Shimen Jian

Dazhu mountain has crisscross streams, clear water and beautiful rocks. The most beautiful place is Shimen stream. I don't know if Shimen stream gets its name from Shimen temple nearby, but the melodious bell sounds in Shimen Temple accompanied by the sound of gurgling stream are the most pleasant notes of Dazhu mountain.

Shimen Jian

Shimen stream, located at the West foot of Lushan Mountain in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is known as "the west gate of Lushan Mountain". Because of Tianchi mountain, iron boat front confrontation such as the door, there are waterfalls falling and named. At an altitude of 400 meters, the climate is mild and the rainfall is abundant. On the mountains on both sides of the stream, there are many kinds of tropical, subtropical and temperate plants, and the rare Photinia, Jatropha curcas, Liriodendron chinense and so on outside the mountain. There are also two thousand year old Euonymus japonicus, which can be described as "a unique plant in Lushan.". The "fault" of the times is so clear here. No wonder shimenjian is a "natural ecological Grand View Garden" integrating history, geology and biological evolution.

The scenic area covers an area of more than 6000 mu, with more than 100 scenic spots. It is a comprehensive Grand View Garden of geological changes, biological evolution, nature, history and culture. It has the reputation of "kuanglu juesheng" and "landscape juesheng". The ancient reputation is "the first scenery of Lushan".

Basic introduction

Shimen stream of Lushan Mountain is located at the West foot of Lushan Mountain in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. It is known as the west gate of Lushan Mountain. Shimen stream of Lushan Mountain is named after the confrontation between Tianchi mountain and tiechuanfeng, where there are waterfalls falling down. Shimen stream has a mild climate, abundant rainfall and a wide variety of plants. Shimen stream is also known as "a unique plant in Lushan".

The scenic area covers an area of more than 6000 mu, with more than 100 scenic spots. It is a comprehensive Grand View Garden of geological changes, biological evolution, nature, history and culture. It has the reputation of "kuanglu juesheng" and "landscape juesheng". It is known as the first scenery of Lushan Mountain in ancient times.

Shimen stream is the first tourist attraction opened by monks and customs in Lushan Mountain. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huiyuan, the eminent monk of Donglin temple, and the Taoist of Lushan Mountain visited Shimen stream, and wrote down the poems and preface chanting Shimen stream. Later, Bai Juyi, the Tang Dynasty's Jiangzhou Sima, came here to look for the ancient scenery. In his poem, he lamented that the landscape of Shimen stream was "as clear as ever". It was only because of the precipitous road that this scenic spot developed in the early stage of Lushan Mountain "has not been visited since the Eastern Jin Dynasty". In 1648, Xu Xiake, a traveler, who "knew the wonder of Shimen and could not get on the dangerous road", visited Shimen stream and wrote down the well-known diary of visiting Lushan Mountain. He praised Shimen stream waterfall for its "flying snow and thunder, flying into the air and shaking with Ecstasy".

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The mountain is famous for its heavy population. As early as 1600 years ago, there was a lot of traffic here. In the fourth year of Long'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huiyuan, a famous monk, built the "Longquan jingshe" here. He led 18 sages of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism to travel here and preach, making it the birthplace of jingshizong. His poem "the poem of traveling to Shimen" is the first one in China. Since then, Xie Lingyun, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Xu Xiake and other scholars have been involved in it, and left many well-known poems and songs to the cliff inscriptions, with profound and rich cultural heritage.

Shimenjian waterfall in Lushan is one of the earliest waterfalls recorded in history. More than 2000 years ago, there was a record in the geography of the later Han Dynasty: "there are double towers in the southwest of Lushan Mountain, with more than 1000 walls and waterfalls.". In 1648, the traveler Xu Xiake "knew the wonder of Shimen, but he couldn't get on the dangerous road", so he made an investigation of Shimen stream on Lushan Mountain, and wrote down the well-known diary of traveling to Lushan Mountain, praising the Shimen stream waterfall on Lushan Mountain as "snowing, thundering, shaking, and ecstatic".

Facing the peak and cliff, the Shimen stream of Lushan mountain stands across the stream and forms a dangerous building. In the narrowest part of the "small stone gate", there is only one gap between the two cliffs of the stone gate stream, and visitors have to turn sideways to get through. Valley Valley, high cliff into a waterfall, deep valley water into a lake. The disordered rocks hidden in the bottom of the lake and the huge rocks standing in the stream are cleverly arranged along the stream to form a "stone platform". The largest smooth rock can seat dozens of people, carrying the three characters "Shimen stream".

If you cross the big rock, the shimenjian gorge on Lushan Mountain is more dangerous, like a sword in the sky. In this big fault, guyuanfeng and tongziya rise straight from the bottom of the stream, Li stands close to each other, surrounded by strange peaks and overlapping peaks. Almost all of the cliffs are 90 degrees vertical, with Xiaohan on the top and juejian on the bottom. Shimen stream in Lushan Mountain is really a wonderful place with wonderful peaks, rocks and sceneries. It's amazing to the ears and eyes. Even if there is a magic axe, it's hard to split this scenic spot.

