Dahong Mountain [Suizhou]

Located in the Zhongxiang city, Hubei province, the national priority scenic site---Dahong Mountain enjoys 93 extraordinary peaks in its range, more than 20 wonderful views of rock-hanging and valley-fogging landscapes. The waterfalls, deep ponds, famous springs and lakes are spread all over the mountain area. In particular, there are two springs, only 5 meters away from each other, from one hot water wells up, however from another cold water. This is a rare hydrogeological phenomenon in the world. There are also 48 grottoes, of which one called Huangxian enjoys more than 40,000 m2 of quarts-fogged landscape, which is matchless in the world. Dahong mountain has a wide range of biological species, of which 35 tree species in danger of extinction are under national priority protection. The mountain also has 58 bird species from 20 families and 33 beast species from 13 families which are all in danger of extinction.

Dahong Mountain is the birthplace of Chu (an ancient country in Chinese history) culture in China, in which there are 93 related historic sites and remains. One site named Shenlu is the place where the Chu king met dukes and discussed the plan to attack Sui (another country in the same period with Chu). In addition, Bianfan Culture Ruins was dated from Old Stone Age, enjoying a long history of more than 6,000 years. Yuntai Temple is the place where the founder of Tao, Zhengwu god, created the Tao religion before his moving to Wudang mountain. The temple preserves large scale of Tao remains, carved stone and so on. Dahong mountain also is the place where Lulin Uprising took place in the end of the Xihan Dynasty, as a result there are many ancient campsites and battle fields. The Xian Tomb of Ming dynasty, a national key preservation site of historic relic, is the largest single-body emperor tomb in the periphery of Dahong mountain which covers an area of 180 hectares.