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Zhougong Mountain Scenic Area is located in the deep mountainous area in the west of Xingtai, Hebei, with a total area of 110 square kilometers. It is 65 kilometers away from downtown Xingtai and 30 kilometers away from Heshun County, Shanxi. In the scenic area, there are many mountains and steep mountains, strange peaks and cliffs, majestic and majestic mountains. Gushan is the peak of Zhougong Mountain, with an altitude of 1517 meters. It stands on the top of the peaks. It is majestic and unique. During the Liang and Jin Dynasties of the Five Dynasties, Li Cunxiao, the Jiedu envoy of Xingzhou and the thirteenth Taibao, once climbed this peak to look at the enemy, so it is also called Cunxiaonao. The orogenic movement hundreds of millions of years ago formed Zhougong Mountain's unique Zhangshiyan cliff landscape. On the top of the cliff in Shanxi, there are endless trees, green grass all over the mountains, flocks of sheep looking for food, and wild flowers of various colors. Looking around, people suddenly feel enlightened. Standing on the cliff, looking back at Xingtai, Hebei, there are rolling mountains, forested canyons, and a winding and rugged stone path looming among the mountains and forests; in the distance, the Xingfen Expressway is like a dragon, passing through the mountainside Pass.
There are mostly secondary forests in the Zhougong Mountain Scenic Area. In the valleys, there are mainly trees such as walnuts, chestnuts, persimmons, apples, red dates, apricots, aspens, elms, and acacias. There are wild boars, hares, squirrels, badgers, pheasants, rock pigeons, tits and other wild animals on the mountain. Due to the large altitude difference in Zhougong Mountain Scenic Area, the mountainous climate is obvious, and the temperature is 5-10 ℃ lower than that of Xingtai City, which constitutes a unique climate of "one place divided into two seasons". Especially in summer, the climate is cool and the terrain is flat and open, creating The unique climate phenomenon of the leisure resort.
There is also an ancient post road built in the early Ming Dynasty in Zhougong Mountain. This ancient post road paved with red stones has always been one of the main commercial roads connecting Hebei and Shanxi. For thousands of years, at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, countless merchants from Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places have continuously trafficked daily necessities such as grain, cloth, medicinal materials, mountain products, kerosene, etc. The Northwest Plateau and the Central Plains played an important role in the trade exchanges between Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Mongolia.
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09:00-18:30 all year round (last admission 18:00)
