Henan Travel Notes (2)

On July 3rd, 20021year, we visited Yaoshan Scenic Spot in Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, the Giant Buddha Scenic Spot in the Central Plains and the Chaya Mountain Scenic Spot in suiping county, Zhumadian City.

When I arrived at the hotel yesterday afternoon, it was raining cats and dogs, and the rain curtain blocked everything. When I looked at the terrain in the morning, I found that the Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area was less than 800 meters away from the hotel. The Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area and Yaoshan Scenic Area belong to a joint scenic area. Last night, when I watched the Raiders, I said that Yaoshan Scenic Area took a long time to play, so I had to enter the scenic area early, and the Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area was the only place to return to Chaya Mountain, so we decided to go to Yaoshan first, and then visit the Central Plains Giant Buddha on the way back.

Yaoshan, also known as Shiren Mountain, is located in the west of Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province and the east of Funiu Mountain. It is named after the Yao Temple built by Sun Yao and Liu Lei to worship their ancestors. Yaoshan has peculiar peaks, numerous waterfalls, dense forests, excellent hot springs and splendid cultural landscapes. It is divided into ten parts: Dongling altar, Shifei Yuzhang, Sanchakou, Bailongtan, Semi-Xianju, Stone Man, Jiguanshi, Bainiucheng, Secret Cave and Hot Spring. Experts say it has the risks of Huashan, the preciseness of Emei, the beauty of Zhangjiajie and the beauty of Huangshan. It is a good place for sightseeing, summer vacation, recuperation, scientific research and exploration. Jade Emperor Peak is 2 153. 1 m above sea level, which is one of the 24 famous mountains in China.

At 8: 30 in the morning, we came to the gate of Yaoshan Scenic Area. Unlike the gate of Baiyun Mountain, the gate of Yaoshan Mountain is near the tourist center. What is more special is that the parking lot here is actually indoor. Take the Yaoshan cableway up the mountain in the scenic spot first and watch the raiders. There are many ropeways in the scenic area, in addition, there are Hongfeng ropeway and Shiren ropeway. Yaoshan cableway is the latest and longest. Today, we learned yesterday's lesson and planned to take a slide down the mountain at the top of the mountain, so we only bought a one-way ticket. Take the cable car into Yaoshan Scenic Area, where there are many strange peaks and clouds rising. In the blue sky, the comfortable white clouds interweave with the mist rising from the canyon, soaking the rugged mountains in the fog, and Xia Wei is steaming. The beautiful scenery is refreshing and suddenly enlightened. After a journey of 12 minutes, we arrived at Yaoshan cableway station. Looking at the tourist guide map of the scenic spot, I found that there is also the Jade Emperor Peak like Baiyun Mountain, which is 0/500m away from the ropeway station/kloc-. Yesterday, I climbed the Jade Emperor Top of Baiyun Mountain, which is known as the "top of the Central Plains". I don't plan to climb to the top again today, but I can only go to Yuhuangding when I see the downhill slide near Yuhuangding. After Du Fu Terrace, Feiyun Valley, Shenbi Peak and Range Rover Terrace, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Yaoshan while walking on the plank road. In the distance, under the skyline, layers of sky blue extend to the winding mountains, which are winding and hovering. The beautiful and straight peaks stand tall and spectacular, and the mist in the mountains permeates between the peaks, just like a magnificent picture of Danqing. Not far from the Range Rover, we came to the transit platform at the top of the mountain, where we went up 200 meters, which is the highest peak of Yaoshan-Yuhuangding, with an altitude of 2 153 meters, which is 13 meters lower than Yuhuangding in Yuntai Mountain, so we ranked second in Funiuling. Standing at the top of the pole overlooking Yaoshan, the mountains stand on the wall, and the peaks are like plastic; There are many strange rocks, and they are strange; Flying dragons walk in phoenix, and the scenery is wonderful, which constitutes a beautiful picture. According to reports, Mu Qing, the former president of Xinhua News Agency, visited Yaoshan twice and was intoxicated by the beauty of Yaoshan, leaving Mo Bao, the "exclusive place in the Central Plains".

