Shigu Liao Scenic Area

Shigu Liao Scenic Area

Yongkang Shigu Liao Film and Television City is a major component of the Fangyan Scenic Area, a national-level scenic spot. Established in 2002, as soon as you enter the Shigu Liao Scenic Area and walk up the steps leading to Jinduo Temple, you will see stone lions, stone elephants, stone drums, and stone bells, as if you have stepped into a world of stone forests. These peculiar rocks stand tall on the cliffs, lifelike in appearance and overwhelming to the eyes. At the entrance, on one side stands an upright lion, and on the other a gentle elephant, both towering majestically—commonly referred to as the "Lion and Elephant Gatekeepers." 　

Going further inside, on both sides of the cliffs, a stone bell and a stone drum stand opposite each other, “as if the sounds of bells and drums are coming from the heavens.” Observing the stone forest of Shigu Liao leaves endless meaning and boundless imagination. The massive stone drum bears the marks of time and carries the weight of history—the name “Shigu Liao” actually comes from this large stone drum. “Stroking the stone drum stirs old dreams,” listen—boom, boom, boom—the earth-shaking drum resounds again, leaving an echo that lingers far and wide.

Deep in the mountains lies an ancient temple. Deqing Temple is built inside a spacious and airy cavern, shaded by verdant pines and surrounded by swaying bamboo, with winding paths leading deep inside. The temple only becomes visible when you reach the cave entrance. During the Anti-Japanese War, when the Zhejiang Provincial Government relocated to the Wufeng Chonglou complex in Fangyan, then-Governor Huang Shaokang once stayed here temporarily.　

The scenery around Deqing Temple is beautiful, with year-round waterfalls on both sides of the temple. On the cliffs on either side, two streams of waterfall run side by side, cascading down, and converge in the lower part—this is the famous Mandarin Duck Waterfall. With a drop of over fifty meters, the Mandarin Duck Waterfall is majestic, and beneath it lies a deep pool where fish swim leisurely.