Wusutu National Forest Park

Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia

synonym

Wusutu National Forest Park generally refers to Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia

Wusutu National Forest Park is located in the front slope of the middle section of Daqingshan Mountain in Inner Mongolia. It is more than 80 kilometers long from east to west and about 10 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 80400 hectares. It consists of six parts: pichaigou tourist area, baishitougou tourist area, Lamadong tourist area, Shuimogou tourist area, hunting area and Wusutu tourist center.

The main ecological environment in the park is grassland with 90% vegetation coverage. It is the ecological barrier in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River and Beijing Tianjin area of North China. There are more than 1100 plant species and 40 animal species in the park, including 2 national protected animals.

In 1992, the park was established as a national forest park with the approval of the former Ministry of forestry. In the following ten years, it has won the honorary titles of "national AAA tourist attraction", "Green Great Wall" and "Mongolia's most beautiful forest park".

Construction history

In 1992, Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia was established with the approval of the former Ministry of forestry. Its predecessor was Wusutu Experimental Forest Farm, guluban forest farm and Daqingshan forest farm.

From 1994 to 2004, Hohhot municipal government invested more than 8000 staff and 700 vehicles to carry out afforestation activities in Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia, with an annual tending area of 500 mu.

In 2004, the Management Committee of Wusutu National Forest Park, approved by the government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, invited public bidding for the construction of AAA tourist attractions.

In July 2006, Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia was opened to the outside world as an AAA level tourist attraction, with six eco-tourism areas, namely, pichaigou tourist area, baishitougou tourist area, Lamadong tourist area, Shuimogou tourist area, hunting area and Wusutu tourist center.

geographical environment

Location context

Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia is located in the front slope of the middle section of Daqingshan Mountain in Inner Mongolia. It starts from puyaogou in the East, ends at heiniugou in the west, connects Wuchuan County in the north, and ends at the foot of the mountain in the south. It is more than 80 km long from east to west and about 10 km wide from north to south. It covers a total area of 80400 hectares. The coordinates are 111 ° 9 ′ 20 ″ - 111 ° 17 ′ 20 ″ e, 60 ° 26 ′ 30 ″ - 62 ° 34 ′ n.

It governs Wusutu Experimental Forest Farm, guluban forest farm and Daqingshan forest farm, and forms a development network with Ruyi and Jinchuan. It is an important ecological barrier in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River and Beijing Tianjin area of North China.

topographic features

The main part of Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia is the piedmont alluvial fan between Wusutu gully and bakouzi gully. It belongs to mountain landform, and the soil mainly includes yellow brown soil and yellow cinnamon soil. In the structural system, it belongs to the middle part of Daqingshan, with steep terrain and a slope of about 35 degrees.

Climatic characteristics

Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia is a typical continental monsoon climate in North China. There is less snow and rain in winter and spring, especially strong and dry wind in spring. The annual average temperature is 10 ℃, the extreme high temperature is 37 ℃, the extreme low temperature is - 20.3 ℃, the annual rainfall is 770 mm, the annual evaporation is 950 mm, the annual sunshine hours is 2077 hours, the sunshine rate is 46%, the fog days are few, and the frost free period is 200 days.

natural resources

plant resources

As of July 2015, the plants in Wusutu National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia are mainly plantations and shelterbelts, soil and water conservation forests, and water conservation forests; in terms of tree age structure, they belong to young and middle-aged forests; in terms of oil structure, they belong to Pinus tabulaeformis Ulva forests. There are more than 1100 species of plants in this area, which are relatively few, and most of them are herbaceous, woody and aquatic plants. Pinaceae plants become the main vegetation type of Forest Park, accounting for 80% of the total vegetation.

Animal resources

As of July 2015, there are a total of more than 40 species of animals in the park, including 12 species of small mammals, 9 species of birds, 5 species of reptiles, and about 10 species of invertebrates and amphibians. There are two kinds of national protected animals, sika deer and pony.

