Colorful Stones Rock (or Caishiji, 采石矶) is located seven kilometers southwest of Ma’anshan City, Anhui Province, besides the banks of the Yangtze River. Caishiji, Chenglingji (城陵矶) in Yueyang (岳阳), and Yanziji (燕子矶) in Nanjing (南京), are collectively called the three most famous such rocks along the banks of the Yangtze River.

Harvest prayer altar

Harvest on the altar of prayer is to pray for favorable weather in the emperor and adequate harvest. Harvest in the City Hall of the principles of prayer, the building of the altar, is 38 meters (125 feet) high. It is built on three levels, which measures the cycle Terrace 6 meters (20 feet). The roof of the hall covered with a dark blue glazed tiles, the color of the sky. There are three circular balcony balusters, City Hall seemed to be more noble.

The structure of a good harvest prayer hall is a miracle. Pavilion-style hall full of wood, but it is not within the beam or purlin. 28 pillars support the three-tier architecture, with four in the center, symbolizing the four seasons of the year. One country on each side pillars 12 to 12 months and 12 Shichens day (a unit of time used by ancient Chinese, a Li Shichen equivalent to two hours).

Yuanshan altar
Circular mound altar, held at the Winter Solstice Festival. It was built in 1530, young harvest on the altar of prayer. Tsukamoto is a three-tiered circular platform, which is building a comprehensive Qingshi. Each balcony is a small white marble balusters. Both the number of stones in a circle and a number of railing posts 9, 9 on behalf of infinity This is a unique paradise. If you stand on the stone and the floor, a very low voice, you will hear the echo of 0.07 seconds.

The north mound is a round tablet empire which God placed in the firmament of heaven. The establishment of the main hall is a round hall with dark blue roof, a symbol of paradise. City Hall East, Assistant worship the gods of the stars, including solar, scoop, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Assistant in the West Hall, dedicated to the god of natural phenomena, including wind, rain, thunder and lightning. This is a courtyard surrounded by a wall length of 193 meters (633 feet). The wall is a well-known ‘whispering gallery’. If one whispered to the hall, another person who is standing on the wall from the 100-200 m (328-656 feet) speakers can be heard clearly.

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Shuanglong Lake

Shuanglong Lake is located in the jungle Huohua falls below the sea. It is considered to be its name from two biological calcium dykes, including hidden water. May be due in a peaceful environment and good wishes of the two huge “dragon”, there are many beautiful swans and mandarin ducks full of feelings. Fortunately, tourists can catch up with the view of ducks and swans swimming groups to dance in the air.

Shuzheng Falls

Shuzheng Falls stretches several kilometers. 19 small States and the Great Lakes region, as well as trees and waterfalls will provide you a brilliant and beautiful views of natural scenery.

Reed Lake

Reed lake about 2140 meters high. It is actually a semi-marsh lake, where reeds abound and birds fly freely. When the reed into the flower, flower and downs like layers down to attract a large number of wild ducks and egrets to be here. Reed Lake thriving and flourishing vitality suffuses.

Trigger Lake

Lead to increased lake 2187 meters, covering an area of 36,352 square meters and depth of nine meters deep. Water is blue and clear. When the fog dispersed in the morning, the sun rose, it seems that a lot of sparks flashing, blinking lake. Sparks Lake, submerged in the surrounding green jade, jade disk looks like a magic pearl and jewelry.

In summer, wild flowers in full bloom to the glorious Red Army and purple. The morning of an early warning system in line with the fragmented sparks glorious lake, leaving a large number of tourists to enjoy.

Rinuolang Falls

Jiuzhaigou waterfall is very beautiful. Some of them are small and slow flows, some of which flows rapidly, some of which looks like a jade ribbon, some of which look like galaxies. Falls are more than six broad and longer than the Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou Province. Falls Rinuolang the height of 30 meters and more than 100 meters wide. Mobile plummeting, and has a very loud voice. Falls over in front of the quiet forest, a slow speed, and then a sudden movement of the deep. There will always be the voice sounds like thunder when falling into the ravine. Rinuolang Falls is a spectacular waterfall.

As Huanglong, Jiuzhaigou is the home of endangered giant pandas and golden snub-nosed monkey, although had been transferred to the Wolong National Nature Reserve, about 250 kilometers south, where their special needs can better be met. Jiuzhaigou Valley is also renowned for its special varieties of azaleas and bamboo, and its 140 different bird species. As Huanglong, Jiuzhaigou is an alpine environment, in spite of the moderate and lusher 1. It is the same as the “cornerstone” of calcite deposits are a variety of brightly colored transparent corrosion pool - many of which are full of emerald lakes - and many of the stones scattered at the bottom of the blink of an eye, to catch up with the sun. Jiuzhaigou is a transitional climate zones in the northern and southern biotopes overlap in the region a spectacular botanical garden and zoo.

Jiuzhaigou National Park itself is beautiful with its amazing mountain gorges and multi-level waterfalls, bright lakes, and views of snow-capped mountains. The park is quite large, 59 kilometers across the north-south and 19 kilometers east-west, with Zheng Gu as its main basin, but with the network of smaller branches from the Zheng Gu Valley. There are 12 snow-covered peaks rising as high as more than 2000 around the corner Gu Zheng.

