Yunding stone city

Yunding stone city

Yundingshicheng is located in huaikou town of Jintang County, in the middle of Longquan mountains, 19 kilometers away from Zhaozhen town and 48 kilometers away from Chengdu. Yunding Shicheng is a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty In 1243, the fortress was built to resist the Mongolian army. It is 2300 meters long from north to south, 2100 meters wide from east to west, and 7200 meters long. It covers a total area of 1.5 square kilometers. There are eight gates around the fortress, all of which are built on cliffs. Most of the fortresses are built on the basis of the mountain situation. The cliffs are used as walls, and the interruption is built with stone strips. There are battlements and battery on the wall There are 18 wells and 32 pools in the city. The whole cloud top is high and difficult to defend and attack. Now there are about 8000 square meters of beichengmen, changningmen and other ancient buildings. Among them, the stone carvings on the cliff have special charm. There is also Ciyun Temple, the largest temple in Western Sichuan. Mountaineering tour can not only pay homage to national heroes, but also enjoy the ancient temple, jungle and scenery. Since 2014, the scenic spot has been open free of charge.

Nowadays, Yunding stone city has been integrated into Yunding stone city scenic spot, which is composed of Yunding mountain, Tuojiang "small Three Gorges" and other scenic spots. With an area of 46 square kilometers, it is a provincial scenic spot in Sichuan.

Brief introduction of Yunding stone city

Yunding mountain, a famous Buddhist mountain in Western Sichuan, is a provincial scenic spot. Yunding mountain is located in Yunding village, huaikou Town, Jintang County, about 40 minutes' drive away from Zhao town. There are big and small Yunding, which is famous for big Yunding. Because of its peak shaped like chengtan, it was called Shicheng mountain in ancient times. In the Southern Dynasties, the Buddhist temples were built in the Qi and Liang dynasties, and were expanded and built in the past dynasties. There are yundingshicheng site, Yundingshan temple, 41 temples and nunneries, as well as sculptures, inscriptions, murals, tower inscriptions and other cultural relics. There are 2431 steps in the whole process.

Yundingshan site

The only surviving song and Yuan war site in Western Sichuan is a provincial cultural relic protection unit. On Yunding mountain, it is said that Zhuge Liang once stationed troops to guard the pass. In the third year of Chunhu (1243) of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yu Jie, a pacifying and instituting envoy of Sichuan Province, built a defense system here to resist the invasion of the Mongolian army. Yu Jie, together with Hechuan fishing City, Nanchong Qingju City, Cangxi Dahuo city and Wanxian Tiansheng City, was called the "eight pillars" of central Sichuan by the Mongolian army. Because of the mountains, the whole city uses natural cliffs as its constant. At the break, it is connected by T-shaped stacked walls with stone tenons. When the city wall is on a gentle slope, it is added with a "straight wall" to prevent the enemy from approaching. There are eight gates around the mountain city, which are all built on cliffs and scarps. They are high, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the army and the people garrisoned the city of Yunding for 15 years. After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, most of the mountain cities in Sichuan were demolished, but the city was protected by the people in every way, so it was completely preserved. Now, the two gates of the North City and Changning gate are still majestic, and the ruins of the Houzaimen, the Dragon Boat Festival gate, the south city gate and the little east gate can be found. There were also 18 wells and 32 pools dug by the soldiers and civilians at that time.

Yundingshan Temple

Chengdu is a famous Buddhist temple, known as "the largest temple in Western Sichuan". It's south of the top of Yunding mountain. It was first built in the Southern Dynasty and then rebuilt many times. There are 10 halls, 4 halls, 4 floors, 2 gardens, 1 stone square, big and small mountain gates, mainly including Daxiong hall, Guanyin hall, hengha hall, God of wealth hall, Guangong hall, Luohan hall, Manjusri hall, etc. There are four carved flat dragon pillars, dozens of Qing Dynasty color paintings and several stone tablets in the temple. Among them, seven Buddha square was built in 1761. It is carved with blue stone and has three four pillars. Seven seated Buddhas, story of characters and patterns of flowers, birds, insects and fish are embossed on it. It is praised as "magnificent and majestic in Xichuan".

Features of scenic spots

The city

It is the only surviving ancient castle against Yuan Dynasty in the late Southern Song Dynasty in Western Sichuan. The combination of beautiful mountains and waters with long historical and cultural relics is a major feature of the scenic spot. The temperament of the heroes against Yuan Dynasty in Southern Song Dynasty is the same as the landscape here.

Management organization: Jintang County Scenic Tourism Bureau

Local specialties: yundingmingshen, dahongpaohaijiao, Hongju, Guanggan, hongmaocheng

Transportation Guide:

Jintang is about 50 kilometers away from Chengdu, 20 kilometers away from Qingbaijiang, 25 kilometers away from Guanghan and 44 kilometers away from Longquanyi. Tourists can take bus No. 602 in Chengdu, or take a long-distance bus from Chengbei passenger transport center to Jintang County, and then transfer to the special bus to Yundingshan, or take a boat from Zhaozhen wharf down the Tuojiang River to the foot of Yundingshan.

Road conditions along the way:

From Chengdu to Jintang county is 108 National Highway, with open road and good road condition. The ticket price is about 9 yuan (air-conditioned car).

Address: Jintang County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 104.49580465584

Latitude: 30.728328293797

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