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Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area Attractions Introduction:

Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan The scenic spot stretches at the junction of Henan and Hubei provinces in the middle of the towering Tongbai Mountains, three kilometers away from Tongbai County. Fenshuilian Cave, Taibaiding, Huaiyuan, Taohua Cave and other scenic spots with their own characteristics. There are hundreds of famous and famous peaks and 58 mountain springs and streams. It is a transition zone between north and south climate with four distinct seasons. The area has beautiful mountains and rivers, many mountains, intact vegetation, many animals and plants, and thousands of acres of primeval forest. It is truly a natural forest park.

Tongbai Mountain is the birthplace of the Qianli Huaihe River, one of the four rivers in my country in history. The palaces and pavilions of Shuilian Temple stand in danger, and the Yuntai Zen Temple on the top of Taibai Peak, the main peak, is one of the birthplaces of Taoism in the Central Plains. It is as famous as Mount Putuo and has many eminent monks in more than ten countries and regions in Southeast Asia. Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area has initially formed an ideal place integrating food, accommodation, transportation, tourism, shopping and entertainment. It has become a tourist hotline that controls the Central Plains in the north, Chuxiang in the south, Handong in the east, and Wanluo in the west. Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area is located in the middle section of the northern foothills of Tongbai Mountain at the junction of southern Henan and northern Hubei. The specific coordinates are: 112°47′-113°11′ east longitude, 32°17′-32°29′ north latitude, and the total area of ??the scenic spot is 266 square kilometers, the core area is 108 square kilometers, 3 kilometers away from Tongbai County, and it is divided into four distinctive scenic spots: Huaiyuan, Taibaiding, Taohua Cave, and Shuiliandong, with more than 100 various landscapes.

Tongbai Mountain is the birthplace of the thousands-mile Huaihe River. Located in the transition zone from the Qinling Mountains to the Dabie Mountains, the area has many beautiful peaks, mountains, dense forests, numerous waterfalls and springs, and a myriad of sights. Experts commented that it is "more dangerous than Huashan Mountain and rivals Huangshan Mountain." It is famous for its unique Huaihe Mountains in the country. Origin culture is the connotation, and it has Pangu culture, Buddhist and Taoist culture, geological culture and Soviet area culture;

Featured by the most complete natural ecological environment in the intersection of north and south climates and the rare original secondary vegetation in the Central Plains, it has become It is a representative and fascinating place of our country’s magnificent rivers and mountains. The Huaihe River is revered as the "Fengshui River" by Chinese people, and together with the Yellow River, Yangtze River and Jishui, it is known as the "Four Rivers" in ancient my country. In the 26th year of Qin Shihuang (221 BC), he issued an edict to offer sacrifices to famous mountains and rivers. There are two rivers: It is called Huai and Ji. The Huai Temple, namely Huaidu Temple, was first built here. Later, in order to bring blessings and eliminate disasters, the emperors of the past dynasties granted the title of God of the Huaihe River to Duke Changyuan and King Changyuan from the God of Dongdu to Dahuai. During the successive restorations, the temples became more and more magnificent according to the scale of the princes. Various palaces, palaces, There are buildings, platforms, pavilions, pavilions and various decorations that show its lofty authority, such as stone lions, water animals, flagpoles, Chinese watches, etc. In the early spring of every year, the imperial envoys came to worship the Huai God. In front of the Huaidu Temple, the civil servants got off their sedan chairs, the military attaches dismounted and walked inside, while the general attendants had to crawl forward.

