Bai Yunzhang

Bai Yunzhang

BAIYUNZHANG: Southwest of Huizhou, Xinxu Town, Huiyang District. It is 25 kilometers long and 13.5 kilometers wide from the east to the West. The geological structure is mainly composed of granite, glutenite and sandstone. At an altitude of 1003.5 meters, it is the highest point in Huiyang District. There is Pangu temple in the south of the mountain, a big stone cave on the top of the mountain, and a clear spring in the cave. You can see Dongjiang River on the top of the mountain. It is one of the scenic spots in Huiyang District.

brief introduction

BAIYUNZHANG: Southwest of Huiyang District, Xinxu town of Huiyang District. It is 25 kilometers long and 13.5 kilometers wide from the east to the West. Because there are white clouds around, so the name. The geological structure is mainly composed of granite, glutenite and sandstone. At an altitude of 1003.5 meters, it is the highest point in Huiyang District. There is Pangu temple in the south of the mountain, a big stone cave on the top of the mountain, and a clear spring in the cave. You can see Dongjiang River on the top of the mountain. It is one of the scenic spots in Huiyang District.

Attachment: Silver bottle mouth. In the east of Dongguan City, 55 kilometers south by east of Guancheng Town, it is connected with BAIYUNZHANG in Huiyang District in the East, covering an area of 5000 mu. Because of its Shanxi side there is a Guanyin sitting lotus, distant view of the mountain like a bottle of silver, mountain tip such as mouth, so the name. Most of the mountains are granite with yellow soil, and the strange rocks on the top of the mountain are exposed. At an altitude of 898.2 meters, it is the highest peak in Dongguan City, east-west. The south of the mountain is cool in summer and warm in winter, and the main peak often has clouds in winter and spring. The vegetation is dense.

The above is extracted from the gazetteer of Huiyang District, Guangdong Province (hereinafter referred to as gazetteer)

Environmental climate

There is a valley called yinpingzuiya between BAIYUNZHANG, the first peak, and Yinpingzui, the second peak in Huiyang District. The valley starts from Nanmian village, Qingxi Town, Dongguan, and ends at Yuechang in the south. It is about ten kilometers long. Due to the North-South trend, Baiyun Mountain and Yinpingzui mountain stand side by side, and yinpingzuiya just forms a passage of northeast monsoon (just like a through wind in a house). Therefore, every winter, there is a strong north wind in Yuechang. Especially in the cold dew every year, the rice is in the filling and flowering season, and the strong north wind does great harm to the growth of rice. The local folk song says: thunder in the sky, wind in the ground. It describes the intensity and harm of winter monsoon.

In North and South China, there are some East-West high mountains, such as Qinling Mountains and Lingnan mountains, which form natural barriers in winter to block the strong north wind. Therefore, the harm of cold winter is slowed down in central and South China. The Qinling Mountains have become the boundary between the north and the south of China (Qinling Bailongjiang Huaihe). Compared with the North-South Rocky Mountains and Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. mainland, the valley between BAIYUNZHANG and Yinpingzui faces East-West (like the "north wind corridor" between Yinpingzui and Yinpingzui), strong cold air from the polar regions and northern Canada drives straight into the U.S. mainland, so the U.S. is often affected by snowstorms in winter.

Pangu Palace

Pangu Palace: a dead clock (published in Huiyang daily)

The car stops at the pass between BAIYUNZHANG and longpingzui, with an altitude of nearly 500 meters. Pushing the door open, the fresh air almost gave us a stagger. Maybe we had been in the city for too long. Under the green of the mountains, our depression seemed to burst out. Looking up, a temple, Pangu palace, is right in front of you.

Pangu palace is located in BAIYUNZHANG forest farm, Yuechang, Xinxu Town, just in the nest of two big mountains, BAIYUNZHANG and longpingzui. According to historical records, Pangu palace was built in 1888 and held a grand temple fair every year. The last temple fair before liberation was held on July 7, 1938, hosted by Zhang Sanpo of Tangli village, Dongguan. Pangu palace was destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution". In 1980, the people donated money to rebuild it and make a new statue. Pangu palace is full of fragrance every year.

When you enter Pangu palace, you will see the big censer that was expected. This incense burner with thick ink and color has no doubt lost its ornamental value here. It seems that its existence is to let the pilgrims in an endless stream turn the pious prayer and incense into smoke. To our surprise, there is a row of iron ladders rising to the sky beside the censer, which are firmly fixed by several cables connected to the ground. It can't be used to worship heaven, can it? Zhang Dairong, the director of BAIYUNZHANG forest farm, immediately proved that our judgment was wrong. It was used to tie firecrackers. It is impossible to bolt firecrackers on a ladder that is at least three stories high without human courage.

Pangu palace is a two-way building. The first entrance is a rectangular Gallery, and the second entrance is across the patio. There are three halls on the left, middle and right in the second entrance, and each hall has a clay statue with bronzing. On the top of the palace are the original carved pillars, which are engraved with the words "yongqiongdun, Mengdong, Yueji and Hitachi in the 14th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty". Because of the weather, Pangu palace, which was originally full of pilgrims, was quiet. The silent Pangu palace is like a stalled clock, which makes people easily fall into the depth of time. In the palace, we can see the wooden door, the door panel with the natural color of wood, the old and faded window lattice... What makes us stop most is a wing room in the left hall, which should be the place that is said to provide accommodation for pilgrims from afar. There are two rows of very old beds in the wing room. The beds become more and more old after being eroded by time. It seems that if you touch them lightly, the bed board will turn into pieces of sawdust. A gentleman surnamed Xie in the palace has been here with panguxian for more than 20 years. During the conversation, he told us that Pangu palace has a long history. Since Daoguang year of the Qing Dynasty, it has been rebuilt every 20 years to maintain its fragrance. On the 3rd, 6th and 9th of every ten days of every month, there will be temple fairs in Pangu palace. At that time, not to mention the bustle, the cars entering the mountain can reach the bottom of the mountain. What makes the incense of Pangu Palace last so long? In the right hall, we see such a couplet: "open heaven and earth, human life will shine through the ages; Pangu immortal Shi Shengze, all things salty Pavilion." praying to the pioneering Pangu immortal for a smooth life may have a special meaning.

Coming out of the palace, Zhang Dairong also told us that BAIYUNZHANG forest farm has invested nearly 2 million yuan in the renovation of Pangu palace since 1988. With the renovation and other construction projects, such as roads, bridges and parking lots, Pangu palace has become more and more famous.

If you are also fascinated by Pangu palace, come here too. You can stay in it at night, touch the old window lattice and sleep in the very old bed. Text: Yan Yichao, Yang Zhenhui, Zhang Guiping

Address: Huiyang District, Huizhou City

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