Luoshan Temple

Luoshan Temple

Luoshan temple is located in Datang Village, Anji sub district office, XiXiangTang District, Nanning city. Nantan Shuiren highway runs through it, adjacent to the Changke branch of Gaofeng forest farm, 8 kilometers away from the urban area, echoing Qingxiushan. It is said that Luo Xiu, a famous scholar of Jin Dynasty, once lived in seclusion in this mountain and became an immortal after practicing. According to the inscriptions, in the third year of the Dali Period of the Tang Dynasty, monks and officials built a temple here, named Luoshan temple.

History and culture

It is said that Luo Xiu, a famous scholar of Jin Dynasty, once lived in seclusion in this mountain and became an immortal after practicing. According to the inscriptions, in the third year of the Dali Period of the Tang Dynasty, monks and officials built a temple here, named Luoshan temple.

On the ninth day of September in the tenth year of Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty (1637 AD), in the northern suburb of Nanning Prefecture, an old man over 50 years old walked alone, "passing the Guandi Temple of zhenbeiqiao in the west, three li in the west, reaching Hengtang, looking at xianpo in the East, and the distance between the East and the West. So he went five miles to the West and saw that Luo Xiu was already in the northeast, and the road was getting smaller and smaller. " Along the path, across a fast stream, across the red soil village, "more stream climbing, more small mountain a heavy, inner chengtiandong.". The road is large again. There is a temple on the left side of the road, and the halls and pavilions are very neat. There is no one to look at them, so Jia Yuyong first went straight to the north and entered the mountain range. " This old man is Xu Xiake. In his travel notes, he describes the scene of his exploring all the way and climbing Luoxiu.

Because it is the only remaining complete travel notes of Nanning, the article in Xu Xiake's Diary of a journey to the west of Guangdong II, which ascended luoxiushan on the ninth day of September, is very precious to Nanning. The ancients like to climb on September 9. Is it a coincidence or a deliberate act that Xu Xiake ascends Luoxiu mountain on this day?

In Xu Xiake's travels, Ji Mengliang, the arranger, has a note: "it's a piece of Ji, which was obtained occasionally in the chaos. I don't know the date of the Ji. When I watch Du Deng Luo Xiu's poem, I know it's Chongyang diary. Record the journey of this day. No, not before and after. If the cloud ascends to the top and makes a Fu, it will not be able to live up to Fangchen, then Xiake will never be able to live up to nine days. " It can be speculated that Xu Xiake ascended luoxiushan for the purpose of "climbing the mountain to write Fu, not losing Fangchen". In today's eyes, luoxiushan is far less famous than Qingxiushan. Many people don't even know that there is luoxiushan in Nanning.

Luo Feng Xiaoxia: one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Yongzhou

Among the eight scenic spots in ancient Yongzhou, "the sun is warm and the clouds are misty at Luofeng". Luofeng, namely luoxiushan, consulted the annals of Nanning compiled by Guo Nan of Ming Dynasty in Guangxi Library. In the "Nanning city map", there are Qingxiushan and luoxiushan, one in the East and the other in the north, facing each other from afar. However, there is no luoxiushan on the map of Nanning. In the 1998 annals of Nanning, there are a few words about the location of Luoshan temple in luoxiuling, chili village, Anji town. Luo Xiushan's brief introduction is found in Nanning suburb chronicle

Luoxiushan, also known as tonggushan, is located at chilipo, Datang Village, Anji Town, with an altitude of 136.9 meters. It is said that Luo Xiu, a famous scholar of the Jin Dynasty, became an immortal after living in seclusion. According to the inscriptions, monks built a temple on the mountain in the third year of the Dali Period of the Tang Dynasty, which is called Luoxiu temple, hence the name of Luoxiu mountain. In Song Dynasty, it was a tourist attraction with Xianyi Pavilion on the mountain. Xu Xiake, a geographer of Ming Dynasty, visited here. "Luofeng Xiaoxia" is one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Yongzhou, which has lost its original style.

Luoxiu ancient temple: leisure incense burner

Reading Xu Xiake's travels on Luoxiu mountain, he will go west, East, north, bridge and water, which makes people confused. However, with a guide, half of the road is a newly built concrete road. The car can drive straight in, and Luoxiu mountain can be seen in less than half an hour. Xu Xiake's "small bridge" has already become a concrete bridge that can accommodate large trucks. Although the road leading to the foot of Luoxiu mountain is full of mud, it gets narrower and narrower, but the car can still reach the foot of the mountain. On the roadside, you can see the temples on the mountain.

According to the travel notes, the Luoxiu Temple Xu Xiake saw at that time had two pavilions. When he came down from the top of the mountain, he went into the temple, but there was no one in the temple. So he "climbed and looked around" and then went down the mountain. There were three halls in front of and behind the original Luoxiu temple, which was magnificent. However, a fire before liberation destroyed the millennium old temple. Later, on the site of the ancient temple, the villagers rebuilt two simple temples. The one at the foot of the mountain is called Luoxiu temple, and the one at the mountainside is called Luoshan temple.

Now, there are several old ladies living in Luoxiu temple. Deng Xinjiao, who is in her 70s, has lived here for 23 years. In her hand, she has a sketch of a seven story tower, which is said to be drawn according to the memories of the old people.