There are many steles and monuments in the temple courtyard, and ancient cypresses are towering into the sky. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, personally wrote an article and engraved a giant stele to be erected in the temple; Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty wrote "Lingdu Anlan" to offer sacrifices; Yongzheng wrote "Huiji Hecao" to the temple, making Huaidu the earliest and highest-level temple in my country at that time , the largest temple. The unique scenic spots of Huaiyuan have attracted many celebrities to come here to admire and admire the scenery. Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu, Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, Cai Xiang and other capitals roamed here. He Jingming, one of the "Seven Sons of Hongzheng" in the Ming Dynasty, claimed to be a great poet. People from Fushan often live here (Tongbai Mountain is also known as Dafu Mountain). According to incomplete statistics, no less than a hundred literati from past dynasties came here to enjoy the scenery and recite poems, and more than 300 pieces of works have been handed down from generation to generation. Huaiyuan occupies a unique and irreplaceable position among my country's scenic spots.

Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area is also a place where Pangu culture, myths and legends are concentrated. The "Five Yun Calendar" written by Xu Zheng, a native of Wu in the Three Kingdoms, records that "Pangu created the world, and the blood is the accurate reading." Tongbai folk legends and myths about Pangu are very rich. Pangu culture-related buildings such as Pangu Temple, Pangu Mountain, Pangu Boat, Pangu Well, and Pangu Mill can be seen everywhere. Yuan Ke, a famous Chinese mythology expert, visited Tongbai Mountain many times and believed that "Tongbai Mountain is the center of the emergence of Pangu culture in the Central Plains." There are also many legends about "Dayu controlling the floods", "King Yu locking the dragon" and "Sun God". "Yu Gong" records: "(Yu) guided the Huaihe River from Tongbai". Legend has it that when Dayu was governing the Huaihe River, he discovered that the Huaihe River was overflowing and that a water demon named Zhiqi was causing trouble. He ordered Gengchen, the son of the Sun God, to capture him with a water-fixing needle.

Because Gengchen was infatuated with the beautiful scenery of Tongbai mountains and rivers, he was unwilling to accompany Dayu on his eastern expedition to control floods. Dayu beheaded him in anger. The local people believed that Gengchen was good at subduing demons, so they used stones to surround the entire top of the mountain where Yu killed Gengchen in anger, and called it "Sun City". Pangu culture and Sun God culture are accumulating profoundly. In addition, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Chengen served as the county magistrate in Xinye, the neighboring county of Tongbai. During this period, he visited Tongbai Mountain many times. Later, he based on the story of "King Yu Suojiao" and combined it with the Shuiliandong, Tongtian River, Fangmachang, Taibaiding, Huahua. Place names such as Guoshan and Laojuntang complete the masterpiece "Journey to the West" handed down from generation to generation. Mr. Lu Xun also clearly testified in his "A Brief History of Chinese Novels" that "Wu Zhiqi is the prototype of Sun Wukong", and the Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area provided the origin of "Western Learning". This is also very rare in domestic scenic spot culture.

Buddhist and Taoist culture also plays an important role in the cultural connotation of Tongbai Scenic Area. Taoism in Tongbai Mountain has a long history. During the Han Dynasty in Taibai, "Bao'an Temple" and "Jinting Cuique" were built, which have been regarded as one of the eight old scenic spots in Tongbai. Zhang Sanfeng, the originator of the Wudang Sect, once practiced Buddhism here, and the Taoist school of Patriarch Ling in the area is still very popular.

Tongbai Mountain is called "the forty-first blessed place in the world" and "the thirty-sixth cave" by Taoists.

The introduction of Buddhism to Tongbai Mountain began in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. In the 49th year of Qianlong's reign, the great monk Duande of Zonglin Temple in Ziweishan, Ningyuan Prefecture, Sichuan came to Tongbai Mountain to establish the Linji Sect Baiyun Mountain System with Tongbai Mountain as the main peak and Taibaiding Yuntai Zen Temple as the main temple. It was honored as Hua Guangde Ancestor, through the management of generations of masters, there are more than 20 temples in Tongbai Mountain, with more than 600 monks when the incense is flourishing. Because of the emergence of eminent monks in large numbers and their continuous research into Buddhism, it was once as famous as Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang Province and was known as "Putuo in the south and Yuntai in the north".

