Nanjing Laoshan National Forest Park, located in the middle of Pukou District, Nanjing City, Laoshan Forest, across the territory of Pukou District, south of the Yangtze River, north of the Chu River, known as "Nanjing Green Lung, Pearl of the North River" reputation, is the base of science education in Jiangsu Province and the base of environmental education in Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Province, the largest national forest parks in the territory of Jiangsu.
The Old Mountain is a remnant of the Huaiyang Mountain Range, which runs through Pukou, with nearly 100 peaks of various sizes, 35 kilometers from east to west and 15 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 7,493.33 hectares, a forest coverage of more than 80%, and a rich content of negative oxygen ions in the air, which not only serves as a habitat for egrets and herons, but also as China's largest grey magpie rearing base.
Laoshan has been known for its beautiful mountains and rivers and numerous landscapes since ancient times, and its natural landscape has been known for its "forests, springs, rocks and caves". Natural landscape and human landscape into one, Song Emperor Liu Yu, Liang Emperor Xiao Yan and his eldest son, Prince Zhaoming, Han Xizai; Song Dynasty Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Qin Guan; Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Xianzhang, Zhuang Dingshan; Li Hongzhang, late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xun and other celebrities in the old mountain stopped to visit.
Basic introduction Chinese name ：Nanjing Laoshan National Forest Park Geographic location ：Nanjing Pukou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province Area ：80.4 square kilometers Level ：State level Geographic area ：remainder of the Huaiyang Mountain Range Climate zone ：subtropical monsoon climate Vegetation type ：deciduous broadleaf and evergreen broadleaf mixed forests Management unit ：Nanjing Forestry Bureau Approval time ：1991 Open time ：8:00-17:30 Must Read,Scenic Spot,Scenic Spot Introduction,Key Information,Scenic Spot Heat Index,Geography,Geography,Topography,Hydrology,Climate,Resources,Plant Resources,Animal Resources,Hot Springs,Main Attractions,Huiji Temple,Dangongtai,Doushousi Temple,Seven Buddhist Temples,Shishiling,Dragon Cave,Twenty-eight Scenic Spots,Elephant Mountain Lake Park,Development,Construction,Infrastructure,Branding,History and Humanities,Tourism Information, Tickets, Transportation, Geography Nanjing Laoshan National Forest Park is located in Pukou District of Nanjing City, across the territory of Pukou District, known as the "green lung of Nanjing, the Pearl of Jiangbei" reputation. It starts from Pukou High-tech Zone in the east, faces the Yangtze River in the south, pillows the Chu River in the north, and reaches Anhui Hexian in the west, with a total area of 80 square kilometers, and the forest coverage rate is as high as 80%. The geographic coordinates are near 118°30' east longitude and 30°40' north latitude. Nanjing Laoshan National Forest Park LOGO Geography Topography and Geomorphology The Laoshan Mountain has a southwest-northeast direction, and the western section is higher. There are three peaks with a height of more than 400 meters, including Longdong Mountain with an elevation of 442 meters, which is the highest peak in the northern part of the Yangtze River. East of Longdong Mountain, the mountain is divided into two columns, north and south, the south column consists of Xihuashan, Steamed Bunshan, Damashan and other peaks, and the north column consists of Taiping Mountain, Diaoyutai and other peaks. The mountain body is composed of Aurignacian gray rock, Chimei rock and Cambrian gray rock, Cretaceous sandstone and so on. The Old Mountain is located in the area where flowing water is particularly active, and the limestone caves are well developed, and there are known caves such as Tianjing Cave, Dragon Cave, Big and Small Guanyin Caves, Wenshu Cave, Immortal Cave, and Baili Cave, etc., among which the Dragon Cave is the most famous. Dragon Cave in the southwest slope of the Dragon Cave Hill, the hole southwestward, about 10 meters high, 50 meters wide, 40 meters deep hole is divided into two forks, the left fork of the hole has been blocked by the debris, the right fork of the hole extends to about 80 meters from the mouth of