Wudang in the West

West Wudang Mountain

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West Wudang generally refers to West Wudang Mountain

Wudang Mountain in the west is China's Taoism

One of the scenic spots, is a famous Taoist mountain. Located in the east of Cangxi County, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, it is also known as "Bijia mountain" in ancient times because it looks like a penholder. Wudang Mountain in the west is close to the Red Army ferry. In 2008, we joined hands with the Red Army ferry to successfully create the national AAAA

It is a tourist attraction.

History and culture

"It occupies 300 li of Jialing River and has been rooted in the state of ba for 5000 years." Cangxi, located in the middle reaches of the Jialing River, has been established as a county for more than 1700 years since the Taikang period of the Western Jin Dynasty. However, the spread and prosperity of Taoism in this area is more than 100 years earlier than that in the county, with a long history of Taoist culture.

In 143 ad, Zhang Daoling, the founder of Taoism, traveled to northern Sichuan and set up an altar to preach in Yuntai Mountain, which is southeast of Cangxi County. Yuntai Temple became one of the 24 earliest Taoist temples in China. According to ancient books such as Yunji Qiqian and Taiping Huanyu Ji, Zhang Daoling led 370 disciples to practice alchemy in Yuntai Mountain, where they ascended to heaven. The tomb of Zhang Daoling, located on the west side of Yuntai Mountain, is still alive today. The four characters "Shengzhen region" engraved in the tomb can be discerned. In recent years, more and more experts and scholars from famous universities in the United States, Germany and China, as well as believers from Southeast Asia and Taiwan, have come to Cangxi to investigate and seek their roots.

Cangxi County, as one of the important birthplaces and disseminators of Taoism, has been prosperous since ancient times, with Taoist temples all over the city and countryside. According to incomplete statistics, by 1949, there were more than 400 Daogong Guanyu temples in the county. Among them, the most famous Taoist temples are Yuntai temple in Yuntai Mountain, Zhenwu palace in Wudang Mountain, Zhenqing palace in Yanfeng mountain, Sanqing temple in bamiaozhen, etc. At that time, the ballad of "one long street, nine alleys, half city houses, half city roads" was spread in the county. There was also a "Taoist residence" built in the city for the reception of Taoist and believers.

Taoism is a religion born and bred in China, which is the religious fruit of the towering tree of Chinese civilization. Taoism's philosophy of respecting nature and pursuing the unity of man and nature has played a subtle role in Cangxi's natural ecological environment and simple folk customs since ancient times. It has a history of more than 1800 years. It has accumulated rich Taoist culture and tourism resources. Taoism's magnificent palace buildings, mysterious sculpture and painting, mysterious fitness methods, wonderful Taoist music, and cigarette filled blessing atmosphere constitute a static or dynamic tourism landscape, which constantly attracts countless tourists. Now it has become a tourist attraction with beautiful scenery and a good summer resort.

The mysterious Cangxi Wudang Mountain

Cangxi Taoism originated from Yuntai temple in Yuntai Mountain, and its communication and activity center rose and fell with the development of history. After Cangxi was set up as a county, it benefited from the water transportation of Jialing River, and the eastern suburb of the county was well developed

Wudang Mountain has gradually become the main Taoist place.

Wudang mountain rises abruptly from the Jialing River. The mountain is towering and straight. The river flowing down to the East is called "curved elbow", which turns south. It is called Bijia mountain in ancient times because it is shaped like a penholder. In the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, "Xuanwu Temple" was built on the mountain. In the Song Dynasty, it was changed to "Zhenwu Palace" because it avoided Zhao xuanlang, who was respected by song Zhenzong. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, when Taoism was very prosperous, great construction was carried out to expand the Zhenwu palace, and the name of the mountain was changed to "Wudang Mountain". After that, dozens of immortal caves such as Laojun cave, Tianshi cave, Baxian cave and Niangniang cave were built between the cliffs of "erxianping" on the mountainside. Wudang Mountain has become a Taoist place with a larger scale and a stronger Taoist cultural atmosphere, and has been the main activity center of Zhengyi road in Western China for thousands of years.

Cangxi, known as the "hometown of Taoism", is also the holy land for Zhang Daoling, founder of Taoism in the Eastern Han Dynasty, to understand, preach, test and refine alchemy, and to promote truth. Wudang in the west, with its back to Yuntai temple and its face to Jialing River, has beautiful scenery and simple writing style, which just reflects the realm of "harmony between man and nature". "Tao is clear about nature". Human beings come from nature and are unified in nature. There is a relationship of communication and fusion between them. Therefore, we should follow the principle of heaven and nature. The development of Taoist cultural tourism resources and the promotion of Taoist culture as a whole will help to inspire people to pay attention to solving the ecological crisis and establish a correct concept of ecological protection in the era of industrial civilization, and promote the construction of a harmonious society.

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Zhenwu Palace

Zhenwu is also known as "Xuanwu", commonly known as "Zhenwu emperor" and "Xuantian God". It is said that the crown prince of King gujingle was born fierce. He traveled across the East China Sea. He met the Heavenly God and gave him a sword. He went to Wudang Mountain in Hubei Province to practice. After 42 years, he was successful. He rose in the daytime and became emperor Xuanwu in the North of Weizhen. Song taboo xuanzi, because Zhenwu.

