Taishan

Located 23 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City, fengyugou north. Surrounded by forests, ancient cypresses are hidden in the temple, which is not easy to see. The name of Taishan was first seen in the book of Song Dynasty written by Shen Yue. It is said that in the northern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Shi Gandang, who was famous for his bravery, and the mountain where he lived was also famous in the world.

It is particularly worth mentioning that on May 8, 2008, a six corner underground palace was discovered in Longquan Temple, Taishan, which made the archaeologists marvel. In the underground palace, there are five coffins buried in the relics. Taiyuan TV station broadcast the whole process of archaeologists opening the golden coffin. In the eyes of the audience, the five coffins were opened The silver coffin and the gold coffin are dazzling and exquisite, and the answer is finally kept in the gold coffin. Experts said that due to the worry that the technical means are not perfect and the precious cultural relics in the gold coffin can not be properly protected, the last coffin should be opened at another time. Even so, Shanxi people still feel the mystery of archaeological excavation in a new way. Even the soft ribbon on the silver coffin inspired many people's Association. More than 1300 years later, you can see the real face of Tang Dynasty silk, and the audience is very excited. The underground palace of Longquan Temple is the only one of the Tang Dynasty relic buried underground palace discovered so far in Shanxi Province.

Internal attractions: Daxiong hall, Longquan Temple, Li cunxiao tomb, etc

Taishan

Taishan is located in the southwest of Taiyuan, 5km away from Jinci scenic spot and 3km away from Xishan Giant Buddha Scenic Spot in Jinyang. It is a tourist spot for Taiyuan's tourism and Sunday leisure. It has unique scenery, especially famous for its red leaves in late autumn.

Overview of scenic spots

Taishan in the southwest of Taiyuan is 5km away from Jinci scenic spot and 3km away from Jinyang Xishan Giant Buddha Scenic spot. It is a tourist spot for Taiyuan's tourism and Sunday leisure. It has unique scenery and is especially famous for its red leaves in late autumn. In the west of luanshitan in Jinyuan Town, there is a long and deep gully called Fengyu gully. When you go in from Fengyu gully, there are two mountains, and there is a river beach in the middle. You can walk about two Li along the beach until you reach the foot of Taishan Mountain. When you look up, you can see that the mountains are abrupt and towering, the mountains are covered with green water, the streams and springs are flowing, the environment is quiet and elegant, and the scenery is beautiful. As a tourist spot, it deserves to be.

The name of "Taishan" first appeared in the song book of Shen Yue (a litterateur of Liang Dynasty). It is said that in the Five Dynasties, there was a mountain dweller named shigandang, who was famous for his bravery in the northern Han Dynasty. Even this mountain also became famous. The mountain took the meaning of "Taishan shigandang", so it was named Taishan.

Longquan Temple

Longquan Temple is located on the hillside of Taishan Mountain, 23 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan city. Since the 1980s, it took more than two years for the temple to be repaired and painted as it is. The Longquan Temple, decorated with oil and painted beams and buildings, is resplendent in gold and jade, and the red painted Mountain Gate is like a smiling face. It not only welcomes visitors from all over the world to visit the temple and the scenery, but also hopes that more people will come to see the red leaves of Mount Tai in the autumn.

Winding up from the completed steps, surrounded by mountains and pines and cypresses, there is a large-scale temple, which is Longquan Temple. Taishan Longquan Temple is famous all over the country. Originally named Haotian temple, it was built in 710, the first year of Jingyun in Tang Dynasty. It was originally Taoism. It was destroyed in Jin and Yuan Dynasties and rebuilt in Ming Dynasty. It was changed into a Buddhist temple. The temple was built on the mountain and divided into upper and lower courts. Shangyuan is the Guanyin Pavilion rebuilt in Ming Dynasty. The main hall of the lower courtyard is a double-layer pavilion type building, with Guanyin Bodhisattva at the lower level and Sakyamuni Buddha at the upper level. There are six tombstones in the west of the temple. There is a gold coffin in Longquan Temple, which is suspected to be a Buddhist relic. Because the temple is built on Taishan Mountain, it is also called Taishan temple.

red autumnal leaves

Taishan red leaf is one of the autumn scenery in Taiyuan. Every year, frost and autumn is the best time to watch the red leaves. In the concave waist surrounded by mountains, pines and cypresses stand majestically on the cliff like spires carved with jadeite. All over the mountains, showing a clear green color. The red leaves among the pines and cypresses are like the red carpet on the grass; the red leaves are like clouds of red clouds falling on the mountains; the scattered red leaves are like bright red agate inlaid in them. The composition of nature is so wonderful, just like the beautiful scenery drawn by a skillful painter. It turns out that there is a kind of shrub growing in Taishan, named Huangluo. When autumn comes, the leaves grow It turns red, especially after frosting, the branches turn red, and the village leaves turn dark red. As Comrade Chen Yi said in the title of Xishan red leaves, "Xishan red leaves are good, the frost is heavy, and the color is thicker. "It's a compliment to the Western Hills of Beijing, but it's appropriate to use it here. It seems that Du Mu's saying that "frost leaves are redder than February flowers" is not a boast.

The red leaves of Taishan Mountain are very beautiful, amazing and admirable, which make people unforgettable after watching.

