Xishan is known as Dongting Xishan, ancient fujiaoshan, Baoshan, Xidongting, Linwushan, is an island in the southeast of Taihu Lake, located in the southwest of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 45 kilometers away from the ancient city of Suzhou, Xishan Island is 11 kilometers long from north to south, 15 kilometers from east to west, with an area of 79.82 square kilometers, it is the largest island in China's inner lake, connected by the Taihu Lake Bridge with a total length of 4308 meters and the Taihu Lake National Tourist Resort. Xishan belongs to the northern subtropical humid monsoon climate, coupled with the regulatory effect of the water body of Taihu Lake, with four distinct seasons, warm and humid, abundant precipitation, sufficient sunshine, long frost-free period, rich in biluochun tea, as well as loquat, bayberry, ginkgo, chestnut, green plum, citrus and other flowers and fruits.
natural resources
Xishan has four distinct seasons, pleasant climate, beautiful mountains and rivers, and beautiful scenery, which is an ideal paradise for tourists to vacation and escape the summer. The landscape of Xishan can be poetically summarized as the Ten Scenic Spots of Xishan: Summer Fishing Song, Mao Gong Snow, Xuanyang Daolang, Luli Pear Cloud, West Lake Xizhao, Chicken Cage Plum Snow, Miao Qinglan, Lin Wu Evening Smoke, Shigong Autumn Moon, and the newly developed Hengshan Islands.
Taihu West Mountain, because of its unique location, surrounded by mountains and water, ancient name Baoshan; and because it is located on the top of Taihu Lake, Dongshan and Tingshan West, Dongting West Mountain got its name. Because Xishan is rich in arbutus, loquat, white fruit, peach, pomegranate, plum, citrus, chestnut and other flowers and fruits. It has been given the reputation of "flowers in the moon and fruit in the season".
Xishan is the abbreviation of Dongting West Mountain, which is 11 kilometers wide from north to south, 15 kilometers long from east to west, and has an area of 79.8 square kilometers, making it the largest island in Taihu Lake. Xishan Scenic Area is the essence of Taihu Lake Scenic Area. It is a lake island area known for its archipelago scenery, flower and fruit jungles, and historical sites since Wuyue, and is mainly for excursions and vacations. It has four scenic levels: archipelago in the lake, landscape in the bay, valley in the mountain, and peak peak. The whole district plans to build 20 scenic spots, such as Miaomiao Cloud Field, Water Moon Tea, Forest House Evening Smoke, Summer Fishing Song, Luli Pear Cloud, Xuanyang Daolang, Xiaoshan Relic, Maogong Snow, West Lake Sunset, Shigong Autumn Moon, Wind and Phoenix Smoke and Rain, Jinduo Pine Basket, Cultural Xunfeng, Dasha Guanfan, Luohan Ancient Temple, Chicken Cage Meixue, Mingwan Ancient Village, Jiaojiao Fengtao, Tianwang Fish Country, Hengshan Rising Sun, etc. The planned area of the attractions totals 609.3 hectares.
Xishan has a long history, many cultural relics, beautiful mountains and clear waters, and beautiful scenery. The ancients integrated natural landscape and cultural landscape into one, and summarized the ten scenic spots of Xishan-------- summer fishing songs, Mao Gong Snow, Xuanyang Rice Waves, Luli Pear Cloud, West Lake Xizhao, Chicken Cage Meixue, Longzhu Guifan, Miaojiao Qinglan, Lin Wu Evening Smoke, Shigong Autumn Moon. However, over the past thousand years, the stars have shifted and the vicissitudes have changed dramatically, and the ten scenic spots of the Western Mountains in the past, under the wash of history, have now had their own advantages and rises and falls.
Main attractions
Summer fishing song
Taihu Lake in Huaxia Bay penetrates deep into a large inlet in the south of Xishan Island, with an area of up to 233.3 hectares. The bay is full of fish, grass carp, crucian carp, cinnamon fish, silver carp, bream and other fish with tender and fresh meat. It has always been a treasure of feng shui for local fishermen to survive. All year round, sails are like forests and fishing boats. Legend has it that at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, when Wu Wangfu sent his favorite concubine Xi Shi to spend the summer here, whenever the moon night, the boating night swim, even if the fishermen will connect the bows and tails of the boats, lined up in a long snake formation, the fishermen stand on the bow and tail of the boat and sing loudly, which is named the summer fishing song.
Thick snow
Mao GongWu is on the east side of Xishan Island. Mao Gong was the nickname of the Han Dynasty Daoist monk Liu Gen, named after him for building an altar here to refine Dan. The Maogong stone altar is located at the bottom of the dock. The cave real palace behind the altar has been destroyed, and the alchemy in front of the altar is still there. "Mao Gong Stone Altar" four big characters by the Qing people Yi Shun Ding seal book. The calligraphy starts from the reverse edge, the pen is heavier, the pen is slightly abrupt, and there is a slight sharp edge. It is smooth and smooth, and the knot body is flat and dignified, but also has a slight square meaning.
