It was actually the fourth time I approached her during a trip to Shanxi!
The first time I visited was in the 1990s, probably in 1997. In that year, I mainly visited Jinci Temple, Qiao Family Courtyard, and Yungang Grottoes. The mountain roads in winter are narrow and slippery. I planned to go to Wutai Mountain. When approaching Yanmen Pass, the mountain road has a steep slope, driving up and down again. After several attempts, we had to divert to Yungang Grottoes. But when we returned to Taiyuan from Datong, it was snowing outside, and we were told that if we did not return that day, we would have to go back from Hebei the next day. We had to go back that day, but when we arrived at Ningwu Mountain Pass, it was windy and snowy, and the visibility was extremely low. There were mountains on one side and cliffs on the other side. The four of us took turns to get off the car and lead the way in front of the car. It took nearly three hours! Once out of the mountain, the weather in the mountain is bad, but the mountain is covered with stars, which is clearly a double sky phenomenon. Drive all the way to Xinzhou, take a good soak in the hot spring, calm your mind and calm your mind!
The second time was a work trip; the third time was driving from Beijing to Shanxi with a few friends. I plunged headfirst into the water, and the water flooded the front windshield directly, and I couldn't see anything. Fortunately, I firmly stabilized the steering wheel and kept the vehicle moving forward smoothly. The water receded quickly, and within ten minutes, it came back again. It is estimated that other people in the car were also very nervous. According to the analysis, it was caused by the accumulated water in the valley of the road. There were no highways then. Later, in Shanxi, I visited scenic spots such as the Chang Family Courtyard.
The fourth itinerary is as follows:
D1 11:45 Concentrate light meal, depart on time at 12:30, fly to Taiyuan from Nanjing at 15:40, pick up the rental car, 18 kilometers, stay in Taiyuan** Hotel, enjoy the night view of the Fen River in the evening;
In the morning of D2, ride a shared bicycle to visit Daguan Emperor Temple in Taiyuan, 24 kilometers away, visit Jin Temple, 88 kilometers away, visit Pingyao Ancient City, 66 kilometers away, Sujiexiu Mianshan** farmhouse;
D3 200 meters, Youjiexiu Mianshan Scenic Area, 89 kilometers, Suhongdong Dahuaishu Square Store;
D4 Get up early, visit Susan Cultural Center and Ming Dynasty Prison, Wanli Memorial Archway, Hongdong Guandi Temple, 2.1km, visit Hongdong Dahuaishu Scenic Area, 160km, Yellow River Hukou Waterfall National Geological Park, 236km, Su Lingshi** *Inn, night tour to Chongning Fort;
D5 200 meters, visit Wang Family Courtyard, Jingsheng Confucian Temple, 19 kilometers, visit Zhangbi Ancient Castle, 137 kilometers, to the airport, rent a car, board the plane and return at 20:15;
D6 midnight 12:40, home.
According to the agreed time, light meal, the whole journey is high-speed, to Nanjing Lukou International Airport, departure at 15:40, two-hour flight, and arrival at Taiyuan Wusu International Airport.
Pick up the rental car at the car rental point at the airport, and drive to a restaurant. Taiyuan folks rushed over from Yangzhou to clean up the dust for us.
After dinner, stay at the Jinnian Hotel by the Fen River.
After settling down, one person crosses the overpass on Binjiang East Road, and comes to the bank of the Fen River to enjoy the night view of the Fen River. On a long island in the river, there is a giant dragon floating with its head high, reflecting the reflection in the water.
Both sides are the Fenhe River Scenic Area, looking south is the Yingze Bridge, and the picture shows the Yifen Bridge in the north, spanning both sides of the Fenhe River, with bright lights.
Fen River, known as "Fen" in ancient times, also known as Fen River, is the second largest tributary of the Yellow River. The origin is traditionally believed to be Leimingsi Spring at the foot of Guancen Mountain in Ningwu County, Shanxi Province, but modern investigations believe that it is in Xiling Village, Taipingzhuang Township, Shenchi County.
The Fen River plays an important role in the politics, history, culture and economy of Shanxi Province. The Fen River is the largest river in Shanxi. It is called the Mother River by the Shanxi people. It has a profound impact on the history and culture of Shanxi Province. Many place names (Linfen, Fenyang, Xiangfen, etc.) and product names (Fen Liquor) come from the Fen River.
