Zhangguo Laoshan

Zhangguo Laoshan

Zhangguolaoshan, also known as xianwengshan, is located 15 kilometers west of Xingtai City, with the main peak at an altitude of 449 meters. It is a national AAA scenic spot and the first batch of provincial scenic spots in Hebei Province. According to the Tang Dynasty stele on the mountain, the mountain was originally named Wufeng mountain. Zhang Guo, a Taoist of Guangzong, lived in seclusion and became one of the eight immortals. Li Longji, the emperor of Tang and Ming Dynasties, regarded Laozi as his ancestor, suppressed Buddhism and promoted Taoism. He appointed Zhangguo as Xianweng, changed Wufeng mountain in Xingzhou into Xianweng mountain, built a Qixia Temple for Zhangguo, and changed the cave into Xianweng cave. As far back as Ming Dynasty, "Xianweng ancient cave" was known as one of the eight scenic spots in Xingzhou.

Introduction to scenic spots

Zhangguolao mountain, also known as Xianweng mountain, is 15 kilometers west of Xingtai City, with the main peak at an altitude of 449 meters. It is a national AA scenic spot and the first batch of provincial scenic spots in Hebei Province. There are extant Tang Dynasty steles on the mountain. The mountain was originally named Wufeng mountain. Zhang Guo, a Taoist of Guangzong, lived in seclusion here and became one of the eight immortals. Li Longji, the emperor of Tang and Ming Dynasties, regarded Laozi as his ancestor, suppressed Buddhism and promoted Taoism, so he granted Zhangguo the title of Xianweng, changed Wufeng mountain in Xingzhou to Xianweng mountain, and built a Qixia Temple for Zhangguo. The original cave was also renamed Xianweng cave. As early as the Ming Dynasty, "Xianweng ancient cave" was known as one of the eight scenic spots in Xingzhou. The pines and cypresses in zhangguolao mountain are unique. The mountain sun is full of vigorous cypresses, and the mountain shade arrow cypresses are unique.

Main attractions

Bitter dream tree

Walking up the stone steps, you can see an ancient tree in the distance. The ancient trees are covered with red silk and cloth, and there are stone inscriptions beside them. The inscription on the tablet records the origin of the ancient tree: "bitter dream tree. The bitter dream tree is a famous treasure of Zhangguo mountain. It is said that this millennium old tree is a treasure of the immortal family secretly transplanted by Zhangguo Laoxian from yaochi, the queen mother. It blooms in the early morning of the temple fair on the eighth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, and the fragrance of the flowers overflows. Tourists are reminded that at the end of the temple fair in the evening, the fragrant flowers will automatically fall off. According to research, kumeng tree is a rare tree species in China. It is the only one in the north of the Yangtze River, which is extremely precious. " This tree is indeed an ancient tree, but whether it is more than 1000 years old or not, I dare not presume. However, I checked all the information and didn't see the bitter dream tree. From the information I found and the observation of this tree, it is just a neem tree with a long age. According to the inscription, "there is only one tree to the north of the Yangtze River".

Qixia view

Today's Qixia Temple has been renamed "Xianweng Temple". The imperial edict stele in front of the temple is the stele of Zhang Guo Ji, an immortal granted by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty in the 23rd year of Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. The inscription is the content of the imperial edict handed down by Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji in the Tang Dynasty and the whole process of preparing for the construction of Qixia Temple. This is the only imperial edict tablet in the 5000 year history of Chinese civilization that has been granted the title of immortal family by the emperor. It has high historical research and Taoist archaeological value. There is an elderly couple there to guard and manage, incense is also curling. There is a stone donkey in the small courtyard in front of Qixia Temple beside Xianweng cave. At a glance, it can be seen that in order to create a tourism culture, people today have carved this donkey according to Zhang Guo's theory of riding a donkey upside down. Even so, many tourists still take it seriously and take a picture on the donkey's back with the aura of Guolao and xiaodonkey. Go into the cave and experience it. It really deserves its reputation.

Historic stone carvings

Looking around the Qixia Temple, there are stone people with severed heads and arms and incomplete ancient steles everywhere. They are allowed to be eroded in the wind and rain. From the shape of ancient steles and ancient sculptures, although it is difficult to distinguish the inscriptions, it can be seen that most of them are ancient cultural relics. If we don't protect it any more, all our descendants will be able to see is a pile of mottled broken stones!

Xianweng ancient cave

Xianweng ancient cave is called Zhangguo cave, originally named dengzhen cave. It is the place where Zhangguo practiced and understood Taoism in his middle age. Zhangguo cave is a natural cave, located behind Qixia Temple. The cave is more than 300 meters deep and mysterious. The cultural landscape in the cave is mainly based on the old legend of Zhangguo and Taoist culture, which is composed of Bagua alchemy furnace, Juxian Pavilion, Guanyin hall and Tianding cave. The natural landscape is composed of alchemy furnace, natural rock cave, stalactite, natural stone flower and natural spring, which makes the unique Taoist culture and self-cultivation However, the landscape is cleverly combined. As far back as Yuanfeng of Northern Song Dynasty, Xianweng ancient cave was named as one of the eight famous sceneries in Xingzhou, which is known as "eight sceneries of Xingtai". The crystal clear spring in the ancient cave is the famous holy pool in Xianshan. The water quality is pure and contains a variety of trace elements. It is sweet and refreshing, which is beneficial to human health. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gao, the county magistrate of Xingtai County, came here to pray for rain for the people. On that night, the land of Xingzhou was covered with rain. Zhu's heart was in full bloom and wrote a poem praising the spirit of the ancient cave

A thousand li long Qianfeng Zen, the sky Qixia yongbiquan.

