Located in: Luding County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province
Luding County is located at the western foothills of Erlang Mountain in western Sichuan Province and the southeastern part of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, bounded between the Qionglai Mountains and the Daxue Mountains. The Dadu River runs through the entire territory from north to south. It is connected to Shimian County in the east, located at 101°46′-102°25′ east longitude and 29°54′-30°10′ north latitude. It is 69.2 kilometers long from north to south and 49.9 kilometers wide from east to west. The county has a total area of ??2165.35 square kilometers (excluding the disputed area of ??198.48 square kilometers). The county governs 4 towns, 8 townships, and 57 village committees, inhabited by 14 ethnic groups including Han, Tibetan, Yi, Hui, Qiang, Mongolian, Miao, and Naxi, with a total of 77,099 people (at the end of 2001). The Sichuan-Tibet Highway passes through the northeast and is the choke point for entering Tibet and leaving Sichuan. It is known as the east gate of Garze Prefecture. It is 285 kilometers away from the provincial capital Chengdu in the east, 49 kilometers away from Kangding, the seat of the state capital, in the west, 112 kilometers away from Shimian County in the south, and 125 kilometers away from Danba County in the north. Luding County is located in the transition zone from the Sichuan Basin to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is affected by the dual influence of the southeast and southwest monsoons and the cold air of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The vertical climate difference is obvious. The area below 1,800 meters above sea level has a subtropical monsoon climate and is a famous dry and hot valley area. The highest altitude in the county (Gongga Mountain) is 7,556 meters. The climate of Luding is neither severe cold in winter nor scorching hot in summer. Winters are dry and warm, with an average seasonal temperature of 7.5°C. Summers are cool and humid, with an average seasonal temperature of 22.7°C. The average annual temperature is 16.5°C, the average annual frost-free period is 279 days, and the average annual rainfall is 664.4 mm. . There are flat dams, mesas, valleys, mountains and plains, and glaciers in the territory, which is rare in the world.
Luding County has a history of more than 2,000 years. In particular, the "Luding Bridge" personally gifted by Emperor Kangxi became famous both at home and abroad due to the glorious victory of the Jin army here, and became one of the first batch of key cultural relics in the country. The urban cultural relics museum displays the circumstances before and after the establishment of the Soviet regime and the physical objects left by the Red Army in Luding. It is listed as a national defense education base. The 31.25-meter-high "Monument to the Red Army's Capture of Luding Bridge" built in Shaba, Hexi is the foundation for traditional revolutionary education for young people in the province. There are only four bridges across the Dadu River in the city (two of which are suspension bridges). There is a Catholic church built by French priests for overseas students in Shaba, Hexi Province. It was used as the meeting place before the war when the Red Army captured Luding Bridge. In the old city, there are the former residence of Comrade Zhu De when he passed through Luding during the Long March and the bow steel cable suspension bridge built when the 18th Army entered Tibet in 1951, both of which are listed as county-level cultural relics protection units.
The external transportation of Luding County mainly includes: National Highway 318 passes through the city. The transportation in the county is single, only road transportation. The land for external transportation facilities is 7.03 hectares, with an average of 6.39 square meters per capita. At the end of 2001, the total output value of industry and agriculture was 1.92 million yuan, the total agricultural output value was 10.1778 million yuan, and the total output value of the commercial beverage industry was 4.31 million yuan. There are many industrial enterprises at or above the township level. The industrial types are dominated by the food, machinery, and building materials industries. The key enterprises include breweries, machinery factories, leather factories, and stone factories. Luqiao Town's external transportation links almost entirely rely on National Highway 318. This line runs along the east bank of the Dadu River and passes through the urban area at the head of the Iron Cable Bridge. It is an important link connecting the economy and commodity circulation inside and outside Luding.
Physical Geography
Luding County is located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is the deepest canyon area in the western Sichuan alpine plateau. The landform types range from low and mid-mountain valley areas to high mountains and extremely high mountainous areas.