D2
Wake up early, scan the QR code and bike, and worship the largest Guandi Temple in downtown Taiyuan, located on Miaoqian Street in Yingze District. The largest Guandi Temple in Shanxi Province is in Yuncheng, Guan Yu's hometown.
The ancient buildings in the north always make people feel thick and dignified, and the brackets and cornices are exquisite and breathtaking.
Above the center of the gate face is the "Guandi Temple", and upward is the plaque "Wan Shi Ren Ji". On the left and right of the gate wall are the words "loyalty" and "righteousness", and there are couplets on both sides:
Doing righteousness is always manifested, being holy and God's name will last forever
Tianxin can agree to Wenyun Wuwei town in all directions
On both sides are the Bell and Drum Towers, each with a plaque hanging above it with "the sound is heard in the sky" and "the sound is like the spirit".
Finally, I found a time-honored breakfast shop --- Hao Qiangqiang Haggis. It is said that the word "haggis cut" was given by Kublai Khan's mother.
I ordered a sheep's trotter, a tea egg, and a large bowl of haggis noodles. I mixed some vinegar, added chopped green onions, and snorted. I drank and gnawed, and even soup and juice. There was a lot of heat, fine sweat dripped from his forehead, his whole body exuded transparency, and he didn't want to leave after sitting there for a while!
Go back to the hotel and meet everyone. On the way, I found a place for breakfast. Everyone had breakfast, and I went back to the hotel to pick up the things I left behind, and then we met again.
Starting again, the destination is the first scenic spot of this trip, and it is also the place I have been to --- Jinci Temple. There is a saying in Shanxi: "When you arrive in Taiyuan, if you don't go to Jinci Temple, it's like you haven't been to Taiyuan."
Jinci Temple, located in Jinci Town, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, was originally named Jinwang Temple and Tang Shuyu Temple at first. ancestral hall. It is the earliest surviving classical ancestral garden complex in China. There are 98 buildings over 300 years old, 110 statues, 300 inscriptions, and 37 cast artworks. It is a model of Chinese traditional culture.
Among them, the Nanlaoquan, the statue of the maid, and the statue of the Virgin are known as the "Three Wonders of Jinci Temple". In March 1961, Jinci was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and in 2011 it was announced as the first batch of national AAAA-level tourist attractions.
Jinci Park is very large. It was formed by the integration and repair of several private gardens such as Zaitian Villa and Taoran Village and several temples such as Shangsheng Temple and Mingyue Temple at the beginning of liberation. When we went, it coincided with the newly built road outside the park, which was full of dust and twists and turns. We went around a side gate, parked the car, and walked in. I invited a female tour guide, who spoke with a local accent, walked around Yingze Lake, walked from the south gate to the east gate, and finally arrived at the entrance of Jinci Museum. (My little friend helped me to avoid tickets, but it also made us wait for a while, and finally went around to the west gate. There are no tickets in the park)
From the inside again, come to the entrance of the east gate of Jinci Temple. The structure of the gate is a single-eave Xieshan-style building, with three doors and five bays. The plaque on the lintel of the middle door has the word Jinci as the imperial script, and the couplets on both sides read: Lin Fen River to lower blessings, build benevolence and wisdom to inhabit the gods. Both were written by Tang Taizong. It's just that the word Taizong on the side reveals the lack of knowledge of the imitators.
The lintel plaque inside the door is the seal script "Zong Tang Fashi", and the couplet:
He Hezong, Zhou Ming, Mingzhe and his assistant were born, and the spirit descended to inherit virtue, inherit literature and inherit martial arts
The heaven and the earth can be extremely divine and majestic, falling down for thousands of generations
Tang Garden
Wind Soil Zhan Tang Ben
Mountain Temple Reading Jinyu
There is no lamp in front of the temple, relying on the moonlight
The mountain gate is not locked, waiting for the cloud to seal
Further inwards is Zhaobi, facing the three stars of fortune, wealth and longevity, and the back is the picture of the Eight Immortals.
Flying Dragon Pavilion with four corners and zenith
Articles through the ages
She Ji Yi Rong Yi
The plaque on the second floor is titled "Lingyun Pavilion", and the third floor is "Guanfen".
