The annual average temperature is 14.3℃, and most of the rainfall is concentrated in July, August and September.
Spring and autumn are the best seasons for traveling, when the weather is cool and flowers are in full bloom.
Baisha Lake, also known as Baisha Reservoir, is located at the junction of Yuzhou, Dengfeng and Xinmi. It is the earliest large reservoir built in China after liberation. 195 1 started construction in April, 1953 was completed in June, and 156 was expanded into one of the provincial large reservoirs. The dam starts from Erlong Mountain in the east and connects Xiaoyaoguan in the west. It is 13 16m long, 47.88m high and 6.69m wide, and the wave wall is 1.2m high. Why are the main columns Yinghe River, Shicong River River, Jiaohe River and Lisi River? The drainage area is 985 square kilometers and the total storage capacity is 2.95.
The developed scenic spots include reservoir dam, floodgate, forest park, Black Dragon Pool, Dongling Pass Site, Ghost Valley Cave, Diaoyutai in Jiang Ziya, Ancient Road Site and Lake Island. Reservoir dams and floodgates are spectacular. There are cliffs, stone statues, quiet stone paths, waterfalls, clear springs, small islands in the lake, yachts and sailboats, pavilions, painted walls and eaves, rippling blue waves, birds singing and fishways.
After the completion of Baisha Reservoir, it has played a role in flood control, irrigation and ecological protection, and it is also a tourist attraction, receiving more than 40,000 tourists from all over the world every year. In addition, there are many natural and cultural landscapes around the reservoir. Such as Baisha Yangjia Manor, Yongan Wangting, and Hehan Group. Especially below the reservoir, He Ying's natural scenery has more Jiangnan characteristics.
water park
Baisha Reservoir Forest Park is a forest park integrating protection and appreciation. Baisha reservoir scenic forest park 200 1 development, with a total area of more than 200,000 square meters. There are dense trees and many kinds of flowers in the park. Among them are Cuizhu Garden, Ginkgo Garden, Palm Garden, Pomegranate Garden, Hundred Days Red Garden and Panhuai Garden. The vast forest has become the natural oxygen bar in the reservoir. There is also a swing in the park, and there are stone tables, chairs and benches for tourists to rest, and the farmhouse yard is for people to raise cranes. There are more than 20 kinds of birds and animals in the forest, such as squirrels, hedgehogs, pheasants and rabbits. The water is gurgling, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, people are walking on massage paths, and they are wandering among flowers and trees. Everything was washed away inadvertently. Snowflakes are falling, and the trees are wrapped in silver. Swimming here is even more enjoyable and full of infinite interest.
Guiyuan in Kuqu
Guiyuan in Baisha reservoir area is a garden building named after osmanthus trees. In the past, Guiyuan was a building integrating office, leisure and reception. Built in 1950s, it covers an area of about 6,000 square meters, with a building area of more than 800 square meters, showing a quadrilateral shape. The wall is made of stone, and the roof is made of tile-wood structure. There are more than 0/0 osmanthus trees planted in the garden, and the trunk diameter of each osmanthus tree is more than 20 cm. Every August, sweet-scented osmanthus is refreshing, hence the name Guiyuan. In the past few decades, Guiyuan was the place where the leaders of Baisha Reservoir worked. The superior leaders visited Baisha Reservoir, where they also arranged for office and accommodation. After 2000, Guiyuan was developed and transformed, and now it has become a leisure place for tourists to visit, rest and drink tea. Guiyuan has a quiet and beautiful environment and is now open to tourists.
