Tongshan Forest Park

Tongshan Forest Park

The scenic Tongshan Forest Park is located in Tongshan Office of Yizheng City, Jiangsu Province. The main peak is 149.5 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak in Central Jiangsu Province with dense forest and beautiful environment. There are zhunti temple, Tianchi, Xianren cave, Wu Wang's coin casting site and other historical and cultural landscapes on the mountain. There are ostrich garden, Peacock Garden, horse racing field, plant maze and other scenic spots at the foot of the mountain.

Main attractions

old-fashioned wooden armchair

There is a stone on the top of Tongshan mountain, which looks like a chair. It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, became emperor, he wanted to build his capital on a piece of geomantic omen. When he came to Tongshan, he sat on this stone to have a rest and looked far away,

So when he sat down on the stone, it turned into a chair shape, so that Zhu Yuanzhang could choose to build his capital comfortably. Later, people called it "taishiyi". There is no armrest on the right side of the chair. It is said that after Zhu Yuanzhang left, there was a corrupt official surnamed Hu in Zhenjiang who climbed up Tongshan. Seeing this stone, he climbed up and sat down. It was very comfortable. His men were in a hurry. Some said, "my Lord, you really have the momentum of facing the world.". Some said, "my Lord, you really look like the grand master.". When these villains were flattering and flattering each other, Tieguai Li, one of the eight immortals, saw them in the cloud. He couldn't stand such villains any more, so he sent out a bunch of lightning and went straight to the imperial chair. Tieguai Li was lame after all. He didn't aim well and was a little crooked. He hit the armrest on the right side with a loud bang. The armrest was broken, and the group were scared to fall and climb The climb rolled down the mountain.

loyalty

There is a stone on the top of Tongshan, which looks like a little monk carrying an old monk on his back, and the old monk is looking back. Legend: a long time ago, there was a temple on the mountain. In the temple lived an old monk and his apprentice. The master and apprentice depended on each other. One night, the little monk suddenly dreamed that an old fairy told him that the temple was about to catch fire and told him to run away quickly. He must not tell others, let alone look back, or he would turn into a stone. The little monk woke up from his dream, quickly picked up his master and ran out. The old monk didn't know what happened, so he asked the little monk. The little monk refused to say it. The old monk said, "if you don't make it clear, I won't go." The little monk had no choice but to tell him that the temple was about to catch fire and that he wanted to save his master and escape together. The old monk didn't believe it. Before the young monk told him not to look back, he had already looked back at the temple. In this way, the master and apprentice became stones. To commemorate the little monk's loyalty to his master, later generations called this stone "loyalty stone".

Fairy Cave

There is a fairy cave on the West top of Tongshan mountain. It is said that a long time ago, a child went up to the mountain to collect dung. When he passed the cave, he found a light inside. He looked inside and saw two people playing chess. He crowded into the cave to watch chess. Wait for two people to finish a game of chess

When he was young, he found that his dung dustpan and curved spoon were gone, only the rusty iron powder. When I came back to my hometown, I found out that it was 100 years ago when I went out to collect dung. Then I knew that I met an immortal. It was really "a game of chess in the cave, a hundred years in the world". Later people called this cave "immortal cave".

Heaven Pool

People with a radius of 100 Li all know that there is a pool at the top of Tongshan mountain, which is called "Tianchi". It is said that when a temple was built on the mountain, the local monk invited an eminent monk to solve the problem of drinking water. After looking around and looking at the terrain, the eminent monk decided to choose this place to dig a pool. Strange to say, after digging the pool, a fresh spring filled the pool. After that, the water in Tianchi kept so much throughout the year that it did not dry up in the year of drought and did not overflow in the year of flood. At that time, the common people called it Xianshui, and they took it back one after another for medical treatment. The reason why it is called "Tianchi" is that it is connected with the yaochi in the sky.