Longxing Jinyang
Tang Zuhu Ben once started
Jinyang Jialijing Tiankai
Tang emperor flourishing mountains and rivers beautiful
Zhong Ling
Behind are the large reliefs of Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Li Ji, Yu Chigong and Ma Zhou.
A tower named Shuijingtai. In "Journey to the West", Wukong once transformed his shape. Seen from the east, the upper part is the top of the mountain with double eaves, which looks like a building; the lower part is in the shape of a wide palace, which is also a hall. Seen from the west, the upper part is a single-eave rolling shed roof, like a pavilion; while the lower part is a spacious high platform. This is a special building that combines the temple building and the rolling shed into one. The plaque hanging on the upper part of the "Famous Springs of the Three Jins" was written by Yang Tinghan, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and the couplets on both sides: beautiful waters, mountains, bright, stars, and brushless pictures, and colorful articles written by birds and flowers.
The plaque "Water Mirror Terrace" hanging on the back was inscribed by Yang Eryou, a famous calligrapher and native of Jinci Temple in the Qing Emperor Qianlong Hanlin, and is known as one of the three famous plaques of Jinci Temple. Interestingly, Yang Eryou is the nephew of Yang Tinghan. Uncle and nephew, one Wu and one Wen, each inscribed plaque, one in front and one behind, hang on the water mirror stage together, which adds a lot to the stage. Seen from the west, it is a stage, and it is also the largest existing stage of Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are actors performing on stage. The stage is divided into two parts, the front and the back. Judging from the architectural form, the backstage was built in the Ming Dynasty; the front stage was built in the Qing Dynasty.
Ming Dynasty Stone Architecture - Huixian Bridge
After passing Jinrentai, to the east is Duiyuefang, which was built in the fourth year of Wanli (1576) with beautiful shape and magnificent structure. This plaque was inscribed by Gao Yingyuan, a calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, Gao Yingyuan's mother suffered from persistent migraine, and all kinds of doctors were ineffective. Later, she obtained a sign in front of Lu Zu, which said "adding bricks and tiles". There are all kinds of platforms and bridges, but the lack of archways, so I chose to build this archway in the west of Jinrentai, and wrote a plaque with my own hands, hanging in the center. "Due Yue" comes from the sentence "Due Yue is in the sky" in "The Book of Songs Zhou Song Qing Temple".
dedication
Uonuma Feiliang is one of the three wonders of Jinci ancient architecture. Built in the Song Dynasty, it is in the shape of a cross bridge, like a roc spreading its wings, between the Notre Dame Hall and the Dedication Hall, with elegant and unique shape.
Notre Dame Hall is one of the three national treasures of Jinci Temple. It was founded in the reign of Song Tiansheng (1023-1032). The Holy Mother is said to be Yijiang, the mother of Shuyu. The Hall of the Notre Dame was formerly known as the "Girl's Temple". The hall is spacious and sparse, and there are 41 beautiful painted statues of maids from the Song Dynasty and 2 statues from the Ming Dynasty. Among these colored sculptures, Yijiang sits in the middle, with a solemn, graceful and luxurious look, and a phoenix crown and Xiapei, which is the image of a court ruler. The statues have lifelike images, vivid shapes and different moods, which are precious materials for the study of sculpture art and costumes in the Song Dynasty. The Madonna and Maid statues are one of the three wonders of Jinci Temple.
Lingquan Haohao Ten Thousands of Glazed Poor Ground Vessels
The holy water dissolves, the nine-end pearls and jades shine in the sky
The wood-carved Panlong is the earliest surviving Panlong carved column in China, carved in the second year of Song Yuanyou (1087). Each of the eight dragons holds a big pillar, with glaring eyes and sharp claws, and the wind around them is born from the clouds, and they are full of vitality.
On the right side of the picture is Zhou Bai, and there is Tang Huai in the Guandi Temple, collectively known as Zhou Bai and Tang Huai, one of the three wonders of the Jin Temple. Both are representatives of Jinci's thousand-year-old trees. Zhou cypress is a cypress planted in the Zhou Dynasty. It is lush and lush. It is located on the north side of the Notre Dame Hall. There were originally two trees named Qi Nian ancient cypress, but now only this one remains. Zhoubai Tanghuai has a thick trunk, and it takes several people to encircle it. Tanghuai is a pagoda tree planted in the Tang Dynasty. It is located in front of Shuijingtai and is the most luxuriant among the ancient trees in Jinci Temple. Every spring and summer, the trees are full of shade.
