When is the right time to go to Mulan paddock?

The best time for Mulan paddock is April-10.

Located in Weichang County, the northernmost part of Hebei Province, bordering Inner Mongolia, it runs from Chengde to NATO120km. Since ancient times, the paddock has been a famous natural garden with abundant aquatic plants and numerous animals. In 168 1 year, Emperor Kangxi established 1 10,000 square kilometers in Fiona Fang, including 72 hunting grounds. In the 25th year of Jiaqing (AD 1820), Mulan Autumn was held on 140 * * for 105 times. 1690, Kangxi held the famous Battle of Wulanbutong, which quelled the rebellion in galdan. The beautiful scenery of Mulan paddock has also attracted the attention of film and television artists. More than 200 episodes of film and television dramas have been filmed here, including The Princess Rings the Bell, Sidu Chishui, Legend of the Wonder Man in the Jianghu (starring Adam Cheng), Jing Ke Stabbed the King of Qin (starring ZhangFeng yi and Gong Li), Princess Zhu Huan and so on.

Mulan paddock is a mixed name of Manchu and Chinese. Mulan means "whistle deer" in Manchu. Mulan means whistling deer in Manchu. What is a whistle deer? When hunting, the Eight Banners wear antlers, and it is a hunting method of trapping and killing to lure female deer by imitating the singing of male deer in the forest. The paddock is where deer whistle and the emperor hunts. Mulan paddock was a virgin forest and vast Mongolian grassland in Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, the imperial court ordered to cut down the virgin forest in Mulan paddock. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the virgin forest had been completely cut down. After the national liberation, 1962, the state decided to build a large mechanized forest farm here. After decades of efforts by forest farm workers, Mulan paddock has now become the largest artificial forest farm in China, and the vast forest has recovered its vitality. The vast Mongolian grassland is full of youth and vitality. Mountain flowers are everywhere, smiling at all the tourists. National leaders commented on this: "the hometown of clouds, the world of flowers, the ocean of forests and the source of water." Mulan paddock is a paradise for animals and the best shooting place for film and television dramas.

At that time, Mulan paddock was divided into 72 paddocks according to the terrain and the distribution of animals. At the beginning of each hunting, the cavalry led by the minister in charge of encirclement and suppression will form an encirclement circle, which will be gradually reduced according to the pre-selected scope. Wearing antlers masks, the Qing soldiers hid in the depths of the forest and blew long wooden whistles, imitating the sound of male deer courtship. The doe heard the sound of courtship, the male deer came to look for opportunities, and other wild animals gathered to hunt deer. When the encirclement was as small as possible and wild animals were dense, the minister asked the emperor to make a move first, followed by the prince and grandson, and then other princes and nobles rode horses to make a move, and finally made a large-scale encirclement. Chengde mountain resort museum once had a "Autumn Map of Ganlong Mulan", which vividly described the spectacular hunting scene in Qing Dynasty. Each hunting usually takes more than twenty days. After the hunting, Zhang Sanying Palace (now Longhua County) held a grand farewell party, drinking, singing and dancing, wrestling. He also hosted a banquet for princes such as Mongolia, and rewarded them according to the size of military achievements.

At present, the paddock still retains more than a dozen cultural relics such as Dongsi Palace, Ganlong Tiger Cave, stone carvings and the ancient Great Wall Monument. , Dianjiangtai, General Paozi, Twelve Winning Teams and other ancient battlefield sites. The paddock is not only a famous hunting garden, but also a tourist attraction with distinct seasons, pleasant climate and beautiful scenery. The beautiful natural scenery was praised by Vice President Tian Jiyun as "the source of water, the hometown of clouds, the world of flowers, the ocean of forests and the paradise of rare birds and animals." Saihanba Scenic Area has more than one million mu of forest and one million mu of grassland, which provides a beautiful place for tourists to return to nature and travel.