The magnificent and magical natural scenery of Shimen stream in Lushan Mountain has attracted numerous celebrities and scholars in history. They either choose to ascend, or live in seclusion, or splash ink, or explore. Shimenjian is full of footprints, and the ravines are full of singing. There are more than 20 ancient cultural sites and more than 200 ancient poems. Xie Lingyun, an outstanding poet of the northern and Southern Dynasties, built a "stone gate house" beside the stream. Master Huiyuan, an eminent monk of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, built "Longquan jingshe" in the fifth year of Buddhism. He wrote the earliest travel notes on mountains and rivers in China - the poem and preface to the stone gate.

legend

According to legend, in ancient times, there was a village at the West foot of Lushan Mountain, where a family lived. There is a stepmother in the family who is very mean to chun'er, who was born by his former mother, and tortures him in every way. Chun'er finally grows up to be a young man. One day, Lushan was freezing, freezing, snowing, and the wind was biting. My stepmother insisted that chun'er go to the top of Lushan to collect firewood barefoot. Chun'er had to carry the "Chongge" and walk to Lushan with ropes around her waist and a snow-white curved firewood knife in her hand. Just came to the foot of Lushan, the sky "Ga" sound, a small lark like an arrow, from the head of chun'er swept past. Chun'er was surprised and looked up. The bird circled overhead again, flashing its wings in front of chun'er, as if to guide chun'er. Chun'er thought to herself: is it not that the immortal on Lushan Mountain sent someone to guide me in front of this miserable child? There was a burst of joy in my heart, and all my strength came. Following the graceful song of the little skylark, I climbed to the top of Lushan Mountain. In the middle of the mountain, chun'er suddenly meets a hale and hearty old man with white hair and white beard. The old man asked Ming Chuner about being abused by his stepmother and begged, "what should I do if it's snowy? "The old man stroked chun'er's head and said comfortingly," when you go up to Yantou, you have your own way. "After that, from the gourd on his back, he took out a two foot long, fat and golden towel gourd velvet and handed it to chun'er. He turned and disappeared. Suddenly, the skylark flew to his head again, singing and rushing to a hanging rock on Lushan Mountain. Chun'er chases Skylark and finally climbs to the top of the rock. Looking up in horror, he saw a row of strange peaks and clouds; looking down, he saw the abyss under his feet. What a fright! Chun'er's eyes were golden with fear. When he fixed his eyes, the old man with white hair stood in front of him with a smile unconsciously. Chun'er was so excited that he wanted to hold the old man in his arms. He was afraid that he would go away. The old man said, "don't hurry, look behind your back first. "As soon as chun'er turned around, he saw the stone wall hanging in the sky. It was just a crack in the middle and he couldn't get in through the door. The old man said," take out your towel gourd velvet. Now it's time to open the stone gate. "When the old man said this, chun'er panicked and quickly took out the towel gourd velvet. "Blow fast", chun'er puffs her cheeks and "brags" to the towel gourd velvet. Suddenly, the towel gourd velvet on her hand is shining golden. Suddenly, she turns into a big golden key in chun'er's hand. Chun'er excitedly uses the golden key to open the stone gate. Just listen to the "ah" sound, two stone doors, suddenly open, the golden light inside the door is brilliant, emitting thousands of golden light, gold and silver treasure piled up like a mountain. Chun'er picked up a little gold and silver, turned to go out, and the stone gate was closed. From then on, chun'er bought a hoe and a harrow with this treasure from the stone gate, and devoted himself to hard work. Life is getting better. The stepmother saw chun'er's good days, but she felt strange and annoyed. After inquiring about the situation, he immediately picked up the big basket and ran to the top of the mountain. The stone gate was locked. The stepmother summoned up her strength, knelt down on her feet, and read the secret to the stone gate: "stone gate, stone gate, open the stone gate, I'll come in. "Ah," the stone gate opened. The stepmother was overjoyed. She got up and rushed inside, busy packing baskets. Just as she was carrying a large basket of gold and silver to run outside the door, suddenly another "ah" sound, the stone door closed, leaving a "wow" scream. From then on, the cruel and greedy stepmother was permanently locked in the rock of Lushan Mountain. Seeing that her stepmother had been away for a long time, chun'er came to look for her. She saw that the huge rock had turned into a double Palace, separated by a deep stream. From then on, people called this place Shimen stream.

Geology and geomorphology

Shimen Jian

It is the most typical landform representative of the Quaternary glacial relics in Lushan Mountain. It is a gift from nature to mankind. Quaternary glaciers, as a nature sculptor, have created many magnificent art treasures for Shimen stream. About 900 million years ago, Lushan and its surrounding area was still a vast ocean. After many crustal activities, Lushan slowly rose from the bottom of the sea. Therefore, the landscape is unique and the geological connotation is rich and colorful. It is a typical glacial landform. It was about 1.2 million to 240000 years ago that this "fold" type and "Horst type fault block mountain" were formed.

Due to the Quaternary glaciation, the ice body with rocks moved along the valley from the narrow mouth of Huanglong iceberg, resulting in the U-shaped Valley and ice threshold of Shimen stream. Under the action of ice and snow and glacier erosion, the ice Valley is formed. The cliffs of tiechuanfeng and Tianchi peak are the remains of ice slopes and ice slides cast by the huge pressure of glaciers

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