In the Zhenwu Hall of Wudang Mountain in the west, the emperor is worshiped as a saint, a spirit of Zhenwu, a true king, a Xuande in the North Palace, a balance between heaven and nature, a combination of Zhou and Liuhe, a power of power and spirit in all things, a shelter for the masses, good deeds and evil punishments, a demonstration of truth, and a prosperous family and country.

Tracing garden of Chinese Hundred Surnames

The trail of Daliang Mountain, which is called "the tracing garden of Chinese hundred surnames", is smooth and long, with flowers blooming all the year round and grasses blooming all over the world. In spring, there are welcoming spring and lotus in summer. Especially in autumn, the golden wild chrysanthemums are blooming all over the roadside, and the fragrance of chrysanthemums is flying.

The garden covers an area of 40 mu, which is primitive, mysterious, remote and heavy. It is composed of one axis (gate, worship platform, Huaxu Palace), two areas (management service area and landscape function area), three doors (front gate and rear side gate), seven scenic spots (entrance landscape area, worship platform landscape area, Huaxu palace landscape area, art corridor landscape area, personality surname display landscape area, art sculpture landscape area).

Longfeng Avenue is 38 meters in length, 11.6 meters in width and 45 degrees in slope. The road paved with bluestone is divided into two parts, with flowers and vegetation, and eight ginkgo trees on both sides. In the middle of the main road, there are three pairs of flying dragons and phoenixes in the relief pattern. The dragon and phoenixes are hidden in the clouds, flying around each other, one rigid and one soft.

The gate of "Chinese Hundred Surnames tracing garden" is of Han and Tang architectural style, with three floors and two doors. The top is covered with green gray tiles, and the upper part of the middle is erected with the name of "Chinese Hundred Surnames tracing garden".

The sacrificial platform is a six meter high main sculpture which implies the origin of the Chinese nation and surnames. Fu Xi and Nu Wa were dressed in ancient costumes. The upper part of them were human bodies, and the lower part was snake shaped. They held each other with one hand and held high with the other hand, tightly intertwined. Only the combination of Fuxi and Nuwa can bring about the birth of the Chinese nation and the five thousand year splendid civilization of China. They should be worthy of our later generations' worship.

In the square of "Three Emperors and five emperors", we can see the corridor of hundreds of family names. Come here, we can not help but ask: Heaven and earth xuanhuang, ancient Honghuang, open up Hongmeng, where is the surname? Tracing back to ancient times, Fuxi, the historical ancestor of the Chinese nation, began to "correct surnames, do not marry", ending the history of mixing things with themselves and living in groups. This can be regarded as the beginning of Chinese surnames. Thousands of surnames, after five thousand years of vicissitudes, have been handed down from generation to generation. Nowadays, surname culture has become a unique system and an important symbol of the Chinese nation. When we find our own surnames from the hundreds of surnames carved on these stone tablets, does it feel solemn and cordial through the generations of the Chinese nation?

From the central axis up, the highest place of the surname garden is Huamu Pavilion. The unique shape of Huamu Pavilion, with round bottom, round top and hollow space, fully reflects the ingenuity of the designer and expresses the subtlety of Chinese culture: "the sky is round, the place is clear, people are in it, and the five elements are hidden in the chest.". The white jade sculptures in the pavilion are pure and elegant, and the Chinese mother is elegant and graceful. The dragon body of Fuxi in her arms, though childish, is full of wisdom. It is said that Huaxu was born in Yuntai Mountain at the junction of ancient Cangzhou and Langzhou. One day, he accidentally found a huge line of footprints and went to meet the God of thunder. At that time, he gave birth to Fuxi, the mother of ancient Chinese ancestors. The Chinese mother makes the Chinese people live forever, and the road of Chinese civilization is endless. Today, we should build pavilions for worship and sacrifice.

Erxianping, erxianping Pavilion

On the side of Wudang Mountain facing Jialing River, there are erxianping and erxianting scenic spots. The mountains here are steep and the cliffs are steep. All kinds of statues of immortals, gods and Buddhas enjoy the fragrance of the world in the misty mountains. The stone road is winding, sometimes covered with fallen leaves. On both sides of the road, there are pine or cypress, mixed with some grass and wild flowers, as if the road is green and fragrant. Relax and walk along the mountain road. There is a kind of artistic conception of "there is no rain on the mountain road, the sky is green and the clothes are wet".

Yangtianlou

Yangtianlou is the landmark building of Wudang Mountain Forest Park. It is octagonal cornice style. The whole building has 5 floors, 39 meters high and 1120 square meters of building area. It is known as "the first building of Qianli Jialing". There are eight single stone statues of "Eight Immortals" carved in Pingba downstairs, which adds the charm of yangtianlou. The couplet in the middle of the gate "the people are the heaven, the officials should be respected, and the earth is the mother. Being a person must be filial and sincere" reflects the essence of being an official.

You can enter the building from all sides, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery on all floors of the building. If you climb to the top of Si tower and look around, you can have a panoramic view of the mountains and waters, which makes you feel proud to see all the mountains. Looking to the east from the railings, you can see the ups and downs of the mountains, the fertile fields, the villa style new farmhouses, the rolling of wheat waves, the flying of rice flowers, and the fragrance of melons and fruits. Gazing south, the "chongxia pagoda" on the Baita Mountain has a long ancient charm, like a giant pen pointing to the sky

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