Unlike the Jade Emperor Peak in Baiyun Mountain, there is no Jade Emperor Pavilion here, but an antique building with cornices and corners is being built under the top of the mountain. Is the Jade Emperor Pavilion being built here? After a short stay at the top of the pole, we began to descend from the back of Qinglong. A few hundred meters later, I came to the Yaoshan slide, which is known as the best in the world. It is about 2,800 meters long and costs 30 yuan. What's even more amazing is that the non-slip gloves here are not standard, and you have to pay extra for 5 yuan. I didn't know I could really use gloves until I slipped. Because it just rained yesterday, the slide is a little wet, so the friction is large and the slide is uneven. There are four sections of Yaoshan slide, with the spacing ranging from tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Although it is not very cool to slide, it saves energy and time compared with walking down the mountain. After skiing, we came to Qinglongbei, the essence scenic spot on the downhill slope. Qinglongbei is a zigzag mountain peak with a northeast and southwest direction, about 400 meters long, surrounded by peaks and huge valleys. The narrowest part of the peak ridge is less than meters wide, and it twists and turns like a dragon leaping in the air. Qinglongbei is not the only way down the mountain. In order to increase tourists' experience of exploring secluded places and avoiding danger, a plank road was built on the ridge. The first half was a wooden plank road with steel frame, and the second half was an iron ladder on the cliff. The narrowest part was only 40 cm wide. There is a section on the back of Qinglongbei, with landscapes such as Qinglongtai and Sansongtai. From left to right, huge peaks stand on both sides, with beautiful scenery, quiet valleys and white clouds, just like a fairyland. Walking past Qinglongbei and Hefeng, on one side is Thern Zen Temple, a small temple built under a boulder. The temple has no roof and three walls, which are filled with three gods and filled with cigarettes. A young monk is doing something in the yard. When he saw me coming, he spoke to me warmly. This is probably the smallest temple I have ever seen.

Below the Thern Temple is the White Bull City, surrounded by cliffs and four gates in the southeast and northwest. Legend has it that this is the place where the Jade Emperor imprisoned the white cow. The white cow is the sacred cow in the heavenly palace. Because he broke the dogma, he was imprisoned here by the Jade Emperor. Unwilling to be humiliated, Bai Niu fought back and rushed out of prison to confront the heavenly soldiers. In the end, because of being outnumbered, he was overwhelmed again, and his huge body became a 800-mile Funiu Mountain. The original name of Funiu Mountain comes from the legend of Bainiu Town here, which is also a very valuable tourism harvest today. In fact, there is a White Bull City slide under the White Bull City, because walking down the mountain will hurt our knees, so we will continue to slide without hesitation. The charge here is 20 yuan, no gloves. It took us only a few minutes to slide down the mountain to Tongtianmen, where we took a tram across the mountain and went down to Jiuqu Waterfall. Jiuqu Waterfall, also known as Black Dragon Pool, is a rock wall with nine caves washed out by water. The waterfall water flows in an arc in the caves, connecting three bends and nine bends. The waterfall meets the deep pool below, as quiet as a mirror, as if there is a black dragon lurking in it, hence the name Black Dragon Pool. This is the last scenic spot of Yaoshan's return trip. It's near the exit by taking sightseeing bus again 12: 30. It takes more than 4 hours to visit Yaoshan. Without stopping, we drove directly to the Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area.

The Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area is located in tangcun, Zhaocun Township, 50 kilometers west of Lushan County. The scenic spot has convenient transportation, beautiful scenery and beautiful environment, and is rich in tourism and cultural resources such as the world's first Buddha, the first bell, the first soup in mainland China and the first temple in Funiu Mountain. It is a tourist attraction integrating Buddhist culture, warm water bathing, sightseeing, leisure and entertainment, and it is an ecological tour of Funiu Mountain in Henan Province. The Giant Buddha in the Central Plains was designed and produced by Master Lin, a national intangible cultural heritage inheritor and vice president of Fujian Arts and Crafts Masters Association, at 1997. The total height of the Giant Buddha is 208 meters, with a height of 108 meters, a lotus pedestal of 20 meters, a diamond pedestal of 25 meters and a sumeru pedestal of 55 meters. On September 29th, 2008, 65,438+008 eminent monks and great virtues from four places across the Taiwan Strait appeared. The construction of the Giant Buddha took 12 years and the investment was1200 million yuan. The whole Buddha statue is made of 3300 tons of copper, 108 kilograms of gold and 15000 tons of special steel, with a surface area of 1 1300 square meters. It is welded by 13300 copper plates. After years of construction, the Central Plains Giant Buddha Scenic Area has begun to take shape and its popularity is increasing day by day. It has become an important tourist attraction in southwest Henan. The net weight of Tian Rui Auspicious Admiralty in the scenic spot is 1 16 tons, which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the world's largest external impact bronze bell". Master Xing Yun, president of the World Buddha Light Association and founder of Foguang Mountain in Taiwan Province Province, wrote "The First Buddha in the Central Plains" for the giant Buddha.