Guiyuan is located at the right end of Baisha reservoir dam, with convenient transportation and adjacent to the exit of water conveyance tunnel. When you leave Guiyuan, you can see the majestic Baisha Reservoir dam and reservoir water, which is also an important scenic spot in this scenic spot. 30 kilometers from Yuzhou Bus Station
Fishing platform
Diaoyutai is located at the foot of Cui Yushan in the upper reaches of Baisha Reservoir. Diaoyutai is a natural rock protruding from the water. This rock is flat, with a size of 3 square meters. This place is named after the legend that Jiang Ziya once fished here. The valley here is narrow and the terrain is dangerous, with cliffs, waterfalls and clear springs. On the Diaoyutai, there is a white marble statue of Jiang Ziya. The statue is sitting, about 2 meters high, wearing a hat and fishing leisurely. There is a plank road at the foot of Cui Yu Mountain, connecting Diaoyutai and Guiguzi Cave. Almost all visitors to Baisha Reservoir will come to Diaoyutai to appreciate Jiang Ziya's elegant demeanor, remember his great achievements in assisting King Wen in cutting fish, and appreciate the profound meaning of those who wish to go fishing.
Bibo turtle island
Turtle Island, also known as an isolated island, is located in Baisha Lake, surrounded by water, with a total area of about 480,000 square meters. It is shaped like a turtle lying in the water, so it is also called turtle island. Standing on the island overlooking the lake, I feel very happy. There are pavilions and pavilions on the island, with beautiful environment and trees. There are also ancient earth caves, peeling blue brick walls, earth fires, heatable adobe sleeping platform, dry firewood, clay pots and iron pans, all of which are the remains of ancient civilization.
Boarding this small island, looking from the distant mountains and near the water, turning off the mobile phone, not talking about business and competition, can wash away the noise of the city and the troubles at work.
Tianyesi
Tianye Temple is a temple dedicated to the Jade Emperor, located in Baisha Reservoir Scenic Area. Its architectural age is far from textual research, and it has been repaired in past dynasties. There were Taoist priests in the temple before 1958. Tianye Temple has three main halls. The whole building is magnificent, simple and elegant. There are statues of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother in the temple. The Jade Emperor wore a Kowloon crown, a dragon robe and a dragon case, and his eyes were deep. The queen mother wore a rockhopper peony skirt and looked dignified. Baisha reservoir in front of the temple, covered with water and smoke cages, egrets and wild ducks soar and play. Around the temple, bamboo stands and pigeons gather in the air. In the past, pilgrims who came from eastern Henan for pilgrimage and Shaolin prayed for God's blessing before going through the customs and entering the road of worshipping God.
Yangjia manor
Yang's manor is the residence of Yang's family. The Yang family, located in Baibei Village of Huashi Line, was a famous family in Baisha as early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties. "Yang's Genealogy" records: Someone once served as an official in the DPRK, so he had this house. Built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it covers an area of 86,000 square meters with a building area of 10000 square meters. It is a masonry structure. The original pattern has two gardens and nearly 100 buildings, which are distributed on both sides of the middle section of Baisha Street. At present, there are five wheel gate buildings in the park, and there are stone tablets engraved with the words Jiaqing years in Qing Dynasty.
The existing five groups of buildings in Yangjia Courtyard are all five households, the last part is the garden part, the main building has two floors, 10, the bottom floor is paved with red stones and the wall is built with blue bricks. There are two or three halls in the middle, mostly five, which are beautifully built. There are rooms on both sides of the hall. In front of the hall, there is a gate. The orientation of the compound is to sit east to west or west to east, and the gates all face the center of the street. The building of Yangjia Courtyard is a typical Ming and Qing style, with carved beams and painted buildings, high arches and double eaves. Its wood carving and brick carving art are exquisite in materials and exquisite in craftsmanship, which is a precious heritage of ancient architectural technology and has high historical and cultural research value.
Yigong wuan wangda branch
Yiwu Wangting is located in Baibei Village, Huashi Township, under the dam of Baisha Reservoir. This temple was originally a sacrificial hall for Hou Guanfu in Wu 'an, Han Dynasty. According to Han Shu, Guan Fu loves chivalrous men, runs roughshod over in Yingchuan and invades the people. When they arrived in the Three Kingdoms, people destroyed the statues and offered sacrifices to generals such as Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Ma and Gong, but the name of the temple remained unchanged. There is also a local temple called Five Tigers. This temple was restored in many dynasties. The building is now in its ninth year (1349). The hall is built on the mountain, with strange wooden arches and fine carving, which is of research value to ancient buildings. Now it is a provincial cultural relics protection unit.
