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What are the scenic spots in Yuan'an?

1. Mingfeng Mountain. Mingfeng Mountain is located 3.5 kilometers away from the western suburbs of the county. The scenic area has the most typical Danxia landform landscape in central China, which is comparable to Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi and Wuyi Mountain in Fujian. Mingfeng Mountain has a vermilion mountain body and a typical Danxia landscape. The mountain is abrupt and steep, and the peaks are overlapping. It is known as "the most beautiful mountain in the world". On the top of Mingfeng Mountain is a Taoist temple built in the reign of Emperor Liang Wu of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (AD 502), 1,500 years ago. It is a tourist attraction with the Danxia landscape as the background and the mysterious Taoist culture as the connotation, integrating religious pilgrimage, Danxia landscape sightseeing, and cave dwelling vacation and leisure.

2. Linglong Gorge. Linglong Gorge is located in Hehua Town, Yuan'an County. It has towering ancient trees, luxuriant vines, elegant environment, attractive scenery, and one of the few ecological environments in the province. The most stunning natural landscape in the scenic area, the Linglong Gorge Big Bend Canyon, is comparable to the world-famous "Big Bend" of the world's largest canyon, the Brahmaputra Grand Canyon.

3. Longtan River. Longtan River is located in Hualinsi Town, about 11 kilometers away from the county seat. The green mountains and vines on both sides of the river bank are lush and lush, with various karst landscapes such as mountains, rocks, caves, gorges, streams, pools, waterfalls, and springs, as well as butterfly ecological landscapes rare in Hubei Province. The original ecological environment is superior.

4. Taiqing Cave. There are caves in the mountains, mountains in the caves, and stalactites in various shapes in the caves. It is a Triassic limestone cave. There are giant stalagmites in the cave that look like Laozi. The Taoist name of Laozi is Taiqing, hence the name of the cave.

5. Luyuan Temple. Luyuan Temple is located on the bank of Luyuan Creek in the northwest of Mingfeng Town, about 3 kilometers away from the town. Its ancient Luyuan Temple was once a famous Buddhist temple in the country. Located on the banks of the Luyuan River with unique scenery, it was first built in 1225. The inscriptions on the eight sceneries of Luyuan still exist today. The mountain rock of Luyuan Temple is the rare Danxia Mountain in the province. The Luyuan River meanders through the scenic area. Danxia peaks stand on both sides of the stream. The mountains and rivers complement each other, the empty mountains with birds singing, and the orchid-scented valleys form eight wonderful natural sceneries.

6. Jinjiawan. The Danxia peaks in Jinjiawan are beautiful and unique, with pleasant landscapes and pastoral scenery. The scenery changes in an orderly manner. It has the artistic conception of "the mountains and rivers are full of doubts and there is no way, and the willows and flowers are bright and there is another village". It is currently the largest and most typical Danxia peak in Hubei Province. Landscape distribution area.

7. Sandaohe. Sandaohe is located in Hualinsi Town, 6 kilometers away from the county seat. The bottom of the Sandao River Valley is open, with lush grasslands, clear pools, red rocks and low hills on both sides of the river, lush forests, and a vegetation coverage rate of more than 90%. It is a beautiful, quiet and wild stream. The main landscapes have not yet been systematically named. The landscapes available for sightseeing include meandering streams, bitan pools, grasslands, swamps and Danxia rocks.

8. Taipingding. Taipingding is located in Yuan'an County, Hubei Province, and is an extension of the southeastern Jingshan Mountains. It is also called Baijing Mountain because of the ancient legend that there are hundreds of wells on the mountain. Its mountains are majestic and majestic, with green hills and rolling hills. The cliffs are cut with axes and knives, and the rocks are protruding and colorful. Peak Taipingding is the highest peak in Yuan'an County, with an altitude of 1,325 meters. The top of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist. It is known as the "No. 1 Mountain in Yuan'an" and can be called "the most beautiful place in the world". It is well-known for the Taiping Temple built on the mountain during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There are forest farms, medicinal materials farms, tea gardens, pastures, springs and ancient and famous trees (whitebark pine, Bashan pine, etc.) on the mountain. It is rich in climate resources and is a summer resort in the high mountains and forests of Yuan'an County. It is also a great place to watch the sunrise.

9. Donggou. Donggou is located in Hualinsi Town, about 13 kilometers away from the county seat. The terrain of Donggou is undulating, forming a deep canyon. The Donggou River flows through it from west to east. The stream is rapid, the walls of the gorge on both sides are tight, the cliffs are thousands of meters tall, the waterfalls are high, the streams are flowing, the caves are luxuriant, and the ancient vines are hanging. Especially The upper reaches have high mountains and narrow valleys, typical waterfalls and pools, beautiful original ecological environment, and full of natural wild interest.

10. Yangdong River. Yangdong River is located in Hualinsi Town, about 15 kilometers away from the county seat. It is a long, narrow and deep primitive valley. On both sides of the valley, green mountains and vines are lush and lush, and birds and animals are hidden or visible. What is even more wonderful is that there are two caves of Yin and Yang confronting each other in the canyon, hanging high in the sudden rock wall. The slopes of the two walls of the "line of sky" section in the valley are tilted out in a rare shape of over 90 degrees, forming a dangerous valley that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. When you enter the valley, you will see the cliffs on both sides rolling down, making you feel like you are walking on two mountains. The tense and oppressive feeling of desire, the characteristics of danger, secludedness, tranquility and strangeness are fully revealed here.