Shennongjia specifics

Shennongjia Overview Shennongjia is located in the western border of Hubei Province, east and Baokang County in Hubei Province, west and Chongqing Wushan County adjacent to the south according to the Xingshan, Badong and on the verge of the Three Gorges, the north of Fangxian, Zhushan and close to the Wudang, the land across the longitude of 109 ° 56 ′ - 110 ° 58 ′, latitude 31 ° 15 ′ - 31 ° 75 ′, a total area of 3,253 square kilometers, jurisdiction of the four towns, four townships and a Forestry Administration (National Forest Park), a national nature reserve, a total population of 80,000 people. (National Forest Park), a national nature reserve, with a total population of 80,000 people. It is the only administrative region in China named "Forestry District".

Shennongjia and the nearby major attractions in the forest area, there is the Panpi Rock, Dajiu Lake, Xiaodangyang, Xiangxiyuan, Tianmenya, Yanziya, Songluo River and other dozens of scenic attractions, and hot and cold holes, ice holes, tidal caves, and many other natural wonders. Dajiu Lake: Dajiu Lake is a mountain basin, surrounded by high mountains, the middle of the low-lying flat, with a total area of 36 square kilometers. Among them, there are 17 square kilometers of low-lying flat land, elevation of more than 1,700 meters, east-west length of 15 kilometers, north-south width of 1-4 kilometers, there is "alpine plains," the name. It has abundant rainfall, abundant water and grass, cool temperature and sufficient sunshine, but short frost-free period and long snow days. It borders with Wuxi and Wushan County of Chongqing Municipality, and is the western gate of Shennongjia to Chongqing. Dajiu Lake covers an area of about 24 square kilometers, 1700 meters above sea level, is the largest alpine plains in central China, abundant rainfall, abundant water and grass, cool climate, is a typical grassland scenery, known as "Hubei's Hulunbeier", is the Shennongjia to the subalpine marshes, basins and sightseeing pasture-based recreation and vacation area. The main attractions are: alpine basins, wetlands, grasslands, pastures, deer, ancient hammer elm trees, is to carry out horseback running, mountain biking, archery and other sports and fitness, leisure and vacation ideal place. Dajiu Lake is rich in natural resources, abundant rainfall, annual precipitation of more than 1,500 millimeters, long winter and short summer, spring and fall, the alpine basin can produce food, medicinal herbs, mountain fruits. Marshland peat is rich, abundant water and grass, suitable for choking grazing, and the variety of its medicinal herbs tops the list of Shennongjia. Rare animals such as South China tiger, leopard, Sumen antelope and donkey-headed wolf are found here, and it is also an important place to explore the mystery of "wild man". Deep and unfathomable Lushuikong, beautiful red begonias, alpine azaleas, water as clear as a mirror of the Heishui River, the daunting five sub-passes, Sichuan and E even the edge of the self-sustaining bridge, the image of realistic carp rock, the reclining Buddha Ridge, the colorful mountain flowers, a sprawl of blue skies and green areas, people forget to go back and forth.

Xiaoguiping:

Xiaoguiping is the only one Tujia minority township in Shennongjia. Inhabited by Tujia Huizhong, it has widely spread stories and customs, and attractions such as the Thirty-six Knives, Little Wudang, Conch Rock, Fashui Cave, and Shennong Stream Source. "Thirty-six knives" is the name of 36 mountain peaks, which are distributed within 1 square kilometer, staggered, even and not scattered. From the bottom to the top, the hall peaks standing straight into the sky; from the guillotine surface looks like 36 knives resting on the weapon rack, 36 knives shining silver, presenting a "piercing the green sky e not yet residual" spectacular scene. Small Wudang, also known as too each mountain, mountain steep, apes and monkeys also difficult to climb. Climbing up to see thirty-six peaks, such as marrying to welcome the bride, there is a fantastic "bullock" at the foot of the southern Shennong live is as leisurely as a jade belt to the Yangtze River Gorges. Shennong top: Shennong top scenic area is a national nature reserve, covering a total area of about 883.6 square kilometers, is a well-preserved forest natural ecosystem as the background to the ecological diversity as the characteristics, reflecting the harmony between man and nature **** survival of the main theme of the natural ecological tourism area, is one of the key scenic spots of Shennongjia. Scenic area is very rich in plant and animal resources, preserving the complete subtropical forest ecosystem. There are 2419 species of vascular plants in the area, and 34 species are under national key protection. There are 336 species of vertebrates, including 75 species of animals, 308 species of birds, 23 species of amphibians, 40 species of reptiles, 47 species of fishes, 67 species of which are under national key protection, and more than 600 species of insects. The biodiversity here is of great global significance, and the complete forest ecosystem is of great significance to the ecological balance of the whole middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the whole central