What are the tourist attractions in Muyu Town, Hubei?

Muyu Town is located at the southern foothills of Shennongding, the highest peak in Central China, with an average altitude of 1,200 meters. As a provincial tourist resort, the town has famous places such as Shennongding, Shennongtan, Tianshengqiao, and Xiangxiyuan. The tourist attraction is an important node and tourist distribution center on Hubei's "Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Shennongjia, and Wudang Mountains" tourism golden line. It is the core part of the ecological and cultural tourism circle in western Hubei. It is the Shennongjia tourism reception service center and the "window" for the forest area to open to the outside world. ". It has been awarded the honorary title of "National Town with Beautiful Environment", "China Living Environment Model Award" and the first batch of "National Characteristic Landscape Tourism Town". In 2013, it won the honorary title of the first batch of National Sanitary Town in the country. \x0d\Important Attractions\x0d\Shennong Altar, Xiangxiyuan, Laojun Mountain, Shennongding, Jiuchong River, Xiaodangyang\x0d\\x0d\Shennong Altar\x0d\The legend of Emperor Yan, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, is spread in the Shennongjia Forest Area . In ancient times, "people had diseases and no medicine was known." Emperor Shen Nong and Yan Emperor "taste the nourishment of plants and trees, detect the nature of cold and warm, and know the meaning of monarch, minister, assistant, and envoy." They all tasted it orally and tried it personally, and encountered seventy poisons in one day. Or It is said that when Shen Nong tasted hundreds of herbs, he died hundreds of times in one day, and obtained three hundred and sixty things, which corresponded to the number of the heavens. Later generations often passed it down as a book, called "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" ("Tongzhi"). According to legend, Emperor Shennong Yan once led his people to this mountain to collect hundreds of medicines to save people from diseases. Because the mountains here are high and the cliffs are steep, Shennong had to build a frame to climb up, hence the name Shennongjia. According to the "Supplement to Historical Records": "The mother of Emperor Yan was called Nv Deng, and there was a daughter of the Wa family, who was a Shaodian concubine. She was inspired by the divine dragon and gave birth to Emperor Yan." Therefore, the "Xingshan County Chronicle" of the Qing Dynasty called this mountain "Shenlong Mountain". These beautiful and touching legends make the Shennongjia forest area full of magical mysteries. \x0d\In October 1997, the Shennong Altar was built here to commemorate the ancestor of the Chinese nation. \x0d\The Shennong Altar is divided into two altars: heaven and earth, built against the mountain. In the center of the Temple of Heaven stands a giant statue of Emperor Yan Shennong with the head of a bull. Under the Temple of Heaven is the Temple of Earth, with a square that can accommodate thousands of people. The large circle pattern in the square represents the sky; the square in the center of the circle represents the earth. In the square pattern, the colorful stones are arranged to represent the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. \x0d\Muyu Town\x0d\ At the front of the Temple of Earth Square, there are two 10-meter-high totem poles on both sides of the temple. The sculptures on the pillars are also cow heads. Behind the totem pole are two large reliefs, showing Shennong's great achievements in his life. There is an altar between the totem poles and the reliefs. The altar is completely set up according to the specifications of the ancient emperor's altar. The nine tripods and eight gui made of bronze are placed in the middle. The incense burner, incense table, golden bell and Dharma drum are arranged in front of the altar, which is solemn and solemn. \x0d\ There are 243 steps to go from the Temple of Earth to the Temple of Heaven. They are divided into five levels, from bottom to top. The first level is 9 steps, called "Mingjiu"; the remaining four levels are 72, 63, 54, and 45 steps in sequence. All are multiples of nine, called "dark nine". This "nine-five supreme" design implies Shennong's supreme status. \x0d\ Climb the 243 steps to the viewing platform in front of the statue of Shennong in the Temple of Heaven. Looking up at the statue of Shennong, with the head of an ox and the human body, its eyes are slightly closed, it is majestic and simple, as if it is quietly thinking about the universe. The statue has no base, and its body rises from the ground, with the blue sky above its head and colorful clouds covering its body. The statue of Shennong is 21 meters high and 35 meters wide, which adds up to 56 meters, symbolizing the prosperity of China's 56 ethnic groups and the prosperity of their descendants. \x0d\The Shennong Altar, standing among the green mountains, has now become a holy place for descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad to pay homage to their ancestors. \x0d\\x0d\Xiangxi Source\x0d\The Xiangxi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, originates in Shennongjia. It has Longkou River and Changfang River in the