Bailong dianguan station
Bailong Electric Irrigation Station is located in Bailong Village, Huashi Township, and is the secondary irrigation station of Baisha Irrigation Canal. Founded in 1975, it took 3 years to complete. 1980 production stopped due to land contracting to households. The whole irrigation canal is more than 20 kilometers long and can irrigate 1 10,000 mu of farmland. Platforms and irrigation canals are made of dark red square conglomerate stones, which look like a dragon wagging its tail from a distance and are quite spectacular. Standing on the platform at the top of the platform, Baisha Reservoir has a panoramic view. The peak of Songshan Mountain in the northwest is looming and hazy. The whole platform consists of 36 houses, with steps inside and outside, which can reach the top of the platform. Due to its superior location near Luo Xu Expressway in the north, the platform was renovated into a hotel. Bailong Electric Irrigation Station has become a beautiful scenery of Baisha Reservoir because of its historical reasons and the beauty of architectural art.
Songying mountain villa
Songying Mountain Villa is a summer resort integrating catering, accommodation and leisure built in the reservoir area of Baisha Reservoir. The villa is built by the mountains and waters, covering an area of about 15000 square meters, mostly reinforced concrete structures. Pavilions and pavilions in the villa are strewn at random, with carved beams and painted buildings, which are both ancient and modern. The catering department can accommodate 200 people at the same time. There are more than 100 beds in the housekeeping department, and various fitness and entertainment facilities in the leisure department are complete. In the hot summer, due to the temperature adjustment of the water surface in the reservoir area, it is always cool and breezy in the villa, which is refreshing. Now it receives more than 40 thousand tourists every year.
Donglingguan
The original site of Dongling Pass is located on the west side of the dam body of Baisha Reservoir, which was the first pass in Guan Yunchang during the Three Kingdoms period. The upper reaches of Heying River is an ancient road from Xuchang to the ancient capital Luoyang during the Warring States Period. When Baisha Reservoir was built at 195 1, the original building was destroyed, but the site still exists. There is a poem today: the dam flies straight down Dongling Pass, connecting the clear water with the surrounding mountains. That is, the terrain of Dongling Pass today.
Qiuzidong
Located in the southwest cliff of Diaoyutai in Baisha Reservoir Scenic Area, it is a natural cave. Legend has it that a couple can't have children after a long marriage. One night, the fairy instructed his wife to go to the cave to beg for a child: pick a stone and throw it into the cave, and you will get it. If the husband and wife give them advice, if they throw stones at them, they will get a child. The news spread and people came here to have children in an endless stream. Since then, incense has continued. In addition, the cave was proved to be the place where the Empress Shijie raised chickens in Shang Dynasty, so it was also called Shi Jidong or Shi Jidong. The hole is slightly oval. The entrance of the cave is facing the vast Baisha Reservoir, and there is a prominent platform in front of the cave. Standing on the platform, green water is under your feet, flapping the cliff, and the breeze is blowing. Waterbirds and swallows come and go on the lake; The island in the lake is lush with trees and green grass. Looking at the north shore, pavilions and pavilions are faintly visible, and Songshan Mountain is faintly visible.
Remains of plank road in Baisha reservoir
The plank road is located on the cliff of Cui Yu in the upper reaches of Baisha Reservoir. Its construction date is unknown. It is said that in order to further control Luoyang, Cao Cao secretly built a military artery and stationed troops near this plank road for a long time. At present, most of the ancient plank roads have been destroyed, leaving only stack holes. The repair length is about 2km, and the plank road width is1.2m.. The plank road skeleton is poured with reinforced concrete and laid with planks. There are pavilions, cable bridges and other facilities along the way, connecting Guiguzi Cave, Diaoyutai in Jiang Ziya and other scenic spots in Baisha Reservoir Scenic Area, which has always been regarded as a traffic artery for tourists to climb the cliff. The plank road enters the forest area from the cliff on the west side of the scenic spot, which is an important tourist landscape in Baisha Reservoir Scenic Area.
