Qianshan

Qianshan

Qianshan is located 17 kilometers southeast of Anshan City, Liaoning Province, with a total area of 44 square kilometers. It is known as the "Pearl of Northeast China". It is a national key scenic spot and a national 5A tourist attraction. Qianshan is a branch of Changbai Mountain, with a main peak of 708.3 meters high and a total area of 72 square kilometers.

The total number of peaks is 999, and there are nearly a thousand of them, so it is called "Qianshan", also known as "Jicui mountain", "Qianhua mountain", "Qianding mountain", "qianduo Lianhua Mountain". Qianshan is "no strange peak, no steep stone, no temple, no ancient place, no secluded place". It has always been a scenic spot attracting many tourists. At the main gate of Qianshan, you can see two big words: "eight thousand roads in the South China Sea, the first mountain in Eastern Liaoning" ”。

Qianshan Mountain is composed of nearly a thousand lotus like peaks with beautiful natural scenery. Although it is not as majestic as the five mountains, it has the magnificence of thousands of peaks. With its unique group heroism, it is like an endless natural picture, which is displayed on the land of Liaodong. Yao Yuanzhi, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, wrote the poem "to count flowers to the sky, to count 999 Hibiscus". Qianshan is also the holy land of Quanzhen sect. Some people said, "if you know the beautiful mountains in the east of Shaanxi, you will have no regrets if you don't look at the five mountains.".

geographical environment

Qianshan is located 17 kilometers southeast of Anshan City, Liaoning Province, with a total area of 44 square kilometers. It is known as the "Pearl of Northeast China". It is a national key scenic spot and a national 5A tourist attraction.

It is adjacent to the Bohai Sea in the South and Changbai Mountain in the north. It has many peaks and many wats facing the sky. It is famous for its beautiful peaks, steep rocks, secluded valleys, ancient temples, high Buddhas, strange pines and flourishing flowers. It has the characteristics of dense scenic spots, different scenery and exquisite.

Qianshan is a branch of Changbai Mountain, with a main peak of 708.3 meters high and a total area of 72 square kilometers. The total number of peaks is 999, which is close to 1000, so it is called "Qianshan", also known as "Jicui mountain", "Qianhua mountain", "Qianding mountain" and "qianduo Lianhua Mountain". Qianshan is "not strange without peak, not steep without stone, not ancient without temple, not secluded everywhere". Since ancient times, it has been a scenic spot attracting many tourists.

Qianshan, with Qifeng, Yansong, ancient temple, pear constitute four major landscape. According to the natural terrain, it can be divided into four scenic spots: North, middle, South and West. Including 20 small scenic spots and 228 scenic spots, distributed in several valleys. Beautiful scenery, different seasons, is a collection of temples, gardens in a mountain resort. In midsummer, the climate here is extremely cool and the air is particularly fresh. It's definitely a wise choice for you to go to Qianshan Mountain for summer vacation.

Qianshan has different scenery all year round: pear blossoms are all over the valley in spring, mountains and valleys are full of flowers; in summer, the mountains are green and luxuriant; in autumn, the mountains are covered with red leaves and the setting clouds are flying rainbow; in winter, the snow is covered with snow. Beautiful scenery all year round, attracting tourists to linger.

Qianshan not only attracts many tourists with its beautiful scenery, but also is suitable for photography lovers who are obsessed with natural scenery and pine blue and white to engage in creation all year round. Qianshan in May is full of pear blossoms. The fragrance of the flowers is refreshing. In the early summer of June in Qianshan, the pines and the shadows of the trees are whirling. It seems that a green waltz is playing, giving people a harmonious and beautiful feeling. Autumn in October, under the blue sky and white clouds, all over the mountains, everywhere golden, red leaves stained with frost, is the golden season of photography harvest. Qianshan in December is covered with silver. In the wind and snow, the pines and cypresses are more straight and straight, and the mountains are particularly steep and strange. The rare beauty of coldness and solemnity will make photography more beautiful.

Qianshan is one of the famous tourist attractions in China, formerly known as qianduo Lotus Mountain. It is suitable for outdoor sports lovers like mountain climbing. The pear blossom and the scenery after the snow will make people linger. The mountain road is an impressive tourist attraction because it is winding, steep or tactful.

Qianshan is the perfect unity of natural landscape and human landscape, and religious culture is the main body of Qianshan human landscape. "When you enter the temple, you will first hear the fragrance of the jade stove.". There are more than 20 temples, temples, palaces, temples and nunneries in Qianshan, which are just like shining gems inlaid in the Qifeng xiugu, making the ancient Qianshan more charming. Some of these ancient and magnificent temples are towering over the dangerous peaks; some are nestled in the mountains; some are located on the sunny slopes; some are hidden in the shade of ancient pines and strange rocks, and are integrated with the natural scenery, forming a beautiful, elegant and quiet moving picture. Just as the Duke of Zhenguo in the early Qing Dynasty Aixinjueluo Gauss described in his poem: "the Brahman rises from the sky, the Xiangyan rings the green spring. The empty hall is clear in the morning, the quiet valley is quiet and cicadas are singing. Wantonly lead Luofeng green, pine like top smoke. The peak is the screen of the temple, and the mountain is the display of the temple. " In addition to temples, there are countless caves, towers, pavilions and steles, which are also an important part of Qianshan's cultural landscape.

