Lianhua Mountain

Lianhua Mountain

Lianhua Mountain, located in Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, is a mountain on the Bank of Shiziyang at the mouth of Pearl River Delta and the commanding height on the West Bank of Shiziyang. It covers an area of 2.33 square kilometers, with the highest peak altitude of 108 meters. It is 30 kilometers away from Guangzhou City and 60 nautical miles away from Hong Kong. The water and land transportation is very convenient.

geographical environment

Lianhua Mountain is located on the Bank of Shizi River in Panyu District. It is composed of 48 red sandstone low mountains and belongs to Danxia landform.

The red sandstone of Lianhua Mountain is of good quality, high density and fine sand. The ancients used it as a sharpening stone, so Lianhua Mountain is also called "shiligang". These red sandstone are also good materials for wall foundation. According to experts' appraisal, eight of the 12 kinds of stone materials used in the Nanyue King's tomb built more than 2100 years ago were collected from Lianhua Mountain. The stones mined here were transported by water to Xianggang mountain in Guangzhou.

Lianhua Mountain is located on the shore of the lion ocean. In those days, the stones were transported to Guangzhou City by boat along the Pearl River. Since the Western Han Dynasty, ancient people have been mining stones here. As a result, stone forests and caves have been formed in the eastern part of the mountain, leaving behind numerous magnificent red sandstone cliffs, dangerous peaks and stone pillars, forming a rare Lianhua Mountain stone scenic spot in China. Here, the cliff is steep, like an axe and a chopper. There are many chisel marks on the cliff.

Related Legends

There is a myth about the origin of the name of Lianhua Mountain. It is said that a long time ago, there was an evil dragon in the South China Sea, making waves at the mouth of the Pearl River. It often flooded the fields and overturned the boats. The residents along the coast suffered from it. It happened that Guanyin from the South China Sea traveled here. He saw the evil dragon as a disaster and his life was ruined. He was merciful, so he threw his lotus into the water to suppress the evil dragon. This lotus turned into a huge stone. In Yongzhen mountain, it became the lotus stone beside the South Gate of today's Lotus Mountain. Hence the name of Lotus Mountain. It is a key scenic spot in Guangdong Province and the only "artificial Danxia" miracle in China. Together with the Daye ancient copper mine site in Hubei Province, it is known as the two ancient mines in China. In 2001, it was rated as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council. There are also lotus tower built in Wanli (1612) of Ming Dynasty and lotus city built in Kangxi (1664) of Qing Dynasty, which are listed as provincial cultural relics protection units.

Main attractions

Located in Panyu District lion river. In 2002, Lianfeng Guanhai was listed as one of the Eight Sights of Yangcheng in the new century by Guangzhou municipal government. Lianhua Mountain has a profound historical and cultural heritage. It is a historical old man and a witness of Panyu's 2200 year history. There are many historical and cultural relics in Panyu District, among which Lianhua Mountain is the most concentrated and representative. It has a rare and well preserved ancient quarry site with a history of more than 2000 years in China, a lotus tower built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a lotus city built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and the world's tallest standing statue of Guanyin.

Swallow rock

Swallow rock is the essence of ancient quarries. The precipice in the area is steep and steep, with huge rocks in the air, forming either a bird's path or a deep hole. It is half artificial and half natural, magnificent and majestic. Looking up from the bottom of the cliff, you can see that the four sides of the cliff face each other in a series, the strange peaks suddenly stand, the vast sky is shrunk into a patio, and the huge and steep rock is about to fall, which makes people feel shocked and dizzy. In the yanziyan scenic area, listen to the sound of dripping water on the rock and watch the flying swallows. They are moving in silence, poetic and picturesque. The climbing plants on the rocks are like a green wall. At the turn of spring and summer, flowers bloom, just like a colorful watercolor painting. With beautiful scenery and scenery, it has become the preferred location for many film and TV directors.

Some of these grotesque rocks are cut like knives, and their cross-sections are very flat; some of them are deep, like a huge shrine; some of them stand in the water, pointing straight at the blue sky, like giant pillars. These are not the uncanny workmanship of nature, but are made by our ancestors. The tools used by ancient stonemasons were very simple and clumsy, but they were very clever and experienced. According to the texture of the stone, they drilled three holes in the rock, and took turns to chisel, and the stone would break off along the texture. Thousands of years later, the texture on the stone wall is still clear and recognizable, and the degree of weathering is very low. We can see how hard the red sandstone on the mountain is.

Go through Meiying cave and come to Baifu corridor. Standing in the corridor, you can see that a stone wall stands face to face, with 100 characters of Fu engraved on it, arranged in order, with different fonts. Taking photos here will make you with Baifu.

Guanyinyan

Guanyinyan was originally a stone chamber left by quarrying. In Lianhua Mountain, there are many stone chambers like Guanyinyan. Guanyin rock was originally a nunnery, worshiping Guanyin Bodhisattva. Looking up in the hall, you can see the words "the seventh year of Yongzheng" on the stone wall, but the origin of these four words has not been found yet.

