Jintang Lake

Jintang Lake

Jintang lake is located in the western suburb of Zhengxing Town, Bishan District, Chongqing city. It is named after the Catholic scripture hall and the legend that there are many placer gold deposits in Huzhou. Jintang lake covers an area of more than 1100 mu, with thousands of hectares of green waves and mountains. Flowing springs and waterfalls dot the green mountains and waters. The lake is 30 meters deep, 8 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide, known as 36 curves, 72 bends and 108 scenes. Daughter rock, Guanyinyan, wangyueshi, leidashi, huangguquan, feiziquan, jinzhuwan, jinshiwan and other places are amazing.

Jintang Lake

The main scenic spots of Jintang Lake scenic spot are the best preserved Catholic Church "Lude hall" and Jintang reservoir in Chongqing.

The beauty of Jintang lake is quiet and beautiful, just like a green pearl surrounded by mountains and forests. Take a boat and enjoy Jintang lake. The breeze blows on your face. It's cool and wonderful. When you are in the blue sky and white clouds, you will find that the sunshine and happiness come from the heart.

There is a small island named Luodao in Jintang lake, which is said to be the place where luoniang cultivated herself and ascended in the Han Dynasty. The beauty of the island reminds us of the verses of Tang Dynasty poets Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi: "the light of the lake and the moon in autumn are in harmony Silver plate in a green snail "," pine paishan surface thousand heavy green, on the point wave heart a bead. " Boat into rongshuwan, deep pool Ningbi, green as emerald; bamboo green solution reflected in the water, colorful. In the middle of the bend, the hanging stones are beautiful, the heavy mountains are emerald, the flying spring is back, and the ancient cave is deep, which makes countless visitors marvel.

Rongshuwan

Rongshuwan, deep pool, green as emerald, bamboo green solution reflected in the water, color spot. In the middle of the bend, the hanging stones are beautiful, the heavy mountains are emerald, the flying spring is back, and the ancient cave is deep, which makes countless visitors marvel.

There is Zhanggong cave on the left wall, which is the place where the descendants of Zhang Fei, the Marquis of Huan, collected their ancestral armour when guarding Bishan.

There is a longmian cave in the water flowing from the right wall. It is said that emperor Dai Jianwen and his uncle were defeated in the battle. When he was wandering in Bishan, he once slept in the cave with monk clothes and hemp shoes. On the side of the cave, there is a thousand step stone ladder "going up to the sky and into the sea", which bends into the bottom of the lake and is said to lead to the Dragon Palace.

Bishan Jintang Lake Lude Hall

Besides Guandi temple, zhangfei temple, Weishi temple and Baita temple, there is also a "lute hall" in the west of Jintang lake.

Lude hall is a Gothic architectural style, which was imitated by French missionaries in the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1900 AD) by using the Boxer Indemnity according to the Church of Lude town in France

It is the largest Catholic Church in East Sichuan, which is rare in China.

For more than a hundred years, Lude hall has gone through ups and downs, and is basically intact. In 1948, the French priest sold the church property and sent gold abroad. In 1953, the government changed Luther hall into a granary. In 1958, it was occupied by Zhengxing middle school. In 1984, with the approval of Chongqing municipal government, Zhengxing middle school returned Lude hall to the church. In 1989, it was designated as a county-level cultural relics protection unit. At present, it is the activity center of Bishan Catholic Patriotic Association and more than 4000 Catholic believers in the whole county. It holds grand Christmas and Easter every year, and worships every Sunday. Now it is an important scenic spot of Jintang lake.

The stone pillars of the church have no shadow. They are tens of meters apart and speak as if they are in their ears

The main building of Gothic style Lude hall is tall and magnificent, and its subsidiary buildings are closely combined with the traditional Chinese architectural style. The reporter found that the corridor fence on the second floor was made of blue and white porcelain. And the most amazing thing is the perfect use of Optics and acoustics in the cathedral.

The main church of Luther hall is about 600 square meters, with stone columns and walls. In the middle is an open blue arc dome. The two arc domes on both sides are slightly smaller. The wide hall is supported by two rows of large stone columns. According to the local people and the information, these large stone columns have no shadow.

In order to confirm this statement, we went into the hall to check on the spot. Sure enough, the tables, chairs and people in the church have shadows left by the light, but these eight diamond stone pillars have no shadow at all.

Just when we were confused, a touch of sunlight just hit a pillar. We also found a flaw. At this time, the pillar still has a shadow. Compared with this, other stone pillars that can't get sunlight still don't leave a shadow on the ground. Seeing this, we can't help but wonder.

"This design is very clever. The designer must have considered the location of the columns, and then used the unique lighting design." Zhang Shihui, member of the United Front Work Committee of Zhengxing Town, told us.

After that, we experienced the effect of "transmitting sound from thousands of miles" in the lobby. We stood at the two ends of the church tens of meters apart, and then spoke in our usual tone. As a result, we could hear each other very clearly, just like face-to-face.

Most of us know this principle - the arc dome is designed to gather sound. Nowadays, many grand theaters and cinemas have adopted this kind of design scheme. However, the Lourdes hall built more than 100 years ago has used these acoustic and optical principles, which still makes us feel the good intentions of the designers at that time.

Address: Bishan County, Chongqing

Longitude: 106.1400835

Latitude: 29.468011

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Chinese PinYin : Jin Tang Hu