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Introduction of Scenic Spots in Guangling County, Datong City, Shanxi Province
Guangling County governs 2 towns and 7 townships 132 administrative villages, with a population of185,000, of which the agricultural population150,000. Guangling County is "the hometown of folk culture and art in China". There are many kinds of traditional folk culture, such as paper-cutting, yangko, tuba, shadow play and back pavilion, which have unique local characteristics. Guangling paper-cut originated in the Han Dynasty and is one of the three major schools of folk paper-cut in China. In 20 10, Guangling paper-cut was listed in the protection list of human intangible heritage. There are 25 natural landscapes in the county, such as Huliuhe Wetland, Baiyangyu and Dingdian Mountain air grassland, and 22 human landscapes, such as Shuishentang, Bai Han Yulin and Shengquan Temple 132. Next, let's take a look at these landscapes.

Yishui Shentang

Shuishentang is located in Hushan, Hu Quan Town, Guangling County. In 2006, it was listed as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Water Temple, formerly known as Ocean Water Temple, was built in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. Wenchang Pavilion was built in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty and renamed Shuishen Hall. The Water Temple, facing south, is a typical quadrangle with eight courtyards. Its main buildings are Lingying Tower, Notre Dame, Zen Room, Wenchang Pavilion, Shanmen, Bell and Drum Tower, Laojuntang and so on. There are pavilions, pavilions and towers on the mountain, and there are many plants under the mountain. "Notre Dame de Jiujiang" and "Kannonji" are the main buildings of the Water Temple, which are equipped with the East-West Sightseeing Hall and the Dragon and Tiger Gallery. There are seven-level brick towers with a height of more than 40 meters in the courtyard. There is a pavilion in the northeast corner. Climbing stairs is a hexagonal pavilion.

Erjian West Castle

Jianxi Village, Hu Quan Town, Guangling County was built in Qing Dynasty. Because its walls, gates and characteristic houses are relatively complete, it is called "Jianxi Castle".

After the fight against poverty started, Jianxi Village vigorously developed the characteristic tourism industry, focused on improving the appearance of villages and giving priority to ensuring the employment of poor households. Unique handicrafts, antique houses and medicinal flowers with both ornamental and economic values attract more and more tourists. 20 18, jianxi village is lifted out of poverty.

The whole scenic spot has not only exhibition halls, but also farmhouses and homestays. Visitors can not only enjoy the magnificent ancient architecture, but also get the convenience of modern tourism.

Three paper-cut museums

China Guangling Paper-cut Art Museum was established in August 2007. It is a national 3A-level scenic spot with 13 exhibition halls and an underground collection. At present, the collection has reached 16000 pieces. Since its establishment, the museum has been open to the public for free all the year round.

There are experience area, interactive area and sightseeing area, where you can not only fully understand the origin, development, innovation and production process of Guangling paper-cutting, but also enjoy paper-cutting from all over the world.

Sige bliss soup

The construction of Gokurakuji in Guangling Jiulong Mountain originated from the abbot of the mountain-Monk Shang Chang Xia Yi. 1996, the great monk was instructed by Dade to go to Wutai Mountain for retreat and penance. When passing through Nancun Town, Guangling County, I saw that it was poor and backward, and the folk customs were simple. I was determined to promote Buddhism here.

The great monk played Samadha for three times here (90 days in each session, without sitting, lying, sleeping or stopping for 90 days, which is one of the most difficult practice methods in Buddhism). After he went through the customs, he made a vow to establish Gokurakuji in order to be grateful to Buddha, country, sentient beings, guardians and parents. Construction started in February, 2000, and in August, 20 12, a Dafa meeting was held in Gokurakuji, with the completion of Daxiong Hall, the opening of Buddha statue and the foundation stone laying ceremony of Maitreya Hall.

Wushengquan temple

Shengquan Temple, known as the "small hanging temple", is located at the cliff waist of Tianwangling, deep in the Nanheng Mountain range of the county, with mountains above and deep valleys below. Cliff Grottoes are county-level cultural relics protection units. It is said that there is a famous spring in the valley, which gushes without overflowing and is inexhaustible. This is called Shengquan, and Shengquan Temple was named here.

Shengquan Temple was built in the air, with vast and magnificent scenery, towering mountains and dense vegetation. The whole building of the temple is based on semi-inserted flying beams, supported by rocks skillfully, with wooden tenons and tenons. It is rigorous in structure, reasonable in layout, unique in originality, and combines strangeness, danger, surprise, specialty and ingenuity. Looking from the bottom of the valley, if you look from the cliff and cross the canyon, it is like a castle in the air with carvings between the walls, which is amazing.

Liu Chaoyang Temple

Ancient Chao Temple in Guangling County, located in the north of the county seat, is elegant and bright, and it is the Buddha's sacred treasure temple. It was built in the leading valley of "Xiaojin Wang Long" in the west of Beiyuezhuang Village.

