Wenfoshan

Wenfoshan

Wenfo mountain is located at the junction of nanmuxi village and Dabai village in Lianpeng township of the Point Military Region. It is named after the wenfo temple built on the top of the mountain. Because it is at the junction of Yichang, Yidu and Changyang, it is called "stepping on three counties with one foot" (Yichang, Yidu and Changyang). The average altitude is 670 meters. The mountain looks like a basket and chicken cage, so it is also called basket covered mountain and chicken cover mountain.

brief introduction

Wenfoshan scenic spot is far away from the suburbs, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a quiet and elegant environment, covering an area of 30 square kilometers. The scenic area consists of cave area, forest tea area, Buddhist culture area and ecological landscape area of Daxi Valley corridor. There are eight scenic spots in the scenic area, such as ancient memorial archway, wenfo temple, tea ceremony hall, beilingang, folk village, botanical garden, holiday village and Adventure Club for the brave.

history

Wenfo temple was built in the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Zhu Hongwu. According to legend, it was named wenfo Temple because there was a Taoist Abbot surnamed Zhou. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the imperial court allocated more than one million liang of silver to build a spiritual palace, a main hall of Daxiong and a 350 square meter dining room on the top of wenfo mountain. There are 1868 steps up the mountain. At an altitude of more than 710 meters, there are 2000 square meters of flat land on the top of the mountain. Since the 41st year of Emperor Kangxi, it took eight years to build Pilu mountain hall, zushi hall and Lingguan hall. Because of the Buddha's name, the mountain is rich in Buddhism, so there are many worshippers in Eastern Chongqing and Western Hubei. During the reign of Yongzheng, the literati Deng peizao, Mao Yixiang and Ma Yide came here to visit, leaving a wonderful poem "looking, climbing and staying in the basket to cover the mountain (wenfoshan)". Gu Jiajuan, the magistrate of Nanyang, wrote a history of Foshan, and his inscriptions still exist. There are ten generations of abbots in wenfo temple. Monk Zhiming, the fourth generation of Abbot of wenfo temple, is highly respected. It is said that he once preached Scriptures for Empress Dowager Cixi in Zhenjiang Pavilion of Yichang City, which was highly praised. He ordered him to go to Beijing to be appointed as a state Supervisor and state financial manager, and glorify Buddhism. In 1942, most of the buildings of wenfoshan ancient temple were destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, leaving only a few Temple houses and broken walls. In 1966, at the beginning of the cultural revolution, the ancient temple was destroyed by the "four old" (old ideas, old culture, old customs, old customs) and was destroyed again. In 1989, the state promulgated a religious policy, and wenfo temple was rebuilt. In March 1995, the Dianjun district Party committee and the district government arranged special personnel to engage in tourism development in wenfoshan, and changed the name of "Yichang state-owned wenfoshan Forest Farm Management Office" to "Yichang wenfoshan scenic spot management office". On December 1, 2000, Yichang municipal government officially approved wenfo temple as a place for religious activities, and issued the "permit for wenfo temple for religious activities", which was sent to master langzong by Tan Deyong, United Front Work Department of Dianjun district Party committee. Since then, master Lang Zong has purchased and made large-scale Buddhist articles and implements such as bronze bells, drums and incense burners from Zhejiang Province.

Introduction to scenic spots

Wenfo Temple

The famous wenfoshan ancient temple is one of the typical representative works in the scenic area. Wenfoshan, commonly known as jimengshan, covers mountains with baskets, with an altitude of 710 meters. Mr. Yang Helin, a famous contemporary Chinese calligrapher and Qi Baishi's great apprentice, wrote here praising Wen Foshan for "searching for Bai Yunyi and winning the five great masters".

The ancient temple at the top of wenfo mountain originated in Tang Dynasty, built in Ming Dynasty and flourished in Qing Dynasty. It has a history of more than 600 years since the construction of wenfo temple in Hongwu Period of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty. It is said that emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty resigned from the throne in Fulin, converted to Buddhism, became a monk in Wutai Mountain, traveled to famous mountains in the south of the Yangtze River, and came here to meditate and hang up. According to historical records, Emperor Kangxi had been looking for his father to this mountain. When he met his son on the cliff, he did not know him. He sighed that he had no chance with him. After observing the mountain and observing the geography, he found that the precipice of wenfo mountain is dangerous and unique, which is similar to a Buddha. He ordered this mountain to be wenfo mountain, and ordered Yichang government to allocate bank to expand the temple. It took eight years to complete the buildings of Pilu hall, zushi hall, Sansheng hall, Yungong palace, Zhaishan hall and so on.

The mountain is named for the Buddha, and the Buddha flourishes with the mountain. Since then, there have been many worshippers in eastern Sichuan and Western Hubei. So far, it has been popular and fragrant. As China's famous calligrapher and painter Hu Yan wrote when he visited Foshan: "the pure land of Wenshan stores the essence, and the holy land of the sea of Buddha keeps good news."

