From Guiyang, take the high-speed train, an hour and a half drive to Tongren City, and then take an hour of tourist shuttle bus to reach the foot of Fanjing Mountain, where you can see the magical scenery.
After hundreds of millions of years of wind and rain, the "life" of Fanjing Mountain is doomed to its extraordinary. It has a radius of about 567 square kilometers and is home to 7,154 species of wild animals and plants. As a thousand-year-old Buddhist mountain in the southwest region, the "Buddha's light" formed by the superposition of geographical environment and climatic factors adds a bit of mystery to it.
Mushroom Stone, Red Cloud Golden Roof, Shakya Hall, Prince Stone, Juntong, Yew, Bell Calyx, Water Green Tree, Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, White-crowned Long-tailed Pheasant, Giant Salamander, Clouded Leopard... Fanjing Mountain, known as the "Sect of the World's Famous Yue", has a desirable "Thousand Faces". Recently, the National Park Administration officially approved the creation of "Fanjingshan National Park" in Guizhou Province, which means that Fanjingshan, which wears many halos, will definitely be more dazzling.
Experienced many vicissitudes
Fanjing Mountain is located in Tongren City, Guizhou Province, Yinjiang Tujia And Miao Autonomous County, Jiangkou County, Songtao Miao Autonomous County junction of the three counties, is the first peak on the transition slope of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Xiangxi Hills.
According to the data, the main stratum that makes up Fanjing Mountain is the Fanjing Mountain Group, which was formed between 870 million and 835 million years ago. The strong uplift of the Himalayan movement, especially the neo-tectonic movement since the beginning of the Quaternary Period, has led to the rise of the Van Jing Mountain. In the long geological history of more than 800 million years, Fanjing Mountain has undergone many changes in the sea and mulberry fields, preserving many geological relics of great scientific significance.
"Four famous mountains, huge towns in Kyushu, ten pure lands, surnamed Futian..." The monument on Fanjing Mountain, built in the 46th year of the Ming Dynasty, is located under the dripping rock of the old golden roof 800 meters northwest of the new golden dome, sitting north and facing south, here is 2270 meters above sea level, in front of the steep and dangerous valley, followed by cliffs and cliffs. The stele is of the ancient archway style, 2.9 meters high, and the word "敕授" is engraved on the forehead, so it is called the Edict Monument. This monument was listed as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Guizhou in February 1982.
The Monument describes the topography, scenic spots, historical legends, and Buddhist history of Fanjing Mountain. The inscription reads that Fanjing Mountain is "the sect of the famous Yue in the world", "the dome of the upper heavens connects the heavens, and the lower is the heavy dwelling place", and it is the "Blissful Heavenly Palace" that shook Nanjing and Beijing, tilted thirteen local provinces, and attracted the princes and ministers and the people of Li people to flock to worship.
The sun is shining overhead, the wind is blowing, the rain is pouring, the snow is flying, and at the top of the mountain, the four seasons may take turns. The miraculous power of nature's creation has enriched Fanjing Mountain with intoxicating natural scenery, but not everyone can recognize it. You can only expect to meet good weather, otherwise, it is "half covered by the pipa".
Anyone who comes to Fanjing Mountain will be attracted by the unique shape of "Mushroom Stone". "Mushroom stone", as the name suggests, is a stone that looks like a mushroom, with two layers above and below, large and small, staggered, and at a glance looks like two stones that are not neatly built and are about to collapse. Because it stands on the edge of the cliff, it is even more dangerous and desperate, and tourists are all here to take photos and punch cards.
Ren Xiaodong, a professor at the Karst Research Institute of Guizhou Normal University, said that the karst topography is a relatively unique environment in Guizhou, and its remarkable features are limestone and caves. Fanjing Mountain is different, it is a metamorphic rock mountain landform, which is older than the karst landform.
Through the drone lens "overlooking" Fanjing Mountain, the viewer's eyes are filled with time and the heart is full of wonder. In addition to the "mushroom stone", the "ten thousand volumes of scriptures" are also amazing, and the layered "stone scriptures" have been full of the vicissitudes of time, like waiting for tourists to read the past years left by the wind and rain.
There is also the "Red Cloud Golden Peak", which rises from the ground, stands vertically, and stands tall and steep in the sky, making people have to marvel at the magical power of nature. The "Red Cloud Golden Peak" stone peak is 94 meters high, tall and steep, like a huge Optimus Prime rising from the ground; Down to the deep ravine, a hundred miles away from the distance, like a jade shoot inserted into the sky; There are often clouds at the top, and under the sunlight, the clouds are brilliant and gorgeous, so people call it "Red Cloud Golden Peak", and the sound of "Hongyun Golden Peak". On the upright stone peak of the "Red Cloud Golden Peak", there is a huge crack that splits the golden roof from the top down into two halves, and the upper half is divided in two, connected by the overpass.
"My hometown Fanjing Mountain, red clouds and gold tops into the clouds, cloud ladders ten thousand steps far away, wind and rain fluttering for thousands of years; My hometown Of Fanjing Mountain, birds are singing and babbling water, a mountain is a thousand streams and Wulingyuan, and the mountains are majestic and misty..." Through beautiful music, Fanjing Mountain gives people unlimited reverie.
Gene pool of more than 7,100 species of animals and plants
Whether you take the cable car or climb the stairs, you will be greeted by a lot of greenery. "Birdsong mountain is more quiet", the sound of animals "production and life" sets off the tranquility of the mountain, making people perceive what is the "community of life". According to the survey, FanjingShan now breeds 7154 species of wild plants and animals, including 4394 species of plants, 2760 species of animals, 49 species of plants and 35 species of animals above the near-threaten level of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 37 species of plants under national key protection and 38 species of animals, which is the most important habitat for subtropical biodiversity.