Zhunti Temple site

Located on the West peak of Tongshan mountain, there is a large flat area. In the Qing Dynasty, guzhunti temple was built. The temple faces south. In front of the temple is the mountain gate, and in the back is the main hall. In the center of the main hall, there are three Buddha statues, one thousand handed Guanyin in the middle, Tianfei Niangniang on the left, and Bixia Yuanjun on the right. In the back hall, there is a Buddha in the middle and eighteen Arhats on both sides. There are two big ginkgo trees on both sides of the hall. At that time, zhunti temple was very famous in this area, and the incense was very popular. Temple fairs are held every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The scale of temple fairs is very large. People from the middle and rear mountain areas, Tianchang, Liuhe and other places gather here to worship incense. The mountain is full of cigarettes and people. At the foot of the mountain, people from four townships and eight towns Dance Dragon lanterns, some carry flowers, some go on dry boats, and most of them buy and sell handicrafts and agricultural and sideline products here. There are a lot of people, just like a modern commodity fair. This grand occasion lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, a group of bandits came to Tongshan. They occupied the top of the mountain, drove away the monks and occupied zhunti temple. The people around them were afraid of property loss and women's humiliation, so they fled one after another. From then on, Tongshan became desolate. In 1925, a county magistrate named Feng Xiaoting came to Yizheng. The magistrate was incorruptible and concerned about the sufferings of the people. In order to ensure the safety of the people, he decided to eliminate the bandits. On September 13, magistrate Feng personally led his troops into the mountain to suppress bandits. In order to fight accurately and fiercely, he quietly sent the troops to the army

Ambush in the north of the mountain majiaying area, did not leak a bit of information. When the bandits passed the ambush area on their way down the mountain, Fengzhi County issued an order to attack the whole line, killing four bandit leaders on the spot, and the rest of the bandits fled. Fengzhi county decided to take advantage of the victory. On the same day, he went up the mountain, copied the bandit's nest, released the injured woman home, and returned zhunti temple to Xichen, the former monk. When the temple is completed, please write a couplet in person: "Lantern Festival, listen to gongs and drums, roar on the top; colorful look at daitai, smoke in the distance, wisps and wisps of clouds." horizontal inscription: "Baodian Chongxing" four characters. After the county magistrate was appointed to suppress bandits, the Lantern Festival and the revival of Tongshan temple fair this year, people came to Tongshan one after another to worship incense and pray for Bodhisattva's blessing. Because Fengzhi County personally took people to fight bandits and inscribed couplets and banners for zhunti temple, after the reconstruction of zhunti temple, the incense was more prosperous and Tongshan temple fair was more lively, which lasted until the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war. In 1940, the Anti Japanese guerrillas led by Wei Ran mobilized the people of the surrounding villages and towns to demolish the temple in order to better fight against the Japanese aggressors and prevent the Japanese army from using the zhunti temple to build a stronghold. At that time, only the front gate was retained, and all the rear halls were demolished. In 1949, the whole temple was demolished.

Tourism information

Traffic situation

Ningtong expressway: Yizheng exit of Ningtong Expressway

Riverside expressway: downstream of Runyang Bridge to Yizheng direction of riverside Expressway

price information

1. "Full ticket" target: children and adults over 1.5m;

2. Definition of "child ticket": 1.2m to 1.5m children;

3. Definition of "senior citizen ticket": senior citizen over 65 years old (check ticket with ID card);

4. Definition of "free ticket": children under 1.2 meters in height are free of charge (Note: each adult is limited to one child under 1.2 meters).

5. "Parent child music ticket 2 big and 1 small" Description: 1) individual parent-child (two adults and one child) music ticket. 2) Children's height: 1.2m-1.5m. If children's height is lower than 1.2m or higher than 1.5m, they will not enjoy the package discount. Children and adults will follow the regular individual price policy.

Address: 500 meters to the east of Tongshan health center, Maji Town, Yizheng City, Yangzhou City

Longitude: 119.11699368836

Latitude: 32.342981937162

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