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Tourism resources in Zitong town

Zitong is a mountain city near Qiandao Lake, with high mountains and long waters, and many unique advantages in natural landscape resources. For example, Yinshan, located at the source of Zitong, has a natural "soup bottle" halfway up the mountain, a group of stone men and pheasants on the mountain, a huge rock python head, and a thousand-year-old apricot tree growing in the courtyard of Yinshan Temple; Located at the head of Xingpo Village, there are idle caves formed in ancient times, stone pillars and stalagmites in the "patio cave" behind Qianjia Village, and the ever-changing ancient rocks are amazing; There is also the lion peak in Hushan, which is far away. There is biodiversity here, which is a good place for people to return to and enjoy nature.

Zitong is a civilized ancient town with a history of more than 500 years, with a long history and culture, profound cultural background and rich human resources. First of all, Zitong Town is the hometown of Chen Shuozhen, the first emperor in China history. Below Lianxi Village is the former residence of Chen Shuozhen, and the tomb of Chen Shuozhen is here. Shishanping in Zitongkou is an ancient battlefield site where Chen Shuozhen led the peasant uprising. Secondly, Zitong Town is also the hometown of Shang Shu Hu of the Ministry of Industry in the Ming Dynasty. Thirdly, Yinshan Mountain, the source of Zitong, is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang camped and stationed troops to rest. At present, there are Wanyiling, training ground, graves and other sites. Fourthly, Huang Puti, a famous poet and essayist in Tang Dynasty, and his son Huang Pu were all Zitong people, who wrote poems such as Flower Picking Collection, Drunk Hometown Collection, Yin Dafu and so on. Fifth, in the Ming Dynasty, Hu Nanfeng was a scholar in the same column as Hu Yizhi, and the court gave him the title of "Double Guidi". At that time, Zitong Garden was once called Shuanggui Garden, and there was a stone tablet of Shuanggui Garden in Zi Ling Pavilion in the early days of liberation. Sixthly, Zitong is also one of the cradles of the unique folk culture of "Chun 'an Bamboo Horse". Seventh, Zitong is also known as the "hometown of calligraphy and painting". Contemporary peasant painter Hu and calligrapher are world-renowned, and their paintings and calligraphy works are well-known overseas. Eighth, Huangcun's "Emperor's Home" site; Ninth, there are 1360 ancient apricot trees in "Huacao Temple", which was built in the Tang Dynasty, and the sites and monuments still exist.

Zitong has the reputation of "beautiful scenery and famous literary country". The West Lake Block is adjacent to the drifting scenic spot in Baiyun Stream, Song Cun, with unique natural environment and human resources. Beautiful mountains and clear waters, simple villages, simple people's feelings, natural landscape and historical artistic conception are integrated. Cultural tourism and leisure vacation have great potential for development.