Linghu mountain scenic spot

The holy land of Buddhism is the base of traditional culture education

Linghu mountain scenic spot

Linghu mountain scenic spot is an AA grade scenic spot in Chuzhou City. It is located in the east of otang Town, Dingyuan County, close to Huangfu Mountain National Forest Park.

It is adjacent to jiangjunfeng in the East, Dongyuan dwellings in the west, lianyingpanshan in the face, Dashahe in the north, and Outang old street across the water. With a total area of 3300 Mu and an altitude of 94 meters, the park is divided into four scenic spots: Qingliu Lake scenic spot, Tashan scenic spot, Nanyuan scenic spot and East Lake scenic spot. It is a multi-functional ecological people's paradise integrating pagoda, temple, poetry, ink and modern architecture with natural landscape such as lake, mountain, water, flowers and fruit forest. Linghu mountain is towering and straight with luxuriant vegetation.

Every year on March 15 of the lunar calendar, the surrounding people spontaneously go to Linghu mountain to burn incense and make a wish. The number of people is as many as 300000. The scene is very spectacular and becomes a highlight of lotus pond. Tourists from Shanghai, Nanjing and Chuzhou come here for sightseeing and make a wish. Many businesses come here to invest and develop their economy.

On February 16, 2020, the scenic spot issued an announcement. From the end of the epidemic and the date of the scenic spot's resumption of operation to December 31, 2020, medical workers from all over the country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) will enter the park free of charge with their valid certificates (doctor's card, nurse's card and other medical work-related qualification certificates) and original ID cards.

Development history

It is said that in the Han Dynasty, there were temples built on Linghu mountain; Tang Zong successively built Zibo temple, Bixia palace, yuhuihong temple and abundant incense. For thousands of years, on the first and the fifteenth day of each lunar month, there have been an endless stream of pilgrims from all walks of life in front of the throne of Bixia Yuanjun (commonly known as black granny). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu Zibo, the Prime Minister of Chu, took refuge and studied here

In order to reward the elders and monks of otang for their education, a seven level pagoda named Wenfeng pagoda was built on the top of the mountain behind the temple. Later generations changed its name to Linghu Pagoda in memory of their son. The pleasant environment makes many scholars stop to write poems. During the Anti Japanese War, the Japanese war destroyed the temples.

During the "Cultural Revolution", the rebels, in the name of breaking through the "four olds", set up a rebellion on August 27, 1966 at about 3:00 p.m

The Millennium pagoda was destroyed with explosives. As a result, the old area lost its former "little Yan'an Pagoda mountain" grandeur, and the old soldiers and people of the New Fourth Army who revisited the old area sighed.

On March 19, 1994, the Party committee and government of otang town made a resolution to "rebuild Linghu tower". With the joint efforts of provinces, cities, counties, brother towns, units and all walks of life, the project of rebuilding Linghu tower was completed in May 1998. A square seven level brick tower with a height of 29.5 meters and a bottom floor of 6 meters stands towering on the top of Linghu mountain.

With the further development of reform and opening up, the economy of otang is booming, and people are calling for rebuilding Linghu tower. In line with the people's will, the government rallied the efforts of all parties to rebuild the pagoda on Xianggong mountain, and made great efforts to develop the tourist attractions centered on Linghu pagoda and temple. one nine nine

In May of 1998, a grand ceremony was held at the top of Xianggong mountain. Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life gathered in lotus pond to celebrate the event.

The new tower was built in the original site of the old tower, with a height of 7 floors and 28 meters. The green bricks and tiles are antique, and it is majestic on the top of the mountain. On the front of the tower stand two four legged green stone censers in the shape of tripod, which rise up the steps and stand on the railing. Two poems engraved on the body of the tower come into view. Engraved on the east side of the county, Mr. Zheng Fuhua, President of Quyang poetry society, wrote: Wenfeng tower towering blue clouds, full of the vicissitudes of the ages. After the Prime Minister of Chu left Fang Nengyu, Tang xianzhuoyuan was also unprecedented. Ten years of catastrophe, once lost, once the land again shine. The banner of the cradle of revolution should be spread together with its achievements. The poem of fan Bingyao, the late old poet of otang, is engraved in the western capital: Wenfeng's reconstruction of the people's heart is quick, and a generation's hard work is eternal. Seven levels of floating slaughter Qi sun and moon, make fox leave legacy forever.

On the south side, Wang Shouli wrote the reconstruction of Linghu pagoda. These poems sing about the beautiful scenery of lotus pond and the vicissitudes of the pagoda. Climbing up to the top of the tower, you can have a panoramic view of the great rivers and mountains in the old area. The sandalwood in the tower is continuous and refreshing. The spring in the distance is high and the scenery is boundless. It's refreshing and unforgettable.

After the reconstruction of Linghu tower, a series of scenic spots are under intensive construction, and the traditional temple fair on March 15, which has been interrupted for several times, has officially resumed. In the days before and after the temple fair, the faithful men and women were supporting the old and carrying the young one after another. It's a bustling scene that people from all walks of life line up from the top of the mountain to the middle of the street.

