Henan Travel Notes (2)

on July 3rd, 221, I visited Yaoshan Scenic Area in Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, Giant Buddha Scenic Area in Central Plains and chaya mountain Scenic Area in suiping county, Zhumadian City.

It was raining cats and dogs when I arrived at the hotel yesterday afternoon, and the rain curtain blocked everything. When I looked at the terrain in the morning, I found that the Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area was only less than 8 meters away from the hotel. The Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area and Yaoshan Scenic Area belong to a joint scenic area. When watching the Raiders last night, it was said that it takes a long time to play in Yaoshan Scenic Area, so it is necessary to enter the scenic area early, and the Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area is still the only place to return to chaya mountain, so we decided to go to Yaoshan first and then visit the Central Plains Giant Buddha on the way back.

Yaoshan, also known as Shiren Mountain, is located in the west of Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, and in the east of Funiu Mountain. It was named after Yao Sun and Liu Lei who set up Yao Temple for ancestor worship. Yaoshan Mountain has peculiar peaks, numerous waterfalls, dense forests, excellent hot springs and brilliant human landscape. It is divided into ten parts: Donglingtan, Shifeiyuzhang, Sanchakou, Bailongtan, Semi-Xianju, Shiren, Jiguanshi, Bainiucheng, Secret Cave and Hot Springs. Experts say it has the danger of Huashan, the preciseness of Emei, the beauty of Zhangjiajie and the beauty of Huangshan. It is a good place for sightseeing, summer vacation, recuperation, scientific research and exploration. Among them, the peak of Jade Emperor is 2153.1 meters above sea level, making it one of the 24 famous mountains in China.

at 8: 3 in the morning, we arrived at the mountain gate of Yaoshan Scenic Area. Unlike the mountain gate of Baiyun Mountain, the mountain gate of Yaoshan is near the tourist center, and what is more special is that the parking lot here is actually indoor. Let's take the Yaoshan cableway up the mountain in the scenic spot first, and watch the Raiders. There are many cableways in the scenic spot, besides here, there are Hongfeng cableway and Shiren cableway, etc. Yaoshan cableway is the latest and longest. Today, we learned the lesson from yesterday and planned to take the slide down the mountain at the top of the mountain, so we only bought a one-way ticket. Take the cable car and enter the Yaoshan Scenic Area where there are many strange peaks and clouds rising. In the blue sky, the comfortable white clouds are intertwined with the mist rising from the canyon, soaking the rugged mountains in the clouds and steaming Xia Wei. The beautiful scenery is refreshing and suddenly enlightened. After a 12-minute journey, we came to the Yaoshan cableway station. Looking at the scenic spot guide map, I found that there is also the Jade Emperor's Peak like Baiyun Mountain, and it is 15 meters away from the ropeway station. Yesterday, I climbed the Jade Emperor Top in Baiyun Mountain, which is known as the "extreme top of the Central Plains". I am not going to climb the top again today, but I saw that the downhill slide is near the Jade Emperor Top, so I can only head for the Jade Emperor Top. After the Du Fu Terrace, Feiyun Valley, Shenbi Peak, Range Rover Terrace and other landscapes, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Yaoshan while walking on the plank road. In the distance, under the skyline, layers of sky blue extend to the winding mountains, and the mountains are winding and hovering. The beautiful and tall peaks stand towering and spectacular, and the mist from the mountains fills the air among the peaks, just like a magnificent picture of Danqing. Not far past the Range Rover Platform, we came to the transit platform at the top of the mountain, and 2 meters up here, it is the highest peak of Yaoshan-Yuhuangding, with an altitude of 2,153 meters, which is 13 meters lower than the 2,166 meters of Yuhuangding in Yuntai Mountain, so it ranks second in Funiuling. Standing at the top of the pole overlooking Yaoshan, the mountains stand on the wall, and the peaks are like plastic; There are many strange rocks and thousands of rocks; Flying dragons walk in phoenix, and the scenery is wonderful, which constitutes a beautiful picture. According to reports, Mu Qing, the former president of Xinhua News Agency, once boarded Yaoshan twice, and was intoxicated by the beauty of Yaoshan, leaving Mo Bao, who was "the only one in the Central Plains".