the hole, and there is a small fork of the hole, the small forks of the hole is about 30 meters deep. Soil types are influenced by the parent material of the soil, including limestone soil, yellow-brown soil, and purple soil. Hydrology Most of the springs in the Laoshan area are hot springs, and the ones that have been developed and utilized are Wuliuquan, Pearl Spring and 7 others, with a daily output of between 1,000 and 2,000 tons of water, and are rich in minerals and radioactive substances, which are of certain medical value. Climate The Laoshan area has a mild climate, which belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 15.3℃, a frost-free period of 228 days, and an annual precipitation of 1,000 millimeters. Resources Plant Resources The park is rich in plant resources. As of 2013, there are 148 families and 226 species of seeds and ferns, including 68 species of trees and more than 150 species of Chinese herbs. The main tree species include horsetail pine, wetland pine, torch pine, black pine, sequoia, moso bamboo, bristlecone bamboo, acacia, oak, park, zelkova and tsubaki. There are also rare and endangered plants under national protection, such as scale tree, short spiked bamboo, Ming Dangshen, green sandalwood, wild soybean and so on. The Old Mountain Forest Park has 94,000 mu of woodland, including 37,000 mu of coniferous forests, 35,000 mu of broad-leaved forests, more than 10,000 mu of cedar bamboos, more than 0.2 million mu of orchards and more than 400 mu of tea. The forest stock is about 230,000 cubic meters, which is one of the domestic good forest cultivation bases and an important timber forest base in Jiangsu Province. The dense forest of Laoshan has become the habitat of wild animals, and there are more than 50 kinds of animals, including more than 20 kinds of birds. The nationally announced rare animals such as roe deer, ling cats and ospreys are often found in Laoshan. A thousand-year-old ginkgo tree in Huiji Temple is rare in Nanjing. The natural vegetation type of Laoshan belongs to deciduous broad-leaved and evergreen broad-leaved mixed forests, with extremely rich vegetation resources, *** there are 148 kinds of ferns and seed plants. The forest coverage rate reaches 80%, with a forest stock of 330,000 cubic meters. Especially the horsetail pine, foreign pine, ginkgo, rowan tree, zelkova, park tree, yellow wood, silk cottonwood, maple, maple poplar, golden osmanthus, tea and so on are the old, big and rare species of trees in Laoshan, which are famous all over the world. There are many varieties of ornamental trees and flowers in Laoshan, mainly including forest trees, shade trees, flower trees, leaf trees, fruit trees and trailing trees in six categories, with more than two hundred kinds. Animal and Plant Resources There are a great variety of animal and plant resources, with 726 species in 148 families of plants. There are more than 200 species of birds and animals inhabiting and reproducing in the forest, including 164 species of birds of 38 families, and there are 25 species of beasts of 18 families such as wolves, roe deer and foxes in the forest of Laoshan, among which there are several kinds of nationally-protected rare animals such as roe deer, pangolin, beavers, and the Chinese tiger butterflies. Hot Spring Resources The hot springs in Laoshan are distributed in a band, stretching for ten miles, with Pearl Spring in the east, Tangquan in the west, and more than ten hot springs distributed in between, with the highest water temperature of 65℃, the lowest of 12℃, and the average water temperature of 25℃. The famous ones are Lingjiaokeng, Wuliuquan, Prince Soup, Fubingquan, Amber Spring and other 8 places. Has been developed and utilized in seven places such as Wuliu Spring, Pearl Spring, etc., with a daily water output of between 1,000 tons and 2,000 tons. The ten-mile hot spring zone in Laoshan is rich in natural hot spring resources, containing a variety of minerals and trace elements, which is effective for human health and wellness. Main Attractions Huiji Temple Huiji Temple is located in Pukou District, Nanjing Tangquan Street North, was built in the Southern Dynasty, the first name of the Tangquan Zen Temple. During the Liu Song Dynasty, Emperor Liu Yu traveled here; during the Xiao and Liang Dynasties, Prince Xiao Tong of Zhaoming used to study here. Inside