Where does Dinghu Mountain belong?

Dinghu Mountain belongs to the famous scenic spot of the mountain strange gorge in Zhaoqing.

Dinghushan Scenic Area is 18km away from Zhaoqing City. Located at 18km northeast of Zhaoqing City, 23. 10' north latitude and12.34' east longitude, it is a zonal vegetation with a history of more than 400 years, namely the south subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest.

Therefore, it is praised by Chinese and foreign scientists as "an oasis in the desert belt returned from the north". The whole scenic spot consists of more than ten peaks such as Dinghu, Keelung and Khufu. Jilong Mountain, the main peak, is1000.8m above sea level, which is the highest peak in the Pearl River Delta region. Dinghushan Scenic Area has lush trees and a virgin forest area of more than 4,000 hectares, and is known as "the oasis on the Tropic of Cancer". There are more than 2,000 species of wild plants, more than 300 species of cultivated plants, in addition to more than 70 species of birds and more than 30 species of mammals, and their biological resources are extremely rich, as early as 1956. From 65438 to 0979, Dinghushan was listed as a world nature reserve by UNESCO, and became the United Nations "Man and Biosphere" ecosystem positioning research station. Since then, Dinghushan has gained the reputation of "living natural museum" and "green treasure house". Dinghushan is also the "Emerald on the Tropic of Cancer".

The Tropic of Cancer is mostly barren red soil, but there is a complete evergreen broad-leaved forest here. The total area of nature reserves is113.22 million square meters, of which virgin forest accounts for13.2 million square meters. There are more than 65,438+0,750 kinds of higher plants and rare plants growing here, including tall and straight cones, citron (jǔ), olive trees and banyan trees, as well as the relic plant Jie(suū)(Luó) known as the living fossil.

1956, China listed Dinghushan as a national nature reserve: 1980 65438+ 10, UNESCO approved Dinghushan as a wet rain belt forest protection network, and set up an international forest ecological positioning research station on the mountain. There are different opinions about the name of Dinghushan. Some say it's because there is a lake at the top of the mountain, which won't dry up at four o'clock, so it's named Dinghu. It is said that it is because the peak in the middle is round and beautiful, and the peak at the foot of the mountain is forked and looks like a tripod from a distance, so it is named Dinghu; There is also a folklore that the Yellow Emperor once gave a tripod here, so he used to call it Dinghu Mountain.

Dinghushan has become a famous Buddhist holy land since the Tang Dynasty, including Yunxi Scenic Area, Tianhu Scenic Area and Tianxi Scenic Area. Yunxi Scenic Area is dominated by Baiyun Temple, water curtain cave Sky and ancient and famous trees, and its biggest feature is to see the virgin forest. Tianhu Scenic Area is dominated by Swan Lake, Tianhu Lake and swift mountain streams, and its biggest feature is wading across the mountain streams and returning to nature. Tianxi Scenic Area is mainly composed of Qingyun Temple, Feishuitan and Rong Rui Monument Pavilion, and its biggest feature is Zen Buddhism. Although the three scenic spots have their own characteristics, Tianxi scenic spot is the most attractive one at present.

Tianxi Scenic Area is centered on Qingyun Temple. Qingyun Temple, with lush mountains, was built in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty. There are more than 0/00 large and small pavilions/kloc, covering an area of 17000 square meters. It is one of the four famous temples in Lingnan. There are seven Tibetan Classics, relics, cymbals, Baishan tea tree, Pingnan throne, white-browed poem tablet, and the "Celebrating the Palace Life" tablet of Empress Dowager Cixi. Near Qingyun Temple, there are Rong Rui Monument, Rong Rui Memorial Pavilion and Rong Rui Memorial Hall to commemorate the pioneer of Sino-Japanese cultural exchange.

The flying pool under Qingyun Temple has a waterfall pavilion above and a natural swimming pool below. Here, the 100-foot waterfall, flying down, falling jade and spraying snow, is a spectacle. After the Revolution of 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-sen swam in the swimming pool. On the wall of this pool, there are six Chinese characters inscribed by Soong Ching Ling, honorary president of the country. Dinghu Mountain, known as the "natural oxygen bar", is surrounded by green trees, towering ancient trees, waterfalls and flowing springs, and birds are singing and flowers are fragrant. Walking into this virgin forest, the phenomena of roots, vines, strangulation, epiphytes, stems and flowers in subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest and valley rainforest are inspiring, and every rare animal and plant is telling people a long and vicissitudes life.