Bailu town

·Located in the northwest of Chengdu Plain, Bailu town has a long history and rich religious and human resources.

·There are many French buildings and churches here. Bailu town is not big. You don't have to go sightseeing here. You can go shopping leisurely and record all kinds of French buildings with your camera.

Bailu town

Located in the northwest of Chengdu Plain, the magical and romantic Bailu town is 60 kilometers away from the urban area of Chengdu. It is 80 minutes' drive from the urban area of Chengdu. It is a national AAAA scenic spot. Bailu town has a long history and rich religious and human resources. Bailuchang old street, built in the 19th year of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty, is one of the top ten ancient towns in Chengdu. In 1860, the French missionary Hong Guanghua came to Bailu town with the Bible and his French romance. He built a monastery by the mountain and the river. The upper academy is a high convent for cultivating senior theological and philosophical personnel. Now it is a national cultural relic protection unit.

Bailu town is rich in tourism resources, pleasant climate, forest coverage rate of 90%, has a "natural oxygen bar" reputation. Tangba village, as the core scenic spot of national Longmenshan Geopark, is famous for its beautiful and unique landscape, especially the geological wonder of "glacial boulders on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau". There are more than 100 caves of different sizes, including stalagmites, stalactites, stone mantles, stone pillars, stone waterfalls and other modeling landscapes.

"The White Deer follow the immortals, but the cuckoos of the ancient town sing with a faint Shuyun, the Danhua Yingying, the visitors have the church, and the poems sing like the European style." Liu Shahe, a famous poet, wrote a poem depicting a water and ink painting like a fairyland.

After the "5.12" earthquake baptism, Bailu has changed its old appearance, and rows of French buildings are dotted in the green mountains and waters. French style street, medieval castle, ruins park, Sino French bridge, cave flying peak, white deer country hotel Formed today's unique landscape.

On December 23, 2019, Sichuan Provincial People's Government approved Chengdu to adjust the administrative divisions of 15 counties (cities, districts) including Longquanyi District (cfzm [2019] No. 24): the administrative areas of siwenchang community, guantian village, Yaojia village, Tianshengqiao village, Zibai village, Shuangyang village and Jian'an village in Tongji town were put under the jurisdiction of Bailu Town, and Bailu Town People's government was stationed in Siwen village 300 St.

History and culture

White deer has a long history and rich religious and human resources. The name of Bailu town originates from Bailu mountain, which is recorded in ancient books such as Huayang county annals. Now it is commonly known as Bailu peak. Its shape is like a bell, standing out among the mountains, with boundless scenery. According to the records of Huayang state, in the autumn of the fifth year of King Shen of Zhou (316 BC), the king of Shu was defeated by the Qin army. His Fu Xiang and the crown prince retreated to Fengxiang and died in Bailu mountain. Therefore, Bailu witnessed the fall of ancient Shu, and its name has a long history. In 1754 A.D., Bailu farm was built on the East Bank of Bailu river at the foot of the mountain. Later, streets were built on the high beach along the river, commonly known as Heba farm.

Bailu town is located in the north of Pengzhou City, the east of bailuding and the upper reaches of Bailu river. It borders Shifang City in the East, Hongyan town and Gexianshan town in the southeast, Tongji Town in the West and Longmenshan town in the north. It covers an area of 86.79 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 9 village communities including bailuchang community, Bailu village, Shuiguan village, Guangou village, Tangba village, Huishui village, Tiantai village, Honghua village and Sanhedian village. The total population of the town is 9397 (2017), mainly Han nationality, with Tibetan, Qiang, Yi and other three ethnic minorities. The town government is located in bailuchang, 35 kilometers away from Tianpeng town. Convenient transportation, there is a small (small fish hole) husband (Shifang City, Sanhe Town, the Academy) road transit.

geographical environment

Bailu town is a mountainous and forest area. Bailu River, like a Bailian River, meanders from north to south. Bailu mountain is like an ancient bell, overturning and standing out among the mountains. The annual average temperature is 12 ℃, the annual precipitation is 1300 mm, the temperature is low and the rainfall is rich. Grain production is mainly corn and potatoes, rich in medicinal materials, tea, brown chips, raw lacquer, forest and mineral resources. There is a rare geological wonder in Bailu - giant limestone glacier Boulder, which is the unique "world-class geological science heritage" in the world and highly valued by people of insight at home and abroad. Tangbazi is the core area of Longmenshan National Geopark, integrating peak cluster, karst cave, deep valley and cliff landscape. Bailu town has beautiful forest scenery, unique ecological environment, rich animal and plant resources, and unique cultural landscape. There are 17 temple and palace sites in the town, both built by Buddhism and Taoism. Liyuanzhi, one of the 24 Taoist administrations, is also located in the town. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, French Catholic missionaries established many places for church activities in this area. The above Academy (Lingbao Academy) and the lower Academy (Wuyao Academy) are the most famous. The upper academy is a high-level convent for cultivating senior theological and philosophical personnel, which is still well preserved.