Nanhai Spring is one of the three wonders of the Jinci Temple, commonly known as "Nanhai Eye". Jinshui has three sources, one is Shanli Spring, the other is Yumao Spring, and the other is Nanlao Spring. Nanlaoquan is the main spring among the three springs, and the source of Jinshui flows out from here, which lasts all year round.
There is a pavilion on the spring, and on the pavilion hangs the words "Difficult Old Spring" written by Fu Shan, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty. When Li Bai came here, he once admired and said: "The flowing water of Jin Temple is like jasper."
There is water flowing from the tap outside the well, and everyone washes their hands before competing to comfort their hearts. There is a pavilion on the left with a plaque inscribed "Don't hit the boat".
Finally, I came to the Futu courtyard and saw the relic tower. After Muni passed away, his ashes formed crystal beads of various colors, called "relics" by Buddhists, and one of them was buried under the pagoda. When the pagoda was rebuilt in Emperor Qianlong's year, many relics were found. Thousands of grains, could it be that "Buddhism has spirits and lives inexhaustibly"? So it is called "relic tower". When I came here before, I saw the four characters "Falun Changzhuan", so I knew that Falun was originally a Buddhist language. When I went this time, I looked for the "Dharma Wheel Changzhuan" in my memory again. I found it on the fifth floor, and I was very happy. Another consolation!
Laoye Pavilion is also the west exit.
Leaving Jinci, I followed the navigation for a long time and took some detours, with suspicion and ups and downs, before touching a provincial road until I got on the expressway, which was about an hour and a half later than planned.
Drive to Pingyao. I contacted the staff who helped us with the wiring, entered the scenic spot for free, and took a battery car for a tour.
The ancient city of Pingyao was built in the period of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty (827 BC-782 BC). Known as one of the "four most well-preserved ancient cities", it is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the entire ancient city. Another ancient city is Lijiang in Yunnan. The ancient city has preserved all its characteristics and is an outstanding example of ancient Chinese cities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the development of Chinese history, it has shown people an extraordinary complete picture of cultural, social, economic and religious development.
Pingyao used to be called "Ancient Pottery". In the early Ming Dynasty, the city wall was built to defend against foreign disturbances to the south. In the third year of Hongwu (1370 A.D.), the old wall was rebuilt and expanded, and all the outside of the ancient city was covered with blue bricks. pack. After that, Jingtai, Zhengde, Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli dynasties carried out ten repairs and repairs, updated the towers, and added enemy towers. In the forty-three years of Kangxi (1703 A.D.), the emperor built four large towers to make the city more spectacular because of his westward tour through Pingyao. The total circumference of Pingyao City Wall is 6163 meters, and the wall height is about 12 meters. It divides Pingyao County with an area of about 2.25 square kilometers into two worlds with different styles. The streets, pavements, and city buildings within the city wall retain the Ming and Qing dynasties; the outside of the city wall is called Xincheng. This is a beautiful place where ancient and modern buildings are integrated, complement each other, and make people think endlessly. In 2009, the ancient city of Pingyao was honored as the most complete ancient county in China by the World Records Association.
For the first stop, we hired a tour guide ourselves. Under normal circumstances, a cultural place is to hire a tour guide to explain.
The photo shows the top of the city gate built on the city pool, which was sometimes called "Qiaolou" in ancient times. The gate is the Yingxun Gate, and the left side is the Wengcheng. There are six towers on the city wall of Pingyao, which were built in the Ming Dynasty and repaired and rebuilt in the 42nd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1703). The shape is simple and elegant, and the structure is dignified and stable. The city tower is an exquisite and beautiful high-rise building on the top of the city wall. It is an important high-altitude defense facility for a city.
The city wall of Pingyao was first built in the period of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty as a rammed earth city wall. It was rebuilt in the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, and expanded from the original "nine miles and eighteen steps" to "twelve miles and eight minutes and four centimeters" (6.4 kilometers), changing the rammed earth city wall into a brick and stone city wall. There were 25 repairs in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The plane of the city wall is square, with a circumference of 6162.7 meters, a height of 10 meters, a battlement height of 2 meters, and a top width of 3-5 meters. There are 77 drainage channels built with bricks. On the top of the wall, a 2-meter-high crenel wall (also known as the horse-retaining wall) is built based on the number of Confucius' disciples and sages. There are 3,000 crenels, 72 enemy towers, and a parapet wall inside. There are four turrets in the four corners, a general platform on the east wall, and Kuixing Tower and Wenchang Pavilion on the top of the southeast corner.
