The main attractions of Jinhua Shuanglong Scenic Area
Shuanglong Scenic Area
Jinhua Mountain Shuanglong Scenic Area is located at the foothills of the southwest 8 kilometers north of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. Du Guangting's "Dongtian Blessed Land" of the Tang Dynasty called Jinhua Mountain the 36th cave. The location of the 36th Cave of Taoism in my country, also known as Chisong Mountain, is said to be the place where Huang Chuping (named Chisongzi) practiced Taoism and became an immortal during the Jin Dynasty. In the sixth year of Yuanyou in the Song Dynasty (1091), the prefect of Wuzhou prayed for rain on Beishan Mountain. Wang Anshi, a famous Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, praised it as a spring running through the southeast. The mountains, rocks, water, caves and other scenic spots are still there, and the dangerous, strange, beautiful and secluded landscape style still exists.
The magical cave landscape, rich cultural landscape, mysterious Taoist culture and forest ecological environment are integrated into one, presenting the prototype of a national park.
Shuanglong Cave Paradise is not only a paradise for ancient poets and poets to explore, but also a holy place for modern overseas Chinese to visit immortals and make pilgrimages to worship.
Shuanglong Cave is one of the core attractions of Jinhua Mountain Shuanglong Scenic Area, located in the center of the scenic area. There are stalactites hanging on both sides of the cave entrance, which are shaped like dragon heads and are very lifelike, hence the name Shuanglong Cave. The spring water in the cave is clear. The water never dries up all year round and is crystal clear. When visitors come here in summer, they feel like they are sweating like rain from the mountain and feel cool when they enter the cave. Therefore, it is said that the rocks are better than Taihu Lake and the water is better than the three springs (Jinshan, Huishan and Hupao). The three characters "Shuanglong Cave" are engraved on the cliffs of the cave wall, which is said to have been written by people from the Tang Dynasty. The words Dongtian on the wall of the cave were handwritten by Wu Lin, a calligrapher from the Song Dynasty. A row of horizontal characters on the cliff at the top of the cave, including Thirty-six Cave Heaven and five large characters, were written by Yu Youren, a famous calligrapher in modern times. To enter the cave, you must lie on your back in a small boat, and then slowly enter the cave, with your face only a few inches away from the top of the cave. Strange yet interesting, interesting yet dangerous. There is a spring in the cave. If you want to find the source of the spring, you will lie down in a small boat with a thousand-foot beam to press down the water. The boat will lie on its back and enter the Hui River. This is the unique attraction of Shuanglong Cave. Among them, the scene of a yellow dragon spitting water was highly praised by the modern literary master Yu Dafu, who compared it to a bonsai waterfall.
Exit Shuanglong Cave and go up the stairs to the Curling Cave. The entrance of the cave faces the sky, the mouth is small, the belly is big, and the body is long. Entering the cave is like entering a pot, hence the name. On the stone tablet at the entrance of the cave is engraved a poem written by Guo Moruo, a famous literary figure, after visiting the curling cave.
From the entrance to the bottom of the cave, it is more than 120 meters deep and has more than 260 stone steps. After leaving Shuanglong Cave and climbing up the iron ladder for about twenty or thirty steps, you can hear the roar of the waterfall in the cave, reverberating like a huge thunder, and you will reach the lower waterfall of Curling Cave. After walking up dozens of stone steps, the sound of the waterfall became even louder. Suddenly, a waterfall was seen hanging in the air and pouring down from the stone gap on the right side of the cave roof. It was more than 20 meters high and was as powerful as a galloping horse. The waterfall falls to the ground, like flying beads splashing jade, flying stars, and seeps into the bottom of the cave, invisible and without a trace, which is amazing. Walking up the zigzag stone steps and approaching the waterfall, you suddenly feel the cool breeze and mist. Jin Luxiang, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, wrote in a poem: The smoke and clouds outside the cave cover every inch of the platform, and the ice and snow in the cave are flying around each other. Who can record the sun and moon in the pot? The water flies back to itself and is covered with clouds.
