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Zhongshan county tourism

Blog / 11/08/2024

Zhongshan County has beautiful mountains and rivers, beautiful scenery, rich and unique tourism resources. Its types are mainly divided into two categories: natural landscape and human landscape. There are 53 scenic spots in 13 categories, including Bishuiyan, Lotus Pond scenery, Otawa Lotus Ancient Stage, Huashan Reservoir, Champion Peak and Shilong Stone Bridge. The Lotus Pond Scenic Area is located 18 kilometers west of the county seat, next to the National Highway 323, in Gongan Town, and the 6-square-kilometer Lotus Pond Natural Scenic Area in Fiona Fang has not been developed at present, and everything comes from nature. Numerous stone peaks rise from the ground in the scenic area, and the peaks are green and varied. There are several lotus ponds in the mountains. Every summer and early autumn, the charming lotus flowers in the ponds set off against the mighty mass peaks, drawing a natural and colorful landscape painting. The scenic spot stretches for more than ten miles, with picturesque scenery, which is also called "Lotus Pond Shili Gallery". Among them, there is a rare portrait-shaped stone in the center of the scenic spot-in-laws Mountain. Two lifelike stone peaks are close to each other, which stands out among the mountains. Huashan Reservoir Scenic Area is located in Huashan Yao Township, 33km northwest of the county. It is formed by intercepting Dahuajiang, a tributary of Siqin River. It has a rainfall collection area of 76km2 and a total reservoir capacity of 4,450m3. It was built in 1984, forming a wide island landscape on the water surface, which contrasts with the sluice tower, Daducao and Daguanlou, forming a landscape with beautiful scenery and graceful pavilions. In winter, the reservoir is inhabited by Hou birds, and the water surface is often full of rare waterfowl such as white cranes, which adds to the beauty.Huashan Reservoir and the surrounding scenic spots such as Longkou Hot Spring, Lotus Ancient Stage, Erdi Palace and Niumiao Snake Farm form Huashan Scenic Area. Since 1990, it has received foreign visitors and formed a famous brand at home and abroad-Huashan Dream Tour. Yingjia Zhongshan, an ancient town, is located in the middle of Nanling Mountain, southwest of Mengzhu Mountain and Dupangling Mountain. In ancient times, there were waterfront (rich rivers), Nantong Guangxin (Wuzhou) and Nanhai (Guangzhou), and there were Siqin Jiangxi connected with Lishui (Lijiang River) and Xiangshui (Xiangjiang River) through Lingqu, which connected with the Central Plains. With Qin Shihuang guarding Wuling Mountain in the south, it was built into Jiaodao (new road) and became the Central Plains. Being there, you can not only get a glimpse of the whip and iron hoof wielded by the Emperor Qin and Han Wu, but also search for the tracks of wild animals in the renewal period, Neolithic human beings and human life in the Warring States period. It has made Zhongshan rich in humanities for thousands of years, including all kinds of ancient sites, ancient stone bridges, ancient wells, ancient buildings, ancient houses and cliff carvings, which show us the features of a certain era with the brand of a certain era, so that we can pay homage to it. Yingjia, an ancient town, is located on the west bank of Siqin River, an ancient road. It began to have streets in the late Song Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Qing, Kang and Gan Dynasties. At present, there are still nearly 1,000 meters of slate streets, which are divided into seven houses by the gatehouse water lane. There are nearly 200 original shops, including several big stalls. The ancient town is backed by mountains on three sides, facing the water on one side, with many caves in the mountains, and a cave of Tianyan, a Neolithic human site, at the foot of Houshan Mountain.There is a stone inscription "Hundred Mans obey the Tao" in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty.This guild hall used to be the scene of Zhang Fu, a TV series called "Wine is the Alcohol of Hometown". Yupo Village is located in Yantang Town, 25 kilometers away from Zhongshan County, and among the mountains with karst landform. The village is surrounded by mountains and waters, surrounded by streams in front of the village, and the green behind the village is dripping. The surrounding Bijia Mountain, Longtou Mountain and Santai Mountain are lifelike, and the scenery is very pleasant. In history, because of the large number of scholars, many officials and many rich people, it is a famous rich nest and official town in Fiona Fang, and the village courtyard is deep. Yupo Village was founded in the Song Dynasty as its ancestor Liao Zhengyi (a scholar of Song Yuanfeng, a native of Jinji County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province). Because of his official position in Long Ping, the old county of Zhaozhi, Yupofang, a beautiful mountain, charming water and a cool slope in winter, was chosen as the residence for his sons and grandchildren. