Xisaishan scenic spot

Xisaishan scenic spot

Xisaishan scenic spot is located on the South Bank of the Yangtze River in the east of Huangshi City, with a total planning area of 0.495 square kilometers. The main body of the scenic spot is Xisaishan's precipitous and beautiful natural landscape and numerous historical relics. It is a collection of daoshibu's ancient Huangshi City's vicissitudes and ancient poetry as its important cultural connotation. Tourism resources are very rich, many scenic spots, belonging to the national 3A level scenic spots.

Development history

Xisai mountain, also known as daoshifuji and Jitou mountain, has an altitude of 176.5 meters and a circumference of 18.5 kilometers. Historically, it has integrated ancient battlefields and scenic spots with its geographical location of wutouchuwei and its precipitous terrain. From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the founding of the people's Republic of China, there were more than 100 wars in Xisai mountain. Literati watched Xisai mountain in the morning and dusk, wrote poems and wrote nearly 100 poems, and wrote poems on the cliff

Many cliff carvings are left on the steep wall. Since May 1985, the Municipal Department of landscape architecture has started to carry out the maintenance and construction of the sightseeing trail, corridor, Shangguan Pavilion, peach blossom Pavilion, iron chain guardrail along the river, peach blossom ancient cave and ancient Diaoyutai in Xisaishan, and the scenic spots have been continuously developed and utilized.

Main attractions

Peach blossom cave

[Taohua ancient cave] it is about 3 meters high between the steep walls near the river on the north side of Xisaishan mountain. It is shaped like a temple gate under the upper circle. It is closed by stalactite at 2 meters inside. The door of the cave is engraved with the word "peach blossom ancient cave". In 1985, the dangerous road "yixianxia", which is the only way to the ancient cave, was widened and a 90 meter long chain guardrail was installed to ensure the safety of tourists. Under the cave is the ancient Diaoyutai.

Cliff inscriptions

[cliff carvings] among the Northeast cliffs of the mountain, there were many stone carvings, such as "Feilai boat", "Aoyu stone", "Hubao pass", "Jiaolong cave", "Yunlin pride", "zhenbiao Qianren" and "Zhongya", "Buddha's palm", etc., some of which have faded with the years. On a 4-meter-high stone tablet on the riverside side of Xisaishan, there are three big characters of "Xisaishan" with each square meter, which are written by Zhu Qichang, a Jinshi of Ming Dynasty. Moving eastward, Wu Guolun, a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, carved the cliff stone of "dragon and tiger". Among the numerous stone carvings on both sides of the Taohua cave, the three characters "Xisaishan" written by Chu Tunan, a contemporary calligrapher, are engraved on the cliff wall on the left side of the cave. Each character is 5 meters square, which is very spectacular.

Xisaishan iron pile

[Xisaishan iron pile] on the right side of Taohua cave, there is an iron pile, 8.2 cm high, 3 cm wide and 1 cm thick. There is a slot in the middle of the iron pile and a wedge beside it. Legend has it that it is a relic of Wang Wu's SUN Hao's iron lock on the Hengjiang river.

Longku Temple

[Longku Temple] at the foot of the mountain on the east side of Xisai, is a site of the Tang Dynasty. It was partially restored in 1986. It is said that there was once a peony in the temple left by the Ming Dynasty. A girl surnamed Jia helped a poor scholar to go to Beijing for an examination against her master's will. After her success, the scholar came here to show her innocence. The girl borrowed the peony to make it white, fragrant and charming. During World War II, the flower was robbed by the Japanese.

Beiwangting

[beiwangting] the antique building is located on the top of the north peak of Xisaishan mountain, where you can overlook the surging east of the river, and the scattered flower island and CE Lake in the north of the river are green. The three characters "beiwangting" at the main gate of the pavilion were inscribed by fan Jiasheng. There is a couplet in the north of the pavilion. The first couplet is about the past and present, and the second couplet is about the universe. There are also couplets in the south. The first couplet: wutouchuwei; the second couplet: romantic in all ages. The pavilion started construction on April 16, 1998 and was completed on October 28, 1998, with a total construction area of 167 square meters and a pavilion height of 9.647 meters. The total investment is 400000 yuan.

Xisaishan archway

[Xisaishan archway] the antique building, located on the Western hillside of Xisaishan, started construction in June 1986 and completed in December 1988, with a total investment of 123000 yuan. The three big characters "Xisaishan" on the archway were inscribed by Shu Tong, chairman of the Chinese Calligraphy Association. The 1.7-kilometer-long Xisaishan special highway runs from the archway to the top of the mountain.

Landscaping

[landscaping] since 1962, the Municipal People's government has planned to organize citizens to plant trees on Xisai mountain voluntarily. Now the mountain is covered with pine, cypress, peach and other tree species. In the warm spring season, peach blossoms are in full bloom around the peach blossom cave, reflecting the waves of the river and making the scenery attractive.

Daoshifu

[daoshifu] daoshifu is on the east side of the foot of Xisai mountain. In history, there were Kyoto, Xiling County, tufu Town, Chuxiong Town, daoshifu Town, city and Huangshi City. In the Han, Jin, Sui, Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was once a prosperous political, economic and cultural center town. On the night of the Mid Autumn Festival in August 1935, the sea, land and air forces of the Japanese aggressors stormed the dangerous pass of Xisai, turning daoshifu, a thousand year old ancient town, into a ruin.

