Laoshan Scenic Area covers a total area of 446 square kilometers, of which the cliff line surrounded by mountains and seas is 87.3 kilometers long and the main peak is 1 133 meters high, which can be said to stand out from the crowd. Laoshan has a fresh and humid climate, with an annual average temperature of 12.6 degrees Celsius, an average temperature of -0.2 degrees Celsius in winter and an average temperature of 23 degrees Celsius in summer. Laoshan Mountain has a long history and rich places of interest. Laoshan Mountain was formed as early as1.400 million years ago in the early Cretaceous. Five or six thousand years ago, our ancestors lived here and created a splendid Longshan culture. & lt& lt The Book of Later Han Dynasty. & gt,<& lt heather. Biography of the Monk of the Ming Dynasty >> and so on were recorded.
The natural landscape of Laoshan Mountain has unique natural characteristics. The mountains and seas are connected, and the sea and sky are the same color, which is magnificent; In the mountains, the peaks stand tall, the rocks are rugged, the mountains are stacked, the walls are like knives, and the valleys are deep and secluded. The image stones on the peaks are everywhere, varied and lifelike. The blue sea is boundless, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the clouds are open and the light is changing; Cliff line twists and turns, or vast and quiet, vast smoke waves, or stormy waves lapping on the shore, the valley is crisp.
The famous spring and holy water in Laoshan Mountain is very distinctive. Shenshuiquan, Shui Sheng Spring, Jinyequan, Liu Yiquan and other clear springs lead the way; Famous waterfalls such as Yin Chao Waterfall and Longtan Waterfall have their own charms. The famous Tsingtao beer and Laoshan mineral water are all brewed with this water.
Laoshan Mountain is lush with trees and flowers. There are more than 65,438+065,438+00 ancient and famous trees in this area, some of which are as old as 2,500 years. Deep in the mountains, spring is green, summer is cloudy, autumn is golden valley, and winter is Yushu Qionghua.
Laoshan Mountain is highly praised by emperors, princes, literati and monks for its wonders of mountains and seas, profound and quiet scenery, "the house of fairy caves" and "unique land". Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, left a famous poem "If I am in the East China Sea, I will dine at Laoshan Mountain in Xia Zi". In the Qing Dynasty, Pu Songling wrote < < Yu Xiang > > and < < Laoshan Taoist > > waiting for famous articles. There are many temples and temples on the mountain. At its peak, there was a saying of "Nine Palaces, Eight Views and Seventy-two Temples".
In a word, the fresh and humid air, long and splendid history and culture, unique human culture and natural landscape constitute the rich connotation of Laoshan tourism.
Laoshan tourism is divided into the southern line, the northern line and the eastern line, each line is like a pearl necklace, connecting countless landscapes (points) in series. According to the customary tourist routes of "one-day tour of Laoshan", this paper introduces several main landscapes (spots) of each route, and leaves those that are not introduced to the winners of Laoshan exploration for their own appreciation. 2. Basic tourist routes (southbound)
Taiqing Palace-Mingxiadong-Shangqing Palace-Longtan Waterfall
Scenic spot guide:
Taiqinggong
Taiqing Palace is also called Xia Qing Palace, and so are the locals. Located at the foot of Laojun Peak at the southern foot of Laoshan Mountain, it faces the Yellow Sea in front and the blue sky in the back, with seven peaks. The peaks are beautiful and the terrain is quiet. The bamboo forest is lush, the Xia Feng is cool, and the winter is separated by a new moon. Known as "the small south of the Yangtze River in the north".