China, which has become a natural barrier in central China, and is known as "Green Treasure House", "Plant Gene Bank", "Natural Treasure House", "Plant Gene Bank" and "Natural Treasure House". It is known as "green treasure house", "plant gene pool", "natural zoo", "herbal medicine garden" and "refuge for endangered plants and animals". The highest altitude in the scenic area is 3105.4 meters above sea level, which is called "the first peak in central China". The Slab Rock Forest is located in the Shennong Ding Scenic Area. The rock forest is hidden in the arrow bamboo forest and fir forest, craggy like a boardwalk, with many meadows, arrow bamboo and alpine azalea. Hair, feces and footprints of savages have been found many times. It is a natural eco-tourism attraction characterized by beautiful green subalpine natural scenery and biodiversity. Xiaolongtan is located in Shennongding Scenic Area, which is a base for science education and research to show the unique ecological environment and rich ecological resources of Shennongjia, and to carry out environmental protection awareness and ecological knowledge. There are "wild man" mystery garden, Hubei Province youth summer camp camp, golden monkey domestication base, Xiaolongtan Tea House, wild examination station and other tourism projects and facilities. Scenic Pass is located in the Shennong Top Scenic Area, the pass is hidden in the arrow bamboo forest, under the deep stream, stone forests, such as columns like bamboo shoots, the clouds are unpredictable, forming a "stone forest clouds and rain" landscape, known as "Shennong the first scenic". Surrounded by meadows, arrow bamboo forests, fir, alpine rhododendron. When the rain clears, the clouds roll and the waves are magnificent, and the year-round mist and cloud waterfalls take you to a world outside the realm of immortality. Golden Monkey Ridge is the main activity area of golden monkeys in Shennong Ding Scenic Area, and it is also a typical representative of hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin forest in Shennongjia. Standing in the primitive forest of Golden Monkey Ridge, looking at these big trees sadly born, sadly dead, you seem to be able to hear the nature due to the survival of the fittest fighting, strangulation, due to the fighting strangulation and the pain of moaning ...... Yantian Scenic Area: Yantian Primitive Ecological Tourism Area is located in the northwestern part of Shennongjia, with a total area of about 926.24 square kilometers. It is a primitive forest scenery as the background, with the legend of Shennong's and pure and simple mountain culture as the connotation, set strange trees, strange flowers, strange holes, strange peaks and mountain people strange customs as one, to reflect the original ancient, hunting and exploring as the theme of primitive eco-tourism area. Scenic area within the vast sea of forests, things in the spirit of the world, beautiful, especially "majestic, beautiful, secluded, wild" as the characteristics of the birth of a sense of beauty. Because it is located in the geographical intersection of north and south of China, here brings together the animal and plant resources of different natural zones in the north and south, and the natural vegetation in the area can be divided into coniferous forests, broad-leaved forests, bamboo forests, thickets, mountain grasses, meadows, swamps and other series of vegetation types, rich animal and plant resources are highly observable, coupled with the fresh air and quiet environment, it is a good place to carry out green tourism. The main attractions are Swallow Cave, Yan Tianfeidu, will be immortal bridge, Swallow Pass, Xue Gangzhai, Tianmen Pass, Liu Heungzhai, Shanbao hole, Zizhu River primitive forest, the Sea of Clouds Buddha light, red ping gallery, a hundred lawns, the Taping mountains and forests of idyllic scenery and folk customs, such as Swallow Cave famous Swallow Cave in the northeast of the Swallow Pass from the mouth of the 1,000 meters of the half-wall, elevation of 2,343 meters, the north next to the water ditch passes by the highway uphill about 50 meters can be to the Hole, the front hall is quite wide, about 420 square meters, into the narrow gradually dark, suddenly feel the swallows swept ear, creaking sound, about 700 meters do not see the swallows, but heard dripping water such as the piano, into the 3700 meters, the hole body can not accommodate people, only to listen to the gurgling of the water, but I do not know where the hole is born. The hole is 14 meters high and 16 meters wide, which is inhabited by a large number of short-billed swiftlets. This kind of swallow is about 12 centimeters long, although the number is huge, but they never collide with each other when they fly in and out, they live in Shennongjia all year round, and the favorable natural environment of the area makes them lose the characteristics of migratory birds that originally flew south and moved north. The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, with gurgling water, clean walls and dry stone walls covered with bird's nests. The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, the air is humid, the water flows long, the cave wall is as clean as glass, and the dry place is full of swallows' nests, and there