Laiyuan, located in the northwest corner of Baoding, Hebei, is known as the "Cool City" because the annual average temperature in midsummer is only 21°C.
In the dog days of the epidemic, people travel more cautiously. They stay at home and visit Ctrip. They accidentally saw the travel notes of the Laiyuan Baishi Mountain event organized by Ctrip a few years ago. Knowing that there are such strange scenery around the capital, they called to make an appointment immediately. Scenic spots (under the epidemic situation, Baishishan Scenic Area implements a reservation-free ticket policy for Beijing tourists), Ctrip booked Laiyuan Wanyue Hotel in seconds.
There are two main areas of Laiyuan scenic spots: one is the 5A-level Baishi Mountain Scenic Spot with natural landscape (15 kilometers south of the county), and the other is the cultural landscape of Jumayuan, Taishan Temple and Geyuan Temple in the county. If you have plenty of time, you can also climb the Great Wall of Wulonggou in the county, visit the Flying Fox Xing, one of the Eight Taihang Xings, and enjoy the grassland scenery in the air on the meadow at the top of Taihang Mountain.
There are two main areas for accommodation in Laiyuan: one is the homestay near the Baishi Mountain Scenic Area (standard room is about 100 yuan), and the other is the hotel in the county (standard room is about 200 yuan).
There are two main self-driving routes from Beijing to Laiyuan: one is the G108 National Highway (290KM/5H), and the other is the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway to Zhangshi Expressway (210KM/2.5H).
Laiyuan tourism is best for two days: the first day G108 National Highway + county attractions, the second day Zhangshi Expressway + Baishishan scenic spot.
Tickets for Laiyuan Scenic Area: Baishishan World Geopark (ticket 135 yuan, sightseeing car round trip 60 yuan or cableway round trip 140 yuan), Geyuan Temple (free), Jumayuanyuan Park (free)
Tour route of Baishi Mountain Scenic Area: There are two entrances in the scenic area, east and west (the west entrance is closed during the epidemic), and you need to take the cableway up the mountain to reach Xiangyun Gate on the east side and Cuiping Peak on the west side respectively. Then tourists will face three tour routes to choose from: The peak line is not suitable for ordinary tourists, it is exclusive to mountaineering enthusiasts; the remaining two lines are the Feihu Gorge line at an altitude of 1600 meters and the Shuangxiongshi line at an altitude of 1900 meters. For some scenic spots, tourists can either choose one of the round-trip tours or choose two loop tours. Xiangyun Gate on the east side has a bifurcated plank road leading to the 1600-meter line and the 1900-meter line, while Cuiping Peak on the west side is on the 1900-meter line. on foot).
On a hot day, go to Liangcheng to see the great rivers and mountains in Laiyuan.
This towering white boulder in the border of Beijing and Hebei is engraved with the guiding ideology of the G108 national highway reconstruction. Today, the Beijing-Laiyuan section of the G108 national highway has become a landscape avenue. It winds and circles among the mountains in the southwest of Beijing. From Shidu and Shangfang Mountain to Laishui Laiyuan's Baicao Bank, Yesanpo, Juma River, and Baishi Mountain, driving is like walking through a beautiful landscape gallery.
Climb over Fangshan, cross Laishui, and enter Laiyuan in a refreshing and lively way.
On the side of the national road 30 kilometers away from Laiyuan County, there is a reception center of the Great Wall Hotel, and there is an observation deck on the mountain next to it. You can climb up to overlook the Great Wall of Wulonggou on the opposite mountain. Wulonggou Great Wall is the inner Great Wall presided over by Ming general Qi Jiguang. It connects Pingxing Pass in Shanxi to the west and Zijing Pass in Yixian County to the east. There is a beautiful curve in the eyes. The Wulonggou Great Wall is the most primitive "Wild Great Wall" today. For thousands of years, it has been baptized by the flames of war, and despite the erosion of rain, snow, wind and frost, it has always maintained its original flavor. It is known as the most beautiful Great Wall in Hebei.
Along the Juma River to its source - Laiyuan County, people intercepted the river 3 kilometers southeast of the county to enclose a lake. Laiyuan Lake is also called Jiuyidu. This number may be arranged from Fangshan Yidu. The clear lake surface is rippling, and the four cultural sculpture squares along the coast declare that the small town in the mountainous area is a place with rich heritage. Laiyuan has rich metal reserves in history. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has set up furnaces to mint coins for the royal family. For thousands of years, teams of caravans have crossed Laishui, and a string of camel bells rang through the valley. Laiyuan was once brilliant because of the royal coinage.
When you come to Laiyuan, you must try its special food. Laiyuan’s diet is still a northern noodle specialty. Tianyuan Coarse Grain King near the county government is a restaurant that sells local snacks, especially famous for its refined coarse grains. Stir porridge, naked fish, steamed potatoes, yellow noodles fried cakes, various Steamed dumplings will make people salivate.