Luding County is located in the Hengduan Mountains on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is a typical alpine canyon area. The mountains run north-south, and the county is lined with high mountains, with deep valleys, steep walls, and interlaced ravines. Many peaks are over 4,000 meters high. Among them, Mount Gongga, which borders Kangding County in the southwest, is its main peak, with an altitude of 7,556 meters, making it the highest peak in the province. Known as the "King of Shushan". Erlang Mountain is 3,437 meters above sea level. There are alternating ridges and valleys. The horizontal distance from the mountains to the Dadu River is no more than 10 kilometers, and the relative height difference between the ridges and valleys is more than 3,000 meters. (The relative height difference from the main peak of Gongga Mountain to the Dadu River Valley is more than 6,500 meters), forming a special landform with large height difference, short slopes, steep slopes, high mountains and steep slopes, huge height differences, broken rock masses, and exposed rocks.
Luding County is located in the transition zone from the Sichuan Basin to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is affected by the dual influence of the southeast and southwest monsoons and the cold air of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The vertical climate difference is obvious. The area below 1,800 meters above sea level has a subtropical monsoon climate, which is famous for its dry hot valley region. The highest altitude in the county (Gongga Mountain) is 7,556 meters.
The climate of Luding is neither severe cold in winter nor scorching hot in summer. It is dry and warm in winter with an average seasonal temperature of 7.5°C. It is cool and humid in summer with an average seasonal temperature of 22.7°C. The annual average temperature is 16.5°C and the average annual frost-free period is 279 days. , the average annual rainfall is 664.4 mm. There are flat dams, mesas, valleys, mountains and plains, and glaciers in the territory, which is rare in the world.
Mineral Resources
The geological location of Luding County is on the northern edge of the Kangxi-Dian axis, on the east side of the north-south compression zone, and in the central and northern part of the ancient rift valley of the Panxi geological suture line. Geological structures such as folds and faults are extremely developed, and various rock formations of various geological ages are widely exposed in the area, providing good geological mineralization conditions and sites for the formation of various minerals.
There are many types of minerals in the territory, with large reserves, high grade, and great development potential. The mines that have been proven include: lead, zinc, chromium, tungsten, gold, mica, asbestos, manganese, and marble. There are more than 30 kinds of mineral resources including granite, white marble, limestone, gypsum, coal, mineral water and hot springs. The basic proven reserves are: 220,000 tons of lead and zinc, 350,000 tons of manganese, 2.18 million tons of iron, 250,000 tons of silver, 50 million tons of silica, 25 million tons of limestone, 150,000 tons of gypsum, and an annual flow of mineral water of 640,000 cubic meters meters and 1.9 billion cubic meters of granite.
Biological Resources
Luding County has a forest area of ??82,438.5 hectares and a forest coverage rate of 38.78%. There are many types of wild biological resources within the territory, which have high economic development value and huge development potential. The characteristic biological resources with the most development value include medicinal plants, wild edible fungi, cultivation of rare animals and plants, and wild vegetables.
There is a large reserve of medicinal biological resources. There are more than 700 medicinal plants that account for an important proportion of Chinese medicinal materials, accounting for about 30% of the known species in the state. More than 50 medicinal plants are purchased all year round. species, and the annual purchase volume is between 300,000 and 400,000 kilograms. The main medicinal organisms include Cordyceps Sinensis (annual output fluctuates greatly due to precipitation), Fritillaria caladium (annual output 2,000-3,000 kg), Gastrodia elata (annual output more than 5,000 kg), rhubarb (annual average output 10,000 kg), Dioscorea (annual average output 10,000 kg) The average output is 600,000 kilograms), Chonglou (the average annual output is more than 100,000 kilograms), Eucommia ulmoides, Angelica sinensis, Codonopsis pilosula, Duhuo, Shouwu, etc. The geographical distribution of various types of wildlife is relatively concentrated.
Wild edible fungi have large reserves, many types and are widely distributed. Most of them are collected naturally by farmers in small quantities to supply the market, and have not yet been well developed. According to preliminary surveys, there are more than 30 species, distributed in forests and shrubs in canyons and mountain areas. The main ones include: matsutake, fungus, morel, buckwheat, egg fungus, brush fungus, hericium, etc.
There are many types of rare plants, including more than 40 nationally protected precious plants such as yew, Phoebe kangding, lianxiang tree, Maitiao fir, and ginkgo.
There are 69 species of wild mammals in 31 families; 167 species of birds in 43 families; 10 species of reptiles in 5 families; and 4 species of amphibians in 3 families. Among them, there are 37 species of rare animals protected by the state. The evergreen broad-leaved forest belt and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest belt in Hailuogou are the important habitats of rare animals such as wildebeest, macaques, giant pandas, red pandas, horse musk deer, blue sheep, red-bellied pheasants, etc. There are also Conch spots and three-tailed swallowtail butterflies are world treasures.