Passing the Fuquan Hotel where I stayed last night, I can see the glittering bronze statue of the Central Plains Giant Buddha on the top of the mountain in the distance. Last year, I visited the Lingshan Buddha in Wuxi. The statue of Lingshan Giant Buddha is 88 meters high, together with the pedestal 10 1.5 meters. At that time, it was already shocking under the statue, but the statue here completely surpassed the Lingshan Buddha. The single Buddha statue is 20 meters high and its pedestal is nearly 100 meters, which is more than twice as high as the Lingshan Giant Buddha as a whole and has the title of "the best in the world".

Wan Li was swallowed up by the Great Buddha Scenic Area in the Central Plains, which was magnificent and magnificent. A wide and straight road leads directly to the scenic spot, and you can see the stone archway, the Buddha Spring Temple, the wishing heart platform, the Fuhui Avenue, the ritual Buddha platform, the Central Plains Giant Buddha and other landscapes. The plaque in the center of the stone archway in the scenic spot is the "Blissful Mountain" inscribed by former Buddhist President Zhao Puchu. There are no tickets here. Just check your ID card. Enter the scenic spot, cross Shahe Bridge and enter Foquan Temple. Almost the same as the general Buddhist temples, the Buddha Spring Temple is also a three-entry temple, followed by the Heavenly King Hall and the Ursa Major Hall. According to reports, the Foquan Temple was built in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, with a history of 1300 years. According to legend, in the early years of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong had a dream at night and saw the Buddha standing at the foot of Yuzhen Mountain in Zhongzhou, sprinkling nectar for all beings in Tang Chi. This surprised him, and he knew the enlightenment of Buddha, that is, drawing pictures according to dreams and ordering people to look for them in the Central Plains. From the west of Lushan county, through the soup, into the soup, looking for soup. In view of the fact that the terrain here is consistent with the map, I built a temple in front of Xundong Mountain. There are hot springs all the year round on the south bank of Shahe River in front of the temple. Excellent water quality, suitable water temperature, rich in minerals, cure all diseases. Locals call it "Foquan", hence the name Foquan Temple.

Climbing more than a dozen steps from the back of Foquan Temple is the wishing platform of the Central Plains Buddha. From here, above the towering steps, stands a giant Buddha. Climbing the statue square, * * * has 432 steps. At noon, under the scorching sun, we climbed up step by step, and soon we were sweating like rain. At this time, I regret the arrangement in the morning. If I come here around 8 am, I can avoid the heat and pain. Sweating in the scorching sun, we panted up 432 steps and came to the Giant Buddha Square. In the center of the square is a huge circular Buddha worship platform, followed by the Central Plains Buddha, which is located on the King Kong and Lotus seats. The Buddha statue is solemn and towering, overlooking the mountains. Surrounded by peaks, water flows in the four seasons before the Buddha, and the mountains are majestic, and the purple gas flows from the clouds to the east, overlooking the Buddhist holy land. Unfortunately, the giant Buddha is currently under maintenance, so we can't visit it, so we can only look at it from a distance.

It took only one hour to visit the Giant Buddha. /kloc-set off at 0/4: 00 for Chayashan Scenic Area in suiping county, Zhumadian City. The sailing distance is 207 kilometers, and the time to reach the scenic spot is 16: 10. With the idea of giving it a try, we came to the gate of the scenic spot and asked the staff if they could still visit. If it's not too late for the staff to reply, we'll buy tickets to enter the scenic spot immediately.

Chaya Mountain was developed in 2004, also known as Linglong Mountain and Xianyou Mountain. It is located in suiping county, Zhumadian City, 40 kilometers south of Zhumadian City, with an area of 50 square kilometers and an average elevation of 600 meters. No matter from the height or scope, chaya mountain Scenic Area is very small, but it is characterized by its small size and beauty, and is known as the "Central Plains Bonsai". Chaya Mountain is the residual vein in the eastern margin of Funiu, which is connected with Honey Mountain, Nanshan Mountain, Beishan Mountain, Guohua Mountain and Liufeng Mountain. Xiu Mi Lake, Biwa Lake, Baihua Lake and Motian Lake are distributed among them, with more than 300 scenic spots such as peaks, caves, sheds and stones. Chayashan is a granite landform area, which was formed in Yanshan orogeny from the end of Triassic to Cretaceous. In 2004, Lushan Mountain was listed as a national geological park.

