Fan Jing of Chengen Temple

Fan Jing, named after Brahma Pure Land, is located at the junction of Jiangkou, Yinjiang and Songtao counties in Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province. It is the main peak of the towering Wuling Mountains and the source of the surging Chenhe River. This ancient land is 2572 meters above sea level, and Fiona Fang covers an area of 500 square kilometers. Its age is about 65.438+0 billion years to 65.438+0.4 billion years.

Fan Jing is located in the subtropical zone, with mild climate and abundant rainfall. The coverage rate of virgin forest is close to 99%, which has maintained the natural life balance for hundreds of millions of years. From 65438 to 0986, Fan Jing was listed as a member of the "Man and Nature Conservation Circle" of the United Nations, one of the top ten national nature reserves in China, and was known as the oldest ecological park in the northern hemisphere. There are 6 species of national first-class protected animals, 6 species of first-class protected plants, 29 species of second-class protected animals and 25 species of second-class protected plants in the area. Known as "the only child in the world", there are less than 700 golden monkeys in the world, all of which live in Fan Jing.

Fan Jing, the main peak of Wuling Mountain, is a national nature reserve and a member of the United Nations "Man and Biosphere Reserve Network". Located at the junction of Yinjiang, Jiangkou and Songtao counties in the northeast and west of Guizhou Province, with a total area of 567 square kilometers. Fan Jing, the whole mountain is magnificent and mountainous; The slope is steep and the valley is deep, and the peaks are towering; Streams are vertical and horizontal, waterfalls are suspended; The special geological structure formed by ancient geology has shaped its varied and magnificent mountain landscape. According to the textual research of ancient books, Fan Jingshan was called "Sangu", "Chen Shan" and "Jones Mountain" before the Tang Dynasty, and "Fan Jingshan" after the Ming Dynasty. Fan Jing is the "pure world of Buddhism". Fan Jing's fame and development originated from Buddhism, which spread all over the huge temples and monasteries in the mountainous areas of Fan Jing, and established Fan Jing as a famous "ancient Buddhist Dojo", the only Maitreya Bodhisattva Dojo among the five famous Buddhist mountains in China. Buddhist culture has cast a solemn and magical color on the vast Fan Jing.

There are many kinds of plants in Fan Jing, and forest is the main body of Fan Jing ecosystem, and forest resources are the core of its biological resources. It is not only the primary producer of ecosystem, but also the hub of energy flow and material circulation. At the same time, due to its special hierarchical structure, it has formed a habitat for animals and microorganisms to survive. Forest types are divided into primary Castanopsis fargesii forest, Cyclobalanopsis glauca forest, Davidia involucrata forest, Boxwood forest and alpine Berlin, and secondary forests such as poplar, birch, Liquidambar formosana forest, Populus davidiana forest, Pinus massoniana forest and Phyllostachys pubescens forest. The forest coverage rate of Fanjingshan Nature Reserve is over 80%, and the forest volume is 3.378 million cubic meters. Plant species diversity in Fanjingshan Nature Reserve. According to incomplete statistics, there are 795 genera 1955 species in 277 families, among which gymnosperms 14 genera 19 species, accounting for 9.5% of the national species, and seed plants 144 families, 460 genera, 65438+. There are 245 species of bryophytes belonging to 50 families 127 genera, accounting for11%of the total species in China. There are 38 families, 85 genera 183 species of pteridophytes, accounting for 7.0% of the total species in China, and 45 families 123 genera, 372 species of macrofungi, accounting for 4.7% of the total fungi in China. The flora is complex, and it is a rich and ancient temperate and subtropical flora.

There are many kinds of animals, and the mountainous area of Fan Jing has three major faunal elements of the eastern world: Central China, South China and Southwest China. There are more than 800 species of animals recorded in Fanjingshan Nature Reserve, including 68 species of mammals belonging to 8 orders and 23 families, accounting for 13.6% of the total species in China, birds 16 orders and 39 families, 1 species, accounting for 6.2% of the total species in China. There are 4 1 species of reptiles, belonging to 3 orders and 9 families, accounting for 10.9% in China. There are 34 species of amphibians, belonging to 2 orders and 8 families, accounting for 12.2% of the whole country. There are 48 species of fishes in 4 orders, 9 families, and 2 families and 2 1 species of terrestrial oligochaeta. There are more than 400 species of insects 18 orders, and new genera and species are constantly reported. In addition, there are many lower animals and invertebrates in Fan Jing that have not been studied.

There is only one mature and most convenient route to visit Fan Jing, that is, the tourist route from Huang Mu Scenic Spot in Yinjiang Autonomous County to Fanjing West in Fan Jing Nature Reserve. It takes only one and a half hours to get to Mianxuling Reception Station, a nature reserve 50 kilometers away. In Huang Mu Scenic Area, you can visit the Memorial Hall and Monument of the Red 26 Army Corps and learn about the glorious course of the Red Army in establishing the revolutionary base areas in eastern Guizhou along the Yinjiang River. At the same time, you can also visit Tujia folk culture, ancient papermaking, Nuo opera and Tujia waving dance in Cai Lun Ancient Papermaking Culture Village, Yongyi Weizi Garden and Tuanlong Folk Culture Village, which is very participatory and ornamental. After entering the nature reserve, you can visit the Huguo Temple, the first of the four royal temples, and watch large-scale Buddhist activities. In Mianxu Ridge, you can overlook the 10,000-meter reclining Buddha, and take this as a starting point, walk for one and a half hours, cross the thin knife ridge along the ridge, cross the black alley, climb the scissors gorge, and reach the core reserve of Fan Jing, where you can visit the mushroom stone, see the thousands of books, explore the Jiudi Cave and climb the Jinding, the main peak of Fan Jing. Along the way, the vision is broad and the road is relatively flat. You can not only experience the hardships in climbing, but also enjoy the brilliant mountain flowers and vast forests that twinkle when the wind blows away. The exhaustion of spiritual deposition is appeased and released in the excellent and magical natural ecology of famous Buddhist mountains!