The best season to travel to Fuzhou is autumn and winter, when the sun is shining, the trees are evergreen and the scenery in the south is beautiful, which is especially suitable for tourists in the north. Fujian has a warm and humid subtropical maritime monsoon climate, and the mountains in the northwest block the cold wind and sea breeze in the southeast. The warm and humid climate is a remarkable feature of Fujian's climate. The annual average temperature is 15℃-22℃ and the average rainfall is 1400-20 19mm, which is one of the provinces with the richest rainfall in China. The turn of summer and autumn is often affected by typhoons, but overall, Fujian is a place suitable for tourism all year round.
Gushan Mountain is located in the eastern suburb of Fuzhou, on the north bank of Minjiang River, about 8 kilometers away from the urban area. It is the most famous scenic spot in Fuzhou. Gushan Mountain is not high, the highest peak is 925 meters above sea level, but there are many scenic spots on the mountain, and the beautiful forests and valleys are fascinating. A major feature of Gushan Mountain is that cliff stone carvings abound, many of which are inscriptions by famous people in past dynasties, and the cultural relics are of high value. According to statistics, there are more than 300 cliff stone carvings in Gushan, and the number of stone inscriptions in the Song Dynasty reached 109. It can be seen that as early as the Song Dynasty, Gushan was a place for literati to visit places of interest. The earliest extant inscription is that of Cai Xiang and others on the east wall of Lingyuan Cave in the sixth year of Song Liqing (1046). The inscription reads: Shao Quhua, Su Caiweng, Guo Shiqi and Cai Qunmo visited the cemetery cave in Bingshen, Qing Li for eight days, in words of 40cm. Cai is from Cai Xiang, and then from Fuzhou.
Cai Xiang was one of the four great calligraphers in Song Dynasty, and the other three were Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei. On one wall, there are three characters written by Cai Xiang, the forgotten stone, vigorous and powerful, with a diameter of about 70 cm. Cai Xiang's inscription is regarded as a treasure of calligraphy. Zhu, a famous Neo-Confucianism scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, also left handwriting in Gushan. On the rock of Dafeng, there are four characters inscribed by Zhu: "Tianfeng Haitao". Zhu also inscribed "Shouzi" with a diameter of four meters, which is a rare Chinese character in Zuoya stone carving in Fujian. Gushan stone carvings, from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and even contemporary times, lasted for nearly a thousand years, with rich contents, such as fonts, lines, grass and letters. It is the most concentrated place of ancient stone carvings in Fujian, which can be called Fuzhou forest of steles. It is of great reference value for studying the history and development of ancient calligraphy art in China. There are many scenic spots in Gushan, and there are more than 160 with names.
These scenic spots are basically centered on Yongquan Temple and divided into four roads: east, west, north and south. Yongquan Temple is located halfway up the mountain. According to legend, it is named after the spring water gushing out of the ground in front of the temple. The inscription on Yongquan Temple was written by Kangxi. This temple was built in Kaiping, Hou Liang in 908. It was destroyed by fire twice in Ming Dynasty. It will be rebuilt in the next seven years (1627), and it will be expanded many times during the Qing Shunzhi and Kangxi years. At present, the temple has basically maintained the layout of the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and the buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. People who visit Gushan usually go to Yongquan Temple first, and then visit the secluded spot. There are 25 scenic spots on the East Road, including Huilongge, Lingyuan Cave, Drinking Rock, Longtou Spring, Baixun Gorge, Yunshui Pavilion, Tingshui Village and Ganlusong. If you want to appreciate the ancient inscriptions, take the East Road. There are many concentrated Lingyuan caves and drinking rocks on the topic of Gushan, and the space is not large. The Antang Cave on West Road, the most famous is the Eighteen Scenes of Damocles (commonly known as the Eighteen Cave).