Daliancheng Scenic Area

Daliancheng Scenic Area is located about 1.5 kilometers away from Pingxiang City. It was once used to be the command center for the military affairs. On the mountains around Daliancheng, there are 8 medium-sized cannons which are just like the united annular Great Wall. So it is also called “the natural barrier of the united Great Wall”. 

In the valleys, there are large-scale magnificent architectural complex, including the Drillground, Ordnance Bureau, Celebration Palace, the Residence, the Ancient Opera Stage, Wusheng Temple, the Mammon Temple, the Kitchen God Temple, the ordinary shops, stores and four wells of different purposes. On August, 1981, Daliancheng Site was appraised as the important protection unit of cultural relic of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. At present, it becomes a tourist resort with unique characteristics.

Inside Daliancheng Scenic Area, there is a White Jade Cave with stalactites as white as polished jade. White Jade Cave ranks first among the top 8 beautiful scenery of Pingxiang. The White Jade Cave consists of the upper cave, the middle cave and the lower cave which are passable to each other. It can hold thousands of people. Fantastically shaped stones and rocks of various varieties abound in the cave and there are also reception rooms and rooms for resting.

After the Sino-French War, the famous general Su Yuanchun of the late Qing Dynasty made Daliancheng as his command center and the White Jade Cave was his residence and office. Besides, the cave was also the place for beating the heat. In the cave, there were Su Yuanchun’s inscriptions. The top of the cave is very flat and there are numerous holes which are just like the footprints of elephants. According to the legend, it is said that said that celestials riding elephants once went into the cave.

The spectacular natural landscape of the cave has been glorified in Chinese stories and poetry written by many poets who had been there. The beautiful natural scenery, the stalactites of a variety of forms and the beautiful legends made White Jade Cave become more and more famous, attracting an increasing number of tourists from home and abroad every year.

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Mount Meiling

Meiling Mountain Scenic Spot lies in the west suburb area of Nanchang, famous for its sheer peaks, grotesque rocks, cascading waterfalls and clear lakes. Meiling Mountain was originally called Feihong Mountain. As early as the beginning of Han Dynasty, there was post-road in the mountain. In the end of West Han Dynasty, Mei Fu, the governor of Nanchang County, fought against the autocracy of Wang Mang and receded to Feihong Mountain. To remember his loyalty, people built up Mei Immortal Altar high in the mountain, Mei Immortal Temple at the foot the mountain and changed the mountain name to Mei Moutain.

In the early Han Dynasty, the natural beauty made Meiling Mountain a sightseeing place of some note, and attracted people from nearby villages. For centuries, their reputations spread far and wide, bringing lots poets and writers. During the Tang Dynasty, it reached the height of its development. The most famous and popular sites of this spot are Hongya Well, Autumn View of West Hill, Tongyuan Waterfull, Rice Terrace and Waterwheel.

Covers an area of 150 square meters, its forest coverage is up to 67%, during the summer time, the average temperature there is around 22℃, thus this spot is a natural oxygen supply point and superb summer resort. Meiling Mountain is also a holy ground for both Buddhism and Taoism. There are 136 sites of religious constructions built within its area and actually, it is the cradle-land of Jingming School of Taoism and the 12th fascinating place for Taoists.   

As one of the eight famous temples in Shanxi province, Cui Yan Temple had a 4.8 meters tall bronze Buddha, 2.4 meters tall bronze lotus stand, as well as bronze bottles, bronze incense burners and an iron pan for thousand monks. Famous monk Guan Xiu in Tang Dynasty once lived in Yutang Temple, where he wrote 24 poems. Near Taiping Temple, which was originally a famous temple for Daoism, there is a one-thousand-year old gingko which is 30 meters tall, measuring 7.5 meter round the chest while 6 adults together can put their arms around it. Located on the peak of the mountain, the stone house of the Ziyang Palace still exists today. It had been visited by Dengyu, one of the founding fathers of East Han. Near the palace, there are Deng Immortal Hole and Zhenjun Tomb.

