Wanxian tower

Wanxian tower

Wanxianlou, also known as wangxianlou, is located in the north of Hongmen Palace at the middle foot of Mount Tai in Tai'an City, Shandong Province. It was built in 1620, which preserved the architectural style of Qing Dynasty. It was originally dedicated to the queen mother, and later to the king Bixia. It is said that it is the meeting place for the Taishan Group of immortals.

brief introduction

There is Yinzhen cave on the east side of wanxianlou door cave, which is a place for Taoist cultivation in old times. Inside the hall, there are 128 immortals in various shapes. The lower floor of Wanxian tower is a stone arched door opening, 3.4 meters high and 2.9 meters wide. The stone forehead is engraved with "Wanxian tower" in the South and "Xie en Chu" in the north. The whole lower layer is 17.4M wide from east to west, 13.65m deep and 4.4m high. In the east of the gate is the Yinzhen cave, which is 1.76M deep, 1.95M high and 0.9m wide. The upper floor of Wanxian tower is built in the north of the lower roof. It is 13 meters wide, 6.3 meters deep and 11 meters high. It has three columns, seven purlins and five beams. The heavy beams are erected. The yellow glazed tile has nine ridges to rest on the top of the mountain. In front of it is a double step corridor with double eaves. Under the eaves, the shadow is used as a bucket arch, one bucket and two liters are used to cross the head of hemp leaves, and the purlin forehead is decorated with ink lines and large dots of gold. The lower part of the hall wall is surrounded by 63 steles of the Ming Dynasty. There are stone steps in the northeast corner of the lower layer, which connect with the upper layer. The door opening of this building is 4.4 meters high. There are three pavilions on the upper floor, covered with yellow glazed tiles.

It is said that in the old days, when the emperor climbed the mountain, local officials escorted him here. The emperor ordered him to return to the palace and the officials gave thanks. Another way of saying is that the pilgrims return to the mountain smoothly. Here they kowtow to the blessing of Bixia Yuanjun, so they are named. On the east side of the building stand three ancient cypresses, which are called "Sanyi cypresses". Wanxianlou was rebuilt many times in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, renovated in 1954, repaired in 1973, and painted in 1980. There are stone carvings on the stone wall on the west side of Wanxian real estate mountain road. The special feature is that it is composed of the heart of the word "wind" and "Moon", which means that the scenery here is beautiful. Wang Keyu, a scholar, once wrote the famous prose "the bleak autumn wind walks the immortals"

scenery

In front of the building, there are three ancient cypresses, tall and straight, green and cloudy, and Jieshu "Sanyi cypress". Before the Xiya title "brave climb fairyland", under the hole, there is a stone turtle cave, commonly known as turtle cave. Loubei is a monument to revolutionary martyrs, built in 1946. The monument contains the heroic deeds of the three brigades of the New Fourth Army moving to the north and south. The ring engraves the names of 708 martyrs who died during the liberation of Taicheng. On the west side of the monument, there is a steep stone standing upright, and the Qing people inscribed "worship the stone". When Mi Fu, a great calligrapher and painter of the Song Dynasty, knew that Wu Wei was an army, he refused to pay homage to Mai Zhizhou, a corrupt official. Instead, he wore a formal dress every morning to worship ancient stones and toys, and recited: "it's better to worship ignorant stones than mice." As a result, he was demoted. Later generations wrote this in praise of honesty and uprightness. According to the biography of Mi Fu in the history and literature garden of the Song Dynasty, Wuwei said: "there are huge stones in the state governance, which are very ugly. Fu was very happy and said," this is enough for me to worship. " If you wear clothes and bow to them, call them brothers. "

Between wanxianlou and the monument is the cherry orchard, also known as taohuajian. People in the Qing Dynasty once said, "Cherry grows at the bottom of the stream, and there are many ancient mosses on the stone. The flowers at the foot of the mountain have fallen, but those at the top of the mountain have not yet bloomed. " In the stream, the stone flat is vast, the cliffs are full of ups and downs, the stream water is murmuring and flowing rapidly. It is either a waterfall, a pool or an undercurrent. It is called Biquan Bay. Today, there are no peaches or cherry trees in the stream, but the valley is full of poplars and huais, the Bank of Berlin, the stone gorge is flowing, and the waterfall is like a curtain.

There are cliffs on the east side of the monument, and ancient carvings are everywhere. The inscriptions of Zhang Lianshi, a famous female Taoist in Mount Tai in 773 and the names of Yuan generals who suppressed the red scarf army in the Yuan Dynasty can be discerned.

origin

Wanxian tower was built by Emperor Wanli to commemorate the recovery of his mother empress dowager Li's eye disease and the contribution of the Virgin mother of Mount Tai. Between the green mountains and the green waters, there stands the gate style building, with carved beams and painted buildings, solemn and majestic, white clouds and blue sky against the yellow glazed tiles, a royal style. Mount Tai is one of the two sacred mountains in North China. There are many immortals. The supreme god of the people, jade emperor, is at the top of Mount Tai. The gods under his command are all over the corner of Mount Tai. There are 112 immortals with names and surnames in Mount Tai. Therefore, Tai'an Prefecture was called Shenzhou in ancient times. The folk saying is that there are many officials in Jinan Prefecture and Shenquan in Tai'an Prefecture. Mountain is not high, there is a fairy name, so Taishan a plant, a stone, a water have aura, rich in verve. Therefore, there is a plaque of "Jinghui qunzhen" on the upper floor. Mount Tai is a famous Taoist mountain, which is called immortal as Zhen.

legend

Wanxian tower in Mount Tai

It is said that they also gave birth to a son named Bai Shilang. White peony used to practice in Mount Tai, but later, unable to bear the ridicule of others, he and his son moved to the south of Mount Tai, where he lived.

