National Forest Park on the Liupan Mountain
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Located in the south of Ningxia province, the Liupan Mountaini is also called Longshan Mountain. With an altitude of 2928 meters, the main peak of it is in the range of Guyuan County and Longde County of Ningxia. The mountain body is in the south and north direction with a length of about 240 kilometers and is the boundary mountain of the Loessil Altiplano in the north of Shan’xi against the one in the south of Shan’xi and the sinuous and rugged watershed of Wei River and Jing River. In the ancient times, the people have to travel six winding roads before they get to the top, hence the name Liupan Mountain. On the southeastern foot of the mountain is another scenic spot named Old Dragon Pond, one of the headstream of Jing River.
Continuing for more than one hundred kilometers, it has a natural second growth forest of more than 40,000 hectares. As the headwater of the Jinghe River, Qingshui River and Hulu River, its unique geographical position and the great zoological function play import role in mediating and humidifying the environment of the mountainous area in the southern Ningxia which is dry and barren. Recently, natural reservation and scenic spot had been built one after another on the Liupan Mountain.
The Liupan Mountain is always said “spring is closely followed by autumn”. On the top of its main peak—the Migang Mountain with an altitude of 2924 meters, you can enjoy a variety of amazing scenes at different times, the thick mist clouding the mountain-top in the morning, the mountains emerging in an endless stream in the day time, the green trees and wild flowers enhancing in the clear sky and mountain in spring, the unique landscapes with cool and refreshing air in summer, the red autumnal leaves covering all the mountains in autumn and the white mountains in snow in winter. In 1935, Mao Zedong once arrived at this scene spot with the Red Army on the Long March, so he composed down the resplendent Mount Liupan-to the Tune of Qing Ping Yue. At present, the Long March Memorial Kiosk is a lasting reminder of the Long March for tourist.
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The park is so beautiful and you can get to have a close contact with the nature. The air is fresh and clean, so that people who live a long time in the urban district can really have a wonderful relaxation there.
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Hello, I am student of Chinese history and medieval aviculturist. That means I study history of parrot from Tang through Ming dynasty. In my research I found out that in Tang dynasty, Chinese native parakeet, what in English we call the Derbyan, a Psittacula parakeet, was taken as tribute to the emperor in Chang An in large numbers from their tree hollows on Long mountain. I understand that Liupan mountain is the same mountain and certainly in the Derbyan's Tang dynasty range. Please tell me if these parrots are still living in the forest and if so, to what numbers. I am doing research on the human impact on China's parakeets and see if humans forced them from their native range. These parakeets are tropical birds and very green, but mostly they live now in Tibet where it is not so rainy and green. I am trying to find out why. We know that in Tang dynasty, China was very different. The climate has shifted. Central china is much drier than it once was. China used to have a lot of rainforest. Shan3xi, Gansu, and most of central china used to be much more rainy than today. Rainy enough for lots of bright green parrots to thrive. if you can answer my question about the parrots today, it might help China's parakeets. Protecting china's wildlife is important. I hope you can answer my question so my research can advance. Xiexie.
Well, you were really asking a big question. As fas as I know, most of Chinese derbyan parakeets nowadays still live on moutains which are lower than 4,000 meters above sea level. Yet I''m not sure about the current number of the derbyan parakeets, because people are allowed to feed them as pets now. (the technology of artificial propagation is widely applied) Hope that my information can be of some help, wish you every sucess on your research. And maybe some day you can come to China to do your research, there are lots of wild forests with countless kinds of avifauna in China.
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