are stone steps and bridge pavilions on the ridge ridge northwest of Swallow Pass, strolling on the ridge, looking back, but the golden swallows are dancing in the wind, coming in and out at the same time, soaring high and low, agile and clever, and when it is over after a rainy period of time, the swallows penetrate through the sun to break through the fog and cut through the clouds and cut the Xia, soaring and plunging. Mountain situation, swallow shape, cloud shadow contrasting interest, a good picture of the vibrant scene, this swiftlet is an ancient marine swiftlet variant, has a very strong orientation to recognize the ability, so it is the study of geology, archaeology, birds and birds of prey taxonomy of good material. From the northwestern side of Yanzi Ya stone steps on the bridge pavilion looking back at the cave, you can see the swallows flying, if the sun comes out, you can see the swallows facing the sunlight high flying low back, the scene is very spectacular. Shennongjia red ping: red ping gallery is located in the south foot of Shennongjia Tianmen Ya, is a small piece of canyon basin, stretching 15 kilometers, so the name of the turtle stone. Legend has it that when king zhaowang fought chu, passing through this place, the tortoise anger, the sword will shock throw the air, fell into the rock crevice; still remains "zhaowang sword" site because of zhaowang was forced to retreat, the tortoise into a boulder, lying here, so named tortoise stone, and later built the red ping forest and renamed the red ping. Hongping Gorge canyon basin on both sides, strange peaks, jagged and steep. In March, the mountain flowers are in full bloom, in autumn, the forests are full of color, and in all seasons of the year, the streams and springs are flowing. Stroll in the ping, you can enjoy holding in the clear stream on both sides of the ink like a painting of the beautiful landscape, and the scenery varies from time to time, so it is known as "red ping gallery" by painters. This place has a river, two streams, three waterfalls, four bridges, five pools, six caves, seven towers, eight fortresses, nine stones, thirty-six peaks, reflecting each other, the layout is compact, with cloth to move the interest of the scene change. Here the attractions of a strange, two strange, three dangerous, four show. "Strange" refers to the strange peaks, "strange" refers to the strange caves and rocks. "Dangerous" refers to the fortress ridge, the peak of the dangerous. "Show" refers to the river, waterfalls, bridges set. This place has attracted countless painters to sketching. Zhang Bu's "Shennongjia painting exhibition" and Luo Guoshi's large group painting "Shennongjia wonders" caused a strong reaction at home and abroad. As a result, Hongping Gallery is famous both at home and abroad. Xiangxiyuan: Xiangxiyuan, a tributary of the Yangtze River, originates in Shennongjia, with pure water, ancient trees, and the remains of ancient glaciers. According to legend, before Wang Zhaojun went out of the plug to make peace, she went back to her hometown to save her family. She passed by the stream, and when she washed her face in the stream, she lost a string of pearls in it, and from then on, the stream water was crystal clear and fragrant all year round, so it was named Fragrant Stream. Every year in March, when the peach blossoms bloom on the banks of Xiangxi River, you can see a kind of reddish fish in the water of Xiangxi River, which is four identities and resembles peach blossoms, so it is called peach blossom fish. Legend has it that after returning to her hometown, Zhaojun was reluctant to part with her relatives at the bow of the boat, Zhaojun played the pipa to say goodbye to her relatives, and the melodious sound of the zither told her heart's fondness for her. In the sound of the piano, the peach blossoms on both sides of the river drifted down to the water, turning into peach blossom fish with the sound of the piano. The fish surrounded the boat, escorting Zhaojun far away. The source of Xiangxi River, strange peaks competing, deep in the sea of forests, clouds swimming in the fog, forests of exotic flowers and grasses competing in the opening of the mountain streams and gorges, accompanied by the fragrance of grass and trees. It can be seen that this secluded valley and clear streams, flowers and flowers in the spirit of the place, is the real reason for the fragrance of the stream. Xiaolongtan Expedition Station: Located in Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Xiaolongtan Expedition Station is the base camp of Shennongjia's wild man expedition, as well as an important observation point of the golden monkeys' living habits and a wildlife rescue station. The exhibition room of the field work is set up inside, which faithfully reflects the main achievements of the two national expeditions to the wild man of Shennongjia, including the distribution map of the wild man, photographs of eyewitnesses, wild man hair, feces, bamboo nests, and wild man footprints made on the spot, and the analyzed and appraised materials of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units, all of which are eloquent proofs that the wild man of Shennongjia is an objective existence that cannot be ignored. The wild examination station also