A Mianshan commemorates two people: Jie Zitui and Yan Jiying

After years of careful construction, now Mianshan Scenic Area has become a famous tourist attraction.

Mianshan is located in the shade of the Fen River, 20 kilometers away from the city of Jiexiu, and Pingyao Ancient City, Lingshi Wang family compound adjacent. The highest altitude of Mianshan Scenic Area is 2,571 meters above sea level, with mountains and water, cultural relics, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, all in one. Because of the natural landscape of the strange and dangerous show and the Spring and Autumn Jin Zi push with his mother hermitage was burned in this famous, cold food festival also originated from this.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jie Zi Pui of the State of Jin fled the country for more than 10 years following the Prince of Jin, Chong Er, and once cut off the meat of his thigh for Chong Er to eat when he was hungry. After Duke Wen of Jin returned to his country and became the king, Jie Zi Tui lived in Mianshan Mountain with his mother. In order to force him to come out of the mountain, Duke Wen of Jin ordered people to set fire to the mountain, but Jie Zi Tui and his mother burned to death. Duke Wen of Jin was so angry that he changed Mianshan Mountain to Jieshan Mountain in honor of Jie Zitui.

With the success of the successive Mianshan Cold Food and Qingming Festival Cultural Tourism Festival, in the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture has played an irreplaceable role, and in this a very important significance behind the Mianshan, is full of legend, from the coke king to the top ten innovative figures in Shanxi Province, modern Jin businessman Mr. Yan Jiying is inseparable.

From the "black" transition "green", Mianshan become Shanxi coal enterprises transformation model

Yan Jiying is Shanxi Jiexiu City, Yi'an Town, Yi'an village people. 1983, the reform and opening up of the spring breeze blowing green Fen River banks, Yan Jiying to friends and relatives to borrow 700 yuan to idle drying. Borrowed 700 yuan in the idle dry reservoir on the site of the old coking plant. Over the decades, he defied the difficulties and dangers, forge ahead, and gradually grow and become a large private enterprise with coking and tourism two industries, total assets of nearly 6 billion yuan, more than 6,000 employees, high economic efficiency, high credibility.

The enterprise founded by Yan Jiying has created a number of firsts in the local area: the first coke plant, the first to introduce the original improved coke oven technology, the first to realize the coke export, the first to set up a Sino-foreign (German) joint venture company, the first to carry out the management of environmental pollution, the first to develop the state-owned tourism resources in the name of the private sector, and the first to establish the "Sankia Society", the first to develop the state-owned tourism resources.

The first to develop state-owned tourism resources in the name of a private enterprise, and the first to found the "Sanjia Society".

Since 1995, Yan Jiying began to get involved in the development of tourism in Mianshan, the cumulative investment of more than 2 billion yuan in Mianshan. At present, the national 5A level tourism scenic area Mianshan has 14 large tour area, more than 360 attractions, renowned at home and abroad.

In the construction period of Mianshan Scenic Area, Yan Jiying's Sanjia Group made a bold attempt from the traditional coal and coke industry to the cultural tourism industry, from the "black" industry to the "green" industry, so that the Mianshan Scenic Area has become a model for the transformation of Shanxi's coal enterprises. Mianshan Scenic Area has become a model for the transformation of Shanxi coal enterprises. The development of Mianshan, so that Yan Jiying became the first in Shanxi and even the country's first transition from coal and coke tourism development of the first person.

With history and culture as the axis, dedicated to build Mianshan scenic brand

Yan Jiying only read elementary school, but he developed a good habit of reading. In the development of Mianshan early, he from the party and state policies, to Mianshan scenic planning and related information; from Mianshan human history, to folk tales and legends; from the Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism classics, to the culture of ancient sculpture, extensive reading. He also systematically studied the environmental law, resource law, forest law, cultural relics protection law and other policies closely related to the scenic area, laws and regulations, so as to have a clear perception of the history and current situation of Mianshan.

In the development and construction of the scenic area, Yan Jiying hired a number of experts and scholars with visibility and influence in the community, the formation of the Mianshan Cultural Research Institute, the ancient culture of Mianshan in-depth collation, excavation and research. Has founded the jiezitui exhibition hall, cold food culture exhibition hall, jiexiu three sages (jiezitui, GuoTai, WenYanBo) exhibition hall, all generations of celebrities visit MianShan exhibition hall, all generations of celebrities ritual exhibition hall, religious history and culture exhibition hall, jiexiu Jin businessman three masters (FanYuXian, HouYinChang, JiYiHo) exhibition hall, jiexiu anti-Japanese and democratic government memorial hall and jiexiu anti-Japanese government site exhibition hall, as well as libraries, museums, etc., fully show the deep historical history of MianShan Mianshan's deep historical and cultural heritage.