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Nanchang Bayi (August 1st) Uprising Memorial Hall

Memorial Hall to August 1st Nanchang Uprising is a national protected unit. This building was used to be a local hotel called "Jiangxi Great Hostel". In late July 1927, the 96 guestrooms of the Jiangxi Grand Hotel in Nanchang were booked by a group of Communist troops planning the uprising that was to result in the takeover of the city from Kuomintang control. During their stay at the hotel, the troops established the Front Committee of the Communist Party of China with Zhou Enlai as its secretary. The Front Committee used the hotel as its headquarters and held several meetings there in subsequent years. Consequently it is thought of by many as the birthplace of the People's Liberation Army.

In 1957, the hotel was converted into the August 1st Nanchang Uprising Memorial Museum, memorializing this pivotal point in China's history and preserving many of the most important rooms in the building. The title of the memorial hall was written by marshal Chen Yi. In 1997, the Memorial Hall was chosen as one of the one hundred national model bases of patriotic education. Jiang Zeming, the Secretary-general of the Central Committee of CPC, wrote the words "the first army flag rose here" to the memorial hall. Points of interest inside the museum include the Assembly Hall where the Committee was first formed, Zhou Enlai's work room, Lin Boqu's study and the bedrooms of the 1st Division Guards of the 20th Army. The history of the time is explained through documents, photographs, charts and drawings.

 

While devoted to the collecting and research of the collections, the memorial hall also did some repair and face-lifting to the site of command center as well as some updating and improvement to the exhibition. Combining sound, light and electricity, a big sand table is used to show the battle of the August 1 Uprising. Multimedia is used to tell the story of "Zhu De's Strategy". By the modern methods of electric chart, painting and sculpture, the exhibition has been enriched. New displays combining with restored ones, the whole exhibition is more vivid and effective. The stone inscription "the first army flag rose here" wrote by Jiang Zeming at the eve of 70th anniversary of the army is used as the prelude of the exhibition, which is impressive to the visitors.

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Badashanren Memorial Hall

Completed in 1959, Badashanren Memorial Hall is the first memorial hall of an ancient painter. Located on the bank of Mei Lake in Nanchang City and occupying an area of seven acres, it is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The memorial hall aims to commemorate a famous painter named Badashanren (former Zhu Da) in Ming Dynasty. Embodying the function of collection, displaying, research and publicity, it has abundant collections. The original palace hall has been changed to be exhibition hall to systematically display the works and historical data of Badashanren as well as the excellent works of masters nowadays.

Zhu Da was the descendant of Zhu Quan, the son of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in Ming Dynasty. Affected by the perdition of Ming Dynasty, he became a monk at first, turned to a Taoist later, and then secularized himself. Zhu Da was a famous painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty. His masterpieces Ink Lotus, Pine and Crane House, Eagle Standing in Trees and Deer are exhibited in the memorial hall. Some masterpieces of Niu Shihui such as Cat and Chicken are also exhibited here.

The north part is the artworks exhibition hall. With a modern and abstract architectural style, it is used to display the paintings of Badashanren. The west is Badashanren Research Center, also known as Zaifushanfang. It is used for art research and communication. There provides thoughtful, and modern museum, leisure and cultural services for visitors.

 

The south part of the memorial hall is a monastery called Qingyunpu. Qingyunpu is a typical ancient garden of south China. According to legend, Wang Ziijn, the son the Emperor Lin in Zhou Dynasty, practiced alchemy here. In the end of Han Dynasty, Mei Fu, the governor of Nanchang County quit his job as an official and lived a peaceful life here. The later generations built Mei Immortal Temple to offer sacrifices to him. Now it is used to display the life experience and art style of Badashanren.

 

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Wugongshan (Mount Wugong) Scenic Area

Located in Pingxiang City of Jiangxi, province, the Wugongsahn Scenic Area covers an area of 360 square kilometers, and is about 150 km. long. The Wugong Mountain is one of the three famous mountains in South China. The Wugongshan Scenic Area was promoted to national geopark status in 2005. Sub-alpine meadows, waterfalls and rare plants make the mountain the most famous attraction in Jiangxi province.

