Longmen, Kunming

Longmen, Kunming

Longmen is located in the south of sanqingge, including the whole stone carving project on the thousand Ren cutting wall from the sanqingge "unique cave" in the north to the Tiange in the south. Between Luohan mountain and guabang mountain, there are four caves from north to south. During the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, a cave in Sanqing Pavilion in the north had been developed and a "cave stone building" was built. When climbing the cave, it was necessary to climb the iron rope to cross the plank road.

brief introduction

When you climb the western mountain, you always have to visit Longmen. After passing the Sanqing Pavilion, you will arrive at Longmen. Longmen is located on the top of the western mountain and on the cliff of Luohan peak. You can reach the top of the mountain along the plank road from Longmen

But the narrow plank road only allows two people to brush their shoulders back and forth.

The excavation of Longmen circuitous plank road not only increases the exit of Longmen, makes the tourists flow freely, increases the sense of security, but also adds new scenic spots. After enjoying the exquisite stone carving art of Longmen, you can go through the Longmen tunnel and up the stone steps to reach the new platform of Longmen.

legend

One of the most famous legends about Longmen is Kuixing. It is said that when he was chiseling the dragon gate, the stonecutter accidentally cut off the stone pen in Kuixing's hand. He was heartbroken and jumped off the cliff to die for his art.

traffic

To Xishan Park, you can take bus No.5 or No.6 in the city. If you rent a car from the city center, it will take 40 minutes and about 30 yuan. In addition, there is a cable car from Yunnan ethnic village to longmenkou to and from Haigeng and Xishan, which costs about 50 yuan for the whole journey and 30 yuan for one way.

admission ticket

40 yuan

Board and lodging

If you plan to stay on the west mountain for one night, you can stay in Taihua villa or Taihua villa next to Nie Er's tomb. You can also bring your own tent and food for accommodation. On the mountain, you'd better eat in the villa or Huating temple.

Opening Hours

8: 00-19:00, it takes about half a day to visit Xishan.

Tips

On March 3 every year, people from Kunming come to Xishan for an outing. It's very busy here.

Human history

From 1781 to 1795, Wu Laiqing, a poor Taoist, was born in Xiayu village. With one hammer and one drill, he first dug a passage from "unique cave" to the old stone chamber. This stone passage "twists and turns" and suddenly opens up to the old stone chamber. Wu Laiqing carved a picture of colorful Phoenix on the eaves of the stone chamber, and the clouds danced with the Phoenix, so this stone chamber is called Fenghuang rock. On the north side of the stone room is engraved with three big characters "Lanhai place"; on the south side is engraved with Fu Zonglong's cursive couplet in the late Ming Dynasty: "red rain flies all the way; thousands of forests scatter green shade. On the north and south walls of the stone chamber, there are four big characters "sea of clouds" and "stone forest". "Farewell picture of tidian Lake" is inlaid on the wall.

Phoenix rock room south above, there is a small cave, paste hole built a small pavilion, called Laojun hall. Then Wu Laiqing continued to dig the stone road southward from Fenghuang rock. At the entrance, a "Putuo Shengjing" square is built at the entrance of the cave. The entrance is "spiral snake". Only one person can pass through the stone road. When two people meet, they need to give way to each other. Along the stone road, there is a stone window near the cliff, "with a view of the lake.". The stone road is more than 40 meters long, reaching the new Shishi Ciyun cave. The statue of Cihang, Shentai, censer, and Menying carved by Wu Laiqing are all carved with original stone. On the interior column, a couplet written by Yang Changchun is engraved: chisel a stone to show Putuo, and return all the five hundred Li Dianchi Lake to the sea of Buddha; help people to reach the other shore, and wish a thousand pairs of holy hands to make their way to the sea of Buddha.

In the 14th year of Wu Laiqing's reign, he worked hard. The project is arduous.

In 1840, after Wu Laiqing, Yang Rulan dug the "Yunhua cave" in the south of Ciyun cave in order to "overlook the Dianchi Lake and win the scenery", which lasted for nine years. "Yunhua cave" is ingenious in planning and marvelous in carving All of them are praising. "After Yang Rulan organized the opening of Yunhua cave, his son, Jinshi Yang Jitai, presided over the completion of the" datiange "project in the precipitous cliff cave until the completion of the project in 1853.

Longmen and Datian pavilions are connected with the clouds above and the cliffs below. On both sides of the stone pavilion, Zhao Heqing, a calligrapher at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, wrote and engraved couplets: when walking in difficulties and dangers, you should keep your feet firm; when you are in Xiaohan, you should be more calm. On the stone carvings, stone chambers and cliffs of Longmen, the literati of past dynasties left many chants, which are treasures of calligraphy and cliff carvings. Longmen Grottoes are listed as the key cultural relics protection units in Kunming. Sanqingge is located on Luohan mountain in the south of Taihua mountain, two kilometers away from Taihua temple. Luohan mountain connects Meimei peak and Taihua peak in the north, and guabangshan Qianren cliff in the south. Under the cliff is the vast Dianchi Lake. There are steep cliffs, rocky peaks, vigorous pines and cypresses, and brilliant mountain flowers. Sanqingge, a nine storey and eleven Pavilion complex, is built on the precipice between Luohan mountain and guabangshan mountain. It is more than 300 meters above the water surface of Dianchi Lake. It feels like a "mirage" and a "castle in the air".

During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, the Mu family donated money to rebuild the boundless Zen master. Ming Zhengde years, the pure monk in this knot an zhuoxi, known as Haiya temple, a Miao Ding temple. Ferry villager Li Yingju donated money to expand Haiya temple and build Maitreya hall. Because of the cliff hanging stone such as Luohan, Haiya temple is also known as Luohan temple. During the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, Luohan Temple collapsed, and Taoist Zhao Lian opened a Taoist temple in Luohan mountain. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Xu Xiake's travel to Taihua mountain records in detail the grand occasion of the north and South nunnery of Luohan Temple: the North nunnery has Lingguan hall, Chunyang building, Xuandi hall, Yuhuang Pavilion, Baoyi palace, "all facing the sea to the East, embedded in the cliff. "In 1790, Taoists Yang laixiang and he laikun raised money to renovate it and renamed it" Yuhuangge ". During the reign of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, Lingguan hall and Yuhuang Pavilion were rebuilt, Doumu hall and Taiqing palace were added. From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, Sanqing pavilion was repaired many times, all of which maintained the original Taoist architectural style. During the period of "sweeping the four old buildings" in 1966, most of the statues in Sanqing Pavilion were destroyed. Up to now, only the statues of Wang Lingguan and his attendants in Lingguang hall remain. Since 1972, all the halls of the Qing pavilion have been repaired. In 1984, a new return tunnel was built at luohanya. In 1999, more than 300 meters of sanqingge detour trail was built.

Address: the top of Xishan, west suburb of Kunming, Xishan District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 102.63961818562

Latitude: 24.949788459881

Tel: 0871-84266689; 0871-8

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