Chaya mountain scenic area is located in SuiPing county Zhumadian, 25kilometers away from downtown, a total of 150 square kilometers, averagealtitude of 600 meters. It is the first scenic area published in Henan,presently that wins national geological parks, national forest park and national4A scenic spots. Because of its exquisite scenery that builds a strangebeautiful scenery scroll, Chayamountain is honored “Huaxia basin” and “Jiangbeiforest of stone”. The poor landform, so that is the military commanderbattleground. As the valuable and non-renewable geological heritage, the ChayaMountain includes the steepness of Huashan Mountain, splendor of TaishanMountain, peculiarity of Huangshan Mountain, elegance of Emei Mountain andtranquility of Yandang Mountain. As the only granite landform ruins in China,also rarely seen worldwide, Chaya Mountain has great scientific values.
And now, we have got into the ChayaMountainscenic, the whole scenic isdivided into four parts, namely Beeswax hill, Southhill, Northhill, six peakshill. The essence of scenic spots is mainly concentrated in the Southhillparts,just the part we're going to visit today. The mountain is bestowed with anagreeable climate and abundant resources. In each season, there is a splendor ofbeauty. In spring, birds sing and flowers give forth fragrance; in summer, theumbrageous woodlands can be seen and clinking sounds of flowing spring water canbe heard; in autumn, the mountain is fiery with maple leaves and in winter,clothed in white snow and ice。 Ok, please attention to look forward;we saw thehighest peak of the rock firstly that is the landscape of “monkey look uponmoon”, the protruding part in the center is “the sleeping Tang monk”,turn right45 degree, we will see the “drinking Bajie”. You will see his opening mouth andvertical tongue and pretty belly poured drunk in hillside, his childlike sceneis so lifelike that reluctant to leave.And then, we can see a peak that is“Beewax peak”, why entitled this name? It is side that there are full of wildflowers on the whole hill, so many bees are collecting pollen come here. And thehoney is too much and nobody collect it, so these honey were curdled in thestone. Every summer, the hill wasshined by the strong sunlight irradiation;honey will be flowedout the stone, and the whole mountain looks like besmearcovered with a thick layer of beeswax, so peopleput the mountain
named "Beeswax Mountain".And the lake under the mountain also got abeautiful name Xiumi lake. ChayaMountain, compared with other mountains has itsunique, the upper mount roll over one another, everywhere is strange stone, andmountain peaks, buton the bottom have thousands of holes. The MillionMan hole isone of them.Due to natural form of MillionMan hole is the underground cave, sothere are many holes in it, like a big giantmaze.And the space of the hole canaccommodate tens of thousands of people, therefore the name "million manhole".Enter the second door of the scenic area; we canpause to look upon theleft, a big tree hanging on the steep cliff. Its leaf is thick and cold, and itsdry resistance is strong. According to the provincial forestry bureau expertsidentified, it has been growing 600 years at here. Why it can survive in thisenvironment? Experts said that the root of the tree have a special function thatits root can secrete a kind of liquid that can dissolve microelement in therock, the tree will rely on absorption this rarely microelement to keep itslife.This also responds the saying:” The survival of the fittest”. Let’s keepmoving, now we came to the center of the scenic spot stone monkey park. EnterMonkey Park like into a monkey's warm home, three monkeys feel happy, pictured aharmonious family scenes.Look, there was a deep gorge in the north of the stonemonkey park that is the boundary between Chaya Mountain’s north hill and southhill. The stone monkey before our eyes that are the largest lifelike stonemonkey in the world. Looking at stone monkey at penglai three holes, seem to seea pair of embraced young lovers. But atxiumi lake area, then you can see thepeculiar landscape that elder monkey back younger monkey, it is real that astone three scenes. It is the time that ended the explain of Chaya mountain,then you can look around freely, after half an hour, we will gather at themountain’s door and have a lunch, please take full use of the time. Thank foryour cooperation!
