Tulou view

Tulou temple is located at No.38 West Qilian Road, Xining City, Qinghai Province. It can be reached by Lanxi expressway. It is an architectural humanistic tourist attraction. Tulou temple, covering an area of 1 square kilometers, is a religious site integrating Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It was first built in 106 ad. during 227-233 ad (Emperor Ming of Wei Dynasty), some monks built caves between the cliffs, molded Buddha statues and painted Buddhist niches and caissons. From then on, Tulou Temple gradually became a Buddhist temple.

Tulou temple is located in Tulou mountain (later used to be called Beishan) in the north of Xining City, the capital of Qinghai Province, with Dadun mountain on its back and Huangshui River on its west. It is close to the mountain and faces the water. It stands on the top of the mountain and faces the water. There is a broken rock wall on the top and a steep slope on the bottom. The terrain is steep and magnificent. The ancient caves are chiseled and embedded between the cliffs on the hillside. The open-air Vajra is naturally formed after thousands of years of wind and rain erosion. It is the second largest "suspended Temple" in China after the "suspended Temple" in Datong, Shanxi Province. Later, the main Taoist buildings include "Xiwangmu hall", "Lingguan hall", "Xiannu Palace", "Chenghuang hall", "Sanqing hall", "Kuixing Pavilion", "Yuhuang Pavilion", "Zhaitang" and "nine caves and eighteen caves". The temple is decorated with carved beams, resplendent in splendor, with exquisite sculptures and murals.

Tulou view

Tulou temple is located at No.38 West Qilian Road, Xining City, Qinghai Province. It can be reached by Lanxi expressway. It is an architectural humanistic tourist attraction. Tulou temple, covering an area of 1 square kilometers, is a religious site integrating Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It was first built in 106 ad. during 227-233 ad (Emperor Ming of Wei Dynasty), some monks built caves between the cliffs, molded Buddha statues and painted Buddhist niches and caissons. From then on, Tulou Temple gradually became a Buddhist temple.

Tulou temple is located in Tulou mountain (later used to be called Beishan) in the north of Xining City, the capital of Qinghai Province, with Dadun mountain on its back and Huangshui River on its west. It is close to the mountain and faces the water. It stands on the top of the mountain and faces the water. There is a broken rock wall on the top and a steep slope on the bottom. The terrain is steep and magnificent. The ancient caves are chiseled and embedded between the cliffs on the hillside. The open-air Vajra is naturally formed after thousands of years of wind and rain erosion. It is the second largest "suspended Temple" in China after the "suspended Temple" in Datong, Shanxi Province. Later, the main Taoist buildings include "Xiwangmu hall", "Lingguan hall", "Xiannu Palace", "Chenghuang hall", "Sanqing hall", "Kuixing Pavilion", "Yuhuang Pavilion", "Zhaitang" and "nine caves and eighteen caves". The temple is decorated with carved beams, resplendent in splendor, with exquisite sculptures and murals.

The history of Tulou view is closely related to the rise and fall of Buddhism in the south of the Silk Road and Xining. The whole Taoist temple covers an area of 101 mu, including 6806 square meters of halls and caves. In 2010, Beishan Tulou Temple won the title of national AAA scenic spot. Tulou temple is a key cultural relic protection unit in Qinghai Province and the seat of Qinghai Taoist Association.

history

There are many names of Tulou temple in history. In the Han Dynasty, Deng Xun, a famous local official in Hehuang, built a "Temple of sages" in Beishan, which was first called "tuloushan Temple",

In the Ming Dynasty, the name of Yongxing temple came into being because of the name given by Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. Because of the layer after layer, clear-cut, like a Tulou, it is known as "Tulou mountain". Li Daoyuan TAE, a traveler of the Northern Wei Dynasty, trekked to Xining and boarded Tulou mountain. In his notes to the water classic, he wrote: "the Huangshui River flows eastward, passing Tulou to the south, with Tulou on the top and the mountain to the north. The peak is more than three hundred feet high, if you cut it into a stone. " Tulou has Taoist temple, so it is called "Tulou Temple". Beishan Mountain is like a chick Phoenix trying to fly, while Tulou mountain is like the wings of a chick Phoenix. From then on, another nickname has been added, which is called "Fengyi mountain".

In 231 (the fifth year of Weiming emperor Taihe), Buddhism prevailed in Shanzhou (Xining). Some believers made niches between the broken rocks of Tulou mountain, painted caisson paintings, carved walls, built Temple pavilions and plank roads, and worshipped by believers on mountaineering. It was at the end of Qing Dynasty that Taoism entered Tulou mountain. Around 231 (the fifth year of Weiming emperor Taihe), Hou Liang Lu Guang occupied Wuwei and Hexi Corridor, and the north silk road was blocked. Some monks went to India from Lanzhou to Ledu, Xining via Beichuan and Daban mountain, and then Buddhism prevailed in Hehuang area.

Architecture

Tulou temple is built according to the special Danxia landform. There are almost all horizontal purplish red sandstones and conglomerates with gypsum and mirabilite layers. The lithology is soft and hard. Under the action of flowing water and weathering in the long-term geological period, Danxia landform characterized by red cliff, caves and dangerous peaks has been developed. The soft rock strata are concave inward to form caves of different sizes. The local people call them "nine caves and eighteen caves", in which there are statues of jade emperor, GuanShiYin, Manjusri, Puxian, Guan Yunchang and other gods and Buddhas. The images of gods, flowers, landscapes and moons painted on the walls of the cave have the artistic style of Han and Tibetan Buddhism painting, and once had the reputation of "Xiping Mogao Grottoes". The hard rock strata protrude outwards like eaves. Temples and halls are built on them, and the halls are suspended. The trestle corridor connects the halls and pavilions with the cave group, so that there are holes in the hall, and there are holes in the cave, and there are Buddhas in the cave. The trestle corridor is close to the cliff, or even suspended in the air.

On the east side of Tulou temple, there is a huge Buddha statue with a height of tens of meters, called "open-air King Kong". The local people call it "flash Buddha". The head, body, lower limbs and facial features can be seen clearly from a distance. It is vigorous and rugged, with the artistic style of the Tang Dynasty. It is carved by the majority of believers on the basis of the original landform, making the perfect combination of natural landscape and cultural landscape.

The architecture of Tulou Temple includes Mountain Gate, hillside archway, Kuixing Pavilion, luzu hall, Doumu hall, three churches, Wuliang hall, Funing building, Sanbao hall, spirit palace, etc. Dian Zi Pavilion is built according to the mountain situation, which is particularly spectacular.

At the top of the north mountain is the ningshou pagoda. When it is misty and rainy, the mountain is hidden in the fog, and the sky is vast. When you look at the temples in the clouds from a distance, the dongqunta temple is hidden from time to time. Just as the ancient poem says, "the trees in the North Mountain are indistinct, and the misty rain enters the painting in the morning", "how many buildings are covered by the clouds and trees, and the natural painting of the village of michia". "Beishan Yanyu" got its name from this.

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Address: No.38, Qilian Road West, Xining City, Qinghai Province

Longitude: 101.785009

Latitude: 36.643031

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