Niushan

Niushan is located in shuilian village, Hualien County, along the coastline 27 kilometers away from No. 11 highway of Taiwan provincial road. It was originally a cattle pasture area by the sea. Due to the special current and bay terrain, it forms a beautiful bay. After crossing the cow dung area, the sea is wide and the sky is wide. After walking a few steps, you can go to a small hill, and the whole coastline suddenly becomes bright. The scene makes people feel very comfortable.

Niushan

Niutou mountain, located 39 kilometers northwest of Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, is the boundary mountain of Huayuan and Tanba. It is 114 kilometers long from north to south, 13 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of 182 square kilometers. It is the highest peak in the central part of the city. The terrain is dangerous and the mountain is towering. There is "Wangjing stone" (Henjing stone) on the top of the main peak, with an altitude of 1547.5 meters.

summary

"Niushan diezhang", one of the eight sceneries in the old records, refers to this mountain. According to Li Guoqi's annals of Xing'an Prefecture and historical sites in the Qing Dynasty, "Niutou mountain (i.e. Niushan. Original note) is located 90 Li north of the state. It is the crown of mountains in the state. There are springs on it that do not dry up or overflow, and pray for rain. Yongtaiji, huangchaogu, is in Niushan, Jinzhou. According to Zhouzhi, Niutou mountain stretches for more than a hundred Li and rises to Yunhan. There is Jinniu cave, which is the place where people used to dig swords to stab yellow monsters. On the top of it, there are Wuluo mountain with staggered peaks. On the other hand, there are candle mountain with green peaks inserted into the sky. It is named after its shape. " Wang Xishun, a man of Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem: "the shape of Jinzhou is superior to that of miaozhongguan, and the cuizhang and danyan can be controlled absolutely. The setting sun is far away, and the direction of the woodcutter is Niushan. "

history

The stone statues of Niushan temple stand beside the road outside Niushan temple. There are three statues. The height of the statues is 0.9 m, 0.45 m and 0.35 m respectively. Two of them are headless. After the Song Dynasty. According to Li Guoqi's annals of Xing'an Prefecture and historical sites in the Qing Dynasty, "Niutou mountain (i.e. Niushan. Original note) is located 90 Li north of the state. It is the crown of mountains in the state. There are springs on it that do not dry up or overflow, and pray for rain. Yongtaiji, huangchaogu, is in Niushan, Jinzhou. According to Zhouzhi, Niutou mountain stretches for more than 100 Li and rises to Yunhan. There is Jinniu cave, where people used to dig swords to stab yellow monsters. On the top of it, there are Wuluo mountain, with staggered peaks and ranges. On the other hand, there is candle mountain, with green peaks inserted into the sky, which is similar to the name. Wang Xishun, a man of Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem: "the shape of Jinzhou is superior to that of wuchongguan, and the cuizhang and danyan can be controlled absolutely. The setting sun is far away, and the direction of the woodcutter is Niushan. " There are "Niushan Temple (Zhonghui Temple)", "Jinniu cave" (that is, the place where the sword is dug to cut the Yellow monster), defense stone city, Shuai flag pier and other relics on the mountain. Niushan is also named for its shape like a bull's head. There are many legends about Niushan. Some say that Jinniu goes down the mountain and crosses the river from Laojun pass. Wherever Jinniu passes, it has the word "Niu", such as "niutiling", "niutipu", "niujihe", "niutoudian", etc. Some said that Jinniu crossed the Hanjiang River and put his dung in the river, so there was gold in the sand in the Hanjiang River; some said that Huang Chao led the volunteers to practice in this mountain, and after daily training, he stood on the "hate capital stone" and prayed to the north for an oath to overthrow the Tang Dynasty and wipe out Xijing.

