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Qingtian’s scenic spots

Qiansiyan Scenic Area

Qiansiyan Scenic Area was rated as a national AA-level tourist area in 2001. Located in Shankou Town, Qingtian County, about 7 kilometers away from the county seat, it is one of the three major group cities in Qingtian County. The valley runs east-west and is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The entrance faces south, and the mountain vegetation coverage rate reaches more than 90%. There are nearly 20 landscapes in the scenic area, including Qiansi Pool, Tianlai, Tianmen, Luohan Wall, Youyuan, Yin-Yang Bed, Frog Stone, Frog Cave, Qiansi Bridge, and Qiansi Temple. Among them, the Qiansi Waterfall is the most distinctive, with a drop of about 28 meters. The protruding rock at the entrance of the waterfall divides into two streams of water. It flows down from a high place and hits the mountain rocks, forming thousands of strands, so it is called "Qiansi Waterfall". Qiansi Waterfall flows straight down to form Qiansi Pool, with an average depth of about 2 meters and an area of ??about 200 square meters. It is semicircular in shape. The water quality reaches the national first-class drinking water standard. Close to the east side of Qiansi Waterfall are Tianmen Ridge and Luohan Wall. The Tianmen consists of the Heavenly Ladder and the Heavenly Gate. The Heavenly Ladder is as steep as a vertical ladder, with 148 steps. The Heavenly Gate is narrow enough for one person to pass sideways. The Arhat Wall is about 150 meters high and 120 meters wide. There are eighteen Arhat statues standing on the waist of the rock wall with different expressions. They were carved from granite by the art master Lin Yaoguang. The Qiansi Temple Group includes Guanyin Pavilion, Hu Gong Temple and Mazu Temple Group, with different buildings, vividly reflecting Qingtian Stone. Youyuan consists of two parts, distributed on both sides of Xiaopingkeng, Zuiyuan in the east and Guihuayuan in the west, covering a total area of ??1,000 square meters. Next to the Zuiyuan Garden of Yinyue Pond, there is Zilai Cave, which is formed by a pile of stones on the mountain. The strange mountains, rocks and waters here, coupled with the people's superb carving skills, are integrated with the natural landscape.

Thousands of rocks belong to granite lithology. During the uplift of the Mesozoic crust, the geology was fractured. The mountains were controlled by tensional fault zones, mutually repelling fractures and causing faults. Water flow eroded along the fault plane for a long time. Due to the landform development and geological fractures in Qiansitan, the mountain is controlled by tensional fault zones, which repel each other and cause faults. Under the long-term erosion of running water, over time, water pours along the fault plane to form a waterfall landscape.

The three characters "Qiansiyan" at the entrance of Qiansiyan Scenic Area were inscribed by the nationally famous calligrapher Mr. Sha Menghai, and the three characters "Arhat Wall" were inscribed in the scenic area by Zhao Puchu, the president of the National Buddhist Association.

Shimen Cave

Shimen Cave Scenic Area is located in Qingtian County in south-central Zhejiang. It is located in the middle section of the Jinli Wenqi Mountain and Xiushui Tourist Line, and is 50 meters away from one of the three major tourism network centers in Zhejiang Province. Wenzhou City is only 86 kilometers away, 31 kilometers away from Qingtian County, and 40 kilometers away from Lishui City. The Jinwen-Wenzhou Railway, National Highway 330, and Jinli-Wenzhou Expressway pass through the scenic spot, so the transportation is convenient. Shimen Cave was designated as a provincial key protection unit by Zhejiang Province in 1963. In 1985, it was listed as one of the first batch of provincial scenic spots in Zhejiang Province. In 1991, it was approved as a provincial forest park by the Ministry of Forestry. In 2001, it was listed as the first provincial-level scenic spot in Zhejiang Province. A group of national AAA tourist areas. The total planned area of ??the scenic spot is 71.34 square kilometers, of which the core scenic area is 25.64 square kilometers. It is divided into three major scenic spots: Shimen Waterfall, Dazi Scenic Area, and Shigu Caohai, as well as the Daxi Scenic Area on the Oujiang River between Gaosha Village in Haikou Town in the west, Chuanliao Leishi Village in the east, National Highway 330 and Jinwen-Wenzhou Railway, and the Daxi Scenic Area connecting Taizi Scenic Area. , the "three zones and two zones" such as the mountain and forest scenic belt in Xigu Caohai Scenic Area. The nature of the scenic spot is: it is a landscape-type provincial scenic spot featuring cave-shaped waterfalls, cliff inscriptions, and beautiful alpine meadows on the Oujiang River. It integrates humanistic and historical sites with the wild interests of mountains and forests, and is suitable for leisure sightseeing and summer vacations.