Chaoyang Ancient Temple was originally named Kannonji, and was renamed Chaoyang Temple during Hongzhi period. According to legend, it was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, rebuilt in the 14th year of Ming Wanli, rebuilt twice in the 60th year of Qing Yongzheng and Qianlong. The building of Chaoyang Temple has four floors. The first floor is the Temple of Heaven. The north and south sides are the bell tower and the drum tower respectively; On the second floor is the Dharma Ancestral Hall, flanked by the Temple of Heaven and Mother Temple; On the third floor is the ancient Buddha Hall, that is, the main hall, with Guanyin Hall and Dizang Hall on both sides; On the fourth floor is the Dharma Hall, flanked by the Shuxiang Caotang and the Buddhist Temple. There are more than 100 temples.

Seven martyrs cemetery

There are more than 400 martyrs buried in Yufushan Martyrs Cemetery in Guangling County, including 20 famous martyrs or martyrs above the county level. With the glorious revolutionary history of Guangling County, the Yufushan Martyrs Cemetery in Guangling County has a wide influence in northeast Shanxi and even Yuxian and Yangyuan areas in Hebei Province. It is an important revolutionary tradition and patriotic education base in our province and has been declared as a provincial key protection unit.

Yufushan Martyrs Cemetery was founded in 1967. Since 2000, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Guangling County has carried out large-scale construction of Yufushan Martyrs Cemetery. The main buildings in the park include: Martyrs Memorial Tower built by 1967, a large hilltop memorial square with a length of 90 meters and a width of 48 meters, a large inscription tablet of Yang Chengwu symbolizing the liberation of Guangling on March 2 1 day, and white marble statues of three generals, Wang Zhen, Yang Chengwu and Ceng Yongya. Large granite stone tablets recording Wang Zhen and Yang Chengwu's achievements and revolutionary history in Guangling, 2 stone tablets in English directory of revolutionary martyrs in Guangling County, 2 large antique painted stone pavilions, 2 groups of large-scale sculptures of white marble of anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians and PLA commanders, a large martyrs cemetery with 300 revolutionary martyrs monuments, ten famous martyrs in Guangling and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Liberation War Monument Forest.

Babaiyuyu scenic spot

Baiyangyu Scenic Area, located 20 kilometers west of Guangling County, is one of the five scenic spots in Nanhu Forest Park. It consists of five parts: mountains, water, forests, revolutionary sites and temple sites. The canyon is15km deep with15km bays. The whole canyon is undulating, and the 30,000-mu forest area is magnificent.

On both sides of the canyon, there are forests in the mountains, holes in the forests, water in the holes, dense mountain springs, waterfalls hanging high and streams merging into streams, which are the source of Fuxi. There are Jiangjun Cliff, Fairy Peak, Wohu Mountain, Hutouyan, Jiaozi Mountain, Xiaogui Mountain, Laojun Cave and the "White Sheep Twilight" landscape, one of the ancient "eight sights" in Guangling County. In spring and summer, flowers bloom and fall, and birds are singing and flowers are fragrant. There are many kinds of natural Chinese herbal medicines in the mountains. Up to now, more than 100 species have been identified, and edible mushrooms abound. Baiyang Temple and Liang Qing Temple were built in Baiyangyu and Meiyukou respectively, both of which have been destroyed and remain.

Nine white marble forests

Yulin, Bai Han is located in Liulingshan, the northwest edge of Guangling. The Liulingshan Stone Forest is still in the development stage, so it is difficult to find it without local guidance. Looking at the rocks from south to north, they gather in rows from the bottom. There are abundant white marble under the stone forest. Walking in the stone forests with different shapes, you can see translucent high-quality white marble. There are obvious mining traces on the mountain, and it is difficult to find the beauty of the stone forest without reaching the top.

Shidiandingshan

Ding Dian is 2008 meters above sea level, with Huangyangjian, the commanding height in Datong, in the north and Ce Tian Reservoir in the west. On the top of the mountain, the grass is green and the flowers are overflowing, which is endless. The cool breeze wrinkled the blue sea and waves, and white clouds passed by tourists.

There are flowers all year round on the grassland, and there are flowers everywhere. Early spring is warm and cold, and blue Pulsatilla, purple Malan and yellow golden pheasant are in full bloom; In midsummer, the grass is tall and the flowers are numerous, and the green is like brocade. White edelweiss and light blue delphinium compete with each other. In autumn, the grass is flourishing, the leaves are golden and fruitful. In the dead of winter, seabuckthorn stands out from the crowd here, dyeing red snow and burning blue sky.

Wild vegetables and plants grow vigorously in the mountains of Ding Dian. As a green food, it has unlimited business opportunities. The most precious are edelweiss and Morchella.

Guangling has beautiful natural scenery and profound cultural heritage. Besides the places mentioned above, there are also places worth visiting, such as Huliuhe Wetland, Yinjiazhuang Ancient Dwellings, Xijiaoshan Ancient Dwellings, Shengfo Temple Forest, Shengjuan Valley and Huanglong Valley. Although Guangling County is small, its tourism industry is well developed and worth visiting.