Xiaojinshan Tourist Scenic Area

Xiaojinshan Tourist Scenic Area

Xiaojinshan Tourist Scenic Area is a national AA-level tourist attraction.

Xiaojinshan Tourist Scenic Area is situated to the east of the birthplace of the "Workers' Movement" in the red revolutionary base of Anyuan, with the Mingyue Lake Scenic Area to the south. Nearby are nationally famous sites including the Anyuan Workers' Movement Memorial Hall, Century Square, Autumn Harvest Uprising Monument, and the Monument to Martyr Luding Ming. The scenic area covers a total area of 4,388,000 square meters (with 330,000 square meters developed), and features tourist resources such as a visitor center, large parking lots, a natural-water-source swimming pool, the former site of Xiaojinshan Coal Mine, Guanmen Stone Sightseeing Area, Echo Valley, camping zones, leisure agriculture sightseeing areas, science education botanical gardens, and ecological fruit orchards.

Guanmen Stone

Located 300 meters from the scenic area entrance, Guanmen Stone is a must-pass spot. Two towering, gate-like boulders stand facing each other, resembling a grand stone gate, hence the name. The site is extremely strategic—so narrow that “one man could hold the pass against ten thousand.” During the Anti-Japanese War, local residents within a ten-mile radius sought refuge here to escape Japanese forces. The National Revolutionary Army set up simple defensive fortifications here, intending to use the treacherous terrain to block the Japanese advance. However, after reconnaissance, the Japanese vanguard, intimidated by this natural stronghold, ultimately chose to detour via Luxi.

Feijian Pond

From a distance, Feijian Pond resembles a flying sword descending from the heavens. In the morning, you can watch the sunrise, and in the evening, you can admire the moon. At sunset, you can enjoy the magnificent view of “dark mountains like the sea, the setting sun like blood.” In early spring, late autumn, and during frosty periods, heavy fog often envelops areas below 300 meters in elevation, usually clearing around 10 a.m. Above 300 meters, visitors can witness the spectacular sea of clouds with waves of mist. In midsummer, rain may fall on one side of the mountain while the sun shines on the other, creating rainbows refracted through the mist. At the mountaintop, unobstructed by anything, the colorful rainbow appears vividly before your eyes. After the rain clears, the landscape—mountains, forests, springs—disappears into the fog, which fills the valleys, wraps around peaks, and veils the mountains in an ethereal, fairy-tale-like scene.

Tiger Stone

Legend has it that among the Eight Immortals traveling the world, Iron-Crutch Li once carried two gems in a silver-framed jade shoulder pole. As he floated above the mortal realm, chanting sutras, he spotted this uniquely beautiful land where auspicious clouds gathered. Just as he was about to descend for a closer look, he stumbled, causing the two gems in the silver frame to fall to the earth. One landed in what is now Yanzi Village (later called Fire Rock), and the other in what is now Yunjubu, where it resembles a vivid and lifelike tiger—thus earning the name Tiger Stone.

This stone has a unique shape, is incredibly hard, and is covered with distinct burn marks, giving it significant research value and visual appeal. Preliminary expert analysis suggests it might be a natural meteorite, though further verification is needed.