Qixiashan Park is located in Qixia District, Nanjing, 20 kilometers away from Taipingmen, surrounded by the Yangtze River in the northwest and north, adjacent to Shanghai-Nanjing Railway in the south, Jiangnan Cement Factory in the east and Qixia Town in the west, with a total area of 3 12.34 hectares, a perimeter of about 7.5 kilometers and a green space rate of 99.28%. There are qixia temple, Thousand-Buddha Cliff, Pagoda, Tang Ming Zheng Jun Monument, rainbow mirror, Shuanghong Garden, Pearl Spring, Bairuquan, Taohuaxi, Dielangyan, Biyun Pavilion, Taixu Pavilion, Changguan Pavilion, Tea Pavilion, Taohua Fan Pavilion, Deyun Pavilion and Huxin Pavilion. Qixia Mountain Park is named after the mountain. Qixia Mountain is the northern branch of Maoshan Mountain wedged into Nanjing area. The whole mountain is mountainous, with deep valleys, dense forests and beautiful rocks. "The Story of qixia temple House" says: "Jinling is famous for its blue three, its bull's head is famous for its mountains, and Hongji is famous for its water. It is also the victory of mountains and rivers, such as Qixia. " Others call Qixia "the first scenic spot in Jinling", the Qixia scenic spot among the 48 scenic spots in Jinling in Qing Dynasty, and the Qixia Feng Dan scenic spot among the 40 scenic spots in Jinling 1983 in April. Legend has it that in the past, the mountain was rich in licorice, wild ginseng, angelica and other Chinese herbal medicines, all of which had the effect of taking health care, so it was commonly known as taking mountain; Because the whole mountain descends from its peak and looks like an umbrella, it is also called Umbrella Mountain.

Qixia Mountain consists of three mountains and two streams. The highest peak is 284.7 meters above sea level, which is called Fengxiang Peak. Because there are temples in ancient Sanmao Palace, it is also called Sanmao Peak. 1972, Jiangsu people's broadcasting station built a FM station on the top of the mountain, and the height of the mountain was leveled about 10 meter. The middle peak extends eastward, and the winding one is called Dongfeng, which looks like Wolong and is named Longshan. If the ridge to the west of Zhongfeng looks like a tiger, it is called Tiger Mountain. The valley between Zhongfeng and Dongfeng is called Zhongfengxi, and the valley between Zhongfeng and Xifeng is called Taohuaxi.

Qixia Mountain has been a Buddhist shrine since the Southern Dynasties, and qixia temple is the first of all temples. Emperor Yongle and Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty visited this mountain during their southern tour. The local government also built a palace in Zhongfeng, just behind the temple where Emperor Wanli lived. 1634, Zhang Hong, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, created a picture of Qixia Mountain, which truly described the landscape of Qixia Mountain in the Ming Dynasty. The whole picture is magnificent, with thousands of Buddha rocks as the main body and a lush forest spreading in depth, which makes people feel relaxed and happy, as if they were in that cool world. The Map of Qixia Mountain is the only historical image data of Qixia Mountain in Ming Dynasty. It is a national first-class cultural relic and is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

During the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty (1851~1861), the Qing army and the Taiping Army fought fiercely here, and the human landscape and natural landscape were seriously damaged. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the Zen master was rebuilt.

After the founding of New China, the Nanjing Municipal People's Government attached great importance to the development of Qixia Mountain scenic resources. 1956, Qixia Mountain was turned into a temple garden and Qixia Mountain Management Office was established. Subsequently, temples, pavilions and pavilions were restored and the abbot's courtyard was afforested. 1958 was rebuilt and opened to the outside world. On July 27th 1963, Qixia Mountain Management Office signed an agreement with qixia temple, and the property right of Qixia Mountain belongs to Qixia Mountain Management Office, which subsidizes the temple side by 7,000 yuan every year. During the Cultural Revolution, the temple was used as the headquarters of the fourth battalion of East China Coal Exploration Team. Tree planting stopped on the mountain, and the original forest land also lacked tending management, which led to the barren forest and decadent temples and pavilions.

Qixia temple began restoration after 1979, and the restoration project was completed in June 1980 and handed over to the Buddhist Association for management. Starting from 198 1, the temple will continue to be subsidized by 7,000 yuan every year. 65438+May 2 1, 0986, the municipal government decided to transfer the scenic area of about 7 hectares, with ravines on both sides as the boundary, to qixia temple for management. The vegetation in Qixia Mountain is dominated by deciduous oak, maple, Liquidambar formosana and evergreen pine and cypress, followed by Phyllostachys pubescens and Phyllostachys pubescens. In spring and summer, Qixia Mountain is covered with mountains and lush trees. After the autumn, the leaves of oak, maple and Liquidambar formosana gradually turn from green to red, and the beautiful forest is dyed, and the mountains and plains are all gorgeous red, showing the poetic meaning of "parking in the maple forest late, frosty leaves are red and February flowers". Therefore, Qixia Mountain is called "Qixia in Autumn" and has become a scenic spot for Nanjing people to travel in autumn.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the virgin forest was tended and managed, and afforestation was carried out in woodland, mainly Pinus massoniana, Pinus thunbergii and Robinia pseudoacacia. During the Cultural Revolution, tending afforestation was forced to stop. After 1978, afforestation will continue every year. 1979 and 1980 purchased cotinus coggygria and Acer truncatum from Qingdao, Beijing and Lushan, and propagated their own seedlings to increase the variety and quantity of red-leaf tree species. The folding wave rock on the south slope of Hushan Mountain is the only exposed hillside because of the difficulty of soil and water conservation. After planting trees for several years, I can't see them. Workers transplanted seedlings of Pinus thunbergii with soil balls and water to improve the survival rate. Since 1988, Pingshantou mining area has transformed Robinia pseudoacacia forest 13.3 hectares and planted more than 30,000 red-leaf trees such as Liquidambar formosana and Acer truncatum. 1989, 14000 red maple and Acer truncatum were planted in Taohuajian, Shuanghongyuan and Jingjinggang. 1990 red leaf forest was built. After careful protection, the mountain forest has always maintained the original features of Qixia Mountain in Feng Dan. The garden scenery in front of qixia temple is also very beautiful and moving, with open lawns, wisteria twining in Gu Gan, cypress shade in the past hundred years and maple fragrance in the past 50 years. Hongye Garden "Frost Red Garden" is planted with flowers and trees with four seasons of red leaves, and you can enjoy the Feng Dan landscape of Qixia all year round.