In particular, Yan Jiying traced and researched the relationship between jiezitui and the cold food Qingming Festival has achieved significant results, from the history of the classics, monuments, monument records, ancient poems and ancient dramas, customs along the flow of the dietary heritage and other aspects of Mianshan Mountain culture reveals the rich connotations of the early 2008, the Office of the State Civilization, China Federation of Literature and Culture, the Chinese Association of Nationalities sent an expert group to visit Mianshan Mountain, jiexu is confirmed as "China's cold food Qingming culture township", and set up in Mianshan "China's cold food Qingming culture research center".

In 2008, since the Qingming Festival, Mianshan scenic area launched the "China Cold Food Qingming Cultural Festival", widely attracted tourists at home and abroad to this sightseeing. "The essence of a scenic spot lies in the cultural heritage behind it, a scenic spot without culture is like a person who has lost his soul." Yan Jiying epiphany to summarize the achievements of Mianshan is appropriate.

Benefit the people, scenic development led to the rapid development of the local

Since the development of Mianshan scenic area, to solve the employment problem of more than 4,000 people in the local area, pulling the periphery of the building materials, transportation, business, hotels, restaurants and other related industries. Mianshan scenic area open to the public, in order to realize the return of the community's original intention to implement the implementation of the free tour of the people's identity card in the people's policy.

"Mianshan has such a beautiful natural environment, there is such a profound history and culture, should be preserved, to be inherited, I said so, and do so." Yan Jiying said frankly before his death. But in fact, the effort he put in is unimaginable to the next person.

Before 1995, there was only one goat path to the top of Mianshan. At the beginning of the development, Yan Jiying's footsteps throughout the 75 square kilometers of Mianshan mountains and waters, humanistic relics; leading workers hand and shoulder, repair the main road to Mianshan mountain; set up more than 200 professional greening team, digging pits to move the soil, planting seedlings all over the place. With unremitting, responsible for the spirit of struggle, he finally will be the original barren Mianshan construction into the present convenient transportation, pleasant scenery of the national 5A level tourist attractions.

According to statistics, Mianshan near the 11 administrative villages, working in the scenic area of more than 800 people, engaged in short-distance transportation, pick-up and drop-off of tourists and stalls set up 200 people, burned lime, bricks and mortar, sand, quarrying, water and other indirect services for the Mianshan more than 300 people, **** more than 1,300 people are involved in the development of the construction of the Mianshan year-round. Mianshan scenic area has also accumulated more than 3,000 rural laborers and more than 800 laid-off workers re-employment.

With the Mianshan Scenic Area influence, visibility and reputation of the continuous improvement, many tourists come, especially during the holidays, jiexiu and the surrounding counties and cities of hotels, hotels, nongjiale and other places bursting, effectively promoting the development of the local economy. In the Mianshan Scenic Area of the strong drive, jiexiu after the earth temple, QinBaLing, ZhangBi ancient fortress and other scenic spots and attractions are also rapidly developing.

Promote traditional culture, inheritance of cold food Qingming cultural essence

Famous scholar Feng Jicai in the "Mianshan Buddha statue" in the preface to the evaluation of Yan Jiying: "Yan Jiying invited some religious culture and art experts to Mianshan, and personally led the team over the mountains, looking for the history of the abandoned treasures; and at the same time access to the canonical books and records, visit monks and mountain people, in order to confirm that each religious culture and culture of the mountain people, the religious culture of the mountain people. At the same time, consulting the canonical books and directories, visiting the monks and mountain people to confirm the history of each religious buildings and sites, each statue of the title and rank, and for this reason, the establishment of the Mianshan Institute of Cultural Research."

Not forgetting the original intention, always. Behind the successful transformation of Yan Jiying's career, is a kind of obsessive love for traditional culture. The culture and beliefs formed by the Chinese nation over thousands of years is a valuable legacy left to us by our ancestors and is the root of our Chinese nation. "Although we cannot retain the history that has passed away, we can retain the culture that history has given us. We should pass on the living treasure left by our ancestors to our children and grandchildren without any obligation." Yan Jiying told the story before his death.

The traditional culture of the Chinese people, Confucius, "the benevolence of the people love" idea, Mencius, "old and old and people old, young and young and people young" advocate, to help the poor and needy, charity, the virtue of helping people in our country has a long history. In 2008, after the Wenchuan earthquake, Yan Jiying first time to make charitable donations.

"We want to be in the jiexiu as the hometown of cold food Qingming culture and successive success in organizing the cold food Qingming culture on the basis of the core of loyalty and filial piety as well as by loyalty and filial piety extended from the integrity of the integrity of the Qingming culture, thanksgiving, this Qingming culture, the core of the traditional Chinese morality and the world's excellent culture for extensive exchanges." Yan Jiying said so in his lifetime.

When it comes to Mianshan, people will think of Jie Zi push; when in the step by step scenic, scenic Mianshan tourism, people will think of Yan Jiying. Yan Jiying spirit inspired, Mianshan people after years of precise policy, dedicated to build, and play the advantages of historical and cultural resources, digging deep into the connotation of traditional festivals, continue the intangible cultural heritage, organized a session of colorful cultural tourism activities, by people from all walks of life and tourists at home and abroad praise.

(Editor: Ma Yunmei, Liu Yang)