Huangweishan

Huangweishan

Huangwei mountain is a famous tourist scenic spot with unique characteristics in South Taihang of China. It is located 25 kilometers southeast of Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, covering an area of more than 100 square kilometers. Huangwei mountain is characterized by steep peaks, karst caves, ancient roads, waterfalls, Qixia and Taxus forest. Its forest coverage rate is more than 90%, which coincides with Taxus nature reserve. It has been identified as a provincial Geopark with strange geological landform. According to the geographical location of the scenic spot, it is divided into three areas: Huangwei mountain Lingqiu cave, Taxus Grand Canyon, Baixing ancient road Shilihe Grand Canyon.

brief introduction

Huangwei mountain is a famous tourist scenic spot with unique characteristics in South Taihang of China. It is located 25 kilometers southeast of Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, covering an area of more than 100 square kilometers. Huangwei mountain is characterized by steep peaks, karst caves, ancient roads, waterfalls, Qixia and Taxus forest. Its forest coverage rate is more than 90%, which coincides with Taxus nature reserve. It has been identified as a provincial Geopark with strange geological landform.

Huangwei mountain scenic spot is dependent on mountains and rivers, with diverse vegetation and forest coverage of more than 90%. It has beautiful scenery all the year round. The natural scenery changes with the seasons. It is known as a natural oxygen bar. It is a good place for you to go sightseeing, get rid of physical and mental fatigue, and keep fit.

Huangwei mountain scenic spot has a natural ecological landscape overlapped by the National Geopark and the provincial yew nature reserve, which condenses the thick historical culture and wonderful ecological environment, and has more than 100 geological relics, historical culture and cultural landscapes. According to the geographical location, the scenic area is divided into three series: Lingqiu cave, zushiding and Baixing ancient road, Shilihe Grand Canyon and yew Grand Canyon.

Huangwei mountain was called Huangmei mountain in ancient times. It has a long history and culture. The mountain range here is steep and towering, the forest is small and dense, and the karst cave is strange. Its origin can be traced back to the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. Lingqiu cave and Huangmei cave have been developed since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Huangmei, the fifth patriarch of Zen Buddhism, and Zhenwu, the founder of Taoism, have practiced in Huangmei cave and zushiding respectively for more than 1400 years. According to textual research, since the Han Dynasty, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism have been practicing Zen, understanding Taoism, cultivating self-cultivation and studying here, forming a unique culture of perfect combination, mutual reflection and integration.

The beautiful natural scenery and profound cultural heritage of Huangwei mountain constitute a unique tourism resource. Huangweilingqiu, the first of the eight ancient scenic spots in Lingchuan County, refers to here. It is also the best preserved and most appreciative scenic spot of the eight ancient scenic spots in Lingchuan County.

The natural resources, scenery and cultural heritage of huangweishan scenic spot are indeed one of the few scenic spots with unique value in Lingchuan County, even in the whole country. Huangwei autumn, the first of the eight ancient scenic spots in Lingchuan County, is here. It is also the best preserved and most appreciative scenic spot in Lingchuan County. In the past, ancient temples and historical and cultural relics suffered great damage because of war, age-old and ineffective repair and protection. Many valuable inscriptions were removed and damaged by ignorant mountain people. As a result, there is no way to start many things that need to be verified. However, from the limited number of well preserved inscriptions, we can see that the history of huangweishan's special cultural background can be traced back to at least 35 years before Hongwu of Ming Dynasty. Part of the architectural structure and part of the ancient building materials have a strong style of Song Dynasty. The artistic techniques and modeling characteristics of the two Buddha sculptures in the cave are very similar to those of Tang Dynasty. Some people in Lingchuan County have said that it may be Huangwei in Sui and Tang Dynasties There are already temples of considerable scale. According to ancient architecture experts in Beijing, as long as it is something before the Song Dynasty, it can be declared as a "national treasure". If valuable literature can be found, the value of Huangwei mountain is not only its unique natural scenery.

From the scale of the existing buildings and inscriptions, we can see that in the heyday of Huangwei, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism got along harmoniously (the rooms in Lingqiu cave and on both sides are dedicated to Buddhism, the ancestral top is dedicated to Taoism, and there are classical Confucian buildings such as dengge, Kuixing tower and school on both sides of Cuimei mountain). During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Weifan, a Jinshi, wrote in his travel to Huang Wei Ji that " My ancestors and Mr. Koizumi studied here He took his friend Cao Xiangwu and the ninth grandson of Mr. Koizumi Wang to Huangwei It can be seen that as a place for reading and lecturing, it has a long history. In addition, at the foot of Huangwei mountain, there are ruins such as Anzhang and monk's grave. On the top of the two small gates at the entrance of Lingqiu cave, there are the words "come in, burn incense" and "go out, go up the mountain". It is very rare that Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are united in one place, and they all have a large scale. We need to work hard to find the historical roots. It is worth mentioning that as a five storey ancient building in Huangwei mountain area, the difficulty of its construction can be imagined. Whether it is used as a monk's residence, for Sutra collection, or for other special purposes, it is worth studying deeply. Whether it is for monks' residence or Sutra collection, it can show the grand scale of Huangwei architecture in history.