Unlike the Jade Emperor's Peak in Baiyun Mountain, there is no Jade Emperor's Pavilion here, but an antique building with upturned corners and cornices is being built below the top of the mountain. Is the Jade Emperor's Pavilion being built here? After a short stay at the top of the pole, we began to descend from the back of Qinglong. A few hundred meters later, I came to Yaoshan Slide, which is known as the best in the world, with a length of about 2,8 meters, and the cost is 3 yuan. What's more amazing is that the non-slip gloves here are not standard, and I have to pay an extra fee to buy them in 5 yuan. I didn't know that I can actually use gloves until I slipped down. Because it rained just yesterday, the slide was a little wet, so the friction was large and the slide was not smooth. The Yaoshan slide has four sections, with intervals ranging from tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Although it is not very cool to slide, it saves energy and time compared with walking down the mountain. After the slide, we came to Qinglongbei, the essence scenic spot on the downhill road. Qinglongbei is a zigzag mountain with a direction of northeast and southwest, about 4 meters long, with peaks and huge valleys on both sides, and the narrowest part of the peak ridge is less than meters wide, winding and undulating, like a green dragon leaping in the air. Qinglongbei was not the only way down the mountain. In order to increase the experience of tourists exploring secluded places and avoiding dangers, the scenic spot built a plank road on the ridge, the first half of which was a wooden plank road with steel frame, and the second half was an iron ladder on the cliff, the narrowest part of which was only 4cm wide. In the section of Qinglongbei, there are landscapes such as Qinglongtai and Sansongtai. Looking from left to right, huge peaks stand on both sides, and the mountains are beautiful, the valleys are quiet and the white clouds are lingering, just like a fairyland. Walking past Qinglong Back and Hehe Peak, one side is Thern Zen Temple, which is a small temple built under a huge rock. The temple makes use of the concave space under the rock, has no roof, and has three walls, where three deities are enshrined and cigarettes are lingering. A young monk was doing something in the yard. When he saw me coming, he talked to me enthusiastically. This is probably the smallest temple I have ever seen.

Below Thern Temple is Bainiu City, which is surrounded by cliffs and has four gates in the southeast and northwest. Legend has it that this is the place where the Jade Emperor imprisoned the White Bull. The White Bull is a sacred cow in the Heavenly Palace. Because it violated the dogma, it was imprisoned here by the Jade Emperor. The White Bull was unwilling to be humiliated, rose up and resisted, rushed out of the prison city, and fought against the heavenly soldiers. Eventually, it was overwhelmed again because it was outnumbered, and its huge body turned into a Funiu Mountain of 8 miles. It turns out that the name of Funiu Mountain is derived from the legend of the White Bull Town here, which is also a very valuable tourism harvest today. There's actually the Bainiucheng slide under Bainiucheng, because walking down the mountain hurts our knees, so we continue to slide without hesitation. The charge here is 2 yuan, no gloves. It only took us a few minutes to slide down the mountain to Tongtianmen, where we took a tram through the mountain and went down to Jiuqu Waterfall. Jiuqu Waterfall, also known as Black Dragon Pool, is a rock wall with nine caves washed out by water, and the waterfall water rushes into an arc in the caves, connecting three bends and nine bends. The waterfall meets the deep pool below it, quiet as a mirror, and it seems that there is a black dragon lurking in it, hence the name Black Dragon Pool. This is the last scenic spot of Yaoshan's return trip, and it is nearly 12: 3 to take the sightseeing bus to return to the exit again. It takes more than 4 hours to visit Yaoshan. Without stopping, we drove directly to the Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area.

The Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area is located in tangcun, Zhaocun Township, 5 kilometers west of Lushan County. The scenic area has convenient transportation, surrounded by mountains, beautiful scenery, beautiful environment, and rich tourism and cultural resources such as the world's first Buddha, the first bell, the first soup in mainland China, and the first temple in Funiu Mountain area. It is a tourist attraction integrating Buddhist culture, warm bathing and recuperation, sightseeing and leisure entertainment. The Central Plains Giant Buddha was designed and produced in 1997 by Master Lin Shengbiao, the inheritor of Putian Xingsheng Craft, the national intangible cultural heritage and the vice president of Fujian Arts and Crafts Masters Association. The total height of the Giant Buddha is 28 meters, the height is 18 meters, the Lotus Tower is 2 meters, the King Kong Tower is 25 meters, and the Sumeru Tower is 55 meters. On September 29th, 28, 18 eminent monks and great virtues from four places across the Taiwan Straits were unveiled. The construction of the Giant Buddha took 12 years with an investment of 1.2 billion yuan. The whole Buddha statue is made of 33 tons of copper, 18 kilograms of gold and more than 15, tons of special steel, with a surface area of 11,3 square meters. It is made by welding 13,3 copper plates. After years of construction, the Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area has begun to take shape and its popularity is increasing day by day. It has become an important tourist attraction in southwest Henan. The Tianrui Auspicious Admiralty in the scenic spot has a net weight of 116 tons, which is the "world's largest bronze bell with external impact" listed in Guinness Book of World Records. The President of the World Buddha's Light Association and Master Xing Yun, the founder of Foguang Mountain in Taiwan Province, wrote "The World's No.1 Giant Buddha in the Central Plains" for the giant Buddha.

