Lotus platform

Lotus platform

Lianhuatai in Huating City, Gansu Province

Maxia Township, 40 kilometers west of the county, has a scenic area of 118.8 square kilometers. The mountains here are towering, the forests are dense, the species are various, and the cultural heritages are rich. The mountains are both majestic in the north and beautiful in the South; the water is both gentle in the South and beautiful in the north. The mountains and the water form a unique natural landscape, such as strange, dangerous, precipitous, beautiful and wonderful. Lianhuatai was approved as a provincial forest park by the provincial government in 1995.

introduce

Lianhuatai is located at the top of Guanshan Mountain, the sun of Wutai Mountain, 35 kilometers away from the urban area, covering an area of about 50 square kilometers. It was called "Longshou mountain" in ancient times. Li Chun, Emperor Xianzong of Tang Dynasty, renamed "Qinglong mountain" and "Lianhuatai" among the people. It is named after a huge stone on the top of the mountain, which looks like a blooming lotus. The platform is 30 meters high, with a natural stone tower,

Hanging from the left and hanging from the right, it's very dangerous. In the Qin Dynasty, temples and monasteries were built here to worship the gods. There were more than 200 ancient buildings on the platform in the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, there were 3500 permanent monks. There are more than 20 stone tablets in Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are many strange peaks and rocks on the mountain. The green pines and cypresses grow in the crevices between the towering stone peaks and Wanren stone cliffs. All the cliffs are amazing. The uncanny workmanship of nature is amazing. It has the magic of the famous mountains in the north and the soft beauty of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, which is rare in Longyuan. In 1995, it was approved as a provincial forest park by the provincial government

Important tourism resources to be developed.

Historical data

According to relevant inscriptions and historical records, Lianhuatai was built in the Qin and Han Dynasties and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. Li Chun, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, granted his mountain "the famous mountain of Xilong". He granted 3500 food monks and Taoist priests and built 36 temples and palaces of different styles. Most of them have been destroyed, but the relics still exist. There are 1 bronze Buddha, 24 clay sculptures, 3 Xins and 32 stone tablets.

After repeated investigation and argumentation by experts, it is confirmed that Wutai Mountain in Longshan, southwest of Huating City, is the ancient Wushan mountain in the West Town, and Lianhuatai at the south foot of Wutai Mountain is the ancient SHANGXIA, which was built by Qin linggong on the abandoned site of wuyangwu. The SHANGXIA is dedicated to the Yellow Emperor, and the Xiaxia is dedicated to the Yan Emperor. From then on, China had the first Xuanyuan temple dedicated to the Yellow Emperor. In 817 A.D., because Longshan was occupied by Tubo, Li Chun, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, named the special altar dedicated to the emperor Yanhuang as "Qinglongshan" and handed it over to the common people to offer incense.

The discovery of the upper and lower parts of the ancient world has revealed the mystery of the past two thousand years. It fills the gap between the history of Qin and Han Dynasties and the historical geography of Northwest China, and has high historical value. It has been unanimously affirmed and praised by historians in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Lianhuatai scenic spot integrates cultural heritage, natural scenery and natural landscape. There are more than 100 scenic spots, which can be called Longshang tourist resort.

divide

Lotus platform is divided into upper and lower parts. It is composed of more than 30 important scenic spots, such as Qianfo cave, Lingguan platform, Baxian platform, Sanqing platform, Laojun platform, Yuhuangding, Juxian bridge and laofo head. It has a unique natural and cultural landscape.

upper

On both sides of Qinglong mountain, it is surrounded by a mountain bend like a dustpan. On the right pillar of the top of the hill stands a small stone pillar more than two meters high, on which a huge stone is placed. Beside the stone pillar, there are two vigorous pine trees. This is Lianhuatai. The whole stone platform looks like a lotus in full bloom in the sun, and the lotus stone is said by the local people to be a "towering heaven, shining at night", giving her magical color. If you climb up the wooden ladder from the platform, you can see the distant mountains are like Dai, the clouds are wrapped in fog, the waves of pines are endless, and the sound of water comes from the bottom of the valley, which makes you feel relaxed and happy.

