Beautiful scenery, Yunzhou Reservoir!

Yunzhou Reservoir, located at Sheshenya Gorge, 2km north of Chicheng County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, is a large-sized reservoir in the upper reaches of Baihe River, the main tributary of Chaobai River, with a drainage area of 1,17 square kilometers and an accumulated investment of 31 million yuan. It is a comprehensive water control project integrating flood control, irrigation, development and fish farming.

The mountains in the basin are undulating, with the highest peak in the east at 221m and the highest peak in the west at 21m. The reservoir area is flat and fertile farmland on the floodplain. After the completion of the reservoir, 242.2 hectares of cultivated land were flooded, and then two villages with a population of 1215 were relocated. After 1973, more than 6 hectares of pine and cypress trees, more than 3 hectares of willow trees and 3 hectares of ornamental trees and flowers were planted along the coast of the reservoir area, forming a beautiful natural scenery.

the reservoir area has a wide water surface and is bordered by the vast Bashang grassland in the north. The dam site of the reservoir is called Dugumen in Shuijing Note, Longmen Cliff in Tang Dynasty, and Longmen Gorge in Qing Dynasty, commonly known as Sheshen Cliff. The cliff is 145 meters high, facing east and west, and it is a complete granite body. It is also called Erhu Mountain with two peaks facing each other, and the wall stands like a door. Baihe and the ancient post road pass by, which is the only way to go out of the fortress.

There are dozens of stone carvings in Yuan and Ming Dynasties such as "Three Throats" on the cliff, among which the four characters "Shuofang Barrier" inscribed by Sun Yuxian, the supervisor of Zhili, are as wide as houses and powerful. Sheshen Cliff is 5 meters long, and an ancient temple, Huguo Temple, which was built during the Ming Chenghua period (1465~1487), is located in the shade of green trees. There is the Lingzhen Temple at the foot of Jinge Mountain, 5 meters southwest of Sheshen Cliff. It was the street place of Qi Zhicheng, a disciple of Qiu Chuji, in the 1th year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty (125), and was named Yunxi Temple at that time. Qi Zhicheng has been penalizing for 1 years, and gained a reputation as a ruling and opposition party. Later, he was honored as a great master of Quanzhen religion, and there is a monument to the truth of Qi in the temple.