Xijingshan

Xijingshan, also known as shuanglinshan, is located in Jixian ancient village, northeast of Jincheng City, Lin'an City, Hangzhou. Xijingshan scenic area is the essence of the national Forest Park Qingshan Lake. It occupies an area of 11 square kilometers and its main peak is 413 meters above sea level. It is the highest elevation in the surrounding scenic area of Qingshan Lake.

Xijingshan scenic spot

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Xijingshan generally refers to xijingshan scenic area

Xijingshan, also known as shuanglinshan, is located in Jixian ancient village, northeast of Jincheng City, Lin'an City, Hangzhou. Xijingshan scenic area is the essence of the national Forest Park Qingshan Lake. It occupies an area of 11 square kilometers and its main peak is 413 meters above sea level. It is the highest elevation in the surrounding scenic area of Qingshan Lake.

brief introduction

Xijingshan has been a place of interest since ancient times. With its beautiful landscape, quiet environment and splendid culture, it has attracted many celebrities from all ages to visit. Xie an, Li Bai, Su Dongpo and others have come here to visit and chant.

Climate overview

1. Landform: it belongs to the type of low mountains, hills and wide valleys, including low mountains, low hills, high hills, highlands, ridges, basins, piedmont alluvial fans, piedmont slope and proluvial land, etc.

2. Climate: the scenic spot has a subtropical monsoon climate, warm and humid, abundant rainfall, four distinct seasons, average annual temperature of 14 ℃ and average monthly temperature of 25 ℃ in summer. It has a good summer vacation function.

Ecological landscape

Ecological protection in good condition

The vegetation of Xijing mountain is prosperous and the ecological protection is intact, with the vegetation coverage rate of 98%. Many ancient and famous trees are preserved in the subtropical forest area of the valley, such as Salix alba, Cinnamomum camphora, Toona sinensis, Acer truncatum, Photinia serrulata, Photinia serrulata, etc. among them, the most precious are Salix alba and Photinia serrulata, both of which are ancient trees for thousands of years. According to the Research of experts from the Forestry College, at present, such trees can only be found in xijingshan. The pine forest, fir forest, bamboo forest, broad-leaved forest and many ancient trees in the mountain forest constitute the plant landscape with fragrance in the four seasons. According to the calculation of experts, there are at least 500 kinds of trees, and 800 kinds of flowers and plants, such as Eucommia ulmoides, Dendrobium, wisteria and honeysuckle.

Unique water landscape

The West path is full of swaying landscapes, especially the 100 meter waterfall, and the lake on the top of the mountain. As xijingshan is the middle branch of Tianmu Mountain in Western Zhejiang, it becomes the confluence of many water sources. There are three lakes at the top and foot of the mountain, and dozens of pools, pools and waterfalls.

Among them, the three Xijing lakes, represented by Shuanglin lake, Biyun lake and Qinhu lake, are naturally formed. They accumulate green and flow silver. They are surrounded by mountains. The water color is as green as jade all the year round. When you take a boat to swim on them, you suddenly feel out of the world. Interesting people are like Qin Lake. The lake is like a beautiful huge harp hidden in a famous mountain. You can really hear the music of the lake and the sounds of nature.

The most praiseworthy waterfall is xieyuyan waterfall, which is hung in the mountains with a drop of more than 100 meters. It is as magnificent as yufeixie. It has been a great scenic spot since ancient times. The ancient poem praises it as "the empty mountain dancing three thousand feet, the sound of pines and rain is suspected". It is a famous viewing waterfall in the ancient city of Hangzhou, which is recorded in detail in the Qing Dynasty's Lin'an County annals.

The picturesque shape of mountains and rocks

Xijingshan mountain has many pictographic rocks, such as Foguang rock (NATURAL Reclining Buddha), Yuantong stone (toad looking at the moon), Eagle Rock (lingjiu Dharma protector), turtle and crocodile stone (Shiyun "wa Huang's rare stone, Huahua's turtle and crocodile shape") and so on.

There are many natural landscapes

There are many ecological scenic spots in the scenic area. According to the functional areas alone, there are: Biyun Lake functional area, Shuanglin Lake functional area, Qin Lake functional area, Longtan waterfall functional area, xieyuyan waterfall functional area, Xiejing ancient road functional area, Dongshan functional area, tianzhangfeng functional area, lijiangfeng functional area, etc.

Buddhist culture

Shuanglin temple, a thousand year old temple

Shuanglin temple was built in the later Tang Dynasty (926-930). It was originally named Baolin temple. During the reign of emperor Zhiping of the Northern Song Dynasty (1064-1067), it was changed to Shuanglin Temple by Emperor Yingzong. The name of "Shuanglin" is derived from the saying of "Shuanglin goes into extinction" in the Buddhist sutra Nirvana Sutra, which means the place where Buddha Nirvana was accomplished, and has very sacred Buddhist commemorative significance. In front of the temple, there are two ancient osmanthus trees, which cover up the sun with dry sky and hang down the gate of the temple. When the flowers bloom, the fragrance floats far away, which is more consistent with the "double forest" of Buddhism.

