With a total area of 240 square kilometers, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area in Wuxian County has world-class (the first batch of world geoparks) and national brands (the first batch of 5A-level tourist attractions, national scenic spots, China civilized scenic spots, national natural heritage, national forest parks, national water conservancy scenic spots, national macaque nature reserve, national cultural industry demonstration base and national ecological civilization education base). It became a sister park with the Grand Canyon National Park in the United States and won the title of Henan Province.
Wuxian is endowed with unique tourism resources, with more than 70 peaks and many scenic spots. Yuntai Mountain, located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, was included in the first batch of world geoparks with its unique "karst landform in the north". At the same time, it is also the only scenic spot in Henan province that integrates seven national levels. The scenic area is 190 square kilometers, including Quanpu Gorge, Tanpu Gorge, Hongshi Gorge, Zifang Lake, Wanshan Temple, Baijiayan, Yuanxian, Ding Sheng, Diecai Cave, Qinglong Gorge and Linfeng Gorge1attractions. There is also Yuntai Waterfall, the largest waterfall in Asia. There are even more wonderful places, such as the "Wang Yaodong" where Sun Simiao, a great doctor in the Tang Dynasty, took medicine to make an alchemy, the Han Xiandi Summer Resort, and Bai Jiayan, a hermit who was a "seven sages of bamboo forest" in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Qinglong Gorge Scenic Spot was discovered in 2000, which integrates canyon and cave landscape. It has been rated as a provincial-level scenic spot, with a total area of 108 square kilometers and more than 100 major scenic spots, which is of great development value.
On July 7th, 2003, Yuntaishan Geopark ranked behind Huangshan Mountain and Lushan Mountain with a high score of 103.85, and became one of the eight recommended geoparks by China to UNESCO. On February 13, 2004, at 23: 00 Beijing time, Yuntai Mountain became one of the first 28 world geoparks at the UNESCO World Geopark Expert Review Meeting held in Paris, France. Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area, ranked third in China and fifth in the world, was named as the first batch of world geoparks by UNESCO, which immediately attracted strong attention in China.
Wuxian vigorously carried out the tourism activities of "creating excellent environment and improving service" and ecological environment management in the northern mountainous areas, and was rated as a demonstration county of tourism standardization and a pilot county of tourism informatization construction by Jiaozuo City. Yuntaishan tourism service standard has passed the evaluation of National Tourism Administration. Yuntai Mountain's tourism brand has been further improved. Yuntai Mountain went public and entered the orbit. Successfully held the 9th International Mountaineering Challenge in Yuntai Mountain, China, the 4th International Symposium on Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, set up Yuntai Mountain office in Seoul, South Korea, and successfully renewed the contract with the Grand Canyon of the United States. China-US Geopark Development Forum reached a preliminary agreement.
Religious architecture
1. Wanshan Temple
Wanshan Temple, also known as Goupo Temple, is located under the main peak of Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area in Xiuwu County. Sit facing south, with your back to Weiping Mountain. Ancient buildings such as the original mountain gate, Chinese Buddhist temple, big Buddhist temple and temples. In front of the temple is Wang Qintai, the sixth year of Ming Jiajing. In the east, there is the stone pagoda of the 25th Zen master of Lin Ji, and in the south, there are two tombstones of the 37th and 38th Zen masters of Lin Ji. Yuntaishan Scenic Administration rebuilt the gate of Wanshan Temple and Daxiong Hall, making Wanshan Temple a large-scale Buddhist activity place.
2. Rong Yuan Temple
Rongsi is located on the foothills of Yuntai Mountain, with a history of more than 65,438+0,650 years. It is the second largest Buddhist temple in Henan Province, second only to Baima Temple in Luoyang. After being repaired by the ugly monk Zen master of the Northern Qi Dynasty, more than 1,000 monks lived here. For more than a thousand years, the temple has been destroyed and built repeatedly because of the constant war. Since the 1980s, with the rapid development of tourism in Yuntai Mountain, more than 40 million yuan has been invested to rebuild the Rong Yuan Temple, reappearing the grand scene of "the ancient temple is hidden in the mountains and Sanskrit goes around Tallinn". There are white jade Buddha statues, national first-class cultural relics, Amin Monument, Longquan, Shengguquan, Ancient Buddha Cave, Galand Well, Yinyang Well and Cheng Zhuo Buddha statues.
3. Chongming Temple
Chongming Temple, located in Sangwan Natural Village of Fangzhuang Town (now classified as Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area), covers an area of 10 mu with a building area of over 400 square meters. The temple was built in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Qi Dynasty, rebuilt in Xian Tong in the Tang Dynasty, renamed Chongming Temple in the second year of the Song Dynasty, added in the early Qing Dynasty, and then abandoned. 1995 reconstruction, 1999 officially opened. According to historical records, Chongming Temple complex includes Han Xiandi Summer Platform, Zhou Zen Master Temple, Wang Liequan Temple, Xiaode Tower, and the remains of "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest" in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Goddess Pagoda of Chongming Temple has been well preserved so far, and the bucket arch building is unique. In 2006, the Goddess Tower was rated as a national cultural relic.
