Changyanshan

Changyanshan

Changyanshan, 12 kilometers away from Pingnan County, stands out between the green fields of pingchou, named after the main cave. It was also known as "sihuiyan" or "sihuishishan" because it was once under the jurisdiction of Sihui village; and it was also known as "erchengyan" because brothers Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, the famous Neo Confucianists in the Song Dynasty, accompanied their teacher Zhou Dunyi (Lianxi), the founder of Neo Confucianism, to give lectures and study here.

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Changyan mountain in Pingnan, which is known as "a unique cave" and integrates natural landscape and cultural landscape, has been developed as far back as the song, yuan and Ming Dynasties, and has always been listed as the first of the eight ancient scenic spots in Pingnan. In 1985, the CPPCC organized the whole county to re evaluate the eight scenic spots. Changyan mountain was listed as one of the new eight scenic spots, still known as "Changyan nostalgia".

Introduction

The mountain is tens of feet high, about one mile wide, with limestone structure, two peaks in one mountain,

Like a giant lion. There are more than ten large scenic spots in the mountain, with rugged mountains, verdant trees and elegant caves. According to the old county annals, Changyan mountain is as beautiful as beiliugou and zhenxianyan in Fujian Province. Changyan mountain has been greatly damaged in the past dynasties, but it has great potential for protection and development.

Entering the "xiaohutian" Mountain Gate rebuilt by modern people, we can see the Qing Emperor Qianlong's "rebuilding Changyan mountain stele" and the modern people's "list of merits and virtues". More than ten steps away, the ancient "Changyan" stone archway site was destroyed by the great leap forward. Most of the original stone level of the mountain road has collapsed, and the villagers are limited to funds, so they can't "repair it as old". Now they have built a spacious cement class, but they have no choice! When they go up to the most part of the mountain, the outstanding scene is the natural "Wenbi stone", which is also an important symbol of the stone mountain related to "Wen". A few years ago, at the top of the giant pen rock, there was a towering little banyan tree. Unfortunately, it was damaged by cultural relics thieves and it was difficult to recover. Beyond the ancient banyan tree community with hundreds of years of history, in the middle of the mountain, it suddenly becomes clear that a big rock cave stands face-to-face. This is the main rock cave named "Huanglang Tongtong" for Changyan. On the forehead of the cave are engraved the four powerful characters "Tiannan Li cave" written by yuan jigun, a student of the Imperial College of Qing Dynasty. On the right side of the stone wall in front of the "Li cave", there are the oldest existing stone inscriptions - 27 characters inscribed by Yin Chen Shou and song you Chang in Pingnan of Song Dynasty (seal script), as well as a number of stone inscriptions in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In front of the cave, there is a large wall of colorful karst rock. In front of the karst rock is the site of the ancient "San Fu Zi temple", where modern people rebuild the statue of San Fu Zi and related commemorative signs. In front of the Li cave, there are the ancient Yinxin Pavilion, the lotus pond site, the Ming and Qing academies and the former sites of the schools of the Republic of China. Zhou Dunyi is elegant and good at lotus. He is famous for his lotus which comes out of mud but does not stain. All these confirm the vicissitudes of history and the early development of changyanshan. Wenchang rock, which is connected with the "Li cave" and passes through the cave, is the emperor of Wenchang who was rebuilt by the local people to worship the talents who were in charge of the human world. It has high hopes of "cultural prosperity". Of course, this is also the biggest commemoration of master Zhou Chengsan, who first launched the Pingnan cultural movement.

From the "Li cave" out, around the stone path, there are streams, vines, twists and turns, to reach a rock, is the "three treasures rock", also known as "rhinoceros dripping hole". There are about 1000 people here, including stalagmites, stalactites and simulated stone platforms and benches. The water from the two stalactites on the top of the cave drips from time to time, forming a large stalagmite, namely rhinoceros stone, which is named "rhinoceros dripping water". Changyan is similar to Qixingyan in Guilin and fengyuyan in Lipu. Both of them are karst caves. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Changyan was the sea, and it also experienced vicissitudes. Yao Sizong, the successor of Cheng's father, wrote an ancient poem with five characters. The first four sentences said, "the stone houses are deep, and the water flows with people. The two rocks often splash with rain, and may is even more surprising in autumn. " This is a vivid portrayal of the landscape. In recent years, with the improvement of the environment, the "splashing rain" in Liangyan has been partially restored. The most bizarre is the "immortal sword test" stone outside the immortal rock. It seems that there is a magic sword "splitting" the stone column into two parts, leaving no trace. It's a wonder. On the small stone path connecting the scenic spots, you can see from time to time small stone caves through the mountains, such as "Gaosheng cave", which only allows teenagers to pass by and come out of the mountain 20 or 30 meters away, implying that their studies are advancing step by step, which is very strange and interesting.