east; Muyu River, Dangyang River and Jiuchong River in the west. Here Xiangxiyuan refers to Xiyuan. Some underground rivers and springs gather into a clear and green deep pool. The water from the pool then flows through the forest and valley and flows into the Muyu River. The flow is 68.5 kilometers long. It merges into the Xihe River in Xingshan County and then flows into Xiangxi River. This deep green pool is the source of the famous Xiangxi River. It is said that the deep pool is the medicinal pool where Emperor Yan Shennong collected medicinal herbs. The water in the pool contains the essence of Shennong's hundreds of medicinal herbs and receives the aura of heaven, earth, sun and moon. The water is pure and sweet to drink. Around the source of Xiangxi, there are strange peaks, mist, clear springs, spectacular waterfalls, towering ancient trees, blooming mountain flowers, and the remains of ancient glaciers in the valleys. It is a place of beautiful forests and ravines. Lu Yu, the tea saint of the Tang Dynasty, called the source of Xiangxi. "The fourteenth spring in the world". Xu Chishen, a famous contemporary poet, was so moved by the scenery that he wrote the three characters "Xiangxiyuan". \x0d\Xiangxiyuan is located in Muyu Town. The total area of ??Xiangxiyuan tourist area is approximately 498.29 square kilometers. The main attractions include Xiangxiyuan, Shennong Altar, Laojun Mountain, Tiansheng Bridge, Motian Ridge, Stone Man Passing Seams, etc. \x0d\\x0d\Laojun Mountain\x0d\ Taishang Laojun, also known as Laozi, whose surname is Li Ming'er and whose courtesy name is Dan, was a native of Ku County, Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. There is indeed Laozi in history, a thinker in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Later, with the development of Taoism, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the title Taishang Laojun began to appear (see "Wei Shu? Shi Lao Zhi"). From then on, Taishang Laojun became the official Taoist honorific for Laozi. \x0d\It is said that Taishang Laojun once smelted elixirs for the Jade Emperor in Shennongjia and made farm tools for Emperor Yan of Shennong, so this place was called Laojun Mountain. Laojun Mountain is majestic and has many mountains. It can be reached by car or on foot from Muyu Town. It starts from Qingshigou in the east, Majiashan in the south, Dahongyan in the north, and Wugui Gorge in the west. It covers an area of ??60 square kilometers and the main peak is 2963 meters above sea level.

Mountain springs are widely spread here, which is the source of the Jiuchong River. The climate is cold, with frost in August and snow in October. People in the Qing Dynasty wrote a poem praising: "The Jiuchong River ends at Laojun Mountain, with green ravines and Jidie Bay, and the top is covered with frost. There are few people there, and it still seems to be called Hanguan." There is a peak named "Laojun Village" to the south of the main peak, with an altitude of 2893.7 meters. There was originally a Laojun Temple, which is said to be the place where Taishang Laojun rested. Now this temple has been destroyed, with only ruins remaining. \x0d\Laojun Mountain is rich in biological resources, and rare trees and rare medicinal materials can be found everywhere in the mountain. There are also many exotic animals, such as golden monkeys, macaques, leopards, wild boars, black bears, white bears, white deer, white snakes, etc. There are also records of the discovery of "savage" footprints\x0d\Shennongjia Muyu Town\x0d\, such as "Xingshan County Chronicles" of the Qing Dynasty " records: "There is Laojun Temple on the mountain, and there are adult footprints beside the temple, one foot long and six inches wide." \x0d\ At the foot of Laojun Mountain, there is Tiansheng Bridge at an altitude of 1,800 meters. Under a stone mountain that looks like a dragon's head, there is a hole that is 17 meters high and 10 meters deep. The top of the hole is 4 meters wide and the bottom is 5 meters wide. The Huangyan River flows through the hole. The stone mountain looks like a bridge spanning the east and west banks of the Huangyan River. It is majestic. It is so spectacular that it is not artificially excavated, so it is named "Tiantian Bridge". Tianshengqiao is surrounded by mountains, lush trees, waterfalls pouring down from the cliffs, jade beads splashing, the water in the pool is crystal clear, and the strange rocks in the pool are in various shapes. \x0d\There is also a cave on the Yijiapo Mountain northeast of the bridge at an altitude of about 1,500 meters on the mountainside. In winter, the cave is warm and warm, but in summer, it is cold and frozen. The ice on the cave wall forms various crystal patterns, which is so beautiful. Because the temperatures inside and outside the cave are completely opposite, it is named "Hot and Cold Cave". \x0d\\x0d\Shennongding\x0d\The Shennongjia forest area generally has an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, and there are six peaks exceeding 3,000 meters. The main peak, Shennongding, is 3,105.5 meters tall. Shennongding is worthy of the title of "The First Peak in Central China". It has frost and snow half the year, and the alpine scenery is fascinating. The Great Shennongjia Peak, which