Mount Maling Scenic Area

  • Rating:AAAA
  • 10 kilometers south of Wangzhuang Town
Mount Maling Scenic Area

Description

The Mount Malin, National AAAA class tourist attraction, is also named as Mount Maling and Mount Malian. With the origin in Mount Tai, it stretches for hundreds of miles, winning the name of “Eight hundred miles of Malin”. In 341 BC, in the battle of Maling between Qi and Wei, Sun Bing defeated Pang Juan, and the war horses were linked together. In Qing Dynasty, prime minister Liu Yong climbed on the mountains and wrote “fan Shui Mo Shan”(with the water as model to imitate the mountain). Emperor Qianlong went down to north for 6 times, and went to the mountain for 3 times, leaving the verse of “I had now climbed the mountains which has already show some spirit of grandeur”, which praises the grandeur of Mount Maling. And the emperor named the mountain as “the first mountain”. 

Located in the place of 10 kilometers away from the southern suburbs of Xinyi City, with the planning and construction area of 28.9 square kilometers and protection area of 56 square kilometers, Mount Maling scenic area is consisted of 3 scenic areas, namely Huating, Huangchao Lake and Three Fairy Cave. “The peaks link across thousands of miles, and the scenery must win the fairy Penglai.” Mount Maling is named as “the most wonderful place of Huaibei” and “the shape and spirit is well known through Jiangsu and Anhui provinces”. Since ancient time, is the famous sightseeing resort, the spiritual place for cultivation of Taoism, and the pure land for Buddhism Zen. In the scenic the beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, a wide variety of animal and plant resources form an unique charm of the scenery with high grade. 

The world famous Huating cultural relics, the revolutionary monument of the Northern War, Three Fairy Cave, Qizhen Grotto, Siwu Station, Auxiliary Palace of Emperor Qianlong and other more than 20 places of interest make people think about the past. The broken bricks and debris of the yard recall the glory of the Taoist rites; the winding path of the temple hidden in the mountain leads to a secluded quiet place. Abundant history and culture with glorious natural scenery constitute the unique charm of the high-grade landscape for tourism, which is the precious wealth the natural has given to mankind...


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