the temple, three rare treasure of ancient ginkgo trees have been more than 1,500 years old, which are said to be planted by Prince Xiao Tong of Xiao Liang in the Southern Dynasty. The temple was destroyed in the war during the Qing Dynasty, and only part of it was rebuilt during the Guangxu Period, and the scale is far less than before. The surviving relics of the temple are foundation stone, inscriptions, ancient wells and three ancient ginkgo. Huiji Temple Pointing Generals Terrace Pointing Generals Terrace, the ancient name of the enemy platform, according to legend, in the Chu-Han War, the great general Han Xin was here to point the generals in the array, the wisdom of the Western Chu king Xiang Yu; the Southern Song Dynasty, Han Shizhong, Liang Hongyu also led the righteous army here to wipe out the Jin soldiers fleeing across the river to the north. According to "Jiangpu Beisheng", "the enemy platform in the city of Pukou, the city is located in the Puzi Mountain, the platform to build its ridge, lofty and magnificent, overlooking the river and the sky, all the sinks in the eye for the Pukou the first scenic spot." Since 1984, the site of the "Generals' Platform" as Pukou District cultural relics protection units, now rising to the municipal level of cultural relics protection units and planning into the Nanjing "river landscape area" along the north side of the river in the main construction. Duluo Temple Duluo Temple is located in the old mountain Xihua peak, founded in the late Ming Dynasty, more than 300 years ago, its founder for the Ming Dynasty Nanjing Jiangpu high priest Zheng Li's second son of a Zheng Jifan. Jifan was educated by his father and studied psychology, and in his middle age, because he was dissatisfied with the imperial government, he studied the Sakyamuni canon and became a monk (known as the monk of Boan), and created the Shishiling Taoist Temple, which was renamed as the Tujia Temple, and has always been a famous Buddhist temple in the north and south of the Yangtze River. Temple to "Dushi" name can also see the founder of the proposed "preaching, preaching, performing the classics" for the purpose of the original intention, because of this, Dushi Temple at the beginning of the wall, not set up the gate, not build the hall, only to the main body of the scriptures as the building facilities, unique. Later generations of successors are aware of the original intention of the master, from the beginning to its heyday, always maintain the original characteristics of the scripture temple (i.e., to preach the sutra, the main theme of the collection of scriptures), which is not common in many temples in the country. Dulu Temple Seven Buddha Temple Seven Buddha Temple Seven Buddha Temple scenic area is located in the eastern part of the Forest Park, an area of more than four million square meters, by the Hat Mountain, in the chair of the mountain, the mountain of the Dragon, the eagle mountain and other components. The canyon is deep, the layers of peaks, dense forest, the landscape is quite good. Eagle Mountain watchtower is located at an altitude of 326 meters at the top of Eagle Mountain, for the five-story hexagonal tower, majestic, is a good place for tourists to climb the sightseeing. Seven Buddha Temple was built in Ming Zhengtong nine years (1444), rebuilt in 1995 in the present site. It covers an area of about 3,000 square meters. The temple is arranged according to the left and right, respectively in the shape of quadrangle and triplex, with 5 rooms in the Hall of the Seven Buddhas, 3 rooms in the Hall of the Three Saints, 2 rooms in the Hall of Nenbutsu, and 12 rooms in the monks' rooms. Seven Buddhas Temple is connected with Laoshan Forest Park, with Hat Mountain at its back, Chair Mountain at its front, Eagle Mountain at its left, and Fragrant Mountain at its right, surrounded by mountains with beautiful scenery. Lion Ridge Lion Ridge is located in the Xihua peak, in the big prickly mountain and Xihua mountain between, 363 meters high, there are five peaks on the mountain, to Xihua peak, Lotus Peak is the most peculiar, according to folklore, Jizang bodhisattva in the Xihua mountain sat down for a night, the back of the mountain stone from the ground imam however, the form of the shape like a lion, and therefore the name. Lion's Ridge Dragon Cave Dragon Cave is located at an