In July 2018, at the 42nd Session of the World Heritage Conference in Manama, Bahrain, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed Mount Fanjing in Guizhou, China, on the World Heritage List. The conference believes that Fanjingshan is a precious habitat for rare and endangered animals and plants, a refuge for ancient relict plants, an important place for the differentiation and development of endemic animals and plants, the only habitat of the golden snub-nosed monkey and the Fanjingshan fir on the earth, and an important protected area for the water green forest in Asia, which should become a new member of the World Natural Heritage.
From April 2017 to December 2018, the Center for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation of Guizhou University and the Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve Administration jointly carried out wildlife monitoring in the region and used infrared cameras to conduct long-term observations of wildlife resources. Wild animals such as golden snub-nosed monkeys, Tibetan chieftains, hairy-crowned deer, iguanas, chamois, wild boars, and red-bellied golden pheasants have "checked in" in front of infrared cameras. A large group of golden snub-nosed monkeys "march" under the leadership of the monkey king, cute baby monkeys play in the arms of their mothers, "Tibetan chief monkey families" bathe and play in the stream, and ocelots dodge left and right in front of infrared cameras.
According to the records, in the early 20th century, an English missionary followed a wild road into the unknown primeval forest of Fanjing Mountain. It turned out that the preacher had once found a piece of fur, which, although mutilated, could clearly identify its characteristics: there was a distinct white spot on the shoulder, the back was gray-black, the abdomen was grayish white, the inside of the limbs was golden yellow, and a long tail far exceeded the length of the body. Based on experience collecting animal and plant specimens, the missionary concluded that this may be a primate mammal not yet discovered in zoology. But until the 1950s, experts in the zoological community had not seen a living golden snub-nosed monkey.
The golden snub-nosed monkey has a striking "blue face" and is called "the only child of the world" by zoologists. In 1988, the relevant institutions in China and the United States jointly conducted a population survey and behavioral study of the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, and by 1992 a batch of data was released, when the population of the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey did not exceed 750. The Guizhou forestry department conducted a survey in 2021, and the relevant data has not yet been officially released.
Fanjing Mountain is the "animal kingdom" and also the "treasure trove of plants". At the intersection of spring and summer, the pigeon flowers of Fanjing Mountain bloom in full bloom, and from a distance, it is like a flock of butterflies dancing in an organized manner; Up close, like a neat line of pigeons, the breeze blowing, shaking their heads. Pigeon flower is the local name, in fact, this is the flower of the rare plant Tung. It is a relict plant left over from the Tertiary Period of the Cenozoic Era 10 million years ago, and is known as "the living fossil of the plant kingdom" and "the giant panda of the plant kingdom".
The "Source of Wuling" advocates symbiosis
Since the Fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Fanjing Mountain has always been inextricably linked to religious culture, and the magical and unique natural scenery has become the foundation of the prosperity of Buddhism, becoming the "Brahma Pure Land" that monks yearn for, and "Brahma Pure Mountain" has also been named. Before the Tang Dynasty, Fanjing Mountain was called "Three Valleys", "ChenShan" and "Siqiong Mountain", and after the Ming Dynasty, it was called "Fanjing Mountain", and "Fanjing" was "Buddhist Pure Realm".
The fame and development of Fanjing Mountain originated from Buddhism, and spread throughout the surrounding four imperial temples and forty-eight foot temples, laying the Buddhist status of Fanjingshan as a famous "ancient Buddhist dojo", the only Maitreya Bodhisattva dojo among the five famous Buddhist mountains in China, and Buddhist culture has draped a solemn and magical color on the verdant Fanjing Mountain.
Whether it is the religious and cultural sites that have been built in the surrounding counties and towns, or the monasteries, temples and stone steles built on the lofty mountains of Fanjing Mountain, they all carry the prosperity and development of religious culture in a specific historical period. Behind this, it is more reflected in the pursuit of human values, and man and nature are integrated and harmoniously coexist.
Today's Fanjing Mountain, the people living outside the mountain, jointly maintain the "source of Wuling". In order to strengthen ecological protection, in recent years, the ecological rangers of the townships around Fanjing Mountain have been "imported" in an orderly manner, becoming the "guardians" of rare animals and plants, and at the same time, some mining and development projects that are not conducive to the ecological construction of the protected area have been withdrawn, making this Brahma Pure Land more noticed by the world.
In Taiping Town, Jiangkou County, at the foot of Fanjing Mountain, villagers from 8 villages drink water from Fanjing Mountain. Villager Yang Wenqiao is an ecological ranger, and the area responsible for patrolling belongs to the core area of Fanjing Mountain, which is fireproof, anti-theft logging, and anti-fishing. In Taiping Town, there are 128 ecological rangers like Yang Wenqiao. In addition to the ecological rangers "entering the mountains", the local villagers also have a strong sense of afforestation. In order to encourage villagers to plant trees, as long as the survival rate of the saplings planted reaches 85%, they can get a reward of 300 yuan per mu.
The choice that is beneficial to ecological protection is "imported", and vice versa is decisively withdrawn. From the serious handling of golf courses to the comprehensive investigation and punishment of illegal mining in the national security area, some so-called tourism development and characteristic industrial projects have long withdrawn from Fanjingshan.
Today's Fanjing Mountain, where nature, ecology and culture shine together, is full of beautiful pictures of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. (Reporter Wang Jun)
Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph