Chicheng mountain

Danxia landscape, a place for both Buddhism and Taoism

Chicheng mountain

The name of the mountain. One is in the northwest of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, which is the South Gate of Tiantai Mountain. Because the red stone screen on the mountain is like a city and looks like a rosy cloud, so it is named. There are twelve caves in the mountain, among which Ziyun Cave and Yujing cave are the most famous. On the top of the mountain is the Chicheng tower, which was built by Princess Yueyang of Liang Dynasty. Today, "Chicheng Qixia from the construction of the standard." Tang Libai's poem "sleepwalking Tianmu chanting farewell" says: "Tianmu is crossing the sky, pulling up five mountains to cover Chicheng." The unified annals of the Qing Dynasty. Taizhou Prefecture one. Mountains and rivers: "Chicheng mountain is six miles north of Tiantai county." Zhidun's preface to the inscription on Tiantai Mountain: "those who live on Tiantai Mountain should follow the path of Chicheng mountain. Kong lingfu's Kuaiji Ji says, "Chicheng mountain is red in color. It looks like clouds and clouds, and looks like battlements." ... Jiuzhi, a Shaoshan, has Yujing cave in the West. Daoshu thought that the sixth cave, named Yu Qingping's death, was the South Gate of Tiantai. " One is in Pengxi County, Sichuan Province. According to the Qing Dynasty Daoguang's Pengxi county annals, "Chicheng mountain, two Li East of the county, is named Baoping mountain. The peak is magnificent, with a ring arch on the left and right. There are five stories of high platform and seven old people's temples on it. It is said that Zhang Shenjun's interpretation of Daodejing is here. The mountains are all red earth, and people are more like 'Chicheng Xiaqi' Dongjing music also originated in Chicheng mountain, Pengxi county. Hu Chuanhuai wrote Chicheng Chunqiu, which is helpful for people to understand Chicheng mountain.

Chicheng mountain, Tiantai County

Beautiful scenery of Shaoshan

Chicheng mountain, also known as Shaoshan, is 2km away from Tiantai county and Guoqing temple, with a scenic area of 1.3km2.

It is the Danxia landform, the holy land of the double cultivation of immortals and Buddhas, the hometown of Jigong living Buddha, and a collection of celebrity anecdotes. Chicheng mountain is an isolated mountain left by the erosion of the water rock, "not the same color as other mountains, dare to pull out thousands of feet on the ground.". It is the only Danxia Landform in Tiantai Mountain, named for its red mountain and stone screen. Whenever the rising sun or setting sun, clouds around the hillside, Xia Guang shrouded, dazzling. Cao Wenhui, a native of Yuanyi, described it as: "the red light of Chicheng rises to build a high standard, and the red light reflects the blue. The beauty does not roll brocade and satin, but the fairy man pours down the red gourd. " Therefore, it is known as "Chicheng Qixia". Chicheng Qixia is also one of the eight scenic spots in Tiantai.

In Chicheng mountain, there are Yujing cave, Jigong Buddha courtyard, liangfei pagoda, Qixia and other landscapes. Chicheng mountain is composed of Cretaceous downflow rocks and belongs to Danxia landform. It is composed of river lacustrine purplish red gravel with pyroclastic rocks, mainly purplish red medium thick to massive conglomerate and glutenite. With a height of 338.8 meters, Chicheng mountain has always been regarded as the south gate and symbol of Tiantai Mountain. In the southeast of the mountain, the sun is warm, and there are 18 caves, including Yujing, Ziyun, Shanxia, Huayang and Ruixia caves, which have been built since the Tang and Song dynasties. Ziyun Cave is located on the hillside, commonly known as Xiayan. On the top of the cave is embedded the regular script of "chichengxia", which is inscribed during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. In the cave, a number of buildings are built according to the rock, and in front of the cave, the buildings are erected

There is a stele of "emperor Jianwen's birthday". There is a small hole beside the cave, which was originally the place where tan you, a famous monk of Dunhuang, meditated. During the reign of Jianyuan, monk Huiming molded the reclining Buddha here, which is called "Reclining Buddha rock". The middle layer of Chicheng mountain is jigongyuan, which is divided into East and West. Jigong east courtyard was built in 1996 to commemorate the Buddhist Zen master Jigong. Jigong east courtyard is built on the mountain, with two floors and four bays, 14.5 meters high and 410 square meters of building area. There is Jigong Baitai hall in the hospital. In the hall, there are three big Buddha statues carved in camphor wood and 79 small Buddha statues made of copper on both sides. There are also 18 statues of Jigong in different shapes in the corridor, with different expressions of joy, anger, sadness, joy, sadness and sorrow. Jigong (1130-1209), born in Yongning Village, Tiantai County, is a Buddhist monk. There are a large number of believers in Hong Kong and Taiwan (there are about 2 million Jigong churches in Hong Kong and Taiwan), which has a wide influence.

Built in 1987, Jigong West hospital is the place where Jigong studied when he was a child. Designed by academician Qi Kang. It integrates the cassock, wine gourd and thin fan of Jigong, including 108 Buddhist beads. There is Jifa Zhuanda (Temple) in the temple, which is 10.5 meters long, 3.5 meters high and 5.35 meters deep. There are dragon pools and Phoenix marshes in the temple, which are built in natural caves. The original site is at the top of the stone wall in the north of the city. Now it covers an area of 2671.65 square meters. It is dedicated to the statue of Jigong Buddha. After several ups and downs, it was renovated twice during the reign of Shunzhi and Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty. Qiu Liaozhen invested in the reconstruction of jigongyuan, which was moved to Ruixia cave in Chicheng mountain. The West courtyard is composed of bagaige, huluzhai and cassock gate. They are the symbol of the monk's clothes, hat and shoes. Above the West courtyard of Jigong is Wuyue tower, which is the place of Jigong's enlightenment. Zhan ran, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, gave a lecture on Tiantai religion. The upper layer of Chicheng mountain is Yujing cave, with the word "Yujing" engraved on the rock. Yujing cave is the sixth cave of Taoism in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is commonly known as Shangyan (Chicheng mountain is divided into three layers from the bottom to the top). It is said that it was the place where the emperor xuandu said in the Yuan Dynasty. Chichengshan mountain is composed of horizontal Mesozoic red sandstone and conglomerate. The cave is formed by fault uplift, which is warm in winter and cool in summer. In history, when it was the first time in the Three Kingdoms, it was said that Madame Wei and Ge Xuan made alchemy here. In the eighth year of Zhenghe (118) of Song Dynasty, Chicheng temple was built. In the first year of Jiaxi (1237), the imperial court sent envoys to invest in Jinlong jade slips to give Chenxiang douzhen Zhongxin and Yushu. At present, Yujing cave mainly worships Sanqing, gexuan and Mrs. Wei.

Chicheng Qixia is one of the eight sceneries on the rooftop. Because the shape of Chicheng mountain is like battlements and the rock color is red ochre, in the morning and evening on a sunny day, especially in the spring equinox, when the sun rises, the red sun shines high, and the rays will stay at the liangfei tower on the top of Chicheng mountain for a long time, forming a mountain full of purple air and thousands of rays. Therefore, this phenomenon is called "Chicheng Qixia". Chicheng Qixia belongs to the Xiaguang of Xiajing, which is the colorful light of sunlight in the clouds.

Liangfei pagoda

Liangfei tower is 307.6 meters above sea level and 29.7 meters high. Each side is 6.5 meters wide, the door is 1.5 meters wide, and the height is 3.2 meters. It is a brick mud mixed structure with seven layers on four sides. From the second floor and above, each layer has an arch on each side to worship Buddha statues, and under the eaves there is a bucket arch. It is a close eaves tower, which echoes the Sui tower of Guoqing temple. This tower was built for his concubine by Wang Xiao of Yueyang in 538 of Liang Datong in the Southern Dynasty. The original three towers were built at the beginning. In the fifth year of Huichang (845), Xiantong (860-847) was abandoned when he was against Buddhism, and one of them was rebuilt by collecting money from Seng zongqiu. In the seventh year of Zhou Xiande (960), Seng Deshao was rebuilt, and 49 relics were obtained. And placed in various temples. The existing pagoda was rebuilt by master Jianci donating money to Shanghai residents in 1947. In 1978, it was renovated again. There was a "White Snake cave" under the tower. It was said that the white Python was responsible for the trouble. At the back of the tower, there was "chuanjianyan" and a line of Zhongkai. Liangfei pagoda is the symbol of Chicheng mountain and one of the oldest buildings in Tiantai Mountain. It is high on the top of Chicheng mountain. You can see that the surrounding mountains are flat and it is a good place to climb.

Yujing cave is a natural cave, 10 meters deep and 7 meters wide. In the cave, there are three buildings along with the rock structure, with pines and cypresses planted around and ancient wells chiseled.

Climbing to the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the scattered villages, the scattered farmland, the winding Shifeng River, the Tiantai city surrounded by mountains, and the Dongheng mountain in the east of the city.

There are also many landscapes associated with myths and legends on the mountain, such as wuyuelou, xichangjing, shaichangyan, Baxian cave, qianqianchi, yaolingshi, Qingyun Cave (where Han Xiangzi plays flute), and many cliff stone carvings.

About poetry

Look out in the boat

meng haoran

Hanging seat, looking to the southeast, the mountains and waters are far away.

They fight for profits and get involved in the business.

Ask me where I'm going today, Tiantai visit Shiqiao.

Sitting and watching the rosy clouds dawn, I suspect it is the mark of Chicheng.

Wang huaizhan's ancestors in Tiantai

Xiang Si

Pillow with calm, only should change the old poetry.

It's too early to take a rest, but it's too late to get up.

Because he said he would come and go, but he was worried about his first illness.

The temple at the foot of Chicheng mountain, no plan to accompany.

Other verses

Once heard the forbidden leak, but listened to the Chicheng bell. Jiadao

The hall is as green as it can be swept, and the red city is full of rosy clouds and black smoke. Li Bai

Only will the sea month, long pressure Chicheng Xia. Li Shangyin

This is not a long way to Linxi. I can see the red city sign in the building. Gu Kuang

There is a way to connect Chicheng, no spring, no Purple River. Lu guimeng

The cave is connected with the vast sea, and the mountain embraces the red city. Luo Yin

Those who pay homage to silver lead nijing, and Xiaxi immortal official to Chicheng. Liu Yuxi

If Jianghan wants to return, he will not get it. At night, he often dreams of the glow of Chicheng. PI Rixiu

Leaning on the Tianshan Mountain, you can see the two red cities in the world. Lu You

Qingcheng Mountain, a famous Taoist mountain in Sichuan, is also called Chicheng mountain, so there are two theories of Chicheng.

Ticket traffic

Admission: 15 yuan

Transportation: route 5: west station, Chicheng mountain

Tour guide

brief introduction

Chicheng scenic spot is located on Chicheng mountain, 2km away from the northern suburb of Tiantai County, with an area of 1.3 square kilometers. Chicheng mountain, also known as "Shaoshan", is 306.5 meters high. It is a typical Danxia landform. It is composed of horizontal Mesozoic red sandstone and conglomerate. Chicheng mountain stands out as an isolated peak, "the color of the earth is red, the shape is like clouds, and the appearance is like battlements". It is quite different from the surrounding mountains. It has the characteristics of "not the same color as other mountains, dare to be flat"

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