Mountain wild vegetables are rich in resources, including dozens of wild vegetables such as cabbage, bracken, toona sinensis, acanthopanax, and Houttuynia cordata. Wild vegetable plants are pollution-free and have high nutritional value. They are green foods. It is increasingly favored by urban consumers and has broad development potential.
Historical evolution
In the forty-fifth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1706), the governor of Sichuan approved the construction of an iron cable bridge at Anle (called Along in Tibetan) on the Dadu River. After the bridge was completed, Emperor Kangxi granted him The name "Luding Bridge" refers to the river "Lu" (the bridge repair memorial mistakenly called it Lu River), and "ding" means the stability of the Lu River area after the "Xilu" rebellion was put down. When the county was established, the county was named after the bridge.
Luding County has a long history. The establishment of Zuodu County began in the early Han Dynasty. In the first year of Emperor Wude of the Tang Dynasty, Jialiang County and Dadu County were established. Jinle County was renamed by Jin Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the Sizhou management system was implemented. In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the chieftain system was implemented, and Changhe Tuqianhu, Lengbian and Shenbian chief officials were established. In the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty, the Luding Bridge Committee was established.
In the first year of the Republic of China, Luding County and Hualin County were established. In the second year of the Republic of China, Hualin County was changed to the county seat. Luding was initially a single county, subordinate to the Xikang Provincial Government.
Luding was liberated in March 1950. From January to September 1956, it belonged to the Ya'an Prefecture. In October 1956, it was transferred to the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to this day.
Customs
When welcoming guests, Tibetans not only dip their hands in wine and flick it three times, but also grab some barley in the grain bucket and throw it into the air three times. At the banquet, the host takes a sip from the wine glass first, and then drinks it all in one gulp. After the host drinks the first glass of wine, everyone can drink freely. When drinking tea, the guest must wait for the host to hold the tea in front of him before reaching out to take it and drink it, otherwise it will be considered rude. When eating, pay attention to not filling your mouth with enough food, chewing without making any noise, drinking without making any noise, and picking food without overstepping the plate. When entertaining guests with mutton, a piece of meat from the lower part of the mutton spine with the tail is the most valuable and should be given to the most respected guests. When making, a lock of white hair should be left on the tail meat to express good luck.
Offering hada is the highest standard of Tibetan hospitality etiquette, expressing warm welcome and sincere respect to guests. Hada is Tibetan, which means gauze scarf or silk scarf. It is mainly white, but also light blue or light yellow. It is generally about 1.5 meters to 2 meters long and about 20 centimeters wide. The best ones are blue, yellow, white, green and red hada. Colorful hada is used in the highest and most solemn ceremonies such as Buddhist ceremonies.
Economic Overview
At the end of 2001, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Luding County was 1.92 million yuan, the total agricultural output value was 10.1778 million yuan, and the total commercial beverage industry output value was 4.31 million yuan. There are many industrial enterprises at or above the township level. The industrial types are dominated by the food, machinery, and building materials industries. The key enterprises include breweries, machinery factories, leather factories, and stone factories. Luqiao Town's external transportation links almost entirely rely on National Highway 318. This line runs along the east bank of the Dadu River and passes through the urban area at the head of the Iron Cable Bridge. It is an important link connecting the economy and commodity circulation inside and outside Luding.
Administrative divisions
At the end of 2001, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Luding County was 1.92 million yuan, the total agricultural output value was 10.1778 million yuan, and the total commercial beverage industry output value was 4.31 million yuan. There are many industrial enterprises at or above the township level. The industrial types are dominated by the food, machinery, and building materials industries. The key enterprises include breweries, machinery factories, leather factories, and stone factories. Luqiao Town's external transportation links almost entirely rely on National Highway 318. This line runs along the east bank of the Dadu River and passes through the urban area at the head of the Iron Cable Bridge. It is an important link connecting the economy and commodity circulation inside and outside Luding.
Scenery Tourism
Luding County is located in the southeastern part of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, on the eastern slope of Gongga Mountain and the western foothills of Erlang Mountain. The Dadu River runs through the county from north to south. The place where the "Ancient Tang-Tibet Road" and the current Sichuan-Tibet Road pass through in Tibetan areas is known as the "East Gate of Kangba".