Laiyuan, the source of Laishui, in the old days, Laishui is now called Juma River, which means that the water is rushing like a giant horse. The Juma River flows for 500 miles, cutting mountains and walls all the way, forming a famous Baili Gallery in Laishui Ye Sanpo and Fangshan Shidu. It's hard to imagine that the Juma River, which is clear and flowing, is not formed by a collection of mountains and rivers, but drilled from the ground at Laiyuan 102.
Laiyuan can be called a veritable spring city. The springs all over the county are densely clustered, and the clear water gushes out. Some river beaches and forests can be dug out by hand to form a spring. The spring water surges up and down against the fine sand. It is "not only in China but also in the world", and "the spring source landscape is the best in the country". There are seven springs in Laiyuan County, among which Beihai Spring, Nanguan Spring and Laolongtan are the most famous. The lake tower in front of Taishan Palace is a great beauty in Laiyuan City.
The source of Juma is a place for people's leisure and entertainment. The trees are towering, the clear springs are surging, and there are many historical monuments in the surrounding area to match it, forming a four-view of Maitreya, a bright floor, pines in the east tower, bells in the courtyard, and sunset in Zhenhai. The seven beauties of the confluence of Lai and Yi, and the reflection of Xiushan.
The Taishan Palace, which was built in the Tang Dynasty, was built according to the "source of rejecting horses". It is very conspicuous on the high steps of the lakeside terrace. There are white marble guardrails on both sides of the steps, among which the hexagonal railings are carved with exquisite reliefs, and the figures, flowers and trees are lifelike. In order to protect it, people covered it with glass.
Taishan Palace is a Taoist temple enshrining "Dongyue Taishan Tianxian Virgin Bixia Yuanjun". It is said that Bixia Yuanjun has great supernatural powers and is in charge of people's fortune, salary, wealth and longevity. He has been respected by the people since ancient times. The Taishan Palace accepts the essence of the sun, the moon, the heavens, the earth, and the spirit of the Bixia Yuanjun. In the era of not worshiping gods in the last century, Taishan Palace once became the school building of the county No. 1 middle school, and the ancient buildings and trees were damaged. Today, Taishan Palace has resumed Taoist activities and has been opened up as a scenic spot for people to visit.
The Xingwen Pagoda in the Taoist Temple is a landmark building in Laiyuan. It has a history of more than 1,200 years. Although it has been repaired by generations, it still maintains the architectural style of the Liao Dynasty. "The money shop casts millions of coins every day, and thousands of craftsmen are like gods. Tianbao three places set up this pagoda, which is immortal and indestructible." Wenxing Pagoda was built with donations from the craftsmen of the "National Mint". In order to worship Buddha, but also to worship Wen, and more Fengshui, there are many springs at the source of Juma.
Morning bell and evening drum
Geyuan Temple is another thousand-year-old temple in Laiyuan City. The county seat is not big, and it is easy to find this red-walled palace with tall ancient cypresses by following the navigation. Looking closer, there is no signboard and the door is closed. It seems that it is difficult to get in today.
Opportunities are waiting. The "Wenzhongyuan" next door is a bit lively, and someone is locking the gate, and hurried over to ask Fangzhi that the Geyuan Temple is not open to the public, and it will only be taken to visit by the cultural relics department at certain times as a cultural exchange . It seems that there is no hope but we can't give up our efforts. After a lot of twists and turns, we were finally lucky enough to enter the Geyuan Temple, but we definitely didn't enter through the door and over the wall.
Seeing an uninvited guest enter, a puppy rushed over to check it out. Judging from the eyes, there was no hostility, but a demeanor of acquiescent surveillance.
The Geyuan Temple is in the process of archaeological excavation and repair. Its value has only been gradually valued by people in recent years. It was also used here in the last century. The main hall became the classroom and warehouse of the party school, and the temple became a court. The trial hall and the square in front of the temple were also covered with houses by the people. Geyuan Temple has a three-entry symmetrical courtyard structure. On the central axis, there are three main halls, Tianwang Hall, Manjusri Hall, and Cangjing Pavilion. The Tianwang Hall and the Cangjing Pavilion are Ming Dynasty buildings. The Manjusri Hall in the Liao Dynasty is tall and majestic, looking simple and solemn.
Manjusri Hall is called a national treasure by the local people. It was built in the 16th year of Liao Yingli (966 AD). It is one of the nine known buildings of the Liao Dynasty, and it is the only civil structure building that has not been rebuilt.
