Shiqian County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province, known as "ancient hot springs, long history, and splendid culture", has a simple folk customs, a sound ecology, harmony and friendliness, and is an ancient country of Yelang civilization. On the magical hot land surrounded by mountains and rivers of 2,173 square kilometers, the unique karst geomorphology and historical location factors have enabled Shiqian to preserve a good ecological environment and create a variety of unique and excellent natural tourism resources.
Shiqian Hot Spring: One of the oldest hot springs in China
Shiqian, which enjoys the reputation of "Hometown of Hot Springs in China", has 20 natural outcropping points and 36 thermal mineral springs in the county, with wide distribution, large flow, high water quality, constant water temperature, and a daily flow of geothermal water of 23,000 tons. The spring water is rich in lithium, strontium, zinc, selenium, radon, metasilicate and other healthy elements needed by the human body, and has reached the national standard for drinking natural mineral water and medical mineral water.
Shiqian Hot Spring, also known as Chengnan Hot Spring, is one of the oldest hot springs in China. Its facilities were first built in the 34th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1606 AD), and have a history of more than 400 years. It has a unique traditional bathing culture. . The spring water gushes out from the rock gap at the foot of the mountain. It is as clear as a mirror.
Today, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan and a construction area of 120,000 square meters, the Shiqian Ancient Hot Spring Scenic Spot, built by Shiqian Hot Spring Investment and Development Co., Ltd., is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. The scenic spot is developed in three phases to build a hot spring museum, a hot spring resort hotel, and a hot spring water park, including hot spring culture display area, leisure bathing experience area, forest secret soup area, multi-functional water experience area and other projects. There are 138 hot spring bathing pools in the scenic area, which can accommodate nearly 10,000 people for bathing at the same time, and the daily reception capacity can reach 20,000 people.
Fodingshan Hot Spring Town, located in Zhongba Street, has a planned area of 627.8 mu and a total investment of about 1.45 billion yuan. The construction content is a high-end boutique resort hotel of Zen tea soup house, forest secret soup, hot spring water park, hot spring resort hotel and apartment, hot spring pension and rehabilitation resort, characteristic ethnic commercial street, etc.
The hot spring town is based on Shiqian hot spring resources, supported by rich and distinctive regional culture, and guided by the concept of hot spring entertainment, to build a hot spring town with three health care as the core, integrating sightseeing, vacation and health care, medical care, and leisure. A world-class hot spring town integrating entertainment, cultural experience, sports and fitness, and elderly care services.
Foding Mountain: China's Top Ten Unknown Mountains
Foding Mountain is located in the southwest of Shiqian County. It is a national nature reserve and one of China's top ten non-famous peaks. It is the second highest mountain in eastern Guizhou after Fanjing Mountain. Its main peak is 1869.3 meters above sea level. The well-preserved mid-subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in Foding Mountain, the Buddhist holy land in eastern Guizhou and the profound culture of the Gelao people make it stand out in the mountainous west.
The biological diversity of Foding Mountain is obvious. Known as the "gene bank of animals and plants", there are 16 species of wild plants under national key protection, 32 species of wild animals under national key protection, and 417 species of 119 families of vertebrates and insects that have been identified and named.
There are various types of tourist landscapes in Foding Mountain Nature Reserve, including mountains, river valleys, forest vegetation, religious culture, natural and cultural landscapes, which have high tourism value and are a good place for scientific exploration, climbing and sightseeing, and escaping the summer heat. In December 2014, with the approval of the State Council, Foding Mountain was promoted to a national nature reserve.
Walking along the banks of the Baoxi River at the foot of Foding Mountain, the ancient Deng's Ancestral Hall, the deep stone alleys, and the vermilion Wind and Rain Bridge, all show unique ethnic customs, allowing you to stay away from the bustling and hustle and bustle of the city, and gain comfort and joy.
Yuanyang Lake: the area with the largest population of mandarin ducks in China
Shiqian Yuanyang Lake is a wetland park that mainly protects mandarin ducks and their wetland ecosystem. It is an artificial lake formed by the construction of Shanping Reservoir. It is named after the gathering of mandarin ducks. Its wetland resources are abundant and the types of plants are diverse. In March 2011, the State Forestry Administration officially listed Shiqian Yuanyang Lake as a pilot of 45 national wetland parks across the country.
