Mingyue Gorge

Mingyue gorge is located in Guangyuan City with a history of more than 2300 years. It is located in the north of Sichuan Province, the intersection of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, the north gate of Sichuan Province, and the throat of Sichuan Province. It is known as the "important town of northern Sichuan", "gateway of northern Sichuan" and "Ba Shu Golden Triangle". The original name of Chaotian gorge is Chaotian town. Chaotian means to pay homage to the son of heaven. When Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty fled the "an Shi rebellion" and moved south to Chengdu, local officials received and paid homage here.

Mingyue Gorge

Mingyue gorge is located in the east section of Jiangxi Lingxia in Guangyuan Jialing, Sichuan Province, with an area of 6.1 square kilometers and about 33 kilometers away from Guangyuan. Because the rocks on both sides of the gorge are mostly silvery white, and reflect with Qingfeng and Jiangshui, making the whole Xiajiang River seem to be coated with a layer of hazy moonlight, so it gets its name.

There are many strange peaks and rocks in the gorge: Tianzhu peak, which is half in the sky, magnificent and deep yellow catfish hole, toad Bei, which is called "the fourth spring in the world" by Lu Yu, a tea sage, Xianren bridge, and Qingfeng "three swords".

geographical environment

Mingyue gorge, also known as Chaotian gorge, is located in Chaotian District, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, less than 2 hours' drive away from Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province. It is an important part of Jianmen Shu Road, a national key cultural relic protection unit. One of its characteristics is that it combines Bird Road, plank Road, Xianfu Road, waterway, highway and railway in one gorge. It is a natural "Museum" of China's transportation It also reflects the difficulty of Shu Road in Li Bai's works.

Development history

Mingyue gorge has a history of more than 2300 years. It is located in the north of Sichuan Province, at the intersection of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, at the north gate of Sichuan Province, and at the throat of Sichuan Province. It is known as Guangyuan City as "the important town of northern Sichuan", "the gateway of northern Sichuan" and "the golden triangle of Sichuan". The original name of Chaotian gorge is Chaotian town. Chaotian means to pay homage to the son of heaven. When Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty fled the "an Shi rebellion" and moved south to Chengdu, local officials received and paid homage here. Later, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the literati advocated nature, so they changed the name of Chaotian gorge to Mingyue gorge based on Li Bai's poem "clear wind, bright moon". But the local people still like to call it Chaotian gorge according to the old custom, so later there were many names, also called Chaotian Mingyue gorge.

Chaotian gorge is located in Chaotian District, 30 kilometers north of Guangyuan

On the Jialing River, 2km to the south, the canyon is about 4km in length and 100m in width, with cliffs on both sides. To the East is the famous chaotianling, with a depth of 2km. It is a canyon formed by the Jialing River breaking through the mountains. Chaotian gorge can be called the throat of the throat of the Shu Road. It is the only channel connecting the north and the south. The terrain is precipitous and advantaged. For thousands of years, people have left six ancient and modern roads here in order to get through the Shu Road, so people also call it Zhongtian Gorge

The National Museum of transportation history is an important place to study ancient Chinese transportation. The six roads are:

1. In ancient times, mountain people walked out of the small path.

2. In the pre Qin period, the government advocated the plank road built on the gorge wall.

3. The boat path built by boatman in the gorge.

4. Boat Road on Jialing River.

5. Sichuan Shaanxi highway built in the period of the Republic of China.

6. Baocheng railway tunnel, built in 1950s, is opposite Sichuan Shaanxi highway.

Mingyue gorge is a collection of six ancient and modern roads in one gorge, including the pre Qin ancient plank road, Jialing waterway, Zhufu Bird Road, Jinniu post road, national highway 108 and Baocheng double line. It is known as China Road Traffic Museum and a living fossil of China's road traffic development. Mingyuexia ancient plank road site is the earliest excavated site in China, with the most scientific shape and structure, the largest number of holes, the best preserved and the most ancient plank road style. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level. Mingyue gorge is majestic and precipitous, and Li Bai's immortal poem "the difficulty of Shu Road" can be found only when he crosses this gorge. If you don't walk along the ancient plank road, you don't know that it's hard to walk along the Shu Road. Mingyue gorge is an important part of Jianmen Shu Road, a national tourist scenic spot. Due to the importance of its terrain, many historical stories have happened since ancient times, such as Xiaohe nongzhou Mingyue gorge, Lijun Liufang Mingyue gorge, Luyou mengduan Mingyue gorge, zhangxianzhongwei Mingyue gorge, Wu Xiaoli Qingding Mingyue gorge and so on.

Sichuan Jianmen Shudao cultural tourism belt mainly includes: Chaotian qipanguan Mingyue gorge Qianfo cliff huangze Temple Zhaohua ancient city Niutou mountain Tiantai Mountain Jianzhao ancient post road Jianmen pass Cuiyun corridor Jianzhou ancient city Jueyuan temple, with Mingyue gorge ancient plank road, Zhaohua ancient city, Jianmen pass and Cuiyun corridor as the core.