Luding County is rich in tourism resources and widely distributed, covering four towns and eight townships. The tourist attractions in the county are divided into two areas with different landscape combinations, east and west, with the Dadu River as the boundary. The western area is located on the eastern slope of Gongga Mountain, a national key scenic spot. It includes Yanzigou, Yajiageng and other eco-tourism areas. It is an area dominated by natural landscapes such as glaciers, lakes, snow peaks, forests, and hot springs. The Tang-Tibet Ancient Road, It is a comprehensive landscape tourist area supplemented by cultural landscapes such as the Red Army's Long March ruins and folk customs; the eastern area is centered on Luqiao Town, Luding County, including Erlangshan Forest Park and Lan'an Township Historical and Cultural Tourism Area. It is a comprehensive landscape tourist area that focuses on humanistic landscapes such as culture, Long March culture, ancient ruins culture and folk customs, and is supplemented by natural landscapes such as mountains, canyons, forests, and lakes.
1. Glaciers and snow peaks: The height of the permanent ice and snow line on the eastern slope of Gongga Mountain is about 4900m, so mountains and extremely high mountainous areas above 5000m generally have mountain-type cirque glaciers and small valley glaciers. .
Among them, in addition to the cirque glaciers, which are specially appreciated by mountaineering explorers, the glacial landforms in Hailuogou, Mozigou, Yanzigou, Nanmenguangou and other places can be viewed closely by ordinary tourists, or even climbed in person to fully appreciate the vast landscape. The magic of nature.
2. Primeval forest: The eastern slope of Gongga Mountain is one of the areas where primeval forests are concentrated in Garze Prefecture. Hailuogou Glacier Forest Park is characterized by the modern glaciers extending into the primeval forest, with a forest area of ??70 square kilometers. The forest is filled with blooming flowers and towering ancient trees, making it an important place to attract tourists.
3. Lake landscape: The lake closest to the county seat is Shencun Haizi in Haizishan, Xinglong Town. It can be reached by walking three or four miles up the mountain from Shencun. Haizi is located on a platform formed by Quaternary red clay. There is a long and narrow mountain lake in the middle of the platform. It is like a jasper embedded in the mountains, echoing the jade belt of the Dadu River at the foot of the mountain. Whenever the morning glow begins, the lake surface is filled with blue waves. The rippling, tranquil scenery of the lake and mountains makes people linger; another famous mountain lake is the Pig Kidney Sea near the Yajiageng Snow Mountain Ridge. The water and sky in the lake are the same color, and the primeval forest and rhododendron forest on the lakeside are integrated with the lake scenery. It is an ideal place for tourists Sightseeing place.
4. Hot springs and hot springs: The Moxi-Yajiageng area within the territory is located in the tropical zone on the eastern slope of Gongga Mountain. The known hot springs include Wandong Hot Spring, Hailuogou Hot Spring (4 places), and Shanshu The surface temperatures of eight hot springs, including Ping Hot Spring, Yanzigou Hot Spring, and Yuejinping (Changheba) Hot Spring, range from 29 degrees to 80 degrees. Hailuogou No. 2 Camp Hot Spring is located in a branch ditch at an altitude of 2660m. There are several springs. The water temperature of the highest spring can reach 92 degrees, and the apparent flow rate is about 5L/S. The spring contains a variety of minerals and chemical elements and is colorless and transparent. Excellent medical, medicinal and drinking mineral water.
5. Feiliu Waterfall: There are countless large and small waterfalls in this area. Among them, the ladder-shaped waterfalls in Qingshibangou and Longtonggou in Hailuogou Scenic Area are more spectacular, and the Youzhagou Waterfall with its thundering sound is fascinating.
6. Ancient trees and rare birds: The ancient and famous trees mainly include the "King of Maidiao fir" in Hailuogou (more than 50m high), the parasitic tree of Xieke parasitic tree, and the ancient fragrant fir tree in Moxi (Chinese fir tree). King), Osmanthus Pingye Osmanthus Forest (5,000 trees), emerging ancient Kangding magnolia trees, etc.; Hailuogou Bluestone Slate, Dawanzi, Shuishuigou evergreen broad-leaved forest belt and coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest belt, which are rare animals such as wildebeest, It is an important habitat for macaques, giant pandas, red pandas, horse musk deer, blue sheep, red-bellied pheasants and other animals.