The preciousness of Manjusri Hall lies in its three treasures: murals, bucket arches, and window lattices. Appreciating the murals is not an extravagant hope, and it is enough to look inside the locked door. It is said that the murals inside are by no means made by small folk artisans, but must have come from the hands of court masters. The single figures in the murals are larger than real people, and the techniques of mineral pigments and standing powder paste gold are used. The murals are very heavy, and the murals are matched with the sculpture groups that have been destroyed in the hall. The momentum of the composition is rare even in Dunhuang.
The second treasure window lattice of the main hall is the Linghua lattice window style that emerged in the Liao and Song Dynasties. The workmanship is simple and exquisite, especially the one next to the left Mingzhu. Some resemble characters, and some resemble the dancing Beijing characters of the Beijing Olympics. The window lattice is the weakest part in the building, and it is an extremely vulnerable part. It is a miracle that it can be preserved for thousands of years without damage.
The three-treasure bucket arches in the main hall are highly praised by architects. The architectural regulations of the main hall are very high, with thick materials, exquisite design, and tight seams between the falcons and ridges.
The mottled plaques and smooth white jade stepping stones of the Manjusri Hall mark the age of the hall.
On both sides of the main hall, there are scripture buildings and stone tablets from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. There are damaged ancient monument components piled up in the corner of the temple. A stone Buddha with a lost head sits silently on the side of the courtyard. There are many things worth exploring in the Pavilion Temple. story.
The bell tower of Geyuan Temple has long since collapsed, and this Liao Dynasty Flying Fox Bell with accurate inscriptions has also been grounded for many years. It has been eroded by wind and rain for thousands of years and was lucky to escape the catastrophe of the big steel smelting, and it is still pounding and roaring. Back then, this big bell was hung on the bell tower, and the bell rang loudly every morning, and the nearby people heard it, which is one of the twelve beauties of Laiyuan in ancient times - "the bell of the pavilion".
The two pines of dragon and phoenix growing in front of the hall are not strong, among them, the dragon pine is dead, and the phoenix pine is still green. The trunk and branches of the dragon pine have no bark, and people are still unwilling to remove it. With the support of external forces, the dead tree crown stretches out into the sky like two dragon horns, as if it is showing something to the sky.
Wanyue Hotel appears to be very large in the county seat, with clean and well-equipped rooms. There are batches of guests checking in in the hotel lobby, most of whom are guests of tour groups. Lemanju opposite the hotel is marked with the words of Laiyuan Old Store. In fact, it is a restaurant mainly serving Sichuan cuisine, but the dishes cooked with Laiyuan sour soup tofu still have a unique taste. Laiyuan is also scorching sun during the day, but it is really cool after sunset. The restaurant guy said that it is even cooler on the mountain, and you need to wear a coat at night on the mountain.
Baishi Mountain is located at the northern end of the eight hundred-mile Taihang Mountain. It is an important area in China's Fangshan National Geopark. For example, the "Baishi Qingyun" here is the first of the twelve beauties of Gulaiyuan. Baishi Mountain is a place where large pictures are produced. The vast sea of clouds in the red sun and the thousands of peaks surrounded by clear clouds and mist are amazing. However, to enjoy the ultimate beauty, you need to pay and luck.
Baishi Mountain Scenic Area has two scenic entrances, the east and the west. You need to take the cableway or scenic car up the mountain to reach the Xiangyun Gate on the east side and Cuiping Peak on the west side respectively. Due to the epidemic, the west gate is closed. Take the cableway at the east gate, and you can see the Baishi mountain above it shrouded in thick clouds and mist, and you can see part of the mountain in a vague way. This kind of weather is full of changes. If there is some wind, it may be seen To the expected beautiful scenery.
Taking the cableway to the leek garden on the mountain, we encountered a puff of white mist swimming in the mountain stream. The fairy-like scenery made people very happy. At this time, the sky seemed to be a little brighter. The tour was full of expectations, but the good times didn't last long, and it started to rain after a while, and the whole tour was either drizzle or cloudy.
Tourists in the Leek Garden will face three tour routes to choose from: the peak route is not suitable for ordinary tourists, not to mention the consumption of physical strength and time, and there are not many landscapes on the road; Due to the epidemic situation, the west gate of the Shuangxiongshi Line is closed. At present, tourists can only choose one of the lines for round-trip tours, or connect the two lines in series for a loop.
The route introduction of the scenic spot is not clear, but tourists still can't figure out the doorway before the schematic diagram of the route of the scenic spot. Tourists can't figure out the difficulty of each route. In this critical position, the scenic spot did not arrange personnel to guide.
We didn't know the condition of the route, so we simply took the Feihu Gorge + Shuangxiongshi Great Ring Road according to the route A recommended in the picture. Under the dark clouds and drizzle, we cheered up and started the tour of Baishi Mountain. There is a saying: sunshine is not as good as rain, rain is not as good as fog, and fog is not as good as clouds. The artistic conception of "Baishi Qingyun" tour.