Most of the mountain is in western and central Jiangxi Province, extending from Yichun in Jiangxi Province to Chaling in Hunan Province. It mainly consists of granite and gneiss, and its elevation varies between 1,000 and 1,500 meters, with its main peak, Crane Peak (Golden Summit), at 1,918.3 meters above sea level. Wugong Mountain has dozens of peaks with a height of over 1,000 meters, all of which show different patterns and different shapes.

The mountain has distinctive natural beauty, with steep hills, dense forests and many streams, as well as religious monuments. It is known for three fantastic sights, namely Wanda waterfalls, the alpine meadow and the ancient altars on the Golden Summit. Wugong Mountain is also a natural zoological and botanical garden. An enormous number of exquisite flowers, trees and rare animals can be found here, including tragopan, South China tigers, macaques, sambars, silver pheasants and giant salamanders. A forest of ginkgo trees is also on the mountain, with the largest one reaching 24.5 meters, with a diameter of 3.63 meters and as a history of about 1000 years.

Main Attractions

The Seven-Color Waterfall

Seven-color waterfall lies in Wanglong Mountain. It s a natural lesser waterfall of five to six meters high, seven to eight meters wide and about 25 cm deep, formed by water conservancy drops. One can have a touch of the water and have a relax. Several huge stones divide it into many small pools one after another.

The white-Crane Taoist Temple

The white-Crane Taoist Temple lies on the White-Crane Peak of Jinding Tourist Zone. It was built in the 60th year of Kangxi Period of Qing Dynasty. Until now, it still keeps the Taoist flavor of primitive simplicity.

Taoist Convent

Taoist Convent lies in Jinding Tourist Zone. According to the written history, it was once a hall whose roof was constructed with copper tiles. At the end of Ming Dynasty, it was moved here, its walls were made of stones and the roof was made of iron tiles, which covered a land of 5,400 sq km. Up till now, it has been under renovation several times.

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Yangqi Mountain

Yangqi Mountain lies in Shangli Country, Pingxiang City of Jiangxi Province. With a height of 1000 meters, Yangqi Mountain in Shangli County is provincial key scenic spot combined natural scenery with religious and cultural landscape together, boasting its moderate weather and beautiful scenic wonders. It was the birthplace of the Yangqi Sect, one of seven sects of Zen in Buddhism. At present, Yangqi Temple has been inscribed into the list of 24 provincial scenic spots in Jiangxi province.

It was once called Wngling Mountain and Lushan Mountain. It is said that in the Warring States Period, a famous philosopher named Yangzhu lost his way when facing the crossroad of the mountain, so it was called Yangqi Mountain in the name of him. Yangqi Mountain is secluded with wonderful spectacles with verdant mountains, wandering brooks and streams and precipitous cliffs. In the history of peasantry revolution in modern history, Yangqi Mountain was a splendorous red base. The most famous attractions in the scenic spots are Putong Temple and Yilong Cave.

Yangqi Putong Temple was built in the flourishing period of Tang Dynasty. It’s the courtyard of the founder of the Yangqi branch, a sub-sect of Linji Scet (one of the Chan Sect of Buddhism in China). It’s located at the foot of Shoutao Peak of Yangqishan Mountain, 10 kilo miles away from the county town. The whole area is 7,000 sq km, of which 3,000 sq km is occupied by the construction.

Yangqi Putong Temple was first called Guangli Monastery. In the 12th year of Tianbao Period of Tang Dynasty (753), it was built under the advocacy of Chengguang Abbot. Then he was inherited by Zhenshu Abbot. Under Zhenshu Abbot’s Advocacy meditation hall and Buddhist monastery were newly built and enlarged in the Dali Period of Tang Dynasty. In its heyday times, there were hundreds of monks here. Surrounded by green hills, the resplendent and magnificent Yangqi Temple has an air of great antiquity and solemnity. There are ancient pagodas and cypress trees towering towards sky. From Tang Dynasty to Ming and Qing Dynasties, a continuous flow of men and women went to burn joss sticks and candles in spring or on the birthday of Buddhism every year.

Yilong Cave is a natural limestone cave formed 180,000,000 years ago. The cave stretches as long as 4,200 meters, with meandering streams at the bottom. The streams make the cave more vivid. When the water flows across the flat section, the stream is as calm as floating jade belt. When it meets the fault, it drops down thunderously. Through the rock cracks crystal spring water gushes out continuously. It’s a tourist resort and sample depository of the natural karsts topography with many sights.

