Xiuwu county tourism administration

Yuntai Mountain

Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area in Xiuwu County has a total area of 240 square kilometers, with one world-class (the first batch of world geoparks in the world) and nine national brands (the first batch of 5A-level scenic spots, national scenic spots, China civilized scenic spots, national natural heritage, national forest park, national water conservancy scenic spot, national macaque nature reserve, national cultural industry demonstration base and national ecological civilization education base), and has become a sister park with the Grand Canyon National Park in the United States, and won the honor of Henan.

Xiuwu county is endowed with unique tourism resources, with more than 70 large and small peaks and numerous scenic spots. Yuntai Mountain is located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, and is listed in the first batch of world geoparks with its unique "karst landform in the north". At the same time, it is the only scenic spot in Henan province that integrates seven national levels. The scenic area covers an area of 190 square kilometers, including 11 scenic spots, including Quanpu Gorge, Tanpu Gorge, Hongshi Gorge, Zifang Lake, Wanshan Temple, Baijiayan, Xianyuan, Shengding, Diecai Cave, Qinglong Gorge and Fenglin Gorge. There is also the largest waterfall in Asia, Yuntai Waterfall. Sun Simiao, a great medical doctor in the Tang Dynasty, collected herbs to make an alchemy, the summer platform of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, Baijiayan, a hermit of seven sages of bamboo forest in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and other historical sites are even more wonderful. The Qinglong Gorge Scenic Spot, which was discovered in 2000, 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 at the recommendation meeting of China World Geopark held in Beijing, and became one of the eight Geoparks recommended by China to UNESCO. On February 13th, 2004, at 23: 00 Beijing time, to be no.1, Yuntai Mountain, became one of the first 28 world geoparks at the UNESCO World Geopark Expert Review Conference held in Paris. Yuntai Mountain Scenic Spot, ranked third in China and fifth in the world, was named by UNESCO as the world's first geopark, which suddenly attracted strong attention in China.

Xiuwu County vigorously carried out the activities of "creating excellent environment and improving service" and the 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. Yuntai Mountain's tourism service standard passed the evaluation of the National Tourism Administration. Yuntaishan tourism brand has been further improved. Yuntai Mountain went public and entered the orbit, successfully held the "99" International Mountaineering Challenge in Yuntai Mountain, China, the 4th International Symposium on Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, set up the office of Yuntai Mountain in Seoul, South Korea, successfully renewed the contract with the Grand Canyon of the United States, and reached a preliminary agreement with the China-US Geopark Development Forum.

Religious architecture

1. Wanshan Temple

Wanshan Temple is located under the main peak of Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area in Xiuwu County, also known as Goupo Temple. Sit facing south, with your back to Wai Ping Mountain. Ancient architectural groups such as the original mountain gate, the Chinese Buddha Hall, the Giant Buddha Hall, and the monk's house. In front of the temple, there is the Wangqintai in the sixth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty. In the east of the temple, there is the stone tower of the twenty-fifth Zen master of Linji, and in the south of the temple, there are two tombstones of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth Zen masters of Linji. Yuntaishan Scenic Administration rebuilt the gate and main hall of Wanshan Temple, making Wanshan Temple a large-scale Buddhist activity place.

2. Yuanrong Temple

Yuanrong Temple is located on Lvjian Mountain in the west of Yuntai Mountain. It has been established for more than 1650 years, and it is the second ancient Buddhist temple in Henan Province after Baima Temple in Luoyang. After the renovation of Master Thich Chan, a high-ranking monk in the Northern Qi Dynasty, there were more than a thousand permanent monks. For more than a thousand years, due to the constant war, the temple has been destroyed and built repeatedly. Since the 1980s, with the rapid development of tourism in Yuntai Mountain, more than 40 million yuan has been invested to rebuild Yuanrong Temple, recreating the grand scene of "ancient temples hidden in the deep mountains and Sanskrit around Tallinn". There is a white jade Buddha, a national first-class cultural relic, with a clear monument. There are also Longquan, Shenggu Spring, Ancient Buddha Cave, Galand Well, Yinyang Well, and a wonderful place of Buddha's figure.

3. Chongming Temple

Chongming Temple, located in Sangwan Natural Village, Fangzhuang Town (now included in Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area), covers an area of more than 10 mu with a building area of more than 400 square meters. The temple was built in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was rebuilt during Xian Tong's reign in the Tang Dynasty, and was renamed Chongming Temple in Song Yuanyou's second year. It was built in the early Qing Dynasty and then abandoned. It was rebuilt in 1995 and officially opened in 1999. According to historical records, the Chongming Temple complex has the remains of Emperor Xiandi's summer platform, thick Zen master's temple, Wang Liequan, filial piety tower and "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest" in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The filial piety tower in Chongming Temple is still well preserved, and its arch-shaped architecture is unique. In 2006, the filial piety tower was rated as a national cultural relic.

