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Boyi and Shuqi lived in seclusion here. What is the charm of Shouyang Mountain in Gansu?

📍Located 🌇34 kilometers southeast of Weiyuan County, with an altitude of 2186-250🌄9 meters, it is named because it is the first among the mountains and the first to be illuminated by the sun🏞️. It is a magnificent pearl on the ancient Southern Silk Road, famous for its beauty. It is now a national 🎇 AAAA-level tourist attraction 🌠, a national forest park, a provincial 🏔️-level scenic spot, and a municipal patriotic 🌅 education base. 🌟Highlights: ✅Natural landscape: 1. Stunning peaks: Shouyang Mountain has nine independent peaks with steep cliffs and different shapes. It is also called Lianfeng Mountain because the nine peaks are surrounded by each other and look like a lotus. 2. Dense forests: The scenic area is densely forested, with towering ancient pines and a high vegetation coverage rate, making it a natural oxygen bar. ✅History and Culture: 1. Origin of Deyuan Culture: Shouyang Mountain is the place where the Confucian sages Boyi and Shuqi lived in seclusion and kept their integrity. It is the birthplace of Deyuan culture and a symbol of steadfastness and noble character in traditional Chinese culture. 2. Religious site: Shouyang Mountain is a religious site on the ancient Silk Road. Since the Han and Wei dynasties, monks and believers have excavated and built cave temples, which reached their peak in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. ✅Tourism experience: 1. Ecological sightseeing: Visitors can go hiking, mountain climbing, and enjoy the natural scenery here to feel the charm of nature. 2. Leisure and health preservation: Shouyang Mountain has a pleasant climate and fresh air, making it an ideal place for leisure and health preservation. 3. Pay homage to the ancient sages: Shouyang Mountain⛰️ is the secluded place of Boyi and Shuqi. Tourists 🎇 can pay homage to the ancient sages 🏔️ here and feel their noble 🎑 character and 🏞️ spiritual demeanor. 🚉 Transportation strategy: ① Self-driving: Start from Lanzhou, take the Lianhuo Expressway to Weiyuan County, and then go directly to Shouyang Mountain Scenic Area through Lianfeng Town. The whole journey takes about 3 hours. ② Public transportation: Take a long-distance bus to Weiyuan County, and then transfer to the local bus or taxi to Shouyang Mountain. ③Train + bus: Starting from Tianshui City, take the train to Weiyuan County, and then take a bus or taxi to Shouyang Mountain. 🎫Ticket: 25 yuan/person 📸Check-in attractions: ①Shouyang Mountain: It is famous throughout the country because Boyi and Shuqi, the two sons of the King of Guzhu in the late Shang Dynasty and early Zhou Dynasty, were buried here. It is a magnificent pearl on the ancient Southern Silk Road. ②Tianjing Gorge: It is a prehistoric gorge that stretches for 15 miles, known as the 15-mile painting gallery, full of many interesting features such as strangeness, grandeur, elegance, tranquility, antiquity and wildness. ③Lianfeng Mountain: Also known as Shouyang Mountain or Malu Mountain, it is named because its shape resembles a lotus. ④ Weihe River Source: It is the source of the Weihe River, an important tributary of the Yellow River. It is also a scenic spot with beautiful scenery and beautiful mountains and rivers.
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Posted: Jan 10, 2025
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