Thousand Buddha cave is another main building on the wall. The sculptures in the cave have gone through many vicissitudes and are incomplete, but the vividness and delicacy of the sculptures can be seen. The most amazing thing is: the thousand Buddha cave is close to a tall cliff, and there is another cave under the cliff. There is a clear and sweet spring flowing from the crevice in the cave. It is said that this spring "twelve or thirteen people water does not rise, ten million people water does not reduce", drinking spring water has the effect of curing disease and prolonging life, so it is called "holy spring". There are also more than a dozen sites, such as the main hall, Bodhisattva hall, Lingguan temple, mountain temple and so on.

lower

It's on the east side of the road. There are Lingguan platform, Baxian platform, Yuhuangding platform, Sanqing platform and Laojun platform. There are more than 20 original temple sites in each platform.

The North cliff Grottoes with the dobby Buddha under it. It is said that Dobby Buddha is another name for Dharma protector Bodhisattva in Buddhism. India's original Bodhisattvas did not have multi arms. After they were spread to China, they gradually evolved into multi arms according to China's actual needs, which means that more arms, more magic weapons and more powerful mana.

The existing dobby Buddha in the Beiya Grottoes under the lotus platform was originally made by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty and imitated in the song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Buddha's head is in front of the Jade Emperor's hall. There is a platform in the south of Duxian bridge, on which there are cone-shaped stone pillars more than ten meters high. The two pine trees at the top are vigorous and straight, as if they are exploring the sky. If viewed from the side, the whole stone pillar looks like a head with complete facial features. This is the famous scenic spot foyetou.

Baxiantai is a huge octagonal stone column rising from the bottom of the valley in the deep stream of Shiya southwest of foyetou. It is 20-30 meters high. This is the famous baxiantai.

Guimenguan is not far from the old Miaogou, where there are many small Grottoes on the cliffs. There are well preserved Buddhist statues, stone stoves and other cultural relics. The rocks are rugged and extremely dangerous. It's like a Mountain Ghost guarding the pass. It's creepy. There are also immortal bridge, elephant water absorption, flying stone, immortal cave, mushroom rock, Bodhisattva head, zhenguifeng, Tibetan tiger cliff and other scenic spots.

Famous scenic spot

Horse tie and horse pool

In the old Miaogou, there are tianwanggui and qinglongtan. Local people call them shuanmazhu and Yinmachi. A tall stalagmite stands on the cliff, with pines growing on the top. Due to wind and rain erosion, it looks like three layers of treasure from afar. There is a pool of water under the cliff on the west side of the stalagmite, which is clear to the bottom. The inscription of "Zerun Qinlong" on the cliff is clearly visible. According to Wu mountain, the five peaks of Wu mountain are beyond reach. It is about 70 meters high, 30 meters in diameter at the bottom and less than 20 meters in diameter at the top, with a cypress tree at the top. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the "Shence army" of the imperial forest army smelted copper in Tongchanggou, which is five li south of laomiaogou. Jingde once served as the manufacturing supervisor of the Tang Dynasty. The folk envoys said that Optimus Prime and qinglongtan were the horse tying stake and horse drinking pool of Jingde at this time.

Ancient copper mine site

The ancient copper mine site is located in wuhuali, south of laomiaogou. The better sites are the large and small Tongchanggou mine site and the ancient smelter site in the old city. These sites are distributed in the picturesque depths of Guanshan. Visitors can not only appreciate the beautiful scenery of Guanshan, but also understand the ancient mining and smelting technology of our country, which is a very rare viewing point.

Ancient road site

The ancient road site is near Putuo temple and Sanjiaocheng. In about 128 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, established the Huizhong road from Fengxiang to Longshan in Shaanxi Province. In addition to offering sacrifices to heaven in the westernmost of the five, he mainly wanted to open up the western regions. Later, Zhang Qian sent envoys out of the western regions and sent orange Huo to fight against diseases in the western regions. Until the opening of the merchant channel in the western regions, now known as the "Silk Road", it was planned and implemented in the yumachang "huchiyuan" (now Xihua Hutuo) at the Eastern foot of Longshan mountain. The road from Longshan to Xianyang was built long ago when the first emperor of Qin Dynasty. It was called "Qinyu road". These three roads were also important in "Huizhong road". Around the site, there are more exotic flowers and plants, streams and waterfalls, birds singing and mountain springs tinkling, which add poetic content and interest to the lotus terrace.

Address: Guanshan forest in the west of Huating County

Longitude: 106.39600372315

Latitude: 35.126201629639

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