7. Strange peaks and rocks: Modern glacial erosion in the Gongga Mountains has formed important landforms such as corner peaks, blade ridges, cirques, hanging valleys, and "U"-shaped valleys in the core part of the Gongga Mountains. landscape. The ice erosion and moraine landforms formed by modern glacial activities in the relatively open Yanzi Valley can be clearly seen. Soon after entering the Yaowang Temple, you can see the Stalagmite Peak and Camel Peak on the left side of the valley, and the Qinv Peak on the right side of the valley. Sharp glaciated peaks such as Wangfu Peak and Wangfu Peak; precisely because of the steepness of the mountains, some huge rocks that fell to the bottom of the valley due to earthquakes or landslides can also form independent landscapes, such as the Huashibao in Detuobei, which has a volume of 7324 cubic meters. It was formed when the rocks of Moganling on the west bank of the Dadu River fell on the east bank of the Dadu River due to an earthquake. The Dadu Valley suddenly narrowed from its original width to form a wind outlet. This change in terrain caused strong valley winds to always blow here. It has become a scenic spot for "flower rocks playing flute"; another example is that there is a place called Baoyan to the west of Xinxing Yuejinping. Two large rocks rolling down from there are just on both sides of the road leading to Yajiageng Scenic Area, just like a scenic spot. The two guards at the gate are called the "door god stones", which echo the "gate stone" at the end of the ditch.
8. Meteorological landscape: Gongga Mountain towers into the clouds. The majesty of the main peak and the middle peak can be seen from Maligang and other places. The "golden snow mountain" can be seen from Changcaoba Huangbengliu and other places. The best picture is that you can see Hailuogou Sea of ??Clouds from Huangbengliu and Qianghuopeng Jiudouyan; the main peak of Erlang Mountain is 3437m above sea level. The east of the pass is a subtropical humid monsoon climate zone, and the west of the pass is a subtropical dry hot valley monsoon climate zone. The climate here is extremely changing. Sometimes the sky is clear, and you can see the Gongga Snow Mountain from a distance, covered with white snow. Sometimes the clouds are shrouded in mist, and thick rolling clouds hang in the air like waterfalls, making people feel like they are in a fairyland of sea of ??clouds.
Luding Bridge is an iron cable bridge suspended over the Dadu River. Luding Bridge first became famous when Emperor Kangxi personally named it and inscribed it.
At that time, the Jilie Rebellion in Changside occurred here (called Luhe in ancient times) and was put down, so it was called Luding Bridge. In 1935, the Red Army's Long March passed through here and was blocked by the enemy. After two hours of fierce fighting, the "Eighteen Warriors" flew to capture Luding Bridge, which made it famous at home and abroad.
In the forty-fourth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1705), Emperor Kangxi ordered the construction of the Luding Cable Bridge due to military needs and the convenience of Tibetan-Chinese trade. He personally inscribed the name of the bridge "Luding Bridge" in his handwriting, which means riot. It has been leveled and the Luhe River has been stabilized. Luding Bridge has a special structure and unique shape. The bridge body is composed of thirteen bowl-thick iron chains, including nine bottom chains and four handrails. Each iron chain is interlocked with 862 to 977 iron rings and is forged from wrought iron. It weighs about 21 tons. The bridge body has a clearance of 101.67m and a width of 2.9m. It is like thirteen giant pythons appearing out of the sky. Amazed. The bridge abutment is entirely built with strips of stone, shaped like a bunker, with wells underneath, and iron chains anchored with ground dragon piles and Wolong piles made of pig iron. The bridge pavilion is a typical Ming and Qing Dynasty building, with cornices, simple and elegant shapes and unique shapes. The dragons and animals roaming the pavilion's spine are lifelike and spectacular.
Since its completion, Luding Bridge has been known as a military fortress and an important channel for Tibetan-Chinese exchanges. It is known as "the first bridge that surrounds the Lu River for three thousand miles in the east and leaves Yanguan in the west." On May 29, 1935, the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army heroically captured the Luding Bridge during the Long March, shattering Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy to turn the Red Army into the second Shi Dakai, opening the way to the north to fight against Japan, and composing the epic It has written an immortal page in the history of the Chinese revolution and is known as the magnificent praise of "Thirteen iron chains split the road to the Republic of China". Comrade Mao Zedong also wrote the magnificent poem "The iron cables are cold across the Dadu Bridge" for this purpose. Since then, Luding Bridge has become famous both at home and abroad. It stands majestically on the Dadu River and displays the immortal revolutionary spirit to future generations.
