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Dalong
Qiu Scenic Zone |
| Between Ma'an Mountain and East
Mountain, the valley was called as West Inner Valley in ancient
time. There's a river named Jinxi River whose source is Dalong
Qiu and it passes Jinzhu Jian then inflows into Qingjiang River
and into the sea in the end. It is said that Xie Lingyun explored
Jinchu Jian but failed to climb the mountain then missed the
chance to explore Dalong Qiu. If it's not that case, the first
one who explored Mt. Yandang would not have been a foreign monk
named Nuojuna. It is such a delight to sit before Dalong Qiu
waterfall in rainy days. Even you live in the place where Huangguoshu
waterfall locates, it's a pity not to visit Dalong Qiu waterfall.
The other waterfalls are just waterfalls, but Dalong Qiu is
also a dragon. No waterfall could match it since it has a fall
of nearly 200 meters and nobody could tell all its beauty in
different days of the year. So Nuojuna who was dead watching
Dalong Qiu never wrote anything about it, which made many people
puzzled and in the end, a poet in Qing Dynasty named Jiang Ti
conclude that: It is difficult to describe Dalong Qiu waterfall.
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[Dalong
Qiu Scenic Zone] == Dalong Qiu |
| Dalong Qiu The fall of it is 197 meters and this is the longest
fall of Chinese waterfall, so it is called as the First Waterfall
in China. Literatures of all dynasties admire it. Dalong Qiu
becomes two dragons in the air and in the bottom of the deep
pool with varied manners. Yuan Mei, a poet in Qing Dynasty made
a poem to describe it for its magical view and the main content
of the poem is: "Long Qiu is so high that it seems that it comes
from the Heaven, you can just a line of waterfall. The top five
units of waterfall is still the water and ten units below is
all smoke. After hundreds of units, you can tell the difference
among water, cloud, smoke". |
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[Dalong
Qiu Scenic Zone] == Jinzhu Jian |
| Jinzhu Jian belongs to the valley and was named after the
bamboos called Jinzhu. It connects Jiangxing Valley and Qingjiang
River. The whole length is 4.15 kilometers. There are peaks
and temples on its side banks with forests and the valley is
peaceful. Jinxi River goes across the valley with different
speed, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, which forms 18 different
deep pools with different names such as New Moon, Valley Gate,
Washing Jade, Xiapei and Juying. Between those deep pools, there
are many shoals, valleys, cliffs. The water is clear and fresh
and there are many rocks in it. There are also many bridges
which own the features of trees and bamboos and rock steps in
order to make a harmonious environment. |
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[Dalong
Qiu Scenic Zone] == Luohan Temple |
| Luohan Temple is the Buddhist
temple construction and was founded for the first time in the
second year of Xianping of Song Dynasty by the famous monk named
Quan Liao and in the first year of Xining (1068) it was vouchsafed.
Since in the west of it there is a peak named Furong so its
previous name is Furong Temple. In the first year of Kangning
it was called as Luohan Temple since there is a rock like a
Luohan in the rock cliffs that is in front of it on the right.
The temple locates in the valley facing the south. There
is a flagstone bridge of fifty meters in front of the temple,
which is the only bridge made in Song Dynasty. It was built
in 1248 of Song Dynasty. On both sides of the road 100 meters
before the temple, the left peak is like a rising tiger opening
its month and the right rock is like a dipping lion with its
eyes open by shock. They are all very vivid rocks.
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