is far away from Shennongding, is 3,053 meters above sea level. It has strange peaks and rocks, exposed trees, and meandering cypresses inserted into the horizontal seams of the rocks. Shennongding and Shennongjia, two peaks facing each other, are majestic. The surrounding clouds and fog are rolling, the mountains are winding, the green waves are surging into the sky, and the blue waves are rolling. It is very spectacular. \x0d\The unique geographical location and complex and diverse climate types around Shennongding preserve a perfect subtropical forest ecosystem. There is a lush and beautiful forest world here, with a variety of animals and insects. Here you can see vegetation types and a large number of older species that have been basically formed since the Tertiary Period. You can see that as the altitude increases, the tree layer and herb layer , band spectrum of vertical distribution of shrub layer. For example, in Honghuaying, on the lush green meadows all over the mountains, among the green arrow bamboo forests, fir trees stand proudly in the sky, with whirling branches, dark green and green. Next to the firs, clusters of woody azaleas are in full bloom, red and yellow. , white, purple, colorful and dazzling; below Honghuaying, there is a forest belt of mixed coniferous forest and deciduous broad-leaved forest. Between the vast expanse of blue waves, there are thousands of purples and reds, charming and beautiful; while above Honghuaying, the altitude is more than At 3000 meters, there are only exposed rocks and no trees. Even insects rarely visit, and the scene of the prehistoric era is well preserved. Everything here has made it the most representative natural landscape area. It is called an "irreplaceable world-class monopoly tourism resource" by relevant experts. It is known as a "green treasure house", "plant gene bank" and "natural zoo". ", "Hundred Herb Garden", "Sanctuary for endangered animals and plants". \x0d\There are many famous tourist attractions around Shennongding due to geological wonders. For example, Scenery Ya on the west side of Shennongding, also known as Badong Ya, has an altitude of more than 2,700 meters. The peaks are amazing, the valleys are beautiful, and the sky is green and green. There is a thousand-meter-deep canyon at the bottom of the south slope. After thousands of years of wind and frost, from the bottom of the valley to the top of the valley, there are many strange rocks, like pillars and bamboo shoots, lush trees, beautiful and quiet, mist, clouds and waterfalls, changing. It is unpredictable and is known as the "stone forest, clouds and rain" landscape. Others include Banbiyan where savages often hang out, Golden Monkey Ridge where golden monkeys mainly roam, and the majestic Nantianmen with beautiful scenery, etc. \x0d\\x0d\Jiuchong River\x0d\Jiuchong River originates from Laojun Mountain in Shennongjia, and flows downstream into Xiangxi River through Xingshan County. Although its total length is only more than 20 kilometers, due to the huge difference in altitude, there are dozens of large and small waterfalls. The Jiuchong River has beautiful scenery, historical and cultural relics, and the integration of cultural and natural landscapes. It is an important tourist attraction in Shennongjia. It is said that at that time, the Green Forest Heroes were stationed in a fort on the bank of the Jiuchong River. The officers and soldiers launched nine charges before the fort was breached, and the Jiuchong River got its name. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Laiheng, the nephew of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, once led his troops to defend the Jiuchong River area and fought a bloody battle with the Qing army. Later, he was forced to retreat into the mountains of Shennongjia to deal with the enemy. There are now "crossing the Hungry Valley" and "Qingtian Pao". They are all commemorating the place names left by Li Laiheng. \x0d\There is Wuzhi Mountain on the east bank of Jiuchong River, which is like a giant palm holding up the sky, reaching into the sky, and its momentum is very spectacular. On the thumb, there are towering ancient trees and entwined ancient vines. After passing the stone-cut path of "Hukou Pass", there are strange pines on the dangerous peaks and cliffs, like dragons and hornets. There is a bridge between the index finger and the middle finger. Under the bridge is an abyss, and 50 meters above the bridge is the tip of the middle finger. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a temple on the top of the highest peak, called "Lingyun Temple". Standing on the tip of the middle finger, the ring finger and little finger are close at hand. The clouds and smoke are lingering under the feet, and the mountains are deep and green, which makes people relaxed and happy. Gao Tingbang, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising: "Five peaks are connected by sudden emerald green, and a giant hand opens up the world. Every time the sun and moon fly into the palm, clouds and smoke disappear from the bottom of the wrist. The immortals Ling and Han often join hands, and the jade girl holds flowers and smiles and pats her shoulders. Wild cranes If you want to move, you can't, there is a blue sky in the sky.