Yuwangdong
Wangyudong is a natural karst cave, located on the north bank of Cocoon River, a tributary of Baisha Reservoir. According to legend, King Yu used to control water here. Outside the cave, there are majestic mountains, dense forests, beautiful scenery and flowers. The holes in the holes are connected, and so are the roads. The wide one can accommodate six or seven hundred people at the same time, and the narrow one can only pass by one person. The walls are full of stone flowers, waterfalls, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone pagodas, grotesque caves and rocks, and the weather is myriad. How deep the caves in Wang Yu are is still a mystery. At present, more than 2000 meters have been proved and 700 meters have been developed for sightseeing. There are three halls and ten caves in the cave, with more than 50 scenic spots. Among them, lion welcoming guests, closing waterfalls, scarab coming out of the cave, Erxian game, Yaochi fairyland, Penglai fairyland and Zhenhai Tower are lifelike and unique in shape, which are rare natural caves in northern China. Wang Yudong is a mountain climbing, traveling and summer resort. Since the opening of 1993 in July, tourists have swarmed in, and all the tourists here are glad you came.
Black dragon pool
The Black Dragon Pool at the foot of the dam of Baisha Reservoir was originally a famous water collection basin in the upper reaches of Heying River. In the flood season of Black Dragon Pool, the waves beat against the rocks like a dragon making water. Su Chang is as smooth as a mirror, and water is as blue as dye. It is the best place for swimming masters in nearby villages and towns to compete against the waves. According to the local legend, there are dragons and tortoise spirits at work in this pond.
In the early 1950s, when the reservoir dam was completed, most of it had been filled. After several years of flooding, the size of the pool has been restored several times. Now the water surface is about 200 meters long and 20 meters wide, and the water surface reaches 4000 square meters. The water temperature in the pool is low, carp, grass carp, silver carp and other fish grow slowly and taste delicious after cooking. In addition, the spring water here is clear and sweet, and drinking it often can cure diseases. Around the Black Dragon Pool, it has become an ideal place for leisure, barbecue and fishing.
Guiguzidong
Guiguzi Cave is located in Baisha Reservoir Scenic Area, also known as Guzhai. The cave is 3.2 meters high, 4 meters deep and 3.4 meters wide. There is a statue of Guiguzi in it, wearing a Taoist robe and looking strange, standing and telling a book. There are two students sitting below, namely Bin Sun and Pang Juan. They are listening carefully.
Guiguzi, surnamed Wang, was born in the Warring States period and was a noble of Chu. When I was a child, I went to Yunmeng Mountain to collect herbs. I learned that cranes have a beautiful face and look strange. It is said that Songshan has traveled here. This valley used to be very quiet. It is said that there are many ghosts, called Ghost Valley. Since Wang Xu lived here, all the demons have disappeared, so later people called Wang Xu Guiguzi, and the cave where he lived was called Guiguzi Cave. Guiguzi is a legend. He has trained an outstanding strategist like Sun Bin, so many people come to visit Guiguzi Cave.
Shiguantan
Shijiutan is a pool under the cliff behind the dam of Baisha Reservoir. The original pool covers an area of more than 200 square meters and the water depth is 3 meters. There is a folk story about this pool, which is widely circulated by local people. A stubborn child in a village near the water beach refused to listen to his father's discipline since he was a child and asked him to run around. Until his father died, he was afraid of being buried in the pool at the foot of the mountain, so he said to his son, after I die, you should lock me up with two cow troughs and bury me in the pool under the cliff, not in the field at the foot of the mountain. After his father died, he thought of his father's kindness to his upbringing and deeply regretted not listening to his father, so he decided to listen to his father this time. So, according to his father's last words, he locked his father up with two Shi Niu troughs and buried him in the pool under the cliff, so it was called the sarcophagus pool. Now the pool is completely submerged by the reservoir area.