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that there are caves and fairy houses in Laoshan Mountain. According to legend, there were 72 temples with nine palaces and eight views in its heyday, and now there are 17 temples that can be counted. According to < < Records of the Taiqing Palace > >; Records: Taiqing Palace was built in the first year of Jianyuan in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 140) and was founded by Zhang Lianfu, a native of Gaole County, Ruizhou, Jiangxi Province. Zhang Lianfu, whose name is Jingru,no. Leshan, was born in the ninth year of Emperor Wendi. He became a doctor and then gave up his job to enter the profession. After intensive metaphysics, I went to Zhong Nanshan to study Taoism for several years, and my teacher preached to me. Came to the seaside in the sun of Laoshan Mountain, and built a Mao 'an to worship the thrones of the three officials and the great emperor. In the third year of Jianyuan (BC 138), a temple was built to worship the Sanqing statue, which was called "Taiqing Palace". This is the origin of the Taiqing Palace with a history of more than 2,000 years. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhe Dong Xuan visited Laoshan Mountain, and the temple was expanded to worship the statue of Huang San. At this time, Taiqing Palace has begun to take shape. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Taoist Liu Ruozhuo went to Laoshan and carried out a large-scale renovation of the Taiqing Palace. In the first year of Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 195), Qiu Chuji came to Laoshan from Kunhua Mountain to preach. Since then, Taoism in Laoshan Mountain, including Taiqing Palace, has become famous all over the world. Many schools of Taoism in the world have come here, some of them live in seclusion and practice, and some of them write books here. For example, Zhang Sanfeng and Xu Fuyang built an aisle here.
During the 13th to 28th years of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, there was a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism in Taiqing Palace. Master Hanshan, a monk, and Geng Yilan, a Taoist priest, competed for the territory of Taiqing Palace. The lawsuit went all the way to the Golden Throne Hall, which lasted more than ten years, and finally ended in the victory of the Taoist priest. Now in the 13th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, Master Hanshan built Haiqiu Temple in front of Taiqing Palace, and in the 28th year, the emperor ordered the temple to be destroyed and the palace restored, which he remembered.
Taiqing Palace covers an area of 30,000 square meters with a building area of 2,500 square meters. The temple is divided into three courtyards, each with its own entrance. The three official halls are dedicated to the three gods of "Heaven Official", "Earth Official" and "Water Official"; Sanqing Hall is dedicated to "moral respect", "Yuanshi Buddha" and "Lingbao Buddha"; The Three Emperors Hall is dedicated to Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan.
The ancient trees in the Taiqing Palace are towering, and the "leading elm tree" outside the courtyard, also known as "Tang Yu", was planted by Li Zhexuan during the God bless period of the Tang Dynasty. Ginkgo biloba and Cooper in the hospital are said to be older. Two cold-resistant trees planted in the Ming Dynasty are flourishing, and they return to the earth in winter and spring every year, and the flowers bloom like brocade for more than three months. The story of "Yu Xiang" and "Crimson Snow" recorded by Pu Songling, a famous writer in Qing Dynasty, is said to be the embodiment of a red peony and this cold-resistant tree in the courtyard.
There is a spring called Shenshui Spring in the courtyard outside Sanguan Hall. The spring water is clear and sweet, which is the first spring of Laoshan due to drought.
Mingxiadong
Mingxia Cave, located at the foot of Xuanwu Peak in the sunshine of Kunhua Mountain, is a natural cave, originally a separate courtyard of Shangqing Palace.
& lt& lt clamors >> It is said that Mingxia Cave was built in the second year of Jin Dading (AD 1 166), and the word "Mingxia Cave" at the top of the cave is said to have been written by Qiu Chuji. Sun Tzu Yang, a famous Taoist, studied here. Carved on the stone wall outside the cave & gt contains the whole process of his medical practice. In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a "Doum Palace" near the cave dedicated to Buddhism. During the renovation of Qin Long in the Ming Dynasty (1567- 1572), another Sanqing Hall was built, and another Guanyin Hall was built in the late Qing Dynasty. It is said that there was a history of alternating monks and Taoists.
Mingxia Cave is tall and spacious, with beautiful scenery, dazzling sunset and misty clouds, and the colors of Xiaguang Mountain are changing endlessly. Known as "the morning glow diffuses gas", it is one of the twelve scenic spots in Laoshan Mountain.
Shangqinggong
Shangqing Palace is located at the southern foot of Laoshan Mountain, where the mountains are high and the clouds are deep, the smoke is far away, the air is fresh, the slopes are green with pine and cypress, the bamboos are lush, and the birds stand upright in the clear spring, which is not only quiet, but also very quiet.
