NIUSHOUSHAN cultural tourism area

Nanjing NIUSHOUSHAN cultural tourism area

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General guide to NIUSHOUSHAN cultural tourism area jingniushoushan cultural tourism area

Located in Jiangning District of Nanjing City, Nanjing NIUSHOUSHAN cultural tourism zone is a comprehensive cultural tourism zone planned, developed and constructed by Nanjing NIUSHOUSHAN Cultural Tourism Group Co., Ltd. and operated by Nanjing JUNHE Cultural Industry Co., Ltd. with a total planning area of 49.37 square kilometers, with the core of "butianque, xiushengdao, cangdigong, xianshuangta, xingfosi and hongculture" Design concept, comprehensive protection of NIUSHOUSHAN historical and cultural heritage, restoration of NIUSHOUSHAN natural ecological landscape. Niushou mountain, also known as tianque mountain, is one of the four famous scenic spots in Jinling. It gets its name because the East-West double peaks on the top of the mountain are similar to Niutou double horns. A Niushou mountain, half of the history of Nanjing. Niushou mountain has beautiful scenery and is known as "spring Niushou". In ancient times, there were beautiful scenery of Jinling, such as the haze of Niushou, Qingxing of flowers, Zhenxi of ancestral hall, and many historical sites, such as Yuefei's resistance to gold, cliff stone carvings, HongJue Temple Pagoda, Zhenghe cultural Park, etc., which attracted countless emperors, generals, literati and poets to cultivate themselves, drink and write Fu, leaving more than 400 poems.

Introduction to scenic spots

Niushou mountain, also known as tianque mountain, is one of the four famous scenic spots in Jinling. It gets its name because the East-West double peaks on the top of the mountain are similar to Niutou double horns. A Niushou mountain, half of the history of Nanjing. Niushou mountain has beautiful scenery and is known as "spring Niushou". In ancient times, there were beautiful scenery of Jinling, such as the haze of Niushou, Qingxing of flowers, Zhenxi of ancestral hall, and many historical sites, such as Yuefei's resistance to gold, cliff stone carvings, HongJue Temple Pagoda, Zhenghe cultural Park, etc., which attracted countless emperors, generals, literati and poets to cultivate themselves, drink and write Fu, leaving more than 400 poems.

In recent years, Sakyamuni Buddha's parietal bone shed, the most sacred thing in the world's Buddhist circles, is conducive to the glory of Nanjing's flourishing age. With the research and consent of the religious, cultural and cultural circles, the Nanjing municipal Party committee and government decided to build Niushou mountain cultural tourism area to worship the Buddha's parietal bone shed for a long time. NIUSHOUSHAN cultural tourism area takes "butianque, cangdigong, xiushengdao, xianshuangta, xingfosi, hongculture" as the core design concept, comprehensively protects NIUSHOUSHAN's historical and cultural heritage, restores NIUSHOUSHAN's natural ecological landscape, uses the original mine to build underground palace, and long-term worships the Buddha's parietal bone relics. The whole cultural tourism area covers five functional areas: Buddha top holy land, Baoxiang flower offering, Hidden Dragon Chan Valley, Mijing Chan forest and tianque Town, and is committed to creating an ecological scenic spot, cultural holy land and leisure resort integrating Buddha Chan culture, Jinling culture and ecological landscape.

History and culture

Among the 48 scenes of ancient Jinling, Niushou mountain has three exclusive scenes, namely, the haze of Niushou mountain, Qingxing flower offering and Zhenxi ancestral hall.

Zutang Zhenxi

Before Ming Dynasty, Zutang mountain also belonged to Niushou mountain range. Zutang Zhenxi, one of the 48 scenic spots in ancient Jinling, took place there. Zutang mountain was originally named Youqi mountain, because Youqi temple was built on the mountain. It was there that Farong Zen master of Tang Dynasty got his way and created Niutou Zen, becoming the first patriarch of Niutou Zen, so Youqi mountain was renamed Zutang mountain. The meaning of Zhenxi is that monks travel with a stick. There is a decorative ring on the head of the stick. The decorative ring vibrates and sounds when they walk on the stick, so it is called Zhenxi. Zutang Zhenxi depicts the scene of Buddhism prevailing and numerous monks at that time.

Flowers for Qingxing

The area where the Yellow buildings on Zutang mountain are located is called Xianhua rock. It is said that during the reign of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty, Zen master Farong talked about the Dharma Sutra under Xianhua rock. In the ice and snow, golden flowers grew up. Suddenly, a hundred birds gathered in the sky to offer flowers. This is one of the 48 scenes of ancient Jinling, "Qingxing of offering flowers.". In 2008, the legend was listed in the list of intangible cultural heritage of Jiangning District by Jiangning District government.

The haze of the ox's head

Between the East and West peaks of Niushou mountain, you can see "Niushou haze". "Niu Shou Yan Lan" depicts a beautiful scene of mountains shrouded by clouds and deep valleys. There are two reasons for the formation of haze in Niushou mountain: one is that it is related to the climate of Niushou mountain. Niushou mountain is rainy all year round, especially in spring and autumn. The rainfall is not big, and the haze is hazy and permeates the valley. The haze floats up and down among the peaks, forming a quiet and deep scene, just like a fairyland in the world (two peaks are very similar to two lovers who have been separated for a long time, and stand together); the other is that the haze floats up and down between the peaks One is that there were many temples and incense in Niushou mountain at that time. "Niushou haze" was actually a wonderful scene with green smoke curling up, which just integrated with the Buddhist interest of Niushou mountain.