Shuanglin temple is located in a small mountain basin. It is surrounded by nine peaks, such as tianzhang, Lizhu, Yunbi and Emei. The temple is like a lotus flower. It has the reputation of "Jiulong Xizhu" in geomantic omen. The ancient poem praises that "the famous Shuanglin Temple hides all the peaks, and Tianmu comes from the West.". The layout of the temple is divided into temple gate, three main halls (Tianwang hall, daxiongbao hall, Guanyin Hall), sutra hall, bell and Drum Tower, wanjuxuan, fangshengchi, kitchen and so on. The structure is strict and the momentum is magnificent, which seems to be a great style of the temple. For more than a thousand years, Shuanglin temple has gone through vicissitudes of rise and fall. Although its main hall has collapsed, the overall shape of the temple foundation, steps and stone piers is still clear and complete. There are also three pairs of stone lions in the Tang Dynasty and three pagodas of Buddha bones. The surface cultural relics are rich and the restoration foundation is good.

Although the ancient temple has become a site, it is not abandoned. It is still burning incense for thousands of years. It still receives the prayers of the faithful men and women from all over the world, and prays for the blessing of life for the devout people.

Natural Reclining Buddha

On the side of Shuanglin temple, the cliffs are luxuriant and steep. It is a natural Reclining Buddha of 10000 tons. Its scale is the largest in the south of the Yangtze River and it is called "Chenggong Buddha". It is said that when the Buddha Buddha came to nirvana in Shuanglin, heaven and earth were sad, and the surrounding cliffs were also moved. The Buddha's sleeping posture reflected the cliff, and the cliff became the Buddha's sleeping posture. Because nirvana is the highest realm of Buddhist cultivation, the reclining Buddha is named "success".

For thousands of years, the reclining Buddha has been sleeping in the valley, quietly guarding the holy land of Shuanglin, which is unknown to the world. Once the famous mountain on the West path rises again, the Sleeping Buddha will also see the light of the sky again, to help the people all over the world to prosper and make the country peaceful and the people safe!

Xijing ancient road

The passage from the west side of Xijing mountain to Shuanglin temple is the famous "Xijing ancient road". The ancient road, with a total length of four Li, is mostly built with stones. After more than a thousand years, it is still intact. Because "Shuanglin" means the land of nirvana of Buddha, the West path is called "the road of Buddha's heart". It is old and simple, and it is a pilgrimage to Shuanglin temple from ancient times to the present. Although the main hall of Shuanglin Temple no longer exists, incense is still very popular today, and pilgrims come to Shuanglin temple every Buddhist day.

A hundred steps to success

In order to explore the secrets of xijingshan and the well-being of human beings, the successive successors have built a hundred step successful ladder leading to the most beautiful place of xijingshan.

The hundred step ladder is steep and towering. Therefore, climbing a hundred step ladder is not only a kind of outdoor fitness, but also a test of people's mind and courage. Only those who yearn for success and are willing to work hard for it can conquer the test of 168 level ladder. Once you walk up the ladder and look at the waterfall and the lake, you can't help but feel a sense of accomplishment and a sense of life. This is like a life experience, after overcoming the difficulties of life, in the face of life will become calm, more leisurely.

This is the magic of xijingshan. No matter whether you are satisfied in real life or not, she will always let the quiet air comfort you, let the unyielding mountain guide you, and finally let the clear green lake clean your heart, so that you can deeply feel the success brought by piety. As the English poet Thomas Gray praised:

Far away from the intrigue of different worlds,

They have a sober desire and never learn to be confused,

Along the cool and secluded hills of life,

They stuck to the quiet road.

Historical celebrities

Idioms make a comeback

In the north of Xijing mountain, there is a mountain named Dongshan, which is secluded and tranquil. According to historical records, Xie an (320-385), the Prime Minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once lived in seclusion here, leaving behind the eternal human landscape of "Xiefu Dongshan", which has a history of 1700 years.

Speaking of Xie an, everyone must know something about it. Liu Yuxi, a great poet of Tang Dynasty, wrote a very sad poem "wild grass and flowers by Zhuque bridge, sunset at the entrance of Wuyi lane". Wuyi lane was the settlement of Xie family and other aristocratic families in Nanjing (Jiankang) during the Six Dynasties. It was a moment of glory and wealth. Unfortunately, "the former swallow of Wangxie hall flew into the ordinary people's home", and "Wangxie" refers to the two aristocratic families at that time. Although poetry sounds sad, the sadness of the past has already become the prosperity of today, especially the prosperity of tourism. It can be said that the way of heaven is capricious but sentimental!

Before becoming an official, Xie an once lived in seclusion in the Dongshan mountain of Xijing for a long time until he was 41 years old. From then on, he became an official and became more and more famous. Especially after successfully commanding the famous battle of Feishui, he made great achievements and became a famous statesman and militarist in history. This is the origin of the well-known classic idiom "comeback". According to the predecessors, this is an edict to the world that Xijing mountain and water is not only a beautiful place for self-cultivation, but also a place of geomantic omen for success.

There is no doubt that Xie an is a very successful politician

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