Longan Mountain - China Travel

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Longan Mountain is located in the east of Shenmu County, with a towering peak. From the left side of the mountain, it looks like a camel lying on the ground and screaming, but from the right side of the mountain, it looks like a dragon swimming in the sky and chant outside the Great Wall after drawing water. The dragon dances and its belly penetrates the sky. There are two stone holes like eyes on the dragon head. Whenever the red sun rises from the east in the morning, the light penetrates the two holes and shines directly on the city head, just like longan eyes shining. It is very spectacular. It is called "Longan through the sun". The origin of the name. Follow the path into the longan and climb to the height of the dragon's spine, and you can have a panoramic view of the city and rivers. Yun Chuan's ten poems on Longyan Mountain said: "The pupils are dim and the sky is clear at dawn, and they dominate the two worlds of mountains and rivers. From here, the Dragon Lord looks at the whole Han Dynasty and the whole Mongolian outside."
There are Zushi Temple, Kek Le Temple, Luban Temple and so on on the top of the mountain. The Patriarch Temple is a Taoist temple dedicated to the ancestor of Zhenwu, who dominates the north. It was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, it has been repaired several times to restore it. There are temple fairs on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the eighth day of April and the eighth day of June every year. The Kek Lok Temple was built in the reign of Emperor Kangxi behind the Zushi Temple, but was later destroyed. Now there are many steles left for reference. Kek Le Temple is a ten-party temple. In the past, the hall, monk's room, and fasting courtyard were all available. It not only accommodated wandering monks, but also held grand Buddhist activities. The Luban Temple is located in the east of the Zushi Temple, and its former site is in Nanguan, the county seat. In the late 1980s, it was relocated here with funds raised by the construction industry. Lu Ban, the patriarch of the construction industry, is enshrined inside, and there is a statue of Cai Lun, the "Paper Saint" in my country, in the west hall.