Lingqiu cave

The stalactites and stalagmites in Lingqiu cave have their own characteristics. It is also rare to see such a karst cave with an area of more than 4000 square meters in Taihang Mountains, where the geological uplift formed the mountain system. It is said that there are five caves in Huangwei. At present, the three available caves are Lingqiu cave, Leigu cave and Qingfeng cave

Beating stones is like beating drums. Qingfeng cave is on the top of candle hill, which is difficult to enter. It is said that Qingfeng cave has a unique landscape, but no one enters it now. In addition, there is Huangmei cave

If you want to open this cave, you have to come from this person, that is to say, this cave). Some stone carved gatehouses and couplets at the entrance of Huangmei cave are still there. But whether there is Huangmei cave or not, and what shape it is inside, we are negotiating with cave experts from the planning and design units, and we can explore it after the planning of Lingqiu cave is completed. During our investigation in Huangwei village, we found a small stone tablet with clear inscriptions. According to the inscriptions, two eminent monks practiced hard in Huangmei cave and finally sat in Huangmei cave. It can be seen that Huangmei cave is likely to exist. According to the records in the county annals, it is said that the water in Huangmei cave is strong and unpredictable. It may be connected with Huguan, but the history is too long. Natural and man-made disasters and years have obliterated its traces. According to the local people, the fifth cave may be connected with Huangmei cave or with Huangmei cave, but it is only a guess and legend, which needs to be excavated and sorted out in the process of development.

The remains of the monk's tomb at the foot of the mountain are still there. The base of the monk's tomb is octagonal, and there are brick carvings and stone carvings, but the top of the circle under the tower has collapsed. The shape of the top of the circle is the same as that of the ordinary tomb. There are about six or seven square meters in the tomb. Local people said that when the top of the tomb collapsed, more than 100 urn were found in the tomb, which were collected and transported by the relevant administrative departments. It is said that there were utensils of the Yuan Dynasty in the urn.

There are ten halls, Yama temple and granny temple in the two Tianyan of the overpass. What you see is that they are built now, which has little historical value and is contrary to the overall layout of the landscape. Planning experts believe that the two temples built here have a great impact on the natural landscape. However, it was built in contrast to the two traditional ideas of ten halls, namely, the king of hell in charge of life and death and the grandmother sending children to the house, which carried forward the truth, goodness and beauty of the world and urged people to be good.

After the overpass up along the steep path and more than 100 steps, that is, up to the top of the patriarch, on the way there is black tiger Xuantan temple. The black tiger Xuantan temple is dedicated to the gods, but the local people are not clear about it, and there is no relevant information. It is estimated that it may be a temple dedicated to the gods of wealth. The first temple on the top of the patriarch is Lingguan hall. There are three big words "Zhu Kui Li" on the door. There are many Taoist ancient buildings with similar styles, but it is rare to use Lingguan palace to embody this traditional humanistic thought. There are three more complete temples in zushiding, including zushi temple, Yuhuang temple and Huanggu temple. The carved beams and painted pillars in the temples show that the original splendor is extraordinary. In addition, in the ancestral temple and the Jade Emperor Temple, there are 42 small glazed temples dedicated to the twenty-eight immortals. Now there are only a few fragments left. The frescoes in zushi temple and Yuhuang temple have been seriously damaged and can not be repaired. Some wood, brick and stone carvings with high artistic level have also been greatly damaged.

Some of the characters in Huangwei mountain scenic spot, including legends and records, such as dongtianchu, Dongtianfudi, Wangtai, Zihui and Beibei, are the special language of Taoism, the language reflecting the simple idea of the unity of man and nature, and the popular language. There are not many valuable written materials in some of the completely preserved inscriptions, and perhaps some buried ones have not been found. Therefore, in the future excavation and arrangement, we should be very careful and try our best to maintain the integrity of the buried objects.

Huangweilingqiu, the first of the eight sceneries, is not only a combination of rich humanistic ideas, a well-organized religious building built on the mountain and its surrounding environment, but also a wonderful red leaf. After autumn, the weather is cool. The red leaves all over the mountain appear all over the mountain overnight. The bright red and the rich yellow are set off with the swaying green branches and leaves. Huangwei palace is more profound among the emerald cypresses and red leaf white pines in Cangshan. Huangwei red leaves not only have the grandeur of Xiangshan red leaves in Beijing, but also are the best products of Lingchuan red leaves forest. Walking through the mountains and wild red leaves, you can really enjoy the tranquility and elegance of the cave

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