Shandong Business Daily Super Leopard News Network reporter Gao Jianjun
The 2024 Huaiyin Yellow River Ecological Half Marathon is not only a sports feast for runners, relying on the "three mountains, two lakes and five rivers" in the territory, making this race more like a cultural appointment, a beautiful scenery, and an ecological appointment.
The "three mountains" are Kuang Mountain, Emei Mountain, and Lashan Mountain, the three mountains are not high, but they all have thousands of years of cultural accumulation; the "two lakes" are Yuqing Lake and Meili Lake, which are not big, but they all have beautiful natural scenery; and the "five rivers" are the Yellow River, Xiaoqing River, Xingji River, Lashan River, and Yufu River, which have given birth to Huaiyin's unique water ecological resources.
The Show of the Three Mountains
The Tang Dynasty poet Li He's "Dream Sky" depicts such a beautiful scenery for us: looking at Kyushu, China, it looks like nine points of smoke and dust floating, and the shallow sea water seems to be pouring from a cup. Kuangshan is the westernmost "point" of the famous landscape of Jinan City, "Qiyan Nine Points", and it can be said that "Qiyan Nine Points" originates from this.
Kuangshan is located in the south of Xiaoqing River, Huaiyin District, Jinan City, with an altitude of more than 80 meters and a mountain area of about 60,000 square meters. The old name is "Basket Mountain", which is named after "the corners of the mountains and rocks, all like baskets". The winding path on the mountain is winding, the pine and cypress waves, and the blue and deep show. In 1924, Zhu Qinglan, a talented scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, inscribed the five characters of "Taibai Reading Office", which stood at the western foot of Kuangshan Mountain, leaving endless reverie for future generations. Around Kuang Mountain, the willows are verdant, the fields are like embroidery; a little farther away, the tall buildings, the pieces of green shade, stretch far and near, the momentum is magnificent.
Emei Mountain, known as Milu Mountain in ancient times, is located in the east of Yufu River in Huaiyin District. Some scholars have verified that this mountain is the "Mi Xuan" recorded in the battle of the second year of Chenggong in the "Zuo Chuan: Cheng Gong Second Year".
There are ancient buildings on Emei Mountain, which were built in the early years of the Qing Dynasty. Viewed from above, the complex is built on the mountain, divided into upper and lower courtyards, surrounded by greenery. In ancient times, the upper courtyard was a Taoist building, and the lower courtyard was a Buddhist building. At present, after repair, the ancient buildings of Emei Mountain have regained their vitality and vitality.
Lashan was once called Hunting Mountain, and later changed to Lashan, the reason for which is said to be related to Emperor Qianlong. Legend has it that the Qianlong Emperor had five to Jinan, after visiting Daming Lake and Baotu Spring, he passed through Lashan, it was sunny after the rain, and the wonder of the sun and the moon appeared around the mountain. Qianlong was quite happy and asked why this mountain was? The magistrate replied: The people often hunt here, and it should be called Hunting Mountain. Qianlong said: This mountain has a moon and a day, and the great cause is prosperous, and the month, the day, and the industry are combined. Qianlong asked again: "What is the meaning of the word "wax"? The courtier replied: It means to sacrifice to the gods in December. Qianlong happily said: auspicious and auspicious, this mountain should be called Lashan, and the mountain of sacrifice to the gods is also rui.
The beauty of the two lakes
Yuqing Lake is composed of two parts, the main reservoir area and the sedimentation pond, overlooking the Yuqing Lake Reservoir from the air, like a fan-shaped painting, and the city and the green land are contrasted, just like the Jinan version of the "sky realm".
A network of rivers crisscrosses the river, a meandering lake with a harbour, and a wide lake with a variety of birds...... Here there is not only the poetry and painting of the outer building of the green mountain building outside the mountain, but also the dreamy artistic conception of the birds and flowers.
In the northern part of Huaiyin District, there is such a pure land. The graceful weeping willows, the reeds waving in the wind, the dancing lotus flowers, and the fish and shrimp that jump out of the water from time to time are like a beautiful Jiangnan ink painting - this is Miri Lake, like an uncarved piece of jade, lying quietly on the bank of the Yellow River. There is a hot spring well next to it, and the water temperature can reach 42.5°C, and the mineral-rich hot spring is widely praised for its cultivation of Yellow River hot spring rice.
Although it is close to the urban area, there are rivers, lakes and rice fields. The water of Lake Miri is clear and sweet, with abundant aquatic products, and there is the magic of "drought does not dry, waterlogging does not flood"; weeping willows and lotus flowers, reflecting the moon in the water, are beautiful.
The Run of the Five Rivers
The valleys under the jurisdiction of Jinan are vertical and horizontal, and the rivers flowing south belong to the two major water systems of the Yellow River and the Xiaoqing River. Among them, the Yufu River is a tributary of the Yellow River, originating from the Jinxiu, Jinyang, Jinyun and Quanlu rivers in the southern mountainous area. Sanchuan and Quanlu River are all perennial mountain streams, Sanchuan flows into the Wohu Mountain Reservoir in Zhonggong, is called Yufu River after leaving the reservoir, flows northwest, flows through Zhonggong, Dangjiazhuang, Duandian, Ping'andian, Wujiabao and other places, flows into the Yellow River in Beidianzi, is the last tributary of the Yellow River.
Huaiyin, Tianqiao, Licheng and other places in the economic south city of Xiaoqing River, the water supply mainly comes from the springs in Jinan City, which has a history of more than 800 years. The source of Xiaoqing River is in Mulizhuang Village, Yuqinghu Sub-district Office, Huaiyin District, where the blue waves are rippling, the water and grass are abundant, and the wild is full of interest, and it has been built into one of the "Eight Views of Huaiyin".
Xingji River, in Xinglongyu confluence sixteen miles of the river, then north through Chenzhuang to the west of the ten miles of the river, for the mountain torrent river, then through Gujiazhuang, Duandian, Yaotun, Yangzhuang, to the west of Huanggang Village, Tianqiao District into the Xiaoqing River, is the plain river.
The Lashan River water source originates from Lashan, which is an important river in Huaiyin District, and the Lashan River Park carefully built along the river in Huaiyin District has driven the rapid rise of Jinan, Hongyang Square, and "One Courtyard and Four Museums" along the river, and has become an Internet celebrity check-in belt in Huaiyin.
In recent years, Huaiyin District has continuously strengthened the ecological protection of the Yellow River Basin, the ecological environment has been continuously improved, and a new picture of smooth rivers, clear water, green banks and beautiful scenery has been launched, and it has been successfully awarded the title of "National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone" in 2023.