set up a "Shennongjia scenery" photography exhibition, counting more than 500 works, Shennong cloud sea, mountain sunset, millennium hemlock and a hundred grasses show, etc. are extremely popular among tourists. The most fascinating is the Shennongjia golden monkeys group photo, they are the scene of the shooting, the content from the monkey king, the monkey to the whistle monkey, from migration, foraging for food to nap, from the mother and child to the monkey group play, from the love of monkeys talk about love to the husband and wife to make love to, everything, can be said to be the world of the animal album of the Shennongjia golden monkeys, a more complete reflection of the habits of the golden monkeys. Shennongjia - Shennong Festival: Shennong altar is located in the town of Muyu, is the southern gate of Shennongjia tourism, Xiangxi from which flows slowly south. The whole scenic area is surrounded by green hills, beautiful and quiet. The scenic area is divided into five major parts: the main sacrificial area, the ancient botanical garden, the thousand-year-old cedar, the butterfly specimen museum, and the chimes recital hall. Because Shennongjia was once the place where Shennong tasted herbs and gathered medicines, in order to commemorate his life's great achievements and let the children of the Yellow Emperor worship for generations, the altar was constructed in this piece of fengshui precious land. Shennong altar of the main building Shennong giant bull-headed human statue, this statue is 21 meters high, 35 meters wide, adding up to 56 meters, to show that the 56 Chinese nationalities close unity, thriving. Statue standing in the verdant mountains between the earth as the body drive, eyes slightly closed, insight, seems to be thinking about the universe. Within the sacrificial area, stepping on the feet of the round and square patterns on behalf of the sky and the earth, in the square pattern on behalf of the earth, five-colored stones are the five elements of the doctrine of gold, wood, water, fire, earth. Nearby, 10-meter-high totem poles were erected on the left and right sides of the altar, and the big and small bull's head on the poles to show that Shennong's is a bull-headed person, the meaning of the progeny and posterity. Totem pole in front of two large reliefs, showing the life of Shennong's great achievements. Between the two reliefs, there are nine tripods and eight gui (items used to cook in ancient times, now the highest sacrificial vessels of the Chinese nation) and a bell and drum tower for the people of the Yellow River to pay homage to their ancestors and seek blessings. Climbing 343 steps, you will come to the statue in front of the viewing platform (in ancient times, for the son of heaven rituals, viewing place). The barbecue bonfire party at the Shennong Altar, with the background of Shennongjia mountain people's life, reflects the folklore, expressive and with strong local characteristics. Dances such as hunting, marrying, and double flower stick express the real life of the mountain people to the fullest. The love song duet is a reflection of the love expression of young men and women in Shennongjia who have been using song as a matchmaker and shoes to settle their love for each other for ages. The evening party also includes tasting of barbecued food, drinking Shennong yellow wine to the guests by mountain girls, and singing mountain songs, etc. The whole evening party is full of climaxes, and is full of fun. Shennongjia animal and plant herbarium: Shennongjia animal and plant herbarium in the first floor of the plant museum collection of more than 2000 kinds of plants, more than 12,000, such as dove, ginkgo, *** with the display of the Shennongjia plant is unique to the ancient nature, richness and complexity of the three characteristics, *** with the composition of a chic species of the gene pool, dove, incense fruit, ginkgo, Lianxiang, grate fir and more than 60 kinds of tsetse relics, known as the living fossil. The living fossil is known as. There are also "a bead on the top of the head, the king of a pen, a bowl of water by the river, seven leaves and a flower" and other rare medicinal herbs, so that people's eyes wide open. The second floor of the animal museum, according to the birds, animals, fish, insects on display, there are more than 400 kinds of animal specimens, more than 1,000. One of the most eye-catching is the national key protection of albino animals and golden monkey specimens, herbarium known as the "biological temple", is the Shennongjia rare animals and plants of the epitome. Shennongjia Entertainment Recommended Bench Dragons: Dance formed by using a bench as a "dragon lantern". Two people, three people can, two people dance is a front and a back, three people dance is the front two after a. The dance movements are "river eagle", "river eagle", "river eagle" and "river eagle". Dance movements are "river eagle wings", "snowflakes cover the top", "yellow dragon wrapped around the waist", "fierce tiger downhill" and so on. Activity time is mostly in the lunar New Year's Eve to the first month of the 15th. Joyous festivals also have. Lantern Opera: is popular in Enshi folk, especially in the countryside of the local theater. Its characteristics are four: First, simple