Jinshan is located in the northwest of Zhenjiang City, 43.7 meters abovesea level, covering an area of 41.6 hectares. Jinshan is one of the scenic spotsin China since ancient times. In ancient times, Jinshan was originally an islandstanding in the middle of the Yangtze River, with the reputation of "a beautifulHibiscus in the middle of the river". In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Hu described itas "seeing in the shadows of trees and hearing the bells on both sides of theriver"; in the Northern Song Dynasty, Shen Kuo praised it as "the water on bothsides of the building is connected, and the sky is in the mirror in the northand South of the river". It used to be an island in the Yangtze River. Due tothe "great river flowing to the East", it was connected with the land around theend of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1903). There are manyplaces of interest in Jinshan, such as lengjietai, miaogaotai, Guanyinge, Fahaicave, guxianren cave, gubailong cave, etc.
There are many places of interest in Jinshan. The exquisite and beautifulcishou pagoda stands on the top of the mountain in the northwest of Jinshanmountain, 30 meters high. It matches the whole Jinshan mountain and the JinshanTemple just right, as if it has lifted the mountain. The brick and woodstructure of the tower, up and down traffic, each floor eight sides havecorridors and railings, eight sides ventilation, there are scenery, differentscenery layers, Song Dynasty Wang Anshi poem: "several towers pillow layers ofstone, four wall windows open face wind, suddenly see the birds fly on theground, start startled in mid air.". Another example is the lengjietai,miaogaotai, Guanyin Pavilion, Fahai cave, guxianren cave, ancient Bailong caveand other places of interest. They are all built on the basis of rock drillingby the side of the mountain. Their ingenious design makes people admire themagical wisdom and superb art of the builders. Zhang Chuanshan, a great poet andcalligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, said in his crossing the river in the snow onthe 16th: "old friends, when they fold bamboo slips together, the road is notfar from the river. The mellow wine steals away the snow in Jingkou, and the bigsail presses the tide in Haimen. The lights in Yangzhou are hard to make themoon, and the Sheng song in Wu city is left with this flute. The wind and wavesare thousands of miles away, and the two wonderful lotus flowers are Jinjiao. "Compare Jinshan to a beautiful lotus.
Jinshan has many names since ancient times. The ancients compared theYangtze River to the perfume sea, comparing the mountain to the seven Jinshan inHuayan Jing, so it is called Jinshan. There is another saying in the book ofnine regions written by Wang Cun of the Song Dynasty: Fa Hai, an eminent monk ofthe Tang Dynasty, came here to repair the temple for his son. He cut throughthorns and thorns in the mountains every day and dug gold one day. Li Qi, alocal official, rebelled against the emperor. The emperor ordered that gold behanded over to Fahai for temple restoration, and the mountain was named Jinshan.In addition, Jinshan was once called Zexin mountain, Fuyu mountain, Huofumountain, Longyou mountain, Zijin Mountain, etc. The name of Jinshan is relatedto Jinshan Temple, which is built cleverly according to the mountain and has aunique architectural style. There are many buildings in the back of the temple,and the pavilions and pavilions are connected layer by layer. The mountain andthe temple are integrated to form a group of ancient buildings. The scenery isspectacular and magnificent, forming a unique style of "temple wrappedmountain". Since the Song Dynasty, there has been a saying in Beijing that"Jinshan Temple wraps the mountain, Jiaoshan mountain wraps the temple.".
Jinshan is also known as "myth mountain". Every historic site on themountain has charming myths, legends and stories. This is the origin of thewell-known Chinese classical myth "the legend of the White Snake", which iswidely spread among the people and adds a very charming color to this famouscity. In the novel Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan, Yue Fei visited the Jinshan historicsite "Qifeng Pavilion", which has a pleasant scenery. In the chapter novel watermargin, Zhang Shun lies in Jinshan Temple in the night, and Song Jiang takesRunzhou city (that is, today's Zhenjiang City) wisely. Emperor Kangxi andEmperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty visited Jinshan many times and left many"imperial" cultural relics. There are many folk tales about Qianlong in Jinshan,which makes Jinshan more famous. Poets, calligraphers, celebrities and scholarsof all ages, such as Bai Juyi, Li Bai, Zhang Hu, sun bream, Su Dongpo, WangAnshi, Shen Tuo, Fan Zhongyan, Zhao Mengfu and Wang Yangming, visited the scenicspots and left many precious relics and popular chants. Since the Tang Dynasty,there has been an endless stream of international friends and tourists. Yangxuezhou, a Japanese painting monk in the Ming Dynasty, lived in Jinshan for twoand a half years. He painted "the picture of Jinshan Longyou temple in themiddle of Yangtze River in the Tang Dynasty" and other paintings about Jinshan,which are now preserved in the temple.
