Baodu Village

Baodu Village

Baodu village, formerly known as Baodu mountain, is located in Luquan District, Shijiazhuang city. It is 16 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, and more than 200 kilometers away from Beijing, the capital. It is a famous ancient village integrating history, culture and natural scenery. It is a national 4A tourist area, an advanced tourism unit in Hebei Province, and one of the top ten tourist attractions in Shijiazhuang.

Baodu village is adjacent to the North China Plain in the East and Taihang Mountains in the West. It has a towering peak and is surrounded by cliffs. From a distance, it looks like a giant Buddha lying on his back. The top of the mountain is flat and level. There are 660 mu of fertile land and 66 meters of soil depth. It is like a paradise with different places and luxuriant vegetation. It has the reputation of "strange village in the world" and "blessed land of Baodu".

Baodu village is not a village, but the name of a famous mountain. It is located in Luquan District of Shijiazhuang City, is a set of natural landscape and cultural landscape in a tourist attraction. Baodu village is located 17 kilometers to the west of Shijiazhuang city. The mountains are majestic. There is only a small path on the north and south slopes. Up to the top of the mountain, suddenly enlightened. There are currently the largest hilltop Gate Square in China - Nantianmen, the first 500 Luohan hall with underground stone carvings on the hilltop, the largest Hanxin Temple decorated with gold lacquer murals and the wall of the Great Wall village. The newly opened "Xiyuan Lianhuashan Baodu village" passenger ropeway has a total length of more than 1800 meters. It is the only passenger ropeway with a transfer station in China. There is no intermediate tower and it is a fully enclosed round-trip passenger ropeway. The highest suspension is 271 meters. It has become a major landscape of Baodu village.

Baodu village, a national 4A scenic spot, is a famous ancient mountain village integrating history, culture and natural scenery. It is 580 meters above sea level, surrounded by cliffs and cliffs. The top is flat and flat, with 660 mu of fertile farmland and 66 meters of soil depth. It used to be the ancient battlefield of Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin in Han Dynasty. It is also the blessed place where the famous Taoist Zhang Sanfeng set foot in. Its unique scenery and pleasant scenery make it known as "the illusion of heaven, the blessed place of the world, the battlefield of the strategists, and the peach blossom land outside the world".

The origin of the name

Baodu village was called Pengshan in ancient times, which was the place where Han Xin, the general of the Han Dynasty, made the soldiers "hold a flag and look at the Zhao army from Pengshan mountain". It is said that during the gorong uprising in the Northern Wei Dynasty, local people took Baodu up the mountain to avoid war, so it was named Baodu. There are cliffs on all sides of the mountain, the mountain road is very dangerous, and there are more than 600 mu of arable land on the top of the mountain, so there is a folk saying that "holding calves (calves) up the mountain, raising farmland". In fact, baodushan was recorded in Yukui, which was written as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty and in the Jin Dynasty. "Baodu" and "Zhai" are connected. In the Late Jin and early Yuan Dynasties, general Wuxian of the Jin Dynasty stationed troops on the top of the mountain to build a Zhai to fight against the Mongolian army. In this way, the mountain has the name of "Zhai".

Features of scenic spots

Baodu village is known as "the battlefield of military strategists, the blessed land of the world, the illusion of heaven, the paradise". It is adjacent to the North China Plain in the East and Taihang Mountain in the West. The outline of the mountain is peculiar, with a protruding peak and four walls. At sunset, if you stand in the county seat and look northwest at Baodu village, the outline of the mountain looks like a giant Buddha lying on his back. Buddha is a mountain, which is like a Buddha. The Buddha's manner is calm and quiet, and looks up at the infinite time and space with his eyes containing infinite wisdom. Visitors are all marvelous.

Baoduzhai mountain is steep with high cliffs, but its top is flat and flat. It is an open and flat land with 600 mu of fertile land and luxuriant vegetation. Some tourists say that Baodu village is like a flowerpot held high. It is a green Tianchi Lake on Taihang Mountain. Therefore, Baodu village is also known as "Peak Garden".

Baodu village stands out from the mountains with its unique style, forming many natural wonders. Due to the precipitous mountain, only the South and North mountain roads can reach the top. If you climb the mountain on foot, you can enjoy the scenery and shadow. If you climb the cable car on foot, you can have a panoramic view of Baodu village. In November 2001, Baodu village scenic spot was rated as "4A" by the National Tourism Administration.

History and culture

Baodu village has a long history and rich cultural accumulation. The long-standing military culture, Buddhist culture and Taoist culture blend with each other and form the main vein of Baodu village culture. On the top of the platform, there are Nantianmen, the largest hilltop gate in China, dianjiangtai, the Han General of Huaiyin Hou Han Xin, and Hanxin temple built for him by later generations, the winding great wall around the mountain, the unique underground 500 Luohan hall on the top of the mountain in the world, and the famous Taoist temple Jinque palace. On it, people can feel the smoke of the ancient battlefield and the rich religious atmosphere.

