Jinlianshan

Jinlianshan

Jinlian mountain stands in Wuwu village, Hukeng town (southeast of aoyao District), Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province. From the foot of the mountain, you can see the peaks of Jinlian mountain, which are continuous, winding and undulating, with overlapping peaks, pointing to the clouds. Each mountain has dark green waist and lush forest, but the top of the mountain is steep, abrupt and round, with sparse vegetation, like lotus pods in a lotus pond , high and low, front and back, far and near, in disorder. The mountain formed by the combination of lotus pods and Senlie forms a lotus throne that looks like the goddess of Guanyin. Therefore, just like the ancestor's word making, it is named Jinlian mountain after its shape.

geographical position

It is located in Wuwu village of Hukeng town (southeast of aoyao District). Aoyao village is more than 600 meters above sea level. It is long in north-south direction, narrow in east-west direction and flat. There are so many fields and villages on the high mountain. Some sages pass by here and say, "mystery, mystery! "Nai" left the place name of "aoyao". There is a rice stone in Jinlian mountain. It's a story of great significance to the world. It's magical and yearning.

Brief introduction of Jinlian mountain

There is a charming "jinlianshan Temple" in jinlianshan, which was built in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty.

The poem says, "jinlianbao temple is surrounded by green mountains, beautiful water and clear flowers. The Buddhists sit in silence, and visitors are more nostalgic. Flowers run rain for bright, green bamboo with the wind Yuquan. On the right peak of the nunnery comes the stone of rice, standing upright and walking in the sky. "

Jinlianshan temple is not big. It has a main hall and two wing rooms, which are arranged in a row. It is built according to the mountain and placed according to the situation. Inside the main hall gate is a patio for lighting and ventilation, which is similar to other temples. When you look up after you enter the door, you will see the golden bodies of Avalokitesvara and other Buddha statues worshipped in the main hall. In front of the Buddha statues, cigarettes are curling, slowly rising, wafting with fragrance, and a few candles are flickering and shaking people's eyes.

Facing the jinlianshan temple, looking up at the peaks behind the temple, there are several mountain stones on the nearest peak, dark green and dim. If you don't take a serious look, it's hard to see the size of the mountain stones in the forest, and even more difficult to distinguish the danger of the mountain stones. It is located on the top of the mountain, one kilometer above sea level and one kilometer to the right of jinlianshan nunnery. According to legend, this is the famous "Chumi stone". Chumi stone is a large stone with a fairy tale, which is made up of three layers of huge stones. The overall height of Dashi is more than 20 meters and the width is more than 50 square meters. The bottom layer of Dashi is flat and the middle layer is more than 20 square meters. The two ends of Dashi are transparent and can accommodate the empty stomach of 20 or 30 people. Sitting among them, the cool wind bursts, it is refreshing. Here, if a small stone is used to strike the belly of a big stone, there will be bells on one side and drums on the other. If many people strike it, the bell and drum will sing in unison, and the sound will be pleasant. Standing in the belly of the rock, looking up at the bottom of the top stone, there is a small hole in it, which is said to be the "rice" hole. How many pilgrims come to jinlianshan temple, how much rice will be produced for pilgrims to eat. There will be no more or less, only just right. This stone is named after it.

Later, one of my greedy and lazy monks wanted the stone to give more rice to sell, so he used a chisel to make the rice hole bigger. Instead of giving more rice, the stone hole shed blood. From then on, the "rice stone" no longer produced rice, and the immoral monk was driven away, and another nun was invited to stay in the nunnery. So jinlianshan temple is also called "jinlianshan nunnery" or "jinlianshan nunnery".

Although this is a myth rather than a fact, it is worth spreading that it teaches people not to be greedy and lazy.

Climbing the top layer of Chumi stone, there are "immortal footprints", "immortal chessboard" and "niugunyu cave" on the stone surface. Standing on the top of the high stone, overlooking the foot of the mountain, you can see the abyss, which makes people feel weak. Overlooking the whole village, you can see at a glance: there are flat fields, lush crops, earth buildings, scattered and gathered, cooking smoke, beautiful. Nearby, the world-famous Hakka Tulou folk culture village "Zhencheng building" is also sitting in the distance at the foot of the mountain. In the distance, there are many mountains, and they bow down to worship. Beautiful scenery, panoramic view. If equipped with a telescope, you can see the scenery of chayang and other places in Guangdong from a distance, which is very spectacular. There is a poem: "out of the rice stone, looking thousands of miles high" "stand tall and walk in the sky.". It's a real match.

