Jiangxi Longhu Mountain, a world geopark, a national 4A-level scenic tourist area, a national forest park, a world natural heritage, a collection of male/strange/dangerous/show/secluded morphological beauty and spatial coordination beauty in one, Danxia landform, strange peaks show, vivid modeling landscape, Danya clear water, Taoist culture and the mystery of the hanging coffin constitute the "three uniques" of Longhu Mountain landscape
Longhu Mountain, the "Taoist capital of China", is located 16 kilometers away from the southern suburbs of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, and is famous for its "Immortal Capital" and "Blessed Land on Earth" since ancient times, and is the birthplace of Taoism in China and a famous Taoist mountain with a long history. It is not only the second batch of national key scenic spots (1988), national forest parks (2000), national 4A-level scenic tourism areas (2001), but also one of the 21 key open palaces and temples determined by the State Council (1983), national key cultural relics protection units (2001), and national historical and cultural towns (2007). In 2007, it was designated a Global Geopark by UNESCO. In 2010, the 34th session of the World Heritage Committee voted to approve the inscription of "China Danxia" on the World Heritage List as a world natural heritage. Jiangxi Longhu Mountain and Guifeng, as the "China Danxia" joint World Heritage project, together with Hunan Langshan, Guangdong Danxia Mountain, Fujian Taining, Guizhou Chishui, Zhejiang Jianglang Mountain, won the world-recognized top brand, and became Jiangxi's "double crown" scenic spot with a world geopark and a world natural heritage.
The Longhu Mountain Scenic Area has a planned area of 262 square kilometers and is now composed of seven scenic spots and one peripheral independent scenic spot. Among them, Xianshui Rock Scenic Area, Zhengyi Scenic Area, Shangqing Palace Scenic Area, Matsu Rock Scenic Area, Yingtian Mountain Scenic Area, Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, and Shengjing Mountain Scenic Area are the main body of the scenic area, and Guigu Cave is an independent scenic spot on the periphery of the scenic area. There are 52 scenic spots and 230 landscapes in the district.
The mountains and rivers of Longhu Mountain are natural and beautiful. Luxi River (flowing through Shangqing Town, Longhu Mountain, commonly known as Shangqing River) originates in the lofty mountains of Fujian and Jiangxi Zixi, like a winding jade belt, connecting the strange peaks and strange stones of Longhu Mountain, and the dense forest and bamboo on both banks. The Danxia landform composed of red conglomerate is accompanied by the Luxi River, forming a wonderful scene of "a stream of water glazed together, and a purple and green pile of clouds and mountains". Danya's clear water, mountains and rivers blend, and the long-standing Taoist culture, the mystery of the ancient cliff tomb that has not been solved for thousands of years, perfectly combined, complementing each other.
The Danxia landform of Longhu Mountain, the strange peaks show out, the modeling landscape is vivid, it integrates the morphological beauty and spatial coordination beauty of "majestic, strange, dangerous, showy, secluded", and is an excellent destination for people to travel and leisure, explore, scientific research, collect wind and study. Scenic area 99 peaks and 24 rocks, more densely distributed on both sides of the Luxi River, it can be said that the scenery is in the water, the water is in the scene, raft down the Luxi River, will let you find people swimming in the painting, the feeling of rafting in the fairyland.
Many literati and writers in history, such as Gu Jing, Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, Wen Tianxiang, Zhao Mengzhaoye (hu), Xu Xiake, Chen Lu, etc., have left poems and texts praising the clear water of Danya on the banks of the Luxi River, which have become valuable cultural relics of Longhu Mountain.
Taoism takes cultivation into immortals as the highest realm, and the magical and beautiful Danshan and clear water of Longhu Mountain, far away from the hustle and bustle, the balance of rigidity and softness, and the balance of yin and yang, "receiving the boundless true qi of heaven and earth, and taking the yang essence of the void of the universe", is an ideal place for cultivation. The first generation of heavenly master Zhang Daoling, visited the famous mountains and rivers, and finally chose Longhu Mountain to refine the pill, "Dan Cheng Longhu See", Longhu Mountain naturally became the birthplace of Taoism.
Longhu Mountain is inseparable from the cliff tombs of the ancient Yue people in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The ancient Ganyue people chose to bury the deceased in a layer-controlled trough (sunny, sheltered, dry, and safe) ten to fifty or sixty meters high above the ground (river), so that the deceased could be preserved for a long time to comfort their souls in the sky. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 200 cliff tombs in the Longhu Mountain Scenic Area, which are mainly distributed in the Shuiyan Scenic Area and the Matsu Rock Scenic Area. At that time, who could enjoy the treatment of hanging coffin burial after death? Why are you buried in a cliff? How is the hanging coffin put into the cliff groove? These mysterious questions have become puzzling and fascinating mysteries for the ages.
The Danya and clear water made in heaven, the long-standing Taoist culture, and the mystery of the hanging coffin that are difficult to solve through the ages constitute the "three uniques" of the landscape of Longhu Mountain. The biggest feature of Longhu Mountain is the perfect combination and integration of the three. Experts say: Longhu Mountain is the most perfect place in all the scenic spots in China, where the combination of landscape and cultural landscape is the most perfect. For example, the ancestor of the heavenly master Zhang Daoling alchemy and cultivation of the Zhengyi view, backed by Longhu Mountain; The Doushi Palace, where the Heavenly Master writes poems and paints, is located in the city of immortals; Hundreds of cliff tombs of the ancient Yue people rely on the layered control grooves on the Danya cliffs......
The beautiful scenery of Danxia in Longhu Mountain is blended with Taoist culture, cliff tomb culture, Zen culture, folk culture, and mental culture, which is dazzling and beautiful.