4. Shengguo Temple and Shengguo Temple Tower

Shengguo Temple is located in the middle section of the old town street in the county seat. It was built in the fourth year of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (1097). The original temple was large and famous in the north of the Yellow River. After repeated destruction and construction, there are more than 20 main halls and side rooms. The pagoda of Shengguo Temple is one of the landmark buildings in Xiuwu County and a national key cultural relics protection unit. The tower was built at the beginning of the temple repair, and it is a mixed structure of ancient brick and wood, with an octagonal nine-level pavilion style and a height of 26.15 meters. The outer wheel of the tower is parabolic and converges layer by layer. Under the eaves of each floor, the tower is decorated with wooden-like arches, which makes the tower beautiful and exquisite. The ventricle of the tower is hexagonal, and the climbing ladder can reach the top of the tower. An iron-cast spire stands at the top, which can overlook the whole city.

5. Baijiayan Temple and Filial Piety Pagoda

Baijiayan Temple, also known as Chongming Temple, was founded in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was founded by a monk and a Buddhist master, Thick Zen Master. After many generations of restoration and expansion, it has formed a huge scale and is still one of the main attractions of Baijiayan Scenic Area in Yuntai Mountain. Its Temple Pagoda, also known as the Filial Piety Pagoda, was built in 686, when Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty hung over the arch for three years. It is one of the few existing Tang pagodas in China. The tower is an octagonal nine-level pavilion-style brick tower with a total height of 26.15 meters. This tower was a folk filial daughter Zhu Siniang at that time. Because her mother had been lying in a hospital bed for a long time, she was repeatedly asked by famous doctors to die. Some monks advised her to save her mother by death and begged Yan Jun to add a long life to her mother in the underworld, so that her mother's life could be saved. The woman came to Baijiayan Temple and threw herself on the cliff after praying for the Buddha. After that, her mother really recovered from a long illness. His mother felt filial piety and built the tower here, so she was named "Filial Piety Tower".

6. Xuandi Palace and yuntaiguan

Xuandi Palace is located at the peak of cornus, the main peak of Yuntai Mountain, which is 1314 meters. It is called "North Top" by Taoist believers, corresponding to Wudang Mountain, which is called "South Top". According to Taoist legend, Zhenwu Emperor became an immortal in Yuntai Mountain, and after he became an immortal, he was sealed to guard Wudang Mountain, while Xuandi Palace in Yuntai Mountain became his palace, and he returned to Yuntai Mountain every year to stay in tin and show his spirits, so this palace has always been full of incense. The palace was first built in the Tang Dynasty, and it was called "Xuanyuan Temple". It was expanded and restored by generations, forming the grand momentum of Xuandi Palace today. The bronze statue of Zhenwu Emperor in the palace is 3.45 meters tall and is the tallest bronze statue of Zhenwu Emperor in China. Yuntaiguan is located on the Phoenix Ridge under the cornus Peak. In addition to offering sacrifices to Taoist gods, it specially serves Ning Fengzi, a Taoist fairy who was born in Xiuwu and finally came to Yuntai Mountain. There is a Chongyang Pavilion more than 30 meters high outside the view.

7. Hai themoon

Hai themoon 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, saw through the world of mortals and abandoned his official position to practice Buddhism. Mafang Spring in Mafang Village is Liu Haichan's Xidan Pool, which was named after the book "Song of themoon Entering the Tao" written by Qiu Chuji in the Jin Dynasty. The existing main hall, which faces north, is also called "Bei Nan Gong" by the local people. It was rebuilt in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and has a peculiar architectural shape, which is a precious material for studying ancient architecture. There used to be Mafang Spring in the north of the palace. There were a lot of stone shell worms in the spring. Ducks ate the eggs after they were born. After shelling, the preserved eggs showed clear texture of pine and cypress branches and bamboo leaves, and the food was very delicious. It was called "themoon preserved eggs". After the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the royal families of all dynasties regarded it as the delicacy of the palace banquet. [26]

8. Zushi Temple

Zushi Temple is located in Beiguan Village, Chengguan Town, Xiuwu County, with three rooms facing south. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a bully named Lu in Beiguan village, who ran wild in the village. His grandfather turned into a Taoist and dug out the roots of Jing and Zao in Lu's graveyard, which made the Lu family run into ruin and decline. In order to repay the ancestors, people used Jinggen and Jujube roots as beams to build the ancestral temple, which has a history of more than 700 years. There are more than 20 kinds of inscriptions in the ancestral temple, which mainly describe the grand occasion of the "Jinding Shenghui" on March 3 every year and the pilgrimage to Wudang Mountain.