The epidemic has indeed dampened people's courage to go out. In the past years, the bustling northern fairy mountains and summer resorts, but now there are very few tourists. Only three generations of old, middle-aged and young families from Baoding walked with us to the end.
In this strange nature with the crown of clouds above and the veins of land below, the cliff corridors hanging hundreds of meters high are amazing. They are not only the passages to the deep fairyland, but also a precipitous and beautiful landscape in themselves. On the long and narrow plank road, in the winding U-shaped canyon, what you feel is extremely thrilling and exciting.
The double-layer glass bridge erected on the dangerous rocks between the two mountains is even more classic. The unique design is the first in China. It is connected to a glass plank road on a lone peak, which can bring more vision to tourists. No one went up to the glass bridge and plank road, and they didn't know whether it was safe on the bridge. To be on the safe side, everyone chose to look around.
Immortal drying boots is one of the wonders of Baiyun Mountain. The hanging rock that looks like a boot is so balanced on a lone peak. Could it be that it was fixed and connected with metal materials? The introduction of the scenic spot shows that this geological landscape of hanging rocks is due to the many vertical joints in the rock strata. Although it has been weathered and peeled off for hundreds of millions of years, the center of gravity of the remaining rocks is still on the main cliff, and the rocks gradually become the shape of boots. Finally, the landscape of fairy drying boots on the isolated peak was formed. Immortal drying boots is the most realistic shape in the scenic spot, but the sun is out today, and the boots may be filled with rain.
Viewed horizontally as ridges and sideways as peaks, the distance and height are different. Slightly changing the position and angle, the Xianren Sunshoe Peak and the two surrounding peaks just now wonderfully form another interesting landscape - the Three Saints Pilgrimage to the Buddha. The three standing peaks are arranged in a line, as if three standing postures are worshiping upwards The bodhisattvas lean forward slightly, facing the gods and Buddhas in a humble manner, showing a pious posture.
Three caves overlap, and the three peak walls not far apart have been weathered into three through caves. Through the caves, you can see different worlds, which is really unique. The three caves are endowed with a beautiful symbol. One hole is wider than the other, implying the three processes of meeting, getting to know each other, and loving each other. Finally, one kiss for a thousand years and step into the palace of happiness.
The God of Taihang, a strange mountain that has been weathered into a slender and tall mountain, stands alone among the peaks. Some say it is like a kind old man, telling people about the historical changes of Baishi Mountain; After hundreds of millions of years of natural baptism, the God of Taihang still stands there like a stalwart, guarding Laiyuan, Baishi Mountain and Taihang.
Baishi Mountain is a geological museum, where you can not only appreciate the uncanny craftsmanship of nature, but also learn a lot of geological knowledge. Thousands of volumes of heavenly books, layers of strange rocks, like pages of a book. This kind of rock is called wavy stromatolites, which belong to a kind of biosedimentary structure. It is a light and dark wavy layer formed by blue-green algae bonded with stucco and lime sand in the ancient coastal zone.
Pillar Congfeng. This piece of stone cones with connected roots and thick bottom and thin top forms a spectacular landscape of peaks and clusters. In fact, this kind of landscape is not formed by combination, but by differentiation. They are the natural product of hundreds of millions of years of crustal fission and wind and rain. Mountains gradually change from peaks to peak walls to peak pillars, and eventually they will completely peel off. , collapsed, and disappeared.
The section from the 1600-meter line to the 1900-meter line was supposed to be completed by taking the Feiyunkou cableway, but due to the outage of the cableway, it can only be climbed on foot. This section, which is similar to a ladder, is a test of one's physical fitness and perseverance. It has never been so difficult. The whole body is wet, whether it is sweat or rain.
Swear together. Baishi Mountain is a place where love culture is concentrated. The marble peak above the abyss is designed as a heart-shaped platform. Hold hands on the platform and touch the same heart stone. If you make vows and wishes sincerely, you will be protected and blessed by the Queen Mother of the West. .
Bajie gets married. According to legend, Tianpeng was drunk and molested Chang'e, and was demoted to the mortal world and fell in love with Miss Gao's family. So the two went to church and got married. The uncanny workmanship of nature has formed the peculiar scene of Zhu Bajie carrying his wife on his back, and also portrayed the image of Bajie's model husband.
The dolphins come out of the water, and this lonely peak is like a little dolphin preparing to rush out of the sea, but this scene needs the cooperation of the sea of clouds in the mountain stream.
Due to the suspension of the Feiyunkou cableway, the Feihu Gorge Line and the Shuangxiongshi Line made the mountain tour extremely difficult for more than eight hours and ten kilometers. The drizzle and dark weather not only increased physical exertion, but also made Baiyun The mountain lacks the elegant and graceful taste, but from the not too transparent sight, it can be seen that the Baiyun Mountain with its dense peaks is indeed a wonderful work in the Taihang Mountains.
