In 20 12 years, the direct tourism income was11480,000 yuan, up by 28 1% over the previous year, and the tourist reception in scenic spots was 6,048,200 person-times, up by 3 1.2% over the previous year. Pearl Spring Pearl Spring is located 6 kilometers west of Pukou. It has been famous as "the first tour in the south of the Yangtze River" since the Ming Dynasty, with an area of 1.400 hectares. According to legend, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a drought in Jinling. Thanks to the pearl spring, the crops are still bumper, and the local farmers don't know about the drought. At that time, people thought it was the blessing of the Dragon King, and donated money to build garden buildings such as the Dragon King Pavilion to express their gratitude to the Dragon King. The spring eye of the Pearl Spring, the spring water gushes out from the crevices of the stone, and is named after it looks like a string of pearls. Laoshan National Forest Park Laoshan National Forest Park is located in Laoshan Forest Farm in the middle of Pukou District and runs through Pukou District. Known as "Nanjing Green Lung and Pearl of Jiangbei", it is the largest national forest park in Jiangsu. Laoshan National Forest Park covers a total area of 80 square kilometers, with a forest coverage rate of over 80%. The content of negative oxygen ions per cubic centimeter in the air is 500 times that of the main city, and it is the largest "green lung" in Jinling. The natural landscape of Laoshan Mountain is known as "forest, spring, stone and cave". There are temples, tombs, springs and caves in the park, and the natural landscape and human landscape are integrated. Tangquan Hot Spring Resort Tangshan Hot Spring Resort is located in the northwest of Pukou District, with Laoshan Mountain in the south and Chuhe River in the north. It has a tourist environment of "Shili Hot Spring Belt, 100 acres of Jiulong Lake, ancient ginkgo, 10,000 egrets and 100 million cedar seedlings". Tangquan is named after many hot springs. Qin Shaoyou, a famous Confucian in the Song Dynasty, said in "Tang Quan Fu": "Mo Yu is old, and he will be ashamed without fire, so he was named Tang Quan." Tangquan hot spring is rich in resources, with a total flow of 4,590 tons/day and the highest water temperature of 47 degrees Celsius, containing more than 30 kinds of trace elements beneficial to human body. Ancient literati and celebrities once compared Tangquan with Huaqing Pool, and there is a poem saying: "While the jade liquid is boiling and the pearl water is sprayed, the gentle people blend with the old fairy land. The smell of sulfur is not smooth, and the way is Prince Liang Xiao soup. " Pukou railway station, pukou railway station, located in Jinpu Road, Pukou District, is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is listed as the nine most artistic railway stations in China. It is the only railway station in China that retains the characteristics of the Republic of China, and it is also the first "century-old railway station" in China that completely preserves its historical features. Dingshan Temple Dingshan Temple is located at the foot of Lion Peak in Pukou District. It is an important temple of Zen in China, the birthplace of Zen in China and one of the original ancestral temples. Known as "the first scene of Buddhism". Dingshan Temple was built by Liang Wudi Xiao Yan in the second year of South Tian Liang Prison (503). It was named Dingshan Temple and given to eminent monks. At that time, it was the first ancient temple in Jiangbei, just like qixia temple and Jiming Temple in Jiangnan. Dingshan Temple was the place where the founder of Zen Buddhism, Dharma Nanliang, entered Xi after crossing the river in 520. There are still some important relics, such as Damocles, Banquet Stones, Zhuoxi Springs, and Yiwei Duhe Monument. In the fourth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (149 1), Master Yun Jie erected a dharma body in the temple, which is the earliest existing statue of dharma body in China. Huiji Temple According to legend, Huiji Temple was built in the Warring States Period, formerly known as Tangquan Temple. It was renamed Huiji Temple in Song and Yuan You years, and was destroyed by the war in Qing Dynasty and Xi 'an. 1982 The construction site was turned into a park. Since ancient times, many literati have come to visit you. The three existing ancient ginkgo trees in the park belong to the Southern Dynasty more than 500 years ago/kloc-0. They are called "supporting the sky and covering the land", "weeping for thousands of years" and "lightning recovery". The park is a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit, and three ancient ginkgo trees are listed as "China Classical Garden Landscape", which is a provincial-level protection unit. Hongyang Happy World Hongyang Happy World is built by a professional first-class international team. The planning and design of the project is based on the most