Qiqu mountain scenic spot

Qiqushan temple is located in the northern suburb of Zitong County, Mianyang City. Qiqushan temple is a famous scenic spot in Northwest Sichuan. Here, majestic mountains, winding roads, majestic temples, in accordance with the cliff, tree shade, beautiful scenery, known as the "Pearl of Shu Road". It is here that the story of "Wu Ding Kai Shan" described by Li Bai, a poet of Tang Dynasty, in his poem "Shu Dao Nan".

Qiqu mountain scenic spot

Qiqushan scenic spot is located 9 kilometers north of Zitong County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. It is located at the southern end of Jianmen Shu Road scenic spot. Jinniu ancient Shu Road (now 108 National Road) runs through the north and south. The whole scenic spot is distributed along the ridge in a belt, covering an area of 29.3 square kilometers. Qiqushan scenic spot is famous at home and abroad for its birthplace of Wenchang culture and the largest pure ancient Berlin in China. There are more than 50 cultural landscapes with ancient Shu Road, ancient imperial cypress, ancient architecture and ancient culture as the main body, with profound cultural heritage. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction.

In February 2020, in order to pay tribute to the medical workers who are struggling in the front line of anti epidemic, the scenic spot will implement the preferential policy of free admission for medical workers within one year from the date of resumption of operation.

geographical environment

geographical position

Qiqu mountain scenic spot is located in the north of Zitong County, with the geographical coordinates of 1 ° 41 ′ 51 ″ N and 105 ° 11 ′ 34 ″ e, and the elevation of the main peak is 861.5m.

The tourist area is 150 kilometers away from Chengdu and only 45 kilometers away from Mianyang, a science and Technology City, with convenient and fast transportation.

climatic conditions

Qiqu mountain belongs to the north subtropical monsoon humid area, with mild climate, four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall, warm winter and early spring, hot summer and cool autumn, and sufficient sunshine. All seasons are suitable for tourism, especially spring and autumn

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Development history

Qiqu mountain was called "Nichen mountain" in ancient times. According to legend, it was formed by the accumulation of mud from the Tongjiang River in Jiuqu by Dayu. There are big and thick catalpa trees on the mountain. Xiayu cut down catalpa trees

The trees were used to make canoes to dredge the river. When the trees were frightened, they turned into children. The common people thought that it was a God to turn the trees into children, so they built temples to worship the tree god of Zitong, and then changed the name of "Nichen mountain" to "Zitong Mountain".

In the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzong avoided the rebellion of Anshi and was lucky to Shu. He left behind the poem "seven twists and turns in the drizzle, and langdang has a voice to mourn the jade ring". Therefore, "qiqushan" is "this mountain is known all over the world".

Qiqushan temple was first built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was originally called "Yazi Temple". There are 23 ancient buildings in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the first Wenchang palace built by Emperor Gaozong in the Southern Song Dynasty according to the Royal Palace pattern.

This temple broke the tradition of Chinese palaces sitting in the north and south, and was located in the East and West, because the ancients said that "Ziqi came from the East" since ancient times.

The grand temple is the ancestral court of Wenchang Palace at home and abroad. In the more than one thousand years of God making movement, Zhang Yazi was granted the title of "emperor Lu Hongren, the Secretary of Wenchang in Fuyuan Kaihua" by successive emperors, which is known as "Confucius in the north and Wenchang in the South"

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There are 23 ancient buildings in qiqushan temple in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is called "Museum of ancient architecture" by Liang Sicheng, a famous architect. It is not only like a palace on earth, but also like a palace in heaven. In 1996, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit

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Main attractions

Wenchang ancestral court

Kuixing Building

Beside the 108 National Highway stands a magnificent three storey Pavilion, which is the Kuixing tower of qiqushan temple. Kuixing tower is 33.15 meters high, about 100 feet high, also known as 100 feet tower. It is adjacent to Jinniu Shu Road in front of it, and then leans on layers of palace towers with 48 pillars connecting to the sky. It holds up a three story 100 feet high building in the sky. It is magnificent and large-scale. It is known as the "famous building of Western Shu", which is comparable to the Yellow Crane Tower of Jingchu.

In the center of Kuixing building is a plaque of "emperor village", under which is the gaomen gate of Wenchang temple. Gaomen refers to the porch gate of ancient emperors. This is the hometown of emperor Wenchang, so it can be called gaomen.

There is a plaque hanging on the gate of gaomen: Daoguan ancient and modern, and below it is a stone carving of Qing Dynasty: the picture of deer and crane, which is simple and vivid.

Kuixing is the first incarnation of Wenchang. In the eyes of scholars, Kuixing has the supreme status.

Kuixing upstairs, with blue face and red hair, holds a red pen in his right hand and "fuguihua" in his left hand. His right foot is upright, and his left leg is tilted back. He has red hair and angry eyes, blue face and tusks, and his muscles are swollen. There is a square hole in his right knee. It is said that Kuixing is a misinformation of Kuixing. Kuixing is the first night of the western white tiger, with 16 stars. The worship of Wenchang star is far earlier than Kuixing. The emperor Wenchang of Qiqu mountain has taken charge of the land of fortune. As the "first incarnation of Wenchang", Kuixing can only give rich flowers to the high school chief taxi according to the will of the emperor Wenchang. This is the reason why Kuixing holds "rich flowers" in his left hand.