The origin of Buddhism and Zen

Niushou mountain is a famous Buddhist mountain. Monk Baozhi, an eminent monk of the Liang Dynasty, once told Emperor Wu that Niushou mountain was the winter palace of Manjusri Bodhisattva. It is said that Manjusri Bodhisattva once led ten thousand Bodhisattvas to live here in the winter. The first temple of Niushou mountain, Buddha cave temple, was also built in the Liang Dynasty (Sikong Xudu). In the Tang Dynasty, Niushou mountain, Qingliang in the northwest and Emei in the southwest, were known as three famous Buddhist mountains

. Youqi temple was built in 459, the third year of the Ming Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. It is an early famous temple among the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty. In 503, Sikong Xudu built a Buddhist cave temple, and Li Yu, the later leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, renamed HongJue temple. In the Tang Dynasty, Zong "once dreamed that Niushou mountain would be a place to see a Buddha," so there was a pagoda. In the Tang Dynasty, FA Rong, known as "Dharma of the East Xia Dynasty", founded Niutou Zen in Niushou mountain, which was called "Jiang Biao Niutou" in ancient times. The establishment of Niutou Zen played an important role in bridging the transformation of Indian Zen into Chinese Zen. In the history of Chinese Zen, Yin Shun believes that FA Rong is the builder of Chinese Zen and the root of Chinese Zen.

History and Humanities

Li Min, the liezu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, often visited the mountain when he was idle. Li Jing, the middle Lord, also came here many times to worship Buddha. The tombs of Li Min and Li Jing in the second Mausoleum of the Southern Tang Dynasty were buried here. Li Yu, the later Lord, built thousands of temples here. On the double peaks of Niushou, the prince of Zhaoming drank horse pool, and on the hillside of Dongfeng, Yuefei, the anti gold fortress left by the great victory of Niushou mountain, can also be seen. He once went to the West for seven times and opened up a new castle Zheng He, who brought back the Buddha's Tooth Relic along the maritime Silk Road, built a temple here and made a vow. After his death, he was buried in the south of Niushou mountain. Li Ruiqing, a scholar and educator of the Republic of China, was also buried here. In ancient times, many emperors, generals and literati liked to cultivate themselves and enjoy tea in Niushou mountain. They left more than 400 poems in Niushou mountain, which are now buried in Niushou mountain The mountain culture tourist area is included in the book "Poems of Niushou mountain".

The original state of the mountain

Niushou mountain is 242.9 meters above sea level. It is named because the East and West peaks face each other like two horns of a cow's head. It is also called Niutou mountain among the people. At present, only the East peak is left on Niushou mountain. During 1937-1958, the West peak was mined by two destructive iron mines, forming a mine pit more than 60 meters deep.

Niushou Shengjing

In 2012, with the approval of the religious and cultural administrative departments, as well as the Buddhist and cultural relics circles, the intention of building an underground palace and offering Buddhist parietal relics in NIUSHOUSHAN cultural tourism area was determined. The core area of Niushou mountain is designed with the concept of Butian que, Xiusheng Dao, cangdi palace, xianshuangta, Xingfo temple and hongculture, so as to "create a new world Buddhist cultural heritage and reproduce a new landscape of contemporary architectural art". On September 16, 2012, NIUSHOUSHAN project officially started construction. On October 27, 2015, Sakyamuni's parietal bone relic was officially consecrated to the Buddha roof palace of Niushou mountain, and Niushou mountain cultural tourism area was officially opened.

The awesome glory of Buddha's bone and bone sacrifice is not only good for rain but also for heaven. The majestic and majestic Buddha top palace, the towering Buddha top pagoda, the quiet Buddha top temple, and the Niutou Zen Cultural Park, which exudes the natural Zen interest, jointly present a "Buddha top Holy Land" of "Buddha top highlights, prospers at home and abroad; Niutou vein, blends ancient and modern". The parietal relic placed in the Buddha's top palace is always a blessing for the prosperity of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation!

Main attractions

Buddha top Palace

As one of the cores of the Buddha summit holy land, the Buddha summit palace is located at the West peak of Niushou, built on the historical mines, with a total construction area of about 136000 square meters. Together with the Buddha summit tower, it forms a new scene of Niushou West Peak, echoes with Niushou East Peak, and reproduces the grand scene of Niushou "two peaks and two towers". The theme of the whole Buddha dome palace is the sacrifice of the parietal bones of the Buddha. The outside of the palace is divided into two parts: the big dome and the small dome, implying external and internal support. The big dome is like a Buddha's cassock, which is covered on the small dome, symbolizing the Buddha's boundless blessing; the lower part of the small dome is the lotus throne shape, and the upper part is the mani pearl shape, which is combined to form the sacred image of "Lotus holding treasure".

The inner part of the Buddha top palace is composed of the Grand View of Zen on the ground and the underground part of the underground palace. The underground palace is divided into two spaces: the Relic Hall and the relic palace. The whole Foding palace is not only the main place for collecting the parietal bones relic of Buddha and receiving the worships of believers, but also a cultural exhibition place for presenting the relic culture and the world Buddhist culture in a variety of artistic ways. It gathers the first-class experts from the religious, artistic and architectural circles in China, aiming to realize the goal of "a new world Buddhist cultural heritage and a new landscape of contemporary architectural art" Grand goal.

Grand View of Zen

It is 112 meters long from north to south, 62 meters wide from east to west, and 41.2 meters high inside, covering three floors above the ground. The whole space covers an area of more than 6000 square meters. It is oval in shape, with yellow, white and gray as the keynote. It is decorated with human landscapes, so that people can enjoy Zen while walking. It consists of three parts: the Zen garden where the Buddha was born and became Tao, and the lotus theater in the middle, which shows the life of the Buddha.

artistic conception of Buddha

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