advanced amusement places in the world, and many top professional companies at home and abroad are invited to join hands with Hongyang Group to complete the overall planning, development and construction. Create the core concept of "national joy", which echoes the shopping, catering, hotel, leisure and home sections of East China Mall, and achieves the exclusive territory of top amusement in East China. Qiu Yushan Cultural Park Qiu Yushan Cultural Park is located outside the west gate of Zhujiang Town, Pukou District. This mountain is a remnant of the old mountain, with an altitude of 4 1 m and an area of 20 hectares, with an area of 1 988. Lin Sanzhi painting and calligraphy showroom was built here for the first time. By 1997, Sanmushan House, Baoyanzhai, Cuiyuelou, Moxiang Pavilion, Aiyuxuan, Baima Pavilion and Shuyunge were successively built, and it was officially renamed as Lin Sanzhi Memorial Hall. There are more than 400 masterpieces of Lin Sanzhi's paintings and calligraphy in the museum, as well as some stationery and seals he used before his death. Since then, Xiaoxian Memorial Hall, Gao Ershi Memorial Hall and Hu Xiaoshi Memorial Hall have also been completed here, forming a cultural park with four calligraphers' memorial halls as the core. The world calls it "Contemporary Lanting", which is a calligraphy mountain and cultural park that people in the painting and calligraphy circles at home and abroad are fascinated by. The history of Pukou can be traced back to Hemudu era, with a civilization history of more than 2,300 years. Buddhist culture includes the monument of "Crossing the River with awei" in Dharma, Dingshan Temple in Zen Ancestral Pavilion, Huiji Temple, etc. Ecological leisure culture includes Laoshan Mountain, Tangquan, Amber Spring and Pearl Spring. The culture of the Republic of China includes pukou railway station, Longhu Lane and Puzhen Vehicle Factory; Calligraphy culture includes the "Four Elders of Jinling" headed by a generation of grass sage Lin Sanzhi, and the permanent meeting place of China Calligraphy Forum of China Calligraphy Association; Folk culture includes hand-dancing lion, treasure gourd, south gate cavity, etc. In modern times, the Erqi Memorial Hall witnessed the establishment of Pukou Party Organization, the first producer party organization in Nanjing. In June 2008, Pukou District was named as the hometown of folk culture and art in China by the Ministry of Culture.
calligraphy
Pukou area is rich in ink fragrance since ancient times. Since the Southern Tang Dynasty, calligraphers have survived for more than a thousand years, leaving many stories in the book world. Han Xizai, a great painter and calligrapher in Southern Tang Dynasty, once wrote an article for Tangquan Temple Monument in Guhuiji Temple. It is said that the inscription on "Tangquan Temple Monument" was written by brothers Xu Kai and Xu Xuan, while Xu Jing and his brother Xu Lin are both famous seals and good landscape figures, which are treasured by the world. Descendants of famous poets in the Southern Song Dynasty are "famous for their ability to write, and Jin people especially cherish ink". In modern times, Lin Sanzhi was known as "the sage of grass". Lin Sanzhi's representative works include "China-Japan Friendship Cursive", "Xu Yao Huai Su Cursive" and "Self-writing Cursive".
Hand lion dance
Lion dance originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. According to research, China does not produce lions. It was introduced to China from West Asia through the "Silk Road", and then lion dancing became popular in China during the New Year and Spring Festival as an entertainment. It symbolizes the working people's desire to pursue a peaceful and beautiful life: with the help of the fearless lion, exorcise evil spirits and welcome prosperity. But in the form of performance, the popular lion dance is usually one person dancing the lion's head and one person dancing the lion's body and tail. The two worked closely together and coordinated their actions. Pukou hand lion is different, each is about 1.5 meters long and weighs about 2.5 kilograms. It is tied with bamboo, decorated with linen and colored silk to look like a lion, supported by a wooden stick, and dances alone in its hands. It can dance solo, can dance in groups, and can win more than less.
folk custom
South Gate Wall, Ba Lao Ge, Scaring Eagle, Tea Picking, Umbrella Lamp and Boat Lamp Pukou are rich in cultural heritage. According to archaeological excavations, there are Yangshantou site in Tangquan, Qiliqiao site in Jiangpu Street, Yingpanshan ancient tombs, Niutougang site in Tangquan, and a large number of ancient cultural sites in Pukou District, including primitive society, Shang and Zhou Dynasties and Han Dynasty.
As of 20 13, Pukou District has a total of national cultural protection units 1, 3 provincial cultural protection units, 30 municipal cultural protection units and 24 district cultural protection units.