Immortal Village

Immortal Village

Xianren village, also known as Xianren city and Xianren peak, is located 2km east of caojia village, Wanger Town, Qianshan County, 15km away from Guifeng scenic spot in Yiyang, 8km away from the intersection of national highway 320 and 311 expressway. With convenient transportation and superior geographical location, it is a natural scenic spot with strange mountains, strange rocks and green water.

Geology and geomorphology

Xianrenzhai is a typical Danxia landform. It is a Horst type fast mountain. It is about 500 meters long from north to South and 400 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 0.2 square kilometers. The main peak stands up, 260 meters above sea level, surrounded by cliffs and no road to climb. You have to take two long ladders to climb it. There is a cave at the top of the mountain. It is said that it is the place where immortals practice. Some immortals shed their bones and ascend to heaven, so it is called Xianren peak.

Historical evolution

During the reign of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1851-1861), the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in power and Shangrao. Shen Baozhen, the magistrate of Guangxin, set up a blockhouse on the same roof for defense. Therefore, it is also called Xianren village. The existing ancient stone wall is well preserved. The peak is flat, the bamboo is green and the trees are shady. There are large areas of bamboo, crape myrtle and August osmanthus. The scenery is beautiful. In the middle of the temple is xianrenfeng temple, which was built by Zhifu monks of ehufeng temple in Tang Dynasty. It is full of incense and has been renovated in all dynasties. There is also a square well, about 2 meters long, 1.5 meters wide and 1 meter deep. It is cool and clear. It is not dry all the year round. It is a place for monks on the mountain to use water. The eight immortals rock on the side is 6 feet high. It is said that the eight immortals practiced Taoism here. There is also a relic cave. There are still 12 ashes of monks in the past dynasties. There is a half open cave at the foot of the mountain, covering an area of about 2000 square meters. It was found in January 1983. There are soft impression pottery pieces with red sand and bottom feet of pottery pots in the cave, with a single checkered decoration. There are also three rough stone pieces that look like grinding stone tools. It is preliminarily identified as the Shang and Zhou cultural sites.

Xianren village is also called Zhaishang, which means the village on the mountain. Because the scenery is beautiful, the weather is quiet and serene, just like a fairyland, so it is called Xianren village. It is a rural eco-tourism scenic spot with the style of ancient mountain villages in the south of the Yangtze River. Juxiangyan, Shimashan, Changshan and ape peak are arranged in one line. Baima River flows through it. Xianren lake lies in it. Buddhist temples in the Tang Dynasty are deep and ancient. Cliff coffins are mysterious and attractive. Ancient post roads are close to mountains. The ecology is primitive and the culture is unique The perfect place for years.

Yang Wanli once wrote a poem about the scenery of Xianren village. The poem said: it's as if you are crazy and drunk. It's beautiful, and the dew is oppressive and the wind is deceiving you. Who road flowers without red hundred days, crape myrtle bloom for half a year.

When you enter the immortal village, you look like an immortal in the village. When you miss the immortal village, you forget to come back. Eat Tujia food, live in immortals, watch wild macaques, enjoy the folk songs and dances in Tujia bamboo buildings, and listen to the sweet folk songs of Yaomei Qingjiang Xianren village is a bright tourist pearl in Qingjiang Baidao lake, which is your ideal tourist destination. Xianren village is a scenic spot integrating landscape, ecological agriculture, leisure and vacation. It is located on the golden tourist route from Sanqing mountain to Longhu Mountain. It is 140km away from Sanqing mountain, 48km away from Longhu Mountain, 15km away from Guifeng mountain, 140km away from Wuyi Mountain. It is only 7km away from national highway 320, 311 from Shanghai Ruizhou Expressway and Yiyang exit.

Main attractions

Xianren peak, the main peak, is 260 meters above sea level. It is tall and straight, magnificent and dangerous. The weather is deep, and the ecology is primitive. It is like a fairyland in the world. It can be said that "there is a fairy village born with unlimited scenery at the peak"!

"Lai yuan Ting" is destined to live in Xianshan. In Laiyuan Pavilion, it indicates that we are all predestined persons in this life, that is, predestined. How about that? Take a rest, watch the mountains and enjoy the natural scenery. Xiangyuan seems to have stepped into the heaven and entered an ethereal world. To the West are Guifeng and gold mine, to the north is Yiyang, to the East is Qianshan, to the south is Baofeng of mountains and Shiling, to ancient counties and cities of all ages. Look at Baofeng and Guifeng. Looking around, it's like a lotus being lifted up. We have a panoramic view of the scenery in the middle. The so-called "born a fairy village, unlimited no light at the peak." The air here is very fresh. It's a natural oxygen bar! We can do a inhalation, deep breathing, product a product!