Wang Song bridge
Wang Songqiao, located in Baibei Village, Huashi Township, is a single-arch stone bridge, which was once the only way to Songsong. Standing on the bridge, you can see Songshan Mountain, hence the name Wang Songqiao. The bridge is 6m wide and18m long. It looks like a rainbow, spanning the upper reaches of the tributary of Heying River. The stone railings on the bridge are symmetrical, with four on the left and four on the right. This stone is engraved with patterns of birds, monkeys, sheep, lions and flowers. The red stone carving dragon opens its mouth to the west, trying to swallow the Ying River, and the dragon's tail is eastward, which has the potential to sweep the waves. The whole bridge has beautiful shape, extraordinary momentum and rich national characteristics. According to the inscription on the bridge head, this bridge was the Xun residence of Ma Gongzhimin who was under the command of Lieutenant General Yi Jun in the sixth year of the Republic of China (19 17). The construction of the monument records that it is more difficult to build this bridge than the plank road built by Hanwang on behalf of Chu Ming. Although the bridge has been washed away, it still spans the Heying River, which shows its firmness and abnormality. The river under the bridge is clear and transparent, and the fish on both sides swim and the weeping willows dance, which is refreshing. It is the best place for tourists to spend their holidays and cool off.
Shiyangguan stone carving
Shiyangguan stone carving is a stone carving on the pass site set up on the official road during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Shiyangguan, formerly known as Yang Chengguan, faces Yingying River in the south and Jiufengshan in the north. It is a small village with long east-west and narrow north-south. The original village is where the ancient pass is located. In the middle of the village, there is a stone sheep carved in blue and looking up, so it is called Shiyangguan. Shiyang carving knife is exquisite and skillful, Shiyang has a beautiful shape and vivid image. Shiyang is not only a symbol of the village, but also a safe and auspicious sustenance for the villagers. 195 1 When the reservoir was built, all the residents moved and Shiyang moved to the south side of the new village. Now the old village has been flooded. Several stone buddhas are carved on the rocks on the north bank of the old village. According to textual research, it was carved in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and all the places below where there is no Buddha are listed. Now it has peeled off and cannot be extended. Not far from it, there are many ancient quarry sites, which are said to be the places where big stones were taken when Shaolin Temple and Zhongyue Temple were built.
Baisha Han group
The Han Formation is a group of tombs left over from the Han Dynasty to Baisha in the western suburbs of Yuzhou City. Yuzhou was the capital of Yingchuan County during the Warring States Period and the capital of Qin and Han Dynasties. There are many people in the aristocratic class, so there are concentrated burial areas around the city, especially west of the forbidden ditch. There are many Han tombs preserved on the ground, and there are also many buried tombs, so it is called Han Formation. The total area of Korea Group is 670,000 square meters. The tomb is a blue brick structure, called Han brick, engraved with various patterns and made by hollow firing. Judging from the unearthed Han tombs, there are princes and nobles on the tomb owner and civilians under it; These tombs have different shapes and characteristics, which are rare in China and have high historical and artistic value for studying ancient burial customs and Chinese culture.
Liugelao tomb
Liu Ge's old tomb is located in Baisha Village, Huashi Township. It is said to be the tomb of Liu Ji in Ming Dynasty. Liu Ji (1311-1375), whose real name is Bowen, was born in Qingtian, Ming Dynasty and was a scholar from Yuan Dynasty to Shun Dynasty. Twenty-one years to Zhu Yuanzhang. The establishment of various systems in the Ming Dynasty involved many things, such as the official being honest and honest, and the censor being ordered to seal sincerity. Wu Hong resigned four years later. After being framed by the left prime minister Hu, he died of anger. As for why the tomb is here, it is unknown. The whole tomb covers an area of 13000 square meters, and there is a large mound with a height of 3.4m and 50m in Fiona Fang. There is Berlin in front of the tomb, and the branches of ancient trees are as green as ink. There used to be three Luan halls in front of the tomb, but now they are all gone, leaving only tiles and broken bricks. There is a sacrificial landscape of stone men and horses in front of the tomb. The ceremonial ceremonies are neatly arranged, and the stone man looks solemn and serious. The stone man and the stone horse are beautifully carved, rounded and lifelike, and they are one of the tombs with relatively complete protection for senior officials in the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains.