In spring and summer, the pines are vast and the breeze is blowing gently; The vast grassland is full of flowers, and tourists are relaxed and happy, and they don't know if there is summer heat. In autumn and August, the mountains are covered with red leaves and the frost forest is green, which attracts countless domestic and foreign tourists and artists to come for sightseeing, photography and sketching. In winter, the snowy forest is vast, gray and full of weather. Snow-capped Yushu, unlimited interest. Rich ice and snow resources provide people with an ideal place for skiing and hunting.

199 1 The Ministry of Construction confirmed Mulan paddock as a national scenic spot through expert argumentation. With the enhancement of people's desire to return to nature, there are more and more tourists here. By 1998, 450,000 tourists have been received. At the same time, the beautiful scenery of Mulan paddock attracted the attention of film and television artists. More than 200 episodes of film and television dramas have been filmed here, including The Princess Rings the Bell, Sidu Chishui, Legend of the Wonder Man in the Jianghu (starring Adam Cheng), Jing Ke Stabbed the King of Qin (starring ZhangFeng yi and Gong Li), Princess Zhu Huan and so on.

A great green wall

Mulan Weichang Nature Reserve is located in the upper reaches of Luanhe River, a famous river in North China, concentrated in the west of Weichang County, Hebei Province, with a total area of more than 50,000 hectares. It is a forest ecological nature reserve focusing on the protection of forest ecosystem and endangered rare wild animals and plants.

The nature reserve is located in the transition zone between Inner Mongolia Plateau and Northern Hebei Plateau. From a distance, it looks like a series of dams between the northern plateau of Hebei and the Inner Mongolia plateau. Therefore, it is also called "dam". From the "dam" root to the south, it is a hilly and mountainous area connecting Bashang Plateau and northern Hebei. The mountains made up of ancient granite gneiss covered with thick sand are round. This is also the core area of the reserve. Because of the rich forest vegetation, the sand layer has been firmly locked, making it impossible to form quicksand. The southern part of the reserve is the northern end of the mountainous area in northern Hebei. This area is mostly mountainous, with high mountains and steep slopes, steep terrain, deep ravines and lush trees, forming a unique natural landscape.

Because the vegetation in the reserve is well preserved and the forest coverage rate is high, the regional microclimate characteristics are formed, and the precipitation is relatively abundant. The air quality in the reserve is high, and the blue sky, white clouds and green grass outline a picturesque picture of the reserve.

The geographical location of Mulan Weichang Nature Reserve determines that the reserve must shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the ecological security of Beijing and Tianjin. The nature reserve is connected to Hunshandake sandy land in the north and Chengde, the second summer resort of the Qing Dynasty in the south, which is 384 kilometers away from Beijing and 504 kilometers away from Tianjin, and its ecological strategic position is very important. Looking down from the air, the sand dunes on the vast Hunshandake sandy land are like a yellow wave, surging and swallowing south. Pieces of Sanguisorba officinalis struggled helplessly in the sand sea, and pieces of new green fell like lonely leaves in the sand sea. At the southern end of the sand sea, there are three wind-blown sand passages connecting the north-oriented air outlets of Beijing: Xiao Luan River Basin Air Duct, Yimatu River Basin Air Duct and Yixun River Basin Air Duct. The average elevation of the southern edge of Hunshandake Sandy Land is above 1.400 meters, and that of Beijing and Tianjin is less than 50 meters. Under the action of cold and high-pressure airflow from Siberia, the sandstorm in Hunshandake Sandy Land is like being blown by a powerful blower, blowing condescendingly to Beijing and Tianjin along three sandstorm passages. The Mulan Weichang Nature Reserve, stuck at the entrance of the three major sandstorm passages, is like a great green wall, which blocks the sandstorm invasion of Hunshandake sandy land in Beijing and the southward invasion of Hunshandake sandy land. Looking from the commanding heights of the reserve to the north, the sand dunes on the Hunshandake sandy land in the distance are like huge waves set off by the tsunami, rolling in, and at the feet of loyal rangers in Mulan paddock nature reserve, they want to be invincible and calm. The forests, grasslands and wetlands in Mulan paddock Nature Reserve not only have the important functions of blocking wind and sand, but also have the ecological functions of blocking flood, storing water and conserving water sources, and become the main water sources of Luanhe River. Abundant animal and plant resources make Mulan Weichang Nature Reserve a natural biological resource, genetic resource and plant germplasm resource pool. As a part of global biodiversity, the intact natural state of vegetation and the perfect forest ecosystem in nature reserves are precious natural resources for human beings, and are also the foundation of human future inheritance and sustainable development.

