Pucheng Wulongshan Agricultural Sightseeing Park

Pucheng Wulongshan Agricultural Sightseeing Park

Wulongshan Agricultural Sightseeing Park is a national AAA-level tourist attraction.

Wulongshan Agricultural Sightseeing Park is located at the foot of Wulong Mountain in Xinqiao Village. With beautiful scenery, the park boasts nearly 10,000 acres of forest coverage, featuring well-preserved vegetation and a planned area of over 3,000 acres. As you walk into the park, you’ll see a clear stream running through it, with small fish occasionally leaping out of the water. Along the stream are hundreds of acres of contiguous osmanthus forests, which look even more vibrant under the warm sunlight. Clusters of yew trees grow abundantly, their bright red fruits hanging high on the branches. The rolling secondary forests resemble a green ocean, with ancient trees towering above, streams winding through valleys, and peculiar rocks reaching towards the clouds. Gentle breezes stir waves of green. On shaded paths, groups of visitors ride bicycles back and forth. In the fishing area, several enthusiasts sit leisurely on wooden chairs, casting their lines... Together with a few farmhouses with gray-tiled walls and blue bricks, the whole scene feels like a “hidden paradise.”

The scenic area adopts the theme image of “Ecological Wulongshan · Joyful Osmanthus Garden,” dividing the site into “One Core, One Belt, and Six Zones”: the Comprehensive Service Center, the Exotic Flower Study & Learning Landscape Belt, the Osmanthus Viewing Zone, the Wilderness Vacation Zone, the Prairie Parent-Child Playground, the Waterfront Leisure Zone, the Farming Experience Zone, and the Outdoor Sports Zone. The park features towering peaks and secondary primitive forest valleys stretching up to 10 kilometers. Among the mountains lies the unique scenic wonder “One-Line Sky” (Yixiantian), named for the narrow gap between two cliffs where only a sliver of blue sky is visible. Below the cave entrance, along the path ascending Yuping Dao, past Xiaoxinpo and the Immortal Bridge, there is a long, narrow stone alley no wider than 2 meters in the broadest part and just half a meter in the narrowest, with over 80 steps along the winding path—so narrow that only one person can pass through at a time. Walking through it, visitors look up to see just a thin line of sky. Unless it’s noon or midnight, neither sun nor moon can be seen, hence the name. A Qing Dynasty poet, Li Fei, wrote: “Clouds part to reveal a crevice in the stone, never allowing slanting sunlight to nestle here. Who looks up to see this path to the heavens? A foot of blue sky stretches ten thousand zhang.” There is also the Wuyun Temple in the mountains, originally called Wulongyan, built during the Yuan Dynasty and renovated in the third year of the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty (1508), with inscribed stone tablets still preserved today. A new temple has been rebuilt on the site of the ancient one, now thriving with incense offerings. At the mountain’s foot lies an ancient post road running from north to southeast, leading to Liuyuan in Songxi County. To this day, the stone steps remain intact, making it one of the better-preserved ancient roads in the county. A tale known as the “Bandit Suppression Story” is also passed down here, echoing themes similar to the TV series “Bandits of Wulongshan.” According to local villagers, in April 1950, bandit leader Guo Shuikui led dozens of remnants to Shuibei and hid in Wulongshan. The People’s Liberation Army, together with local forces, carried out anti-bandit operations in the Wulongshan area and finally eradicated the bandits in January 1951. Since then, the surrounding residents have lived in peace and contentment.

“Cultural landscapes such as ancient temples, historic paths, stories from the revolutionary base areas, and the Bandit Suppression Story are all rare resources. Wulong Agricultural Sightseeing Park combines these cultural elements with natural scenery, emphasizing participation in both traditional and modern agriculture. It brings the concept of rural leisure returning to nature into people’s lives,” said Zhu Shengqiu, head of the scenic area. The park plans to invest 210 million yuan to build an ecological agricultural sightseeing park dominated by osmanthus, supplemented by various ornamental trees, greening species, and flowers, creating a modern agricultural demonstration base symbolized by “Lilies in the South, Osmanthus in the North.” So far, projects such as the visitor reception center, fishing area, fruit picking zone, wilderness adventure zone, forest walking trails, and parking lots have been completed. According to reports, the sightseeing park continues to seek comprehensive integration of “mountain-water wellness, forest for the eyes, culture for the spirit, sports for the temperament, produce for the physique, and climate for the complexion.” Ultimately, it aims to become an eco-rural tourism destination integrating sightseeing, leisure, parent-child activities, study tours, wellness, vacationing, and sports.