Erlang cave

Erlang cave

Erlang cave, located in Guanjiao mountain of Tianjun County, faces west, with a river behind. The portal is 3 meters high and 2 meters wide. The main portal is 12 meters long and 6 meters wide. The highest part is 18 meters. There are three side openings with a total area of more than 10 square meters.

brief introduction

Located in the southwest of Tianjun County, about 23 kilometers away from the county government, Erlang cave is named Guanjiao zhihekong in Tibetan. It is said that when King Gesar fought with hall, his great general (Gesar's nephew), Wu yedehe, died in the war. In grief, Gesar drew his sword to cut down a mountain on the north side (that is, the mountain top of wudingshan), and then poked it into a cave with his sword. In the cave, he read 108 Scriptures for his nephew (Ganzhuer), which lasted for 9 years and 9 days. Finally, he became an immortal. It is also said that the monkey king fought with Yang Jian, the God of Erlang, when he was in trouble in the heavenly palace. The cave is the hiding place of Erlang God, hence its name. It is said that the queen mother of the West once received guests and issued orders here. Later, it is said that Erlang God once hid in this cave because of defeat when he fought with monkey king.

Erlangdong scenic spot is located about 9 kilometers northwest of Jinzhou. It connects the famous guanyindong scenic spot in Jinzhou to the South and Maoshan to the north. It is a good place with beautiful mountains, luxuriant plants and pleasant scenery. Erlangdong scenic spot is composed of many botanical gardens, such as the statue of erlangdong, the artificial lake of Jinniu River, and Feilai spring.

legend

It is said that when the monkey king made a havoc in the heavenly palace, the Jade Emperor was upset, so the Jade Emperor sent Erlang God to capture the monkey king. As a result, the two of them hit the court

Kunlun Mountain, from Kunlun mountain to Xihai Yanchi, still won and lost. At this time, Erlang's spirit was exhausted, and gradually he could not defeat Monkey King. So he took the sword and cut off the top of Guanjiao mountain on the west coast, turned it into a cave and hid it in it. The monkey king pressed the cloud head and looked around for Erlang God, but he found that the other side of the mountain was standing alone. He felt a little strange, so he went forward and kicked the stone with his feet. Just listen to "boom" a loud noise, the stone was kicked in the hole. As soon as Erlang Shen saw that the situation was not good, he quickly ran away. Later, people called this cave "Erlang cave".

Landscape features

Erlang cave is located in a cone-shaped independent hill. The perimeter of the bottom of the hill is 400 meters and the height is about 25 meters. The entrance of the cave faces west. On both sides of the cave, there are 108 rectangular bluestones with a length of 1.5 meters, a width of 0.8 meters and a height of 0.8 meters. A rectangular wall with a perimeter of 32 meters and a length of 10 meters, a width of 6 meters and a height of 4 meters is built. The main gate leading to the cave is left in the middle of the wall, and there are small gates on both sides of the main gate Eight rectangular stones represent the 108 great classics of Ganzhuer. Unfortunately, it was used as a road sign when building the railway and was removed. In the 1970s, the railway troops built a 1.8-meter-high and 0.9-meter-wide portal with green bricks, and wrote three big red characters "Erlang cave" on the hillside on the left side of the portal. Erlang cave is composed of three parts: the main cave and the back left side cave. The main cave is also divided into two parts: the front main cave and the back main cave. The walls of the cave are inlaid with white limestone of irregular rectangle, square, triangle and other shapes, forming a variety of rock patterns. Erlang cave, a natural cave, is a place for Tibetan Buddhist monks to chant and worship Buddhist scriptures. Many monks in the past stayed in the cave to chant Buddhist scriptures and left scriptures to express their memory of Gesar and their belief in ganzhur.

Attachment: Guanjiao tunnel: Guanjiao tunnel is located at the north foot of Deyang mountain in the south of Xinyuan town. Built in 1979, the tunnel is 4060 meters long and 3700 meters above sea level. The geological structure of the tunnel is complex. There are 11 fault zones in the tunnel. There is a lot of underground water. The maximum water inflow in a day and night is 10000 tons. There are drainage channels on both sides of the track. It is the highest tunnel in the world at present. The Qinghai Tibet railway goes West through this.

Erlang cave behind Xiwangmu temple.

The hill behind the temple is Erlang cave. There is a monkey king squatting on the top of 5 meters high. There is only one monk stationed in this courtyard all the year round. To enter this mountain pass, you must make a circle in the hall. The door of the main cave should have been built by the railway soldiers in those years. There is a Pingdingshan at the back of the mountain. It is said that Erlang God cut down the top of the mountain with an axe. Entering the temple of Queen Mother of the west, I feel that the western region is full of magic. If you have a chance to pass by, you can come in and burn incense.

traffic

Erlang cave is located in Guanjiao mountain of Tianjun county. There is a shuttle bus from Delingha city to Tianjun county at 9 a.m. every day, which takes 5 hours and costs 41 yuan. After arriving at Tianjun County, you can charter a car to Guanjiao mountain.

