Gexianshan

Gexian mountain is a famous Taoist mountain. It is located in the middle of Qianshan County, Shangrao City. It is the branch of Wuyi Mountain and is a national scenic spot. Standing on the main peak and looking around, you can see the nine branches, such as nine black dragons, circling and leaping, with great momentum. It is called "Jiulong scurrying to the top". Gexian mountain is rich in natural landscape and cultural landscape. Qifeng, Yishi, Yunhai and Songtao are comparable to Huangshan; the stone of sword, Taoist, dragon tongue pool, seven star well and immortal footprints are marvelous. It is said that the mountain was named after Ge Xuan who became an immortal in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Gexianshan

Gexianshan is located in Gexianshan town in the middle of Qianshan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. It is located at the northern foot of Wuyi Mountain. The main peak of gexianfeng is 1096.3 meters above sea level. The scenic area of Gexianshan is 50 square kilometers, known as "the first mountain of Lingbao in China".

According to the annals of counties in the past dynasties, before the Han Dynasty, Gexian mountain was known as Yungang mountain. Because of the famous Taoist, pharmacist and founder of Lingbao sect in Jiangzuo (later known as gexianweng) in the chiwu Yuan period (238-251), Gexian mountain was changed to Gexian mountain. Gexian mountain integrates religious culture and natural scenery. It is a religious place where Taoism and Buddhism coexist harmoniously, forming a religious culture of "one mountain, two religions, Taoism and Buddhism". Gexian mountain is famous for its historic sites, such as xijiaokeng, shangmashi, xiamashi, liandantai, xixinyan, Xianren footprints, feishengtai, Xianglufeng, Qixing well, daoren stone, Putong tower, Shijian stone, Longyan well, baibuling, thousand year old ancient pine, etc.

Since the Ming Dynasty, Gexianshan temple has formed the rule of opening the mountain gate at the beginning of June and closing the mountain gate at the beginning of October every year. The temple fair formed during this period has become a scenic spot in Gexianshan culture.

On January 9, 2018, Gexianshan scenic spot was rated as a national 4A scenic spot by Jiangxi tourism scenic spot quality rating committee.

Historical evolution

According to the records of Qianshan County annals written by Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor Xiantong of Tang Dynasty (860-873) built the Zonghua temple at the alchemy place of gexuan.

In the second year of song Zhiping (1065), Zonghua temple was named yuxu temple.

In 1092, yuxu temple was renamed Dage temple. Later, it was repaired many times and expanded in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. As a result, it became a grand Taoist building complex. In addition to the Dage fairy hall, there are three official hall, Lingguan hall, Damu hall and Yuhuang building.

In the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), the Jieguan pavilion was built in Gexianshan.

In 1593, the Tzu Chi temple was built in Gexian mountain.

During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty (1796-1820), the Dage fairy hall was destroyed by fire and then restored.

In 1928, the great Gexian temple was destroyed by fire and rebuilt the next year.

In 1995, the Jieguan pavilion was rebuilt on the original site.

On the morning of June 2, 2015, Qianshan County of Shangrao city invested 500 million yuan to build Gexianshan scenic spot. The first phase of the project is to build a tourism service center, parking lot, scenic spot tourism highway, passenger ropeway, etc., and the second phase is to build a resort hotel, commercial street, health resort, etc.

In September 2016, the ropeway project of Gexian mountain scenic area started. The total length of the ropeway is 2069 meters, the height difference is 691 meters, and the single transportation time is 7-10 minutes. The project, with an investment of 120 million yuan, adopts the detachable passenger ropeway equipment with the most advanced dual direct drive technology in Asia, which is imported by French horse company.

On June 19, 2017, the upgrading and reconstruction of Gexianshan scenic spot in Qianshan County and the construction of passenger ropeway accelerated. The project, with an investment of 1.35 billion yuan, is one of the provincial and municipal key projects. Most of the supports of the passenger ropeway have been completed, the main structure of the Ropeway Station has been completed, and the land leveling of the scenic spot parking lot, hotel and other projects has been completed.

On August 29, 2017, Gexianshan ropeway was officially opened.

geographical environment

Location context

Gexianshan is located in Gexianshan Town, Qianshan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province.

Climatic characteristics

Qianshan County has a temperate and humid climate in the middle subtropical zone. It is close to the ocean and is affected by the cross monsoon of the Asian continent, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine, four distinct seasons, annual rainfall of 1733-2000mm, annual average temperature of 8.7 ℃ - 17.9 ℃, average temperature of 16 ℃ - 5.6 ℃ in the coldest January and 18.7 ℃ - 29.4 ℃ in the hottest July The annual sunshine is 1952 hours, and the prevailing wind direction is southeast.

topographic features

Gexian mountain is a branch of Wuyi Mountain. Gexian peak is the highest peak in Gexian mountain scenic area, with an altitude of 1096.3 meters.