During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, Abbot Mahanay of Yuntai Zen Temple was ordered to enter the palace to perform Buddhist services for the court. After the service, he was gifted by the emperor a thousand-Buddha cassock and a golden hook and jade ring, which are now hidden in Yuntai. The Zen temple serves as the treasure of the mountain. In the 1930s, a master from Yuntai Zen Temple preached Dharma in Xujiahui, Shanghai, and he and Master Dafa from Beijing were divided into the north and the south. There was sometimes a saying that "the Dharma from the south reached the north." The great monk Tongxing of Yuntai Zen Temple once led a group of monks to visit India to promote Buddhism. In 1958, Indian Prime Minister Nehru visited our country and proposed to pay an exclusive visit to Yuntai Zen Temple, but the trip was not possible due to inconvenient transportation and other reasons. Today, there are 14 generations of monks from the Baiyun Mountain family. The monks are all over Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Sichuan, Henan, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, Singapore, Myanmar, India and other countries and regions. The presiding Master Miao Zhi, the permanent mentor of the Hong Kong Youth Buddhist Association, Master Chang Huai, and the Indian Master Rujian, etc., all became monks in Tongbai Mountain. At present, Tongbai Mountain Shuilian Temple, Kaifeng Xiangguo Temple, Luoyang White Horse Temple, Dengfeng Shaolin Temple, etc. are collectively known as the "Four Famous Temples in the Central Plains".

Tongbai Mountain is also the transition zone between the north and south climates, and the two major river systems of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. dividing line. It has both the majesty of the mountains in the north and the beauty of the scenery in the south. Therefore, there are many strange mountains and rocks, springs and waterfalls can be seen everywhere, the vegetation is intact, and there are many kinds of animals and plants, and the north and south meet and penetrate each other. According to the survey, there are 326 species of vertebrates in 76 families and 33 orders, among which rare animals under national protection include leopards, golden eagles, otters, big civets, small civets, musk deer, white-crowned long-tailed pheasants, giant salamanders, pangolins, green sheep, and red-winged pheasants. Crested cuckoo and other 33 species. It has a good transitional forest ecosystem, and the flora is compatible with the north and south. It is called the unique natural biological species gene bank and natural museum of the Central Plains. The natural vegetation has become a unique landscape in the scenic spot.

There are many ancient and famous trees here, including more than 100 ancient trees such as Chinese cypress and ginkgo that are more than a thousand years old. In particular, the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree in Qingquan Temple is ranked first in the Central Plains. Next to the tree are The stone tablet was erected in the eleventh year of Yongzheng reign. The stele contains: "The ancient Qingquan Temple has a tall ginkgo in front of the temple. From thousands of years away, if you look at its situation, it is surrounded by mountains, with connected trees forming shade, birds inhabiting it, and dense bamboo forests." The main trunk of the tree now has a waist circumference of 9.8 meters, a base circumference of 11 meters, a tree height of 27.5 meters, and a crown diameter of 25.5 meters.

Tongbai Mountain is located on the Tongbai-Shangcheng fault zone. The special geological formation process makes the landform structure complex. From south to north, ravines develop and the cutting depth is large. Therefore, there are many strange mountains and rocks, and the underground minerals are very rich. There are 60 kinds of preliminary proven mineral deposits. The value of raw minerals per capita is 14 times that of the national average. It has the largest natural heavy soda ash mine in Asia and the second largest in the world, an open-pit gold mine that ranks first among the four largest silver mines in China, and the "Tongbai Mine", which was discovered for the first time in the world and was named by the International Mineralogical Society. ” and “Weishan Mine.” The International Mineralogical Society and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have sent scholars here for inspection many times. Tongbai Mountain is called "the mystery of Chinese geology", "geological museum" and "geological showcase" by academic circles. The Red Rock Cliff is a rare Danxia landform in the scenic area. The cliff is divided into three layers, hundreds of meters high, and looks like red clouds. There are many caves, waterfalls and hot springs on it, making it a rare scenic spot in the scenic area.

