Tourism development in Zishan, Handan

Relying on this historical and cultural resource, Handan County has invested a total of 20 million yuan in order to host this grand event with high standards to create a cultural scenic spot with strong Ma family cultural characteristics and complete tourism functions. Taking Ma's culture as the main axis, seeking roots and worshiping ancestors as the starting point, and following the theme of "heaven, earth, and man" in the overall planning layout, a sage square, a root-seeking cultural area, a spiritual purification area, an earth meditation area, a sacrificial area, and an ancestral hall are set up. District and other step-by-step root-seeking cultural places, mainly building Ma Clan Cultural Exhibition Hall, Ma Clan Hall of Fame, Ma Clan Ancestral Hall, Ma Clan Gongdebi, Ancestral Hall, etc., and building Jiangjun Mountain, Zishan Academy, Yubao Temple, Wang Qiao Cave, and Zifeng Twin Pagodas and other five scenic spots, making it the spiritual home and ancestor worship spot for the majority of Ma family members. The county invested 5 million yuan to renovate Zhao She's tomb and Zhao She's memorial square, built mountain landscapes such as Zifeng Pagoda, Jade Emperor Temple, and Mountain Gate. It invested 4.5 million yuan to build a rural tourist road from 309 to Zishan, and repaired Zishan. On the winding cement road from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, 1 million yuan was invested to lay stone steps from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain and the back mountain. 2 million yuan was invested in large-scale greening and afforestation. Five large reservoirs were built on the mountain to water the trees. . On this basis, a 400-meter-long and 6-meter-wide road from Zishan Road to Zhaoshe Square was paved. Large-scale construction machinery was used to fill and compact earthwork and slope protection in Zhaoshe Plaza, and stone panels were laid on the entire ground of the square. A 6,000-square-meter parking lot was built.

Follow the cement road from Chenyao Village to Zishan to the parking lot at the foot of the mountain. Looking up from the valley, you will see 5 trapezoidal stepped squares built along the mountain with a total area of ??9730 square meters and can accommodate 5,000 people held the ceremony at the same time, which was also the centerpiece of this festival. On the 1,564-square-meter platform on the highest floor in the west, a 10-meter-high statue of Zhao She made of red stone is lifelike. The majestic and towering statue of Zhao She is wearing armor and holding a bamboo slip, gazing at Handan City, seeming to be witnessing the prosperity and development of Handan. With this as the center, it forms a fan shape and expands eastward according to the terrain. From the sacrificial square to the north, climb the "herringbone"-shaped main mountain road steps with a total length of 335 meters and 459 main steps to reach Zhao She's Tomb Square directly. The square is semicircular and is entirely surrounded by white marble railings. In the center of the square is the 8.46-meter-high tombstone of Zhao She. Along the roaming path in the northwest corner of Zhao She’s tomb square, you can visit the Jade Emperor Temple and Zifeng Pagoda at the highest point of Zishan. Attractions.

At the same time, the county also used this event to build a green landscape and ecological leisure tourism brand. Thousand-headed chrysanthemums, fire cabinets and other seedlings decorate the purple mountain with greenery, and the forest coverage rate reaches more than 90%. Since then, the county has carried out greening and replanting on Zishan. More than 2,000 junipers were planted on the hillside behind Zhaoshe's tomb, and more than ten 5-meter-high pine trees were replanted in the square of Zhaoshe's tomb. 180,000 jujubes were grafted onto Zishan. A total of 62,000 trees were replanted in the 100-meter-wide forest belt on both sides of the mountain road and Zhao Wangling Road. A cultural purple mountain and a green purple mountain will be well-dressed to welcome Ma family guests at home and abroad.

It is reported that the descendants of the Ma family are now distributed in 22 countries and regions around the world. The World Ma Family Friendship Conference is an international grand gathering for family members of the Ma family to conduct family ties, friendship and exchanges. Held every two years, the first four sessions were held in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Leping City, Jiangxi Province, my country. It is expected that more than 600 relatives of the Ma family will come to Han to participate in the fifth Qinqin Conference and go to Zishan to trace their roots and worship their ancestors. In history, Purple Mountain is very famous and has many records in history books. During the Warring States Period, Zhao She, the general of the State of Zhao, made outstanding achievements in resisting the invasion of the Qin army, and was given the title Ma Fujun. After his death, he was buried in Zijin Mountain and was renamed Mafu Mountain. In the sixth year of Tang Tianbao's reign, it was renamed Zhuyi Mountain. "Book of Wei Geography" and "Unification of the Qing Dynasty" are both recorded as Zishan. "Purple Mountain is the birthplace of Handi". The ancient capital of Zhao was surrounded by Purple Mountain in the west and Fushui in the east. It was home to outstanding people and talented people, and was inspired by the aura of Purple Mountain. There is a poem that goes, "The ancient capital spreads its purple spirit, and the sages from the countryside come out in large numbers to compete for glory."

Historical documents about Zishan: 1. "Fifty-six volumes of Cizhou" in "Taiping Huanyu Ji" (written by Song Yueshi) records that "Zishan is located 30 years east of the county (Wuan County) In the sixth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (AD 747), it was renamed Zhuyi Mountain. There is water flowing northward at the foot of the mountain, and there is a fish named Zhuyi Carp in it. Its scales are like gold and its intestines are like Zhu." At the same time, it is also recorded that "Zhao She's tomb is located ten miles northwest of the county (Handan County)".

2. "Topographic Records 2 Guangping County" of "Book of Wei" (compiled by Wei Shou of the Northern Qi Dynasty) records that "Handan belonged to the State of Zhao in the Han Dynasty, then to the Jin State, and later to the Wei State. In the sixth year of Zhenjun's reign It belongs to "Purple Mountain".