Xuanyang rice waves
Xuanyang Cave is on the southern slope of the northeast of Xishan Island, and every autumn when the atmosphere is high, people look up at the mouth of Xuanyang Cave, only to see a rice wave between the mountains and mountains, connecting with the distant lake waves until the sky. Xuanyang Daolang got its name from this. The poem "Xuanyang Daolang" written by Xu Yanyou, a relict of the late Qing Dynasty, reads: "The dangerous stone hall hangs on the carrot, and there are many white clouds at the mouth of the Xuanyang Cave." In autumn, the wind in the fields first moved, and the green waves turned over the flat domain. "Visitors can enjoy the beauty of the rice waves here, and they can also share the joy of the farmers' harvest in sight."
Luli pear cloud
In the west of Nishiyama Island. The area around Luli is lined with peaks and heavy mountains. During the Song Dynasty, the fruit family in this kind of pear, whenever the lunar valley rains, the pear blossom belt blooms, full of mountains, swaying flowers, like clouds like snow, so the name Ofi pear cloud. With the fall of the Republic of China, the pear forest was gradually replaced by the orange forest. Nowadays, the scenery of thousands of flowers and flowers no longer exists, only the famous stone stele remains. Tourists can only travel from the poem once written by Zheng Bo, a relict of the late Qing Dynasty, "The pear blossoms in Luli are like clouds, the good name is passed down from the Song Shijun, after the changes in the sea, the ruins still exist in the past beautiful scenery".
Sunset on the West Lake
The West Lake is the name of the temple, and its ruins are on a mountain ridge 2.5 kilometers north of Miaomiao Peak. The mountain is 120 meters above sea level, which is an excellent place to overlook the scenery of West Taihu Lake, Yuwang Temple and Hengshan Islands. There is a sea fire pond on the present ridge. Whenever the sun sets, the afterglow reflects the pool like a fire.
Chicken coop plum snow
Chicken Coop is the name of the mountain, so named because of its mound-like chicken coop on top. The volume of Jilong Mountain is not large, with a circumference of only 400 meters and an altitude of more than 20 meters. It is located near the town of Xia, with a flat land, surrounded by undulating hills and peaks. In the south, the four mountaineering mountains are used as the screen, the north is wujia mountain as the obstacle, the west is baked by Baoshan Dock, and the east is across the village from the famous Taihu Lake. Jilong Mountain has always been known as Wuzhong with plums. Therefore, deya chicken coop Meixue. In the early spring of each year in February, the buds of the flowers that are slightly blooming, the colorful flowers of jade reflection, look like a plain practice in the near distance, look like a snow sea in the distance, look up like clouds, and look down like a fog. It's really funny and interesting.
Big sand sails
The landscape is in the southwest of Xishan Island. "Where are the fishing sails?" Gathered in the Great Dragon Mountain". Dalong Mountain stands by the water. Yuan Hongdao, a Ming Dynasty Wanli jinshi, praised this place as "the stone of Longshan is watery and watery, and swallows with feng shui." ”。 There is a natural harbor at the bottom of the hill. Every evening, a variety of fishing boats enter the harbor and anchor. The big boat is in the center, the small boat is next to it, the east row, the west row, and the order is orderly. Like the mast of the forest, it stands unevenly. The laughter of the fishermen came and went. After nightfall, the lights and shadows float and flicker, like a long dragon splashing in the water, the realm is high and elegant, and the poetry is full of poetry.
Ethereal Qinglan
Miaomiao Peak is the highest peak of the West Mountain. In the early morning, every time there are clouds around the mountain, sometimes brilliant and colorful, like a trembling colored silk; sometimes beautiful and unrestrained, as if it is a transparent light silk; sometimes it is exposed and hidden; sometimes the peak is broken, a silhouette scenery, or sword peak shape, or steamed bun open, or branching shape, or thin waist open. The tension is endless, and the changes are endless. Yunxia has become a beautiful ornament of Miaomiao Peak, so it is called Miaomiao Qinglan.
Wood house evening smoke
Linya Mountain, located in the eastern part of Nishiyama Island, is surrounded by orchards. Visitors can climb to the top of the mountain, which can not only approach the greenery, but also harvest the green from afar. Especially whenever the sun is shining, when the sun sets in the west, the mountain villages hidden in the green forests, the cooking smoke rising in the chimneys of every household, rising up, fluttering with the wind like thin clouds and light fog, as if the immortal realm, people suddenly forget the sense of dust and worldliness. Qing Dynasty remnant Shen Shuiyi 'Lin Wu Evening Smoke' poem "Lingwei mistakenly but the road ahead, Yuzhen Shihan originally had a reason." Chicken dog ann smells of spring outside, smoke lost cave mouth oblique sun twilight. ”
Shigong Autumn Moon
On the shigong mountain in the southeast corner of Xishan Island. In the autumn of Jiangnan, there are more sunny and less clouds, the sky is high and cool, and the stars are bright and the moon is bright. Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, Wu Wang Fucha and the beautiful woman Xi Shi admired the moon in Shigong Mountain, not looking up, but looking down, because Shigong Mountain was near the water, and the moon shadow was not far from the mountain. The bright moon floating in the water gives people unlimited reverie with its water-drenched personality, soft and timid temperament, shy look and beautiful appearance. No wonder the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, after admiring the beauty of Shi Gong's autumn moon, would gladly write a letter to inform Yuan Shu: "The matter of repaying the king should be envied, and the five houses of Chengbo are in the middle of the moon." The Shigong Autumn Moon written by Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty is: "Who is with the period of autumn supper, the moon is thirty thousand hectares." ”
It is located in jinting town on Xishan Island