Historical evolution

Qianshan has a long history. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were traces of Buddhists in Qianshan.

In the Liao and Jin Dynasties, Buddhism became more prosperous, and the famous "five Buddhist temples" Xiangyan temple, Da'an temple, zuyue temple, Zhonghui temple, Longquan Temple and so on have formed a certain scale of ancient buildings.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taoism has entered its heyday, with nine palaces, eight temples and twelve monasteries. The panoramic area has more than 30 temples and hundreds of monks and Taoists. Xianrentai, the first peak of Qianshan Mountain, is located in the southeast of Qianshan Mountain. There are stone statues of eight immortals and stone chessboard on the peak. It is said that an immortal flew by crane and played chess on the stage, hence the name. Wuliangguan, located in Beigou, is the largest temple in Qianshan. Its architecture is the most exquisite in Qianshan.

Main attractions

Main peak

Xianrentai, also known as Guanyin peak, is named after the legend of Ding Lingwei's return from becoming an immortal crane. It is located on the top of the mountains in the southern tourist area, among the arches of the temples of Da'an, Zhonghui, Xiangyan and Wulong palace. It is the most suitable peak to watch the sunrise. At an altitude of 708.5 meters, it is the highest peak of Qianshan Scenic spot. From the perspective of mountain climbing, you can have a panoramic view of the various peaks; the ancient pines are towering in the sky, rolling in the wind, the strange rocks are scattered all over the place, the ancient cave pagodas are shrouded in clouds and smoke, and the scenery of the lakes and mountains are in contrast. Xianrentai peak is strange and dangerous. Its head looks like a snake's back. It is more than 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. At the west end of the peak, a huge stone column pouts out. It is quadrangular, 7 meters high and about 20 meters in diameter. It tilts slightly from east to North and looks like a goose's head, so it is commonly known as goose's head peak. There are cliffs and abysses on the southwest and north sides, and only the east side is feasible.

In the early Ming Dynasty, a large-scale construction was carried out at the summit, turning the summit of the hemisphere into a platform and building a fairy platform. There is a chessboard carved on the foundation stone above, and stone statues of eight immortals and the birthday star of Antarctica are placed around them. On the cliff below the goose head, there is a Buddhist niche with a half body statue of Avalokitesvara in relief. The three seal characters of "Xianrentai" are inscribed on the niche by Xu Jingtao. Goose head peak was originally named huabiaozhu.

Giant Buddha

Among the many strange peaks, the most peculiar one is Qianshan Buddha.

Located in the north of Qianshan Scenic Spot, Maitreya Buddha (stone Buddha) is one of the natural giant stone Buddha in China. Standing 70 meters tall, 46 meters wide, head 9.9 meters high, head 11.8 meters wide and ear 4.8 meters long, the Buddha statue sits close to the mountain and looks like Maitreya. It is lifelike, with a charming and lifelike look. It sits in qianduo Lotus Mountain, adding a mysterious color to Qianshan Mountain.

The Giant Buddha is located in the southeast of the top of five Buddhas, the second peak of Qianshan Mountain. It is 300 meters southeast of the famous temple Nanquan nunnery, with an altitude of 520 meters. The whole Giant Buddha is a towering peak. His head is as high as a three story building. Under his thick eyebrows covered with green moss, he has a pair of bright eyes. His facial features are placed in the right position and proportion. The Buddha's left hand is placed on his knee, his right hand clenches his fist, and his arm is pressed on his right leg. Above his right arm, there is a statue of the birthday star of Antarctica, leaning to the right. In front of its chest, a twisted bead is formed naturally. Its length ratio and position are very magical. The round bead ring can be seen facing the sun. On the back of the right hand of the Buddha, there is a big ring with a diameter of about 3 meters, which is carved artificially. The concave and convex part of the ring is facing the sun. From a distance, it naturally forms a halo with strong contrast between light and dark. Some people say that this aura is a "Eight Diagrams", while others say it is a "Falun". There are different opinions. In the center of the Buddha's abdomen, there is an elliptical cavity 2 meters high and 1.2 meters wide. On the edge of it, there is a small pine tree. From a distance, it looks like a tuft of long hair covering the "navel" of the Buddha. There are two broad feet at the bottom of the Buddha. In the excavation and textual research of this Great Buddha, many traces of worship in history have been found. On the cliff 200 meters away from the Buddha and about 70 meters high, there is an ancient Buddhist platform 1 meters wide and 6 meters long carved by man. Its granite platform has been weathered. According to the appraisal of geological experts, it will take at least thousands of years for the granite to be weathered to such a degree. At 30 meters below the ancient Buddhist platform, people also found porcelain plates and nearly foot thick ashes used by people to burn incense and worship. According to archeologists, the unearthed discs are porcelain products from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It can be seen that the Great Buddha had been recognized and worshipped by eminent monks as early as the Ming and Qing dynasties or before the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

On March 19, 1993, Qianshan administration received a letter from Zhang Liuchun, senior lecturer of Panjin health school. In his letter, he said that during the period of the Republic of China, a man named Yu Wenbo once became a monk in Qianshan. At that time, someone instructed Yu Wenbo to worship the Buddha It can be seen from this letter that during the period of the Republic of China, some monks knew about Maitreya Buddha.

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