altitude of more than 400 meters on the Dragon Cave Mountain, with its precipitous mountain terrain, the cave is large, deep and strange, as well as a wonderful legend and attracts a lot of tourists. Above the mouth of the cave, the strange stone cliffs, shaped like a smooth carving, beautifully modeled dragon head, spring and summer seasons, the clouds and mist low in the air, through the hole and hidden, called the Dragon Cave Fairyland. Inside the cave there is a hall, can accommodate thousands of people, the two compartments of the stone wall several zhang, lofty and steep, the hole is 35 meters high, dripping all year round, the hall side of the fork in the hole, hole in the hole, the depth of the unfathomable. Dragon Cave Twenty-eight scenes On August 24, 2016, Nanjing Laoshan Scenic Area Management Office held a "most beautiful Laoshan" resource survey and "Laoshan new 28 scenes" selection, which lasted a year, after the Laoshan Scenic area within the scope of rare plants and animals, springs, caves, rocks, humanities, legends and other natural resources and cultural resources of the investigation and excavation, the selection of the old mountain "new 28 scenes". 1, the lion ridge majestic old mountain range for the Huaiyang mountain range of the remaining veins, **** there are 72 large and small peaks, the lion ridge is the most famous. Legend has it that Jizo Bodhisattva sat at Xihua Peak for a night, and the stone behind him suddenly rose from the ground, shaped like a lion, hence the name Lion Ridge. In front of Lion Ridge, there is a hill shaped like a round ball, which forms a marvelous landscape with Lion Ridge as "the lion rolling the embroidered ball". Lion Ridge Duluo Temple was founded in the late Ming Dynasty, the heyday of the monks and the four directions of the cloud travelers as many as a hundred people. Around the temple, surrounded by mountains, ancient trees in the sky, before the lion ball, according to the back of the Wolonggang, far away from the Yangtze River water, close to the ten thousand forests, mountains stacked green, green mountains, 1983 Lion Ridge majestic was named "Jinling new forty scenes" one. 2, Long Dong Guanyun Old Mountain in the mountains are distributed with numerous karst caves, there are Dragon Cave, Tianjing Cave, Guanyin Cave, Manjushu Cave, Ancestor's Cave, Baishalin Cave, etc., in the many caves, the Dragon Cave is the most spectacular, Tianjing Cave is the most dangerous. Dragon Cave is located in the southwest foothills of Longdongshan Mountain, and it is said that there is a small snake in the cave, which is the seed of the divine dragon, so it is called Dragon Cave. Cave above the cliff, shaped like a dragon's head, the hole to the east, shaped like a dragon's mouth, into the hole there is an open hall, about 35 meters high, the two compartments of the stone wall a few zhang, towering precipitous, can hold a thousand people. 3, the big prickly snow the old mountain for the Pukou District within the terrain of the backbone, rolling hills, stretching for hundreds of miles, the big prickly mountain for the old mountain highest peak, elevation of 442.1 meters, is located in the old mountain in the western part of the field of view is more open. Peak to, the landscape is unique, close look at the mountains surrounded by the Chu River meandering in the distance, every winter, you can also see the snow-covered, the big prickly mountains covered in silver, a mountain, a stone, a grass, a tree, a branch and a leaf are cohesive with the flawless white crystals and snowflakes, the mountain wind whisking, crystalline eye-catching, and the surrounding mountain scenery with a matching, magnificent, a faction of the "North Country Scenery "4. 4, Xihua lotus bloom Xihua Mountain has five peaks, commonly known as the "Lotus five peaks", the peaks stand tall, the special crown group of mountains, is the best place to look at the Daci Tower, the celebrities inscription is very rich. Xihua mountain peak on the south slope of the hillside, legend has it that there is a fairy passes by, stepping on the stone, a step across the Yangtze River, the other footprints fell in Ma'anshan CaiShiJi, footprints of 50 centimeters long, is still in. Xihuashan foothills have a ringing nunnery, the state in the Kangxi dynasty, the monk Nanan resides here, where the winding paths, around the peaks, lush forests and strange stones, Cang Wei Qi Li. In the hidden cloud dock, Wannian vine, 揖山堂, Feijian bridge, listen to the river pavilion, ten thousand pines path, South Jianmei, North Jianmei all wins. In the Daoguang Dynasty, Li Calyx, the county governor, rebuilt it and inscribed it as "A Glance at the River and Sky". Xianfeng destroyed, today you can still see two large ginkgo trees ringing nunnery, ringing nunnery site was announced as Pukou District immovable cultural relics. 