Xianrentai

Xianrentai

One of the Qianshan Scenic spots, known as "the Pearl of Northeast China", is located 17 kilometers southeast of Anshan City, Liaoning Province.

With a total area of 22 square kilometers, Xianrentai scenic spot is famous for its high mountains, strange stones, strange pines, ancient temples, many pagodas and quiet paths. All along, the famous poets have been following each other for a long time, and many of them have left some questions. The so-called "no peak, no rock, no cliff, no temple, no ancient, high mountains and towering ancient pines" are the best places to travel.

geographical position

Xianrentai is the highest peak of Qianshan Mountain, with an altitude of 708.3 meters. There is a saying that Qianshan Mountain "the temple is higher than the top of the five Buddhas, but the mountain is no higher than Xianrentai". There is a steep stone on the top of the platform, which stretches about 10 meters to the East. It looks like a goose head. The top of Sannan deep stream is narrow and small. The stone statue of Eight Immortals in the south pole is carved with a chessboard in it, and the meaning of Eight Immortals Qingshou immortal playing chess is covered.

Historical legend

It is said that Lu Dongbin once played chess here, so it is called Xianrentai. It is also said that Ding Lingwei became a queen of immortality and came flying crane. A statue of Bodhisattva sitting on the east side of the cliff is carved. Tu Jingtao of the Qing Dynasty inscribed three seal characters of "immortal platform" on his forehead. Here you can see the Bohai Sea to the south, the ancient city to the north, the thousand obstacles of fengxiu to the East and the cooking smoke of Liaohe River to the West. It's pleasing to the eye. Visiting Qianshan Mountain is "if you don't get to Xianrentai, you will come in vain." This is a proverb.

It is said that a long time ago, on the top of the mountain, there were always fairy music, colorful phoenixes and green cars around them. All the immortals came in teams. They set up a chess game on the top of the mountain. It was often difficult to win or lose. So they asked the Antarctic fairy to watch the game and judge. After a long time, it turned into a stone. Up to now, there are still nine immortals stone statues and stone chessboard on the peak, so it is named Xianren chess platform for short. There is a huge stone column on the top of the mountain, which is in the shape of four edges, 7 meters high and 25 meters in diameter. It looks like a goose head, so it is called goose head peak. It is said that it was the place where the crane was raised in Dingling. According to the Eastern Jin Dynasty writer Tao Yuanming's "SouShen postscript", Ding Lingwei, the governor of Liaoyang, studied Taoism in lingxu mountain. After a thousand years, Hua he flew back to Liaodong, flew to the immortal platform, and often lured people into the mountain to study Taoism with fairy music There are also three seal characters "Xianrentai" carved on the cliff of etou peak, which were inscribed in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty.

Scenic spots

There are many places of interest and historic sites in Xianrentai scenic area, with a long history. Five Buddhist temples, including Wuliangguan Zhonghui, Da'an, Xiangyan and three temples, are built in this scenic area. More than ten Taoist temples built in the Qing Dynasty, such as Wulong palace, Chaoyang palace, Taihe palace, Dongji palace, Tai'an palace, doulao palace, Shengxian palace, Cixiang temple, Shilong temple, Muyu temple and Honggu temple, are all distributed in this area, with nearly 100 famous scenic spots.

Address: Lamashan National Forest Park, north of Balin railway station, Binzhou railway line, Yakeshi, Hulunbuir

Longitude: 122.3208350379

Latitude: 48.3421158373

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Lamashan National Forest Park.

Chinese PinYin : Xian Ren Tai