The white water belt is located in the southern suburbs of Jiangmen urban area, is the only natural scenic spot with a long history in the urban area (was founded in the 27th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty [1847 AD]), it has a stream originating from Dahua Mountain, the stream flows slowly, flows to Mayuan between hoe mountain and Songzi mountain, the shape is white belt, so it is called "white water belt".
There are places of interest and historic sites such as Shuiyue Palace, Cha'an Temple, Yangxian Pavilion of Lotus Picking Boat Ruins, Qingyun Bridge and other places of interest in the Baishui Belt Scenic Area, among which Shuiyue Palace, Cha'an Temple, and the Cha'an Temple built in the Ming Dynasty are named to commemorate the Tang Dynasty's high monk Yixing Zen Master who once lived in this nunnery.
Baishui is surrounded by a stream, three springs and Tianshan Mountains, with a total area of more than 700 acres. One stream is Maxi, and three springs are red peach springs, Longkou springs, and purifying springs. The five mountains are Dahua Mountain, Hoe Mountain, Songzi Mountain, Red Peach Mountain, and Hulu Mountain. The water gushing out of the mountain spring is cool and clean, with a sweet taste, and the villagers call it "fairy water". For hundreds of years, people have praised this place as the holy place of dragon veins, and they have come to visit and worship.
On both sides of the Baishui Belt Stream, there are ruins and historic sites such as the Water Moon Palace, the Sansheng Temple, the Dragon Mother Temple, the Jiangtian Pavilion, the Qingyun Bridge, and the Lotus Picking Boat. In the scenic area, there are more than 100-year-old trees such as the foothills beside the stream, the marriage stone, the marriage tree and the dense duck foot wood, the oblique tea banyan, the false apple woman, the acacia tree, the mountain pine tree, etc., and the thick boat covers the sky.
Water Moon Palace. It is the earliest building, it is rumored that there is a small temple in the Ming Dynasty to worship, the people who come to worship are endless, the incense has always been prosperous, it was expanded in the 27th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1847), and it has been rebuilt three times. After the completion of the Water Moon Palace, a pavilion was built on the side of the temple in the same year, it is also a wooden and stone structure, and there is a horizontal plaque of "Jiangtian at a glance" on the pavilion, it is the book of Bao Jun, a person from Zhongshan in Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty. There is a woodcarved couplet on the pavilion pillar: "The waterfall water is sunny and rainy when the pavilion is sunny, and the pine waves are still cold in summer." A stone bridge is built across the river next to the pavilion, the name is "Qingyun Bridge", which has the characteristics of the ancient stone bridge of the Qing Dynasty.
Longguang Tower. Longguang Pagoda is located on Niu Mountain, the highest point of the Baishui Belt Scenic Area, and is an eleven-storey imitation Song glazed tile tower. The tower is 79 meters high, of which the gold-pasted tower is about 18 meters high. The plan of the tower is octagonal, and the diameter of the ground floor is 27 meters. The proportion of the tower body is appropriate, magnificent, gorgeous and exquisite, and it is the highest antique tower in the province at present.
Commemorative Corridor for Macao's Return to the Motherland. The promenade has a European-style design style, along the original hill two slopes up and built, the color is based on white, the style is elegant and elegant, and the adjacent Hong Kong Reunification Pavilion and the Niushan Pagoda under construction echo each other, the main body of the promenade is about 80 meters long, from the foot of the two hills to the top of the hill to reach the summit platform, here is a circular granite pavement, the center has a high above the ground, The 1-meter-diameter oblique Macao regional emblem, and on the southeast grass of the platform, there is a free stone about 2 meters high, on which is the handwriting of Mr. Lin Jin, a calligrapher from Macao, "Macao Return to the Motherland Commemorative Corridor".
