Legal facies rock

Legal facies rock

Faxiangyan, also known as Baosheng mountain and Zisheng mountain, is located in faxiangyan street of Wugang City. There are eight caves, each of which is engraved with the name of Lishu cave, which is square, dignified and elegant. They are: Qizhen, Shangping, Taibao, Chaoyang, Yingyang, Furong, Yinxian, huaru.

brief introduction

Located in the east of Wugang City, Hunan Province, it is an important part of the provincial scenic spot of faxiangyan Yunshan. It was built in 1984 and covers an area of 12.77 hectares. It is one of the ten sceneries of the old capital Liang (the old name of Wugang), which is called "Fa Xiang Dong Tian". According to yitongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, "baofangshan is located in Wuli, Southeast of the state. It is called Baosheng mountain, also known as Zisheng mountain and faxianyan.". "Fa Xiang" is a sect of Buddhism, which is called "Fa Xiang Zong". The Buddhist scripture "Zai Cheng Yi Zhang" says: "all the truths of the world, there is action and no action, the general name is fa Xiang". It is named after Mingyan, and now it is a Park. There are more than 40 kinds of cliff stone carvings at each cave entrance, among which the most famous one is the Jingang Sutra written by Wu Zhong, the prefectural herdsman in the third year of Kaixi of Song Dynasty (1207). It has more than 40 characters in verse, with Li in the seal script. It has a unique style of calligraphy. The rest of the song, Ming and Qing Dynasty officials and scholars still have a lot of handwritings. The cursive script and the official script are eye-catching, which is a treasure house of Chinese calligraphy. From the content of the poem, it also has high historical value. Among the eight caves of the facies rock, except huaru cave, the other seven are connected. The grotesque rocks and stalagmite stalagmites in the cave are in various shapes, including zhanhualou, Pearl Tower, stone horse love trough, stone seeking turtle, five snakes out of the cave, jade lady dressing platform, qingtianyizhu, rock waterfall and other waterfall attractions.

History and culture

The scenery of FA Xiangyan is unique. The scholars of past dynasties paid tribute to FA Xiangyan and left numerous inscriptions on the stone wall. Grass, regular script, official script and seal script are mutually beneficial. Especially in Tang, song, Ming and Qing Dynasty. Wang Changling, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, Chen Yuyi, a famous calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, the key to the earth building in the Imperial Academy, Cao Yikui, a censor in the Ming Dynasty, pan yingdou, a Jinshi, Xi Fen, a state herdsman in the Qing Dynasty, and Ba Gong Shu Zuoyi left many famous poems. Chen Yuyi, a patriotic poet who was involved in political affairs in the Southern Song Dynasty, was exiled in Huxiang after the change of Jingkang. When he lived in Wugang, he once chanted the seven wonders with the title of "Dharma phase cave heaven": "the stone cave passes through the empty road, and the dust is carefree. The cave door is deep in the clouds. Who wants to see another heaven in the world? " On the stone wall beside Furong cave, there is an inscription on the state screen in the third year of Kaixi (1270 A.D.) of the Song Dynasty. Wu Zhong wrote: "if you see me with color and ask me with sound, it's an evil way for people. You can't see the Tathagata. All the dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and like electricity. You should do so." The script is full of seal characters, vigorous and vigorous. After a hundred years of wind and rain, the strokes are still clear. The stone carving of "biyuzan" was written by Lou yaosuo, a famous calligrapher and academician of the Song Dynasty. It was carved on the stone by Jiang Tongming, a prefect of the Song Dynasty. It was written in regular script. Such a large number of cliff carvings are not only the treasures of calligraphy, but also of great historical value for appreciation and research. They are a world-famous treasure house of culture and art. At the beginning of the 1960s, famous modern historian LV Zhenyu praised the cliff inscriptions of FA Xiangyan and praised them as a masterpiece of the ancient forest of steles

Landscape introduction

The FA Xiangyan cave is composed of eight natural caves. The cliff walls of each cave are engraved with the names of Lishu cave, which are dignified, upright and skillful. They are Qizhen, Taibao, Shangping, Chaoyang, Yingyang, Furong, Wenshan and huaru. The caves are different in size and intricate, but they run through each other, forming a wonder that there are holes in the cave and holes outside. Therefore, it is known as the "law phase cave".