In the middle is a moat surrounding the city, which together with the city wall constitutes the defense system of the city.
The traffic network of Pingyao Ancient City is composed of four criss-crossing streets, eight small streets, and seventy-two alleys. In the picture is South Street, which is the central axis of the ancient city, starting from the junction of East and West Streets in the north and reaching the Great South Gate (Yingxun Gate) in the south.
Pingyao County Office is located in the center of the ancient city of Pingyao. It was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was finalized in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The earliest preserved building was built in the sixth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1346), which has a history of more than 600 years. The office faces south and has an axisymmetric layout. The north-south axis is more than 200 meters long and the east-west width is more than 100 meters, covering an area of more than 26,000 square meters. Pingyao County Government is one of the four well-preserved ancient government offices in China, and it is also the largest existing county government in the country. The entire building complex of the county government is orderly, patchwork, reasonable in structure, and is an organic whole. On May 19, 2004, when the 11th Panchen Lama visited the county government for inspection, he happily mentioned: "The ancient government of Pingyao County most".
There is a couplet in front of the Yamen:
Don't seek revenge, don't be angry, don't listen to the instigation to come here, spend money and effort, just win people, eventually tired
Be considerate, consider your feelings, and live your life as an official. If you are not diligent, unclear, and careless, it is easy to commit crimes, but it is difficult to deceive the sky.
To the inside is the Yimen:
Four seasons of spring outside the door, gentle wind and sweet rain
The three-foot method in the case scorching sun and severe frost
A hundred years of smoke and clouds are at hand
Talk about the vicissitudes of life
People's Church
Eat the food of the common people, wear the clothes of the common people, don't know that the common people can deceive you, you are also the common people
It is not honorable to win an official, and it is not humiliating to lose an official. Don't say that an official is useless. The place depends entirely on an official.
two halls
I came here because of the fate of the people
Qi Cun Xin has no regrets and lives up to Si Min
Among them, there are more characters for Min and fewer characters for Shame, which means more love for the people and less shame. On the side is "Pingyao County Government" inscribed by Zhu Rongji.
The Daxian Building behind the Yamen. The Yuan Dynasty cave-style building, the upper floor is dedicated to the fox fairy who protects the official seal, which is unique to the Pingyao county government, and the downstairs is the magistrate's restaurant.
Chai, Rice, Oil, Salt, Soy Sauce, Vinegar Tea
Filial piety, loyalty, propriety, righteousness and honesty, there is no money to make
There is a link upstairs:
Fame is as good as it is
Officials are like poems with different styles
Food Office of the County Government
Don't be too demanding in everything, as long as everyone abides by this law
One heart but innocence, hope to meet Si Min
There is a Fenghou Temple on the east side of the county government office, next to Fengya Terrace, and there is a performance in progress at this time.
Feng Hou imitated the law, Wei Xiang contended for admonition, and proposed to contend for the country and the world
Bao Gong was promoted to hall, Hai Rui was dismissed from office, and when he was promoted, he remembered the common people.
Walking on the street, the quaint courtyards and tall and majestic city buildings all reflect the prosperity of Pingyao in those days. This thousand-year-old city has experienced ups and downs, but it can still be fully presented to the world today, which is inseparable from the high manpower and financial resources spent on its construction.
The Guanfeng Building across Yamen Street has a corresponding "Tingyu Building". Below is the bustling crowd.
Richangsheng, the ticket office was established in the third year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1823). It was jointly founded by Li Dajin, a wealthy businessman in Xidapu Village, Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, and Lei Lutai, the general manager. Covering an area of more than 1,600 square meters, it is the first of its kind in China's national banking industry, and once controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Qing Dynasty in the 19th century. Its semicolons spread over more than 30 cities across the country, as far as Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other countries, and it is famous for "connecting the world".
Today's Richangsheng has been opened up as the "Chinese bank account museum". The bank is a financial institution that appeared in the Qing Dynasty, and the earliest bank was Rishengchang Bank, which is an outstanding representative of Shanxi merchant culture, and its wealth owner is the Li family in Dapu Village, Pingyao County, Shanxi.
