A world of green, a sea of flowers, a paradise of flora and fauna. Wuzhai, a refreshing and refreshing pristine natural scenic spot, is located in the hilly area of the Loess Plateau in the northwest of Shanxi Province, with beautiful natural scenery and a summer resort. The terrain is high in the southeast and low in the west. To the southeast is Shishan District, and the main peak, Luya Mountain, is 2736 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the county. In the middle is the "D" shaped basin, with sancha as the lowest altitude of 1300 meters. To the north and northwest are loess hills. The main river in Wuzhai County is the Zhujiachuan River and its tributary, the Qinglian River. There are many rivers in the territory, and it is known as the county that "sits on the reservoir", and the Nanshan ecological and natural tourism area is known as the "Jiuzhaigou" in the north.
According to the ancient cultural relics, there were human labor, living and reproduction in the Neolithic Age in Wuzhai, and the legendary Yao Yu Shun era belonged to Jizhou. During the Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods, it belonged to the prefecture. During the Warring States period, it was the northern border of the Zhao State. The Tang Dynasty belonged to Shuo Prefecture in Hedong Province, and five prefectures were established at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Qing Yongzheng THREE YEARS (1725). The town of Xiwei Wushou Dazhai fort: Qianshou, Right, Zhong, Zuosuo (present-day Chengguan), and Shangshou (present-day Hewan) were wuzhai county, which were merged into Sanchabao and belonged to Ningwu Province. During the Republic of China period, Wuzhai belonged to Yanmen Road.
Wuzhai Ancient City, located in Yancheng Town, Wuzhai County. In the sixteenth year of Ming Jiajing (1527), Tucheng was built, and in the ninth year of the Wanli Dynasty (1581), the old site of the city was expanded, and the brick wall was built. Originally wuzhai fort city, It was renamed Wuzhai County in the third year of Qing Yongzheng (1725). The city wall is 11.6 meters high, 5 meters wide at the bottom, 1.67 meters thick at the top, and 2,000 meters in circumference, with three gates in the east, south and west. Eight buildings were built on the top of the city wall, the east gate was the Baohui Gate, the south gate was the Yingxun Gate, and the west gate was the rank gate, which was related outside the door. The Qinglian River flows on three sides along the southeast, south and north, and there are five streets and eight alleys in the city, east, west, south, and small east. The existing southeast and southwest earthen walls are more than 1400 meters, and most of the city bricks have been demolished, but the south city gate opening is well preserved. The top of the city gate cave is inlaid with stone tablets.
The Nanchan Temple, located on the South Peak Terrace 5 miles southeast of Wuzhai County, is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. Originally built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, expanded in the Tang Dynasty, Jin Dading 29 years, Qing Daoguang 12 years twice rebuilt, successive repairs and world-famous Datong Yungang Grottoes belong to the same era of architecture, is a masterpiece of Northern Wei architecture. The Buddhist temple leans on the back of the famous mountain, under the Qinglian Xiushui, ancient pine towering, the hall is magnificent, the architecture is exquisite, and it has great Buddhist and archaeological value.
The tomb of King Kaiping of Wuzhai, that is, the tomb of the Ming Dynasty general Chang Yuchun, is located in the south of Liuhe Village, Sancha Town, with a height of about 33 meters and a circumference of about 500 meters. Wuzhai Nanzhuangwo Ancient Pagoda is located 1.5 kilometers southwest of Nanzhuangwo Village, former Jingtangsi Township, Wuzhai County, built in the Ming Dynasty, with a dense eaves brick structure and a height of 8.6 meters. The base is a hexagonal Sumire seat with a diameter of 2 meters. The tower is composed of three parts, the upper part is a slightly curved cylindrical shape, then the upper is a convex tree eaves, and the top is the top of the hexagonal three-eaves minaret. At a distance of 50 meters from this tower, there is a stone Tallinn, with a distribution area of 30 meters from east to west and 15 meters from north to south, and there are scattered stone tablets, vaguely "Ming Chenghua" and other words. The Tomb of King Kaiping and the Ancient Pagoda of Nanzhuangwo are among the 35 county-level cultural relics protection units announced by the county people's government in 2001.
Puping Lin Family Temple, that is, Wuzhai Lin Clan Ancestral Hall, is located at the foot of Wuzhai Puping Village Thorn Village, was built in the Ming Jiajing period, the current building was built during the Qing Shunzhi period, the current situation is rebuilt in 1986. It has an area of 843 square meters and faces north and south. The layout is the gatehouse, the front hall, and the main hall.