Jinshan, a green snail like hill, contains a lot of romantic past eventsand has infinite charm, attracting numerous Chinese and foreign poets andtourists. Some people say that "if you don't go to Jinshan in Zhenjiang, you'venever been to Zhenjiang". This has its own truth. When you visit Jinshan, youwill understand the mystery. Jinshan tour route
Jiangtian Temple -- sunset Pavilion -- Guanyin Pavilion -- lengjiatai --foyinshanfang -- Jinshan Sibao -- cishita -- gufahai Cave -- Liuyun Pavilion --miaogaotai -- Qifeng Pavilion -- Bailong Cave -- Chaoyang Cave -- guxianren Cave-- Yudai bridge -- yudock -- GuoPu tomb -- Jiangtian temple, the first spring inthe world
Dear tourists, at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the BeijingHangzhou Grand Canal, there is a shining pearl, Zhenjiang, a beautifulhistorical and cultural city.
Zhenjiang city is located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, on the SouthBank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is located at theintersection of the two golden waterways of the motherland. The Beijing Shanghairailway runs across the East and West, surrounded by mountains on three sidesand facing water on one side. Since ancient times, Zhenjiang City has been animportant commercial port and military strategist in the lower reaches of theYangtze River. In Song Dynasty, it was named "Zhenjiang" because of its strongspirit and dangerous situation, which was enough to control the north and southof the river and defend the river. Since 1985, Zhenjiang has been listed as anopen coastal city, an important tourist city, a national health city and afamous historical and cultural city. In 1987, Zhenjiang port, one of the top tenports in China and the third largest port in the Yangtze River, was officiallyopened to foreign ships.
Zhenjiang is an ancient cultural city with a long history. According tohistorical records, it has a history of more than 3000 years. In the WesternZhou Dynasty, it was called Yihou fiefdom. In the spring and Autumn period, itwas named Zhufang. In the Warring States period, it was called Guyang. In theQin Dynasty, it was changed to Dantu. In the Three Kingdoms, it was also calledJingkou. In the Southern Dynasties, it was called Southern Xuzhou. In the SuiDynasty, it was changed to Yanling County and set up Runzhou. In the third yearof the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty (1113), Runzhou was promoted toZhenjiang Prefecture, the name of which is still used today.
Zhenjiang has a unique geographical location and is deeply affected by themarine climate. It is warm and humid all the year round, with an average annualtemperature of 15. The annual average precipitation is more than 1000 mm. Theannual average sunshine rate is 47%, and the annual sunshine hours are more than20__ hours. The climate features are: mild and humid throughout the year, fourdistinct seasons; sunny and windy in spring, hot and rainy in summer, crisp andcrisp in autumn, dry and slightly cold in winter; moderate precipitationthroughout the year, relatively uniform seasonal distribution. This typicalclimate in the south of the Yangtze River is very beneficial to agriculturalproduction and tourism.
Zhenjiang is a famous ancient city with mountains in the East, West andSouth and picturesque rivers in the north. "City in the mountains, mountains inthe city", known as the "city forest". Zhenjiang is one of the key touristcities in China. The city has two national key cultural relics protection units,Jiaoshan stele forest and Danyang tombs of the Southern Dynasties. The "threemountains" scenic spot in the urban area and the southern suburb scenic spot areprovincial scenic spots. There are also Maoshan provincial scenic spot andBaohua Mountain Provincial mountain forest natural resources reserve near theurban area.
Zhenjiang scenic spots are rich in beauty, with the unique features of realmountains, water, ancient, cave, harbor and spring.
Mountain refers to the magnificent Jinshan, the majestic Jiaoshan, and theprecipitous Beigu mountain. The three mountains have different styles and arecalled "the southeast of the three mountains in Jingkou";
Water refers to the water tour features composed of the Yangtze River andthe ancient canal;
Ancient, refers to the ancient city style and long history and culturalrelics;
Cave refers to Penggong crystal cave, Maoshan Huayang cave and other cavewonders in the suburbs;
Port refers to Xijin ancient ferry, Zhenjiang port and other ports;
Spring refers to a series of spring sites such as "the best spring in theworld" in Jinshan.
