Yuquan mountain scenic spot

Yuquan mountain scenic spot

Yuquan mountain, located in Dangyang city, Hubei Province, is a comprehensive scenic spot based on forest landscape, Buddhist cultural relics, relics of the Three Kingdoms, integrating other natural landscape and cultural landscape. It is now a provincial scenic spot, National Forest Park and national AAAA tourist area. The central scenic area covers an area of 8.9 square kilometers, with a developable area of 69 square kilometers.

Introduction to Yuquan mountain

Yuquan mountain has a good ecological environment and rich tourism resources. The forest coverage rate of the scenic spot is more than 85%, and there are many kinds of animals and plants, and a large number of rare species. The scenic spot is famous for its famous mountains, temples and pagodas. Yuquan mountain enjoys the high reputation of "three famous mountains of Chu" and is a famous Buddhist mountain. Yuquan temple was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which is a famous Buddhist temple in China. It is the Taoist temple of master sophist, the actual founder of Tiantai Sect, and one of the ancestral halls of Tiantai Sect. It is known as "the crown of Jingchu jungle". Pearl spring is one of the three famous pearl springs in China. The Lingjin iron tower was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is one of the most famous pearl springs in China The tallest, heaviest and best preserved tower. Yuquan temple and tower are the key cultural relics protection units in China. Yuquan temple is a religious activity place open to the outside world. The iron wok of Sui Dynasty and the stone statue of Guanyin of wudaozi of Tang Dynasty in Yuquan temple are very precious. Yueyueyuegui, bingdilian, gingko of Tang Dynasty are unique. In the scenic area, there are the holy land of Hanyun Changxian, the earliest Guanmiao Xianlie temple in China, and other relics of the Three Kingdoms. In recent years, new scenic spots such as Qinglong cave and iron tower underground palace have been developed, and service facilities and infrastructure such as Three Kingdoms resort, climbing steps and new mountain gate have been built.

Quanshan scenic spot was jointly named as health demonstration scenic spot in Hubei Province by provincial Aiwei office, Provincial Tourism Bureau and Provincial Department of health, and was awarded the license. The perfect facilities and standardized management of Yuquanshan scenic spot were fully affirmed by the provincial health demonstration scenic spot assessment and acceptance team.

Introduction to scenic spots

The relics of the Three Kingdoms in Yuquan mountain are also a major feature of the mountain. According to the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Guan Yu was beheaded again, he once showed his holiness in Yuquan mountain for many times. Now at the foot of the mountain, there is a cylindrical stone tablet erected in the Ming Dynasty, which reads "the place where Guan Gong showed his holiness for the first time". Next to it is a huge "Guan Yu grindstone". On the stone steps up the mountain, there are several "places where Guan Gong showed his holiness".

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Yuquan mountain, located in Dangyang city, Hubei Province, is a comprehensive scenic spot based on forest landscape, Buddhist cultural relics, relics of the Three Kingdoms, integrating other natural landscape and cultural landscape. It is now a provincial scenic spot, National Forest Park and national AAAA tourist area. The central scenic area covers an area of 8.9 square kilometers, with a developable area of 69 square kilometers.

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Yuquan temple and iron tower are one of the oldest Buddhist temples in China and have been listed as the key cultural relics protection units in China. Yuquan temple is a religious activity place open to the outside world. The iron wok of Sui Dynasty and the stone statue of Guanyin of wudaozi of Tang Dynasty in Yuquan temple are very precious. Yueyueyuegui, bingdilian, gingko of Tang Dynasty are unique. In the scenic area, there are the holy land of Hanyun Changxian, the earliest Guanmiao Xianlie temple in China, and other relics of the Three Kingdoms. The main existing buildings of Yuquan temple include Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, sutra collection hall, Pilu hall, above Pilu, Songzi nunnery, Yuantong Pavilion, Prajna hall, dongchan hall, Xichan hall, etc. In addition, there are also famous places such as laimujing, yueyueyuegui, Yuquan pagoda and Zhenzhuquan. 　

The main hall was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. Although it has been renovated by later generations, it basically retains its original appearance. The hall is 21 meters high, and it is depicted in the ceiling caisson. It is grotesque and gorgeous. There are seven rooms in the hall, supported by 72 huge pillars of Phoebe, and then the roof is far-reaching, so it is sub magnificent. On the side of the hall, there is a stone statue of Guanyin, with a male head and a female body, which is rare in the world. It is said that it was painted by Wu Daozi, the "sage of painting" in Tang Dynasty. There is an iron wok in front of the hall. It is a relic of the early Sui Dynasty. It weighs 1.5 tons and is well preserved. The Laimu well of dongchan hall is 1.5 meters in diameter and 3 meters in depth. It is said that when the main hall was built, the wood from Wushan mountain was transported by the underground river, which was called laimujing. At the bottom of Laimu well, there is a Phoebe that can be shaken but not pulled out. The temple monk said that it was the wood when the temple was built. There are two osmanthus trees in front of Prajna hall. They are evergreen all the year round and bloom on the moon. Even in the middle of winter and summer, this example is not abandoned. Even in the middle of winter, there are still white flowers. In fact, it is a rare tree, so it is called "yueyueyuegui". Yuquan tower, formerly known as the Tathagata relic tower, was built in 1061 and poured with pig iron. It is octagonal 13 stories, 17.953 meters high and 53 tons heavy. Each layer has patterns of Eight Immortals crossing the sea, two dragon beads, seamounts, seaweed, water waves, etc., while the octagonal parts of the platform each have a tuotalis with armor and feet on the immortal mountain. The body of the pagoda is full of light, reflecting green mountains, green waters and Biwa red temple, making the scenery more charming. Pearl spring is located at the foot of cuihan mountain on the left side of Yuquan temple. It is said that it is the place where Guan Yu became a saint after he was killed. The square stone pillar near the spring was erected during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, on which was immediately marked "Hanyun Changxian place". The spring water gushes from the mountain root, its color is like Jasper, its shape is like beads. The Pearl Spring is very interesting. If you watch it on the bank, you will see "the spring is clear and the pearls are scattered". There is a pearl bridge on the spring. The reflection in the spring is small, delicate, and interesting. It can be said to be the icing on the cake. After visiting Yuquan mountain, you can also visit Guanling temple in the northwest of the city and Changbanpo in the southeast of the city. Changbanpo was the place where Zhao Zilong rescued ah Dou by riding alone in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Enjoy a good reputation. Yuquan mountain, Lianjiang county, Fujian Province, has the same name as this mountain

Traffic information

In Dangyang city, you can get there directly by shuttle bus. The fare is 2 yuan per person.

Address: about 10 km west of Dangyang city

Longitude: 111.69439463317

Latitude: 30.786257558988

Tel: 0717-3240301

Ticket information: free.

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