The dense forests and primitive ecological environment in nature reserves are a paradise for all kinds of wild animals to thrive. According to the investigation, there are 3 17 species of terrestrial wild animals and 970 species of insects in this nature reserve. Among them, there are 5 species of national first-class protected animals, namely black stork, golden eagle, white-headed crane, bustard and leopard. There are 40 species of national second-class protected animals.

The magnificent Royal Hunt Garden.

Mulan paddock nature reserve has a long history. Mulan means "whistle deer" in Manchu, and the paddock is a place where deer are whistled with wicker edges or boundary markers. History can be traced back to more than 300 years ago. At that time, Mulan paddock was beautiful, with dense forests and abundant grass, birds singing in four seasons and bloom in three seasons. "Hunting roe deer to catch fish, pheasants flying into the rice cooker" and "Birds and beasts hiding in the mountains, seeing cattle and sheep at the wind and grass" were the true portrayal of Mulan paddock at that time. It is this peculiar cultural scenery and beautiful natural scenery that attracted a generation of Qing Emperor Kangxi, who established the world's first and by far the largest Royal Hunt Garden. It turned out to be the territory of Tashi, the king of Harqin Duleng in Mongolia, and Utat, the duke of Onniute town. In the 20th year of Kangxi (168 1), when he visited the Great Wall with the sage Michelle Ye, he gave it to Emperor Kangxi in the name of offering a pasture, so he set up the Mulan paddock and established the royal hunting garden in Qing Dynasty. From the 20th year of Kangxi to the 46th year of Qianlong (178 1), Mulan paddock was gradually determined to be 72 paddocks after more than one hundred years of construction and expansion.

Since its establishment, Mulan paddock has followed the principles of maintaining natural ecology, maintaining ecological balance and harmonious coexistence between man and nature, which are mainly manifested in the following aspects: First, establishing a strict protection system. After the establishment of Mulan paddock, emperors from Kangxi to Jiaqing, including Yong Zhengdi, who had never been to Mulan paddock, strictly prohibited "people are inviolable", "firewood grazing" and "logging", and sent Eight Banners soldiers to strictly guard it. The second is to hunt in a planned way. Every autumn, only a dozen of them are selected for hunting, and the rest are for rest and recuperation, so that wild animals and plants can thrive; The third is not to hunt, not to hunt indiscriminately. Every time Mulan fell, the accompanying troops were strictly ordered to "release all young deer", leaving a gap in the fence to let the young and strong animals escape. At the end of each siege, "the deacon intercedes for the animal, allows it to survive and reproduce, and stops fighting." All these reflect the simple and natural ecological protection consciousness of ancient people, and protect the forest, natural ecology and wildlife population here. In this sense, it should be the earliest and most practical nature reserve in China, which is also very rare and pioneering in the history of nature conservation in the world.

Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty chose Mulan paddock as the royal hunting garden, which had far-reaching political purpose and strategic significance. Mulan paddock controls Mongolia in the north and arches Beijing and Tianjin in the south, which is a strategic place in history. Since the establishment of Mulan paddock in Qing Dynasty, the army has been trained here by hunting everywhere every year, and the national policy of "subduing the military bandits" has been implemented to control Mongolia, deter Russia, strengthen national unity and consolidate the northern border defense. At this time, Mulan paddock has actually become the main political and military activity place of the Qing government and an important part of the political activities of Beijing-Summer Resort.