What's interesting about Huating?

Shigong Temple in Mingdong of Northern Wei Dynasty

Shigong Temple was built in the late Northern Wei Dynasty (A.D. 386-534) with a history of 1600 years. In 20 13, among the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units approved and announced by the State Council, the Shangguan Shigong Temple Grottoes in Huating County were impressively listed in the national treasure list. Grottoes were dug in the first year of Yanchang in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 5 12). Grottoes are distributed on sandstone cliffs about 120 meters long from east to west, and there are 65438+ existing grottoes. 198 1 year, Gansu provincial people's government announced it as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. Build a cement plank road with a height of 4 meters and a length of 36 meters for tourists to visit telephone poles. The Shitong Temple Grottoes in Huating, Northern Wei Dynasty, which were excavated more than 0/400 years ago, are famous for their long history and exquisite Buddhist sculpture art in Longshang and even in the northwest, and can be called a wonderful work of historical archaeology and cultural tourism.

Forts and mountains

Guanshan scenic tourist area is a provincial key nature reserve. Guanshan, also known as "Longshan". It is the southern section of the Liupanshan system called "high mountain" in Shan Hai Jing. Among them, Ma 'an Canyon is divided into two tributaries, Dalongshan in the west and Xiaolongshan in the east. Xiaolongshan starts from Zhongzuiliang at the junction of Huating and Jingyuan in Ningxia in the north, and ends on the hillside of Hailong Mountain in Shangguan Township in the south. In Huating County, it is 32.8 kilometers long, with an altitude of 1500-2500 meters, and the highest peak of Wutai Mountain is 2748 meters. In the Tang Dynasty, in order to prevent Tufan's invasion, a pass was set up along the mountain to guard it; It was also a strategic place to resist Xixia in Song Dynasty. It is a battleground for ancient military strategists, and its geographical location is very important. Hence the name "Guanshan".

Lianhuatai

Lianhuatai is located in Maxia Township, Huating County, 40 kilometers west of the county seat, with a scenic area of 1 18.8 square kilometers. Here, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and there are many species and rich cultural relics. These mountains are both north and south. Water has both the softness of the south of the Yangtze River and the beauty of the north. Mountains and water constitute unique natural landscapes such as strangeness, danger, preciseness, beauty and strangeness. Lianhuatai 1995 was approved by the provincial government as a provincial forest park.

Ankou ancient porcelain kiln

Ankouyao ceramic firing industry rose in the Tang Dynasty with a history of 1000 years. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, black porcelain "rusty flower" and celadon were mainly fired, and the technology gradually matured. In the Ming Dynasty, it was refined with the famous blue-and-white porcelain as the symbol, and achieved a qualitative leap in technology, thus becoming one of the famous kilns in China known as "Longshang Kiln" and reaching its peak.