When you enter chaya mountain Scenic Area, the first thing you see is the bronze statue of four disciples of Tang Priest at the entrance of the scenic area. The staff of the scenic spot said: "There is no Journey to the West without Tea Tooth Mountain", which is closely related to the westward journey culture and has a long history. It is said that Xuanzang was a famous monk who practiced in Mount Yi in his early years. His first disciple, Dao Quan, and his third disciple, Dao, were all from Lushan. Wu/Cheng/En traveled long distances to avoid disasters, passing through the Lushan Mountain, and drew inspiration from the grotesque landscapes such as the rocky monkeys, the sleeping Tang Priest, the drunken Bajie and the black wind tunnel, and created his masterpiece The Journey to the West. 1998 The location of CCTV's TV series The Journey to the West is chaya mountain. As early as 1944 before liberation, Chaya Mountain was used as an anti-Japanese base, where the New Fourth Army and the Henan Guerrilla Independent Corps fought. After liberation, on April 20th, 1958, Chayashan established the first people's commune in China-Chayashan Satellite People's Commune, which is also the second people's commune in the world after the Paris Commune. Later, Mao/Chairman /Xi also visited the Lushan Satellite People's Commune. We didn't make a strategy before we came. After listening to the introduction, we realized that Jaya Mountain had such a glorious history. This trip is really a windfall.

Walking along the scenic road through the sparkling Lake Xiu Mi, there are people leading horses in the square. We thought we could ride a bike up the mountain, saving time and effort, just for the experience. Go all the way along Shiban Road in the scenic spot. On both sides are the bonsai-like peaks of Chaya Mountain, with jagged and jagged rocks. Chaya Mountain, Baiyun Mountain and Yaoshan all belong to the Funiu Mountain Range, but the mountain shape and rock quality of Chaya Mountain are completely different from the former two. The first two are towering mountains, towering walls, tall and handsome, full of weather, but here is like an artifact played by the creator. Stones of different shapes are as smooth as eggs and piled up at will. There is no vegetation on the boulder, and green plants can only grow in the cracks of the boulder. While moving forward with emotion, I can't help but admire the greatness and strangeness of Chaya Mountain. All the way through the Black Wind Tunnel, Wuzhuangguan and Baogong Temple, I came to the Journey to the West Sculpture Park in the rugged rocks, but it is under renovation and is not open. Continue to go up and see that it is only 850 meters away from the peak Phoenix Terrace, which can not help but increase confidence and speed up the progress. The higher you go, the steeper the mountain. You must hold the chain with your hands and feet in the most dangerous place to avoid falling down the mountain, and you must walk sideways in the narrowest place. In addition, the shape of the strange stones on the mountain is becoming more and more strange. "The first monkey in the world" is composed of two huge stones, much like Liu Er's macaque in MengMeng. It is reported that this is the most famous pictographic stone in Mount Yi, and it is the prototype of the birth of the Monkey King in The Journey to the West. "Flying Stone" is the most visually impactful picture in the first article of Journey to the West. A smooth and irregular boulder, like flying from outer space, suddenly got stuck on the cliffs on both sides, which was incredible and amazing.

17: 40, it took us about 90 minutes to reach the peak of Chaya Mountain-Phoenix Terrace. There is a cliff slide here, halfway to the sky, and then you can take a drifting boat directly to the foot of the mountain. Today, mountaineering has consumed a lot of physical strength, so we don't hesitate to participate in every project that can save physical strength. The slide was supposed to get off work at 17: 30, but we got here before the staff went down the mountain, and the staff allowed us to take the slide down. Today, I took six slides, which is the seventh time and the coolest one. There are tempered glass on both sides of the slide here, and there are no obstacles in the middle. We can reach the next stop within a few hundred meters in less than a minute. Climbing dozens of stone steps, we came to the sky drifting station. The staff here are also packing for work. We are also the last tourists here. The so-called sky drifting is to build a glass waterway spiraling down the mountain halfway up the mountain. The water released from the last station flows in the waterway, and tourists drift all the way to the foot of the mountain by rubber boat. Take a boat, follow the turbulent water flow on the slide, drift down the mountain along the circling waterway, blow the cool breeze in the mountains, listen to the flowing water in the waterway and enjoy the beautiful mountain scenery on both sides. This wandering feeling is very relaxed and free! I have experienced a lot of rafting and several slides, but this is the first time to experience the combination of rafting and slides. Unfortunately, the time is very short, only about ten minutes. With the acceleration of the water flow in the slide, we rushed directly into the small pool at the end of the slide, and the waves aroused wet our clothes and shoes. Not in vain, we have come to the foot of the mountain, ended the sky drifting, and then returned to the south gate of the scenic spot by sightseeing bus.

Today, I traveled about 270 kilometers, visited three 5-year scenic spots and walked nearly 30,000 steps, which also set a record for me to walk in a single day. Going to Lushan Mountain today means that tomorrow's itinerary is blank, so we temporarily decided to stay in suiping county today and come back tomorrow after visiting the Qingming Shangheyuan scenic spot in Kaifeng.