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 Beijing Longqing Ravine |
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| Brief Introduction of Lognqingxia Gorge |
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Small Three
Gorges surpasses the Three Gorges, while its mountain is more
dangerous than the Three Gorges’. Small Lijiang River overpasses Lijiang River; while its water is clearer than Lijiang River’s. The title: a unique scenic spot beyond the Great wall. It was a visitor who wrote this couplet for Longqing Ravine. Perhaps, it contains historical culture of the scenic spot; perhaps, it is difficult for visitors to show their deep feelings and embodiment completely through this couplet. It is Longqing Ravine that not only contains the gentleness and gracefulness of the southern scenery, but also has the power and loftiness of the northern scenery. It incorporates the strong points of northern and southern scenery and becomes a bright pearl beyond the Great Wall ……… Water is like green ribbon and mountain as emerald hairpin. If visiting Longqing Ravine by boat, you will feel that you hands gently unwrap a roll of landscape, along with gentle breeze blowing against your face at Lijiang River, you are completely immersed in a picturesque scene. The different mountains are arranged with winding and cragginess, called their names in accordance with shapes and the implied meaning of the shape. more than 30 scenic spots are created by nature’s vicissitude and super craftsmanship, such as: mountain-guarded Buddha, Bell Mount, Phoenix Island, East Tachai and Moon Gulf. The scenic spots are attached with human feelings, so they have human personality and spiritualism. Green waves and clean stream hover zigzagly, with its color as thick forests’ and softness as fabrics’, shadow of birds and mountains and cloud mirroring in water. Water flows around mountains, with a feeling of “ when reaching the cliff, you have doubt there is no road, while there is another sky after cloud disappearing". The climate in midsummer is cool, with fresh air. The temperature is 6 degrees lower than that of the urban area of Beijing, even 0.8 degrees lower than that of Chengde Mountain Resort. It is extremely cold in midwinter, with longer ice age. Therefore, it creates ice lantern art—exotic flowers, gorge, an ice-carving world, and an northland ice-snow paradise. The footprint of history and ancient temples brush a layer of ancient copper for the beautiful scenery, making it more ancient, deep and quiet. The gods yard towers in hills and mountains, standing at the peak of the alone mountain. Elegance of temples in Ming dynasty reproduced here in 1998. Among cloud and misty, and thick forests, layers of steps pile up according to mountains; palaces and towers row upon each other; emerald green tile and red wall reflect each other. ……. Jade Emperor Peak, where you can view other mountains, has solemn main cabinet with repeat brims and nine ridges.One once wrote—“ thousands of peaks appear in front of me, and thousands of gullies are low when turning back my head.” Relying on the fence to view, you will find gorges flowing deviously and its dangerous situation. If you watch all the scenery, you will find billows of peaks seem to pour and misty smoke rises from mountains. You will have the feeling of flying by riding wind to return. Giants Temple in the gorges hide between the south Giants Mountain and north Giants Mountain. Forest is deep and gully is quiet, with fresh environment. The eaves of the temple fly in the sky, with carved and green tile, towering towers, and red columns as well as carved rafter. The ancient temple hides in the mountains, tolling spreading in the empty valley. There are many legends in Longqing Ravine, which romances fancy magnificence and misted suspense. Longqing Ravine constructed amusement facility, which is in harmony with the rhythm of the landscape. Gorge mouth, a megalosaurus with length of 258 meters, hangs in thousands of cliffs with the way of head down and trail up, along with sparking squama and flying beards and claws. This is the dragon shape lift which was rated as the first lift in Asian. Visitors arrive slipway immediately by taking the life unconsciously. You can’t help trying rapid-sliding ropeway flying in the air and exciting bungee. If you take on cable car, you quickly reach Jade Emperor Peak and have a dream that you are like god. If you cross 300-meters flowers cavity, you have already crossed over the Southland and northland, visiting all scenery in the four seasons. Chinese Mountaineering Association (CMA) prepared to construct and named Longqing Ravine as CMA Longqing Ravine rock- climbing and ice-climbing training base. It successfully held “Longqing Ravine Cup” national 7th rock--climbing tournament, letting more Chinese vigilant fighters challenge life limit. Finally, riding Foster wing-to-wing slideway crossed the mouth of valley is like riding beautiful rainbow. There is no risk in wind, envision and shock, then returning the reality from Longwing Ravine’s fairyland. Longqing Ravine has first-class service facility, with completed facility and excellent service. It is able to offer accommodation and visitors can have dinner, hold meeting and have fun here. Since its open in 1984, Longqing Ravine has already received over ten millions of visitors at home and abroad, including leaders of the country and the Party, such as Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Hu Jintao, Liu Huaqing, Chen Muhua, etc., and foreign friends, such as the Seychelles president, etc. Important figures left epigraphy and inscription to commemorate by the will. Longqing Ravine joined Beijing Holding Company in 1998. As one of “Beijing 16 scenic spots”, Longqing Ravine begins its new time……… |