Shangqing Palace is a Taoist temple of Quanzhen Taoism and Huashan School, and it is a unique "jungle" temple in Laoshan Mountain. Taoism calls these three palaces "Shangqing", "Xia Qing", "Jade Qing" and "Sanqing Wonderland". "The Eight Emperors in the Clear Sky, Nine Immortals, in the Qing Palace", hence the name. Because it is symmetrical with Taiqing Palace, it is also called Shanggong for short, and it is the main Taoist temple in the southeast of Laoshan with Taiqing Palace and Mingxia Cave.
Shangqing Palace was built in the early Song Dynasty. Originally, the Dojo was built in Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu for Liu Ruo Zhuo, a real person in Gai Hua, and was abandoned at the end of the Song Dynasty. In the first year of Dade in Yuan Dynasty, Master Tong Dong Hui and Dove Gong rebuilt the Shangqing Palace.
Shangqing Palace has two courtyards and side courtyards, with 28 halls and houses, covering an area of about 1 1,000 square meters. The front hall is dedicated to Sanqing, the back hall is dedicated to the Jade Emperor, and the left and right halls are dedicated to "three officials" and "seven truths".
There are towering old trees in the Shangqing Palace. A ginkgo tree is 2.53 meters in diameter at breast height, and there are three breast-like tree tumors on its thick branches, which is extremely rare. It is said that it will take a thousand years to grow one. There is a huge stone in the side yard to the east of the main hall, which is called "Daoshan Stone". Qiu Chuji's < < jade box > > sentence on the stone shelf diagonally opposite the Daoshan stone. There is a dome-shaped arc stone in the west of the Palace, which is called "Boiling Mountain and Qing Palace", and there are ten poems by Qiu Chuji reciting the Seven Wonders of Laoshan Mountain. There is a clear spring named "Shui Sheng Spring" under the stone, which is one of the famous springs in Laoshan Mountain.
Longtan waterfall
Longtan Waterfall, also known as Yulongtan, comes from a valley 500 meters above sea level between Tianchading and Beitianmen. Jianshui mountains, dozens of streams gathered along the road to form a torrent, rushing down, about 30 meters high on the cliff top platform rushed out of a few feet away. After several twists and turns in mid-air, the water synthesized a waterfall about 30 meters long and 5 meters wide, followed the 90-degree cliff and fell into the blue pool under the cliff. That momentum, like a vigorous Yulong, roared down from the top of the cliff and splashed in the pool. People imitate its shape, take its sound and observe its color, which is called "Longtan Waterfall". The deep pool under the waterfall is called "Longtan", and the top of the waterfall is called "Long Yin", with a diameter of one meter. This was written by Huang Miaozi, a famous contemporary calligrapher, when he visited Laoshan Mountain in 198 1. Under the waterfall, a long boulder with a sharp bottom and a flat top. Sitting under the platform, visitors can overlook the surrounding peaks and get a close look at the magnificent scenery of "Longtan Spray Rain".
3. Basic tourist routes (northern line)
Beijiu Shuijian Valley-Camel Peak-Jiangjun Valley-Jinwangyue Stone-Feilai Stone-Feifeng Cliff-Li Anyun Cliff-Waterfall Waterfall-Zhu Wei Temple
Scenic spot guide:
Beijiushui
Beijiu Shuijian Valley starts from Indigo Bay and ends at Yuezikou of Laoshan Reservoir, with a total length of about 1 1 km. The road in this section of Jiangu is tortuous, the scenery is extremely beautiful, the sound of water is like a beautiful movement, and the strange rocks on both sides are like three-dimensional wonderful galleries, and all kinds of pavilions and pavilions set each other off. & lt& lt vociferously >> I once described the scenery in this area like this: "Two mountains are sandwiched in the middle, and there is a deep pool under the mountain. The mountains along the way are beautiful, the water is elegant, the water is a dragon, the rock is a tiger, the cliff is dangerous, and there are everywhere, and there are both music and painting. " The ancients came here to travel and left many hymns, one of which read: nine rivers and nine songs, singing over the valley. Surrounded by green hills and pines on both sides. There are line drawings at the bottom of the ravine, but there are no clusters of strange stones. Running water comes from the east and returns in several steps. The road is steep and the water turns, and a pile of mountains turns.