Food on the street
The city building across the city center is a wooden structure pavilion with triple eaves, 18.5 meters high, and a Xieshan-style yellow-green glazed tile roof. The ground floor of the building is 3 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep, covering an area of 133.4 square meters. Since the city building is located in the "ten roads of Tianxin" in Pingyao City, there should be east-west horizontal streets, but here, according to local conditions, there are brick arches on the east and west sides of the platform, which meet the road surface of South Street to form a symbolic street. cross channel. The downstairs is surrounded by wooden fences. The flat-seat brackets are five-step and heavy-upped, and the box arches are made of mandarin ducks crossing their heads. Corridors are built on the two flat seats, and there are partition doors at the front and back. There are front and rear shrines inside, and the statue of Martial Saint Guandi and the statue of Avalokitesvara sit facing each other. On the next level, there was a statue of Kuidou Xingjun hanging under the north-facing eaves. There are seven bucket arches under the eaves on the upper floor, and three flat body sections, all of which are raised. The colorful glazed tiles on the roof of the building are inlaid with patterns of "Xi" and "Shou". The central pavement downstairs is covered with the "Golden Well" of the year, but little is known about it.
In the center of the ancient city building, the street runs from north to south, lined with time-honored brands and famous traditional shops. It is the most prosperous traditional commercial street. During the Qing Dynasty, South Street controlled more than 50% of the country's financial institutions. Known as China's "Wall Street".
There is the word "Shilou" on the plaque in the middle of the top, the plaque "Jinjing Guyue" on the bottom, and the "Book of Loyalty and Righteousness" on the top, with couplets on both sides:
Chao Zhen Wu Xi Street Three Markets
He Feng Qiaotai Well Upstairs
The other side of the plaque is "Ancient Pottery Scenic Spot", and upward is "Lingpu Universe"
The Five Elements Qi is upright and people's livelihood is thus
Xiangxiong
Continue to take the battery car all the way, cross the streets and alleys, until you return to the entrance of the ancient city, and end the tour of the ancient city.
It is also my second time to come to the ancient city. The impression of the ancient city is almost blurred, but the bustling streets and dilapidated city walls are still clear. This time I visit again, the bustling is still the same, and I feel that it has lost some flavor. The dilapidated city walls must have been repaired several times. Tall and neat, with different ages and different experiences, the experience of sightseeing is naturally different!
Leaving the ancient city of Pingyao, we drove 66 kilometers to Mianshan Mountain. It was not completely dark yet, and we could still see the indistinct figure of Mianshan Mountain from a distance. We stayed in a farmhouse, and the owner's younger brother opened a restaurant where we ate local specialties. After the meal, some people played cards, and I went out for a stroll alone. I couldn’t see anything clearly about Mianshan under the night, only the eye-catching Mianshan characters revealed by the neon lights came into view.
D3
Mianshan Scenic Area is a national 5A-level tourist attraction, the birthplace of the Chinese Qingming Festival (Cold Food Festival), the Chinese Cold Food Qingming Culture Research Center, and the Chinese Cold Food Qingming Cultural Museum. The scenic spot straddles the boundaries of Jiexiu, Lingshi, and Qinyuan, with a maximum altitude of 2,560 meters. It is a branch of Taiyue Mountain.
Mianshan is a mountain with a story. It originated in the Spring and Autumn Period when Jie Zitui and his mother lived in seclusion and were burned on the mountain. Therefore, Mianshan is also called Jieshan. Mianshan had temple buildings as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty. Large-scale Buddhist Zen Forest. The antique buildings in the scenic area have various styles. From the architectural point of view, the antique buildings in Mianshan not only take the strengths of the previous buildings, but also add the modern creativity of the designers and builders. unique style of things. In the architectural group of Mianshan Mianshan Scenic Area, religious buildings include temples and palaces; garden buildings include pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, corridors, pavilions, and archways; ancient relic buildings include ancient camp gates, city pools, and camps etc., it can be a museum (garden) of ancient buildings.
There is a sand table in the tourist center of the scenic spot, which shows the image effect of Mianshan scenic spot. In a valley, there are 14 large scenic spots and more than 360 small scenic spots. I bought a map of the scenic spot on the traffic car inside the scenic spot. There are several plans for playing, and the longest plan takes 5 days.