3. "Volume 30·Zhi 25·Geography" of "Book of Sui" (written by Wei Zheng of Tang Dynasty) records, "Handan was abolished by the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In the 16th year of Kaihuang's reign, Zhixiang was restored. In the early days of Daye, Linming was formerly known as Yiyang. After the Qi Dynasty, it was transferred to Xiangguo County and was changed to Yiyang County in the later Zhou Dynasty. In the year Handan was renamed Linming, the county was abolished at the beginning of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, and there were Zishan, Goushan and Tashan."

4. "Biography No. 51" of "History of the Yuan Dynasty" (written by Wang Lian of Ming and Song Dynasties) records that "Wang Xun, named Jingfu, was a native of Tang County, Zhongshan. His father was a good man, and he was Zhongshan Prefecture in the late Jin Dynasty. At that time, after the people were in chaos, most of them were imprisoned for false accusations. Hundreds of people before and after Liang gave up their official careers and devoted themselves to the study of Yiluo and astronomy. He died at the age of ninety-two. Xun Xingying was enlightened when he was three years old. His family taught him to read "Gui" and he knew the two characters "Feng" and "Ding". Counting, you can always make the most of it.

In the year of Jiyou, Taibao Liu Bingzhong went north and passed through Zhongshan. He was surprised by what he saw. He returned south and learned from Bingzhong at Zijin Mountain in Ci." (After investigation, "Ci" here refers to Cizhou. Today's Ci County was called Cizhou in ancient times).

5. "The Thirty-Five Volumes of Guangping Mansion" of "The Unification of the Qing Dynasty" records, "Purple Mountain is in the northwest of Handan County. According to "Book of Wei Topography", there are purple mountains in Handan. According to "Sui Shu·Geography", there is Zishan in Linming. "Huanyu Ji" and "Sui Tujing" say: Purple Mountain is full of vitality in spring and summer. There are rocks at the foot of the mountain, calamus has nine knots an inch on the rocks, and there are purple quartz between the rocks. Old ambitions, thirty miles northwest of Handan County, there is a towering mountain called Mafu Mountain, above which there is Zhao Shezhong and Wang Qiao Cave." On the occasion of celebrating the 91st anniversary of the founding of the Party and the successful convening of the 18th National Congress of the Party, 6 On the morning of July 26th, the "Purple Mountain Singing·Happy Handan" - Handan County Celebration "July 1" literary and art concert hosted by the County Party Committee and County Government and undertaken by the County Party Committee Propaganda Department was grandly staged in Zishan Scenic Area. This is the second "'Harvest Music' After the "Peasant Cantata Competition", our county held another large-scale cultural activity to celebrate July 1st. Municipal leaders Jia Yongqing, Wu Shizhou, Dong Qingmin, Hou Huamei, Hu Mengling; county leaders Zhang Chenliang, Liang Zhenjiang, Zhang Jianrong, Liu Xingmin and more than a thousand people Cadres and the masses watched the grand performance together.

County Party Committee Secretary Zhang Chenliang delivered a welcome speech. He said that on the occasion of celebrating the 91st anniversary of the founding of the Party and the successful convening of the 18th National Congress of the Party, we held a grand ceremony in Zishan Scenic Area. "Purple Mountain Sings for Happy Handan" large-scale theatrical concert is not only a grand event for the whole county to enthusiastically eulogize the party's great achievements and express their infinite loyalty and love for the party, but also a grand event for the county party committee and the county government to comprehensively develop Zishan and dig deep into Zishan in accordance with the requirements of the municipal party committee. It is an important measure to promote culture, show the style of Zishan, and enhance the reputation of Zishan. It aims to integrate the deep love of the people for the party with the beautiful scenery and wonderful songs and dances. In the passionate melody and enthusiastic singing, it further Express everyone's love for our great motherland, beautiful hometown and happy life, fully inspire the whole county to build a beautiful home and create a harmonious society, and devote themselves to the world with a higher morale and a first-class spirit. In the practice of accelerating development, we will make every effort to write a new chapter in promoting the leap-forward development of county economic and social transformation, present more outstanding achievements to the 91st anniversary of the founding of the Party, and welcome the successful convening of the 18th National Congress of the Party.

7 am! :30, with the sonorous and powerful drumbeat of the opening drum "Five Thousand Years of Drumming", the concert kicked off with "Singing in the Purple Mountains", "Heavenly Road", "Chairman Mao's Words in Mind", "Into the New". 20 programs including "Times" and "Song of the Yangtze River" were all staged. The performances reached climax one after another. The actors on the stage performed passionately, and the audience was crowded with people and applauded. During the period, the stunt show "The Dragon Soared" was even more sensational. In the audience, a giant "flying dragon" soared out from the stage and circled in the air, indicating that Handan County would take off again, symbolizing the rapid development of various undertakings in the county. Finally, the audience stood up and sang "Handan County" together. "Singing the Motherland", the performance came to a successful conclusion. The "2011 Fourth Zishan Hill Climb Race" was held grandly in Zishan, a scenic spot in Handan County. More than 300 cyclists and athletes chased each other, climbing and cycling around Zishan. .

On that day, more than 300 players from Handan, Xingtai, Shijiazhuang, Anyang, Xinji and other places gathered at the foot of Zishan to enjoy tourism and happy life during the competition. The competitions for the men's young adult group, women's group, and elderly group include hiking and mountain climbing. The purpose is to promote low-carbon and environmentally friendly travel methods, and promote sports and happy cycling for all. This event has been held in Zishan for three consecutive years. The results of each group in this competition have refreshed the records of the previous three events. Zishan has become the first choice for cycling enthusiasts. Next, the county will make the event bigger and stronger, and strive to turn the track into an international track to attract more cycling enthusiasts and tourists.