On September 4, Chen Guoxiang, deputy head of Dingyuan County, presided over a special meeting on the creation of 3A scenic spot in Linghu mountain scenic spot and the creation of provincial excellent tourism towns in Outang town. Dingyuan County Tourism Bureau, otang Town, Linghu mountain scenic spot leaders attended the meeting.

The comrades attending the meeting visited the construction site of the Martyrs Memorial Park in otang, seriously discussed how to do a good job in the construction, and reached a consensus. The meeting pointed out that it is an urgent need for Linghu mountain scenic spot to create a national 3A scenic spot and otang town to create a provincial excellent tourism town to fully implement the strategy of revitalizing the county through tourism and create a red tourism resort, and it is also a goal that must be achieved at the beginning of the year. Lotang Town, Tourism Bureau and other departments must establish a strong sense of crisis, enhance the sense of urgency, and speed up the construction work.

The meeting requested that the Tourism Bureau, otang town and Linghu mountain scenic spot should attach great importance to the creation work, improve the tourism function of the scenic spot, standardize the management level of the scenic spot, improve the service level of the scenic spot, form the theme tourism culture of red tourism culture supported by the martyrs Memorial Park and thanksgiving culture supported by Linghu mountain scenic spot, and further promote the development of tourism Build lotus pond tourism brand. Lotang town should speed up the pace of creating tourism towns, take upgrading the level of scenic spots, strengthening hardware support, optimizing the town environment as the main line, vigorously promote the creation work, and ensure the completion of the task with quality and quantity on time; Linghu mountain scenic spot should set up the scenic spot Guide map, scenic spot introduction board, guide sign, safety warning sign, etc. according to the 3A standard, improve the scenic spot tour system, and improve the quality of tourism The county tourism bureau should take the tourism creation as the top priority, carefully study, guide and connect with each other, plan ahead, and implement the creation work; the county tourism bureau should increase the publicity of the creation work of the excellent tourism towns in lotus pond and the 3A scenic spot in Linghu mountain, so as to create a harmonious society All walks of life will take the initiative to support and consciously invest in creating a strong working atmosphere. Lotang town and Tourism Bureau should set up publicity signs along s311 and the main roads into the town, increase publicity efforts, and enhance the popularity of lotang tourism.

In recent years, the development and construction of the scenic area has been strengthened, with a total investment of 23 million yuan. A large number of cultural scenic spots have been added, and the rudiment of the scenic area has been basically formed. The scenic area has been officially opened to the outside world to receive tourists.

Main attractions

The main scenic spots are: Linghu tower, Qingliu river water area, lotus moon Pavilion, sunset Pavilion, Notre Dame temple, etc.

Linghu tower

Linghu mountain, located in the southeast of otang Town, Dingyuan County, Anhui Province, is towering, tall and verdant. It is said that in the Han Dynasty, there were temples built on Linghu mountain; Tang Zong successively built Zibo temple, Bixia palace, yuhuihong temple and abundant incense. For thousands of years, on the first and the fifteenth day of each lunar month, there have been an endless stream of pilgrims from all walks of life in front of the throne of Bixia Yuanjun (commonly known as black granny). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, linghuzibo, the Prime Minister of Chu, took refuge and studied here. In order to reward the parents of otang and the monks for their education, he built a seven level pagoda on the top of the mountain behind the temple, which was called "Wenfeng pagoda". Later generations changed its name to "Linghu pagoda" in memory of Zibo. The pleasant environment makes many scholars stop to write poems. During the Anti Japanese War, the Japanese war destroyed the temples. During the "Cultural Revolution", the rebels, in the name of breaking through the "four olds", destroyed the millennium old pagoda with explosives at about 3 pm on August 27, 1966. As a result, the old district lost its former grandeur of "little Yanan pagoda mountain", and the old soldiers and people of the New Fourth Army sighed: on March 19, 1994, the Party committee and government of Outang town made a resolution to "rebuild Linghu tower". With the joint efforts of provinces, cities, counties, brother towns, units and all walks of life, the project of rebuilding Linghu tower was completed in May 1998, with a height of 29.5 meters and a straight bottom floor The six meter square seven level brick tower stands on the top of Linghu mountain. On March 15 of the lunar calendar every year, the surrounding people spontaneously go to Linghu mountain to burn incense and make a wish. The scene is very spectacular, and it has become a highlight of lotus pond. Tourists from Shanghai, Nanjing and Chuzhou come here for sightseeing and make a wish. Many businesses invest and start business here, develop the economy.

cemetery of martyrs

Outang martyrs cemetery is located in Outang Town, Dingyuan County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province.

In the course of China's revolution, otang has an important stroke, and has the reputation of "little Moscow". In 1939, in accordance with the instructions of the Party Central Committee on opening up the battlefield behind the enemy, the eighth regiment of the fourth branch of the new fourth army arrived at otang Town, Dingyuan, and opened up the Anti Japanese base area in the west of Jinpu road in East Anhui with otang as the center. Otang became the political, military, economic and cultural center of the base area, which was called "little Moscow".

In the same year, Liu Shaoqi came to the otang area, under his leadership, on March 9, 1940