Many peaks in the scenic area are more than 1,000 meters above sea level. The mountains here are steep and you can have a panoramic view of the Central Plains in the north and Chutian in the south. You can have a panoramic view of thousands of mountains and valleys. It has a unique climate. Whenever the cold air passes, the clouds and mist in the mountains may be thin and misty, or thick and steady, or majestic, or change instantly, like a jade belt, or a waterfall; suddenly the clouds will steam and mist, and the top of the mountain will become a sea of ??clouds. Submerged, raindrops brush against the face, and the moving clouds are like thousands of horses galloping; suddenly the sun is blazing in the sky, the peak is like an isolated island, and a sea of ??clouds is formed at the feet, which is spectacular. "Big complex horizontal clouds" is one of the eight landscapes of Tongbai.

Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area is also rich in Soviet area culture. Party and state leaders Liu Shaoqi, Li Xiannian, Wang Zhen, Yang Jingyu, Peng Xuefeng, Wang Shusheng, etc. all fought and worked here. In the 22 years from 1925 to 1947, 6 provincial-level, 5 prefecture-level, and 12 county-level party, government, and military leadership organizations were established here. The former Central Plains Military Region and the Central Plains Bureau of the Central Plains Bureau of the Communist Party of China were all located here. The "Tongbai Tri-Army Reunion" on October 24, 1945 occupies an important position in the history of my country's Liberation War. Former President Li Xiannian wrote inscriptions for the "Tongbai Heroes Monument" and the "Tongbai Revolution Memorial Hall". Tongbai has become an important base for educating future generations.

Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area has attracted widespread attention from governments at all levels and people at home and abroad for its unique natural resource advantages and Huaiyuan culture that is particularly replaceable among domestic scenic spots; it was approved by the provincial government in 1982. A provincial nature reserve, it was approved as a provincial scenic spot in 1996. In 1997, it was rated as one of the top ten civilized scenic spots in Henan Province. Tourists from more than 20 countries and regions have come here for sightseeing, ancestor worship and exploration.

Its natural and cultural landscapes are of high quality, but only part of the resources have been developed and utilized. Its development prospects are broad. If it is well developed, protected and utilized, it can become a veritable representative of China's magnificent rivers and mountains.

Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area is located in the Central Plains with an advantageous geographical location. It is located in the center of six large and medium-sized cities: Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Nanyang, Xinyang, Xiangfan and Henan Oilfield. It is 175 kilometers away from Wuhan in the south and 175 kilometers away from Wuhan in the east. It is 75 kilometers away from Xinyang, 343 kilometers away from Zhengzhou in the north, and 125 kilometers away from Nanyang in the west. National Highway 312 passes along the scenic spot, and the transportation is very convenient. It is an ideal resort for hundreds of miles around for sightseeing, summer vacation, scientific research, and revolutionary traditional education. .