Main attractions

1： Six roads in ancient and modern times

Chaotian gorge can be called the throat of the throat of the Shu Road. It is the only channel connecting the north and the south. The terrain is precipitous and advantaged. For thousands of years, people have left six ancient and modern roads here in order to get through the Shu Road. Therefore, people also call it the Museum of Chinese traffic history. It is an important place to study ancient Chinese traffic. The six roads are as follows: 1. The small path that mountain people walked out of in ancient times. 2. In the pre Qin period, the government advocated the plank road built on the gorge wall. 3. The boat path built by boatman in the gorge. 4. Boat Road on Jialing River. 5. Sichuan Shaanxi highway built in the period of the Republic of China. 6. Baocheng railway tunnel, built in 1950s, is opposite Sichuan Shaanxi highway. Chaotian Mingyue gorge has many historical stories since ancient times due to the importance of terrain, such as Xiaohe nongzhou Mingyue gorge, Lijun Liufang Mingyue gorge, Luyou hunduan Mingyue gorge, zhangxianzhongwei Mingyue gorge, wuxiaoli qingmingyue gorge, etc.

2： Chaotian Mingyue gorge ancient plank road

In addition to Mingyue gorge, Chaotian district also has Qingfeng gorge, Da'an temple, qipanguan, Chibi post, Feixian Pavilion, Longmen Pavilion and other relics and scenic spots. If you have time, you can visit them one by one. Of course, the most important thing is the ancient plank road of Chaotian Mingyue gorge. The ancient plank road is located in the Chaotian Mingyue gorge and the old Sichuan Shaanxi highway passing through the gorge. Now there are only a few remains. Except for the stone holes, many of them are restored after the restoration. Plank road, also known as attic Road, was built by ancient people for the needs of life and war. The ancient Shu Road started from Chengdu. After passing through the precipitous Jianshan mountain and Xiaojianshan mountain, it came to chaotianmingyue gorge, where it really met the "roadblock". No matter what the productivity of ancient times was, we could not build a safe road. To think of Bashu, we must open this road. So our ancestors drilled holes in the cliff and built a plank road. It was only after the northern and Southern Dynasties, when the Tang and Song Dynasties intersected, that the top of the cliff of Mingyue gorge was cut into a narrow path along Chaotian mountain. However, because of the rugged mountain path, steep slope and dangerous road, people are willing to choose the flat and shortcut stack Road. During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang, for the needs of the war, opened the garret road of Jianmen and repaired the plank road of Mingyue gorge. Only then did he have the story of six expeditions out of Qishan and Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. In the TV series romance of the Three Kingdoms, the scene of burning plank road was shot here. The difficulties and dangers of Mingyue gorge can be seen in the 1930s when the government of the Republic of China built the Sichuan Shaanxi highway. At that time, engineers and technicians tried to find another way around Mingyue gorge, but they failed in the end. They had to dig a grooved road with explosives along the cliff above the ancient plank road of Mingyue gorge and barely passed through the gorge. Now the grooved road is still above Mingyue gorge It is the famous "tiger mouth" highway on the old Sichuan Shaanxi Road, which is quite spectacular and one of the scenic spots of Sichuan Shaanxi highway. This is the source of Li Bai's exclamation that "it's difficult to reach the sky when it's difficult to travel to Sichuan.". Of course, social science and technology are no longer afraid of any obstacles. When mountains open and rivers build bridges, the new Sichuan Shaanxi Expressway goes around Mingyue gorge and becomes a smooth thoroughfare. The Baoji Chengdu Railway also passes over Mingyue gorge, and the ancient plank road becomes a tourist attraction for people to cherish the past and cherish their ancestors. In addition to the Chaotian Mingyue gorge ancient plank road, there is also a famous ancient plank road in Shaanxi Province, namely the Shimen plank road on the famous Baoxie Road, which is located at the foot of cuiyunping mountain at the south end of baogukou Shimen Reservoir, 15 kilometers north of Hanzhong. The existing one was restored in June 1996.

geographical environment

Mingyue gorge is located in Chaotian District, about 30 kilometers north of Guangyuan City

On the Jialing River, 2km to the south, the canyon is about 4km in length and 100m in width, with stone cliffs on both sides. To the East is the famous chaotianling, with a depth of about 1km. It is a canyon formed by the Jialing River breaking through the mountains. Mingyue gorge can be called the throat of the throat of Shu Road. It is the only channel connecting the north and the south. The terrain is steep and advantaged.

15 kilometers below Mingyue gorge, about 10 kilometers away from Nanjin pass, there are strange rocks on both sides of the Strait, waterfalls and springs, which are as powerful as fairy mountains. In particular, there are four strange stones on the top of Xiangbi mountain on the South Bank of the gorge, which are as bright and prominent as the shadow of a lamp. This is the famous Dengying gorge. These four stones are also vivid images of Tang monks and disciples returning from their journey to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures. One is like the monkey king, one is like the pig Bajie, one is like the Tang Sanzang, one is like the sand monk. Guo Moruo wrote such a poem: "Tang Monk's younger martial brother stands at the top of the mountain, the lights and shadows dance together, pigs and monkeys", which clearly shows the scenery and interest of Dengying gorge. On the North Bank of the upper end of Dengying gorge, there is Tianzhu peak, straight peak like a column, towering, rocky and woody. Xue Dong, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, once wrote a poem describing the peak of Tianzhu: "the root is before the judgment of heaven and earth. The winter snow is freezing, the jade shoots are arranged, and the sunset clouds are colorful. Poor Tai Hsieh is always in the ascendant and out of the way, but this mountain does not record the year. "

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