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Mountain Sanqing----- One of the Top Five Beautiful Mountains in China

Mount Sanqing is a renowned Taoist sacred mountain located 25 miles (40 km) north of Yushan County in Jiangxi Province, with outstanding scenery. Sanqing means the "Three Pure Ones" in Chinese as Mount Sanqing is made up of three main summits: Yujing, Yushui, and Yuhua, representing the Taoist trinity. Mount Sanqing has been classified as a national park of China. It is a famous honey pot as well as a shelter for animals and plants. It contains more than 2300 species of plants and 400 species of vertebrates. The total area of Mount Sanqing is 229 km². It became a National Geopark in 2005 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008.

As early as the ancient time, the Sanqingshan Mountain enjoys a special reputation known as “the only blessed place of the world cut from the hustle and bustle; and the first fairy mountain of South Yangtze River towering into the clouds”. Mr. Paul, the President of the National Park Foundation of the U.S., remarked that: "Mountain Sanqingshan is one of the few essences and the treasure of the world". Chinese National Geography recommended it as one of the "top five beautiful mountains in China" and geologists from China and America all agree that it has "the most spectacular granite along the verge of western pacific ocean".

Sanqing Mountain has been a sacred place for Taoists since a visit by the alchemists Ge Yun and Ge Hong during the East Jin Dynasty (317 A.D. - 420 A.D.). The man who first built a Taoist temple at the foot of Sanqing Mountain was a descendant of Wang Jian, a prefecture chief in Xinzhou during the Tang Dynasty. During the period of Emperor Tang Xizong, Wang Jian received the emperor's order to mollify the people of the region during an uprising. Once he reached the north foot of Sanqing Mountain, he marveled at the scenery so much that he finally brought his family to live there.

During the Song Dynasty, his descendant Wang Lin invested to build Taoist temples, making Sanqing Mountain a major destination for Taoists. In the period of the Jingtai emperor, during the Ming Dynasty, the descendant of Wang Lin – Wang Hu – continued with large-scale construction and rebuilt Sanqing Palace. Throughout the mountain there are temples, pavilions, carved stones, statues, gates and bridges, with a total number of more than 200 relics.

The scenic spot covers an area of 84.89 square miles (220 square km), of which 27.41 square miles (71 square km) is the main scenic area. The three peaks Yujing, Yuxu, Yuhua looks like three divine spirits Yuqing, Shangqing and Taiqing of Taoism resting in a row, hence the name Mountain Sanqingshan. It combines the beauty of Huangshan Mountain, the spectacular of E'mei Mountain, the nimbus of Lushan Mountain and the steepness of Huashan Mountain in one, thereafter displaying a unique quality.

The granite landforms are the most valued component of Sanqingshan landscape. Mountain Sanqingshan has plentiful granite morphological landscape resource, picturesque meteorological landscape resource, ecological landscape resources, rare plant and animal resources as well as landscape resources of lakes and waterfalls and Taoism culture. Visitors can see the pictographic stone landscape here, lifelike natural sculptures, such as the Oriental Goddess, Gigantic Boa, Colorful Screen at Ninth Heaven, Thousands of Peaks Competing for the Best, Three Dragons Rushing to Sea and Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Enjoys Music. Visitors may also enjoy various special meteorological phenomena, of which the most important ones are: Cloud Sea, Cloud Waterfall, Sanqing Divine Light, Five Colors Road in the Clouds, and Meteor Showers. During winter, you can experience another landscape type, mountain blanketed in snow. Mountain Sanqingshan has been an important spiritual center for Taoism, an ancient religious culture unique to China. The historic Taoist stone structures, such as Sanqing Temple, Dragon and Tiger Palace and Wind and Storm Pagoda remain important relics of the Taoism culture.

 

Mountain Sanqingshan presents a stunning array of natural beauty combining primeval landscapes and pristine flora. Few, if any, other world sites can rival it in terms of grandeur and majesty of Mother Nature. Come and visit, you will find it a special and beautiful place, not only for China, but also to the world.

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