There are four "world No.1" scenic spots in the urban area: Beigu mountain,the "world No.1 River and mountain", Zhongling spring, the "world No.1 River andmountain building", multi view building, and Lingyun Pavilion.
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There are "four pagodas" with different styles: cishou Wooden Pagoda ofjiangtianchan temple, Weigong iron tower of Ganlu temple, Zhaoguan stone pagodaof Xijin ancient ferry, and sengjia brick pagoda of dingshishan.
There are "four caves" full of magical colors: Jinshan Bailong cave, Fahaicave, Jiaoshan Sanzhao cave and southern suburb lotus cave.
Zhenjiang, located in the "dragon neck" position of the Yangtze Rivereconomic open belt with Shanghai as the "leader", is a central city in theShanghai Nanjing Economic Corridor of the Yangtze River Delta. With thedeepening of reform and opening up, the comprehensive green economy strength ofZhenjiang City has entered the top 50 in China. Now it has jurisdiction overJingkou, Runzhou, Dantu County and Yangzhong, Jurong and Danyang. The city has atotal area of 3779 square kilometers and a total population of over 2.63million. The urban area is 247 square kilometers and the population is about520000.
Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, Zhenjiang has dredgedthe Grand Canal, built 10000 ton berths and wharves, and is navigable to 50countries and regions including Japan, Singapore, the United States and Canada.Railways and highways are crisscrossed into a network, extending in alldirections. Nanjing airport and Changzhou airport are on the East and West wingsrespectively, forming a three-dimensional transportation network connectingrivers, rivers and seas, and connecting sea, land and air.
Zhenjiang's pleasant climate makes it the best season for tourismthroughout the year. With convenient transportation and complete moderncommunication facilities and service facilities, it has created excellentconditions for tourism development.
Tourists: Zhenjiang, a pearl inlaid in the South Bank of the Yangtze River,will greet guests from all over the world with a more charming attitude!
Located at No. 98, Zhulin Road, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, ZhenjiangNanshan scenic spot is a national 4A Forest Park, a natural landscape protectionunit of Jiangsu Province, and a provincial scenic spot. It is composed of JiuhuaMountain, Huanghe mountain and other four scenic spots. It is deep, simple,simple, elegant and bright. It was praised as "urban mountain forest" by Mi Fu,a great calligrapher and painter of Song Dynasty.
Nanshan scenic spot was at its peak from the northern and SouthernDynasties to the Ming Dynasty. After the Six Dynasties, scholars and celebritiesof all dynasties lived and toured here, leaving precious historical sites andfamous articles. Among them, Prince Zhaoming of the Liang Dynasty invited LiuXie, the author of Wenxindiaolong, and other world talents to compile ZhaomingWenxuan, the first literary anthology in the history of Chinese literature, inZhaoyin Zenghua Pavilion. Mi Fu and Mi Youren, the great calligraphers of theNorthern Song Dynasty, lived here for 40 years and created "Mi Yunshan". Dai Gu,a famous sculptor and musician in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, livedin seclusion in Zhaoyin mountain and composed three ancient songs: "Guangling","Youxian" and "Zhixi". Su Dongpo, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, left "thebamboo courtyard of Su Gong" in Helin temple and "the lotus pond of Mao Shu" byZhou Dunyi, a philosopher and writer. In the east of the bamboo forest scenicarea, there is a mausoleum commemorating General Zhao Boxian, the martyr of the1911 Revolution, and a lotus cave with prehistoric bone fossils.
Since the development and construction of Nanshan in 1980, four scenicspots have been restored, namely, Zhaoyin District, bamboo forest scenic spot,Huanghe mountain scenic spot and Jiuhua Mountain scenic spot. In the scenicspot, there are more than 160 kinds of trees and more than 70 kinds of birds,ranking first in the Shanghai Nanjing line. The scenic spots in the scenic areainclude Zenghua Pavilion, reading platform, Jizu hall, Tingli mountain house,Hupao spring, Lubao spring, Lingong spring, Yijiang Pavilion, Yurui Pavilion,RUSI Pavilion, evergreen Pavilion, niaowei Pavilion, Wenxin Pavilion,xuelinxuan, etc. visitors can drink from springs, explore holes and listen tobirds.
