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What are the interesting places in Meishan Lao'e Mountain?

Lao'e Mountain, Dan Ling

Lao'e Mountain is the sister mountain of Emei Mountain. It is located in Zhang Chang Town, Wangchang Township and Shunlongshan in the west of Danling County, with an altitude of1142m and an area of 1 1 .8 km2. Among them, the forest area is10.3 million mu, which stands on the southwest edge of Chengdu Plain, and sometimes there is smoke floating halfway up the mountain, which is spectacular. The mountain looks like Emei, majestic and steep, quite like Emei Mountain. Scenic spots and historical sites in the mountains, such as Jinding, Sheshen Cliff, Jiulao Cavern, Wannian Temple, Fuhe Temple and Yixiantian, have the same name as Emei Mountain. According to folklore, this mountain came first and then Mount Emei, hence the name "Lao'e Mountain". According to local records, Buddhism in Lao 'e Mountain is popular and incense is strong. The temple was built in the Sui Dynasty and flourished in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are 72 temples on the mountain, with thousands of monks at most. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Taoism was introduced to Lao'e Mountain. Ancestors built 36 temples in the mountains, and nearly 400 Taoist priests practiced in the mountains. Du Guangting, a famous Taoist figure, and Peng Duanshu, a writer in Qing Dynasty, visited this mountain and left many hymns. Lao'e Mountain's famous natural landscapes and scenic spots include sunrise, sea of clouds and Buddha's light comparable to Mount Emei, as well as China's unique hanging flowers in the air, beauty basking in shame, cliff stone carvings, etc., and there are rich cultural relics and mysterious legends.

Lao'e Mountain, with a long history, has an unprecedented annual "June 6th" (lunar calendar) traditional mountain people's congress. In the early 1980s, the cultural department organized literary and art workers to excavate, sort out and process, and arranged excellent programs such as suona, dragon lantern, lion lantern, lantern, lotus flute and stilt platform, which organically combined cultural and recreational activities with economic and trade activities and promoted the development of local economy, culture, sports and harmony. Lao'e Mountain You Shan Cultural and Economic Fair has been held for six consecutive sessions, with hundreds of thousands of merchants and tourists from both inside and outside the province participating in each session, with an economic and trade turnover of nearly 10 million yuan. Famous wines produced in Lao'e Mountain District, such as Wu Yun Mao Feng, fried green tea, black tea series, Zonggang special wine and industrial brand wine, won national, ministerial and provincial quality awards and excellent quality awards, and sold well in 10 countries and regions.

The framework of catering, accommodation, transportation and communication infrastructure in Lao'e Mountain has basically taken shape. The newly-built Lao'e Mountain Forest Resort, 10,000 mu forest park, hunting grounds, expansion and improvement of tourist roads and communication conditions have been included in the investment projects of the national economic plan, and will soon become a good place for people's leisure and holiday tourism.