The Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area in Xiuwu County has a total area of ??240 square kilometers. It has 1 world-class (the first batch of world geoparks in the world) and 9 national-level brands (the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions, national National Scenic Area, Chinese Civilized Scenic Tourist Area, National Natural Heritage, National Forest Park, National Water Conservancy Scenic Area, National Macaque Nature Reserve, National Cultural Industry Demonstration Base, National Ecological Civilization Education Base), and is affiliated with the Grand Canyon National Park in the United States. As a sister park, it won the first Henan Province Governor's Quality Award, China's Advanced Unit for Quality Work and the only well-known trademark among China's natural landscapes.
Xiuwu County is endowed with unique tourism resources, with more than 70 large and small peaks and numerous scenic spots. Yuntai Mountain is located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province. It is included in the first batch of world geoparks for its unique "northern karst landform". At the same time, it is the only scenic spot in Henan Province that integrates seven national-level scenic spots. The scenic area covers an area of ??190 square kilometers, including Quanpu Gorge, Tanpu Gorge, Hongshi Gorge, Zifang Lake, Wanshan Temple, Baijia Rock, Xianyuan, Shengding, Diecai Cave, Qinglong Gorge, Fenglin Gorge, etc. Attractions. There is also Yuntai Waterfall, the largest waterfall in Asia. The "Yaowang Cave" where the great medical scientist Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty collected medicine and made elixirs, the summer resort of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and the Baijia Rock where the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" lived in seclusion during the Wei and Jin Dynasties are even more wonderful. The Qinglong Gorge Scenic Spot, which was discovered in 2000 and integrates canyons and cave landscapes, has been rated as a provincial-level scenic spot, with a total area of ??108 square kilometers and more than 100 major scenic spots, which is of great development value.
On July 7, 2003, at the China World Geopark Recommendation Meeting held in Beijing, Yuntaishan Geopark ranked with a high score of 103.85 points, after Huangshan Mountain and Lushan Mountain, and became China's recommendation to UNESCO. One of the 8 recommended geoparks. At 23:00 Beijing time on February 13, 2004, at the UNESCO Global Geopark Expert Review Conference held in Paris, France, Yuntai Mountain was named on the gold list and became one of the first batch of 28 global geoparks. Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area, ranked third in China and fifth in the world, was named one of the first batch of Global Geoparks in the world by UNESCO, which suddenly attracted strong attention in China.
Xiuwu County has vigorously carried out tourism activities of "creating an optimal environment and improving services" and ecological environment management in the northern mountainous areas. It has been rated as a tourism standardization demonstration county and a pilot county for tourism informatization construction by Jiaozuo City. Yuntai Mountain Tourism Services The standards have been reviewed by the National Tourism Administration. The tourism brand of Yuntai Mountain has been further improved. Yuntaishan's listing is on track, and it has successfully held China's Yuntaishan "Nine-Nine" International Climbing Challenge, the 4th International Academic Symposium on the Culture of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, established Yuntaishan's office in Seoul, South Korea, and successfully renewed its contract with the Grand Canyon of the United States. The China-US Geopark Development Forum reached a preliminary agreement. 1. Wanshan Temple
Wanshan Temple is located under the main peak of Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area in Xiuwu County, also known as Goupo Temple. Sit north and face south, with Weiping Mountain as your back. There are original groups of ancient buildings such as the Mountain Gate, the Central Buddha Hall, the Big Buddha Hall, and the Monk's House. In front of the temple, there is a wedding platform built in the sixth year of Jiajing reign in the Ming Dynasty. There is a stone pagoda of the 25th Zen Master Linji Zhengzong in the east of the temple, and two tombstones of the 37th and 38th Zen Master Linji Zhengzong in the south of the temple. The Yuntai Mountain Scenic Management Bureau renovated the gate and main hall of Wanshan Temple, making Wanshan Temple a large-scale Buddhist activity venue.
2. Yuanrong Temple
Yuanrong Temple is located on Lujian Mountain in the west of Yuntai Mountain. It was founded more than 1,650 years ago. It is the only temple in Henan Province that is later than the White Horse Temple in Luoyang. The second ancient Buddhist temple. After it was renovated by the eminent monk Chou Chan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, there were more than a thousand resident monks. For more than a thousand years, due to constant wars, the temple has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt. Since the 1980s, with the rapid development of tourism in Yuntai Mountain, more than 40 million yuan has been invested in the reconstruction of Yuanrong Temple, recreating the grand scene of "ancient temples hidden deep in the mountains, and Sanskrit music ringing in the pagoda forest". The temple currently has a white jade Buddha, a national first-class cultural relic, and a monument, as well as Longquan, Shenggu Spring, Ancient Buddha Cave, Jialan Well, Yin and Yang Well, the Chengzhuocheng Place of Buddha Pictures and other places of interest.
3. Chongming Temple
Chongming Temple is located in Sangwan Natural Village, original Fangzhuang Town (now included in the Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area), covering an area of ??more than 10 acres and a construction area of ??more than 400 square meters. rice. The temple was built in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was rebuilt during the Xiantong period of the Tang Dynasty. It was renamed Chongming Temple in the 2nd year of Yuanyou of the Song Dynasty. It was added in the early Qing Dynasty and later abandoned. It was rebuilt in 1995 and officially opened in 1999. According to historical records, the Chongming Temple complex includes the summer residence of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Chou Zen Master's Nunnery, Wang Liequan, Filial Nv Pagoda and the remains of the "Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove" during the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
The historic site of the Filial Nv Pagoda in Chongming Temple is still well preserved, and its bracket-style architecture is unique. In 2006, the Filial Nv Pagoda was rated as a national cultural relic.