For this reason, many students in ancient and modern times came to pay homage to the leader of Wenchang ancestral court with awe. It is said that the pen on Kuixing's right hand is specially used to enroll imperial examiners. Once the point is made, Wen Yun and Guan Yun will come together.

Therefore, in the era of imperial examination, scholars regarded Kuixing as a deity. The so-called "since ancient times, articles have no evidence. I hope Kuixing can fight a little."

Why is Kuixing at the top? In the past, if you won the first place in the imperial examination, you will enter the palace, stand on the head of Da'ao and take over the emperor's golden list. This is what people call the top star in the competition.

Wenchang main hall

Entering the gate of emperor village, the first thing you can see is the twenty-four stone steps embedded in the stone wall of Jiulong. The twenty-four stone steps symbolize the traditional "twenty four filial piety". The huge stone wall of Jiulong shows the imperial rank of Wenchang imperial palace.

Above the stone steps is the main hall of Wenchang palace, also known as Zhenqing palace, which was built in the Ming Dynasty. In the middle of the hall, the kind cast iron statue with a crown and a Nine Dragon Robe is the Wenchang emperor Zhang Yazi.

Guixiang Hall

Behind the main hall of Wenchang is the Guixiang hall. In front of the hall are four osmanthus trees, which were planted in the Chunyou period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1241-1252 AD), with a history of nearly 800 years.

The common osmanthus trees are white silver osmanthus and yellow golden osmanthus, and these four are very rare red osmanthus. Osmanthus fragrans blooms in autumn, fragrant and refreshing. It has the reputation of thymus. Since ancient times, people have regarded osmanthus as a symbol of auspiciousness and nobility. The ancient Greeks used cinnamon twigs to weave hats and awarded them to outstanding poets, which is called laurel crown; while in China, the imperial examination system was called toad palace laurel.

The imperial examination of Qing Dynasty was set in the golden autumn when Osmanthus fragrans bloomed, which was in line with the meaning of "eclipsing osmanthus".

Therefore, the Guixiang Hall of Wenchang palace was attached great importance to by the majority of students. Before the imperial examination, people came to pray for the blessing of the emperor of Wenchang, so that they could win the honor. There is a poem as proof: "the toad palace is planted in the world. When it comes to subdue spirits, thousands of people will come. If it's not a little cold and fragrant, how can it blow all over the mountain."

Guixiang hall was built in the Ming Dynasty, adopting the method of reducing columns. When you look around the four thick pillars in the hall, they all tilt in different directions. With the change of people's position, the direction of the tilt of the pillars also changes. It is difficult to determine the specific direction of their tilt.

This is the architect's intention to let the inner column side foot greatly, in order to make people produce visual error. Among them, there is a hole on the inner pillar in the front left. A wooden arhat that can be touched but can't be taken out is carved in the hole. People always like to reach out and touch the arhat, try their luck and touch it around. People give it a beautiful name "Moyun cave".

In the middle of Guixiang hall are three cast iron statues. In the middle of the hall is also Zhang Yazi wearing a king's hat. This is the image of Zhang Yazi, who was named king Jishun and King Yingxian Wulie. On the right side is Tian deaf, who is charmingly naive, and on the left side is di dumb, who is so cute.

The deaf want to speak but know nothing, and the dumb know but can't speak, which can ensure that the secret will not be revealed.

It should be noted that the statue of Zhang Yazi in Guixiang hall is the same height as the statue of Wenchang in the main hall, with similar appearance. However, the iron statue in Guixiang hall is more simple, and the iron statue in the main hall is more exquisite, which has high cultural and artistic value.

In addition, the Wenchang statue in the main hall is hollow, while the cast iron statue in Guixiang hall is solid. According to experts' estimation, there are 40 tons of solid cast iron statues.

On the left wall of Guixiang hall, there is a huge mural "Zhang Po riding a deer" of the Qing Dynasty.

On the left side of the mural are the inscriptions of Yin in the reign of Emperor Qianlong. It is said that Yin in the inscriptions was written by the emperor Wenchang. It is also called Dan Guiji. It has been translated into more than 20 versions of Japanese, French, Korean and so on, and has been widely spread at home and abroad.

Qisheng Palace

To the south of Guixiang hall is Qisheng palace, also known as Shengfu hall, which was built in Qing Dynasty. The hall is dedicated to Zhang Yazi's father, Zhang longzu. The emperor of the song and Yuan Dynasties granted him the title of "Xianqing Ciyou yulingde king", Buddhism granted him the title of "Bodhisattva of the longevity king of Zhengguo", Taoism granted him the title of "Chuzhen Yanqing Tianzun". The common people adored him very much and called him Zhang Gong.

In the old days, on the twelfth day of the first month of every year, the folk custom activities of Wenchang tour were held in the county. Together with Wenchang, the Holy Father took the eight lift sedan chair, dressed in white boa robes, and went down the mountain to receive the people's worship.

There are two precious stone carvings behind the statue: "Hongwen Xuanhua" and "Zhangyi elite". The seal on the top of the stone inscription shows that the author is Aixinjueluo Yunli, the half brother of Emperor Yongzheng, or "Prince Guoyi".

At that time, he went to Taining temple in Kangding to preside over the grand ceremony of the Sixth Dalai Lama's return to Tibet to succeed the throne. He passed through Qiqu mountain, and he felt that he had a problem.

"Hongwenxuan"

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