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, disturbed by the uprising of Yao Zhuang people, he moved to Guiyang and returned to his hometown in the middle of Ming Dynasty. Liao Zhengyi was admitted to Yuan You as a scholar of Su Wengong, who once learned about Changzhou. After he was named, he joined the Party and became a Buddhist in the bamboo forest. Two episodes of Baiyun Yunxi survived. Yupo village has always been a village that pays attention to education, especially in the feudal era when learning to be excellent makes a scholar, and studying and practicing martial arts has become a major atmosphere in the village. According to historical records, during the Guangming and Qing Dynasties, there were nearly 20 juren and scholars in this village, and most of them went out to be officials after entering the scholar's office. Some officials went to Yunnan to drive, Wen Linlang, Wuzhou company commander, deputy company commander, Shen Rong, Guangshan in Henan, Guilin, Longping, Lingchuan, Liucheng, Quanzhou and other prefectures and counties, including magistrate, governor, teaching, discipline and Confucianism. The village's fields are as far away as Gongcheng and Lipu, and it is likely to buy all the fields in the world. Especially Yuxi in the village,There are many fields. Before liberation, more than 85% of families had more fields, which was really a famous nest of wealth. At present, Yupo Village still preserves dozens of old-fashioned blue brick houses, stone walls protecting the village with a thickness of several tens of centimeters, and some ancient wells, gatehouses, slate lanes, stone bridges, ancient temples and stone archways. Its Enrong Stone Archway is the most distinctive ancient building in the village and one of the famous ancient buildings in Guangxi. The archway is located in front of Liao Ancestral Hall in this village. It was built by Liao Shide, a scholar of this village in the 17th year of Qing Qianlong (1752). The archway covers an area of 10.30 square meters, with four columns, three rooms, the fifth floor, and the top of the temple, with a width of 6.18 meters, a depth of 1.66 meters and a height of 7.32 meters. It is made of bluestone and is covered with round carvings. Among them, stone lions are carved on the drum stone on the front of the central column, fish kisses with upturned tails are decorated on both ends of the front ridge of the Temple in the main building of the Ming Dynasty, the top of the treasure gourd is in the middle, the carved window is in the middle of the four arches, the word "Sirong" is vertically carved on the stone tablet in the middle of the horizontal purlin, and the slate between the flower purlin and the purlin is high relief and hollowed out. In 2000, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Longdao village is located in the south of Zhongshan county, about 15 kilometers away from the county seat. The village was first built in Song Dynasty, built by the ridge, with the front pond and the back ridge.Very imposing, the village's ancient houses are all over the place, and the turret stands tall, stepping in, such as exploring the castle. The village has two major characteristics. First, it is connected with ancient houses, and every household is connected with bricks and tiles. The roadway is like a mountain city, and high-rise buildings stand like castles. There are some local characteristics. Secondly, every household in the village is Shikumen, and every household uses granite as the door frame, and engraves the door pair (couplet). There are two kinds of engraving, the antithesis of couplets is neat and positive, and some of them are decorated with relief patterns. It is said that a long time ago, a juren came out of the village. After earning fame, he gave up his official career, returned to his hometown, set up private schools, started teaching and educating people, and lived a poor and lonely life. This is difficult for the villagers to understand in the feudal society. Year after year, Juren is old, but the younger generation in the village has grown up. With his lifelong efforts, a group of scholars have emerged in the village, and the villagers have begun to understand this Juren's good intentions, for Ji Qide, and at the same time, it shows that he is a home of poetry and etiquette that advocates culture, thus having this unique scenery. Houses in this village are generally divided into two floors according to the terrain. The first floor is forward, and the second floor is backward. The front of the forward is a corridor, with pig and cow pens on both sides, and a patio in the middle. Next to the patio, there is an earth ladder that goes up and down (on the second floor). The backward main house is an ordinary three rooms, with rooms on both sides. The backward and forward are separated by a corridor. The corridor leads to two kitchens and rooms on both sides of the main house except in front of the main hall. Generally, the