4. Shengguo Temple and Shengguo Temple Tower
Shengguo Temple is located in the middle section of the old city street in the county. It was built in the fourth year of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (1097). The original size of the temple was It is a famous temple in the north of the Yellow River. After being repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, there are now more than 20 main halls and side rooms. The pagoda of the temple and the Shengguo Temple Pagoda are one of the landmark buildings in Xiuwu County and a national key cultural relic protection unit. The pagoda was built at the beginning of the temple construction. It is an ancient brick and wood mixed structure, in the form of an octagonal nine-level pavilion, with a height of 26.15 meters. The outer wheel of the tower body is parabolic, converging layer by layer. Under the eaves of each floor, they are decorated with wooden brackets, making the tower elegant and exquisite. The heart of the tower is hexagonal. You can reach the top of the tower by climbing a ladder. There is an iron cast spire at the top. From the top, you can overlook the whole city.
5. Baijiayan Temple and Filial Nv Pagoda
Baijiayan Temple, also known as Chongming Temple, was founded in the Northern Qi Dynasty by Zen Master Chou, an eminent monk and Buddhist master of the Northern Qi Dynasty. After many generations of renovations and expansions, it has grown to a huge scale and is still one of the main attractions in the Baijiayan Scenic Area of ??Yuntai Mountain. Its temple tower, also known as the Filial Girl Pagoda, was built in the third year of Emperor Wu Zetian's reign in the Tang Dynasty (686). It is one of the few existing Tang pagodas in China. The pagoda is an octagonal nine-level pavilion-style brick pagoda with a total height of 26.15 meters. This pagoda was built by Zhu Siniang, a filial daughter of the people at that time. Because her mother had been bedridden for a long time, many famous doctors failed to cure her. Some monks advised her to die to save her mother and go to the underworld to beg the Lord of Hell. If you add Yang longevity to your mother, you can save her life. The woman came to Baijiayan Temple, prayed to Buddha, and threw herself off a cliff. After that, her mother recovered from her long illness. His mother felt her filial piety and built a pagoda here, so she named it the "Pagoda of Filial Daughters".
6. Xuandi Palace and Yuntai Temple
Xuandi Palace is located on the top of Zhuyu Peak, the 1314-meter main peak of Yuntai Mountain. It is called "North Top" by Taoist believers, and is the same as Wudang Mountain. Correspondingly called "South Top". According to Taoist legend, Emperor Zhenwu became an immortal in Yuntai Mountain. After becoming an immortal, he was granted the title of guarding Wudang Mountain. The Xuandi Palace in Yuntai Mountain became his palace. He returned to Yuntai Mountain every year to stay and show his spirits, so this palace has always been very popular. The palace was first built in the Tang Dynasty and was called "Xuanyuan Temple" at that time. It has been expanded and repaired over the years, forming the grandeur of Xuandi Palace today. The bronze statue of Emperor Zhenwu in the palace is 3.45 meters tall and is the tallest bronze statue of Emperor Zhenwu in China. Yuntai Temple is located on Fenghuang Ridge under Zhuyu Peak. In addition to worshiping Taoist gods, it also serves the Taoist god Ning Fengzi who was born in Xiuwu and died in Yuntai Mountain. There is a Chongyang Pavilion more than 30 meters high outside the temple.
7. Haichan Palace
Haichan Palace is located in Mafang Village, Wuliyuan Township, northeast of Xiuwu County. Originally known as "Zhenqingguan", it is said that Liu Haichan, the prime minister of the Five Dynasties of Yan Dynasty, saw through the world of mortals and abandoned his official position to practice Taoism. Mafang Spring in Mafang Village is Liu Haichan's elixir washing pool, because there is "Haichan Palace Entering the Taoist Song" written by Qiu Chuji in the Jin Dynasty. And got its name. The existing main hall faces south and faces north, and is also called "Beinang Palace" by the locals. It was rebuilt in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. The architectural shape is unique and it is a precious material for studying ancient architecture. There used to be Mafang Spring in the north of the palace. There were a large number of stone beetles in the spring. The eggs laid by ducks after eating them were processed into pine flower eggs. After being shelled, they showed clear texture of pine cypress branches and bamboo leaves. They tasted extremely delicious. Known as the "Sea Chan Palace Songhua Egg", after the end of the Yuan Dynasty, royal families of all dynasties regarded it as a delicacy for royal banquets.
8. Ancestral Temple
The Ancestral Temple is located in Beiguan Village, Chengguan Town, Xiuwu County. It faces south from the north and is three rooms wide. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a bully named Lu in Beiguan Village who ran rampant in the countryside. The ancestor turned into a Taoist and dug out the thorn and jujube roots from the Lu family's grave, causing the Lu family to collapse. In order to repay the ancestor, people used Jing roots and jujube roots to make beams and built the ancestor temple, which has a history of more than 700 years. There are more than 20 inscriptions of various kinds existing in the Patriarch Temple. The inscriptions mainly describe the grand occasion of the "Golden Summit Holy Meeting" on March 3rd every year, as well as the previous pilgrimages to Wudang Mountain.