Myths and legends

The monument is embedded in the wall of Niushan temple. Niushan temple was founded in Song Dynasty, and has been rebuilt and repaired many times. According to the records of all the steles, there are 17 existing steles, of which the stele erected in 1781, the 46th year of Emperor Qianlong, is more valuable, with a height of 1.73 meters and a width of 0.67 meters. At the beginning of the stele, there are four characters: "Niushan Temple stele". The stele records the restoration of Niushan temple in that year, and describes the repair of Niushan temple. Rebuilding the stele of Niushan Tuzhu zhonghuiwang Temple: it was engraved in 1355, the 14th year of Zhizheng reign of the Yuan Dynasty. Huang Lixian wrote an article about the temple rebuilt by Ronglu Duke of Pingzhang. Now the stele is preserved in the forest of Steles in Xi'an. The stone statues of Niushan temple stand beside the road outside Niushan temple. There are three statues. The height of the statues is 0.9 m, 0.45 m and 0.35 m respectively. Two of them are headless. After the Song Dynasty.

The stone statues of Niushan temple stand beside the road outside Niushan temple. There are three statues. The height of the statues is 0.9 m, 0.45 m and 0.35 m respectively. Two of them are headless. After the Song Dynasty.

Legend

According to the inscriptions, in the first year of Minhe, the weather was good in Bashan area, and the crops also had a bumper harvest never seen before in history. People's life became more and more prosperous. Many people began to use the brewing technology handed down by their ancestors. All kinds of teahouses and restaurants were singing and dancing, customers came and went, and the streets were full of wine fragrance, and there was great Jiangnan Many people in the north of the river and the lake went to Bashan to taste the wine. This phenomenon not only attracted the attention of all the immortals in the heaven, but also led to a fairy tale about the drunken cow Bashan. One day, when the guard of the gate of heaven is dozing off, he stealthily breaks the chain and sneaks down to the heaven. Following the fragrance of the wine, he finds Bashan town and jumps to a farmer's wine cellar to drink this kind of wine. When Tianjiang found that the cow was missing, he was so scared that he broke into a cold sweat and rushed to report to the Jade Emperor. After hearing this, the Jade Emperor was even more shocked. On the one hand, he ordered all the celestial immortals to come to discuss with him. On the other hand, he dispatched all kinds of celestial soldiers and generals to search for Shenniu. Seeing that all the immortals had been talking for a long time, but there was no result, Taibai Jinxing suggested that we might as well send someone to invite the queen mother to come as soon as possible, and then send the heavenly soldiers and generals to capture the cow when we can see the exact location of the cow with her peeping mirror. There was no other way, so the Jade Emperor sent for the queen mother to bring the mirror. Soon after, the queen mother came with her mirror and used her magic power to search for the place where the cow was lying drunk. The immortals rushed to find out the reason and told the Jade Emperor. After hearing this, the Jade Emperor was angry and surprised. He was over ten thousand years old. He was diligent and had been through Pepsi. He didn't care about the rare things in heaven. Why did he break heaven's rules when he made wine for this mortal world? So he drove the colorful auspicious clouds to find out why. Before I got there, I first smelled a strange fragrance. The fragrance was pleasant and intoxicating. At first, I saw that it was a good wine made by the farmers in Bashan town. I saw that it was rich and clear, pretty but not only. I took a sip of it. Sure enough, it was mellow and long, and graceful, thick but not stagnant. So I understood the reason why the cow was drunk in Bashan. The jade emperor also praised it sincerely: good wine! Although we knew that it was the wine that caused the trouble and the sin of the God ox could be forgiven, but heaven's rules could not be violated. The Jade Emperor's compassion moved again and was in a dilemma. At this time, Taibai Jinxing saw the meaning of the Jade Emperor, so she offered a suggestion: since Shenniu is so greedy for the best wine in the world, why not punish him to lie down and guard Bashan, which can not only accompany with the wine all the year round, but also guard Bashan, the best wine in the world, so that he can live forever? The Jade Emperor was very satisfied with this plan, and then he made a decree, saying: let the head of God cow be exposed on the ground to guard Bashan, and let this fine wine be handed down from generation to generation. Later, the story of Niutoushan was gradually spread, and many famous people came to see the scenery of Niutoushan and taste the Bashan wine. After the autumn harvest, Bashan people always carry out their own vats of wine just out of the cellar, gather on Niutoushan to taste wine, study and exchange traditional wine making techniques and techniques, and constantly improve and enhance their ancestral wine making skills. Up to now, the products developed by the loyal and industrious Bashan people have been sold all over the country.

Address: shuilian village, Hualian County

Longitude: 121.56255720122

Latitude: 23.772178818554

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

Chinese PinYin : Niu Shan