There is a mountain in Dali that Xu Xiake once climbed to the top twice, but ordinary tourists seldom come here.

Stayed in Dali that night, and went straight to Jizu Mountain, the holy place of Buddhism the next morning, and arrived at the foot of Jizu Mountain. The holy bottle of Guanyin Bodhisattva stood at the foot of the mountain, as if to sprinkle holy water on every mountain that came to make a pilgrimage.

Jizu Mountain is located in Binchuan County in the east of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, in the dry and hot valley of Jinsha River. The climate is hot and dry, with little rain and drought, and has a typical subtropical scenery. The temperature season is "short in winter and long in summer, and equal in spring and autumn", so you can travel in all seasons.

Jizu Mountain is the birthplace of Zen Buddhism. More than 2,000 years ago, Sakyamuni's great disciple drank light and Kasyapa clothes entered the Huashou Gate of Jizu Mountain, which established its lofty position in the Buddhist world.

Jizu Mountain is a Buddhist holy place that has been famous in South Asia and Southeast Asia since ancient times. It is as famous as Wutai, Emei, Putuo, and Jiuhua Mountain. It is one of the five famous Buddhist mountains in China.

In the Ming Dynasty, Xu Xiake, a geographer, traveler and writer, went to Jizu Mountain twice and compiled the first "Jizu Mountain Chronicles". After he climbed the mountain, he couldn't help exclaiming: "Dongri, Xihai, Nanyun, Beixue, among the four, it is amazing to get one of them in the sea, but Tianzhu Peak has one top and one of the four views in the world, which is not special. The mountain is actually the head of the sea!"

Jizu Mountain is famous for its majesty, danger, strangeness, beauty and seclusion, as well as "Tiankai Buddha Kingdom" and "Lingshan Buddha Capital". ", Xu Beihong wrote a poem "A desolate land for vultures, how can it be compared to the mountains with chicken feet".

On the way up the mountain, the scenery along the way is picturesque, especially the bright red Yunnan camellias in the green bushes, which are dazzling. When the spring breeze is warm, the rhododendrons bloom like clouds, and they are several miles long, which is a scene of Jizu Mountain.

We came just in time to enjoy the beauty. Traveling in autumn and winter, the mountains are full of red leaves, the pines are tall and straight, and there is another scene. After a mountain rain, the air is extraordinarily fresh. The mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the weather is myriad. It is not a fairyland but a fairyland.

There are many hermits in Jizu Mountain who come here for various reasons. They look for a cave, live in caves and practice hard, live a simple and simple life, and do not enter the temple. They think that the temple is not a quiet place now, full of vulgarity and copper. Smell, they use their own way of penance to seek the true fruit of cultivation and understand the true meaning.

I asked the local people carefully, and the local people told me that it is true, but they are all in the mountains that are inaccessible, and they rarely go down the mountain, and the way of hermit practice has existed since ancient times. The cultural landscape of Jizushan Buddhist Holy Land.

When you reach the top of the mountain, a white pagoda stands on the top of the mountain and plunges into the sky, like a ladder reaching the sky. There is a golden hall under the pagoda, which is resplendent and resplendent. Tianzhu Peak, the highest peak in Jizu Mountain, is 3,248 meters above sea level. The original Golden Palace was moved here from Mingfeng Mountain in Kunming during the reign of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1637). It was destroyed later and has been rebuilt now.

On the top of Tianzhu Peak, there is a hollow square brick pagoda with dense eaves - the Shurangama Pagoda. On the second floor, you can overlook the magnificent scenery of "Four Views". The so-called four views are: the sunrise in the east, the auspicious clouds in the south, the Erhai Lake in the west, and the Yulong (Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang) in the north.

The splendor of Lingyue Jizu Mountain is drinking up. Jizu Mountain is worthy of being a sacred place for Buddhism and tourism. There are many temples on the mountain, the scenery is particularly beautiful, and the cultural landscape is also very rich. If you travel to Dali, it is recommended to visit here.