Xujiashan National Forest Park

Xujiashan National Forest Park

Xujiashan National Forest Park is located on the North Bank of the Yellow River in Chengguan District of Lanzhou City, only 3 kilometers away from the city center, with an altitude of 1550-1750 meters. It is a Loess Hilly and gully landform. It is a downtown "Peach Blossom Land" created by the greening of the north and South mountains of Lanzhou City, with a total area of 5.06 square kilometers, of which the forest area is 97.4 hectares.

Development history

In the summer of 1942, Chiang Kai Shek inspected Lanzhou and ordered the north and South Mountains of the city to be afforested. The authorities named a section of the North Mountain as Zhongzheng mountain, and selected Xujia mountain as the experimental site to prepare the land and plant trees. A monument was erected on the peak of the mountain. The monument still exists today. In the autumn of 1944, vice president Wallace of the United States visited Xujiashan and presented more than 90 kinds of grass seeds. In October 1946, President of the British Society for aid to China clippus and his wife visited Xujiashan. In 1965, Xujiashan forest farm built the Yellow River water supply project and began to irrigate and divert water for afforestation. With the joint efforts of the party, the government, the army and the people and the nurturing of the mother river, Xujiashan began to thrive. The 1980s was an era of afforestation by the whole people. Comrades Song Ping and Xiao Hua took part in afforestation activities in Xujiashan.

In 1983, under Hu Yaobang's call of "planting grass and trees, developing animal husbandry, transforming mountains and rivers, harnessing poverty and becoming rich", all parts of the country supported afforestation in Gansu, which was also a new era of afforestation in Xujiashan. State leaders attach great importance to the construction of ecological environment in Western China. In October 1999, Premier Zhu Rongji led the leaders of various ministries and commissions to inspect the ecological construction of the northern and southern mountains of Lanzhou in Xujiashan.

In 2000, Comrade Peng Peiyun, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visited the memorial forest of Xujiashan park. In May 2004, Vice President Zeng Qinghong inspected the ecological development of Lanzhou in Xujiashan. In addition, many national and provincial leaders and foreign friends have visited Xujiashan for many times. In June 2003, Xujiashan National Forest Park was rated as "national AA tourist attraction". Today, the park is welcoming visitors from all over the world with its unique enthusiasm.

geographical environment

Xujiashan National Forest Park is located in baishutai area of Beishan Mountain in Lanzhou City, only 3 kilometers away from the city center. It is a downtown "peach garden" created by the greening of the north and South Mountains in Lanzhou city.

The greening of the park began in the 1940s, and now there are more than 2000 mu of forest land, such as "national support for Gansu greening tree species Memorial forest", "Sino Japanese Friendship Memorial forest" and "March 8th Memorial forest". There are Siyuan Pavilion and monument on the mountain, which will be planned and built into a forest park scenic spot. This measure is of great significance to a plateau city like Lanzhou.

Xujiashan National Forest Park is located on the North Bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou City, about 3 kilometers away from the city center, with an altitude of 1550-1750 meters, covering an area of 2800 mu. It is one of the nearest forest parks to the urban area in China, with convenient transportation. The park is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with undulating mountains, lush trees, fresh air, rich cultural landscape, and many memorial forests and monuments. The history of afforestation began in 1942. According to the records, it is the first place to carry out soil and water conservation afforestation in arid barren mountains in China.

natural resources

The park is divided into: Resort and sightseeing area, business area, scenic area and scientific research area, each of which has its own unique mountain scenery. Now it has formed a unique artificial forest landscape and forest microclimate of mixed broadleaf and evergreen trees, mixed arbor and shrub, multi-level and three-dimensional structure. The scenery of the park is different in four seasons. There are more than 100 kinds of trees and more than 300000 trees, all of which are artificially planted. There are more than 20 kinds of small wild animals in the forest, including Mongolian rabbits, squirrels and pheasants. It has become a unique landscape of the Forest Park. Several Memorial forests have formed a small forest environment with beautiful landscape.

Xujiashan national forest park takes forestry and economic development as its purpose, and actively develops forest tourism. It takes about three years to complete the main construction of the park, which is characterized by forest wilderness. A series of comprehensive service facilities, including tourism, vacation, catering and entertainment, are formed to provide visitors with forest huts, Tingtao garden, barbecue garden, camping village and game park Parking lot, Xinghua village, bixiuyuan, Yihe apartment for the elderly and other entertainment places.

