chaoyang phoenix mountain 朝阳凤凰山 英文导游词.doc

Chaoyang Phoenix Mountain
The phoenix mountain scenery resort is located 4km away in the east of chaoyang city. It was named dragon mountain, in the early Qing dynasty, it was renamed phoenix mountain, it covers an area of 55skm, it streaches from southeast to northwest, 660 in height, it is made up of sedimentary limestone. In 1992 it was rated as the national forest park, in 1997 it was qualified as one of the top 50 scenery in liaoning, in 2003 it was titled the top 10 forest park in liaoning. More than 1,600years ago, emperor of yan migrated the captain to chaoyang and founded 龙翔 temple here, this temple is the first temple here. From then on, some people came here for their wishes and visit the temple. Till the Liao dynasty, this mountain has e an quite influcial mountain for Buddha. In the middle of Qing, 3 towers and 4 temples were founded here. Now, it has developed into a tourist resort with one niche, two cave, 3 towers, and 4temples. The niche is a script of Buddha which was found in northwei dynasty, the two cave is the guanyin cave and the lying Buddha cave, the 3 towers are the 凌霄, 摩云, 大宝. The 4 temples are the 华严云接延寿天庆. Apart from that, there are other spots whose number reaches more than 80. the wood here is quite luxuriant, more than 600 plants grows here, the rate of coverage by the forest reaches 85%. It is just like a tourist pearl in north China.
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