Beizhen Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)

Jinzhou Daluhua Scenic Area | Escape the hustle and bustle of the city

Escape the hustle and bustle of the city. The Daluhua Scenic Area is located within the territory of Taoyuan Village, Baojia Township, Beizhen City, Liaoning Province, at the mid-slope of the northern Chinese town mountain—Mount Yi Wu Lui. Covering an area of 5.4 square kilometers, it is world-renowned for its steep mountains and towering rocks. The Daluhua Scenic Area is a scenic spot that integrates natural and cultural landscapes, with 20 natural sites and 35 cultural sites. It is divided into Xiaopingding Mountain Area, Nanshan Area, Eighteen Bends Area, Daluhua Area, and the Service Area Amusement Park. Leveraging the unique natural environment of Mount Yi Wu Lui, the Daluhua Scenic Area boasts lush forest vegetation and the largest black pine forest in Northeast Asia. The air is rich in negative oxygen ions, which are known as 'air vitamins' and are beneficial to physical and mental health. Daluhua is thus known as the 'Natural Oxygen Bar'. The rich regional culture of the scenic area is an advantageous condition for its rapid development. 👉 Recommended attractions: The glass walkway is the top choice, with a total length of over 600 meters, which is very fun. There is also a wooden walkway, which is also the first choice for photography. In winter, there are activities like playing with ice, snow, and ice houses, while in summer, there are rafting and other projects. 👉 Roads: There are two roads up the mountain, one wooden walkway and one concrete road (Eighteen Bends). If you don't want to climb the mountain, it is recommended to take the Eighteen Bends and ride the sightseeing car (25 yuan for a full trip, 15 yuan for a half trip). If walking, the Eighteen Bends is not recommended as it is quite steep and can wear out shoes. 👉 Dining: It is recommended to bring your own food, and be sure to carry water, as there is no water for sale between the parking lot and the mountain top. 📍 Location: Daluhua Scenic Area, Taoyuan Village, Baojia Township, Beizhen City, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province 🚘 Travel: Self-driving is recommended. It takes about half an hour from Goubangzi or Beizhen, and about 2 hours from Jinzhou City. Just navigate directly to Daluhua Scenic Area. 🚏 Parking: There is a parking lot at the bottom of the scenic area, 20 yuan/car (10 yuan/car at the residents' homes outside), and you can also drive into the scenic area. It is recommended to drive in to save energy

Beizhen Daluehua Travel Guide

Beizhen Daluehua Travel Guide 1. It is recommended to buy a large package ticket, including admission + glass plank road + jungle rafting + mountain slide + step by step shock + net red swing + colorful slide 2. I feel that the ticket price is quite worth it, but the reviews seem to be not so good, possibly because the queue time is too long? 3. I'm not sure if there is a bus for those who drive by themselves. 4. I went quite early, and didn't queue for a long time for Step by Step Shock and Colorful Slide. 5. If you buy tickets online, you need to exchange tickets on site. If you drive there, there is a traffic jam at the entrance. You must first get off and walk to the ticket office to exchange tickets + pay for parking. After you pay, you can directly drive in the opposite direction. Otherwise, you will have to wait for the ticket after you have a hard time driving to the entrance. 6. Step by Step Shock and Colorful Slide are really cool to play (if you don't have to queue for too long), requiring 1.4 meters and less than 200 pounds. 7. If you want to climb the mountain, it takes one to two hours. There is a battery car for 20 yuan per person, and then you have to walk for 20 minutes to the glass plank road after the end of the battery car. The glass plank road is really cool, because the mountain wall is completely vertical, so it's like walking in the sky 8. There is a viewing platform near the top of the mountain, which can only be seen by climbing up. If you take a battery car, you will not pass. 9. Jungle rafting is best recommended to play on the way up the mountain (but this way there is a way back), don't wait to play when you go down the mountain, because you don't have to queue in the morning, you have to queue for at least two hours in the afternoon, the feeling of playing is quite exciting, not recommended for children, because the centrifugal force is quite large, you may not be able to hold the handle.

In April, a pear blossom belt stretches for hundreds of miles

‼️ The Beizhen Pear Blossom Festival covers an area of over 120,000 mu, forming a continuous belt of blossoms that extends for hundreds of miles. The history of pear tree cultivation in Beizhen dates back to the Liao Dynasty, and it is known as the 'Fragrant Snow Sea beyond the Great Wall'. Every year during the pear blossom season, a Pear Blossom Festival is held, featuring a variety of cultural activities for the public such as kite flying competitions, photography and video contests, and poetry gatherings celebrating the pear blossoms. 📍 Beizhen City is located in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, to the east of Mount Yiwulu. ⏱ The Beizhen Pear Blossom Festival generally takes place in mid-April, when the pear blossoms in Beizhen are in full bloom like a sea of fragrant snow. Everywhere you look, there are pear blossoms as white as snow, and their fragrance is refreshing to the heart and spleen.