The mystery of the temple's transformation for thousands of years

According to the old local records of Taiyuan, Taishan temple, namely Taishan Longquan Temple, was first built in the first year of Jingyun (AD 710) of Tang Dynasty, and was initially called "Haotian Temple" of Taoism.

According to on-site research by cultural relics experts, the underground palace where the silver coffin and gold coffin relic Baohan lived was originally the base of a Buddhist pagoda. The pagoda was built during the period from Wuzhou to Ruizong of the Tang Dynasty, from 684 to 761 A.D., when Longquan Temple was first built. In the vicinity of the underground palace, cultural relics archaeologists excavated another site of old buildings such as platform base and steps, which was later identified as the ruins of the late Qing Dynasty building "Haotian God Temple".

The temple built in Tang Dynasty is a Taoist temple. Why is there a Buddhist tower? The Haotian God is the authentic content of Taoism. The temple of Haotian God was destroyed in the late Qing Dynasty. Did Haotian God and Sakyamuni coexist peacefully for more than 500 years on Mount Tai? Maybe this little golden coffin can tell us more about the thousand years of ancient Jinyang and reveal more about the secret history of Bingzhou.

Longquan Temple: past and present

Taishan is in the west of today's yanjiafen village in Jinyuan District, between Longshan and Mengshan, belonging to Xishan Mountain range.

Before the news of "Millennium stone letter excavation", few Taiyuan people knew that there was such a mountain, let alone Longquan Temple. It was not until the appearance of Shihan that people began to pay attention to this seemingly ordinary Tongshan temple.

As for the name of Taishan, there are detailed records in Song Shu written by Shen Yue: it is said that in the northern Han Dynasty, there was a mountain people named Shi Gandang, who was famous for his bravery. The mountain he lived in also got its name. Taishan took the homonym of "Tai (Tai) Shan Shi Gandang". There is also a folk saying that the mountain range of Taishan looks like a big "Tai", so it has the name of Taishan.

Taishan is a magnificent mountain with dense forests. There are many cypresses and maple trees in the mountain. The beautiful scenery has attracted religious people to practice and meditate here. At first, Taishan was the place where Taoist alchemists practiced. According to the records of the old local chronicles of Taiyuan, Taishan temple was built in the first year of Jingyun (AD 710) of Tang Dynasty, and it was the "Haotian Temple" of Taoism. More than 500 years later, it was destroyed in the war of Jin and Yuan Dynasties. It was not rebuilt until 1391, the 24th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, a hundred years later. However, the five temples, including Guanyin, were merged into a Buddhist temple, and the name was changed to Taishan temple.

It is also said that it was dry and rainless at that time. Local officials and people came here to pray for rain. They found the gurgling spring water and thought it was in response to the rain. The dragon king granted the spring, so they gave Taishan temple the nickname of "dragon spring". They built a Dragon King Temple on the spring water and carved stone dragons. The spring water came out of the stone dragon mouth.

According to the records of Taiyuan county annals during the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, the original Taoist temple of Haotian was destroyed by fire in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. There is a stone tablet in the northeast corner of the courtyard, which was erected in the second year of Tang Jingyun (711), and it is also the best physical witness of that period of history. In addition, there is a record in the annals of Taiyuan County written by Jiajing of Ming Dynasty that there is a dragon pool in Taishan, which is a historical evidence of the origin of the alias of Taishan temple.

Pagodas in Taoist temple

In fact, this mountain temple is not ordinary. For hundreds of years, there is an unknown secret hidden in Taishan Longquan Temple.

Although it is not known to the outside world what is in the gold coffin, the relic letter of the silver coffin is undoubtedly of great value to the study of the cultural and historical development of Jinyang in 2500 years, as well as the study of Buddhism and politics in the relevant years.

According to the on-the-spot research by cultural relics experts, the underground palace where the silver coffin and gold coffin relic Baohan lived was originally the base of a Buddhist pagoda. Pagoda is an Indian Buddhist building. It became a form of pagoda after it was introduced into China.

According to the chronological calculation, the construction date of this pagoda is not far away from the predecessor of Longquan Temple, "Haotian Temple", that is, the pagoda was built shortly after the founding of "Haotian Temple".

Then why is it necessary to build a pagoda in the Taoist temple? Isn't it a nondescript thing! Even if someone is willing to pay for the pagoda, are the Taoists in the Taoist temple willing to follow him?

The director of Taishan cultural management office told reporters that Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang Dynasty, always called himself a descendant of Laozi Li Er and highly praised Taoism. After ruling the world, for the sake of political needs, Li Yuan's descendants began to promote Taoism to Buddhism and strongly supported Buddhism.

Before and after the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, Buddhism was ordered to be above Taoism. During this period, temples were widely built, great Buddhas were created and God Buddhas were worshipped.

It is particularly noteworthy that Wu Zetian took Bingzhou as her ancestral home and established Bingzhou as the northern capital. She promoted Buddhism in Taiyuan, built temples extensively, clothed Mengshan Buddha with cassock, and went to Longshan Tongzi temple to worship Buddha and build Taiyuan North Temple (today's Chongfu Temple). Then, with the intervention of powerful political forces, the Taoists in the Taoist temple are driven away, and the possibility of monks occupying the temple is very high

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