Daluo Palace, also known as Shiling Camel Palace
The locals commonly call it "Zhongyan". "Sanqing Shang, called Daluo". Taoism believes that the sky has thirty-six layers, and the sky above the thirty-six layers is the Daluo Heaven, so this palace is the Daluo Palace, which means the highest fairy palace. Built on the hillside, the Jie Pavilion is multi-storey, with painted pillars and carved beams, resplendent and magnificent. The entire building complex covers an area of more than 30,000 square meters, consists of 13 floors, and has a total height of 110 meters. Tourists praised it as "comparable to the Potala Palace", and it can be called the first temple of Taoism in the world.
It is unknown when Daluo Palace was first built. It is said that Jie Zitui came to Mianshan to live in seclusion in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there were relics of Taoist activities. In the eleventh year of Tang Kaiyuan (723), when Emperor Xuanzong went south to Queshu Valley, he made a special trip to Mianshan to commemorate the merits of the former pilgrimage ancestors, thanked the gods of Mianshan for protecting the grace of the Tang Dynasty, and issued a decree to repair the halls of Daluo Palace . Later, during the Yuanyou period of the Song Dynasty, the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and the Kangqian period of the Qing Dynasty, the government and the people repeatedly repaired it. It was burned down by the Japanese army in 1940, and Sanjia Company rebuilt it on the original site in 1998, and it became today's victory.
The scenic area includes the lecture platform of the main hall of Daluo Palace, Hunyuan Hall, and Qunxian Hall. There are also Lingxiao Hall, Sanqing Hall, God of Wealth Hall, Salvation Hall, Yuanchen Hall, Sanguan Hall, Wulaojun Hall, Doum Hall and other halls. In the exhibition hall, there are fine colored sculptures from Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in Mianshan, known as "Dunhuang of Shanxi". The Tibetan Scripture Pavilion is the largest collection of books in China's scenic spots. The woodcuts and stone carvings of the "Tao Te Ching" in the palace, as well as English, Japanese and Russian translations, can be regarded as a grand view of the "Tao Te Ching" culture. There is a natural cave on the rock, and white clouds float out every day in summer, so it is called "Baiyun Cave". A thatched nunnery was built next to the cave, called Baiyun nunnery. The "Diamond Sutra" stone carvings in the nunnery are rare cultural relics left over from the Tang Dynasty.
We climbed up from the bottom to the top. From my personal understanding, Daluo probably means a very complete set. There are various gods such as Buddha, Taoism, Confucianism, Eight Immortals, and Mazu in the temples on each floor. The momentum is shocking. , The building is extraordinary.
The whole building is built in a mountain depression, which can shelter from the rain, but there are also water drops from time to time, and the ground is also wet.
All the way up to the Sutra Pavilion at the highest point, standing on the highest point, you can see the continuous mountains, far and near, surrounded by white mist, the scenery is quite spectacular and intoxicating.
Qixian Valley
It is a canyon that winds up, with nine curves and one line of sky. There are jagged rocks on both sides, gurgling streams at the bottom of the valley, and sound transmission in the empty valley. You have to climb more than ten ladders to pass. According to legend, Jie Zitui's mother and son arrived at the hermitage through here. Fenghou Pavilion was built when Wen Yanbo proclaimed the decree to seal Jie Zitui as Jie Huihou. It is ingenious in conception, exquisite in craftsmanship, and has the atmosphere of a royal garden. Inside the pavilion are the inscriptions of the imperial decree of Song Shenzong, which are very precious.
Go up on the right side, go down on the left side, the whole journey is like this, mainly with iron pedals, which are inserted into the rock mass one by one with the mountain, and there are also wooden pedals, but they keep shaking, so you must grasp the iron rope handrails to move forward .
Rain and fog rise in the valley, water droplets fall from the top of the cliff from time to time, and there are rushing water under the feet.
There are also some scenic spots along the way. The introduction said that there are Qingfeng Cave, Yingxianfang, Tianyuan Waterfall, Chaofan Cave, Xiaosheng Waterfall, Crocodile Stone, Immortal Stone, Bishang Garden, Butterfly Nest, God of Tiger Taming, Nongyu Chui There are more than 20 small scenic spots such as Xiao and Dianshi for sheep and Xianquan. It’s just that we put our whole heart and soul on our feet, and only occasionally noticed these scenic spots. To be honest, if it weren’t for the stone carvings and sign marks on the roadside, we really wouldn’t know these scenic spots.