"\x0d\On the west bank of Jiuchong River, far opposite Wuzhi Mountain, there is a steep mountain ridge, shaped like a knife blade. On the cliff, Tianguan Temple was built in ancient times, so the mountain is called Miaoling. In the recess of the mountain cliff, there is still a There are three cliff-carved stone Buddha statues, the second one and the second one. They are dressed in heavenly clothes with sleeves, bare chest and abdomen, and sit on the lotus throne. They are the only cliff-carved stone Buddha statues found in Shennongjia\x0d\\x0d\Xiaodangyang\x0d. \Xiaodangyang is 6 kilometers north of Muyu Town. It is surrounded by mountains, lush trees, strange peaks and ridges, towering green trees, where the Muyu River and the Huangyan River merge to form the Dangyang River and go south leisurely. In addition to the Shennong Altar, there is also an ancient botanical garden that preserves many living plants of ancient relics, such as Davidia involucrata, Ginkgo biloba, fragrant fruit, Liriodendron tulipifera, and more than 100 kinds of rare Chinese herbal medicines, such as the one on the top of the head. Pearls, a bowl of water by the river, a pen by King Wen, a seven-leaf flower, etc. There are still many thousand-year-old trees surviving in the park, some with criss-cross branches, some with old age, some with tangled branches, and some with strong health. What is particularly eye-catching is the thousand-year-old hemlock cedar standing on the back hillside. It is 46 meters high and 7.5 meters wide. The tree body is covered with moss marks and is as strong as bronze. Blocking out the sky and the sun, it looks like a giant green tower. It has been planted throughout the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and has gathered thousands of years of wind and frost. There are old anecdotes about the ancient fir tree, which says that the ancients once dug holes in the tree at its base to seek blessings and avoid disasters. The statue of Shennong, Emperor Yan, was enshrined in it. Later, due to the vigorous growth of ancient fir trees, the tree holes were closed, and the golden statue was wrapped in the trunk. It is very magical \x0d\\x0d\Tiantian Bridge\x0d\Tiantian Bridge Scenic Area is located at the foot of Laojun Mountain. It is an eco-tourism area for leisure, fitness, and adventure that integrates strange caves, strange bridges, and strange waterfalls. The Tiansheng Bridge Scenic Area is 1,800 meters above sea level, with a total area of ??20 square kilometers. The Tiansheng Bridge Waterfall pours down from the cliff, like a Milky Way, with jade beads splashing. , displaying thousands of styles; the Tiantan and the Ditan are crystal clear, with various shapes of strange rocks and swarms of fish swimming freely, making you relaxed and happy. The fragrance is overflowing, so it is named Orchid Mountain. Orchid is one of the four gentlemen of flowers and belongs to the orchid family. According to statistics, there are more than 60 kinds of orchids in Shennongjia, including orchids, golden hairpins, gastrodia elata, and garlic. Types are divided into: subtropical, humid tropical and tropical orchids. Since Shennongjia has a subtropical monsoon climate, the majority of orchids are Hui orchids and spring orchids. They have elegant colors and fragrant fragrance, and have high ornamental value. I wonder if you should pay attention to the fragrance of flowers. No, there are some bamboo tubes hanging on some trees around the scenic area, where are the food prepared for the birds. Shennongjia is a kingdom of birds. There are more than 200 species of birds in existence. The more common ones include sunbirds, cuckoos, and auspicious birds. Birds (magpies), lovebirds (my brother Hui), lovebirds (Liang Shanbo, Zhu Yingtai), woodpeckers, etc. The woodpecker is known as the "forest doctor". A woodpecker can eat more than a hundred pests every day and protect more than 30 acres of forest. There have been no forest pests and diseases in Shennongjia for many years, and woodpeckers are indispensable. The waterfall flowing down from the rocks is like a splash of flowers, like a drum and a bamboo shoot, blending with the chirping of birds on both sides, like a canyon sonata.