Bailong mountain

Bailong mountain

Bailong mountain, Yueqing City, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, was called Yaji mountain, yaoao mountain (yaoao mountain) and Xianhe mountain (Xianyao mountain and shigu mountain) in ancient times. Later, it was renamed Bailong mountain because of the legend of "goddess of the white dragon". It is located at the junction of Hongqiao, Danxi and Furong in Yueqing City, with east longitude of 120 ° 59'59 "and north latitude of 28 ° 14'52". Bailong mountain system includes the remaining veins of Cangshan Mountain, which runs across the central part of Yueqing City, adjacent to Danxi reservoir and Longtan Reservoir in the west, and bordering on the foot of Yandang Mountain in the northeast.

Introduction to Bailong mountain

The foot of the mountain is east-west, extending eastward from zhengjiangshan at the junction of Yongjia and Yueqing, and gradually narrowing. It is an east-west ridge. From west to East, there are zhengjiangshan (997 meters), Bailongshan (716 meters), jiangyanshan (319 meters), and from south to south, there are sanjiangshan (308 meters) until it enters Yueqing Bay. The ridge is relatively flat, the north slope is steep, the south slope is gentle, and waterfalls and cliffs dot it. It covers the area south of Qingjiang River and north of Danxi River, with an area of about 50 square kilometers and an altitude of 716.1 meters. It is the highest peak in Hongqiao area of Yueqing City. According to Yongle Yueqing county annals, yao'ao mountain, namely Yaji mountain, is 50 miles to the east of the county. Shanmen township is in the north and Ruiying township is in the south. If the mountain is absolutely high, the sea and the warships will take it for granted. "

Bailong mountain is characterized by grotesque caves and rocks, beautiful valley and water, famous temples and ancient temples, and forest landscape. According to the tourist route, it is divided into four scenic spots: Longtan, Shuangji temple, lianxiaozhang and longshuispray. The main scenic spots are Longtan, Huxian palace, Shuangji temple, jiuzhouyan, lianxiaozhang, Houdong, Qingyun Taoist temple, Tianmen array, Xianren bed, etc. there are more than 300 landscapes, which are made up of giant stones. They are famous for their stone wonders, changing scenery step by step. Among them, longshuispray scenic spot not only has concentrated scenic spots and beautiful scenery, but also has cool climate, warm in winter and cool in summer, which is known as "Immortal's residence".

Bailong mountain has always been the holy land of Taoism. According to the records of Bailong mountain written by Wu Yongji of Qing Dynasty, there are three white dragon Notre Dame palaces in Bailong mountain. Up to now, there are Bailong palace, Tangguan Sanlao palace, fanlihua temple, longniang palace, Wulong palace, Qinglong palace, bailongtai palace, Jianglong palace, Bailong Notre Dame palace, Longwang temple, Tianzi Longtan palace, Panlong palace, etc. there are more than 20 buildings in the whole mountain (nearly half of them built after the founding of the people's Republic of China).

Original name

The name of Bailong mountain comes from the following legend: about 800 years ago (Southern Song Dynasty), an unmarried woman surnamed Jiang lived in Jiangjia cave of Beida mountain (later called Bailong mountain) in Dongxiang of Yueqing Dynasty. She became the goddess of Bailong after she gave birth to Bailong. From this, local people set up a palace to offer sacrifices, and the temple was called Bailong saint In the mother's palace, the local people prayed for good weather and worshiped year after year, and the white dragon goddess was consecrated repeatedly. Therefore, the mountain is called Bailong mountain, and the temple is called Bailong Notre Dame palace.

This legend was recorded in Yongle Yueqing county annals

"According to the old records, Longnv's surname was Jiang, and she was unmarried in the year of Fangji. Because Huansha in the waterfront, see a stone in the water, shaped like an egg, literary brilliance. Take and place the mouth, restore the gauze, and swallow it unconsciously. There is pregnancy and its abdomen is abnormal. His parents suspected that he had an admiration for the outside world. She had no choice but to cry and drown in the water. Suddenly, the clouds and fog were dim, the thunder and wind burst, and a clear scorpion came out. In a moment, Jackie Chan went into the sea and turned around to look at his mother Long go, eat in Changshu county temple. He returned to huangtang at the age of 16, and his mother crossed the Qingjiang River in the storm of thunder and lightning. People see its cloud and into the mountain, its scales such as silver. Dragon mother often listen to monks in Changshu county. During the reign of Qian Dao, Mao Shilong, a Jinshi, prayed for rain The legend of Dragon God in Bailong mountain is mentioned in Ma Lichun's preface and Wu Yongji's preface.

Third place

It is said that Taoism has 36 caves and 72 blessed places, all of which are places where immortals live and play. Dongtianfudi is a part of Taoist fairyland. "Dongtian" refers to the "cave" with mountains embracing the emptiness and Yin and Yang, which is connected to heaven. The immortal is in charge of it, where all the immortals live, and where ordinary Taoist scholars live to practice, then they can become immortals. "Blessed land" is called "blessed land", which is dominated by earthly immortals and real people. If you live here, you can be blessed and become an immortal. The world thinks that the sky is full of auspiciousness and happiness. Taoists like to live in secluded mountains and forests, so they often choose places with fairy tales to build palaces and temples, hoping to shade the wind of immortals and serve the harmony of Taoism and Taoism. Since ancient times, Taoist lovers have lived, pilgrims and tourists have come in an endless stream, so Dongtianfudi has become a scenic spot for Chinese embroidery.