forward corridor and the two rooms or kitchen of the main house are connected with the outside, which is a very characteristic rural building. Hetang Village is located in the Lotus Pond Scenic Area of Zhongshan.It is the main village of the scenic spot, about 15 kilometers away from the county seat. The village is surrounded by mountains, according to the central government, the village turns around the pond, houses are built next to the pool, and bluestone paves the way, surrounded by green trees. The old house on the ancient road is actually the original specimen of an ancient village. During the archaeological and general survey of cultural relics in the 1970s, a large number of remains of wild animals were found in the mountains of the village, and a large number of bone fossils of wild animals such as giant pandas, rhinoceroses, Asian elephants, wild boar and deer were collected. Up to now, the series of giant panda fossil specimens in the Natural Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are still collected in the caves at the back of the village. Datian Stage is located in Datian Village, Gongan Town, west of Zhongshan County, about 10 kilometers away from the county. It was built in the fourth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (that is, in 1878), and it is brick, stone and wood structure with a convex shape, with a height of more than 10 meters. It consists of a front desk and a back desk. The front desk is 6.37 meters wide and 5.5 meters deep. The backstage is 10.12m wide and 3.6m deep. The base height is 1.8 meters. The whole stage is made of bluestone and blue bricks, and the carvers are extremely exquisite and round. The eight-column beam frame, octagonal caisson, drum stone cushion column, blue brick wall, bluestone as the base, carved with eight immortals beside the base to celebrate the birthday, carved with dragons to play with pearls, carved with two tigers on the stage to help the corner, embedded with two lions to show the charm, and the back screen is decorated with wooden carvings such as mountain pavilions and Cai Feng cranes, with exquisite craftsmanship and harmonious composition. The stage is simple, elegant and magnificent, and conforms to the principles of mechanics and acoustics. The whole stage belongs to the affiliated building of Shuikou Temple, hidden among ancient trees and beautiful bamboos, surrounded by clear streams, and the whole environment is elegant and unique, quiet and comfortable. It is one of the rare ancient buildings in Guangxi.In 1981, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Datian Village, the village where the stage is located, is also a very distinctive village. Old houses, ancient banyan trees and ancient camphor trees have a unique charm against the pond. Shilong Bridge Located in front of the government of Shilong Town, Shilong Bridge straddles the north and south banks of Shilong River. It was built in the 11th year of Qianlong (1746) and rebuilt in Guangxu. It is 40 meters long, 5.2 meters wide and 12 meters high, with the main arch span of 14 meters and the auxiliary arch span of 7 meters. The whole bridge is made of bluestone arch without any mortar, which fully shows the superb technology of bridge construction in China and the wisdom of working people in China. A pair of stone lions are placed at both ends of the bridge embankment of Shilong Bridge. The stone railings, watchposts and canopies on both sides of the bridge deck are decorated with relief patterns, and the outer side of the watchpost is engraved with eight heroic characters of "Dragon Pan East Water" and "Stone Lock Pearl River", and the two stone railings are engraved with "Dragon Play Beads", "Twin Phoenix Chaoyang" and "Double Phoenix Chaoyang" respectively. The exquisite and vivid myths, legends and anecdotes such as "Visiting the Sage in Fengji", "Visiting the Maolu", "Taking advantage of the East Wind", "Borrowing an umbrella from the West Lake" and "Seeing the 18th Party off" gave the bridge a brilliant luster, which not only reflected the exquisite relief art in the Qing Dynasty, but also reflected the prosperity of the opera art in the Qing Dynasty, indicating the prosperity of culture and art in the Qing Dynasty. In a word, Shilong Bridge is an ancient stone bridge that integrates architecture, sculpture, sculpting and opera art. It has high attainments in architecture and sculpture and is rare in Guangxi ancient stone bridge.In 2000, this stone bridge was announced by the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as a key cultural relic protection unit. At the same time, there is another ancient stage built with Shilong Bridge, which is located in Shilong Street, not far from the stone bridge. Its shape is basically similar to that of Datian Stage, and it also has certain protection value. Lotus Stage is located in Lianhua Village, Yao Township, Liang 'an, Zhongshan, about 20 kilometers away from the county seat. It was built in the ninth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1883), and