Yuntai Mountain

With a total area of 240 square kilometers, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area in Wuxian 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 covers an area of 190 square kilometers, including 11 scenic spots, including Quanpu Gorge, Tanpu Gorge, Hongshi Gorge, Zifang Lake, Wanshan Temple, Baijiayan, Yuan Xian, Ding Sheng, Diecai Cave, Qinglong Gorge and Linfeng Gorge. There is also Yuntai Waterfall, the largest waterfall in Asia. There are even more wonderful places, such as "Wang Yaodong" where Sun Simiao, a great doctor in the Tang Dynasty, took medicine to make an alchemy, the summer resort of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, and Baijiayan, a hermit of the "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest" in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Qinglongxia Scenic Spot was discovered in 2000, which integrates canyon and cave landscape. It was rated as a provincial-level scenic spot with a total area of 108 square kilometers and more than 100 main 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 at the recommendation meeting of China World Geopark held in Beijing, and became one of the eight geoparks recommended by China to UNESCO. On February 13th, 2004, at 23: 00 Beijing time, Yuntai Mountain became one of the first batch of 28 world geoparks at the expert evaluation meeting of UNESCO World Geoparks 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 monastery. In front of the temple, there is Wang Qintai in the sixth year of Ming Jiajing. In the east, there is the stone tower of the twenty-fifth Zen master in Lin Ji, and in the south, there are two tombstones of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth Zen masters in Lin Ji. Yuntaishan Scenic Administration rebuilt the gate of Wanshan Temple and the Hall of the Great Hero, making Wanshan Temple a large-scale Buddhist activity place.

2. Rong Yuan Temple

Rong Temple, located on the Lu Jian in Yuntai Mountain, has a history of more than 1,650 years, and is the second largest Buddhist temple in Henan Province, second only to Baima Temple in Luoyang. After being repaired by the Master Ugly Zen, a monk of the Northern Qi Dynasty, more than a thousand 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 "ancient temples hidden in the mountains and Sanskrit 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, Fangzhuang Town (now classified as Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area), covers an area of more than 10 mu with a construction area of more than 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. It was rebuilt in 1995 and officially opened in 1999. According to historical records, Chongming Temple complex includes Han Xiandi Summer Platform, Zhou Zen Master Temple, Wang Liequan Temple, Filial Piety Tower, and the remains of "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest" in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Goddess Pagoda, a historic site of Chongming Temple, has been well preserved so far, and its arch-fighting architecture is unique. In 2006, the Goddess Tower was rated as a national cultural relic.

4. Guo Sheng Temple and Guo Sheng Temple Tower

Guo Sheng Temple, located in the middle of the old street in the county seat, was built in the fourth year of Shaosheng 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. Guo Sheng 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 a mixed structure of ancient brick and wood, in the form of octagonal nine-level pavilion, with a tower height of 26.15m.. The outer wheel of the tower is parabolic and converges layer by layer. The eaves of each floor are decorated with wooden arch, which makes the tower beautiful and exquisite. The ventricle of the tower is hexagonal, and you can reach the top of the tower by climbing stairs. At the top, stands a cast iron spire overlooking the whole city.

5. Baijiayan Temple and Little Girl Pagoda

Baijia Temple, also known as Chongming Temple, was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was founded by Zhou Zen, a Buddhist master of the Northern Qi Dynasty. After many repairs and expansions 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 26.15 meters. 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 famous doctors. A monk advised her to go to the underworld and ask Yan Jun to prolong her life to save her mother, so that she could save her mother's life. The woman came to Baijiayan Temple, worshipped Buddha and threw herself into a cliff. After that, her mother recovered from a long illness. Her mother felt filial and built a tower here, so she named it "Xiao Tower".

6. Xuan Di Palace and yuntaiguan

Xuan Di Palace is located at the top of the main peak of Yuntai Mountain, which is 1314 meters long. 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 spirits with tin, so this palace has always been extremely fragrant. This palace was built in the Tang Dynasty. It is called "Xuanyuan Temple". 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, it also offers 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 Prince of Yan State in the Five Dynasties, saw through the world of mortals and abandoned his official position to practice Buddhism. Mafang Spring in Mafang Village is the Xidan Pool of Liu Haichan, 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. It is a valuable material 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 show clear pine and cypress branches and bamboo leaves after shelling. The food tastes delicious, and it is called "moon preserved eggs in the sea". After the end of the Yuan Dynasty, all the royal families regarded it as the delicacy of royal banquets. [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 the scriptures and dates in Lu's cemetery, and made the Lu family run down. In order to repay the ancestors, people used Jinggen and Zaogen as beams to build the ancestral temple, 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 the pilgrimage to Wudang Mountain on March 3 every year.