Shuangmen Grottoes

Shuangmen Grottoes

Shuangmen Grottoes (namely shuangmen cave) is an important part of "Changyu cave sky", a national AAAA key scenic spot. Together with Baxianyan, Chongguo temple and Yeshan, it forms four major scenic spots. The grottoes are mainly characterized by quarrying culture and Taoist culture. There are abundant cliff sculptures and exquisite and profound Taoist carved stone murals in the grottoes. The cave group landscape is a combination of masculinity, danger, seclusion and clearness. The scenic area has thin peaks, emerald peaks, floating stones, spring pools and autumn valleys. In the area of shichuanxi, Xianxiu palace is outstanding, just like a fairyland.

Development history

Before the development of Dongtian scenic spot on Changyu Island, shuangmendong has long been famous. Both of them have a history of thousands of years, and the stone culture is profound. Then 300 years ago, the grottoes began to infiltrate Taoist culture. It is said that a great master surnamed Zhang Yisong wanted to find a place where he could hide himself from the mountain and not become an immortal. He walked south to North for many years, and finally found his foothold in Dongtian, Changyu. It was a hot summer, red eyes burning, but the cave was cool. After he entered the cave, he felt very happy and tired, so he decided to settle down in shuangmen cave. After that, he closed the door to chant sutras during the day and went out to watch the scenery at night until he died at the age of 96. The grottoes also began their journey of Taoist culture because of their people. After Master Zhang Yisong, a Taoist named Fang Yang came. One day shortly after Taoist Fang entered the cave for cultivation, he suddenly encountered a strong wind, a heavy rain, a flash flood, and all the nearby villages were destroyed. The villagers fled to shuangmen cave for refuge, burning incense and praying for blessings. They believe that this must be the protection of Taoist gods, in order to avoid this disaster. Therefore, under the leadership of Taoist Fang, the villagers took the initiative to raise funds to build the Lingxiao hall at the entrance of the cave. Since then, incense has been burning continuously. Based on the unique geographical characteristics of the grottoes, later generations began to carve Taoist Scriptures and picture books in order to praise Taoist culture.

Main landscape

With its unique stone culture and Taoist Origin, Grottoes have become an ideal place for people to imitate immortals and seek summer vacation. After visiting the grottoes, many scholars left their impressions one after another, and later chiseled them on the walls for the cave builders. In the Qing Dynasty, di Zhanyun wrote a poem and said, "if you don't accept the Department in deep mountains, it's like shuangmen cave. I welcome you with the wind, and I send you with the wind. " Bai Ye, a famous contemporary poet, also wrote a poem: "the stone boat has been water-cooled for several spring and autumn years, the river flows freely, the peach blossom is red, and the yellow warbler is singing to the Sunset Tower.

The statue of Avalokitesvara is made of local materials and directly carved from the stone of the mountain. The statue is 20.08 meters tall, the lotus seat is 2.8 meters high, and the total height is 22.88 meters. Occupying more than 400 cubic meters of space, it is the largest stone statue in Zhejiang Province and the largest Buddha statue in southeast Zhejiang. There is a stone Buddha table in front of the statue of Avalokitesvara, with 24 filial piety and nine dragons carved on four sides. There are stone incense burner, paraffin platform and stone lotus awning in front, all of which have the characteristics of stone carving and are extremely exquisite.

Xianxiu Palace: there are four halls in Xianxiu palace. The first hall is dedicated to southwest general, the second hall to Cihang Pudu Nanhai Guanyin, the third hall to Jinluan palace, the fourth hall to Jade Emperor, and the fourth hall to Sanqing. The four halls are above the other three, implying the highest realm of fairyland in Taoism.

The ancient fort was built in memory of Qi Jiguang, the famous general of Anti Japanese war. Qi Jiguang was transferred to Zhejiang Province in 1555, when Japanese pirates invaded Fujian and Zhejiang Province. As a general, general Qi actively organized to fight against Japanese pirates, and even went to Xinhe to direct the battle. The fort built on the basis of high-quality materials and square stones has become an indispensable combat facility against the sea invaders. It is said that some of the square stones used to build the fort were collected from the grottoes. The fort in the scenic area is also built to reproduce the anti bandit industry of that year.

The term "purple cloud comes out of the hill" originated from Taoism. Ziyun is Ziqi; Xiu is cave. "Purple clouds come out of the hill" means "purple clouds come out of the cave". It implies that shuangmen cave is a Taoist cave. It is said that Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism, was preparing to leave the Zhou Dynasty for the Western Liusha kingdom to educate foreign nations in the face of the declining world. At that time, King Zhao of Zhou had a doctor named Yin Xi, who was good at observing the signs of stars in the sky. He observed a purple gas moving from east to West until it reached Hanguguan (the territory of Lingbao in Henan Province near Shanxi Province), and knew that a saint would pass by there. Yin Xi resigned from his official post and invited him to be the commander of Hangu pass. He specially held a fast, one is, waiting for the arrival of saints. Soon, I rode into Hangu pass. Guan Ling Yin liked to worship Lao Tzu as his teacher, and the latter wrote Tao Te Ching, which has been handed down for more than 5800 words.

Behind the statue of jiaguanyin, along the stone steps, there is a grotto with a rare stone carving version of China map. The 34 provincial administrative regions in China, including 23 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities directly under the central government, and two special administrative regions, are all presented on the stone carving map with a full sense of three-dimensional.

There is a full-length stone statue of Laozi, the founder of Taoism, in Xianyuan scenic area. On the cave wall at the entrance of the Grottoes is carved the famous Taoist classic Tao Te Ching. There are 26 paintings on the wall of the cave, each of which has a corresponding story outline. The murals are drawn from the original picture books of Taoism. They are vivid and all preach the essence of Taoism.

geographical environment

Located in the northeast of Wenling City, the south corner of Taizhou Bay, Zhejiang Province, the grottoes scenic area belongs to the northern Yandang Mountain. It is 7 kilometers away from Wenling City, 15 kilometers away from Taizhou City, 50 kilometers away from Yandang Mountain scenic spot, 70 kilometers away from Tiantai Mountain scenic spot, 10 kilometers away from Huangyan airport and 10 kilometers away from Wenling railway station.

Address: Dongtian shuangmen grottoes, Changyu, Wenling, Taizhou

Longitude: 121.44291125238

Latitude: 28.438259991267

Tel: 0576-86598152

Ticket information: market price: 35.0 yuan

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