Main attractions

Ge Xianfeng

Standing on Gexian peak, you can see Guifeng, Huanggang mountain, Ehu mountain, Qixing mountain and dushijian. On Gexian peak, there are nine branches, such as nine black dragons, which gather behind the great Gexian hall. They are called "Jiulong channeling the top". Shapers call this Jiulong gathering place an excellent place for geomantic omen. The main peaks of Wuyi Mountain are Huanggang mountain, shangraoling mountain and Guifeng mountain in Yiyang.

 

Ziyunfeng

Ziyun peak is located in the northwest of Dage fairy hall. In spring and summer, you can see the purple sea of clouds in Ziyun peak, so it's called Ziyun peak.

 

The censer peak

Xianglu peak is about 3500 meters to the southwest of Da Ge Xian temple, with an altitude of 1037 meters. The mountain is steep and straight. The top of Xianglu peak is just on the central axis and horizontal line of Da Ge Xian temple, which is called "the natural Xianglu of Ge Xian Temple".

 

Dage fairy Hall

The great Gexian temple, commonly known as Gexian temple, also known as yuxu temple, is located on Xianglu peak, the highest peak of Gexian mountain. The hall is 29.2 meters long, 17 meters wide and covers an area of 496 square meters. Inside the hall, there is an altar, on which there is a statue of Ge Xianshan, a statue of Ge Xuanxing, a statue of sitting, and six horizontal plaques. There is an ancient well under the altar, which is said to have been built by GE Xuan. There are Sanguan hall and Lingguan hall on the right side of the gate, and then the hundred steps can lead to the Jade Emperor hall, the earth mother building, the Tzu Chi temple and the dragon pool. The temple is built on the mountain. It is located in the northeast and southwest. There are Dage fairy hall, Laojun hall, Guanyin hall, Sanguan hall, Lingguan hall, Damu hall, Yuhuang Pavilion, etc.

 

Niangniang Hall

Niangniang hall is located 3.5 kilometers northwest of dagexian hall, with an altitude of 610 meters. Niangniang hall was built in memory of Ge Xuan's mother. It is said that after Ge Xuan practiced on Gexian mountain, his mother came to visit him from his hometown in Jiangsu Province, but he suddenly died in the middle of the mountain and failed to see his son. Therefore, he built a memorial hall at the place where GE's mother died.

 

Tzu Chi Temple

Tzu Chi temple is located in the north of the Jade Emperor Pavilion of the Dage fairy hall, about 100 meters away from the Dage fairy hall, and about 25 meters lower than the Dage fairy hall. The seat is opposite to Gexian temple. In the thirtieth year of Wanli (1593) of the Ming Dynasty, there were thousands of pilgrims in the great Gexian Temple of Gexian mountain. Because of the shortage of people and the fear of trouble, the Taoist invited monks from the peak temple of Ehu, which also had a great influence in Jiangxi and Southeast religious circles, to set up a branch to jointly manage the temple fair. It forms the religious and cultural characteristics of "one mountain, two religions" and "coexistence of Taoism and Buddhism".

 

Jieguan Pavilion

Jieguan Pavilion is the gateway of Gexian mountain. According to records, it was built to meet the senior members of the cabinet of Beijing officials. Every time a senior member or a famous person of the imperial court goes up the mountain, the Taoist priest will lead all the Taoists to greet him at the reception Pavilion. Jieguan Pavilion is a large-scale eight column archway, which combines ancient architectural plastic arts with modern architectural technology. In front of the pavilion and behind the pavilion are hundreds of broad and level hiking trails.

 

Flying platform

Feishengtai is located on the sacrificial cliff about 300 meters northeast of Dage fairy hall. It is a double-layer antique pavilion with six square stone pillars. Under the pavilion is a thousand feet cliff. It is said that this is the place where Ge Xuan emerged and became an immortal.

 

Buyun Pavilion and Guandao Pavilion

Buyun Pavilion and Guandao pavilion are both ancient buildings with hexagonal stone pillars, which are located on the top of the mountain 400 meters to the left and 80 meters to the right of Dage fairy hall, echoing each other from afar.

 

Dragon Beard Ditch

Longxugou is located in the west of gexianfeng. The valley extends for 5 kilometers. There are peaks on both sides of Longxugou, with steep cliffs and deep valleys. There are many strange rocks in the valley. The water in the ravines and streams is fast, hitting the rocks and making a roaring sound.

 

Xitan Valley

Xitan Valley, hundreds of meters deep, is located under the eight trigrams gate of Dage fairy hall. Standing on the edge of the sacrificial platform outside the main hall, overlooking the bottom of the valley, you can see cliffs and rocks, setting off Gexian temple.

 

Honors

In 1984, the people's Government of Jiangxi Province identified Gexian temple and Tzu Chi temple as key temples in Jiangxi Province.

 

On January 9, 2018, Gexianshan scenic spot was rated as a national 4A scenic spot by Jiangxi tourism scenic spot quality rating committee.

 

History and culture

The origin of the name

Gexian

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