In the south corner of the mountain, there is a unique "bat cave" which can accommodate two or three thousand people. In the cave, there are huge stalagmite pillars - "Jack", a "Tongtian cave" above and a deep well below. The well was built with funds from the county. The well water was tested as high quality drinking water. The cave is named for its numerous bats. There is a giant stone that bears the resemblance of bats in the population area. There are many bats living in the cave, as well as large and small stone bats, stone elephants, stone lions and so on, like a huge animal stage. Walking out of the bat cave, you can see a macaque "Stone Man peak" looking up at the sky. It seems to tell people that like sun Xingxing, an ascetic monk who traveled to the West in the Tang Dynasty, Zhou Chengsan devoted himself to exploring the mysteries of the universe, studying the knowledge of being a man, integrating Confucianism into Buddhism and Taoism, expounding the truth of "respect and sincerity" and practicing the highest realm of "patriotism and respect for the people" in Neo Confucianism.

The road up the mountain is not tortuous. The villagers have built access roads and barriers. On one side, they can reach the Red Pavilion on the top of the mountain built in recent years, and on the other side, they can get a bird's-eye view of the Kuixing Pavilion site in Pingnan County. The most mysterious cave is the jiuchongmen, which is located at the foot of the mountain. It is said that the ancestors lit nine dragon candles to come to the end of the cave, so it is named. It is said that you can hear the sound of water flowing in Jiangjuntan, which is more than 10 kilometers away. It is estimated that it is an underground river connected with the river. Now the soil is silting up, so we can only enter the two or three gates. Prehistoric remains of human activities, as well as rhinoceros and elephant tooth bones have also been unearthed here. At the foot of the mountain, there is a well at the foot of the rock. The water is clear and does not dry all the year round. It is said that raising pigs with Yanjiao well water is not greasy. The local doggerel called "Sihui fish, Yanjiao pig, Mazi early taro, hengmu big sweet potato" has become a genuine feature of local culture.

Every year, on the 11th, 15th and first day of February of the first lunar month, bamboo and wood farm tools, daily necessities, snack stalls are all over the fairs, and lion dance and dragon dance activities are added to the festivity. The crowds of people, who are watching, buying and selling, singing and performing, are very lively.

It is said that this is the tradition of folk temple fairs, folk song fairs, trading fairs, God worship and blessing activities. It is also a festival for people to prepare for spring farming and production, and active cultural and entertainment activities. According to folklore, Liu Sanjie stayed in Changyan to sing songs here.

In addition, north of Changyan mountain, there are two stones, which are like the sound of gongs and drums, just like Shizhong mountain in Su Shi's works. Kuixing Pavilion used to be built on the top of rhino rock. Standing on the pavilion, you can overlook the whole city of Pingnan. Unfortunately, this scene was also destroyed in the late 1950s. To the east of the mountain, there is a peak, which is connected with the mountain and faces each other. Its native name is "liaoge rock". Its huge wall is very steep. It can be called as a response, but it is very dangerous. In the whole scenic area, there are many scenic spots or unknown areas that have not been officially named. Such as the newly discovered "Hump" similar to Guilin camel peak, the "Shouxing stone" of the lifelike Shouxing, and the "Shilian waterfall" of the lifelike waterfall. There are also rock climbing banyan communities, edible health fruit "tiesha pear", whose flowers are just like wupeizi, which add color to the scenic spot.

Address: Northwest of the county

Longitude: 110.397485

Latitude: 23.544546

Chinese PinYin : Chang Yan Shan