Adjacent scenic spots

Red Army Valley, Yangtze River source, Baishu mountain, shell mountain, Dulan international hunting ground, Erlang cave, yadanlin, Lushan rock painting, lumanggou rock painting, Gouli, nuomhong site, hot water, Tubo tombs, talian lake, Tubo tombs of Tang Dynasty, Tianjun mountain, Tianjun Shijing temple, xiajufeng, tawendaliha site, Keluke Lake tuosuhu nature reserve, wind erosion forest, Xiwangmu yaochi palace, Tiezhu Xiangjia Hanhai Berlin

Stone chamber of West Queen Mother and Erlang cave

The myth of Kunlun Mountain is beautiful, and the story of Queen Mother of the west is beautiful. However, there are many different opinions on the site of Xiwangmu grottoes, Xiwangmu temple, Xiwangmu temple, etc. Mr. Dong Shaoxuan mentioned in the study of the culture of the source of rivers and rivers: it is said that Erlang cave between Tianjun county and xiligou in Haixi Prefecture is the stone chamber of the queen mother of the West. In the process of compiling Tianjun county annals, the author comes into contact with the historical legend and current situation of Erlang cave, and tries to talk about it as a brick of jade. 

Erlang cave is located in the southwest of Tianjun County, on the south side of guanjiaoya gully, 26 kilometers away from the county. Guanjiao is the homonym of Ganzhuer, the great Sutra of Tibetan Buddhism. Among the local Tibetan people, it is said that the nephew of King Gesar, Wu yeshidehe, was killed in the first World War. In grief, Gesar pulled out his sword to cut down a mountain on the northeast side, and then poked it into a cave. In the cave, he recited 108 scriptures of ganzhur for his nephew. It took nine years, September and nine days, and finally he became an immortal. In Han Chinese, it is said that the monkey king fought with Erlang God when he was in the sky, which was the hiding place of Erlang God. 

Erlang cave is located in an independent Hill shaped like a round vertebral body. Its root is 400 meters long and about 25 meters high. The entrance of the cave faces west. It is said that 108 rectangular green stones, 1.5 meters long, 0.8 meters wide and 0.8 meters high, were used on both sides of the cave. The rectangular walls, 10 meters long, 6 meters wide, 4 meters high and 32 meters in circumference, were built. The main entrance to the cave was left in the middle of the wall, and two small doors were set on both sides of the main entrance. The 108 stones correspond to the 108 great classics of Ganzhuer. In the early 1950s, when Tianjun was building the government, we only saw more than 30 stone walls passing by. (Liang Binglin also mentioned that there were more than 30 rectangular stones stacked outside erlangdong as walls in his Tulan local investigation in the early 1930s). It can be seen that there were not so many. If we moved to another place, it would be almost impossible. The 30 yuan was also used for road construction. During the construction of the railway in the 1970s, the railway soldiers built the entrance of the railway into a 1.8-meter-high and 0.9-meter-wide entrance with blue bricks. On the left side of the slope, three big red characters "Erlang cave" were written, which was very eye-catching. Erlang cave is composed of the main cave and the side caves on the left and right sides. The main cave is divided into the front main cave and the back main cave. All around the cave wall are white, smooth, naturally formed irregular rectangles, quadrangles, triangles and other shapes of limestone stones "inlaid", becoming a variety of rock patterns. The front main tunnel is 12m deep, 6m wide and 15m high on average. The back main cave is 2 meters deep, 3 meters wide and about 10 meters high. The East and West rock walls of the back main cave are concave respectively, forming three small partial caves with the same depth of 1.5 meters, width of 2 meters and height of 2 meters. At the bottom of the east end, there is a man-made climbing path leading to the cave. It is said that in the past, living Buddhas climbed into the cave to chant scriptures. The front right side of the cave is 6 meters deep, 4 meters wide and 4.5 meters high. There is a rock at the southernmost end, 2 meters long, 1 meter wide and 2 meters high. The top is flat and can be used for four people to sit side by side. After the left side of the hole, 1 meters deep, 2 meters wide, about 18 meters high, its top straight to the top. The shape of the middle is elliptic. If converted into square meters, the front main hole is 72 square meters, the rear main hole is 6 square meters, the three small partial holes are 3 square meters each, a total of 9 square meters, the front right partial hole is 24 square meters, and the rear left partial hole is 2 square meters. The front, back, left and right are integrated with three small partial holes, with a total area of 132 square meters. According to the modern room layout, there are main room, guest room, living room, bedroom and "guard room". Isn't it the best home for a king or leader. In ancient times, if it was decorated, it would have become the Queen Mother's hall where King Mu of Zhou was happy to return in vain? This is one of them. Secondly, according to the records of Geography in Hanshu, Jincheng county is located in the northwest of Qiang and beyond the Great Wall, with the stone chamber of Queen Mother of the west, Xianhai and Yanchi. "Qinbian Ji Lue" records: "xiaokunlun is 250 miles above the mountains in Sunan. Because it is named after Kunlun, the Empress Dowager Ma Ji invited Zhang Junli to worship the queen mother. Now there is a site.". (1) according to Datong county annals, "Lishan, also known as Kunlun and Kunlun, is hongwujian, Hou muying in Xiping, and Deng Yu, the general of Zhengxi, who chased Qiang here. Because Ma Ji, the prefect of Jiuquan, established the temple of Queen Mother of the West on it, this mountain is called Kunlun, but it is not ancient Kunlun." The book of Jin. In Juqu Mengxun: "Mengxun West to Tiaoji Then he followed the West Sea to Yanchi and worshipped the Queen Mother Temple, where there was a Xuanshi God

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