Guo Hua is located in Yiyang, only 90km away from Luoyang. The main peak of Daughter Mountain is1831.8m above sea level, with a total area of180km2 and a forest coverage rate of 92.4%. It is a veritable natural oxygen bar. Guo Hua Mountain connects Tianchi in the south, Luohe in the north and Shenling Village in the west, which integrates natural landscape and human landscape. In addition to the strange peaks, rocks, waterfalls and sea of clouds, there are also cultural landscapes such as Huashan Temple and Lingyun Pavilion in Ding Yue. Guo Hua has been a famous tourist attraction since the Jin and Sui Dynasties. Ge Hong, a Taoist priest in Jin Dynasty, once called Guo Hua, Huashan, Taishan, Hengshan and Songshan as the twenty-seven famous Taoist mountains. In ancient books, it is also called 72 blessed places with Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi, Wudang Mountain in Hubei and Shaoshi Mountain in Henan.
According to the geography book Taiping Universe in the Northern Song Dynasty, "Ding Yue in Shouan County is in the southwest of the county, and Guo Hua is in the west. "According to this, it can be verified that Guo Huashan was named before The Journey to the West in Wu Cheng'en in the Ming Dynasty for nearly 600 years. Guo Hua has a close relationship with the Monkey King, the Great Sage of Qitian, and the westward journey culture, which can be seen from the ancient monument preserved in front of Huashan Temple. The inscription in the fifteenth year of Qing Qianlong recorded: "Four Mountains are also the holy places of the Sun Buddha on the Journey to the West, so its temple is here. In September of the same year, the monument that rebuilt the West Buddha Hall was engraved with the words: "There is a Guo Huashan in the southwest of Yiyi." ... it is called Guo Huashan because it has many strange flowers and different fruits. "The most detailed statement is the inscription" Preface to the Construction and Repair of Qitian Dasheng Wood Warehouse "made by Daoguang for eight years. The inscription reads: "Gaihuaguo Mountain is a blessed land in Zhongzhou, and the Monkey King actually came from here. The magical power appeared in ancient times, and the truth came from the Tang Dynasty. It is still outstanding today. "It is not only an ancient stone tablet, but also a Huashan Temple in the Huaguoshan area, a god worshipped by every household of the villagers, and a Monkey King. It is against the Great Sage in the sky that dominates Huaguo Mountain, not the Buddha Sakyamuni in the west. This long-standing belief habit shows the unique cultural style of traveling to the west in Huaguoshan tourism culture.
The story of The Journey to the West is hidden in the mountain names and place names of Guo Hua. Village names such as Tiebanqiao, Nantianmen, Huang Yu Temple and Gaolaozhuang, and mountain names such as Wuxing Mountain, Wuzhishan Mountain, Mentoring Peak, Double Monkey Peak and Flat Peach Stone are all place names used in the Journey to the West.
As a Taoist fairy mountain, there are still many myths and legends circulating in Guo Hua, such as the Monkey King's miraculous display in the worse heaven, and the Monkey King's being born to punish turtles. In addition to the myths and legends about the westward journey, Huaguo Mountain, as the residence of fairies such as ancient demons and Nu Wa, attracted many celebrities to visit here as early as the Tang Dynasty. Even Li Longji, the originator of Liyuan and the legendary son of Tang Dynasty, was inspired by Wanghuaguo Mountain in Sanxiang Post Station and returned to China to compose the famous dance music "Colorful Feathers". As the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi wrote in his poem:
Kaiyuan Tian Zi had everything, but he felt sorry for the situation at that time.
Look at the fairy mountain in Sanzhen, which is classified as colorful feather.
Fairy heart has been in Yaochi since then, with three cleanings and eight scenes.
The sky suddenly goes by white clouds, and there is an autumn wind on earth.
Huaguoshan's ancient history, numerous legends, rich cultural accumulation and beautiful natural landscape have long been household names, and it has become the object of description by literati in past dynasties. Cen Can, Bai Juyi, Han Yu, Li He, Shao Yong, Sima Guang, Cai Xiang, Zhang Lei, Yuan Haowen, Xin Jingzhi in the Song Dynasty, Tang Yin and Wang Duo in the Ming Dynasty all wrote poems praising Huaguoshan. Modern poet Wang Guozhen also wrote this poem after visiting Guo Hua:
Famous mountains and immortals are no match for Guo Hua.
Sunshine Sheng Da, rosy clouds flying all over the sky.