Zhaoyin mountain is the most famous scenic spot in the southern suburbs.The mountains are full of green pines and cypresses. In spring and summer, thereare many birds singing, cicadas singing, and clear springs. In late autumn, thered leaves are as bright as fire, and there are many colors in the temple. BaoZhizhong, a man of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem: "the bright frost is lightand deep red, and the tower is like a cluster of flowers. Mi Fu, a greatcalligrapher of Song Dynasty, praised it as "urban mountain forest".
There is also a lot of cultural landscape in the mountains in the southernsuburbs. Its temple building is located in the silent mountain, which has a longreputation. There is Zhaoyin temple in Zhaoyin mountain. It was originally theplace where Dai Gu, an artist of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, lived in seclusion.Later, Prince Liang Zhaoming built a reading desk here, compiled literaryselections, and left many historical sites. There is a bamboo temple in Jiashan,surrounded by emerald trees and thousands of bamboo poles. According to the poemof predecessors, "Runzhou is secluded everywhere, and I love the ancient bambooforest in the south of the city most. "Helin temple is located at the foot ofHuanghe mountain. There is a Rhododendron in front of the Rhododendron tower infront of the temple. It is said that it has a history of 300 years. There arethousands of flowers when it is in full bloom," the old Rhododendron in thespring breeze falls. It was a great event in the Tang and Song Dynasties to seecuckoos in Helin temple. It is still popular today. There is a lotus cave onHuilong mountain. In the Ming Dynasty, monks developed and built the temple, soit was named because there were huge stones at the entrance, such as lotus. WhenZhizai was first developed, "keel" appeared. In 1980, a number of QuaternaryHolocene animal fossils and a human tooth fossil were unearthed from thecultural relics, which is more than 10000 years ago.
The southern suburb is a new tourist spot. It is welcoming the touristsfrom home and abroad with its unique beauty.
Zhenjiang museum is a comprehensive museum of local history and art. It wasfounded in 1958. The site of the museum is the former British Consulate,covering an area of 11700 square meters. Five East Indian style buildings arebuilt on the mountain. In 1995, a cultural relics storehouse of 1780 squaremeters was built, covering an area of 5456 square meters. In 1996, it wasapproved by the State Council and announced as a national key cultural relicsprotection unit. In this art palace, there are more than 30000 cultural relicsfrom the stone age to the Ming and Qing Dynasties and 100000 ancient books.Among them, there are one Chinese treasure level cultural relic, more than 70national first-class cultural relics and more than 300 second-class culturalrelics. The collection features bronze wares of the Western Zhou Dynasty,celadon wares of the Six Dynasties, gold and silver wares of the Tang, song,yuan and Ming Dynasties, and calligraphy and painting of the Ming and QingDynasties. These treasures are shining with the wisdom and civilization of theChinese nation, showing the historical development of the ancient city ofZhenjiang.
The site of Zhenjiang Museum, the former British Consulate, is located atthe foot of Yuntai mountain. It is a group of buildings with East Indian style.After the second Opium War, the Qing government and British imperialism signedthe "Tianjin treaty" in 1858, and Zhenjiang was opened as a trading port. Afterthe failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in 1864, the British imperialistsbegan to build consulates on Mount Yuntai.
In 1889, the British patrol beat up Chinese hawkers, which caused greatindignation of the people in Zhenjiang, and then burned the British Consulate.The incompetent Qing government compensated 40000 taels of silver for thereconstruction, which was completed in 1890.
In October 1933, the British Consulate in Zhenjiang returned to the handsof the Chinese people, ending the privileges of British imperialism inZhenjiang.
It has been used as the site of Zhenjiang museum since 1962.
In 1982, it was announced by Jiangsu Provincial People's government as akey cultural relic protection unit of modern historical relics and revolutionarymemorial buildings.
In 1996, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unitby the State Council. In recent years, the State Administration of culturalrelics and the provincial and municipal governments have repeatedly allocatedfunds for maintenance.
The former site of the British Consulate in Zhenjiang is not only thehistorical evidence of the corruption and incompetence of the Qing governmentand the invasion of China by British imperialism, but also the historicalwitness of the Chinese people's brave resistance to imperialist aggression andoppression.