Sima Chengzhen, a Taoist of Tang Dynasty, once wrote in the picture of heaven and earth palace

There are 72 blessed places in the world. The Taoist scripture "seven signatures of Cloud Collection" contains that "the third blessed land, Xiangu mountain (the third most blessed land in the world), is located in Liangcheng County, Wenzhou, near Baixi CaoShi City, fifteen miles away According to the authoritative textual research of ancient books such as "seven signatures of Yunji", "Tiangong treasures of the great Song Dynasty", "the story of Dongtianfudi and Yuedu famous mountains", "Yueqing county annals of Yongle", "Bailong mountain annals", many scholars of literature and history have found that Bailong mountain in Hongqiao, Dongxiang, Yueqing City is the third blessed mountain in the world.

founder

According to the records of Yunji Qiqian and the textual research of later generations, the originator of Bailong mountain is Zhang Chonghua (Zhang Wenjun). Bailong mountain began in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, more than 1600 years ago. The earliest extant work chanting Bailongshan is yajiyan written by Wei Yong, the governor of Wenzhou in the Huichang period of Tang Dynasty

The waning moon on Yaji mountain,

The sun is setting at the entrance of Layan.

The birds call home,

This body is still in a foreign land.

Legend of Kyushu rock

According to Wu Yongji's Bai Long Shan Zhi of Qing Dynasty

"Kyushu rock, in the east of Fuhu, is a huge rock with a height of 100 feet. In the old legend, when the immortal piled up to look at Kyushu, on the way to whip the stone, he met his grandmother and asked, "have you seen my cow?" Answer: "gallop stone also, cow I don't know." He asked, "do you see sheep?" Said: "gallop stone also, sheep I do not know." The stone stopped. The remaining stones are still nearby, but they are not stacked. Today, only one county in Wenzhou can be expected, and only a few in Kyushu. " "Pile it to see Kyushu". Unfortunately, on the way to the immortal whip stone, the old woman broke it. The Kyushu rock could not be piled up. The rest of the stone is still nearby.

Geological evolution

The uncanny workmanship of nature is the real creator of the smooth big stone in Bailong mountain

In the early Cretaceous, about 128-100 million years ago, due to the rise of hot magma deep underground, it rose to 5-3 kilometers underground and lost heat and condensed into rock mass. After the violent shock of crustal movement, the rocks in the orogenic belt are rising and denuded continuously, which makes the deep underground rocks uplift on the surface. Later, after millions of years of weathering and erosion, the surface of granite developed into granite blocks with different sizes, shapes, smooth edges or nearly spherical shapes, which appeared on the top of the mountain or hillside and rolled down in the stream, becoming a typical granite egg landform and base landform.

Regional climate

Bailong mountain belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, with mild climate, four distinct seasons, perennial main layer wind, southeast wind in summer and northeast wind in winter. The annual average temperature is 16 ℃, the frost free period is more than 260 days, the annual average rainfall is 1693.3mm, the maximum annual rainfall is 2669.4mm, the annual rainfall in dry season is 1130.1mm, and the rainfall from May to September accounts for about 70% of the whole year.

Longtan scenic spot

Longtan scenic spot of Bailong mountain

Wufeng pavilion from Longtan to hillside is the Longtan scenic area, with Longxi and Longtan as the main scenic spots. There are white dragon goddess hall, laosanguantang hall, Prince nunnery, fan Lihua temple and other temples.

[Longtan]

There are three pools. The bottom is more than ten feet wide, unfathomable, and the water is very clear, in Longtan Village. After praying for rain, they all lived in xiatan, and zhonglongtan was beside Shimen nunnery. Shangtan cliff is extremely dangerous. You can't go up it. It's in Jiulong Mountain.

[white dragon lady hall, dragon rest Pavilion]

It is located next to Longtan Reservoir in Danxi town and has been newly built in recent years. Long rest Pavilion, about 400 meters up the mountain road from Longtan Village, Danxi Town, has been built in recent years for tourists to rest.

[laosanguantang hall]

About 500 meters up from Longqiao Pavilion, it is located in Yangmei garden. On both sides of the gate are Shishan (male on the left and female on the right). It is named after the worship of "three officials" of heaven, earth, water and officials. The couplet at the gate is "heaven, earth, water, officials and stars show off" in the first couplet, and "the vitality of Shangyuan, Zhongyuan and Xiayuan passes through" in the second couplet. Yi tea is set at the viewing platform in front of the hall. There is a pair of Blue Hydrangea at the gate. It blooms from May to August. In the courtyard, there are one giant osmanthus tree, one evergreen tree, one pine and one cypress. From August to October, the osmanthus is in full bloom, and the garden is full of fragrance.

Wuzhuyan

There is a fork about 150 meters up the old Sanguan hall. About 50 meters down the stone steps on the left, there is a huge stone in the middle of the stream, like a black pig running to the top of the mountain.

Prince nunnery

Over the red arch bridge, on the right side stands the monument of merit and virtue. The huge stone is inscribed with the word "Prince Holy Land". In the camphor tree and green bamboo forest, it is the prince nunnery. There is a huge stone behind the temple. It is said that the crown prince of the dragon was born here.

[Xiaolongtan]

It is located in the Longxi River in front of the prince nunnery. The pool is several meters deep and the water is green. There are incense tables on the cliff beside the pool.

Fan Lihua Temple

Located 300 meters along the ascending mountain road of laosanguantang, passing through Shibanqiao is fanlihua temple. Behind the temple are Guanyin Pavilion and Wenchang Pavilion.

Wufeng Pavilion

Fanlihua Temple

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