Attractions of Jinfo Mountain

Brief Introduction

Jinfo Mountain (Golden Buddha Mountain) is situated in Nanchuan district, at the southern part of Chongqing. It has an urban area of 1300 square kilometers and the planning area of the scenic spot is 441 square kilometers. Jinfo Mountain is also known as the Golden Mountain, belonging to the Dalou Mountain range. It is composed of the Golden Buddha, Baizhi and Jingba mountains, with 108 peaks in all. At the Jinfo Mountain, there are mountains, water, rocks, woods, springs as well as caves, being grand, rare, dim, peril and elegant. With gorgeous scenery, pleasant climate, rich tourist resources, unique natural character, wide varieties of rare animal and plant life, spectacular rock style, mysterious and dim caves, unpredictable meteorological diversity scenery and precious cultural relics, it is awarded as the state-level scenic spot and national forest park. Jinfo Mountain is also evaluated as a natural scenic spot of value of development by the experts at home and abroad.

Tourists Attractions

The Ecological Stone Forest

The ecological Stone Forest is one of the scenic spots of unique features and representativeness. Comparing with Wansheng Stone Forest, it is with fung shek and shiping, being in thousands of postures all the same. While what's different is that at the ecological Stone Forest, you may see the wonder of the lively stone tree, looking like the wise man hiding his capacities and biding his time, being hidden in the primitive immense forest which covers all the sky. When the breeze whips, you may feel the sweat flower and clear and melodious birdcall. At the winding path leading to a secluded quiet place, there appear the lofty and steep cliffs. Only when you go into the stone tree under the dense shade, can you experience the peculiarity of the creation of nature and the profound mystery of natural lives.

The Jinfo Cave

The Golden Buddha Cave and the Ancient Buddha Cave are the leaders of all the caves of Jinfo Mountain. The peculiarity of the cave lies in not how beautiful the stalactite is, but how high the altitude is, how long the history is and how grand the scale is. The relics of gathering saltpeter are well reserved and rare. In the cave, there are the twists and turns narrow winding trails as well as the imposing giant halls, by now, the length of the cave is 11 kilometers, and the area of the bottom of the cave is 14 square meters. Walking in the cave, you may hear the tangible water drip and see the rare flower, just like feeling the pulse of the mountain, getting into the state of detachment.

The Painted Wall

The Ancient Buddha Cave is located at the top of the Jinfo Mountain, being a famous natural cave, formed about 350,000,000 years ago. In the cave, there is the unique painted wall, formed as a result of the agitate waters of the Qiangu River. The natural painted wall was discovered by the scientific expedition team by accident when they exploit the Nanzhi Cave. According to the preliminary affirmation, the painted wall is more than 300 meters long and 30 meters high, with an area of 9000 square meters. On the painted wall, there are landscapes, sceneries, birds and beasts, rivers and lakes, high peaks and so on, all of which are lifelike and vivid. The captain of the scientific expedition team as well as the geologist, Zhushunzhi, thinks that the printed wall is made up of the black rocks of the Paleozoic (about 250,000,000 years ago). As the rock is broken, the calcite filled in it later on, thus here appeared the black and white printed wall, with strong contrast. According to him, the printed wall of Jinfo Mountain is natural and extraordinary as if done by the spirits, with no mark of being carved artificially, being rare interiorly.