Information about Longhu Mountain
Longhu Mountain is the eighth world natural heritage, world geological park, national natural and cultural heritage site, national 5A scenic spot, national forest park and national key cultural relics protection unit in China. The whole scenic spot covers an area of 220 square kilometers. Longhu Mountain is a typical Danxia landform in China and the birthplace of Taoism in China. It joined the World Geopark Network in 2007. Longhu Mountain was approved by the State Council in 2009 and recommended by China to UNESCO World Natural Heritage Center. It is the only application project in China in 20 10. On 20 1 August1day, the 34th World Heritage Congress held in Brasilia, Brazil listed "China's Danxia" (Dragon and Tiger Mountain) on the World Heritage List. Longhu Mountain has become the eighth world natural heritage in China. 20 12 On April 27th, the National Tourism Administration officially awarded Longhushan Tourist Area the title of "National 5A-level Tourist Attraction". In 2009, Longhushan was also shortlisted for the "China University Students' Favorite Tourist Attractions" gold medal.
Longhushan is the "ancestral court" of Taoist orthodoxy, which has an important position, function and great influence in the history of Taoism in China. Longhu Mountain, formerly known as Yunjin Mountain, is a unique Xiushui Lingshan in the south of the Yangtze River. The peak here stretches for dozens of miles, which is formed by a branch of Xiangshan (Ying Tianshan Mountain) to the west. According to legend, ninety-nine dragons gather here, and the mountain looks at the dragon plate, like a tiger, and the dragon and tiger compete. The clear water floats from the far east, walking slowly along the mountain, turning around the mountain to the peak, like taking a nap, like falling in love with the scenery, turning white when crossing the beach, turning green when meeting the beach, or whispering or meditating. Ninety-nine peaks and twenty-four rocks, the water is the softest, flowing around the mountain, full of masculinity of ninety-nine dragons, green mountains and green waters, full of spirituality. Soon, Lingshan was fascinated by the beautiful water, and sent two cranes to guide Zhang Daoling and his disciples to enter and leave the mountain gate to practice alchemy. The mountain god noticed that the dragon and tiger appeared to replace Yunjin. Since then, Longhu Mountain ranks first among the famous Taoist mountains with its beautiful scenery, and is known as the first fairyland of Taoism.
After Zhang Daoling made an alchemy in Longhu Mountain, Hua began to live here from the end of Han Dynasty to the fourth generation.
Longhu Mountain sought immortality and art, sat in the Qing Palace, taught, and lived in Shitianfu. They inherited the orthodoxy of 63 generations and lived in the world for more than 1800 years. They were all worshipped and given titles by feudal dynasties, and their officials were the best, and they were extremely important, forming two big families in the cultural history of China. In the later Han Dynasty, the Shangqing Palace and Shitianfu were given numerous silvers by successive dynasties, which were expanded and maintained many times. The building area, scale, layout, quantity and specifications of the palace are the highest in the history of Taoist architecture. In its heyday, Longhu Mountain built more than 80 Taoist temples, 36 Taoist temples and several Taoist palaces. It is a veritable "Taoist capital" and a Taoist world kingdom.
In addition, the Xiangshan Academy in Longhu Mountain Scenic Area is the birthplace of the "Epiphany" school of ancient philosophy in China; Mazuyan in Jinlong Peak is a place where Mazudao, one of the greatest Zen masters in the history of Zen, participated in Zen and realized Taoism in his early days. The cliff tomb of salt water rock is a wonder in the history of burial custom in China. "Fairy Flower Show" is the first scene in Taoism, the first scene in the world, and so on. "Dragon and Tiger Mountain Records and Arts" contains: "Dragon and Tiger Mountain was praised by Wei, Jin, Tang and Song Dynasties. If the mountains and rivers win, the palace is beautiful, there are many people, the fairy tales are different, and the road gods are outstanding. On the contrary, I admire those who want to be gorgeous, or the beauty is in poetry. The hanging stone has been passed down for more than a thousand years. " Longhu Mountain has accumulated rich Taoist cultural heritage for thousands of years, its prominent ancestor in the history of Taoism in China and its contribution to the development of Taoism in China. It is recognized as "the first mountain of Taoism" and has a very important position in the history of world religions.
In recent years, Longhu Mountain Scenic Area has made great efforts to strengthen the excavation and construction of Taoist cultural connotation, and launched a "sports" tour route to understand the general situation of Taoism and appreciate the grandeur of Taoist ancestral courts. Introduce the "mind" tour route of "visiting Taoist fairyland" to understand the core idea of Taoism advocating "doing nothing and being natural"; It also launched the "God" tour route of "Thinking about Cliff Tomb" for the purpose of exploring Zhang Daoling's creation, improved various facilities, and adopted various measures, so that the Dragon and Tiger Mountain, which is "a land where hundreds of gods employ people" and "a land blessed with a cave", shook off dust and rose in purple, welcomed guests from all over the world, helped the sky overcome difficulties and benefited the people, and was praised by the tourism industry.
Most Danxia landforms in China are majestic and precipitous because of the large topographic difference. Longhu Mountain belongs to Danxia landform and develops into old age. The mountain blocks are discrete and forest-like, and the terrain height difference is relatively small, the maximum is only about 240 meters, so it looks beautiful as a whole. The Danxia landform types of Longhu Mountain are also diverse, concentrated in the area of about 40 square kilometers of Longhu Mountain and Xianshuiyan Scenic Area. There is also Luxi River in the scenic area, which connects the Ya Dan landforms on both sides of the strait in series, and also has the characteristics of clear water and Ya Dan.