Wang Ping, an old general, also wrote an inscription for Guo Hua in Luoyang, saying that Guo Hua was "a magnificent mountain with five mountains and a unique place in the Central Plains". This is by no means a compliment from the old general.
The total area of Huaguo Mountain is 1.80 square kilometers, and there are more than 50 peaks above 1000 meters in China. The elevation of the main peak is1.832m.. In terms of volume and height, Huaguoshan is not a "male". On a clear day, we can clearly see that Guo Huashan stands tall, winding, criss-crossing ravines and rolling hills, and the basins of Iraq, Luochuan and Huangchuan are clearly distinguishable. No wonder the ancients used the phrase "Ten thousand peaks pay two treasures, and one pillar is three rivers" to describe her grandeur in poetry.
"Jun" to Guo Huashan is a series of clouds, full of skyscrapers, deep valleys and steep walls. The walls of Lingxiao stand vertically, like a knife and axe, and look up as if they are integrated with the sky; The snake cliff is free from the deep ravine, smooth and straight, and it is shocking to look down. The stairway at the top of Dongfeng Ding Yue has more than 200 stone steps and a steep slope of nearly 80 degrees. Unless you help the chain, you can't easily go up and down; Seven valleys, ravines, ponds and waterfalls alternate with each other, and cliffs are everywhere, so it is difficult to get there without taking the plank road. "Jun" in Huaguoshan is also a gentle and affectionate risk. As long as the physical strength allows and the courage to climb, even children and the elderly can have unlimited fun in adventure.
What is the scenery like in Huashan? Stone trees and water are three wonders. Guo Hua's stone pillars, stalagmites, stone piers and other shapes are like people, things, birds and animals. This is the hometown of the Monkey King, the Great Sage of Qitian, so there are many stone scenes named after the story of Journey to the West. For example, a group of huge stones with different shapes on the Master-Apprentice Peak formed the group sculptures of four Tang Priests, which were lifelike and spectacular. Others, such as two monkeys kissing, Wukong begging, Bajie welcoming guests, Tang priest stone, monk seeking stone, Xiantao stone, semi-peach stone and Shoutaogou, are all named after stones. The ancient and famous trees in Huaguo Mountain are hard to count. They were born at the top and bottom of the mountain, rooted in cracks in rocks, or grew up on barren sand dunes. They are intertwined, with slanting branches, grotesque trees and lush foliage, and it took hundreds of years to survive. The water in Huaguoshan comes from deep valleys and is hidden in the valleys. Although there is no vast and spectacular prestige, there is no lack of smart and beautiful charm. Whether it is the meandering stream of Quxi in Dali or the pool waterfall in Adventure Valley, it is clean and transparent, cheerful and smart, just like a pure and lively girl, which makes people happy and close, and it is love at first sight.
Huaguoshan Mountain is exquisite and beautiful, with dense vegetation, and the word "show" is well deserved. The forest coverage rate of Huaguoshan is 92.4%, and the business is booming all year round. In spring, the mountain flowers are blooming, peach blossom powder, azaleas are red, spring colors are yellow, and pear flowers are white. Flowers of various colors are blooming every second, and wild flowers and plants can be seen everywhere, making the mountain peaks colorful. And summer is the season of green, distant mountains, Qian Shan covered with green, colorful piles; Looking up at the bottom of the valley, the green cover is the head, covering the sky. The vast Guo Hua is like a huge forest oxygen bar, which makes people cool and healthy, and makes people linger. Huaguoshan in autumn is the most colorful season, with boxwood sprinkled with gold, maple leaves dripping with blood and thousands of red leaves. There are countless brown chestnuts, red hawthorn and purple wild grapes, and Huaguoshan is showing its maturity and wealth to guests from all corners of the country.
1in the spring of 1993, the Ministry of Forestry of China approved the construction of Huaguoshan National Forest Park, and relevant departments have allocated special funds to repair the roads leading to major scenic spots. Some cultural landscapes and service facilities have been built and restored, and scenic spots, transportation, communication, electricity and service facilities have been comprehensively developed and transformed. At present, the infrastructure construction is perfect, with an annual tourist volume of 300,000. 200 1 was rated as a national AAA-level tourist attraction and one of the top ten tourist attractions in Luoyang. Huaguoshan will also build a large-scale theme park of Journey to the West, deeply tap the cultural resources of Huaguoshan's westward journey, and build China's "Oriental Disney" paradise.
Huaguoshan is welcoming guests from all over the world with its unique charm.