After passing the Fuquan Hotel where we stayed last night, we can see the glittering bronze statue of the Central Plains Giant Buddha on the top of the mountain in the distance. Last year, I visited the Lingshan Giant Buddha in Wuxi. The statue of Lingshan Giant Buddha was 88 meters high, together with the pedestal of 11.5 meters. At that time, I felt very shocked under the statue, but the statue here completely surpassed the Lingshan Giant Buddha. The single Buddha statue was 2 meters high and the pedestal was nearly 1 meters high, which was more than double that of Lingshan Giant Buddha as a whole. The title of "the best in the world" really deserved.

Wan Li is swallowed up by the Great Buddha Scenic Area in the Central Plains, which is magnificent, majestic and magnificent. A wide and straight road leads directly to the scenic spot, where you can see the stone archway, Buddha Spring Temple, Wish Heart Platform, Fuhui Avenue, Ritual Buddha Platform, Central Plains Giant Buddha and other landscapes. The plaque in the center of the stone archway in the scenic spot is "Blissful Mountain" inscribed by Zhao Puchu, the former president of Buddhism. There are no tickets here, just check your ID card. Enter the scenic spot, cross Shahe Bridge and enter Foquan Temple. Almost the same as the general Buddhist temples, Foquan Temple is also three entrances, followed by Tianwang Hall and Daxiong Hall. According to reports, the Foquan Temple was built in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, with a history of more than 1,3 years. According to legend, in the early years of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong had a dream at night, and saw the Buddha standing at the foot of Yuzhen Mountain in Zhongzhou, sprinkling nectar for all the living beings in Tang Chi. It was a shock, and he knew the Buddha's enlightenment, that is, drawing pictures according to dreams and ordering people to look for it in the Central Plains. Since the west of Lushan County, I went through the soup, entered the middle soup, and found the soup. Seeing that the terrain here is consistent with the map, I built a temple in find holes in front of the mountain. There are hot springs on the south bank of Shahe River in front of the temple all year round. The water quality is excellent, the water temperature is suitable, it is rich in minerals, and it treats all diseases well. The locals call it "Buddha Spring", hence the name of the Buddha Spring Temple.

After climbing more than ten steps from the back of Foquan Temple, it is the platform of the Central Plains Buddha. Looking from here, above the towering steps, there is a towering statue of the giant Buddha. Climbing the statue square, * * * has 432 steps. Under the scorching sun at noon, we climbed up step by step, and soon we were sweating like rain. At this time, I regret the arrangement in the morning. If I visit here around 8: a.m., I can avoid the heat and suffering. In the scorching sun and dripping with sweat, we panted up the 432 steps and came to the Giant Buddha Square. In the center of the square is a huge circular Buddha-worshipping platform, and behind it is the Giant Buddha in the Central Plains, which is located on the King Kong and Lotus seats. The Buddha statue is solemn, lofty and towering, overlooking the mountains. Surrounded by mountain peaks, the water flows in the first four seasons of the Buddha, the mountains are magnificent, and the purple gas comes from the clouds to the east, overlooking the sacred land of Buddhism. Regrettably, the giant Buddha is currently under repair and cannot be visited, so we can only look at the giant Buddha from a distance.

It took only one hour to visit the Giant Buddha. At 14: , we left for chaya mountain Scenic Spot in suiping county, Zhumadian City. The navigation distance is 27 kilometers, and it is already late to arrive at the scenic spot at 16: 1. With the idea of giving it a try, we came to the entrance of the scenic spot to ask whether the staff could still visit. If the staff answered quickly, it was not too late, so we immediately bought tickets to enter the scenic spot.