Xujiashan National Forest Park with its geographical advantages and unique style can meet the needs of different levels of visitors, it will become another tourist resort.

Main attractions

Xinhua Village

Located in Xujiashan Zhongshan Qianping apricot tree flat, covering an area of about 150 mu, surrounded by fences, apricot flowers are as bright as clouds when spring is warm and blooming, and apricots are ripe and fragrant in autumn. It is one of the main scenic spots of Xujiashan forest park. It is also a must for visitors to meet friends and have a party when they come to Xujiashan.

Zhongzheng Pavilion

Located in the middle of Xujiashan mountain, cypress terrace, hexagonal antique Pavilion. In front of the pavilion is a Zhongzheng stele erected in September 1942. The stele is 2 meters high and 0.8 meters wide. The inscription "Zhongzheng mountain" on the front and the inscription on the back were written by Gu Zhenglun, chairman of Gansu provincial government at that time. At that time, as an image project, chairman Gu called Xu Jiashan "Zhongzheng" in the name of Chiang Kai Shek

It was named "zhongzhengshan". Later, with the withdrawal of the Jiang Dynasty from the mainland, Xujiashan also regained its original name. Because of its name, the Zhongzheng stele was knocked down during the cultural revolution, and the surface of the stele was seriously damaged. After being rewritten as it was, it was replaced by a new one in 1993. On the east side of Zhongzheng stele is Zhang Xinyi stele, vice president of China Agricultural Association, which is the same size as Zhongzheng stele. Under the stele is some ashes of Zhang Xinyi.

Hu Yaobang Memorial forest

It is located in hongliugouliang, Dongshan, with a circular flower bed in the north, spruce in the middle and memorial forest in the south. It passes through the corridor composed of Platycladus orientalis and fences, and trees supported by the central government and some provinces and autonomous regions are planted on both sides. There is a square flower bed in the center of the memorial forest. There is a monument, 4 meters high and 5 meters wide. On the south side of the monument, there is an inscription from Comrade Hu Yaobang to Gansu: "plant grass, plant trees, cure poverty and get rich". On the north side, there is an inscription about afforestation. There are some stone tables and benches scattered in the forest.

Siyuan Pavilion

The southernmost Memorial forest is Siyuan Pavilion, an antique hexagonal pavilion built in 1990. Inside the pavilion, there is a triangular stele inscribed by Li Ziqi, former Secretary of the provincial Party committee.

Tourism information

Traffic information

transit

There are two kinds of bus routes to Xujiashan. Take the bus to Xujiashan Park Station and walk more than 2000 meters.

Self driving

NO.1。 107, Gonglin Road, wuxingping intersection, Mingren Huayuan (Shangxiyuan), Xiaoxihu, Daqing woodwork factory, Cultural Palace (communication market), Jiefang gate, Xiguan Shizi, Longxi intersection, children's palace, West entrance of Wudu Road, east entrance of Wudu Road, Jinchang Road, provincial people's Congress, municipal government (no such station on northbound), Qiaonan, Qiaobei, caochang street, Zhaojiazhuang, Dujiatai, yanchangpu, vehicle management office Xujiashan park.

NO.2。 114 Lanzhou station (Bauhinia Hotel), No.5 bus company, geological Hotel, No.7 Middle School of Lanzhou, east entrance of Dingxi Road, Provincial College of traditional Chinese medicine, Wulipu, Donghu Hotel, provincial foreign trade company, nanhetan, furniture market, tanjianzi, cihetang hospital, miscellaneous market, second-hand goods market, Yantan business city, Xingang City, Xingang City area B, vehicle management office, Xujiashan park.

Travel Tips

admission ticket

Adult ticket: 5 yuan.

Opening Hours

8: 00 to 19:00.

Offer information

In March 2020, Xujiashan National Forest Park will be open to all medical staff in China free of charge until the end of 2020.

Address: No.18 zaoshugou, Yanchang Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou City

Longitude: 103.849899

Latitude: 36.089973

Tel: 0931-8341482

Ticket information: market price: 5.0 yuan