Longqi Crossing means crossing from Longxu Mountain to Qigu Mountain

 

 

Longchuan Scenic Area in Jixi, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province is an AAAAA-level tourist attraction officially approved by the Tourism Bureau. It is located in Longchuan Village, Jixi County, southern Anhui Province. It is an ancient village with a history of thousands of years where the Hu surname lives together. It is also the ancestral home of former President Hu Jintao.

The Longchuan Tourist Scenic Area combines the cultural landscape with the natural landscape. The Hu Family Ancestral Hall is the first ancestral hall in the south of the Yangtze River and is known as the "Wood Sculpture Art Museum" and "National Art Palace". The Yishishang Shufang is an authentic stone carving archway in the Ming Dynasty. The best of Huizhou stone carvings.

 

 

At eight o'clock in the morning, we had breakfast in Longchuan and started going up the mountain.

 

 

Longxu Mountain is located on the east bank of Dengyuan River in Jixi, Anhui Province. It is connected to Qigu Mountain in the east and has two peaks. The main peak is Longfeng, with an altitude of 1048.6 meters. There is a Longchi on the top, which is not dry all year round. The secondary peak is Baishafeng, which has Longtai Rock, The scenery of stone gates, stone staircases, and waterfalls is described in a poem by Chen Zhang of the Ming Dynasty: "The big peaks and the small peaks are like cutting iron, and the top is even more amazing when it touches the sky." Wherever the Taoist set up a flying cloud, he went straight to the top of the mountain to see the dragon's lair.

 

 

Longxu Mountain has many strange peaks and rocks, lush vegetation, waterfalls and flowing springs, and sea of ​​clouds and glow. In the west, there were Longfeng Zen Temple and Guqiao'an in ancient times, but they have been destroyed. Longfeng Zen Temple is said to be the place where Hu Zongxian studied in the Ming Dynasty. There is Asparagus grass on the mountain, which is used to make excellent paper. It was called Dragon beard paper in ancient times. Li Zhenai, the later master of the Southern Tang Dynasty, stored it in "Chengxintang". Therefore, Dragon beard paper is famous all over the world and is worth double the price in Bashu. The mountain is named after the grass. .

 

 

A local traveler made a wooden ladder using local materials.

 

 

Mountains are high and people make peaks

 

 

Icefall in the distance

 

 

It's a bit slippery here and needs rope protection

 

 

alpine desert

 

 

Longxu Mountain Campground

 

 

The weather is good, Dazhang Mountain can be seen in the distance

 

 

Qigu Mountain is located in Jixi County, Anhui Province, with an altitude of about 1,000 meters, between Dazhan Mountain and Longxu Mountain. Qigu Mountain - "the first spiritual mountain for seeking official positions", is famous for enshrining Emperor Wenchang who is in charge of civilized fortune and wealth. It is composed of seven peaks, including Longxuling, Yuqiu Peak, Wenchang Peak, Diya Peak, Zhiri Peak and Qiqiao Peak, with different postures.

 

Go down the mountain from this ancient road

 

 

There were also orchids on the road

 

Arrive at the end point, Pingyin Village

 

This route is 11.33 kilometers in total. It is both strong and difficult. Ropes are used in three places. The strength lies in Qigu Mountain. Qigu Mountain is composed of seven hills, going up and down continuously...

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