Shiqian Yuanyang Lake National Wetland Park is the first national wetland park (pilot) in Guizhou Province. The total planned area is 778 hectares, including 256 hectares of wetland and 67.49 hectares of water area. Including two areas of Yuanyang Lake and Baoxi River, it involves 9 administrative villages in 5 townships (streets) of Fengxiang, Wude, Tangshan, Zhongba, and Pingshan.
There are 816 species of vascular plants in 156 families, 455 genera, and 15 species of wild animals under national key protection. Today, there are more than 1,500 mandarin ducks here, and Yuanyang Lake has become one of the areas with the largest population of mandarin ducks (resident birds) in the country.
The lake area has beautiful scenery, quiet environment, simple and rich folk customs around it, has extremely high protection value, scientific research value and tourism value, and is a wonderful flower of wetland resources in Guizhou.
While guiding the masses to protect precious wild resources, the local government rationally develops wetland resources and develops eco-tourism. The mandarin duck, which "symbolizes loyal love", has become another channel for local villagers to increase their income, realizing the goal of beautiful mountains and rivers and making the masses rich.
Upstairs Ancient Village: A Rare Ancient Village of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Located in Guorong Township, Loushang Ancient Village, surrounded by mountains and rivers, has a quiet environment, integrating ancient temples, ancient houses, ancient theater buildings, ancient alleys, ancient bridges, ancient wells, ancient trees, ancient tombs, ancient books, ancient styles, and ancient rhymes. It is an ancient village of the Zhou family in the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. In front of the village, there are layers of terraced fields, quiet rivers and towering ancient trees. Next to the village, there are tall ancient maple trees distributed in the shape of "Big Dipper", which makes the world marvel at the mystery.
In the village, there are more than 200 residential buildings row upon row, including 5 Ming Dynasty buildings, 58 Qing Dynasty buildings, and 34 Republic of China buildings. The architectural decoration is simple and simple, with exquisite craftsmanship, and the ancient stone alleys lead to seclusion. Here, it is not only an ideal place for rural tourism, but also a place to explore and explain the mystery of the ancient Yelang culture.
The Zitong Palace Group is the most representative ancient building in the ancient village. It integrates the theater building, the main hall, the back hall, the north and south hatchbacks and courtyards, and the Guanyin Pavilion, covering an area of more than 3,000 square meters and a construction area of 483.7 square meters.
Upstairs Ancient Building Complex was announced by the Guizhou Provincial People's Government as the fourth batch of key cultural relics protection units in June 2006. It was named "China's Famous Historical and Cultural Village" by the Ministry of Construction and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in December 2008. In May 2013 It was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Fairy Street Scenic Spot: Three Wonders of the World
Located on the top of Zhongling Mountain in the west of the city, Xianren Street, Shiqian County, restores the historical relic landscape and eco-tourism scenic spot. Relying on its unique ecological advantages and peculiar natural landscape, it strives to create a green, livable and tourist-friendly, intensive ecological and cultural type, and high-end experiential tourism. Scenic spots, making it a "happy real estate" that the surrounding people are proud of.
Xianren Street is famous all over the world, with outstanding people. The climate is humid all year round, surrounded by clouds and mists. When it is sunny, the sea of clouds in the mountains is rolling like a fairyland;
The scenic spot has the world's longest skyship-shaped glass cantilever
Corridor, the most complete boulder in the world - the natural fairy stone street, the original ecological 10,000 mu stone slab rhododendron flower sea "three wonders of the world", which integrates unique natural landscape and landform, rich and simple folk customs and profound history and culture. It retains complete natural landscapes such as fairy footprints, fairy dogs looking at the street, fairy turtles drying their backs, fairy wine cups, ancient post roads, and eagle rocks.
The scenic spot takes "Tianci Ancient Hot Spring Yunshang Xianren Street" as an opportunity for development, adheres to the principle of "developing in protection and protecting in development", fully excavates the profound regional culture, gives full play to the advantages of characteristic resources, and regards the scenic spot as a driving force for the people to make a fortune. The cash cow and cornucopia of the city, we will concentrate our efforts to create a new business card of "hot spring + mountain" tourism, truly realize the goal of "protecting the mountains and rivers, inheriting the culture, and benefiting the people of the area", injecting new resources into rural revitalization, poverty alleviation, and high-quality economic development. Strong new power.