Shuilian Cave: Shuiliandong is one of the main attractions in the Huaiyuan Scenic Area of ??Tongbai Mountain. It is located on the 48-meter-high cliff of Tingcuifeng. The cave is 10 meters wide and 5 meters deep. There is a stone statue of the Monkey King in the cave. The river flows down from the sky, covering the entrance of the cave. When it rains, the dragons roar and the tigers roar, and when the weather is clear, the hairsprings break. There is a spring in the cave, which collects drops in a stone bowl. , its water is sweet and cold, and never dries up all year round. There are stone tables and benches around for a rest. Through the snow-like curtains, you can overlook the mountains and temples such as Sun City. The "water curtain hanging with snow" has been one of the eight scenic spots in Tongbai since the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Dongxia Shuilian Temple is a famous Buddhist holy place in the Central Plains at home and abroad. This temple was renovated during the Yuan Dynasty of the Song Dynasty. In 1984, the Tongbai County Government renovated and built a new temple. It now has the Main Hall, Pilu Hall, Jade Hall and so on. There are 120 halls and buildings of various types including Buddha Tower, Heavenly King Hall, Monk House Building, Merit Hall, Zen Forest Garden, Arhat Hall, and Hua Zang Library, more than 120 statues of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, 12 large wood-carved Vajra Sutras, and the Japanese version of the Taisho Collection The two scriptures contain more than 20,000 volumes. Plum blossoms and pine clouds meet in front of the temple, forming the shape of two dragons holding beads. Bells in the morning and drums in the evening fill the air all day long. Next to the temple are the Bamboo Grove Jingshe, Guanyin Zen Forest, Miaofa Temple, Shipan Temple, Shangyuan Temple, etc. There are many temples in one place, and the temples are connected together, which can be called "a unique thing in Zhongzhou". There is a reclining Buddha on the steep ridge to the west of Shuilian Cave, with his head south and feet north, lying on his back, with his head resting on a stack of ingots and his feet stepping on mountains of flowers and fruits. His body stretches for 6 kilometers. The Buddha's hair bun, eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose are clearly distinguishable, very mysterious and lifelike.

Peach Blossom Cave: Peach Blossom Cave is located in the Grand Canyon on the west side of Taibaiding. On both sides of the canyon there are steep peaks, ancient trees, and rocky walls. Seventy-two caves of different sizes are distributed on it, including a large hole on the west wall. , the Peach Blossom Cave, is said to be the residence of the Peach Blossom Fairy. The Peach Blossom Cave is two feet wide, nine feet high, and more than seven feet deep. There is a well called "Longchi" in the depth. There is the "Guanyin Cave" on the east wall, which houses the stone carvings of Guanyin and the Eighteen Arhats; in the north there is the "Sun Bin Cave", which has two floors, several feet deep. It is said that Sun Bin once wrote a book here; in the south there is the "Gong and Drum Cave". Hitting the stone makes a sound like gongs and drums, which is wonderful and unusual.

Puhua Temple in front of Peach Blossom Cave is a standard representative of cave temple culture in the Central Plains. It has a history of more than 260 years. The bottom of the canyon is filled with huge rocks and tinkling streams. It is the source of Lishui River and flows into the Yangtze River. Peach Blossom Cave is connected by a stream and three pools, with Tongbai's famous "immortals at their mercy" landscape below. The myths and legends therein are even more interesting. There are Tianqiao Temple, Tiefo Temple, "Han Jiao Looking at the Huai River" and other landscapes. In March of spring, peach blossoms bloom all over the mountain in front of Peach Blossom Cave. The flowers are red for miles, and the fragrance fills the valley, just like the morning glow, magnificent and enchanting. "Peach Cave Pu Xia" is one of the eight ancient scenic spots of Tongbai in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Taibaiding: Taibaiding is located in the state-owned Chenzhuang Forest Farm, 15 kilometers west of Tongbai County. It is the main peak of Tongbai Mountain, with an altitude of 1140 meters. The mountain is steep, the scenery is beautiful, majestic and famous far and near. When you climb to the top, you can look far into the distance. You can see the Central Plains in the north and Chutian in the south. You can see thousands of mountains and thousands of miles. On the top is the famous Yuntai Zen Temple, which is the ancestral palace of the Baiyun Mountain lineage of the Linji Sect of Buddhism and can be called the Potala Palace of the Central Plains. On the east side of the temple is the Big Huai Well, which is the source of the Huai River; 30 meters southeast of the well is the Zhang Liang Cave between the stone walls. It is said that Zhang Liang retired after his success and became a valley; there are also landscapes such as the Songyue Platform, the Tiger Cave, and the Xiao Huai Well. Taibaiding Peak is surrounded by trees that cover the sky. It was established as a provincial nature reserve in 1982. It contains 33 species of national first-level protected animals and 41 species of national key protected plants. It is compatible with north and south. It is now a national forest park.