Dear passenger friend
Xinyang City is located in the south of Henan Province. The total area isabout 18293 square kilometers, accounting for 11% of the province's total area,and the population is about 7.7 million. During the period of the new democraticrevolution, it was the center of the red region of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, thesecond revolutionary base in China, and made great contributions to the Chineserevolution.
Xinyang area is adjacent to Dabie Mountain in the South and Tongbaimountain in the southwest. The Dabie Mountains extend from east to west, forminga watershed between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. Here, reservoirs,ponds, weirs, scattered, wide water area, rich aquatic biological resources,high fishery yield. The main food crops are rice and wheat. Therefore, Xinyangis known as the "land of fish and rice" in Henan Province.
Xinyang is located in the transition zone between subtropical zone and warmtemperate zone, with mild climate and four distinct seasons. Xinyang is rich invarious resources. Xinyang Maojian, one of the top ten famous teas in China, isfamous for its beautiful shape, green color, high fragrance and strong taste;there are non-metallic minerals perlite and bentonite with the first reservesand quality in China; there are ginkgo resources with the first output in China.In recent years, Xinyang's industry has developed by leaps and bounds, and hasformed an industrial system dominated by electric power, textile, buildingmaterials, chemical industry, machinery, food, medicine, etc.
Well, I'll give you a brief introduction to the basic situation of XinyangCity. Now let's start to visit today's first scenic spot - Jigong Mountain.
Jigong Mountain, formerly known as Jichi mountain, is located 38 kilometerssouth of Xinyang City. The main peak, 784 meters above sea level, looks like arooster's neck to announce the dawn, so it is called baoxiaofeng. On both sidesof the main peak are the winding Linghua mountain and the winding Changlingmountain, just like the wings of a rooster. The whole image is like a roosterstanding among the mountains with his head high and wings high, which isparticularly spectacular, so it is named Jigong Mountain.
Jigong Mountain is a national key scenic spot. In May 1988, the StateCouncil listed Jigong Mountain as a national forest and Wildlife Nature Reserve.It is one of the famous summer resorts in China, and has been well-known both athome and abroad as early as the beginning of this century. It is a naturalscenic area composed of strange peaks and rocks, cloud sea and fog tide, springstream waterfall, trees and flowers, villa and many other landscapes.
Jigong Mountain, located between Dabie Mountain and Tongbai mountain, is atransition zone from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone with abundantrainfall and humid climate. The annual rainfall is 1346.9 mm and the averageannual temperature is 12 ℃. In summer, the climate is cool and pleasant, with anaverage temperature of 23.7 ℃ and a maximum temperature of 32 ℃. In summer,afternoon is like autumn and night is like early winter. It has a goodreputation of "people dying in the heat of the dog days, and people suspectingimmortals in the cool days".
The sea of clouds in Jigong Mountain is also spectacular, with thereputation of "cloud Park". Jigong Mountain is dotted with springs, which iscalled "ten springs and nine waterfalls". Beside the lotus pool on the top ofthe mountain, there is "Baojian spring", which is the top of the mountainsprings. There are "Puji spring" in the South Street, "Longkou spring" at thecage entrance, "Ganquan" at the two gates, "Jigong spring" and "Xiaoxia spring".There are more than 20 waterfalls in Jigong Mountain. Except xiangshuitangwaterfall in the west, the rest are distributed in Donggou, so it is calledDonggou waterfall group.
Jigong Mountain was first developed in Ming Dynasty. In 1903, Americanmissionaries DILIN Li Lisheng and Shi Doug and their party climbed mountains forsummer vacation. Later, they publicized in Western newspapers and praised JigongMountain for its "deep and secluded mountain path, sweet spring, fresh climateand suitable for summer vacation". As a result, pastors, missionaries, wealthybusinessmen and Chinese bureaucrats and warlords from more than 20 countrieshave flocked to build more than 500 villas of Chinese and Western styles. "Thereis a new world in Taoyuan, and nine flags flying in ten winds" is the trueportrayal of that time. After several wars and natural damages, there are now212 buildings. Some people regard Jigongshan villas as "World ArchitectureExpo".
Well, we have come to the foot of Jigong Mountain now. Please follow me toclimb the mountain. There are two ways to climb Jigong Mountain: one is theancient plank road for climbing, which people can climb up; the other is thewinding mountain road built in 1963, which can be used for riding up themountain. Today, we choose to climb the mountain on foot. We can get to the topof the mountain by walking 4 kilometers. Although we will be tired, the sceneryalong the way is very beautiful, which makes you feel worthwhile.
Climbing plank road is the main access to the central tourist area on themountain. The main scenic spots are Baibuti, Zhongtianmen, niuerzhai, eightcharacter stone carvings, five strange stones, erdaomen, Ganquan, doushiya, cagemouth, etc.
Now we are going to climb a hundred steps ladder, with a total of more than400 steps. Please be prepared. I'll lead you on a hike. After a hundred steps,it's Zhongtian gate. Zhongtian gate, also known as a gate, is the first hill onthe ancient mountain road. Originally, there was no door here. It was built bythe Nature Reserve Administration in 1990 for tourists to rest. On the hillsideson both sides of a gate, there are winding stone walled walled villages andgates, which are shaped like cow's ears. People call it "cow's ears Village". Itis said that it was the place where the peasants revolted and stationed troopsin the late Tang Dynasty. Because of many wars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the mountain people used to avoid the disaster of soldiers.
OK, please stop and look at this cliff stone carving, which is called"eight character stone carving" by local people. On this stone wall, there areeight big characters inscribed in the official script of "Qing Fen Chu Yu, Qi QiSong Heng". Each character is 50 cm square, two lines vertically, and two meterslong. It is inscribed by Jie Jue Guang, the first public security director ofJigong Mountain, in the 23rd year of the Republic of China. Chu Yu generallyrefers to the South and the north, narrowly refers to Hubei, Henan, andsongheng, and refers to Songshan, which vividly represents the geographicallocation and magnificent spirit of Jigong Mountain .
Now, we are standing on the viewing platform. Please look south. On theopposite ridge, there are jagged rocks, some like crawling turtles, some likejumping frogs, some like foraging boars, some like flying eagles, and some likeTaoist worship. People call it the five grotesque rocks. It is said that thefive strange stones are the incarnations of five scholars who failed in theexamination. They heard that "the cock has a spirit and will respond to anyrequest", so they went up to the mountain to burn incense and appeal to the cockto protect his name on the list. Jigong turned into a firewood collector. Whenhe met one of the five people, he asked, "old man, is Jigong alive?" one asked,"how far is it to the top of the mountain? I'm tired to death." some even saidsome rude words to the old man. Jigong saw that they didn't study hard, theywere afraid of hardship and tiredness when they went up the mountain, they werejust a bag of rice and wine, and they were useless to the society, so he turnedthem into strange stones and left them on the way forever. He taught futuregenerations not to be afraid of hardship and hard struggle, and to become aperson who was beneficial to the society. Only in this way can we have today's"five strange stones".
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