Characteristic scenic spots

Lingbao repair Institute

Lingbaoxiu academy, also known as Shangshu academy, is located in Huishui village, 2.5km north of Bailu Town, Pengzhou City. It is a national key cultural relic with a history of 100 years. According to the records of Bai Lu Xiang Zhi and Peng Xian Zhi, in 1860, when Chengdu Catholic bishop Hong Chuanguang (Hong Guanghua) came to Bai Lu, he met Zhu Yichun (also known as Zhu Yingchun), a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang who moved from Guanghan to Bai Lu in the early years of Xianfeng, and negotiated to use Bai Lu as a base for missionary work. In 1865, Zhu Jianhu's house was purchased to build the Catholic Church (now on the ginkgo square of Bailu District), and then the "preparatory college" (commonly known as "lower academy") was built in the Middle School of Bailu central school on the other side of Bailu river. In 1884, Du ang, bishop of Chengdu, sent Gu bran to Bailu to rebuild the preparatory college, which was named "Immaculate academy". Then, in 1895, the construction of the "Chinese convent" began at the boundary of Huishui village to the north of Bailu town. In 1908, the convent was completed, which lasted 13 years. It was initially named as "the Notre Dame's Convent", which was commonly known as the upper Academy. In 1932, it was renamed as the theological college. Since then, the White Deer town of Pengzhou has become an important place to cultivate senior clergy missionary university in Southwest China. Senior clergy at that time needed to learn: Latin language, composition, geography, history, Roman war history, Persian War history, philosophy, logic, ontology, metaphysics, cosmology, psychology, ethical theology, theoretical theology, biblical and ecclesiastical codes, etiquette, history, etc. More than graduate students.

At that time, the "lingbaoyuan" was similar to the church in the West. The main building was tall and straight, with a total area of 18000 square meters and a construction area of more than 5000 square meters. French style dome, hall and carved exterior give people a magnificent feeling. The whole academy is located in the west to the East, and is built in the hillside. The nine peaks around are arranged in an arc, which is called "Jiulong homing". There is a White Deer River winding past, green mountains and green waters, excellent Feng Shui. From a distance, surrounded by green hills, the white columns and gray black roof tiles show the unique architectural style of the Academy. It not only has the characteristics of typical European Roman and Gothic architecture, but also has the structure of Chinese courtyard.

In the Academy, the main building on the front is 120 meters long and 16 meters deep. The building is three stories high and about 5 meters high. The ground floor is built on the hillside and serves as a storage room. The corridor runs through the main building on the second floor.

From the main entrance of the main building up the ring-shaped stone ladder, the handwriting on the forehead of the main building can be seen clearly: "seminary architecture". Seminarium is Latin, literally translated as "farming" or "nursery", free translated as "monastery", also translated as "seminary", referred to as "convent".

The courtyard is about 60 meters wide from north to South and 22 meters long from east to west. The main building chapel is tall and straight, with French style dome, hall and carved exterior decoration, giving people a magnificent feeling. The herringbone side houses on both sides of the Chapel were destroyed by mud rock flow in 1934.

The height of the wing rooms on the north and south sides is flush with that of the main building. They are two-story buildings with corridors on both sides. There are more than 60 rooms of about 10 square meters on the upper floor, which are used as single dormitory for students. On the lower floor are classrooms, offices, kitchens, bakeries, etc., all made of wood.

After the earthquake, almost all of them were damaged, and the State Administration of cultural relics began to repair them in 2009, which has been basically completed. Because it was restored according to the way of cultural relic restoration, it basically reproduced the original appearance of shangshuyuan at that time.

The whole building of Lingbao repair Institute is built on the mountain, with large scale, grand momentum, rigorous structure, unique style and unique style. The white giant building is valiant in the mountains and forests, which makes the admirers and viewers admire its architectural style, exquisite and spectacular.

Lingbao convent used to be a quadrangle complex integrating teaching, spiritual cultivation, prayer and life, with a unique mix of Romanesque and Gothic architectural style. The eaves of the main entrance of the convent are engraved with a row of French characters and the year of completion (1908), which means "Notre Dame leading the convent". The archway of the convent church stands between the quadrangles and is made of thick marble. Inside the church is a wooden frame structure, supported by more than ten columns. The upper end of the church is composed of an altar, a sacrificial room and a wing room. It is Latin cross shaped. The tall and imposing windows are decorated with stained glass, which is even more dazzling. The portico and the pillar edge are both Romanesque and Gothic

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