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Gua Mountain is located 3 kilometers north of Jiaocheng County. The shape of this mountain is very similar to Bagua, hence the name. There are good natural scenery here, as well as the thousand-year-old temple, which is a well-known local scenic spot. It was famous as early as the Tang Dynasty for its mountains shaped like hexagrams, ancient cypresses all over the mountain, majestic temples and Huayan Daochang. Mi Fu, a calligrapher and painter in the Song Dynasty, ranked it among the three mountains and five mountains, and praised it as "the first mountain". ".

The Tianning Temple in the mountains was founded in the first year of Tang Zhenguan (627). Most of the buildings in the temple that tourists see today were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There is a Thousand Buddha Pavilion in the front yard of Tianning Temple, which was first built in the Song Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The temple also preserves iron bells, iron steles, and stone steles of the Ming Dynasty, as well as inscriptions on the reconstruction of Tianning Temple in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, scenic spots such as the Temple of the Holy Mother, the Academy of Guashan, and the Ancestral Hall of Zhugong were added to Guashan.

opening hours

8:00-17:30 all year round

Preferential treatment policy

Supplementary Note:1. 1. Free policy: Children under 1.2 meters in height (not included) are exempt from tickets; elderly people over 70 years old (inclusive) hold valid certificates for free; active soldiers hold valid certificates for free; military disabled hold valid certificates for free. 2. 2. Preferential policies: Students above 1.2 meters (inclusive) can enjoy half-ticket tickets with valid certificates; disabled people can enjoy half-ticket tickets with valid certificates; elderly people aged 60 (inclusive) to 69 (inclusive) can buy tickets with valid certificates Tickets enjoy half-price. (The above preferential policies need to be purchased at the scenic spot). 3. 3. The above information is for reference only. For specific information, please refer to the disclosure of the scenic spot on the day.

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Guashan Mountain is located 3 kilometers north of Jiaocheng County. Guashan Mountain is named after the group of peaks that resemble hexagrams. It is located at the eastern foot of Jiaocheng, Luliang, Shanxi Province, about 67 kilometers away from Taiyuan. The pine and cypress trees all over the mountain are in various shapes and are evergreen all year round. There are many mysterious folk legends. There are Tianning Temple, Cast Iron Monument, Pilu Pavilion, Tanghuai and other scenic spots built in the first year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (627). It is a tourist attraction in Shanxi Province that integrates natural scenery and ancient temples with a thousand years of history. Mi Fu, a calligrapher and painter in the Song Dynasty, ranked it among the three mountains and five mountains, and called it "the first mountain".

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There are many mysterious folk legends, which are regarded by Taoism as a natural temple with profound cultural accumulation. There are Tianning Temple, Cast Iron Monument, Pilu Pavilion, Tanghuai and other scenic spots built in the first year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (627). It is a tourist attraction in Shanxi Province that integrates natural scenery and ancient temples with a thousand years of history. Mi Fu, a calligrapher and painter in the Song Dynasty, ranked it among the three mountains and five mountains, and called it "the first mountain". In February 2020, in order to thank the vast number of medical workers fighting against the new crown pneumonia, the scenic spot will be open to medical staff free of charge from the date of reopening to December 31, 2020. [1]

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Gua Mountain is located 3 kilometers north of Jiaocheng County, Luliang. It is named because the shape of the mountain resembles the Eight Diagrams. It is a famous tourist attraction that combines natural scenery and ancient temples with a thousand years. , Huayan Dojo and was famous as early as the Tang Dynasty. Guashan is very beautiful. The mountains are beautiful, the main peak Taiji Peak sits north to the south, full of spirits; the water is beautiful, there are Wayao River in the west and Ciyao River in the east outside Guashan Mountain, and there are Lingquan, Longquan and Zhishui springs in the mountains, which are refreshing. The spirit of the tree; the beauty of the tree. The ancients once compared the cypresses of Guashan Mountain with the pine trees of Huangshan Mountain. There are many famous cypresses in Guashan Mountain, such as Qixing cypress, Longclaw cypress, Tiger head cypress, Erxian cypress and Hydrangea cypress. The plants are vigorous and ancient, full of vigor, and show a primitive atmosphere in the lush. In the valley surrounded by green cypresses, the main buildings of Guashan are dotted all over, including Tianning Temple, Notre Dame Temple, Guashan Academy, Zhugong Temple and so on. The ancient temple Tianning Temple is the earliest and largest Buddhist temple among the many temples in Guashan. There are more than 100 original statues of Sakyamuni in the temple. There are iron casts, wood carvings, and clay sculptures. . In addition, ancient cypresses are one of the wonders of Guashan. If you observe these cypresses carefully, you will find them in various shapes, such as tiger head cypress, bull head cypress, dragon claw cypress, and hydrangea cypress.

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Departing from the downtown area of Taiyuan early in the morning, it took just over an hour to arrive without taking the expressway. The ticket is 42 yuan per person, which was booked on Ctrip the day before, and there are a lot of discounts. Go to the entrance of the scenic spot to pay and collect the tickets by text message, and pay 10 yuan for parking for each car. It takes less than 10 minutes to get to the mountain gate after entering the scenic spot. If there are old people and children, they can choose to take the battery car in the scenic spot, which is very convenient. Since it was early Thursday morning, there were few people and the mountains were quiet, and the air was filled with the unique fragrance of cypress trees, which was very distinctive. The pine in Huangshan and the cypress in Guashan, the cypresses in Guashan are powerful, simple and generous, and have various postures. There are also rich legends in the ancient cypresses. The two snakes... The long history and magical legends make the God of Gua Mountain heavy. Mi Fu's inscription, Li Shangyin's visit to friends, Fu Shan's biography... These cultural masters make Guashan rich in humanities. The beauty of Guashan has a kind of quiet beauty, no noise, just for you to see and think about. The beauty of Guashan lies in a kind of lightness, not many carvings, only reconstruction and restoration, not stacking, the truth of history has its own shocking charm. Especially the "Bo Wang" who passed by on the way to the Yaowang Temple, was born in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it is touching. The kind of struggle, the kind of struggle, the kind of accumulation of years, is really amazing!

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