Walking out of Luoxiu temple and along the mountain road, you can see many broken green bricks, which are the fragments left by the former Luoshan temple. On the hillside, standing in front of the gate of Luoshan temple, you can see the fields, the fields, the high buildings, and the mountain breeze. In this temple, there are two old men in charge of the temple. Luoshan temple was rebuilt only in 1996, but there are three incense burners in the temple, which are left over from the original ancient temple. At the same time, several pairs of foundation stones are preserved.

It is said that there used to be a flying bell in the ancient temple. The old people in the village still remember that the diameter of the bell was more than 1 meter wide. When they were young, the clock could hide an adult. It's said that the ancient temple would ring the flying bell at a fixed time every day. Because luoxiushan and Qingxiushan looked at each other, the bell rang here and there. In ancient Nanning, there were no tall buildings. The sound of the flying bell could be heard in the whole city of Nanning. Unfortunately, both the flying bell and the inscription in the temple were smashed during the cultural revolution.

In the backyard of Luoshan temple, there is a pond, which is called Longtan. The water will not dry up all the year round. No matter how dry the day is, even if the fish pond of farmers at the foot of the mountain is dry, the water in this pond on the hillside is still full, which is really puzzling.

Climbing to the top: Nanning's famous mountains come down in one continuous line

In his diary of climbing Luoxiu mountain, Xu Xiake wrote that Luoxiu mountain and matui mountain are connected, and the peaks are scattered. On the way to climbing, he lost his way, sat in the shade of pine trees and waited for passers-by, but he didn't see anyone in the afternoon, but he "wanted to climb the peak, that is, from the south to the top.". Up to the peak, Xu Xiake described in detail the landscape of Nanning that he saw when he climbed to the top of Luoxiu: "the top of the mountain is connected with matui in the west, and from Huanghua in the east to Binzhou in the north. Its vein comes from the east mountain of Qujing, passes through Yongning, Sicheng and si'en, and reaches to bin in the East. It is the north mountain of Guixian County in the south, and the west mountain of Xunzhou in the East, and it begins to reach the end of Yan. " Xu Xiake also believes that wangxianpo and Qingxiushan are in fact in the same line as luoxiushan: "the vein of Nanning goes down from the East Branch of luoxiushan, and Gangtuo winds for several miles to form wangxianpo, where the county and city depend. Also East Branch South, knot for Castle Peak, for a county water mouth. Castle Peak and Ma Tui are facing each other from east to west. The rear ring is a big encirclement, and the middle ring is located in Pyongyang. The distance between them is 30 Li, and the border is open to the sea. There was no such spacious one. "

It's not difficult for us to understand why Xu Xiake wanted to climb Luoxiu mountain. Compared with his previous trips before 50 years old, Xu Xiake's journey to the Southwest has a very strong color of geographical investigation. He no longer focuses on the scenic spots, revels in the scenery, and goes to satisfy his curiosity. As a great traveler with extensive knowledge and footprints all over China, he deeply felt that there were too many errors in ancient geographical documents such as the classics and maps of our country, which were confined to the Central Plains, and there were many gaps to be filled. Based on this consideration, Xu Xiake always focused on the investigation of geographical phenomena in this journey, and then explored its internal laws. With a strict scientific attitude, he explored the origin and development of rivers and water systems, the trend and distribution of mountains and their geomorphic features, the location, structure and rock morphology of caves, as well as the geographical phenomena of plants, animals, rocks, minerals and hydrology. On the way of his investigation, he sometimes encountered larger temples and did not go in. Instead, he was eager to climb the main peak of the mountains and look for a watershed. According to Xu Xiake's account, when he ascended Luoxiu mountain, he mainly investigated the landform of Nanning city and the trend and distribution of the mountains.

On the left side of Luoxiu mountain, there is a cave. Before liberation, some thieves stole villagers' farm cattle and then led them to Wuming on the other side of the mountain to sell them. Most people dare not enter the cave. In the 1970s, the relevant departments destroyed the cave and sealed it. A few years ago, when Nantan expressway was built, the road just passed under the entrance of the cave. As soon as the hook machine dug, a big snake crawled out of the cave. The workers shoveled the snake to death with the hook machine. When they weighed it, it was more than 5 kg! The snake catchers in and outside the village say that the big snake is a pair, and one is hidden in the cave, so no one dares to enter the cave.

On the left side of Luoxiu mountain is Wuzhi Mountain, which looks like five fingers. There is also a earth cave in this mountain, which was discovered during road construction. The tunnels in the cave are different in height and depth. Who dug them and in which dynasty? Is it for air defense or for what? No one can tell. It's still a mystery.

The right side of Luoxiu mountain is connected with tiantangling mountain. There is a spring on the hillside of tiantangling mountain. Since the 1980s, several old people in Nanning have often come here every two weeks to carry water with mineral water bottles. They say that the spring water is very sweet.

In tiantangling, there used to be a Longtan waterfall with a drop of more than 20 meters. The pool under the waterfall is more than 10 meters wide. Before liberation, the old people in the village used to go fishing by the pool. They once saw a turtle as big as a dustpan. The villagers also explored the depth of the pool with the ox rope hanging stones, and even received 9 ox ropes! At that time, many young people liked to travel by bike

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