Shimen Cave belongs to the stratigraphic division along the southeastern coast of Zhejiang. It is characterized by the special development of the Mesozoic volcanic rock series. It is a set of huge thick eruptive rocks as the main body, and the lithology is mainly acidic rhyolite and tuff. Formed by acidic and basic continental volcanic rocks. The geological structure is dominated by faults and folds are not developed. The landscape of the scenic area is mainly hilly and mountainous. To the north of Daxi is the Kuocang Mountains, and to the south of Daxi is the Donggong Mountains. Most of this area is part of the Donggong Mountains, which is the highest landform area in Zhejiang Province. The terrain slopes from southwest to northeast. . Due to strong cutting and complex terrain, most of them are low mountains with an altitude of 700-800 meters, and the slopes of the slopes are mostly above 25 degrees. In the northern Daxi River Valley, there are many shoals, the river surface is 200-400 meters wide, and the altitude is only 20 meters. The scenic area has a mid-subtropical monsoon climate, which is warm and humid, with four distinct seasons and abundant precipitation. And the vertical difference is obvious. The average annual temperature decreases from about 18℃ to 14℃ from the entrance riverside to the Shigu Lake Scenic Area, and the average annual precipitation is 1480mm. Hydrology, streams, mountain pits are developed, there are many mountain streams and waterfalls, and the water quality is the national first-class surface drinking water standard. The average annual flow rate of the Oujiang River is about 20 billion cubic meters. The water quality is above the national second-level standard for surface drinking water, and the vegetation and forest coverage rate reaches 94%.

Shimen Cave is characterized by the area’s verdant peaks, high waterfalls, clear streams, and lush forests. It also has a long history, numerous monuments, numerous legends, and rich cultural connotations. The most breathtaking thing is the Shimen Waterfall. The five-level waterfalls each have their own characteristics and are magnificent. The lowest level pours down from the cliff at a height of 112.5 meters. It is shaped like a vertical train, splashes like jumping beads, and disperses like silver mist. It is called It is called "Heavenly Spring" and "Holy Water". The dragon pond under the waterfall covers three acres and is as green as blue. At the entrance of Shimen Cave, the big stream is like a jade belt, Qishan Mountain and Gushan Mountain are facing each other like a gate. The cave is surrounded by mountains and lush trees.

In the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, landscape poetry was first introduced, and Xie Lingyun, the prefect of Yongjia, went to explore the secluded places. After his first visit to Shimen Cave, it became "the most beautiful thing in Soochow" and was later listed as the twelfth cave among the thirty-six small caves of Taoism. Li Bai, Wang Anshi, Tang Xianzu, Ruan Yuan, Yuan Mei, Zhu Yizun, Guo Moruo and other famous poets and contemporary writers have all praised Shimen Cave and left beautiful poems and essays, forming 117 cliff inscriptions, including Zheng, Zhuan, Li, Xing and Cao calligraphy. The dazzling array of masterpieces has made Shimen Cave one of the scenic spots with the highest density of cliff inscriptions in Zhejiang Province, and it has been listed as a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. Shimendong is also the place where Liu Ji, the national advisor who was praised by the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty as "the unparalleled strategist for crossing the river and the first civil servant in the founding of the country", studied. The ruins of Liu Ji's reading room are still there, and Liu Wencheng's ancestral hall remains unchanged. There are also ancient architectural monuments such as "Lingyou Temple", "Xie Ketang", "Guanyin Pavilion" and modern Chen Cheng's "Shimen Villa" as well as 50 scenic spots such as the Imperial Master's Bed, Qingyun Ladder, Xuanyuan Hill and Breathing Cave nearby. Taiziding Scenic Area is located on the top of a mountain with an altitude of more than 700 meters. It has unique cliff-like views and numerous scenery. It is a good place for mountaineering, fitness, and adventure hunting. Shigu Caohai is a rare alpine meadow scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. It has good forests and many wild plants. It is colorful, has many flowers, fruits and plants, and has a cool alpine climate. It is a summer resort in summer and a good place to enjoy snow in winter. The Daxi Scenic Area outside Shimen Cave has clear streams, beautiful beaches and forests, a winding creek bay, and green trees on both sides. The scenic area from Prince Scenic Area to Shigu Caohai Mountain Forest Scenic Area is like a scenic gallery, full of wild interest, and is a typical mountain sightseeing and ecological recreation area. .