Travel along the valley of Beijiu River, or walk slowly by car, or walk around, looking up and down, far away from the mountains and near the water, full of flowing paintings and feelings.
hunchback
Go straight along the Beijiu Water Line, and there are many scenic spots along the way. Camel Peak is the first sight of entering Yishui.
Walking through the "Yishui" and looking south, there is a high mountain peak opposite the Black Tiger Mountain, just like a huge camel looking northeast. Unusually, this camel has three humps, which is probably unique in the world. When entering Liushui, another camel appeared in the peak of the east, facing southwest, as if eager to see the "Three-Peak Camel". Moving on, the camel became more noble, as if to jump straight down from the top of the mountain. But when I approached, the scenery suddenly changed. The camel head became an old man. He was sitting in a dangerous position, absorbed in thinking, so solemn and kind. However, after taking dozens of steps, looking back, the kind old man suddenly turned into an eagle, standing proudly on the peak. It's really "the distance is different." The ingenuity of nature is impressive.
Jiangjunfeng
Entering Ershui, you can see an ancient general, wearing a golden helmet and shining armor, holding his head high and imposing. This is "General Gu". The mountain peak under the general's seat is commonly known as the "plush chair" by the locals. Looking from the southeast to the west, it really looks like a big chair on the top of the mountain. However, most tourists enter the Neijiushui Canyon from the west and see bronze peaks. 1957, Marshal Zhu De and then Minister of Public Security Luo Ruiqing inspected Laoshan Mountain. As soon as they entered Ershui, they were attracted by this spectacle. When the accompanying staff told him to call him a "plush chair", he shook his head and laughed heartily: "Where is a chair? It is clearly an ancient general! " Strangely, this mountain seems to be alive after being discovered by Mr. Zhu. The more you look at it, the more you look like a general standing proudly. Since then, this Dashifeng has a new name-"Ancient General".
Golden moonstone
Enter the "Sanshui", cross the "Eagle River" and look up. On the cliff in the south, there is a huge stone turtle with vivid image. Its head is stretched forward, its back shell is bulging, and its claws are digging tightly on the stone. It's naive, lively and lovely.
Why did this stone turtle climb to the top of the mountain and become a stone turtle? There is an interesting story circulating in the local area.
A long time ago, there lived a chitose scarab in a pool under a cliff. Because the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, it has only heard of the moon in the sky and has never seen it. The moon is full, and the valley is bright at midnight. The moon has set and the valley is dark. The tortoise is determined to climb to the top of the mountain to see the moon, and tells her to stop being lazy and come out every night to make the valley bright. It doesn't eat or drink. It climbed for three days and nights and finally climbed to the top of the mountain. However, it is just the end of the month. Not disappointed, it waited patiently, and finally became a stone turtle and never climbed back into the valley. This kind of landscape is called "golden turtle looking at the moon".
slungshot
There are many strange stones in Laoshan Mountain, and almost every stone has a fascinating myth and legend.
Entering the "Four Waters", there is a crumbling stone hanging in the air by the roadside. The stone is not big, just like a raised sail or a bird's wing. If you get close to it, you will feel that it will fall if you push it gently. It is said that it really shakes when it is windy. In fact, it has stood here for thousands and tens of thousands of years. Locals call it "flying stone". Whether it really flew in or not is impossible to verify. However, it has a beautiful legend: it is said that the "flying stone" was originally an ordinary stone in the royal garden of the Jade Emperor. Because it approaches the immortal every day in the heavenly palace, it gradually becomes immortal. It saw that the Monkey King was also made of stone, but it could make a scene in the Heavenly Palace. In heaven and earth, my skills are very high, and I am envious in my heart. I just want to learn some skills and do something earth-shattering like a stone monkey. It has practiced hard for hundreds of years, and finally it can fly, wandering around in the sky and underground. One day, it flew over Laoshan Mountain and saw that the scenery was beautiful and rare, so it stayed here and lived forever.