Jiuzhaigou in the growing popularity of foreign tourists in particular - of course, as a result of this region has an unparalleled beauty of the original - has led to the construction boom to meet the needs of tourists, is not conducive to the natural attractiveness of the region, which in turn produced a self-regulating the impact of the number of visitors, for example, the country did not feel the need for further intervention. Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area is still a well maintained and popular tourist attractions, especially for those who seek paradise on earth to see.

History

During the Warring States Period, about 2300 years ago, the people who live year-Min shore troubled by the flood. Water chestnut ah Li Qin governor to investigate this issue and found that the river is increased by the rapid movement of the spring melt water burst from the local bank to reach the mountains, the slow-moving, and an extension of the following serious siltation.
The most obvious solution is to build a dam, but water chestnut ah Lai was also charged with maintaining the waterway open for military vessels of the frontier troops, so he is not a front part of the construction of artificial levees to redirect the flow of the river and then a channel , Shan Lei discharge excess water, the stem beyond the Chengdu Plain.

Building
Lai ah force received 100,000 taels of silver items, from the beginning of the work of Zhao and Qin, who is said to set up a number of tens of thousands. Sausage-shaped construction of long-term dam woven bamboo basket filled with stones to hold in place as Zhulong called Martha wooden tripod. The massive construction for 4 years to complete.

Today, Dujiangyan City, has become a major tourist attraction. This is also the admiration of scientists around the world, because it has a neat feature. And contemporary water dams to intercept a huge wall, Dujiangyan still allow water through natural. Do not let the modern dam after a very good fish, as is the wall of each dam and water levels are different. In 2000, as a UNESCO World Heritage Dujiangyan.

Engineering Construction

  The first irrigation
Li Bing, irrigation systems, including the three major building work to ensure that the harmony and keep each other, as well as floods and water supply.
River fish head or fish I named conical head and said: This is similar to the mouth of a fish is an important part of building Bing. This is an artificial embankment into the water to the internal and external flow. Stream within about 40% to 60% increase in flood season, the inflow of river water irrigation system at the same time, other than outside the drainage flow, and the rest of flushing a large amount of silt and sediment.

Or flying sand Feishayan weir of 200 meters there is a wide open flow of internal and external connections. This will allow for the flood to ensure that the natural swirling flow of water consumed excess water to drain from the inside. A modern reinforced concrete weir has replaced Li Bing, son of the original weighted basket.

Lebanon Baopingkou or water chestnut ah bottleneck channel dug through the mountain, is the last part of the system. Farm water distribution channels to the West, and the narrow entrance to it by this name, as an inspection door, creating a vortex flow of water to remove excess飞沙fence to ensure that the precautions against flooding.

Anlan Suspension
Anlan or his wife across the full width of the bridge connecting the two river banks and man-made island is known as a bridge for five years in ancient China. Li Bing Zhupu the original cross-bridge only to connect with the flow of the embankment at the foot of mine. This is to replace the bridge destroyed the Song Dynasty Pingshi the end of the Ming Dynasty in the war.

Place in the Qing Dynasty in 1803 asked him to Germany and his first wife filed for the construction of a replacement, made of wooden plates and bamboo handrails, across two streams, which is called Nick and his wife this is the honor of the Bridge. This was in 1970 replaced the modern bridge of reinforced concrete and steel chain, it is now open to tourists.

Temple Ruins
Two Kings Temple
Erwang or two King Temple is located at the foot of the bank in the mine. Wangdi original temple was built in memory of the ancient Shu Wang relocation and the local people here changed its name to Temple ah fortunate than Lebanon, and his legendary son, they have posthumously promoted to the rank of King.

10,072 square meters of the Qing Dynasty wooden temple complex in line with the standards of traditional design, but it does not follow the North-South axis. The main hall, which contains the Li Bing, a modern sculpture, has opened up to the opera stage, facing the courtyard. On the traditional birthday of Li Bing, the Chinese on the 24th July, the local opera to the public and throwing water in the Ching Ming Festival.

Contains less of the god of modern sculpture Erlang Shen Li Bing’s son who allegedly, but history can not confirm this, as well as possible, he invented the local hero to them for future generations in order to maintain his family tradition. Booth Museum Guanlantin more complexity and is engraved with wise words from Lebanon, such as water chestnut ah, when the river flow in the twists and turns, cutting off direct access; when the river wide and shallow, dig it deeper.

Temple Dragon tamed
Long Fulonguan or tame Liudi Park Temple was built in commemoration of the 3rd century Fan Changsheng, Taoism founder of the Jin Dynasty days. Following the death of Hall of Li Bing, established in his honor and renamed to commemorate the legend of the temple is surrounded by fighting the dragon with him.

It is here that Erlang Shen, The Legend of Li Bing’s son, is said to be chained dragon, he and his friends have captured 7 of the Town God’s Temple in the river ambush, the collection of a person’s expense. It is said that this action is to protect the area since the flood.

Water chestnut in the Eastern Han Lai ah statue in the river to monitor water flow, higher than his shoulder to indicate that the floods and his legs are below drought. From the river in 1974 and placed on display in the main hall, which is the oldest known stone statue of a person in China.