Wuzhai Sanzong Guandi Temple (1932 Wunan District Soviet Government Site) is located in the southeast of Pinghe County, Wuzhai Township, Xinmei Village Xiadian Natural Village, Wuzhai Longshenwang halfway up the mountainside, the provincial road Niu Old Line (now changed to the old line of the mountain) roadside, convenient transportation, 26 kilometers away from Pinghe, Zhangpu county seat, sitting northwest to southeast, temple land area of 789.5 square meters, construction area of 324 square meters, with ancient architectural style, the main hall is divided into two halls above and below the Jingmen Pavilion, equipped with four-question nursing room, two ancient glazed tile gate buildings, The main entrance and the east gate tower are each equipped with a column of stone horses, stone lions and other facilities; in front of the temple, there are 5,000 square meters of green grass flat land. There are more than 200 acres of fruit and forest areas behind the temple, which belong to the subtropical oceanic climate.
Wuzhai also has a number of ancient city ruins, 20 kilometers away from the county seat of wuwangcheng ruins are the oldest, Wuwangcheng is also known as The City of Shaoyu, Zizhi Tongjian volume 9, Tang Qianfu five years (1178), Li Guochang and Li Ke with a joint army to trap the Qiao army. Wuzhai also has the ruins of Wuzhou Ancient City and Fangcheng Ancient City, etc., there are many temple ruins in Wuzhai, including the ruins of Nanchan Temple, the ruins of Ruiyun Zen Temple in Xueshan Mountain, the ruins of the Great Temple, the site of the Five Buddhas Temple, the ruins of Majia Temple, the ruins of Dragon King Temple and the ruins of Tianyuan Temple, of which Nanchan Temple is the most famous.
Nanshan Ecological Natural Tourism Area and Dongxi Liangliang Hunting Tourism Area are the two main tourist attractions in Wuzhai County, 12 kilometers west of the county seat there is Xixue Mountain, and on the top of the mountain there is a Snow Mountain Ruiyun Temple, which was built in the 12th year of Tang Zhenyuan. The East and West Liangliang Hunting Tourism Zone, founded in 1997, has an overview of 560,000 mu of green hunting grounds, which is the largest natural hunting ground in North China.
The two beams are like a strip, every spring and early summer, the golden flowers bloom, becoming a golden ocean, and more than 40 kinds of animals such as pheasants and hares are infested, which has a different scene.
Wuzhai County Nanshan Ecological Natural Tourism Area is known as the north of the "Jiuzhaigou", "Plateau Emerald" Lotus Leaf Ping and other scenic spots, and the entire ditch set mountains, water, trees, stones, springs, temples in one, beautiful scenery, beautiful. The Wuzhaigou Scenic Area, which is composed of original ecological natural scenery composed of mountains and mountains, strange pine stones, dense forest meadows, flowing spring waterfalls, canyons and forests, strange flowers and grasses, and river valley glaciers, is located in the southeast of Wuzhai County, northwest of Jinxi, and the scenic spot is more than 30 kilometers of the main line of the Qinglian River Gorge, gradually rising from north to south, dozens of peaks and broad-leaved forests, coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests, alpine meadows and other landscapes along the line, as well as the two main peaks of Luya Mountain and Lotus Leaf Ping, which constitute a unique scenery here.
Wuzhaigou is like a "Y" character, in the middle of a fork in two forks, to the left to the top of Luya Mountain, to the right is the lotus leaf ping, the two main peaks a point towering, a flat stretch, different styles, complement each other, there is nothing in the province. The vegetation in the scenic area is complete and the forest is rich, most of which are natural secondary forests, and some of them are sparse forests, shrub forests and young forests, which have the typical characteristics of the plant population in North China. There are about 560 kinds of wild plants, including more than 60 kinds of woody plants, more than 500 kinds of herbaceous plants, the most important tree species are North China larch and spruce, whose forest phase enjoys a high reputation in Shanxi Province and North China, known as "the hometown of spruce", "north China larch home".
Precious wild medicinal herbs here include astragalus, dang ginseng, sand ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, poria and so on. There are 36 species of exotic animals and 116 species of birds, the most famous of which is the brown horse chicken. Brown horse chicken national protected animal. The emblem of the Ornithological Society of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a strong brown horse chicken. The provincial bird of Shanxi is the brown horse chicken.
Due to the average altitude of the scenic spot, the relative altitude difference is about 1000 meters, "a ditch has four seasons, ten miles of different days", has become a unique scenery here. In May, the valley mouth is peachy and willowy, the mountain flowers are full of flowers, and the middle part of the valley is the first melting of ice, the trickle of the stream, and then the upward by the ice waterfall dazzling, a piece of capped. The valley glaciers here, even in the heat of the year, the Kawauchi is not frozen, and the thousands of meters of mountain streams are the world of ice, and it is amazing that the grass next to the ice is lush and blooming.