After liberation, the people of Luding built the Luding Bridge Revolutionary Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall on the east side of the bridge, and built a monument to the Red Army's capture of Luding Bridge in Shaba, Hexi, about 500 meters away from the bridge. On March 4, 1961, Luding Bridge was among the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units designated by the State Council; in 1992, it was designated as a patriotism education base for youths in Sichuan Province by the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Government; in 1996, Luding Bridge was declared by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Six ministries and commissions, including the Ministry of Education, the State Education Commission, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the Ministry of Culture, have designated it as a national patriotic education base for primary and secondary schools; in 2001, it was designated as a national patriotic education demonstration base by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.
Today's Luding Bridge has become a tourist attraction for Chinese and foreign tourists to pay their respects and commemorate the martyrs, receive education on revolutionary tradition and patriotism, as well as for sightseeing and tourism. In order to commemorate the great victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's heroic flight to capture the Luding Bridge, to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs, and to display their great achievements and the history, culture and culture created by the hard-working and brave Luding people in this hot land and what has happened in Luding County since the reform and opening up. of earth-shaking and rapid changes. In 2005, the people of Luding rebuilt the Red Army's Flying Capture of Luding Bridge Memorial Hall in the Red Army's Flying Capture of Luding Bridge Monument Park. The appearance of the memorial hall is unique and majestic. It combines elements of western Sichuan folk houses, Tibetan architecture, and ancient buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It forms an extended central axis of red cultural tourism with the gate of the Monument Park and the monument of the Red Army's Feiyuqi Luding Bridge. The roof of the memorial hall simulates the Tiananmen Gate Tower, which means "thirteen bare iron chains hold up the Republic of China."
The Memorial Hall of the Red Army's Capture of Luding Bridge occupies an area of ??1,600 square meters, with a construction area of ??3,449 square meters. It has one underground floor and three floors above ground. The main exhibition hall is distributed on the first and second floors. The exhibition area is divided into 5 units. Among them, the first unit is strategic transfer, and there is light on the Long March to break through the siege; the second unit is rescue and flight, and heroic epics are written on the Luding Bridge; the third unit is to spread the fire, and people are on the road to Luding Bridge. The heroic nature of the Red Army will be shown; the fourth unit is the journey to the north, arduous and arduous, vowing to be the vanguard of the Anti-Japanese War; the fifth unit is the Luding History and Culture Department. With the Red Army's Long March as the main line and the flying capture of the Luding Bridge as the focus, it comprehensively utilizes modern technologies such as sound, light, and electricity to comprehensively demonstrate the thrill, danger, wonder, and absolute impact of the Red Army's flying capture of the Luding Bridge on the Chinese revolution. great significance. The museum collects and displays more than 400 pieces of various historical relics, pictures, and materials. The museum has complete functions, including multi-functional halls, conference halls, message rooms, visitor lounges, etc.
Erlang Mountain is the boundary mountain between Luding County and Tianquan County. It is famous all over the world because of the song "Singing Erlang Mountain" when the People's Liberation Army was building a highway in 1950. It is also the famous name of Ganzi Prefecture after "Kangding Love Song" Tourist attractions from all over the world.
Erlang Mountain runs north-east as a whole; the main peak is 3437m above sea level, and the Huojiagou Highway Pass on the south side is 2987m high. To the east of the pass is the Tianquan North subtropical humid monsoon climate zone, and to the west of the pass is the Luding North Subtropical Yure Valley monsoon climate zone. Looking east from the Huojiagou Pass is Yinshan Mountain, which is humid and rainy. Looking to the west is Yangshan Mountain, where the climate is bright and sunny, and the Gongga Snow Mountains can be seen shining brightly; overlooking the Dadu River, it looks like a jade belt meandering southward. The Erlangshan Artificial Forest Farm, built in 1958, has long been covered with canopy trees. There are often clouds and fog on Erlang Mountain, but the sky is often clear in the morning. In the afternoon, the fog rises from the foot of the mountain, and suddenly thick clouds roll in from the entrance, rushing and falling, like a waterfall hanging in the air, and in an instant they turn into white floating clouds; making people feel like they are in a fairyland of sea of ??clouds.