The letter is a response to the immortal's prayer, and the mountains and rivers are covered with rain overnight.

The fate of the people's home, worship the ancient cave, become the common people pray for a good harvest.

Mulberry and hemp in Xiling should be planted in Pengyu, and the immortal family had its own real yuan.

The three big characters of "Xianweng cave" on the entrance of the cave are perfectly round and natural, which is almost as penetrating as the wood. These three vigorous regular script characters were written by Zhu Gao, the magistrate of Xingtai County. It has been more than 430 years since then.

Imperial monument

The imperial edict stele is the stele of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in the 23rd year of Kaiyuan period. It is located in front of the Qixia Temple on the old mountain of Zhangguo, The inscription on the stele is the imperial edict handed down by Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. It records in detail the whole process of Emperor Xuanzong's summoning Zhang Guolao, his intention to marry Princess Yuzhen, and his imperial edict to seal Zhang Guolao for the construction of Qixia Temple. This is the only Imperial edict stele in the 5000 year history of civilization in China, which has high ornamental and Taoist archaeological value.

Twirling cypress

The twisted cypress is one of the wonders of Zhangguo mountain. Look at the bark lines and the growth of the branches. They all grow upward with twisting force. It's really called twisting force cypress. There is a beautiful and moving story about the legend of twist Jin Bo! It is said that a long time ago, in douzhuang village at the foot of Xianshan mountain, there was an orphan named Dou Xiang. She had no family to support, so she had to feed for others. One day, she went to the mountain to dig herbs for a poor and sick old woman in the village. She accidentally dug out a cornucopia. The cornucopia is amazing. As long as you put in something, you can grow something immediately, and it is inexhaustible. Dou Xiang was very happy, so he put the Golden Millet in, and then took out bags of millet and gave them to neighbors and poor families. Later, a corrupt official in Shunde Prefecture learned that, and then led people to grab the cornucopia. Little dou Xiang was worried, so he sat down in the cornucopia and couldn't get up. Unexpectedly, he pulled out a little dou Xiang, and a little dou Xiang grew up in the cornucopia, five or six in a row. Just at this time, the corrupt official frowned and came up with a crooked idea. He ordered people to carry the cornucopia and the little dou Xiang out of the cornucopia and walk to the deserted mountain road At that time, Zhang Guolao, who was travelling around the world, came back to the mountain. When he saw that the corrupt official was so tyrannical and vicious, he could not help burning with anger, so he used his magic and called out a storm with hail A line severely punished the corrupt official and his followers, and then rescued Xiao Dou Xiang to live in seclusion in the Taihang Mountains. Since then, all over the mountains and fields have become vigorous cypresses.

Arrowhead cypress

Growing in the back mountain of the scenic spot, the tree crown is big and sharp, with arrow shaped flying green, forming a beautiful landscape line, adding a bit of color to the immortal mountain. Sabina Sagittarius grows very slowly in the barren hillside, which makes it more tenacious and magical. About the origin of arrowhead cypress, it is said that in ancient times, baxianzhuang area suffered from severe drought and no harvest for years, which made people's life extremely difficult. Soon the news spread to the Jade Emperor in heaven, and the Jade Emperor sent Erlang God down to rain. Erlang God flew over baxianzhuang and shot an arrow at the back of Wufeng mountain. Then, Xiaotian dog went to bite the arrow, pulled it back and squatted down, and the sweet spring gushed out! Since then, the arrow of Houshan has become a "arrowhead cypress" all over the mountain, and the place where the spring comes out has become "Tiangou spring".

Zhenwu Temple

Zhangguo Laoshan is known as "Taoist immortal mountain", and "Zhenwu Temple" is one of the symbols. According to folklore, Emperor Zhenwu is the highest deity in the north of the world, and also the "boss" of the eight immortals. According to textual research, the Zhenwu temple on Zhangguo Laoshan was first built in the Yuanfeng period of the Song Dynasty. At that time, the buildings were exquisite, elegant and glorious, and the statues were vivid and vivid. On the third day of the third lunar month, believers from Xingtai, Shahe, Neiqiu, Longyao, Julu and other places rushed to Xianshan to celebrate the birthday of emperor Zhenwu. Every year, there were big operas to celebrate the birthday of emperor Zhenwu. The exquisitely carved blue stone pillars of the main hall still exist. After restoration, the pillars of the South Gate of Zhenwu Temple reappear in front of the world!

Peak of the Heavenly Emperor

Yuhuangding is the highest place of zhangguolao mountain. In the folk, the common people all know that the Jade Emperor is the king of all gods in the sky. He had many civil and military deities under his command, such as Taibai Jinxing, Wenqu Xing, etc., and military deities such as tota Li Tianwang, the Third Prince of Nezha, and 28xingxiu, etc. Four seas

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