Oriental flower capital, ancient cultural state--Qingzhou

Thousand-year-old Wenshu Temple

Qingzhou has a long history, splendid culture, beautiful scenery and rich tourism resources.

In recent years, focusing on the overall goal of building a "famous cultural city and a famous tourist city", Qingzhou City has made every effort to launch the characteristic tourism brand of "Oriental Flower Capital, Cultural Ancient State", and strives to build a Foshou cultural tourism area, The ancient city cultural tourism area, the mountain forest leisure tourism area, the Oriental Huadu leisure tourism area, and the Qi cultural tourism area have significantly increased the overall influence and reputation of Qingzhou tourism.

In the golden autumn, Qingzhou’s flowers bloom and fruits are fragrant, and the Seventh China Flower Expo is being held. We sincerely welcome friends from all over the country to enjoy the flowers, the moon, and spend a wonderful time.

The five major tourist areas are improving day by day

In recent years, the Qingzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have followed the specific goals of building a "three bright and one strong" ecologically civilized new Qingzhou, and based on the "one city and four districts" The overall layout of urban development fully explores, refines and integrates the city's tourism resources.

Using the original scenic spots as the carrier, improving the connotation as the guide, integrating resources as the means, and aiming to build brands and build important tourist destinations, 50 tourism projects have been planned and constructed, with a total investment of 15 billion yuan. In terms of spatial layout, it has initially built five major tourism areas: Foshou Cultural Tourism Area, Ancient City Cultural Tourism Area, Mountain Forest Leisure Resort Tourism Area, Oriental Huadu Leisure Tourism Area, and Qi Cultural Tourism Area. The scale of Qingzhou’s tourism products The quality and appeal have been greatly improved.

The Flower Expo welcomes distinguished guests

Qingzhou’s flower industry is developed. In recent years, Qingzhou has vigorously developed its flower industry while fully developing tourism resources. It has held eight consecutive flower expos. .

On September 26, the 7th China Flower Expo was held in Qingzhou and will last until October 5.

The China Flower Expo is currently my country's largest, highest-level, and most influential national comprehensive flower event, and is known as the "Olympics" of the flower industry.

To hold the Flower Expo, Qingzhou City invested more than 2 billion yuan to plan and build the 60-square-kilometer "Oriental Flower Capital Eco-City".

A "seven areas" with the Flower Expo Plaza, the main venue area, and the Dongyi Cultural Icon Park as the main contents have been built.

At the same time, the largest indoor flower trading market in the country has been built, and more than 90 landscape gardens with architectural and garden features from more than 30 countries and domestic provinces and cities have been built. The total number of indoor exhibition booths has reached 5,600. There are more than 30 countries. After the Flower Expo, the outdoor landscape gardens of many countries and regions as well as provinces and cities across the country will leave permanent new attractions with local characteristics in Qingzhou.

"Buddha and Shou" tourism is in the ascendant

Qingzhou has a long history and splendid culture. The "Buddha and Shou" culture has a long history. It has the largest Tuoshan Grottoes statue group in eastern China, which has been rated as The Buddhist statues of Longxing Temple, one of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China in 1996 and one of the 100 major archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, include a 2,600-meter-long giant Buddha facing up on the mountain, and some were carved during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, 400 years ago. The word "Shou" and Wanchun Cave have been carved on the cliffs for many years, etc.

In recent years, Qingzhou, based on its rich Buddhist and longevity cultural resources, has taken the creation of the "Buddha and longevity" cultural brand as a breakthrough in improving the tourism industry, and has made every effort to build a famous tourist city and a "Buddha and longevity" cultural center in central Shandong.

The overall image of the core tourist area is positioned as "the Shoushan of Buddhism and the blessed land of ancient states".

Plan and build the Shou Culture Tourism Area with Yunmen Mountain as the main body, the Buddhist Culture Tourism Area with Longxing Temple and Tuoshan Grottoes as the main body, and the Guzhou Fudi Tourism Area with Qingzhou history and culture as the main body.

In accordance with the "Buddha and Shou" cultural tourism area plan, the construction of Longxing Temple, Guangfu Temple, Taihe Temple, Jiazi Cultural Park and other projects will be started to fully demonstrate Qingzhou's ancient history and culture and "Buddha and Shou" culture. Enrich the connotation of the scenic spot and enhance the cultural taste of the scenic spot.

Yuntuo Scenic Area is located 2.5 kilometers south of Qingzhou City. It is a national key scenic spot and a national 4A-level scenic spot. It is a boutique scenic spot integrating ecological tourism, leisure tourism and cultural tourism. It is mainly composed of "three major scenic spots (Yunmen Mountain Scenic Area, Tuoshan Scenic Area, Longtan Lake Scenic Area), two major temples (Jiazi Cultural Park, Longxing Temple), and a Ming Dynasty Hengwang City".

The most acclaimed scenic spot in the scenic area is undoubtedly Yunmen Praying for Longevity. Yunmen Mountain is located 3 kilometers south of Qingzhou City. The main peak is 421 meters above sea level. The plains are covered with pine trees and shady trees.

The main attractions include ancient Taoist buildings, grotto statues, cliff inscriptions, Yunmen Cave, Yun Grottoes, etc. It is especially famous for the large "Shou" carved on cliffs in the Ming Dynasty. "Shou" is 7.5 meters high and 3.7 meters wide. meters, the "inch" part alone is 2.30 meters high. It is known as "the longevity of the South Buddha and the North" and "the longest life in the world". According to "Cihai" records, "the longevity is longer than that of Nanshan" comes from here.

Yunmen Mountain is known as the "Blessed Land of Longevity Mountain" and has the auspicious meaning of "climbing to Yunmen and walking smoothly into the blue clouds".