Shuanglong Cave, about 520 meters above sea level, consists of an inner cave, an outer cave and an ear cave. The cave entrance is majestic, with stalactites hanging on both sides, one green and one yellow, resembling two dragon heads. The dragon body is hidden in the inner cave, hence the name "Double Dragon Cave". Legend has it that Wuzhou suffered from drought for many years in ancient times and the people were in dire straits. After learning about it, Qinglong and Huanglong stole water from Tianchi to save the people. However, because they violated the rules of heaven, the Queen Mother pressed a huge stone on her neck and trapped her in the inner cave of the Shuanglong. However, the two dragons were still tenacious. The ground raised its head and spit out water, and the clear spring water continues to gurgling to this day.
Chaozhen Cave, also known as Zhenren Cave, is said to be the place where Wong Tai Sin attained enlightenment. The cave is about 10 meters high and 250 meters long. It is winding, deep, rugged and wide, just like a huge stone arch bridge cave. At the entrance of the cave are the thirty-six caves in the handwriting of poet Wang Zhiluo. The cave consists of a main cave and two small branch caves. The left side branch hole has a small mouth and a big belly, and is shaped like a horizontal vase, hence the name Stone Vase; the right side branch hole has a large belly and a small mouth, but has a long tail, and is shaped like a snail, hence the name Snail Cave. There is a stone chessboard and Tianchi in the main cave, which are said to be the places where immortals used water to play chess. There is a rare large stone beam on the top of the cave, which is several feet long. There are thousands of strange stalactites on it, criss-crossing and hanging sideways, which is extremely spectacular. Chaozhen Cave is a dry cave where people can live. It is said that many people practice immortality or live in seclusion here.
Taoyuan Cave is located about 200 meters northwest of Shuanglong Cave. The three powerful characters of Taoyuan Cave are engraved on the stone wall at the entrance, which was written by Jiang Dongshu, a famous Chinese calligrapher. According to legend, Huang Chuping attained enlightenment and became an immortal in Jinhua Mountain. The springs and waterfalls in the cave come from the small Taoyuan where Huang Taixian ascended to the throne. The ancients called it: the Taoyuan of another world. Hence the name Taoyuan Cave. Three stone halls named Mengxian Hall, Danguang Hall and Chisong Hall and two ear holes were opened in the cave.
The cave body is twists and turns, with three palaces: upper, middle and lower, covering an area of 3,000 square meters and a walking path of more than 400 meters. The stalagmites in the cave are suspended in the air, the stalactites are crystal clear, they overlap one another, and they have various postures, giving people a confusing and confusing feeling: there is no way out before the doubts, and there is a way out before the ups and downs.
Located on the south side of Shuanglong Cave, it is known as Wong Tai Sin Temple among the people. According to legend, it is the place where Taoist Immortal Chi Songzi Anqi was born and became immortal. It was first built in the Jin Dynasty. Chen Zi'ang, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty, came here to look for the traces of immortality and left a poem "Climbing the Jinhua View in Spring". In the seventh year of Zhihe in the Song Dynasty, it was rebuilt as a blessed land of caves, and a plaque with a famous mountain in the world was hung on it, making it famous.
The construction of Jinhua Shuanglong Hydropower Station started in May 1958 and was connected to the grid to generate electricity in 1959. It is located at the southern foothills of the national key Shuanglong Scenic Area. The completion of the power station has had a huge impact at home and abroad. Mao Zedong was very interested. On the afternoon of March 14, 1960, accompanied by Yang Shangkui, First Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Wu Fang, Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department, he personally inspected the Shuanglong Hydropower Station and spoke highly of it. Model examples of developing small hydropower in rural areas should be promoted.
Erxian Cave, with an altitude of 373 meters above sea level, is the lowest cave in the Shuanglong Cave Group along with Shuanglong Cave. It was developed in the Permian limestone formation 280 million years ago. It is an underground river erosion type multi-layer cave system. The cave consists of three layers of karst caves, a second layer of underground rivers, five corridors, and five halls. The characteristics of the cave are breathtaking. The landscapes of stone flowers, stalagmites, stalactites, stone curtains, waterfalls, etc. are dazzling, especially the naturally formed grand canyon in the cave and the crystal clear stone flowers formed by biological algae, which are rare in the national karst cave landscape. It is actually an eternal resort for tourism and leisure, scientific exploration, and seeking Taoism and immortality.