China's Only Gold Scenic Area Hidden in Hebei; Tiger Mountain's Rich Gold Heritage
Tiger Mountain has a long mining history, with numerous mining sites, rich cultural connotations, and profound golden cultural heritage.
Each attraction has its own characteristics, also reflecting the different scenery and culture of Tiger Mountain. The 'Golden Spring' – where water rings musically in the mountains – plays a natural song for Tiger Mountain. The scenic area has adult and children's alchemy experience areas. Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty's Emperor Chongzhen, a large number of imperial servants were dispatched to supervise gold mining across the country, and one named Chen Zheng was sent to the Taihang Mountains – Tiger Mountain. It is said that this person once visited Tiger Mountain, and the gold mining in Tiger Mountain flourished for a time. Here, you can experience the fun of alchemy with gold ore, stone mills, and alchemy furnaces.
This scenic area is the only one in China that embodies gold mining culture, which has formed a unique feature of the Bo Jian Tiger Mountain. Tiger Mountain is also a town of large jujubes – with 10 large gullies and more than 50 small gullies, covered with jujube forests, and the large red jujubes are the hope of the mountain people through generations, and also bring endless joy to tourists who harvest them.
The climate in the mountains is humid and the air is exceptionally fresh and pure, with mist rising and swirling, resembling a light travel veil. Visitors praise it as 'Nature's Natural Oxygen Bar'. Wild animals such as yellow sheep, squirrels, and various birds appear from time to time in the mountains.
Tiger Mountain has abundant water resources and lush vegetation. During the flood season, the rivers flow freely and vigorously, with a large drop in terrain, creating a cluster of waterfalls such as Shenxian Waterfall and Sanlian Waterfall, which are densely interlinked and dance in the lush and deep canyons. The mountains are verdant and majestic, with thousands of waterfalls flying together, and the gurgling Golden Spring flows continuously, with four seasons of warm winter and cool summer, crystal clear, with fish and reflections of green mountains visible, a rare landscape in northern mountain scenic areas.
Tiger Mountain is a gold mountain with a long mining history. According to the Gazetteer of Quyang County: 'Gold is distributed at the northwest end of the county, on the three peaks of Tiger Mountain at its foot, with a mineralization belt of more than 500 meters and a thickness of about one meter. In the Yuan Dynasty, gold mining was carried out. There is an alluring legend that 'When you step on Tiger Mountain, you will find gold' everywhere. Today, there are still many gold-mining caves left in the scenic area.
Currently, there are more than ten caves that are deep to several hundred meters to thousands of meters, and the caves are full of gold veins and gold is flashing. In order to promote gold culture, Tiger Mountain has built a connected 2000 square meter Gold Mining Culture Exhibition Center, which is the first realistic scene-based exhibition center in North China, showcasing ancient gold mining life and production scenes, allowing people to learn about the gold production process, experience gold mining life, and savor the culture of gold, creating a dreamy journey of happiness and joy.
Gold mining culture is the theme positioning of Tiger Mountain Scenic Area and one of the characteristics of Bo Jian Tiger Mountain. This scenic area is the only one in China that embodies gold mining culture, which has formed a unique feature of the Bo Jian Tiger Mountain.