"The mountain is reed bud-shaped, and the flat is spread lotus leaf-shaped", which summarizes the characteristics of the Nanshan Scenic Area. The main peak of Luya Mountain, 20 kilometers away from the county seat, 2739 meters above sea level, the peak has the Prince Hall, standing at the top, becoming the first peak in northwest Jin, the area has nine steps, Shusheng Gorge, Baiyun Cave, Xiaoice Cave, Four Seasons Glacier Canyon, trees towering, forest shade, summer without heat, and Wutai Mountain and called a cool resort. From the source of the Qinglian River, through the Luya Cui Valley, to the west into the county seat 30 kilometers away from the lotus leaf ping, here 2783 meters above sea level, pingguang 36,000 acres, just like the unfolding of a huge green lotus leaf, is a rare subalpine meadow in North China, has the beauty of "plateau emerald".
From Luya Mountain and Lotus Leaf Ping down the river along the source of the Qinglian River, 60 miles north to the city, there are three monkeys playing with lions, four seasons of glaciers, small waterfalls, Hoan Zhu Cave, jade seal stone, wind moving stone, Baifu Stone, Lover's Ridge, Nanfeng Reservoir, Nanchan Temple and other attractions. The entire Nanshan tourist area integrates natural landscapes such as mountains, water, forests, stones, grasses, temples, and springs, which is beautiful.
After admiring the ancient ruins of Wuzhai and walking through the beautiful mountains and rivers of Wuzhai, I think everyone is now very interested in the local specialties and cuisine of Wuzhai. Let's talk about this Wuzhai local specialty.
Wuzhai goats grow in the mountains at an altitude of 1600 meters above sea level, growing on the edge of Luya Mountain, where there is no industrial pollution and water and grass are abundant. Goats "eat Chinese herbs and drink mineral water." Due to the low cholesterol and fat content of goat meat, stewing a pot of Wuzhai goat can be called a delicacy in the world!
Wuzhai fennel white has long been famous, there is "Wuzhai fennel white, Ganlan's onion" beauty, it is not only large, tight, and sweet and crisp, high nutritional value, its vitamin C content is second only to peppers, and higher than spinach, radish and other general vegetables, for many years has been used by the local people as a winter vegetable. In addition, the mustard greens of Dadonggou in Lijiaping and the silver plate mushrooms in Luya Mountain are all well-known in the Xinzhou area.
Silver plate mushrooms are abundant in the vast primeval forest of the Lotus Leaf Ping Scenic Area of Luya Mountain, in the humid and cool air, clusters of silver plate mushrooms, fungus cover umbrella shape, fungus flesh tender, from the root to the top are milky white ru body white as silver, the body is as large as a plate, so it is called "silver plate". Unlike ordinary mushrooms, the Ashita Mountain Silver Plate Mushroom only grows on the "circle road" in the grass on The Luya Mountain. In his poem "Luya Silver Plate", Fu Shan of the Qing Dynasty wrote that "The silver plate of the autumn rain of the luya, the fragrant ceiling is greasy and the teeth are cold".
Wuzhai County is rich in high-quality potatoes, and there is a tradition of making vermicelli from potatoes hundreds of years ago, and vermicelli is one of the indispensable main ingredients of Wuzhai risotto. Potatoes, together with rice, wheat, corn and sorghum, are known as the world's five major crops, with complete nutrients, easy to absorb by the human body, and enjoy the title of "second bread" in Europe and the United States.
Wuzhai tofu, which is finely made, has a history of hundreds of years. In addition, the qinglian river in the territory goes down the mountain, and the wild plants of Luya Mountain are all good astragalus, ginseng, ganoderma lucidum grass, etc. wash into the river with the current of water, so that the water quality is sweet and pure, and this water is used to process tofu, white and tender, rich in a variety of nutrients. According to relevant historical records, during the Qing Yongzheng period, all county orders who lived in Wuzhai would send messengers to beijing day and night to transport tofu to Beijing at every time.
Popular in the province, Wuzhai pig black meat stew, take the red cooked meat of the pig, add potatoes, noodles, tofu and seasoning. Simmer in a pressure cooker long enough until the meat and potatoes are rotten, suitable for all ages.
In Wuzhai tourism, immersed in ancient ruins, enjoy Wuzhai cuisine, feel the customs and customs of Wuzhai, tourists' favorite is still wandering in the green, smell the flowers and birds, enjoy the natural oxygen bar, breathe pure air, seek mountains and forests, for a long time in the bustling and noisy city, look tired of the artificial garden landscape, the original ecological Wuzhaigou will definitely bring you a good feeling of forgetting your troubles and being cheerful and comfortable.