Huashan Mountain, known as "Xiyue Mountain" in ancient times and "Taihua Mountain" in elegance, is one of the famous five mountains in China and the birthplace of Chinese civilization. The "Hua" of "China" and "Huaxia" originated from Huashan Mountain. Huashan is the sacred mountain of the Chinese nation. China's "Hua" originated from Huashan Mountain, from which Huashan has been called "the root of China". This achievement was first cited by Sun Yat-sen and founded the "Republic of China".
Huashan Mountain is far away from the ocean, located between 3 and 6 north latitude in the westerly belt, with a continental degree of 53 7', and belongs to the continental monsoon climate of warm temperate zone. Because the mountain is straight and steep, the vertical temperature gradient (or direct temperature reduction rate) at the foot of the mountain and the peak of the mountain: for every 1m elevation at the northern foot from the county seat to the peak, it will decrease by .44℃, and for the southern foot, it will decrease by .5℃ if it is calculated as Luonan.
There are many Taoist temples in Huashan with a long history. As early as the Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the Jiling Palace was built, and in the Tang Dynasty, some temples built by Taoists themselves appeared one after another. It is said that the Baiyun Palace above is the monastery of Princess Jin Xian of Tang Dynasty, and the remains still exist.
After the development of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there were many Taoist temples on Huashan Mountain in the Ming Dynasty, and the incense was very prosperous. Because temples were originally built on the peak, flash floods occurred in the 16th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1677), and many temples were destroyed, so most of them were rebuilt in the valley after Qing Dynasty.
The most important temple in Huashan is Xiyue Temple. The temple is ten miles below Huashan Mountain and five miles east of Huayin. The former site is in Huangshen Valley. It was built at the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, the Jiling Palace mentioned earlier. In the eighth year of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 165), he established the "Xiyue Huashan Temple Monument", saying that the rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty offered sacrifices to China, built temples and prayed for rain.
In the first year of Xingguang in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 454), Wen Chengdi built a new temple in Guandao North, five miles east of Huayin, because the old temple had been destroyed. From the Northern Wei Dynasty until the Qing Dynasty, people in the past dynasties kept on maintaining and expanding it.
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The vegetation area of Huashan Mountain is about 1.3 million mu, and its vegetation characteristics are "coniferous forest and deciduous broad-leaved sparse forest area". There are nearly 8 families, more than 1 genera and more than 2 species of plants in Huashan area. Among them, there are more than 3 families, 4 genera and 6 species of seed plants.
there are nearly 5 species of pteridophytes in more than 2 families and genera, and nearly 7 species of bryophytes in more than 2 families and 4 genera. Mixed coniferous, deciduous and broad-leaved forests, mainly pine-oak forests, are distributed in mountainous areas above 8 meters above sea level, and their tree species are mainly Pinus tabulaeformis, Pinus armandii, Pinus bungeana, Quercus variabilis, Quercus acutissima, Quercus liaotungensis and Populus davidiana.
the lower part of the pine-oak forest belt is a broad-leaved forest dominated by Quercus variabilis, with a small amount of chestnut, fragrant incense, oak and so on. Huashan pine forest, Pinus tabulaeformis forest, Quercus variabilis forest, Pinus bungeana forest, artificial forest and Pinus massoniana forest are the main vegetation types in Huashan area.
in addition, below 8 meters above sea level, most of them are agricultural reclamation zones with few natural vegetation, and most of the cut plants are scattered on both sides of rivers or near villages, such as poplar, willow, elm, locust tree, Ailanthus altissima and Toona sinensis. There are patches or scattered Platycladus orientalis in the foothills.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huashan.