient road

① Fossil mountain

geology

Geologists and archaeologists believe that the Shennongjia formation is one of the oldest in China. About one billion years ago, Shennongjia was still a vast ocean. About 700 million years ago, it rose to land and high mountains. To 570 million years ago, the strata here declined. For a long time, it was a shallow sea and coastal area. Later, the strata here gradually rose and thickened until the altitude was more than 5000 meters to 7000 meters, becoming the roof of central China. In ancient times, there lived all kinds of creatures. The remains or remains of these creatures were buried under the sea and turned into stone like things, which were called "fossils". Layers of ancient fossils, like pages of archives, record the traces of life of these ancient creatures, record the age of the strata, and record the ancient history of development. Shennongjia is known as the "hometown of fossils".

Fossil mountain village

There is a mountain in Xieyi village, Yangri Town, which is a concentration of marine invertebrate fossils in Cambrian (570 million years ago) and Ordovician (500 million years ago), including lower brachiopods, algae, trilobites, graptolites and other fossils. On the hillside 500 meters above sea level, almost all the rocks in the mountain are fossils. They are rare in number and range. People call them fossil mountain. There are dozens to hundreds of fossils distributed on each square meter of rock. Each fossil is about 1-2 square centimeters in size and well preserved. Many local farmers use these precious fossil stones to build houses, build pig pens and pave roads. It's a fossil mountain village.

Fossil cave

A fossil cave, 1900m above sea level, was also found in Donggou village, tianjiashan township. The height of the cave is 65cm, the width is 1.5m, and it is irregular round. The relative height between the cave entrance and the valley in front of the cave is 8m. Archaeologists have found fossils of Oriental Stegodon, rhinoceros and wild sheep in the cave. From the unearthed animal fossils, it can be proved that as early as two or three hundred thousand years ago, Shennongjia was a forest environment with abundant water and grass and warm climate.

Shennongjia plate tooth rhinoceros

In 1977, a fossil rhinoceros platyphylla was discovered in sunjiapo, one kilometer southwest of Yangri Town, at an altitude of 475 meters. The fossil is an incomplete left upper jaw bone. The specimen is deeply petrified, grayish yellow, with a high crown. The premolar is wider than the long one. The premolar is sub molars, and the outer ridge is slightly curved. Archaeologists named it Gaoguan Shennong rhinoceros. The discovery of rhinoceros platyphylla in Shennongjia provides new information for understanding the nature and distribution of rhinoceros platyphylla.

② Wushan

geographical position

Standing on the South Bank of Guanmen River in Longxi village, Yangri Town, zhongwudang, or Wushan for short, is east-west, facing Danjiangkou in the north, Wudang in the north, and Wudang in Dangyang city in the south. The main peak is 1752.7 meters above sea level. It is said that emperor Zhenwu first practiced here after his eastward journey. There are many buildings or relics on the mountain, such as Nantianmen, Xiansheng palace, and ancestral temple. In the past, pilgrims from Jing, Yi, Chuan, and Xiang came in an endless stream.

Scenery

Wushan's long-standing reputation lies in its unique natural landscape and many unique natural scenery. Longtan waterfall is the largest and most spectacular natural waterfall in Shennongjia, located about 5 km south of the main peak of Wushan mountain. The waterfall gushes out from the entrance of the cliff, flows more than 200 meters straight down the valley, and the sound shocks all over the country. That cave is called Dragon Cave, which is said to be a palace of Dragon King of Donghai. There is a hall for hundreds of people in the cave. There are two halls along the winding path. When you enter again, you can only see the running water of the underground river. there are stone forests in the vast forest sea. Rows of stone pillars rise from the ground. They are either independent or connected with each other and stand around the mountains, forming a "jade jade palace". According to folklore, it used to be a medicine garden. Unfortunately, it was occupied by 72 poison gods. Shennong captured and killed the evil, and put its muscles and bones all over the mountains, creating the yuyuyuqiong palace. Local people call it "vegetable garden", and the rows of stone forest are like fences around the farm vegetable garden. The south foot of Wudang is a well preserved herbal garden. King Wen has a pen, a pearl on his head, a flower with seven leaves, a bowl of water by the river, Rhodiola in small clumps and other exotic medicines. In the area of ten square kilometers, there are dozens of hills with similar shapes. They are covered by clouds and fog, and are deserted and uninhabited. According to folklore, the Shennong family of Yan Emperor chiseled two marks with his sword to help the collectors identify the direction. One in the west is called shuangjiankong, and the other in the East is Xianyue cave. Xianyue cave and rhinoceros stone constitute the spectacle of rhinoceros watching the moon. On a mountain with an altitude of 1660 meters, there is a cave through the mountain. The diameter of the cave is 12 meters in the northeast and 20 meters in the northwest. When the sun sets or the bright moon sets in the west, the light penetrates the cave like a half moon, so it is called Xianyue cave. Around the cave, there are many strange rocks, luxuriant trees and magnificent landscape. Not far away, in the stone forest of Yougu, there is a stone that looks like a rhinoceros. Its eyes are wide open and its head is tilted to see the cave directly, attracting ancient and modern tourists. Under the Xianyue cave, there is a broken Qing Dynasty stone tablet, which is engraved with a poem: "the mountains are surrounded by water, the scenery is quiet and strange, and rhinoceros look at the moon. It's most like a jade rabbit passing through a hole and playing under a golden osmanthus tree. " the Guanmen river at the foot of Wushan is named after the man-made lake formed by the dam of yangriwan hydropower station. The lake is more than 600 meters above sea level and 30 meters deep. There are more than ten kilometers of boat waterways winding through the mountains. Gaoxia deep valley, a lake of clear water, transparent, unfathomable, Shennongjia is the most famous water Gallery, worthy of the name of Gaoxia Pinghu. Boating in Wushan lake, the scenery of mountains and rivers, the flowers and wild fruits, the butterflies and the eagles are really intoxicating.

③ Jinglian Temple

Geography

In Shanwan in the north of the town, there is a Jinglian temple, which is named after the ancient temple. The temple wins by its beauty. Siwan is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with jinfengling in the middle. There is a round hill in front of the Bay, just like Erlong Xizhu. Jinglian temple is located under jinfengling.

history

This ancient temple was built in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1000 years. When it was first built, it was on a large scale, destroyed and repaired many times, and it was still well preserved until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the early years of the Republic of China, the local people donated money to carry out a major restoration, and then most of them were destroyed. In 1985, when the peasants dug up earth to build a house on the right side of the back hall, they excavated a brick dragon head 60 cm in height, 55 cm in width and 30 cm in thickness. The dragon head was gray black, with delicate and exquisite depiction and powerful shape. Archaeologists identified this building decoration component as the work of craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty. On the ground in front of the back hall of Jinglian temple, there is a broken stone tablet, which was carved when Jinglian temple was restored in 1919. The inscription says: "there is an ancient temple in the Yang of Wan Town, named Jinglian. Its mountain is towering and green, its water bay is ring, and its path is winding and secluded. It is also a temple built in the Li and Tang Dynasties. It was built in the yuan and Ming Dynasties in the Song Dynasty, during which there was no decay. Fortunately, many philanthropists in the past dynasties abandoned improvisation and were able to restore it to its original state. " The dragon head and stone tablet provide important information for the study of the age and architectural art of Jinglian temple.

Current situation

After thousands of years of ups and downs, Jinglian temple is now beyond recognition, with only six front halls and six temples

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