Yiwulü Mountain

Yiwulü Mountain is located in Beizhen City, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, with a scenic area of 45 square kilometers. Yiwulü Mountain is a famous historical and cultural mountain with a civilization history of four thousand years from Yu Shun to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. All dynasties have titles for Lü Mountain. In order to pray for good weather and national peace, ancient emperors would send heavy ministers or personally worship Lü Mountain. Among them, the Liao, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties were the most prosperous. The Liao Dynasty regarded Lü Mountain as a place of dragon prosperity, and its royal mausoleum was located among the peaks and valleys of Lü Mountain. Yiwulü Mountain is one of the twelve famous mountains sealed by Shun, the northern town of the five mountains and five towns of China, and ranks first among the three famous mountains in the northeast (Yiwulü Mountain, Qianshan, Changbai Mountain), with a high historical status. Yiwulü Mountain

Northeast Mountain God Temple ceiling, Jinzhou Beizhen Temple tour guide

China's Five Towns Famous Mountains ⛰️ East Town Yishan (Shandong) ⛰️ South Town Kuaiji Mountain (Zhejiang) ⛰️ West Town Wushan (Shaanxi) ⛰️ North Town Yiwulu Mountain (Liaoning) ⛰️ Central Town Huoshan (Shanxi) The Five Towns and the Five Great Mountains are collectively known as China's ten famous mountains. The Five Great Mountains are for offering sacrifices to heaven, and the Five Towns are for offering sacrifices to earth. They are all places where emperors of past dynasties held their enfeoffment and sacrificial ceremonies. It is said that there is an imperial temple built under each of the Five Towns' mountains, and now the only one preserved seems to be the North Town Temple under Yiwulu Mountain in Jinzhou, Liaoning. 🐲The cleaning lady in the temple said that Jinzhou's North Town Temple is the largest mountain god temple in the entire three northeastern provinces. Emperors of past dynasties had to come here for all big and small matters to offer sacrifices. Emperor Qianlong even had a palace here (which has collapsed, and it is said that it will be rebuilt). A mountain god temple that is over 1400 years old, with five layers of temple buildings and red walls and green tiles, seems not so simple. However, most of the buildings are newly built and renovated. When I smelled the strong scent of paint, I knew that not much of the historical remains were left... 📸Some highlights ✅The stone lions at the entrance: Representing happiness, anger, sorrow, and fear (feels like speculation) ✅Stone steles from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties: They symbolize identity and are also the last defiance, 56 stone steles, 56 ethnic groups, somewhat coincidentally aligned ✅Ming dynasty colored murals: 32 founding heroes of the Ming dynasty (Xu Da, Tang He, Chang Yuchun...), somewhat reminiscent of the Tang dynasty's Lingyan Pavilion ✅Stone plaque 'North Town Temple': Written by Yan Song during the Ming dynasty's Jiajing era, he was a treacherous official, but that doesn't stop him from being a master calligrapher

Beizhen Temple in Jinzhou is one of the five great Zhen Shan (Township Mountains) in China

⛰【Travel Guide】 📍Detailed address: Guanyin Pavilion Street, Beizhen City, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. 🚗Transportation guide: Self-driving. 🕙Opening hours: 8:30～16:30 💰Ticket price: 20 yuan/person 🌟Highlights: 1. Long history: Beizhen Temple, built during the Sui Dynasty, has a history of over 1400 years. It is the temple of the mountain god of Mount Yi Wu Lue, historically known as 'Yi Wu Lue Mountain God Temple'. It is the most well-preserved of the five great Zhen Shan temples in China, ranking alongside the first Zhen Shan, Yishan in the east, Wushan in the west, Huoshan in the center, and Kuaijishan in the south, collectively known as the 'Five Great Zhen Shan of China'. 2. Architectural style: Beizhen Temple is built against the mountain, facing south from the north, and is the most intact ancient architectural complex. There are 56 completely preserved steles from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties inside the temple, especially the 'Guangning Traveling Palace' site from the Qianlong era on the east side of Beizhen Temple. 3. Beizhen Temple, from the entrance, consists of the stone archway→mountain gate→Shenma Hall→bell/drum towers on both sides→main hall→Royal Incense Hall→Inner Incense Hall→Changing Hall→Bedroom Hall→Transport Platform→Stele Pavilion, and so on. Additionally, the rear hall of the Inner Incense Hall is the inner residence of the mountain god couple, with statues of the couple and child servants inside. ❤Recommended reason: 1. Since its establishment, Beizhen Temple has been the venue for emperors of successive dynasties to conduct sacrificial ceremonies, praying for divine protection. 2. The 56 steles are precious historical materials for studying the culture, economy, and politics of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. 📌Little Tips: The scenic area is vast, and it takes a long time to walk, so it is recommended to wear a pair of comfortable sports shoes for convenience.

