Brief introduction of Songmingyan natural scenic spot in Linxia

Songmingyan natural scenic spot in Linxia, Gansu Province is a characteristic scenic spot with extremely beautiful natural landscape. Everyone can feel the throbbing and moving from the depths of the soul here, and you will get more predictable and unknown pictures. Here is a specific strategy guide.

Songmingyan Natural Scenic Area in Linxia, Gansu, is 0/34 km away from Lanzhou/KLOC.

The scenery here is beautiful, and the peaks are green all year round. Pines and cypresses that have grown for seven or eight hundred years stretch out into the clouds. The temples in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty were built on cliffs, bearing a long history and culture.

The winding wooden steps and plank roads are steep and safe, and the breeze on the mountain is cool and comfortable. Summer is a good place for summer vacation and mountain climbing.

The scenic spot consists of three peaks: the top of the west, the south without a platform, and the Jiguan Peak. It is as abrupt and straight as a pen. According to legend, Ma Liang always left the magic pen here after painting, so this mountain is also called "Bijia Mountain". There are many scenic spots, and there is a footbridge on the cliff of Nanwutai, which is called "footbridge" because of its precipitousness.

Between the cliffs above the "overpass", there is a grotesque masson pine named "Chang". Tens of meters north of the "Tianqiao" is the scenic spot of "first-line sky". To the south of the word "looking up to heaven" is Tianyang Pool. The pool water oozes from the cliff, crystal clear and inexhaustible all year round.

In Songmingyan Kannonji, there is also a very strange landscape-Shenquan. According to legend, this spring is melted by the nectar in the pure jade bottle of Guanyin Bodhisattva, seeping from the lotus throne, overflowing, endlessly drying up and the water quality is clear. Drink it, then make a wish to drive away all diseases and nourish the soul. For hundreds of years, people have been competing to drink, and many followers have followed suit.

In addition, there are some scenic spots in Songmingyan Scenic Area, such as the clock of the secluded temple, the beauty of worshipping the temple, the majestic posture of the main hall, the Songming Waterfall, the birds flying towards the phoenix, the well-off home, the Yuanyang Lake, the Songming Tower, the couple tree and so on. Yansong National Forest Park is the largest virgin forest in Linxia Prefecture. There are many kinds of Gu Song here, each with its own merits. Some are as proud as peacocks, some soar like birds of prey, some are pine trees like gourds, some are solitary pine trees that welcome guests, some are sad and touching concentric pine trees, some are criss-crossing roots, and some even embrace each other. There are also strange landscapes such as the thousand Buddha hands with epiphany, the Millennium canopy and the towering Optimus Prime. Spruce, fir and masson pine are all over Shan Ye, where ancient trees are towering and evergreen all the year round. Therefore, it is known as the "Emerald Beauty" and ranks first among the "Eight Scenes of Ninghe River". In the spring of March, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, and the water is flowing; In the hot summer, there are dense trees and breezes; 10, red flowers are everywhere, and the forest is completely dyed. In the cold winter, the snow-capped mountains and pine trees here complement each other!

According to documents, Songming Rock Buddhist Temple was founded in the second year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1404- 1437). Liu Zhao, Governor of Hezhou, donated money and called on the people to donate money for restoration. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Daxiong Hall, the Second Hall, the Third Hall, the Jade Emperor Pavilion, Notre Dame, Nanwutai and Xifeng were built one after another, and most of them were destroyed by war. Eighteen years of the Republic of China. From 65438 to 0985, with the implementation of the religious policy, local people donated money to rebuild the ancient buildings such as Daxiong Hall, Governor's Mansion, Shanmen, Huangyuge and Niangniang Hall in the original site, and Buddhist activities became increasingly popular. Moreover, the liquid on these buildings fully shows the unique charm of Hezhou woodcarving and painting, and has been included in the intangible cultural heritage protection list. One of the former leaders of Gannan peasant uprising, revolutionary martyr Ri Baffo once sat on the bed in Songmingyan and shaved his head. In recent years, the Linxia Municipal Party Committee and the state government listed Song as a patriot.

It is the inheritance base of China and political "flowers", and Songmingyan is the birthplace of Hezhou "flowers". Whenever wild peonies are in full bloom, tourists and floral singers from all over the world gather here to sing peony and youth, hence the name "Longhua Grand Meeting". The poet Qi said in a poem: "I also swam the Longhua Conference, and the peony flower song swam alone." Yansonghua Festival, commonly known as "April 8th Flower Festival". It began in Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. Every year from April 26th to April 28th, people from all over the country will go to Songmingyan to hold a grand Longhua activity. April 28th is the climax of the Flower Festival, so Songmingyan is commonly known as "April 8th". "The old monk holds a new Buddha bath, and 8,000 women sing peony" is a true portrayal of the grand occasion of Songming Yanhua Festival. In 2007, Ma Jinshan, a folk coloratura singer in our county, was awarded the title of inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage (Songming Rock Flower) by the Ministry of Culture.

Songmingyan Scenic Area was named as a national forest park by the Ministry of Forestry in 1992, a provincial scenic spot by the Gansu provincial government in 2000, and a China flower heritage base by China Minsheng Association 10 in 2004. From June, 5438 to February, 2005, Songming Rock Flower Festival was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage protection list by the Ministry of Culture. In February, 2005, Songming Rock was rated as a national AAAA tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration.

Address: Taizishan Forest Area, 25km south of Hezheng County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province.

Type: Forest Mountain

Grade: AAAA

Playing time: 3-4 hours is recommended.

Tel: 0930-558038 1

Official website:/

Opening hours:

8:30- 16:30

Ticket information:

Retail price: 50.0 yuan.