In addition to pine, fir, and birch, the virgin forest on the mountain also has precious involucrata, camphor and nanmu. Various wild flowers on the mountain are in full bloom, and there are also thirty or forty species of rhododendrons that bloom in turns throughout the four seasons. From the foot of the mountain up, the scenery is ever-changing. The stream at the foot of the mountain is gurgling, and the banks are covered with orchids; the mountainside is covered with red flowers, willows, and lush vegetation; the leaves on the mountain are covered with frost, and the forests are dyed; the jade trees on the top of the mountain are shining brightly. It combines the scenery of spring flowers, summer green, autumn fruits and winter snow in one place, and blends the beauty of nature into one mountain. Since the completion of the Erlangshan Tunnel, the original winding mountain road can become a good mountain tour road.
Yanzigou Scenic Area is located at the eastern foot of Gongga Mountain, the King of Shu Mountains, in the southwest of Luding County, in Xinxing Township, 60km away from the county seat. It is a sister ditch of Hailuogou, a national 4A-level scenic spot. The ditch is 40km long and the scenic area covers an area of ??100,000 square meters. With an annual rainfall of 1,200 ml and an average temperature of 8.5°C, the Yanzigou Scenic Area is home to low-altitude modern glaciers, forests, peaks and warm and cold springs, as well as rare animals and plants. The simple and beautiful natural ecological landscape forms its unique charm.
From the mouth of the ditch to the main peak of Gongga Mountain, there is a large altitude difference, and different plant belts are formed at different altitudes. There are more than 4,000 species of plants in the ditch, including hundreds of ornamental plants and more than 200 species of flowers, such as Kangding magnolia, rhododendron, lily, orchid, and precious Chinese medicinal materials Cordyceps Sinensis, Fritillaria, Gastrodia elata, etc. There are more than 300 species of animals, including more than 20 species of rare animals such as red pandas, antelopes, takin, macaques, etc. Among them, the Yanzigou three-tailed swallowtail butterfly and spotted butterfly are the best in the world.
Yanzigou has fifteen peaks with an altitude of over 5900m. There are tall and steep mountains and strange rocks in the ditch, such as the Bamboo Shoot Peak rising from the ground next to Yaowang Temple, like a giant bamboo shoot piercing the sky; four stalagmites rising from the ground next to Yaoshui ditch soaring into the sky , the stalagmite peak that looks like the Tang monk and his apprentice who are on their way to seek Buddhist scriptures; the Hufu Tower in Zhujiagou where a young woman carrying her child anxiously awaits her husband’s return from hunting; the Rhinoceros Horn Peak that looks like a rhinoceros horn among the independent peaks. Wait, these unique and strange horned peaks have lifelike shapes. Ingenious and spectacular.
There are many mineral hot springs in the ditch. The water temperature is between 20℃ and 45℃. It is a neutral hot spring of sodium carbonate or calcium bicarbonate. The water is colorless and transparent, without odor and harmful ingredients. It is used for medicinal purposes. The high-quality mineral water represented by Lai has been rated as one of the 16 top springs in China.
From the early 1980s to the 1990s, international mountaineering enthusiasts from Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Switzerland, and Australia challenged the main peak of Gongga Mountain through Yanzigou more than ten times, but failed to conquer it. , Yanziwei has become a mountaineering base for adventure warriors who conquer Gongga Mountain.
Yanzigou is not only suitable for mountaineering, exploration, scientific investigation, alpine skiing and skating, but also a good place for sightseeing, leisure, summer vacation, recuperation and return to nature. Yanzigou is attracting thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists with its unique magical power and has become an emerging tourist attraction on the ecological tourism circuit in western Sichuan.
In April 2021, Luding County ranked 74th on the 2021 Top 100 Counties and Cities with Chinese Specialty Food list.
In June 2020, Luding County was included in the second batch of districts and counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Long March Area (First Red Army), Long March Area (Fourth Red Army)).
In February 2017, Luding County was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education nationwide in 2016.
In July 2016, Luding County won the title of National Double Support Model City (County) in 2016.