"The first scene in the East China Sea"
Lianyungang is located in the northeast of Jiangsu Province, bordering the Yellow Sea in the east, facing North Korea, South Korea and Japan across the sea, bordering Rizhao City in Shandong Province in the north, Linyi City in Shandong Province and Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province in the west, and Suqian City, Huai 'an City and Yancheng City in Jiangsu Province in the south. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the first scenic spot in the East China Sea" and "one of the four Lingshan Mountains on the sea". Guo Hua is a collection of rocks, seascapes, historic sites and myths, which is of great value for viewing, sightseeing and historical research. Its rich cultural landscape and beautiful natural environment amaze tourists. The natural landscape presents a magnificent mountain and sea landscape, towering peaks and broad echoes. The mountains are towering with ancient trees, flowing water, fragrant flowers and fruits, playful monkeys, strange peaks and caves, and strange rocks and clouds. The scenery is magical and beautiful. Wild plant resources are very rich. According to the investigation of relevant departments, there are more than 700 species of plants 1700, including 90 species of medicinal resources1/kloc-0. Polygonatum odoratum and ancient ginkgo biloba are rare and ancient trees in Jiangsu province, and they are important wild plant resource banks in Jiangsu province. Reminiscent of the story of Journey to the West, the remains of the Monkey King's birthplace, water curtain cave where he lived, and 72 caves, Tang Priest Cliff, Pig Bajie Stone and Sand Monk Stone. Vivid.
Guo Huashan Shengyuan gong
The landscape features of Huaguoshan Mountain are distinctive and have blurred and magical colors. The Monkey King of Huaguoshan described in water curtain cave and The Journey to the West, as well as the stones left by the mythical goddess to mend the sky, and other myths and folklore, integrate the natural landscape with the human landscape, complement each other, and form a unique landscape style, which has a strong appeal and makes people daydream.
Huaguoshan stone
It is suitable for visiting Guo Hua all year round, with birds singing and flowers fragrant in spring, waterfalls flowing in summer, picturesque scenery in autumn and white clothes in winter. Visit Guo Hua, climb mountains, overlook, the weather is sunny. At sunrise, the sea is vast and the sails are a little bit, and people are immersed in it, which makes people feel "life is suspicious"; Rain on Guo Hua, misty clouds, picturesque, such as in a fairyland. Rich natural scenery, splendid history and culture, peculiar landform features and colorful myths and legends, together with the wonderful description of classic The Journey to the West, make Guo Hua full of magical charm.
Visit "the Monkey King's Hometown"
Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West is a rare masterpiece of China and even the whole world. I grew up watching Journey to the West. Guo Hua was called Cangwu Mountain in the Tang and Song Dynasties, also known as Qingfeng, which is the main peak of Yuntai Mountain and the highest peak among all the peaks in Jiangsu Province. Li Bai: "Tomorrow will not return to the blue sea, and the white clouds will be full of sorrow." And Su Shi: "The abbot of Penglai has nothing to do with the gloomy seamounts", all written in Yuntai Mountain. Recently, the author stepped into the hometown of the Monkey King-Huaguo Mountain.
In a square before I arrived at Guo Huashan, I saw a huge relief of The Journey to the West created by four Tang Priests and apprentices, which was particularly eye-catching. At the entrance of Huaguoshan Mountain, the atmosphere of The Journey to the West came to me. The mountain gate is based on the skeleton of the traditional ancient city gate and is rendered by modern expression. The Monkey King's head is at the main entrance, and there is a circular pattern on the back, which symbolizes the perfection of merit. It is reported that this distinctive gate of Huaguoshan was built in June 65438+July 1 996. There are 109 stone monkeys waiting for guests around Shanmen Square. On the back of the mountain gate, Mr. Shen Peng, Chairman of the 4th China Calligraphers Association, wrote the words "Dongsheng Shenzhou". Through the doorway in the middle, you can see the statue of Wu Cheng'en in the pine forest.