costumes and props, an official clothes, a hat, three pairs of bars, a sword is enough; Second, fewer characters, students, Dan, ugly three lines, often introduced a man and a woman, up to no more than four people l Third, not much instrumental music, the field of literature, only one person with a "big tube" accompaniment, the martial arts field to increase the drums, gongs, money. Fourthly, there is no choice of performance venues; dams and squares can be used. Lantern Opera has different names due to different meanings of performances. New Year's Eve, celebrating the festive season, known as the "Hexin lamp" Ching Ming Festival, known as the "Ching Ming lamp" Shou saliva to wish for longevity, known as the "Shou lamp", male and female marriages, holding a son to add grandchildren, known as the "happy lamp"; burning incense, incense, incense and money. The "Joy Lamp" is the name of the festival, and the "Public Lamp" is the name of the festival to honor the gods by burning incense and offering sacrifices. There are more than 60 lamp plays. 1955, Sishi Baiyangping Yangjiao dam lamp opera class created and performed "snow mountain sheep", won the Hubei Provincial Folk Opera Performance Award. Enshi Tujia Style Show: In the local area, you can watch the Enshi Tujia Style Show. This performance is based on the four dishes of Tujia, interspersed with Tujia songs and dances, and the whole performance lasts about 60 minutes. The four dishes of Tujia are Baihe Cai, Bao'er Cai, Oil Vegetable Soup and Lick Wine Cai, whose mellow ethnic flavor is fascinating. The solo and duet singing of mountain songs and the small chorus are all in perfect harmony; the juggling, lotus ringing and swinging hand dances also show the richness of the Tujia folklore. Shennongjia "wild man" Shennongjia "mystery of the wild man" has been well known. However, the true face of the wild man has not been shown in front of people. There is a group of obsessive explorers, they will be youth, passion and even life into the Shennongjia this magical primitive ecological region, 10 years, 20 years, 30 years ...... they are unrepentant in the Shennongjia primitive forest to find the "wild man" traces. They use the power of life to seek, with the scientific vision in the search, a heart to crack the "wild man" mystery, revealing the mystery of the origin of mankind. Shennongjia best travel season Shennongjia to subtropical monsoon climate as the base zone, was a vertical belt distribution, with the elevation, in turn, iteration of the warm temperate zone, mesothermal zone, cold climate zone and other climate types, the territory of the extreme low temperature -21 ℃, extreme high temperature of 38.5 ℃.

Annual end of September to the following April for the frost period, the mountain climate is not very stable, the east side of the sunrise and the west side of the rain phenomenon occurs from time to time. Some people have described it this way: the foot of the mountain in the summer mountain spring, the foot of the mountain in the fall, the top of the mountain ice, red, orange, yellow and green, spring, summer, fall and winter is the most difficult to distinguish. The best season for traveling to Shennongjia is June to October every year.

Cold, damp and changeable weather are the main features of Shennongjia's climate. Summer in Shennongjia is cooler in the morning and evening, and hotter at noon, so you should bring more clothes to Shennongjia to avoid catching a cold. Shennongjia ticket details National Forest Park: 60 yuan Shennong River Rafting: 100 yuan National Nature Reserve: 100 yuan Noma River Rafting: 85 yuan Shennongtan Scenic Area: 40 yuan Tiansheng Bridge: 20 yuan Shennongjia Nature Museum: 30 yuan Taping Primitive Forest: 40 yuan Shennongtan Bonfire Party: 40 yuan Xiangxiyuan: 30 yuan Panlong Cave: 30 yuan Zhaogun Village: 30 yuan Shennongjia specialties wild honey. Wild mushrooms, a variety of dried fruits, flowers and herbs tea, valuable Chinese herbs, mountain wild vegetables and other folk embroidery pick flowers, is to use the needle and thread in the cloth warp and weft of the cloth between the regular wearing into the "x" shape, commonly known as the cross rust needlework. As early as in ancient times, our ancestors have formed the "x" stitch when sewing together animal skins. People in the long-term labor and life, constantly play their own ingenuity and creativity, and gradually formed a unique embroidery art.  Shennongjia is located in the remote mountains, has long been in a state of primitive closure, not much contact with the outside world, folk customs more than to maintain the inherent simplicity and strong local flavor, unique embroidery is a vibrant Shennongjia art flower.

Shennongjia from the hands of rural women and preserved for half a century of folk embroidery, mainly for daily use of the pillow, handkerchiefs, head scarves, insoles, cigarette packs, waist and so on. These embroideries are made of non-expensive fabrics, which are made of coarse and simple fabrics of various colors, embroidered with various color threads in accordance with the patterns in a skillful way, and their tones have the artistic effect of being strong but not too heavy, colorful but not too vulgar, and busy but not too chaotic. Shennongjia Travel Map