Ancient archway

It is said that when Empress Dowager Cixi appointed monk Zhiming of wenfoshan as the national supervisor and teacher of the state, in order to reward the monk Zhiming's ability of preaching scriptures, she ordered the Yichang government to allocate official silver until the monk set up a memorial archway in nanmuxi. After Cixi abdicated, warlords scuffled and were destroyed. The purpose of restoring and reconstructing the ancient memorial archway, which has been lost for many years, is to awaken people to remember history, trace back culture and strengthen our mountains and rivers. The ancient memorial archway in wenfoshan scenic spot under reconstruction is located by the side of nanmuxi reservoir and is the entrance of the scenic spot. Its architectural style is unique. Inside and outside the ancient archway, there are large parking lots, tourist facilities and supermarkets, which can park thousands of cars, attract thousands of people and gather merchants. The ancient memorial archway faces north and south, with four pillars and multi-level compound buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties. With a construction area of thousands of square meters, it is stacked and magnificent, and is known as "the first brand of the Three Gorges". The inner court building of the memorial archway takes the nine chamber building as the basic pattern, with nine steps, nine tripods, incense burners, and nine zodiac signs. It conforms to the Taoist concept of "nine to one". The gray tiles, white walls and horse head eaves of the wing room, together with incense burner, bronze tripod, green lion, white elephant, spotted tiger, ancient pine and mysterious eight diagrams, are particularly simple, elegant and solemn. Looking from afar, the memorial archway leads the way, and the wing room follows, layer upon layer, rising step by step, which seems to have the feeling of climbing into the sky. There are "Heaven Pavilion" and "human Pavilion" in Linshui reservoir, which make the scenic area more unique. Thousands of acres of water set off the blue sky and white clouds, hundreds of sails echo the water, lovers boat swaying in the wind, forming a rare deep mountain sailing, fishermen's harbor wonderful scenery. The sailing boat is singing and dancing, the cooking smoke is winding, who does not yearn for such "water paradise".

Teahouse

Wenfo mountain tea hall is the most charming scenery in the scenic area. From wenfoshan hillside to kuyantou, wenfo tea garden is located in the depth of the cliff.

Wenfo tea has a history of more than 2000 years. Due to the average sunshine of the tea mountain is only 40% and the fog cover is as high as 60%, the unique fragrance, long taste and bright color of wenfo tea are given by the God and are irreplaceable treasures. It is said that wenfo tea is the best of the Royal tributes. According to textual research, Wang Tianguan of Ming Dynasty was infatuated with Wen fo tea all the year round. He often drank it, which was called "Guo Yin". During the Anti Japanese War, Zhang Zizhong, a famous general, once stationed troops in this village and often went to the "wenfo tea house" built in the Song Dynasty to taste tea. The tea house has been a place for mountain people to relax and cool down for more than a thousand years. It was destroyed in the Anti Japanese war.

The wenfo mountain tea hall takes "Jianzhen wenfo tea house" as the center and derives six branches from South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Yunnan, Fujian and Guangdong. Its architectural style is different from each other, simple and elegant, beautiful.

Wenfo Mountain Tea Road Museum takes tea as the road. Set tea garden, tea art, tea drink, tea food, tea technology, tea appreciation in one, promote our Chinese tea ceremony, create our Chinese brand. In this world of tea, visitors can not only feel the edification of tea culture, but also appreciate the magnificence of tea mountain, the beauty of tea garden, the simplicity of tea farmers, the elegance of tea house, the beauty of tea songs, the charm of tea food, the exquisite skills of tea and the aftertaste of tea words.

Bei Lin Gang

Close to kuyantou "wenfo Mountain Tea Road hall" is Wenqing bay "Beilin hill". According to research, the inscription culture here has a history of more than 1700 years. The remaining inscriptions are still recorded: Wenqing Bay is also known as "Wenqing bay". Therefore, the bell chime of wenfo temple can often be heard in the bay. Entering Wenqing Bay makes people feel like stepping into the artistic conception of "Hanshan Temple in the middle of the night" in ancient poetry; also known as "Wenqing bay", it is recorded that this bay is a holy land for scholars and poets of all dynasties to gather together to celebrate and chant poems and Fu. Therefore, the names and meanings of the two places are interlinked and their sounds are harmonious. Kuyantou is one step away from Wenqing Bay, which is in the same vein. Both of them have high artistic quality and humanistic value.

Beilingang scenic spot will be characterized by magnificent forest of stone inscriptions and wood carvings, which will become a holy land for Chinese and foreign scholars to look forward to art treasures. She will collect the essence of the art works of all schools of thought at all times and in all over the world. She will clone and reproduce all kinds of handed down quatrains, extreme poems, and exquisite calligraphy. "Accept all the rivers in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, and return to the sea of the forest of steles of Buddha", forming a vast sea of stele forest art. The quality and scale of the newly excavated Three Gorges stele forest will be no less than that of Xi'an.

The forest of Steles is full of books. The architectural style of loutangtingge echoes with the teahouse. There are "Chinese soul" Museum, "Han Ruixuan" Art Museum, and a complete range of "academic research institute" and "art training base". If you come here, you can not only enjoy the paradise of art, but also purify people's soul.

Ethnic Village

From wenfo mountain to Dabai village, visitors will see another intoxicating world, which is the "ethnic village" of chenjiachang. This is a well preserved ethnic village of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The head of the ethnic village is about Erli, extending from chenjiachang to Wangjiachang, known as Erli ethnic village. Qianli is a typical architectural village in Qing Dynasty, while Houli is a typical architectural village in Ming Dynasty, also known as "Ming and Qing tribal village". The ethnic village is backed by big green mountains, close to streams, green mountains and green waters, bamboo arch bridge, birds singing and flowers fragrance, natural ecology and smooth sight. The banners and banners of the grand Shanzhai gate are fluttering and the mountain drums are shaking. The gatekeeper holds spears and spears, and shows his power in his eyes

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