Lion stone

Shiziyan is located at the east foot of Lianhua Mountain. One stone looks like a lion, perched on the cliff, facing the East, like roaring towards the Pearl River Estuary, so Lianhua Mountain is also known as "lion mountain", and the Pearl River section in front of it is called "lion ocean". According to the analysis of archaeologists, Lianhua Mountain used to be a small island on the sea. Thousands of years later, the sea has changed, the sea has receded, and the land has risen. Lianhua Mountain has become a hilly land, and the sea has become land. Lion rock was originally a rock on the edge of the island. It has been pounded, eroded and weathered by waves and sea breeze for thousands of years, and has become today's shape. It is like the faithful guardian of Lianhua Mountain, guarding Lianhua Mountain day and night. It is also the best witness of the vicissitudes of Lianhua Mountain.

Feiyingyan

Through the deep flying eagle tunnel, come to the flying eagle cliff. The view of Feiying cliff is on the contrary to that of yanziyan. Looking from the cliff, you can see the fields, the vast Pearl River, the graceful eastward flow, and the scenery of southern China. Looking back and looking down, you can see a series of stone pillars and stalagmites pointing straight to the sky, and the towering stone screen wind is vividly remembered. The formation of these landscapes is more than 2000 years, the ancestors of successive dynasties continue to chop mountains and take stones, chiseling and chiseling. It's true that "artificial work is better than natural work". At that time, no one would have thought that there would be such a marvelous scene.

Lotus tower

Lotus tower stands on the main peak of Lotus Mountain. It was built in 1612, the 40th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty. It has a history of nearly 400 years. It is a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit. The lotus tower has 9 floors outside and 11 floors inside. The outside is octagonal, with brick and wood structure and spiral stairs, which can reach the top of the tower. There are door openings of different sizes and shapes on each floor of the tower. The tower is 50 meters high and is the highest point on Lianhua Mountain. Since ancient times, ships entering the Pearl River from lingting ocean have taken lotus tower as the navigation mark to enter Guangzhou, so it has the reputation of "Huabiao, the provincial capital".

Lotus tower has experienced many vicissitudes. When Guangzhou was occupied in 1938, it was attacked by Japanese artillery. The tower is riddled with bullet wounds. In 1981 and 1997, with the support of Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, the lotus tower was rebuilt. On the lotus tower, you can see the lion ocean in the East. Once upon a time, the busy scene of thousands of sails racing and hundreds of boats racing on the starting route of the maritime silk road seems to reappear in front of you.

Lianhua City

In the north corner of Lianhua, there is a castle, which is the "Lotus city" of Guangzhou patriotic education base. The castle was built in 1664. Covering an area of more than 10000 square meters, the city is made into an irregular oval shape. Both inside and outside the city wall are built with stones and bricks, which is more than 10 meters high. The castle is located on a precipitous terrain. It controls Humen from a distance and is close to Shiziyang. Therefore, it is said that "Fu Cheng defends the mountain". Since the year of Kangxi, it has been a military defense camp. On January 26, 1841, the British occupied Hong Kong. On January 27, the law threatened Qishan to admit it, but Qishan did not dare to promise it. One year and seven months later, the Qing government signed the Nanjing Treaty with the British army, and Hong Kong was formally ceded.

The towering walls and battlements of Lianhua City remain the same. After climbing the city wall, you can see Huangpu port in Guangzhou to the north and Dongguan City to the East. There are many trees in the city, and there are many military accounts. They are divided into eight banners exhibition hall, lotus city original appearance exhibition hall, conference hall, general account, husband and wife account, entertainment account and so on. They show visitors the establishment of the Eight Banners army of the Qing Dynasty in detail. In addition, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, dressed as red plumes, line up outside the gate, which makes visitors think of the magnificent and powerful scene of the imperial envoy Lin Zexu's head raised, his spear reflected in the sun, and his banners hunting when he was garrisoning here.

Holy land of Guanyin

From the lotus tower into the holy land of Guanyin, the straight and broad Chaojing Avenue extends to a square paved with bluestone. A treasure statue of Guanyin stands in the center of the square, which is solemn, kind-hearted and golden. Looking up, white clouds are floating in the blue sky, which sets off Guanyin Bodhisattva's flying clouds and clouds. The statue of Guanyin is 40.88 meters high. It is made of 120 tons of bronze and 180 liang of pure gold. It is the highest copper standing statue of Guanyin in the world. The statue of Guanyin faces southeast and looks at the vast lion Ocean from afar, hence the name "Wanghai Guanyin".

Guanyin has a beautiful appearance and a solemn and kind manner, which is highly respected by believers and tourists. Every Guanyin's birthday or the first and tenth day of the lunar calendar

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