There are many stalagmites and stalagmites in the cave. There are thousands of different shapes and colors, forming more than 40 scenic spots with different shapes and colors. Among them, more than 10 scenic spots, such as "stone horse love trough", "five snakes out of the cave", "jade girl dressing platform", "Pearl Tower", "zhanhualou", "waterfall in the rock", "qingtianyizhu" and "looking for sea turtle", are the most attractive, accounting for the rest, such as lion, tiger, elephant and ape, Or vivid, or let people imagine, uncanny workmanship, fascinating. Lei Xiaoyou, a poet of Qing Dynasty, vividly described the scene inside the cave. "At first, I was still slow, and then I hesitated. It's like an ant piercing a bead, like a snake drilling a hole. He never stooped in his whole life. After the Dragon bed, suddenly Kaidao city. The sound of the human voice is scattered in the cave, and the pith of the stone drips skillfully. Or as red as cinnabar, or as bright as the sun It's strange, and it's hard to describe it in detail. " In front of the rock, there are two streams flowing into the rock from Furong and Yingyang caves, respectively. What's more strange is that the winding path leads to seclusion, and the cave connects with tongbaoyan, which is ten miles away. Zhang yuanbian, the right Minister of the Ministry of history of the Ming Dynasty, came to Wugang to visit faxiangyan and tongbaoyan. In his travel notes, he said: "the two mountains are about ten miles apart, and the underlying spring is connected with each other If someone goes deep into the maze and turns around for a long time, he is already in the immortal Temple (tongbaoshan). But I know that the stones of the two mountains are not connected with each other. "

Five kilometers from the north to the south of tongbaoshan, the lower spring of the faxiangyan is subterranean and indistinctly connected with the Nanshui river. Outside the cave, there are more than 40 cliff carvings. Regular script, grass, official script and seal script are complete and eye-catching.

topographic features

The facies rock is a typical karst landform with grotesque caves and rocks. On the ground, the ancient trees are towering and the shade is like a cover. It is a peculiar Stone Forest Park of mausoleum style. Underground, there are Taibao, huaru, Furong, Chaoyang, Yingyang, Qizhen, Yinxian and Shangping caves. The caves are deep. Chen Yuyi, a famous patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, chanted in his fa Xiang Dong Tian: "the cave gate is deep in the clouds. Who would like to see another heaven in the world?" after visiting FA Xiang Yan, Mr. Wu Jucai, deputy general manager of China city appearance newspaper, wrote: "there are few caves in the city, which are extremely dangerous and beautiful. How many people in the world hold their heads high, who can not bow their heads here. ". The natural landscape in the territory includes: Tianzhu stone, yungen stone, longan trail, Qingtian Yizhu, Longgong, wushechudong, qianqiutian, Shima Liancao, Jingui foraging, Yunv dressing platform, Yanshan waterfall, dark flower building, Pearl Tower, Shilin Shengjing and other famous scenic spots; the cultural landscape includes: Jingang Jing, biyuzan and other famous cliff stone carvings of different styles, with more than 70 square meters; the famous yellow stone carvings There are some scenic spots, such as Zhongshan Hall, General Li Minghao's villa and so on, in the former site of the second branch of pujunyang. There are revolutionary martyrs tower built to commemorate the heroic sacrifice of more than 500 officers and soldiers of the seventh Red Army led by Comrade Deng Xiaoping in the fierce battle of Wugang, the heroic sacrifice of PLA soldiers in the battle of liberation of Wugang and the massacre of revolutionary martyrs by Chiang Kai Shek's reactionary forces.

Tourism and cultural relics

As early as 1959, FA Xiangyan was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit. In 1992, it was included in the Chinese and English versions of China tourism information database by the National Tourism Administration, enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad. The beauty of nature, whether people read or watch or travel, is full of emotion. Among them, ye Rutang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of construction, wrote the inscription "China's legal rock scenic spots".

The geographical conditions of the facies rock

Located at the foot of Yunshan mountain, adjacent to the former site of the second branch of Huangpu Military Academy, it is now the second middle school of Wugang City, with beautiful scenery and good cultural environment.

Travel notes

Admission: 20 yuan;

① Opening hours: 8:00-17:00

② Children's ticket: height 1.2m-1.4m, below 1.2m free of charge;

③ The elderly over 65 years old hold preferential treatment card, retirement card or ID card for 10 yuan;

Address: faxiangyan Township, Wugang City, Hunan Province

Longitude: 110.651506

Latitude: 26.72109

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