In the end, only three women and one man dared to take such an itinerary, and I sincerely give thirty-two likes to these brave beauties!
At the end of the tour of Qixian Valley, it is also the source of mountain spring water. It is called Xianquan, and there is a turtle elephant stone beside it. I continued to circle upwards, but found that it was leading to Jiezi Mountain. As a last resort, I went back the same way.
During this period, other personnel went to Longtou Temple instead. After the end, make an appointment to board the internal transportation vehicle of the scenic spot together.
shuitaogou
Mianshan is beautiful, and Shuitao Xiangou is the first to be promoted. Standing between two mountains and surrounded by streams, rainbows often rise in summer and autumn, and the scenery is beautiful and picturesque. In the Shili Fairy Valley, the Mianshan Shitong water called by Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty in "Shui Jing Zhu" turns thousands of times and flows agitatedly, forming dozens of waterfalls of different sizes and shapes, as if inlaid in the lush forest and The strings of jasper in the reeds make people feel like they are in the mysterious and unpredictable water town of the southern country.
Along the way, there are many stone carvings, such as "Listening to the Waves", "Friends", "Cleaning the Dust", "Jingguan", "Great People and Dwarf Mountains to Clear the Heart and Turbid Water", etc., as well as animal statues such as dragons, tigers, snakes, monkeys, and turtles. Various legends of Tang Taizong, Li Bai, Han Yu, Bai Juyi, Zhang Liang, He Zhizhang, Wen Tingyun and other celebrities, I can’t remember clearly, but there is also a five-dragon tree in my impression, with five branches, like a giant hand outstretched. In the shadow of the sun, several senior beauties climbed up to take pictures. Although some people got spiritual energy, they accidentally sprained their feet.
On the mountain, there is a waterfall of five dragons flying straight down, falling into the five dragon pool below. There is a dam beside the pool, and there are two dragons playing with pearls on the dam. This is the end of Shuitaogou.
Yidouquan got out of the car and took a few photos. The desolation and tragic feeling in the north was shocking.
Wenfeng Pavilion stands on the edge of the cliff, one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it!
This is the last scenic spot I visited in Mianshan --- Tangying. The words "Hundred Two Mountains and Rivers" are engraved on the city gate. On the archway of the city wall on the left is the inscription Longji Ridge, and there is a dragon head protruding above it. There is also a Longtou Temple on the mountain. We didn't go up, but only wandered around in Tangying. Tangying is the only remaining Tang Dynasty ancient camp in China.
Walk into Tangying, pass by the Holy Relics Pavilion, and climb up the Nantianmen Tower.
The upper part is Zhenwu Hall, and the lower part is Guandi Temple. I walked through the lower gate of Nantianmen City, first worshiped the Guandi Temple, then climbed the steps to look at the Zhenwu Hall, and then walked around the Nantianmen Tower from above.
Kylin relief on the city wall
Mianshan is a painting and a poem. When you look at it and read it, the feeling deep in your heart can only be felt but cannot be expressed, as if you have really touched the spirit of this mountain. The Mianshan tourism map suggests that there are several play plans, up to five days, but we only have one day, and the itinerary is a bit rushed. There are many scenic spots in Mianshan. The cultural landscapes include: Longtou Temple, Longji Ridge, Li Guyan, Fengfang Spring , Daluo Palace, Tianqiao, Yidouquan, Zhujiawa, Yunfeng Temple, Zhengguo Temple, Jiegong Ridge; natural landscape: Qixian Valley, Guteng Valley, Shuitaogou. And we only visited Longtou Temple, Longji Ridge, Daluo Palace, Zhujiawa, Qixian Valley and Shuitaogou, and we felt very shocked! The rolling mountains, majestic buildings, touching legends, novel landscapes, etc. are all wonderful, and they all left a deep impression on me! Worthwhile trip, worth a visit! !
Of course, tasting the beauty of Mianshan requires more time and more perseverance. Perseverance in life is consistent with pursuit. Without pursuit, there will be no perseverance. I think, I should constantly pursue the ideal realm and the taste of life, and constantly enrich my perseverance. Mianshan gave me a new feeling.