Qingyan Temple

Qingyan Temple is located in the southern part of Yiwu Lushan, Beizhen City, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. It is the most incense-burning temple in Beizhen City and a Buddhist resort in Liaoxi and even the Northeast. Qingyan Temple has two courtyards, upper and lower. The Qingyan Temple Scenic Area is located in the western part of Changxingdian Town, Beizhen City, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. It is one of the national 4A scenic spots, covering an area of 13 square kilometers and 25 kilometers away from Beizhen City. It was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty and flourished in the mid-Tang Dynasty. It has a long history of 1,500 years. Qingyan Temple has a profound cultural heritage and a strong Buddhist atmosphere. It was built by the monk Shi Zhen of the Bohai State and was originally called Qianqiu Wangu Temple. It was renamed Qingyan Temple in the Ming Dynasty. The "crooked neck old mother" in the upper courtyard of the temple is world-famous. It is a unique Buddha statue in the world and the only one in China. It is one of the 32 incarnations of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Qingyan Temple was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty and flourished in the mid-Tang Dynasty. The incense has been continuous to this day. Always prosperous. Qingyan Temple is divided into three courtyards, upper, middle and lower. The lower courtyard is built in the midst of the peaks, like sitting in a well and looking at the sky; there are "Daxiong Hall", "Tianwang Hall", "Bell Tower", "Drum Tower", etc., the courtyard is full of green trees and cypresses. The middle courtyard is located on the Xianglu Peak, with curling smoke and steaming gang. The upper courtyard is built on the edge of a dangerous cliff, as if it is hanging in the air, with excellent scenery. A natural platform is built between the cliffs of hundreds of meters, and a brick wall is built on the edge. The abyss under the wall is dazzling, and the mountains are like smoke. Belonging area Western part of Changxingdian Town, Beizhen City, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province Geographical location Beizhen City, Liaoning Province Main landscape Tiger Cave, Shengshui Court, Monkey Stone Climate type Temperate monsoon climate Religion Buddhism

Qingyan Temple is located in the best place in the southern part of the Yiwu Mountain in Beining City. It is the most popular temple in the temple of Beining City, and it is also a Buddhist resort in western Liaoning and even the northeast. Qingyan Temple has two upper and lower courtyards. Into the mountain gate by Zhao Puchu's inscription "Qingyan Temple", stepping on the stone paved road, to the foot of the mountain surrounded by the peaks, is the lower house of Qingyan Temple. On the lower courtyard of the temple, the book "Tiankai Jingyu", the temple built Daxiong Hall, Tianwang Hall, the temple, the Zen Hall and so on. The natural scenery of Qingyan Temple is beautiful, the peaks of Luohan Mountain are stacked, the lovers are singularly shadowy, the two people are in contact with each other, the dragons drink the mist and the sky springs, the first line of the celestial stones see the sun, the T-shaped waterfalls fly like clouds. Mounted on the top of the mountain, the peak of the eagle eagle, looking around, the scenery is particularly charming.

Beizhen, Liaoning Twin Pagodas Guide, Empress Dowager Xiao offered relics here

I only know two Khitans One is Xiao Feng, who can perform the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms The other is Empress Dowager Xiao Chuo Under the rule of Empress Dowager Xiao, the Liao Dynasty was at its peak of power, firmly ranking in the top 10 'powerful women' in Chinese history. The Twin Pagodas of Chongxing Temple in Beizhen, Liaoning, are said to be the place where Empress Dowager Xiao offered Buddhist relics. Don't be fooled by the obscurity of the small city of Beizhen; these Twin Pagodas of Chongxing Temple from the Liao period are ranked first among China's four great twin pagodas. The pagodas are not only well-preserved but also feature exquisitely fine bas-reliefs, showing that the aesthetic appreciation of the Khitans was indeed on point... 🧑🏻‍💻China's Four Great Twin Pagodas 👯‍♀️ Twin Pagodas of Chongxing Temple, Beizhen, Liaoning 👯‍♀️ Twin Pagodas of Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, Fujian 👯‍♀️ Twin Pagodas of Bai Temple Mouth, Yinchuan, Ningxia 👯‍♀️ Twin Pagodas of Yongzuo Temple, Taiyuan, Shanxi 📸Highlights of Beizhen Twin Pagodas ✅Pagoda top: Complete with precious vase, jewel, and lotus base ✅Pagoda eaves: Octagonal thirteen-layered dense eaves with mythical beasts and wind chimes ✅Pagoda body: Each side has a Buddha niche, housing Buddha statues + attendants + flying apsaras ✅Pagoda base: The Sumeru base features arhats + weight-bearing warriors + musicians + flying dragons + male lions + phoenixes + auspicious clouds + precious vases + lotuses... Since Empress Dowager Xiao offered Buddhist relics, there must be treasures in the underground palace of the Twin Pagodas of Chongxing Temple in Beizhen⁉️