Bai's father, who was very cute and pleasant when he was eight or nine years old, was beaten, scolded and bullied outside all day.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Bai Mudan asked Bai Shilang and his village friends to go up the mountain to cut firewood. He made some water, wine and vegetables at home, and prepared to send the kitchen god to heaven to report the situation of the world for a year.

Bai Shi Lang and his friends came to the mountain. The leader said that he would play the game of "being emperor". He would stack several grass baskets as a throne. Whoever could climb up would be the emperor. Later, everyone would listen to him and choose him as the leader. After that, he piled the baskets high and climbed up one by one. The baskets were not tied up with ropes, and they all rolled down without climbing a few times. Finally, it was Bai Shi Lang's turn. He grasped the basket firmly, stepped his feet lightly, and really climbed up. Originally, they all looked down upon Bai Shi Lang to make fun of him, but now they really climbed up. Who would let him be the illegitimate son, they dragged him down and beat him up and scattered.

Bai Mudan was worried that he couldn't afford to buy wine and vegetables at home. He was very sad to see Bai's Lang come back from the outside crying. His nose was broken. Suddenly he got angry, so he grabbed the burning stick and let the anger shine on the Kitchen God: "Kitchen God, kitchen God, you have seen it. How can we live? Hum! If my son is really an emperor, he must kill those little kids Yes The more she said, the more angry she was. As she said and knocked, she went down with a few sticks. The kitchen god had been black and blue for a long time.

The kitchen god not only didn't eat and drink well at the white peony's house, but also got a stick, so he ran to the Jade Emperor to complain. As soon as the Kitchen God saw the great emperor, he kowtowed and reported to him, "great emperor, white peony swore that if Bai Shilang wanted to be the emperor, he would kill all the people in the village. No, white peony even beat me. I hope that the great emperor will be the master of his subjects. We must not let Bai Shi Lang be the emperor. " The Jade Emperor listened to the one-sided words of Zao Jun, and ordered the four generals to take out Bai Shi Lang's Dragon tendons on the coming year's Dragon Festival.

Besides, Bai's Lang went up the mountain alone every time since he was beaten. On this day, he was gathering firewood alone in the mountain. An old man with white beard came up to him and said, "you are the real emperor of the dragon, and you will be the emperor in the future. Because your mother carelessly said that you have left, the Jade Emperor is going to beat your tendon on the dragon's day in the coming year. Now there is no way to remedy it. Only then can you bite your teeth and survive, keep your dragon's teeth and Jade mouth, and say what you can." Then he floated away.

Bai's elephant had a dream and was scared. Go back and mother said, white peony that he hurt his son, very regret, put his son in his arms, cry.

In the twinkling of an eye, the dragon's day has arrived, and I see a few black clouds pressing on my courtyard. At this time, Bai Shi Lang is chopping firewood in the courtyard. He hears a dull thunder. Bai Shi Lang falls to the ground, and several heavenly soldiers and generals begin to pull his muscles. The taste is worse than remoulding. But Bai Shilang just survived.

From then on, Bai Shi Lang hated the kitchen god and all the immortals. He vowed to detain all the immortals in revenge. But what to use? He was so poor that he didn't even have a box. When Bai saw that his gourd was hanging beside the stove, he took it. He gritted his teeth and said, "master stove, thank you for coming to the front of the emperor to speak for me. Your old man has worked hard. Come to my gourd and have a rest." Because Bai Shi Lang had a Jade mouth with dragon teeth, and his words were the imperial edict. With the sound of "whoosh", the Kitchen God turned into a wisp of smoke and got into the gourd.

Bai said goodbye to his mother and carried a gourd all over the country. When he saw the temple, he entered it and accepted it when he saw the God. He wanted to put them all under Mount Tai, so he finally came to Mount Tai.

Not far from the Red Gate, an old man with crane hair and childlike face came up to him. Bai Shi Lang felt familiar and familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment, so he called out, "who is coming, please give me your name." The old man replied with a smile: "I am the fairy LV Dongbin."

Hearing this, Bai suddenly thought of the old man with white beard who had told him that he was his own father. He was shocked and fell the gourd in half. All the immortals were scrambling to a big stone cave nearby. Lu Dongbin couldn't count it, so he named it "Thousand Buddha cave". Later generations built a pavilion there, which was named "Wanxian tower" according to the intention of Lu Zu.

Only the kitchen god's leg was long, and he ran back to the kitchen. But Lu Dongbin was afraid that he would make trouble again, so he wrote beside the kitchen god's statue: "Heaven says good things, and back to the palace comes good luck." Give a warning.

But Bai Shi Lang learned that it was his own father in front of him, so he knelt down in Lu's room

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