chaya mountain was developed in 24, also known as Linglong Mountain and Xianyou Mountain. It is located in suiping county, Zhumadian City, 4 kilometers south of Zhumadian City, with an area of 5 square kilometers and an average elevation of 6 meters. Regardless of the height and scope, chaya mountain Scenic Area is very small, but it is characterized by its small size and exquisite beauty, and it is known as the "Central Plains Bonsai". Chaya mountain is the remaining vein of the eastern edge of Funiu, with Honey Mountain, Nanshan Mountain, Beishan Mountain, Huaguo Mountain and Liufeng Mountain connected. Xiumi Lake, Biwa Lake, Baihua Lake and Tianmo Lake are distributed among them, with more than 3 scenic spots such as peaks, caves, sheds and stones. Chaya mountain is a granite-shaped landform area, which was formed in Yanshan orogeny from the end of Triassic to Cretaceous. In 24, chaya mountain was listed as a national geological park.

when you enter chaya mountain scenic spot, the first thing you see is the bronze statue of four disciples of Tang Priest on the Journey to the West at the entrance of the scenic spot. The staff of the scenic spot said: "Without chaya mountain, there would be no The Journey to the West", and chaya mountain is closely related to the culture of westward journey, with a long history. It is said that Xuanzang, a famous monk, practiced in chaya mountain in his early days. His first disciple Daoquan and his third disciple Daoquan were both from chaya mountain. Wu/Cheng/En traveled long distances to avoid disasters, passing through chaya mountain, and drew inspiration from chaya mountain stone monkeys, sleeping Tang Priest, drunken Bajie, black wind tunnel and other strange stone landscapes, and created a masterpiece The Journey to the West. In 1998, CCTV filmed the TV series The Journey to the West with chaya mountain as the location. As early as 1944 before liberation, chaya mountain was used as an anti-Japanese base area, where the New Fourth Army and the Henan Guerrilla Independent Corps fought. After liberation, on April 2, 1958, chaya mountain established the first people's commune in China-chaya mountain Satellite People's Commune, which is also the second people's commune in the world after the Paris Commune. Later, Mao/Chairman/Xi also visited the chaya mountain Satellite People's Commune. Before coming, we didn't make a strategy. After listening to the introduction, we realized that chaya mountain had such a glorious history. It was really a windfall of this trip.

We walked along the scenic road through the sparkling Xiumi Lake, and there were people holding horses in a square. We thought we could ride up the mountain to save time and energy, just for the experience. Go all the way along Shiban Road in the scenic spot. On both sides, there are peaks like bonsai in chaya mountain, with jagged rocks, jagged arrays and stacked rocks. Chaya mountain, Baiyun Mountain and Yaoshan Mountain both belong to the Funiu Mountain Range, but the mountain shape and rock quality of chaya mountain are completely different from the former two. The first two are towering mountains, towering walls, tall and handsome, and full of weather, but here are like artifacts played by the creator. Stones with different shapes are smooth as eggs and piled up at will. There is no vegetation on the boulders, and green plants can only grow in the cracks of the boulders. While moving forward with emotion, I couldn't help admiring chaya mountain's greatness and strangeness. All the way through the Black Wind Tunnel, Wuzhuangguan and Baogong Temple, I came to the Journey to the West Sculpture Park in the rugged rocks, but it is being renovated and not open. Continue to go up, seeing that it is only 85 meters away from the peak Phoenix Terrace, I can't help but increase my confidence and speed up my progress. The more you go up, the steeper the mountain is. You must use your hands and feet at the most dangerous place to hold on to the chain so as not to fall down the mountain, while you must walk sideways at the narrowest place. Moreover, the shape of the strange stone on the mountain becomes more and more peculiar. The "No.1 monkey in the world" is made up of two huge stones, much like the liu er macaque in MengMeng. It is reported that this is the most famous pictographic stone in chaya mountain, and it is the prototype of the birth of the Monkey King in The Journey to the West. "Flying Stone" is the most visually impactful picture in The Journey to the West's first article. A smooth and irregular boulder, like flying from outer space, is suddenly stuck in the cliffs on both sides, which is incredible and amazing.

at 17: 4, it took us about 9 minutes to reach the peak of chaya mountain-Phoenix Tower. There is a cliff slide here, which leads to the sky drifting halfway, and then you can take a drifting boat directly to the bottom of the mountain. Today, mountaineering has consumed a lot of physical strength, so we don't hesitate to participate in every project that can save physical strength. The slide was supposed to get off work at 17: 3, but we got here before the staff went down the mountain, and the staff allowed us to take the slide down. Today, I have taken six slides, this is the seventh time and the coolest one. Both sides of the slide here are made of tempered glass, and there is no obstacle in the middle, hundreds of meters.