Visiting Keshan Park in Hui'an Keshan Park
When visiting Keshan Park, you can drive along the south gate to enjoy it. The south gate of Keshan is an archway-style stone gate. Various bluestone reliefs on the gate, as well as a huge relief of Hui Nu's labor scene and the round sculpture of Kuixing more than ten meters ahead, will first make you marvel at the uncanny craftsmanship of Hui'an stone carvings. And sigh with emotion. Walking more than 100 meters along the inclined path in front of Keshan Temple, you can reach "Lu Zi's Reading Place". In the past, the scholar Lu Zi settled here, studied hard, and finally became famous, leaving many emotions to the world. "Zhiling Pavilion" was built to commemorate Lu Zi's dedication to excellence.
Looking from the distance from the pavilion, the "Monument for Mountain and Flood Control" stands on the mountainside. Its monument is made of solid pillars built with pentagonal stones and is protected by a stele pavilion. The inscription truly records the glorious history of Hui'an County, under the leadership of the Party, after liberation, when half a million people conquered the poor mountains and rivers, transformed nature, and fundamentally changed the natural appearance of nine droughts in ten years and bare mountains and ridges. Go up a hundred meters along the stone path and pass the "Dengyun Pavilion" built in the Qing Dynasty. The pavilion pillars have a couplet: "Go out of Guomen and stand on the middle road. It is better to go to the mountain temple to stay for a while." Lianyi has a lot of flavor. After carefully admiring the "Hundred Lions", looking north from the peak, there is a Lotus Tower towering over the Lotus Peak. The tower is 43.78 meters high. It is a pavilion-style stone tower imitating the East and West Towers of Kaiyuan Temple. It has a dry railing base and is surrounded by stone railings. There are five steps on each of the four fronts. The tower has 7 floors. There is no flat surface outside the tower body on each floor. The railings on the base form a surrounding verandah, and a Buddha statue is engraved inside the pot door in the girdle part. Visitors can walk out of the tower and lean on the railing to have a panoramic view of the water, light and mountains.
"Hui'an Revolutionary Martyrs Monument" Square
Going down the hundreds of stone steps of the "Hundred Lions Garden", you will see beautiful scenery all the way, with pairs of stone lions sitting and lying in the forest. The winding cement road at the bottom of the slope will lead you to the "Hui'an Revolutionary Martyrs Monument" square. The monument was built to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives gloriously for the victory of the new democratic revolution and the cause of socialism. It is 30.282 meters high and 49 meters long. The top of the monument is composed of five stars and a spear head. The body of the monument is shaped like a flying flag. The base of the monument is made of granite stones and is a model of the Great Wall. It embodies the revolution of "the fire will never be extinguished and the red flag will never fall". idea. The Monument Square has a wide view and is divided into three layers, covering an area of several thousand square meters. It is surrounded by 88 stone pillars facing each other, and the central fountain pool is surrounded by 42 small stone pillars. The entire building is large-scale and majestic, reflecting the generous and bold artistic style of the people of Hui'an, the "hometown of architecture".
“Lingshan’s wisdom and water are always related to love, and the bustling people come and go to visit the seclusion.” When visiting Keshan Park, you can not only appreciate the exquisite skills of Hui'an craftsmen, known as the "Hometown of Stone Sculpture" and "Hometown of Architecture", but also appreciate the wonders of famous mountains and beautiful waters, as well as the century-old folk customs of Hui'an. Beijingers say: "Beijingers are not true Beijingers unless they have been to the Palace Museum." Hui'an people say: "When you come to Hui'an, you can't really come to Hui'an without seeing the scenic spots in Keshan Park."