Brief introduction of aoyao Village

Aoyao, a very awkward name. Hukeng Town, located in the southeast of Yongding District, is adjacent to Wenfeng Village, tahia village and Banliao village in Shuyang Township, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou city. It is a mountain village where Spanish, French, German and Swiss priests and nuns entered in 1872 to spread the "Gospel". The first Catholic Church in Yongding District and the first yidonglou Postcard issued by foreign priests to foreign countries in English and German are located in this overseas Chinese village, which is the first one to connect with Western religions. Wandering in the countryside, feeling the grace of nature, enjoying the beautiful spring.

Aoyao village, the terrain is similar to the ship, known as "cloud sea fairy ship". It is 5 km long from east to west and 1.35 km wide from north to south. There are streams from the east to the west, with high terrain, 600-690 meters above sea level and mild climate. It is said that a Ming Dynasty official visited the people. When he passed by, he saw that the surrounding mountains were towering, the middle basin was flat, and the sky was vast. He could not help but exclaim, "high mountains and plains! What a wonderful place, aoyao! In the future, there will be noble people. " Since then, the villagers have named the village "aoyao". Once a township, aoyao is now an area of Hukeng Town, with a population of more than 7000. In its heyday, there were 18 surnames. Today, there are seven surnames, including Huang, Wu, Li, Lin, Lai, Jiang and Wang. Many of them live in Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries, as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Entering the village, the air is fresh and the wind is light. Green tobacco and other crops were spread among them, a scene full of vitality. Scattered in the village many square earth buildings, showing the Hakka civilization scenery, the atmosphere of heaven, earth and man. It is said that there are many moving legends in aoyao village, such as "five tigers show their power", "dragonflies skim the water", "jade rabbit rises in the morning", "two dragons snatch the Pearl", "silver carp spit their tongue"; there are also "Maitreya sitting posture" with pure natural structure, which is no less than the artificial Giant Buddha carved in Leshan, Sichuan.

Looking far, you can have a panoramic view of the terraced fields, the misty mountains and the changeable light and shadow. What is striking is that there are straight tractor roads, crisscross canals and square fields. In recent years, Yongding District invested 2.15 million yuan to carry out the key development and consolidation of 1232 mu of land here. The farmland after consolidation has become the standard good farmland with "square farmland, connected roads, connected canals, drainage of waterlogging and irrigation of drought".

Travel notes of Jinlian mountain

It's southwest of aoyao village. Go through a tobacco field first. August is the vigorous period of tobacco growth. Most of the leaves are shoulder high. The broad leaves are half a foot long. The wind is swaying and the green is dazzling. Each tree can hardly tell the difference. Village Tulou seems to be submerged in the endless ocean of green tobacco, there is a turret particularly prominent. The busy figure of women in the tobacco field, sometimes looming.

At the foot of the mountain, the road up the mountain is paved with cement. On both sides of the road are red persimmon orchards. The thick leaves are bright green. The topsoil under the fruit trees is loose and there are no weeds. It can be seen that most of the fruit trees have been dwarfed, and the "towering trees" that grow naturally are rare. It's strange that many persimmon trees have been "cut by the waist". This is because local fruit growers are renewing varieties, grafting early maturing varieties, and the fresh fruits come on the market earlier, which makes the price double.

About 20 minutes later, we arrived at the jinlianshan nunnery on the middle of the mountain. The nunnery is not big, the environment is quiet and beautiful, the flowers and trees are visible and colored, which shows the Kungfu of the abbot. The old nun in jinlianshan nunnery is very hospitable. The master tells the story of "chumishi": it's said that in the early days of chumishi, rice would be produced, but not much rice would be produced every day, which is just enough for the diners in Lianhuashan nunnery. Once upon a time, a "smart" monk went to get rice. He thought it was too tired to climb a long mountain road to get rice for a day. He wanted to get more rice at a time so as not to climb the mountain every day. So he took a chisel and made the rice hole bigger. This chisel down, a rice stone, a grain of rice is not out, "smart" monk regret. He looked devout when he told the story. I don't know how many times I've heard the story, but I'm still deeply affected

From jinlianshan nunnery to chumishi. The path became more and more rugged, winding up. The roadside is full of dense natural growth forest, pine, fir, camphor, Ko, maple, wild chestnut, wild jujube, bamboo, and many unknown trees, scattered among them, those thick climbing vines, attached to the towering straight trunk, a natural. Thrushes open a loud voice, graceful singing one after another, like a welcome chorus to us. The air in the forest is fresh and moist, refreshing and refreshing. When you step up, you will arrive at the "Chumi stone".

The whole stone is about 40 meters high. A stone in the middle slides out and is pressed on the top, forming a space of more than 10 square meters, with a maximum of about 2 meters. Come to this natural cave, cool wind, very comfortable. Through the cave, climb up along the side of the boulder, and come to the back of the boulder. There is about 4 meters high from the ground to the top of the boulder. A section of steel pipe is installed on the stone wall

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