4. National Holy Temple and National Holy Temple Tower
Guosheng Temple, located in the middle of the old street in the county, was built in Shaosheng four years in the Northern Song Dynasty (1097). The original temple is large in scale and is a famous temple north of the Yellow River. After many times of destruction and construction, there are more than 20 main halls and side rooms. The Guosheng Temple Tower in the temple is one of the landmark buildings in Xiuwu County, and it is also a national key cultural relics protection unit. Built at the beginning of Taxiu Temple, it is an ancient brick-wood mixed structure with an octagonal nine-level pavilion, and the tower is 26.15m high. The outer wheel of the tower is parabolic and converges layer by layer. The eaves of each floor are decorated with wooden arches, which makes the tower beautiful and exquisite. The ventricle of the tower is hexagonal. You can climb the stairs to the top of the tower. At the top, stands a cast iron spire overlooking the whole city.
5. Baijiayan Temple and Little Girl Tower
Baijia Temple, also known as Chongming Temple, was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was founded by Zhou Chan, a Buddhist master in the Northern Qi Dynasty. After being repaired and expanded many times by later generations, it has formed a huge scale and is still one of the main attractions of Baijiayan Scenic Area in Yuntai Mountain. Its temple tower, also known as filial piety tower, was built in 686 when Wu Zetian hung the arch for three years. It is one of the few existing Tangta in China. The tower is an octagonal nine-level pavilion-style brick tower with a total height of 26.15m. This tower is Zhu Siniang, the filial daughter of the people at that time. Because my mother was lying in a hospital bed for a long time, she was repeatedly asked to die by a famous doctor. A monk advised her to go to the underworld and begged Yan Jun to prolong her life and save her mother, so that she could save her life. The woman came to Baijiayan Temple to worship Buddha and jump off the cliff. After that, her mother recovered from a long illness. Her mother felt filial, so she built a tower here, so she named it "Little Tower".
6. Xuan Di Palace and yuntaiguan
Xuan Di Palace is located in the main peak of Yuntai Mountain, at the top of Cornus officinalis, with a total length of 13 14m. Known by Taoist believers as the "northern summit", it corresponds to the "southern summit" of Wudang Mountain. Legend has it that the Zhenwu Emperor of Taoism became immortal in Yuntai Mountain, and after he became immortal, he was named to guard Wudang Mountain, while Xuan Di Palace in Yuntai Mountain became his official palace, and he returned to Yuntai Mountain every year to show his spirit with tin, so this palace has always been extremely fragrant. This palace was built in the Tang Dynasty. It's called Xuanyuan Hall. It has undergone expansion and restoration, forming the grand momentum of Xuan Di Palace today. The bronze statue of Zhenwu Emperor in the palace is 3.45 meters high, which is the highest bronze statue of Zhenwu Emperor in China. Yuntaiguan is located on the Phoenix Ridge at the foot of Cornus officinalis peak. In addition to offering sacrifices to Taoist gods, they also offered sacrifices to Ning Fengzi, a Taoist fairy who was born in Xiuwu and finally arrived in Yuntai Mountain. There is a 30-meter-high Chongyang Pavilion outside the temple.
7. Ocean Moon
Moon is located in Mafang Village, Wuliyuan Township, northeast of Xiuwu County. Formerly known as "Zhenqingguan", it is said that Liu Haichan, the Prime Minister of the Five Dynasties Prince of Yan State, saw through the world of mortals and abandoned his official practice. Mafang Spring in Mafang Village is Liu Haichan's Xidan Pool, named after Song of the Moon Entering the Tao written by Qiu Chuji in Jin Dynasty. The existing main hall, facing south, is also called "Bei Nangong" by local people. Rebuilt in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the building has a strange shape. This is valuable information for studying ancient architecture. There used to be Ma Fangquan in the north of the palace. There are many groupers in spring. Ducks eat metazoan eggs, and the processed preserved eggs are peeled to reveal clear pine and cypress branches and bamboo leaves. The food tastes delicious and is known as "preserved eggs in the sea". After the end of the Yuan Dynasty, all the royal families regarded it as the delicacy of the royal banquet. [26]
8. Zushi Temple
The ancestral hall is located in Beiguan Village, Chengguan Town, Xiuwu County. It faces south and has three wide faces. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a bully named Lu in Beiguan village, who was bullying in the village. His ancestors turned into Taoist priests, dug up the roots of scriptures and dates in Lu's cemetery, and ruined the Lu family. In order to repay ancestors, people used well roots and jujube roots as beams to build ancestral temples, which has a history of more than 700 years. There are more than 20 inscriptions in the ancestral hall, which mainly describe the grand occasion of "Jinding" and pilgrimage to Wudang Mountain on March 3 every year.