In order to save time, we drove all the way along the winding mountain road to Yunv Mountain at the top of Guo Hua. Looking down from the Jade Girl Mountain, you can see the infinite scenery of Guo Hua. Lush green vegetation, like an endless carpet, covered Guo Huashan. Standing on the top of the mountain, looking in the other direction, the Huaguoshan weather station, located on Yunv Mountain, reveals a little mystery in the faint mist. Several mountaineering tours are available for people to choose at will. Friends who like to climb mountains can take excellent mountain roads, along the stone steps among green trees, winding through several Panshan highways from bottom to top, and reach Yunv Mountain. If you want to avoid the fatigue of mountain climbing, you can also take a high-altitude cable car from Kowloon Bridge Cableway Station to the top. If you want to visit at will, you can also take the CMB station wagon in the mountains and get off at the scenic spot you want to visit.
Huaguoshan is the highest peak in Jiangsu.
Yunv Mountain
I drove down from Yunv Mountain to water curtain cave Scenic Area, which is the most desirable place for tourists. Wu Cheng'en was inspired by this water curtain cave, which provided a very mythical venue for the Monkey King in the middle and early The Journey to the West. There are many water curtain cave all over the country, but they are all named after the popularity of The Journey to the West. Before The Journey to the West became popular, only water curtain cave existed here. Zhang Chaorui, a native of Haizhou in Ming Dynasty, wrote an inscription for Sanyuangong Ancient Temple, recording that water curtain cave was a must-see place for pilgrims. The four characters of "high mountains and flowing water" on the cliff were inscribed by Wang Tong, a magistrate in Haizhou, in the 23rd year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1544), when The Journey to the West had not published a book.
Water curtain cave is a natural fractured cave with an artificial tunnel leading to a lower platform. There are many precious inscriptions in front of the cave. The Buried Stone House was written by Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, and it was presented to the Minister of War and the Governor of Liangjiang, Prince Tao Shu. 1832, Tao Shu was ordered to come to Haizhou to reform the salt policy, which achieved remarkable results, turned the Qing court treasury into a profit, and there was a short-term resurgence. So the emperor gave him the honor of kissing the name of the library. Three years later, Tao Shu came to Haizhou again as an imperial envoy to inspect the effect of salt policy reform and started the renovation of Yuntai Mountain Temple, which made the scenic spots in this area look brand-new. In order to commemorate his achievements, the local people carved the imperial book "Buried Stone House" next to water curtain cave. The word "Lingquan" was written by Shi Yu during Jiaqing's reign. "Lingquan" refers to the small square well in the cave. Although the well is not big, there is water all the year round and drought will not dry up. Folklore mentions it.
Further down the water curtain cave Scenic Area is the Sanyuangong Scenic Area. Climbing the steep stone steps from the parking lot to the Sanyuan Palace, which is one of the famous ancient temple buildings with a history of 1300 years. Zhao Haiting, Yixiantian, Xiaopanlong, Jiulong Bridge, Nantianmen, Yixun Pavilion, Xuanzang Memorial Hall and many other landscapes have their own characteristics and are magical and charming. There are famous stone carvings of Yulin Temple on the mountain. Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, praised in a poem: "The sea and sky are grey, and the abbot of Penglai is harmonious;" Old news is all fairy medicine, and I want to abandon my wife and defend the city. "
Naughty monkey in Huaguoshan
When visiting Guo Hua, monkeys appearing on the mountain from time to time also added a lot of fun to tourists. Tourists feed monkeys in a friendly way; Monkeys play with tourists, and the interesting scene of people and animals living in harmony makes people feel very warm. Of course, some monkeys in Huaguoshan are too fierce. That day near water curtain cave, monkeys were concentrated on the roof. No sooner had I stepped down than a female monkey rushed up to grab something. I threw the peach and rushed up without taking two steps; Leave it behind, or chase it. Going down the mountain, I heard from the staff that the mountain was closed yesterday because of the weather, and no one fed me for a day. I was hungry. Play suggestion: Never carry a bag in your hand. No matter what is in your bag, monkeys will grab it, especially stay away from those big monkeys.
Monkey mother and child
There is no doubt that the magical charm and unique tourism resources of Huaguoshan Scenic Area will attract more and more tourists from home and abroad to visit. If you have nothing to do, you will feel quite comfortable walking slowly on the forest path, breathing fresh air and getting in close contact with nature.
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