China’s four major maple viewing spots are very attractive to many friends who like to travel outdoors in autumn. You can experience a different and wonderful journey in the cool autumn, and everything is under control. Here's a specific strategy guide.
1. Xiangshan Park
Beijing’s Xiangshan is one of the four major maple viewing spots, and can even be called the originator of world-renowned scenic spots. The nearly 100,000 cotinus trees here were planted during the Qianlong period more than 200 years ago, and they are all red in autumn.
The most beautiful thing is that the flower stalks of cotinus will remain on the branches like pink feathers, like clouds.
Here, red can also be divided into countless types: bright red, pink, scarlet, pink
Like the shy sunset on the red horizon, it is warmer than fire.
Yuhuaxiu, Yunqi, Senyuku, Shuangqing Villa, Toad Peak.
Qinghu, Xiangshan, Xiangwu Cave, Heshunmen, Reindeer Slope
These are all good places to enjoy red maples, but Senyuku Peak Pavilion is the best.
Xiangshan was once the royal garden beloved by the emperor. He comes here every year to enjoy the cool weather, hunt, and enjoy the rich autumn colors.
2. Tianping Mountain
When we arrived in the south, the red leaves were no longer as warm as in the north, but when we arrived in Rome, they became hazy and graceful as usual in the south of the Yangtze River. Tianping Mountain is located on the shore of Taihu Lake. It is known as the "Scenic Spot in the South of the Yangtze River" for its three unique features: red maples, strange rocks and clear springs.
In late autumn, a careless fog added a layer of dust to the maple forest. Red, yellow, and fading cyan were blurred in the same landscape. Shrouded in fog, the scenery in the mountains is unreal and hazy, like falling into a fairyland.
Tianping Mountain has a long history and is a good place to visit ancient times and seek victory.
Since the Tang Dynasty, many celebrities, such as Qianlong, Bai Juyi, Fan Zhongyan and Tang Bohu, have left countless poems and travel notes here, and their poems are full of heroic sentiments.
The "Gaoyi Garden" archway given by Emperor Qianlong, as well as the stele pavilion, Fan Wenzhenggong Martyrs' Shrine, etc. are all worth visiting.
From 2010 to 1010, Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty left such a classic autumn appreciation poem.
"Stop and sit in love with the maple trees at night, the frosty leaves bloom in February."
He said he stopped the carriage because he liked the scenery of the maple forest.
It is said that the maple leaves are stained with frost and the color is brighter than the spring flowers in February.
The Aiwan Pavilion on Yuelu Mountain was named and inscribed by Chairman Mao himself. Inspired by Du Mu's poem "Mountain Journey". The scenery of Aiwan Pavilion is vividly described in these two short poems, including autumn rain, pavilions, maple leaves, and sunset. It is impossible for people to think of better words to describe this scene.
This pavilion is surrounded by maple trees and is known as one of the "Four Famous Pavilions in China" together with Taoran Pavilion, Hu Xin Pavilion and Drunkard Pavilion.
3. Yuelu Mountain
Autumn in the ancient capital of Nanjing is famous for its beauty.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "Niutou spring, Qixia autumn". So in Nanjing, autumn is the season in Qixia Mountain.
Xiashan is not only a scenic spot for viewing maples, but also has many valuable monuments.
Qixia Temple, the Thousand Buddha Stone Carvings of the Southern Dynasty, the pagoda of the Sui Dynasty, and the "Dunhuang Ruins" in the easternmost part of China.
The special thing about Qixia's red leaves is the wide variety.
Liquidgum, maple, maple, maple
Feather maple, beech, pistachio.
Every late autumn, the mountains and forests are dyed red.
That kind of beauty, like the sunset from the sky, falls to the world.
Autumn is a very beautiful but short season.
The fleeting autumn makes this “seasonally limited” red even more precious.
Xiangshan Mountain, Tianping Mountain, Yuelu Mountain, Qixia Mountain.
The mountains and plains are full of mountains and plains, almost all the enthusiasm of this autumn.