the Native Place of Emperor Huangdi
The Native Place of Emperor Huangdi is located in the north of XinzhengCity. As a scenic spot of 4A- class assessed by the National Tour Bureau, it isa holly land for Chinese people all over the world to worship their ancestors,with memorial temples, andmausoleums of Emperor Huangdi situated here. Everyyear on March 3 of the lunar calendar, the day when the first emperor in Chinaestablished the first nation in Chinese history, people of Chinese origin fromhome and abroad gather in Xinzheng, the birthplace of XuanyuanHuangdi, or theYellow Emperor, to offer sacrifices and worship this legendary ancestor of theChinese nation. To respect this great Emperor, his descendants have held largeceremonies of worship, which have been attracting descendants of Yanhuang fromAmerica, Japan, Korea, Canada and other nations and areas each year. They comeback to worship, seeking their roots here in China.
Now, Here we are, The Native Place of EmperorHuangdi.This square was builtin the end of 1998.It covers an area of 15,000 square meters,of which 7,900square meters are covered with trees and flowers. It has become a very importantplace for the domestic and overseas Chinese descendants to hold large-scaledactivities to worship their ancestors. In the center of the square here is athree-legged tripod caldron, whichwas cast in the shape of bears, reminding ofthe Emperor Huangdi’s rising from the Youxiong Tribe. The three-sided body ofthe tripod caldron has the embossment of three dragons with a fireball, implyingthe glorious sun and praying for favorable weather for crops and a harvest.Standing at the center of the altar, it is laurelled as “the No.1 tripod caldronof the world” for its unparalleled size and its special origin. It is 6.99meters in height, 24 tons in weight, which has been registered in the GuinnessWorld Records. The height number of 6.99 made up of figure 6 and 9 implies themajesty of grandness in traditional Chinese culture. Through the Xuanyuan Bridgeabove the JishuiRiver , here we can see the main hall. Please look at the pairof the guarding animalssitting on both sides of the gate.They are stone bears.Do you know why chose bears to guard the gate? Because 5,000 years ago,thereused to be many bears in Xinzheng. Bear was a kind of animal,very powerful andfierce then. In order to show people’s worship, the Youxiong Tribe regarded bearas the totem of their own tribe. Well, let’s enter the hall, there’re 8 muralpaintings on the wall,which vividly depict the
great achievements of the Yellow Emperor during his life.They’reThe Birthof the Yellow Emperor,Making Boat and Chariot,Setting up an alliance byEmperorHuangdi and Emperor Yandi, Crusading AgainstChiyou,Making Youxiong theCapital, Holding High the Dragon Flag, Developing Agriculture and Stock Raising,Creation of Chinese Civilization. It’s a long story behind these paintings: Itis recorded that, in the Prehistoric Times, there lived many clans and tribesaround the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, yet Huangdi was the most renownedtribal leader at that time. When the tribe lead by Yandi began to decline,Huangdi's tribe was flourishing. During this period, Chiyou,another triballeader, often lead his stronger tribe to invade other tribes, and invadedYandi's tribe. With the help of Huangdi, they defeated Chiyou.After 52battlesHuangdi united China. All Chinese, despite nationalities, regardedHuangdias our ancestor. Huangdi, the initiator of Chinese civilization, was henceworshipped by his descendants. After the capital was built,EmperorHuangdi raisedhis flag of dragon, symbolizing the unification of all tribes. The dragon wasintegrated with different parts of various animals: horse’s head, deer’s horn,tiger’s mouth, snake’s body, fish’s scales, and eagle’s claw. Since then, dragonhas been the symbol of Chinese nation. On the both sides of the main hall,there’re eastern wing hall and western wing hall.In the east side hall,there isthe statue of LuoZu, the first wife of EmperorHuangdi. She was the first personto raise silkworm and weave silk in ancient China and alsoan outstandingrepresentative of ancient Chinese women. Every feudal dynasty set up temple forher and worshipped her as “the first ancestor in silkworm raising”. While in thewest side hall, here is the statue Mother Mo, the fourth wife of EmperorHuangdi, who had invented the earliest “loom”for weaving. Later generationscalled her “mother Mo---the ancestor of weavers”.