Complementing Taoist civilization is the Buddhist culture located in Tuoshan Scenic Area. Tuoshan is located 5 kilometers southwest of Qingzhou City. The scenic area not only has the world's largest upturned giant Buddha with a length of 2,600 meters, but also The cliff statues on the cliffs are well preserved, most of which date from the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties. There are a total of 638 large and small Buddha statues.

The largest one is 7 meters high and the small one is only 10 centimeters. It has fine carvings and beautiful shapes. Together with Yuanjue Temple and Longxing Temple, it has formed the Tuoshan Buddhist Worship and Zen Cultural Area. The reputation of "Kyushu Buddhist Country" welcomes many tourists from home and abroad.

In the scenic area, you can also see the waterfall from a distance and get close to the clear water, Longtan Waterfall, and Longxing Temple, one of the eight royal temples in the Tang Dynasty.

Dongyi Chaozong, which combines history, culture and natural landscape, is the only unique scenic spot in the country with Kangxi style garden rockery, Ouyuan Tanyou and other special attractions. It strives to create a "humanistic journey, ecological journey" in Yuntuoshan Scenic Area. Travel, leisure travel”.

Mountain leisure is full of fun

With Yangtian Mountain National Forest Park as the main body, relying on the rich and colorful forest resources and good ecological environment of the southwest mountainous area, highlighting the characteristics of mountains, forests and water bodies, development and construction Taihe Villa, Suotou Valley Zhonghu Waterfall Group, Zhaoyang Cave, Baxi Valley, Qingfeng Village and other scenic spots (spots) have formed tourist attractions with the theme of green ecology and leisure vacation.

Yangtian Mountain, which is named after "a hole is pierced upward and the sky is shining down", is a shining pearl in the mountainous area of ??Zhongshan.

Now it is a national AAAA-level scenic spot, a national forest park, a national geological park, one of the top ten forest parks in Shandong Province, one of the top ten outstanding new attractions in Shandong Province, one of the top ten mountainous scenic spots in Shandong Province, and one of the top ten new landscapes of Qilu. .

Yangtian Mountain integrates forests, landforms, and cultural landscapes, with a forest coverage rate of more than 97%. It has the best virgin forest landscape in Shandong. It is a natural botanical garden in North China. It was completed and opened in Shandong in 2007. The province's first forest slide, and in 2009, a new alpine forest bathing beach was built. The bathing beach has a beautiful environment, fresh air, and numerous leisure and entertainment facilities, further enriching the park's tourist content.

The park has unique geology and landforms. It has the best-developed vertical karst cave group and numerous natural caves in the Jiangbei region. The underground Grand Canyon with a total length of more than 1,600 meters is steep, dangerous, magnificent and unique. The largest karst cave stone flag in the country is even more beautiful. It is breathtaking; the Thousand Buddha Cave is wide and the 1040 Buddha statues in the cave are exquisite in shape. It is truly the number one Buddha cave in the world in terms of the size of the cave and the number of Buddha statues. It has a very high ornamental value; Foguang Cliff and The cliffs on the north side are connected into one, and are considered by experts to be the longest natural echo wall in the world.

Yangtian Mountain has a long history. The Wenshu Temple built in the early Northern Song Dynasty is one of the three largest Wenshu temples in China and occupies a special and important position in Buddhist activities.

Here, there is no hustle and bustle of the city, only green forests and silent mountain streams, allowing tourists to return to nature and bathe in the new oxygen chamber without leaving.

Rural tourism is colorful

Adhere to the principle of government-led and market-oriented development, give full play to resource advantages, and increase the development of resources such as southwest mountainous areas, Mihe water ecology, and Huanglou flowers. Rural tourism and eco-tourism have developed rapidly, and rural tourism such as agricultural sightseeing, natural ecology, farm folk customs, and modern rural tourism have become distinctive and popular new highlights of Qingzhou City's tourism.

Huanglou Flower Tour has begun to take shape.

The Qingfengzhai project has started construction with a total investment of 300 million yuan.

Farmhouse projects such as Yangtian Mountain have also been put into operation.

Cultural pursuits are fascinating

High-end cultural tourism projects that are highly entertaining, highly participatory, low in operating costs, and distinctive in characteristics are very popular among tourists. For this reason, Qingzhou City is paying close attention to development of the cultural tourism industry.

The first is to integrate Dongyi culture and tourism.

Accelerate the construction of Dongyi Cultural Icon Park, develop a series of Dongyi cultural tourism products, and form a new tourist hotspot; secondly, we should focus on the combination of Buddhist culture and tourism, and build Longxing Temple, Guangfu Temple, Taihe Temple and Wenshu Temple should hold Buddhist cultural festivals at appropriate times to enhance the driving force of Buddhist culture; third, we should do a good job in integrating longevity culture with tourism, and hold birthday worship cultural festivals to meet the consumption needs of tourists seeking longevity and health; fourth, we should do a good job in integrating longevity culture with tourism. The combination of folk culture and tourism should actively promote the development of the ancient city to meet the consumer needs of modern people for seeking novelty, seeking common ground, and seeking roots; fifthly, the combination of Yi Jing culture and tourism should be done well. While completing the construction of Taisui Palace in Jiaziyuan, develop Yi Jing Promote the development of mind-nourishing tourism through tourism products.

With the development and operation of these tourism products, Qingzhou culture is displayed in front of tourists like a long scroll, forming a new cultural tourism landscape with strong appeal.

One of the "pasts of Kyushu" in ancient times, now it has added the color of the times on the basis of the original cultural accumulation, showing its unique charm with its combination of ancient and modern features.

In the golden autumn, the beautiful and ancient oriental flower capital and ancient cultural states will be dressed up to welcome you!