the stage is facing Longwang Temple 50 meters south. The stage plane is convex, with a platform mouth of 7.85 meters wide and a depth of 5.44 meters, and a background with a horizontal length of 12 meters and a depth of 4.45 meters. The whole building area is 96.2 square meters, the abutment is 1.73 meters high, and the front eaves are 13 meters high, with a blue stone foundation and a brick-wood structure. Double-hipped eaves, upturned corners, mountain-resting items, the front ridge decorated with turtle fish and treasure beads, the second-floor tile surface decorated with two dragon play beads, and the octagonal algae well above the platform mouth, the ceiling of which is painted with eight treasures patterns; There are carved lions between the bucket arches on both sides of the front desk, and the screen in the middle of the background is decorated with pictures of singers dancing with pipa in their hands. Above it is a large arch with the word "River and Qinghai Banquet". There are stone reliefs of dragons, phoenixes, flowers and figures on the platform base, and inscriptions on the origin of the stage are embedded below it. Mountain-shaped wind and fire walls are built on both sides of the background. There are carved wooden horizontal plaques of "Dragonfly" and "Phoenix Dance" on two doors communicating with the front desk and the background. The roof is supported by Pisces. In 2000, the stage was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Zhongshan Shili Gallery is 18 kilometers away from the county seat. There are no tickets and no buses.

The types of tourism resources in Zhongshan County are mainly divided into two categories: natural landscape and human landscape. There are 53 scenic spots in 13 categories, including Bishuiyan, the primeval forest scenery of Shibashan Mountain, the scenery of the lotus pond, the ancient lotus stage in Otawa, Huashan Reservoir, the champion peak and Shilong Stone Bridge.

Yingjia, an ancient town, is located on the west bank of Siqin River, an ancient road. It began to have streets in the late Song Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Qing, Kang and Gan Dynasties. There were nearly 200 original shops, including several big stalls. The ancient town is backed by mountains on three sides, facing the water on one side, with many caves in the mountains, a cave of Tianyan, a Neolithic human site, and a stone tablet of "Hundred Mans Obeying the Road" in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. There are nearly 100 acres of contiguous ponds in front of the town street, and Siqin River is not far away. The banks of the river are embankments built during the People's Commune period, with a cement bridge at the upstream, a memorial pavilion for the British uprising at the bridge head and an ancient wooden bridge nearly 100 meters long at the downstream.

On the back of Qijia Street in Yingjia, there is the Yuedong Guild Hall, the address of the Yingjia Uprising, which was built in the 42nd year of Qianlong (1777). The stone tablet at the gate is the four regular script engraved in Yang of Yuedong Guild Hall, and the font is very heavy. On the stone tablet, there are large-scale paintings of landscape figures with fine painters. The Yingjia Yuedong Guild Hall was once the granary of the Kuomintang during the Republic of China. In June 1947, the Yingjia Uprising led by the Guangxi District Working Committee opened a warehouse here to help the poor, and thousands of tons of millet became the food of Fiona Fang people overnight. Therefore, the Yingjia Yuedong Guild Hall became an important address of the Yingjia Uprising and was announced as a key cultural relics protection unit by the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2000. This guild hall used to be the scene of Zhang Fu, a TV series called "Wine is the Alcohol of Hometown". Located in Datian Village, Gongan Town, to the west of Zhongshan County, about 10 kilometers away from the county, this stage was built in the fourth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (that is, in 1878). It is brick, stone and wood structure with a convex shape, with a height of more than 10 meters. It consists of a front desk and a back desk. The front desk is 6.37 meters wide and 5.5 meters deep. The backstage is 10.12m wide and 3.6m deep. The base height is 1.8 meters. The whole stage is made of bluestone and blue bricks, and the carvers are extremely exquisite and round. The eight-column beam frame, octagonal caisson roof, drum stone cushion column, blue brick wall, bluestone as the base, carved with Eight Immortals to celebrate the birthday, carved with dragons to play with pearls, carved with two tigers on the stage to help the corner, embedded with two lions to show the spirit, and the back screen is decorated with wood carvings such as pavilions of mountains and rivers and cranes in Cai Feng. In 1981, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

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