Development and utilization

In 1994, the government of Hohhot established the Wusutu Experimental Forest Farm, which is mainly used for the protection and cultivation of young and middle-aged forests, and also for the maintenance of trees and lawns in plain areas.

Scenic spots

Utuzhao

Wusutuzhao is mainly composed of Qingyuan temple, Faxi temple, Changshou temple, Guangshou temple and Luohan temple. Wusutuzhao is its general name. The Temple group covers an area of 35.5 mu, with a total construction area of 3800 square meters. It was formed by the continuous expansion of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because they are not far apart, adjacent to each other, and located next to Wusutu village, they are all called wusutuzhao. Wusutuzhao was built on the mountain. There used to be seven temples here, with Qingyuan temple as the center. There are Changshou temple in the East, Chafang temple in the west, Faxi temple in the northeast and Yaowang temple in the northwest. In the north, there is Luohan temple, and in the north, there is a facheng Guangshou temple, which forms a temple group. Wusutuzhao was built in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Temple architecture is a combination of Mongolian, Tibetan and Han art.

Qingyuan Temple

Qingyuan temple, located in the center of wusutuzhao, is the main temple, covering an area of 20 mu. The largest scale is wusutuzhao. The first generation of living Buddha was founded in 1583 A.D. and built in 1606 A.D. in the eleventh year of Wanli reign of emperor Shenzong of Ming Dynasty. In the 48th year of Qianlong reign (1783 A.D., 200 years after its founding), a temple was added. The next year, the Qing court ordered the Han Dynasty to call it "Qingyuan Temple". Faxi temple is located in the northeast of Qingyuan temple. Its architecture is unique, and its interior and exterior decoration is gorgeous. It is the most characteristic of all the temples. According to research, the temple was built by the third generation living Buddha of wusutuzhao in 1725 ad. Sixty years later, in the 50th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1785 AD), the Qing court ordered the Han Dynasty to name it "Faxi Temple".

Changshou Temple

Changshou temple is in the east of Qingyuan temple, covering an area of about 6 mu. In the 36th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1697 AD), it was founded by the Dalai Lama Changmu suchuerji. The temple was repaired six times before and after the Qing Dynasty, so the color paintings and clay sculptures in the temple were relatively complete at the time of liberation. There are two stone tablets in the temple, which record the time of the temple's construction and repair. They stand on the East and west sides of the hall. The west is Mongolian, and the East is Chinese. The contents of the inscriptions are the same.

Luohan Temple

Luohan temple is located in the north of Qingyuan temple, covering an area of about 4 mu. It is also the temple built by the third generation living Buddha of Wusutu, luobusanwangzal, in the third year of Yongzheng (1725 AD), together with Faxi temple, but on a smaller scale. Wusutuzhao's living Buddha passed down five generations after luobusanwangzal. After Erji, the eighth generation pearl, died in 1930, he did not visit hubilehan again. From then on, the living Buddha in this temple stopped "reincarnation".

Guangshou Temple

Guangshou temple is also located on the northern slope of Luohan temple. It was originally called Chahar Sumu temple. It was built by Chahar Zen master Hutuktu in the Longqing period of Ming Dynasty (1567-1572 AD). It is the earliest Temple of wusutuzhao, covering an area of 6.5 mu. In the 29th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1690 A.D.), after the expansion of chuerji Awang danpil by xilituzhao, Emperor Kangxi granted the name of "facheng Guangshou Temple", later referred to as "Guangshou Temple". In the ninth year of Xianfeng (1859 AD), it was rebuilt once. Because of the small number of lamas in the temple, it gradually became the temple of xilituzhao. After liberation, it was demolished because it was in disrepair.

Honor of scenic spot

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Tourism information

Transportation: take bus No.63. No.23 bus.

Self driving: next to Beijing Xinjiang expressway, near North China Institute of media, East Wusutu.

Address: middle section of Qianshan, Qingshan, Peking University

Longitude: 111.58545873502

Latitude: 40.847739567661

Tel: 0471-3679178