Longtan Temple and Longtan Lake
Longtan Temple, also known as Xialongtan Temple, is located in Houlou Village, Huashi Township. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been a place for Buddhist activities. Founded in the Song Dynasty, it was renovated many times in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The temple, facing south, has a Hall of Great Heroes, a Tibetan Hall, a West Wing and a Mountain Gate. The buildings in the temple are all small blue tile roofs with single eaves and hard hills, which are typical quadrangle buildings. The ancient buildings are all hard mountain buildings, with mixed structure of brick, stone and wood, and the roof is decorated with dragon heads and kisses. There are three stone tablets and lettering plaques in the 28th year of Kangxi (1689), the 54th year (17 15), the 47th year of Qianlong (1782) and the Song Dynasty. The existence of these ancient buildings is of great value to the study of China's ancient architecture, especially the architectural science and technology in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the hydrological changes in the Xishan area of Yuzhou, and the national culture. Although the temple is small, its beauty is incomparable to other scenic spots. There is a natural spring in front of the temple. Because of the rising pearl-like bubbles, it is also called pearl spring. Spring water has a constant temperature and contains many minerals. It is said that it can cure many diseases. Spring is a gurgling stream all year round, foggy in winter and sweet in summer. Spring water gushes into a pool, which is called Longtan. This temple is named after this pool. The water overflowed, flowed eastward, and gathered into a Pinghu 100 meters away, where willows and wild ducks swam and became a natural place to return to nature.
Yin Di Mausoleum in the Five Dynasties
Yin Di Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Liu Chengyou, the second emperor of the later Han Dynasty, located in Wang Qiao Village, Huashi Township, Yuzhou City. Liu Chengyou (AD 9 13-950), the son of Liu Zhiyuan, the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, was called Yin Di by the second emperor of the Later Han Dynasty. After Liu's death, Yu Ling was buried, that is, the mausoleum.
According to the History of the Five Dynasties, Yin Di was buried in Zhaiying Mausoleum in Xiyang, Xuzhou. According to the Records of Yuxian County in the Republic of China, Huashi Township, located in the west of the city, was a village with Xuzhuang in history. Yin Di Mausoleum was destroyed in the ten-year catastrophe, but the Mausoleum did not exist, and now the Qingshibao Mausoleum is still there. It is rumored that Yin Di Mausoleum was tall before it was destroyed, with stone statues, stone beasts and stone tablets in front of it. About 0/0 mile north of Yin Di Mausoleum is Ling Rui, the tomb of Liu Zhiyuan, the father of Liu Chengyou.
Huashi theatre
Huashi Theater, located in Huabei Village, Huashi Township, is a building specially used by local rich people to watch plays in the late Ming Dynasty. It sits in a masonry structure facing south.
The theater building is 9 meters wide, 5 meters high and 15 meters deep. It is supported by four red stone pillars in front of the building. The opera house has cornices and arches, decorated with carvings and patterns. Carving is divided into stone carving and wood carving, and the patterns are mostly traditional love legends and flowers and birds. Huashi Theater is a famous scenic spot, Yangjia Courtyard, which is opposite to each other, forming a complete large manor-style building complex. Huashi Opera House has been the most prosperous place in Fiona Fang for decades. Whenever singing, there are hundreds of people in the audience. Even merchants and pilgrims from Xuchang and Luoyang stopped here to watch the play.
Zushimiao
Located in the upper reaches of Baisha Reservoir, Zushi Temple is an activity place for ancient people to hold religious sacrifices. The architectural age of the ancestral temple is unknown, but judging from its architectural format, it was restored and expanded in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancestral hall is zigzag, and the gatehouse covers an area of about 20,000 square meters, with a construction area of 300 square meters. It is mainly masonry structure, with a gray tile roof and some stone carvings. The temple faces south, with the gatehouse 1 block and the east and west wings. Because the temple is located in the scenic area, there are many tourists and pilgrims at ordinary times.