Ancient coin cellar

[ancient coin cellar] the ancient town, which is full of official burdens, has disappeared. However, six discoveries of ancient coin cellar here can prove its ancient prosperity.

For the first time, in the 26th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1598 AD), a gold cellar and a burial object were found.

The second time, in 1634 A.D., a coin cellar was found, which was full of more than Zhangyu in Fangzhong, and the coin Guan iron wire was decayed.

The third time, in the spring of Emperor Qianlong's Jiazi (1744 A.D.), a coin cellar was discovered. The soil was two or three li long and the excavation lasted for several months.

For the fourth time, in 1944, a cellar of copper coins was found, which was carried away by Japanese ships.

For the fifth time, in May 1955, when the water conservancy project headquarters of Daye Steel Works was collecting soil at the foot of Xisai mountain, a silver cellar was found. 292 ingots of silver, weighing 133.38 kg, were unearthed.

The sixth time, on November 15, 1967, when repairing the embankment of Xisaishan, we found the money cellar of the Song Dynasty and dug out nearly 300000 Jin of square hole copper coin strings.

The above six discoveries are all located in the east of Xisai, near the former residence of LV Wende, the official to the Duke of Wei in the Song Dynasty. The first four discoveries are only available in literature, while the last two discoveries are supported by a large number of objects. The last rare discovery was made during the cultural revolution. Apart from the fact that the cultural relics department left more than a thousand jin of the excavated objects, the rest of them were transported to Wuhan smelter for destruction, which is really a rare event. According to the legend of the villagers who have lived in daoshifu for many years, there are nine money cellars buried at the foot of Xisai mountain. According to this legend, there are still three cellars buried underground.

Ancient Tomb

[ancient tombs] after liberation, ancient tombs were found many times near Xisai.

Han Tombs

[Han Tombs] in 1955, eight Han Dynasty brick chamber tombs were found when daoshibu took soil to build the river embankment. Unearthed cultural relics include chiseled gold pieces, five baht coins, goods springs, bronze mirrors, iron knives, four ear pots, etc.

Jin tomb

[Jin tomb] in March 1982, two brick chambered tombs of the Wei and Jin Dynasties were discovered. 16 pieces of celadon bowls were unearthed from tomb No. 1. Tomb No. 2 was once excavated, and only one piece of porcelain plate was left.

Tomb of Yuan Dynasty

In September 1983, a tomb of the Yuan Dynasty was found. "Making money" printed with the words "Western Pure Land" and "Western bliss" was found in the tomb, reflecting that the deceased believed in Buddhism.

After liberation, more than 40 tombs from Eastern Han Dynasty to Ming Dynasty were found near Xisaishan. Due to inadequate protection, very few survived.

Ancient poetry

[ancient poetry] there are Jiang Yan and he Xun in the Six Dynasties, Liu Yuxi, Wei Yingwu and Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty In Song Dynasty, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Lu You In Ming Dynasty, Wu Guolun, Wang Shizhen, Yi yingdou In the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 40 people, including song Xiang, Zhan Yingjia and modern Dong Chuncai, who left poems about Xisaishan.

The poems related to war are: in Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng's "point out the place where Wu and Wei fight for supremacy, and ten thousand troops will be swallowed in one day.". Up to now, the color of Xisai mountain is still the same as the bloodstain of that year's war; Gu Shu's words: "in the first hundred battlefields of Xisai mountain, the officers and soldiers of that year had a glow", etc.

Those who wrote about the beautiful scenery of Xisaishan are: Lu You's: "play the month before Xisaishan, listen to the bell in Donglin temple.".

The historical sites of Xisai mountain are written by Wang Zhou, a poet of the Tang Dynasty: "no one asks for a thousand iron locks, but the stone wall is empty, and the shape of Tao is the shape of Tao"; Wang Kexiang's: "the new rising in front of Longku temple, and the green peak behind yuxu hall is round"; Li Zengrong's: "the peach blossom cave is often associated with egrets, and fishing alone in the sound of running water" and so on.

The majestic momentum of Xisai mountain is written by Li Bai, Wei Yingwu, Zhang Wenqian, and so on.

Ancient battlefield

[ancient battlefield] because of its steep cliffs and steep waters, Xisai mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Relying on the rolling Huangjing mountain, it has become a strategic place to guard the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. There have been more than 100 wars here in history.

Sun Qigong and Huang Zu

In the winter of the fourth year of Jian'an (199 A.D.), in order to avenge his father's death and the need of westward expansion, sun CE sent troops to attack huangzu and won the fierce battle in Xisaishan, and then attacked Xiakou. During the whole campaign, there were seven men and seven women, more than 6000 boats and a lot of property. Xisai mountain became the jurisdiction of Sun family.

Three Kingdoms war

After sun CE's death, Huang Zu often invaded Xisai mountain, and Sun Quan also attacked Huang Zu three times, making Xisai mountain smoke constantly. Wu people set up "iron lock across the river" key guard. In the winter of the fifth year of Xianning (A.D. 279), the Jin Dynasty sent the whole nation's troops to attack Wu separately. The generals Wang Rui and Tang binfu of the Jin Dynasty went down the river to the East, fought against Xisaishan, and then went down to build their business

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