5, Buddha's edge of tea Shiling's tea has a long history, as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, Dulu Temple monks have planted tea trees in Shiling, and quite famous, which is mainly due to the unique forest microclimate of the Shiling, soil rich in organic matter, surrounded by mountains, trees, often clouds, rain moisturizing, so creating an unparalleled natural inner quality, and contains Buddhist culture of the tea brand, especially the "Shiling Fo Xin" for the best, but also reflects the "Buddha edge of the tea", "Zen tea a flavor" of the Buddha Zen mood. 6, Eagle Cliff Sunrise in the Old Mountain National Forest Park, there is a 326 meters above sea level of the steep peaks, known as the Eagle Mountain. Eagle Mountain has a rock, according to evidence has 600 million years, known as the Nanjing "stone ancestor". There is a watchtower on the top of the mountain, built in 1991, for five layers of fence type six-sided watchtower, about 20 meters high, set travel and tourism and forest fire prevention in one. Climbing tower far view, Yangtze River such as belt, mountains stacked stand, forest sea pine waves, after sound in the ear. Nearly look at the mountains, villages scattered, farmland, such as poetry and picturesque, the mountains and mountains, pines and cypresses, red leaves and yellow flowers, intoxicating, from time to time there are mountain eagles flying up, soaring hovering over the mountains and forests, and gradually formed this unique eagle in the sky scene. Whenever the morning, the red sun rising, light shining sea of clouds, evening sunset, colorful Phi, brilliant as embroidery. 7, the big chair overlooking the river big chair mountain is located in the middle east of the old mountain, 305 meters above sea level, mountain shape beautiful, the foot of a flat river, chair mountain overlooking the river platform, the excellent place to watch the scenery. From the foot of the mountain along the hiking path to the top of the viewing platform, see the Yangtze River as a practice, close to see the construction of Jiangbei New Town in full swing. North, you can watch the farmland, criss-cross, west, you can see the peaks of the old mountain, staggered, east, you can watch the high-tech parks, trade, bridge, is a rare place to watch the scenery. 8, ten miles of gallery connected to the old mountain forest park seven Buddha temple scenic spot and pearl spring scenic spot two scenic spots of the ten miles of landscape avenue - Zhen seven road, winding, high and low ups and downs, has now been built as a green landscape avenue, can be mounted on the car ride, can be strolling in the forest, can also be hiking and landscape, 5.3 km 5.3 kilometers of carriageway and 5.5 kilometers of sidewalks, spring cherry blossoms and begonias, summer yew shade, autumn luan trees, osmanthus fragrance, picturesque scenery, its landscape will change with the seasons and present different colors and atmospheres, the formation of four seasons of different themes of the flower avenue, to bring visitors to the "people in the painting line" wonderful experience. 9, the remains of the scholar in the seven Buddha Temple scenic area, buried in the Southern Song Dynasty, the famous lyricist Zhang Xiaoxiang, because Zhang Xiaoxiang in the Song Emperor Shaoxing twenty-four years (1154) court test first (scholar), so the local people will be Zhang Xiaoxiang tomb called "scholar grave". Can't help but be jealous of talent, only 38 years old that died of illness, buried in the old mountain Huangshanling. Laoshan Forest Park on the "Scholar's Tomb" for repair and protection, built a breeze promenade, breeze forest, set up a "Scholar and the first" plaque and Zhang Xiaoxiang sculpture, in order to commemorate the patriotic wordsmith. 1992 March, Zhang Xiaoshan Tomb was listed as a municipal cultural relics protection units.