Tourism resources in Tuojiang Town

Tuojiang Town is a tourist attraction in the county. Among them, four of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Jianghua" including Hanting Warm Valley, Langshi Qingliu, Yanghua Rock, and Strange Beast Xuming are located in the town; The world's rare original woodland community of Jiulongjing; there are cultural relics and historic sites such as Zhishan Temple and Lingyun Pagoda, which were built in the fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1576); and there are unique historical and cultural customs of the Yao people, which provide rich opportunities for accelerating the development of the tertiary industry. Tourism resources.

Tuojiang is a treasure land with a long history and outstanding people. The rich history and culture complement each other with the beautiful mountains and rivers. There are many outstanding people in Yaoshan, including martyr Chen Weiren and martyr Su Yi who were early members of the Communist Party of China, representatives of the three major representatives of the Communist Party of China, former secretary of the Manchuria Provincial Party Committee, and the main person in charge of the Central Library. Tuojiang Town, the county seat of Jianghua, has a history of nearly 550 years, and its territory is picturesque and beautiful.

Panwang Hall: Panwang is the ancestor of the Yao people. The Yao people build Panwang Hall wherever they go to commemorate their ancestors. Panwang Hall is located in the scenic Pingtouyan Park. It faces south and is a concrete antique-style building. After getting off the car at the spacious parking lot, you will enter the 8.9-meter-high Husheng Gate (inscribed by Zhao Tingguang (Yao ethnic group), vice chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference), with Yao family stilted buildings on both sides. Walking along the parquet cobblestone road and ascending the green stone steps one after another, you feel as if you have stepped into the long history of the Yao people. The further you go, the easier it is to see Pan Wang, the ancestor of the Yao people, smiling happily in the hall. We welcome you and talk with you about the long history of the Yao people. Then go up the stairs to the pavilion-style apse. From a distance, the entire Panwang Palace is well-proportioned, with red walls and glazed tiles, and is resplendent; from a closer look, it is majestic, simple, elegant, with carved beams and painted buildings, antique, and rich in national characteristics. It can be called the first palace of the Yao people in China.

Zhishan: Located in the east of Tuojiang Town, the county town, it stands on the bank of Xiaoshui River. "The cliffs imitate the sky, and the cliffs are flowing down." It is named because the shape of the mountain resembles the unicorn (Zhixie) in ancient legends. name. Climbing to the top of the mountain, approaching the pagoda, looking east to the distance, you can see the picturesque clouds and green peaks, looking to the west to have a panoramic view of the county town, looking to the south to see Feng (river) and Tuo (water) gathering in front of you, and looking to the north to see the river flowing calmly away; When you take a boat tour, you can see the reflection of the green water, the green mountains and white clouds, the red walls and glazed tiles of the ancient pagodas and temples, and the cornices echoing the modern cable-stayed cantilever bridge across the river. It can be said that the scenery here is uniquely beautiful. At the top of the mountain is Lingyun Tower, a provincial cultural relic protection unit. The Zhishan Temple at the foot of the mountain was built more than 400 years ago in the fourth year of Wanli (1576) in the Ming Dynasty. Zhishan Temple has two unique features. One is the architectural pattern of the integration of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Second, it is built in a rock crevice, which can be said to be embedded in the mountain of Zhishan. As the saying goes, "There is a Buddha in the mountain, and the Buddha is in the heart."

Foye Rock: Located in the Pu Chang Mountains at the entrance of Tuojiang Town, it is said that Jiang Shuixiong in the Song Dynasty had a good way to conquer the valley and became a Buddha by sitting on a rock, so it got its name. Dozens of ancient trees are scattered around the cave. The stone walls at the cave entrance are high, bushes are thick, and spring water flows out all year round. The entrance of the cave is about 1500 meters long. After entering the cave, there is a cave hall 500 meters away, about 30 meters high, with countless stone stalactites hanging on it. Stone flowers, stone flags, stone shields and stone tablets can be seen everywhere on the rock wall, with different moods. There are more than 20 scenic spots such as "Lotus Fairy Staircase", "Mushroom Cloud", "Stone Mantle Waterfall", "Cheetah Roar", and "Fushou Gate". There are many branch caves in the rock, forming a strange phenomenon of holes above the caves and holes under the caves.

Jiulongjing natural mulberry forest: located in Baizhuyuan Natural Village, Lianhuadi Village, five kilometers northeast of Tuojiang Town. This is a magical woodland. The total area is 8.5 acres, with 174 trees, the average diameter at breast height is 24.7cm, the tree height is 7.6m, and the average tree age is 500 years. The maximum diameter at breast height is 48.4cm, the tree height is 12m, and the tree is over 1,000 years old. According to inspections, it is rare to find an ancient eucalyptus forest community with a structure like this community in Hunan Province and even across the country. In particular, the community is dotted with a thousand-year-old camphor tree with a diameter at breast height of 17.8m, a tree height of 20m, and a crown width of 18×16m2. A sweet clear spring (the origin of Jiulong Spring) gushes out from the root of the trunk, making it a perfect place for tourism and summer vacation.

Yanghuayan: Located at the foot of the mountain in Zhuyuanzhai Village, five kilometers east of the county. The mouth of the rock opens to the east, and there are rugged rocks in the cave. Under the rock, a clear spring flows out from the cracks in the rocks, and the spring is crystal clear. Because of the scenic beauty, literati from past dynasties left more than 40 poems and inscriptions on the rock wall. The most famous among them is the stone carving of "Yanghua Rock Inscription (In Order)". This was written by Yuan Jie, a great writer of the Tang Dynasty, when he visited Yanghuayan in 766 AD when he was the governor of Daozhou. In the article, he praised: "I have been traveling in the mountains and forests for decades, and I have seen springs and rocks that are as different as Yanghua and can be home." "He also said: "Nine doubts and ten thousand peaks are not as good as Yanghua." The inscription was written on the rock wall by Qu Lingwen, a famous calligrapher who was the magistrate of Jianghua County at the time, using official script, small seal script and large seal script. Because of its unique scenery, poems and characters, it has been famous for more than 1,200 years. It is now the only provincial cultural relic protection unit in Jianghua County. Speaking of Yanghuayan, we must mention "Holy Water Tofu Pills". Tofu balls are also called tofu stuffed and tofu balls. The ingredients are well selected, the production is fine, the color is fresh and delicious, tender and delicious. The preparation method is to chop the meat into fine pieces, mix it with chives, sesame oil, refined salt, MSG, etc., first make a filling, then put it in the middle of fresh tofu with holes, and then put it in the pot and simmer until it is cooked. The tofu ground from the "holy water" in the Immortal Rock in Zhuyuanzhai, Tuojiang Town is the best and is famous in the south of the Yangtze River. This is where Yaojia Shiba Niang, a unique snack in Yao Township, comes from.