China News Service, Beijing, October 28. Taiwan's "United Daily News" recently published a report on Jiugong Mountain in Xianning City, Hubei Province.
The report pointed out that "the world is beautiful in Kuanglu, and the bell spirit counts nine palaces." In Tongshan County, Xianning City, southeastern Hubei Province, in the middle of the Mufu Mountains, there is a Jiugong Mountain. The founder of the mountain is Zhang Daoqing.
During the Chunxi years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Daoqing held the emperor's decree in hand, set up a teaching altar in Jiugong Mountain, built three palaces and twelve courtyards, and made Jiugong Mountain one of the five famous Taoist mountains in the country.
Today, Jiugong Mountain is the most complex, precious and original and complete area of vegetation preservation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is a national nature reserve and a national geological park.
Jiugong Mountain is the most complex, precious and original and complete area of vegetation preservation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Image source: Taiwan "United Daily News"
Jiugong Mountain has a total area of 196 square kilometers.
According to the "Taiping Yulan" record: "The nine brothers of King Jin'an built nine palaces here, so they named it." During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Chen Bogong, the second son of Emperor Chen Wendi of the Southern Dynasty, led the nine brothers to build nine palaces on the mountain. In order to avoid the war, they are Hunyuan Palace, Bagua Palace, Qinglong Palace, Baihu Palace, Doumo Palace, Wuwei Palace, Sanqing Palace, Qizhen Palace and Yihua Palace.
The highest peak of this mountain, Laoyajian, also known as Laoyajian, is 1657 meters above sea level and is the first peak in southern Hubei.
Jiugong Mountain is a folded fault mountain formed during the Yanshan Movement. It belongs to the ancient glacier landform of the fault mountain topography. Therefore, it forms a strange landscape of towering peaks, vertical and horizontal valleys, rushing springs and waterfalls, and flying clouds and mists.
The ancient trees are towering, the bamboo forest is like the sea, and it brings together strange pines, beautiful bamboos, strange rocks, clouds, hot springs, and waterfalls.
Flowers can be enjoyed in spring, summer can be escaped the heat, autumn can be viewed, and winter can be skiing.
Especially in summer, the highest temperature does not exceed 30 ℃, and the average daily temperature in July is 22.1 ℃. It can be said that there are three seasons in one day—spring in the morning, autumn in the afternoon, and early winter at night.
Jiugongshan camping area.
Image source: Taiwan "United Daily News"
One mountain and two religions, Buddhism and Taoism compete for glory.
Jiugongshan Taoism has a history of more than 1,400 years. During the Southern Song Dynasty, it became one of the five famous Taoist temples in the country with Huashan and Laoshan. The ancient building Zhenjun Stone Hall is well preserved.
The solemn and solemn Wuliangshou Temple is now the largest alpine Buddhist building complex in southeastern Hubei, with strong incense.
After years of protection and development, Jiugongshan Scenic Spot has now formed seven tourist areas: Galaxy Valley, Shibatan, Yunzhong Lake, Tonggubao, Shilong Gorge, Chuangwang Mausoleum, and Forest Park; Yunzhong Lake to Shilong Gorge cableway , is the first mountain tourism cableway in southeastern Hubei.
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