Baodu village is also an important place for religious activities. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Li Jifu recorded in Yuanhe county annals that "the one who holds a calf has its name in ancient times, that is, the Taoist school called it" Beiyue Zuoming ", and the book of famous mountains thought that the number of blessed places is that clouds can avoid soldiers and water." In the early days of liberation, there were still Jinque palace, baiyun temple and other religious palaces in Baodu village. There is a sentence in Zhang Qifeng's poem "Tiaoshan shenggai" in the early Qing Dynasty: "yaochi has more than a plate of fruits, Jiuling has all kinds of mysteries in Longchou", from which we can see the decline of Taoism and the prosperity of Buddhism. From the existing grotto statues, the tuoluojing building and other cultural relics, from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the Buddhist activities in Baodu village flourished for a long time, and the coexistence of the two religions left a special cultural heritage for Baodu mountain, which needs to be developed and studied. In addition, the inscriptions left by the ancients about praying for rain, watching the sun, browsing banquets and so on, in order to become an important component of Baodu village culture from another aspect.

As far back as ancient times, Baodu has 18 pools, Jiaolong cave, immortal cave, Tianmen cave, South Tianmen, North Tianmen, Wanghai Pavilion, Tianta, patio, Tianshu case and other landscapes, which make people forget to return.

In just over a year, the people of Huolu invested heavily in the development of Baodu village's tourism. They rebuilt the South Tianmen, North Tianmen, Jinque palace, Hanxin temple, baguazhen maze and other scenic spots, built a magnificent Great Wall along the cliff, and built an aerial cableway across Lianhua Mountain to Baodu village. Tourists can take a cable car to the top of the mountain. There are horse stones, arrow chains, ancient spears, etc. in the village; there are various types of Buddhist stone carvings. On the east side of the eighteen pools in Shanyin, there are biqiu monks and biqiu nuns in the tenth year of Yongming reign of emperor Qi of the Southern Dynasty. They are the earliest stone carvings on the mountain. The Taoist temple in Baodu village is also famous. A peach tree in Jinyin palace is said to be planted by Zhang Sanfeng himself. Because Baodu village is located in a dangerous place, it has been a must for military strategists in all dynasties. Naturally, there are many wars here, and most of them are recorded in official history. However, the war did not make Baodu village lose the glory of civilization. In 204 B.C., Han Xin, a general of the Han Dynasty, set up an ambush on this mountain and fought against the Zhao army.

At the end of Jin Dynasty and the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, gongwuxian of Jinheng mountain had stationed troops to build a village in this mountain to fight against the Mongolian army. In Taoist classics, Baodu mountain is listed as "Beiyue Zuoming". Baodu village is recorded in Taoist classics and other ancient books such as Yuanhe County atlas, Taiping Yulan, Taiping Huanyu Ji. It is also recorded that Baodu village is a good place for Taoists and "Beiyue Zuoming". Zhang Sanfeng, a famous Taoist in Ming Dynasty, also visited this mountain and was entitled "Baodu good place". Unfortunately, it does not exist now. However, the "Sanfeng sect" disciples of Jinque palace were handed down from generation to generation and had a wide influence in Huolu area. There is a branch of Sanfeng school left behind, which has been handed down to this day, and the palace still exists. Shifangyuan and Jinque palace in Shijing village are branches of Jinque palace in Baodu village. Guo Ziming, the 16th generation disciple of Sanfeng school, lived in Baiyun cave in Shanyang. He took the cave name and named himself Baiyun. He specialized in Qingxiu. He was proficient in Tao Te and Huang Ting, and was a high school of the late Ming Dynasty.

Tourism characteristics

The wonder of holding a calf lies in nature. It is adjacent to the North China Plain in the East, Taihang Mountains in the west, Jingxing ancient road in the South and Hutuo torrents in the north. Although it is only 580 meters above sea level, it is located at the junction of high mountains and plains, and there is no transition of hills. As a result, one mountain rises out of the plain, and ten thousand mountains come from the West. At this point, it is a grand sight. The four walls of the mountain are like knives and axes, and only the north and South bird paths lead to the top of the mountain. Looking from the northeast, the mountain is like a giant Buddha, lying on his back in the sky, with a serene look and striking eyes. The top of the mountain is flat and open, with a total area of more than 600 mu, a pure soil layer of more than 60 meters, fertile soil, lush vegetation, like a park in the sky.

The beauty of Baodu lies in the natural scenery. As early as the Ming Dynasty, "Baodu Qinglan" was listed as the first of the eight scenic spots of Baolu and the top of the ten scenic spots of Shijiazhuang. Strange springs, waterfalls, ancient caves, secluded environment, mountain light, fog, morning light and sunset constitute Baodu village's poetic and dreamlike natural scenery. Such as the famous "Baodu Qinglan", when the dawn is just beginning to open and the first rain is new, or smoke and fog, haze is dense; or the blue sky is like washing, Danya is shining; or the clouds and waves are boundless, clusters of emerald are flying red; if the sky is open, the picture is beautiful. Another example is the eighteen pools in Shanyin, also known as the eighteen springs. The cave is deep and unpredictable, and the clear springs gush out. In summer and autumn, the spring water increases rapidly, and falls into a waterfall, which is heard for several miles; in winter, the fine water keeps flowing and freezes layer upon layer, forming an ice waterfall like jade, which does not melt in spring. The most amazing thing is that when the mountain rain is about to come, this cave first comes out with wisps of clouds, which is amazing.

Baodu sunrise is also a famous unique landscape. As early as the Song Dynasty, dignitaries enjoyed watching the sunrise by climbing Baodu. For this reason, they also built "Wanghai Pavilion" on the mountain. Baodu village is located in the east of the vast North China Plain

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