Treasure Valley is a paradise for treasure seekers to seek their dreams. It is widely spread among the people that the Taiping army once buried 30 carts of treasure here, and treasure seekers have been searching here all the time. According to the local people, a few years ago, several outsiders who claimed to be "the descendants of the leader of the Taiping Army's treasure house guard" came here to explore the treasure with detectors.

Xianren peak is also called Junma peak. Only one horse is drinking Xianren lake water. Meeting with Tianma, Tianma escaped from the stables and came to the mortal world secretly while Sun Wukong was playing. They ate the grass and seedlings of Qianshan people in the poor county at that time, drank the water from Xianren lake used for irrigation, and fattened the fields of the neighboring county, because Qianshan County was poor and the neighboring county was very rich at that time. The immortal uncle Cao fought against injustice and stepped on the horse's ass. He chopped off the horse's tail and made it a stone horse without a tail.

Xianren lake is named after the legend that immortals often play here. The water area is more than 100 mu, the lake is clear, the lake is quiet, and the Baima River flows through, so the crucian carp produced in the lake is delicious and has a long reputation. Looking ahead, there is the beautiful landscape of the scenic spot. Xianren peak is also called Dragon elephant water absorption. It looks like an elephant trunk and absorbs the fairy water in Xianren lake. Elephant is the symbol and mascot of Buddha. It is also the mount of the Bodhisattva. Buddha Sakyamuni's mother. Madame moye once dreamed of an elephant and gave birth to a generation of founders of Buddhism, namely, Prince Siddhartha, Sakyamuni, the leader of our century.

Lingfeng temple, formerly known as e Hu temple and monk Zhifu, was built in the reign of emperor Taihe of Tang Dynasty. Because it is located on the back of an elephant, and the elephant is the mount of Puxian Bodhisattva, it is the way of Puxian. In 1861, it was damaged by war. It was renovated in 1978 and further renovated in 2008. When you enter the temple, you should step over the threshold. Don't step on the threshold. Stepping on the threshold means stepping on the shoulders of the Buddha. It's disrespectful to the Buddha. You can ask for incense here and draw lots

Shuipo village. Zhaimen was built in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) and destroyed in the Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty (1855 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom). What we see is that it was rebuilt in 2008 on the basis of its original appearance. The steles of shuipo mountain village were salvaged from Xianren lake at the bottom of the village and re installed here, which can be regarded as the original steles.

Looking at the cliff, we can see a beautiful picture of eight immortals swimming in the sea. It is said that eight immortals came to Xianren peak to gather and practice, and left cards here. Baxianyan is a natural cave with eight parallel caves, up to 6 feet high. Eight immortals, including tie Guai Li and LV Dongbin, practiced here. (eight immortals, Tieguai Li, LV Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, he Xianggu, Zhang Guolao, Cao Guojiu, LAN caige and Han Zhongli have different shapes.)

At that time, Wang Haiyang, king of Kang, stationed in shidakai, Taiping army, was a production line of xianrensai. At the crack on the cliff, there are thick wooden cross frames, which are scattered on the cliff. It is the trace left by the salt mining in Xianren village when shidakai troops of Taiping army were stationed there. There are piles of gravel in the cave at the bottom of the mountain. The cave had piles of mud like yellow clay. It is said that at that time, he climbed up the cliff and sat down on the crossbars to chisel saltpetre. He chiseled it down and put it in the mortar for crushing. Then he washed the white saltpetre on the surface of the rock and boiled it in an iron pot. It's a bit similar to the first product, and the dregs under it accumulate into this pile of clay bags. At that time, it was mainly used as gunpowder for earth cannon. There are layers of green features on the cliff. Its main component is nitrate. When the weather is dry, it will burn with a match. It is called "burning stone". This is one of the unique features of our scenic spot.

The picture above shows the She nationality (local minority) (indigenous people) living on the cliff. The local custom is to cry, invite tea and bury the old lady in the cliff. Ancient cliff burial site. In 1983, archaeologists found a well preserved mummy here. As for the Millennium hanging coffin, the burial method is similar to the cliff burial culture in other parts of the country.

Address: one kilometer away from the inner gate building of Qingjiang Gallery scenic spot, longzhouping Town, Changyang County, Yichang City

Longitude: 111.14503984153

Latitude: 30.465932701721

Tel: Qingjiang Gallery Tel: 0717-531972

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Qingjiang Gallery scenic spot (100 yuan for Qingjiang Gallery scenic spot, 58 yuan for round trip ferry ticket)

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