Little Joo Myeong-dong. Entering the tea temple park, you will see an antique stone archway standing in the green trees, engraved with the four words "Little Zhu Ming Cave", which is inscribed by Chen Cao, a famous scholar of the Qing Dynasty. The back of the stone memorial arch is engraved with the word "Buddha realm", which is inscribed by the calligrapher Rao Jisui. Many people come here with a sense of stepping into the Buddha realm and being otherworldly. And "Zhuming Cave" is a famous scenic spot in Luofu Mountain, one of the four famous mountains in Lingnan, and is known for its quiet and elegant. Because people believe that this place is comparable to the Zhuming Cave in Luofu Mountain, it is called "Little Zhuming Cave".
Mr. Chen Shaobai Cemetery. Go out of the temple gate and go diagonally to the left, there are many pavilions built on the mountain road, the trees are verdant, and the scenery is quiet. This is the cemetery of Mr. Chen Shaobai, the pioneer of the democratic revolution, which was built in 1935. Mr. Chen Shaobai is a close comrade-in-arms and right-hand man of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and the pride of Jiangmen people.
Lotus pond. Walk out of the tea temple, there is a small lotus pond in the garden, the pond is covered with water lilies, every flowering period, the lotus fragrance here bursts, refreshing people's hearts. On the opposite side of the lotus pond, there is an artificial lake, and there is a nine-curved bridge across it, where people can watch the fish swimming in the lake by the railing, or stroll on the shade path, listen to the birds singing, and trance in the countryside in the city.
Marriage Tree. At the entrance to the park, there is a very peculiar tree in red and color, which is not actually one tree, but two trees. The heads of the two trees grow on both sides of the stream, and the trunks are wrapped around the top of the stream, like a loving couple embracing each other, so it is called "husband and wife tree", also called "marriage tree". There is a very poignant legend about this marriage tree. In ancient times, there was a pair of young men and women living here, they were happy with each other, and swore that "if you are not a king, you will not marry, and you will not marry". But the clan where the two were helpless was not in harmony, their marriage was blocked, and it was difficult for a lover to become a dependent, and finally died of depression and lovesickness. After death, each turned into a tree, and was born across the stream to show its loyalty to love. Therefore, many lovers in love like to come here, bow to him, and tie ribbons with their own hands to pray for the eternity of love.
Inscriptions and couplets. For example, under the rock, there are the big characters of the Qing Dynasty Li Yuan's inscription "Ming River", "Empty Mountain Qinzhu", the inscription of Hanlin Wu Stem Cui and the inscription of Zhou Chi of the Li people "The First Spring of Mayuan". The stone pillar in front of the temple of Shuiyue Palace is engraved with the temple couplet written by Chen Yuance in the outer sea in the 14th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty and written by Chen Huajiong of Hanlin: "The spirit character shows that the Maxi Cave opened the Zhao Dynasty, and the immortal trace appears in the rosette rock Xiao Putuo." In addition, in the 28th year of Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, Ma Yunlin wrote and Liang Yanshen wrote: "The cliffs are towering and cloudy, ethereal and dharma-like, refluxing around the ancient temple springs, clear She Xianshao" and "Buddhism boundless stone self-formed lotus seat, immortal fate has a share of many bamboo forest tours" and so on. Since the Qing Dynasty, the place has attracted a lot of celebrities and scholars to come to visit the first place, and left a large number of popular poems.
The ruins of the lotus picking boat. It proves that there were literati in the Qing Dynasty who came to this activity. The rocks next to the waterfall in the Baishui Belt are preserved by the literati of the Qing Dynasty to carry out activities here. There are ancient stone carvings of the Qing Dynasty on the rocks next to the mountain streams in the Baishui Belt, such as "Mingke", "Kongshan Qinzhu" and "The First Spring of Maxi", all of which affirm the historical culture and artistic value of stone carvings in the Baishui Belt.
Here the peaks are showing, the mountain springs are clear, the vegetation is luxuriant, the forest is lush, it is known as the "natural oxygen bar" in the downtown area, its unique and beautiful natural landscape and cultural landscape and the long and splendid history and culture complement each other, complement each other, the tourism resources are unique, it is a good place for people to enjoy their body and mind, leisure and sightseeing.