Yunlu Palace

Yunlu palace, located at the southernmost peak of Yuelu Mountain, is a blessed place of Taoism. It was built in 1478 when King Ji Jian was in Changsha. Its buildings are stone pillars and iron tiles, simple and elegant, and in the palace after the addition of Xiang Pavilion, for people to watch from afar.

In Yunlu palace, the local people often call their friends to sit in the sightseeing corridor, or drink tea in the open-air teahouse; they can also sign one (10 yuan) here. Here you can enjoy the magnificent scenery of "three thousand feet up to the foot of cloud to see a million homes in Changsha", and you can also see the scene of "Xiangjiang River going north, Orange Island Head".

There is also a waiting car terrace in front of Yunlu palace. You can walk along the original road or take a cable car (battery car) to continue your tour.

Yunlu Palace

Yunlu palace is on the right peak of Yuelu Mountain on the West Bank of Xiangjiang River in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It belongs to the 23 caves of Taoism. It was built in 1478 when King Ji Jian was in Changsha. During the reign of Jiajing (1522-1566), Sun Fu and Li kejing were expanded to form a complete Taoist palace. After the collapse. During the reign of Longqing (1567-1572), Jin Shoufen, who practiced Taoism in the mountains, asked Zhang Yanghe of the Yuan Dynasty to build three halls at the original site. The former hall was Guandi hall, the middle hall was Xuanwu zushi hall, and the later hall was Sanqing hall, named Yunlu palace. Its buildings are stone pillars and iron tiles, simple and elegant, and in the palace after the addition of Xiang Pavilion, for people to watch from afar. At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, Yunlu palace was destroyed by war twice.

historical background

It was built in 1478 A.D. in the 14th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Jiajing (1522-1566 A.D.), Sun Fu, the prefect of Changsha, and Li kejing, the Taoist priest, presided over the renovation. In the sixth year of Longqing (1572 AD), Zhang Dianyuan rebuilt it. There were Guandi hall, Xuanwu ancestral hall and Sanqing hall, which were destroyed in the war at the end of Ming Dynasty. In 1642, the ancestral hall was rebuilt. Qing Kangxi four years (AD 1665), Jiaqing eight years (AD 1803) two renewal. In the 13th year of Daoguang (1833 AD), Wu Rongguang, the governor, and Hui Feng, the political envoy, rebuilt the front hall. Xianfeng two years (AD 1852) destroyed in the war.

In the second year of Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1863), it was repaired according to the original pattern, and the Wuyue hall, Tianfei hall and palace gate were built around the hall. At this time, Wu juiyou, a Jinshi, wrote a couplet for the gate of the palace: "to the top of the cloud is still the foot, and to seek peace of mind is the palace". The couplet contains four words "Yunlu Daogong", which is said to be a masterpiece. During the Anti Japanese War, the palaces, statues and inscriptions at Yunlu were seriously damaged. In 1946, Taoist Wu Yunkai, Wu Minghai and others raised money for restoration. In the Wangxiang Pavilion, a relief stone statue of the real man Chunyang (LV Dongbin) was added, and a hundred character inscription written by the real man was engraved. The pavilion wall is hung with the zodiac of the Qing Dynasty, so that the "Southwest clouds come to Hengyue, and the sound of the river goes down Dongting day and night" woodcut couplets can be seen. During the "Cultural Revolution", Yunlu palace was seriously damaged. The existing Daogong houses are 600 square meters, some of which are managed by the religious Department of Changsha. Changsha Taoist Association set up this. Yunlu palace is located on the top of Yuelu Mountain, surrounded by towering ancient trees and pleasant scenery. It is a place for tourists to enjoy tea, talk about couplets, view and rest.

Introduction to scenic spots

geographical position

Yunlu palace is a Taoist temple. It is located at the top of Yunlu peak in Yuelu Mountain, Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is one of the 72 blessed places of Taoism. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. It was bombed by Japanese planes in 1944 and rebuilt in 1957. Visitors can enjoy the magnificent scenery of "going straight up to Yunlu for 3000 feet to see millions of homes in Changsha". When they climb the Wangxiang tower in Yunlu palace, they can see the scene of "going north to Xiangjiang River, juzizhoutou".

Yunlu palace was first built in 1478,

When Zhu Jianjun, king of Jilin bamboo slips, was in Changsha, his architecture took the shape of a palace, but the old palace had long been abandoned. During the reign of emperor Jiajing (1522-1566), sun fuming, the supreme minister, and Li kejing, the Taoist priest, presided over the repair work, and planted thousands of pines, cypresses, tung trees, catalpa trees and bamboo trees, which made the scenery around the temple take on a new look. During the reign of Longqing (1567-1572), another Taoist, Jin Shoufen, practiced here. He raised money to build a new hall, which was renamed Yunlu palace. He built five rooms, chiseled stones as pillars and covered them with iron tiles to resist the wind and snow. The front hall of the palace is Guansheng hall, the middle hall is dedicated to Xuandi, known as Xuanwu ancestral hall, and the back hall is dedicated to Sanqing. Taoism takes Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing moral Tianzun (Taishang Laojun) as the highest deities, and integrates Sanqing, so it is named Sanqing hall. Yunlu palace became a Taoist resort. Taoism advocates "self forest" and "governing by doing nothing". It always chooses quiet and beautiful places to build temples, cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's character, collect herbs and refine elixirs in order to become immortals. These places are regarded as the residence of immortals, thus forming the famous ten caves, thirty-six small caves and seventy-two blessed places. Among them, Yunlu palace, which is surrounded by towering peaks, circuitous stone plates and green bamboo trees, is the 23rd blessed place - "Dongzhen Xufu land".

Celebrity inscriptions

In the early years of Emperor Kangxi (1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty, the Yunlu palace was rebuilt by Zhang fenxun of Changsha, and later it was added. In 1862 (the first year of Tongzhi), a small pavilion was built in front of the gate. Outside the pavilion, there were five mountains and two Tianfei halls. Once upon a time, there was a couplet at the gate of the palace: "when the ancient temple came out, the color of the mountains was evenly divided, surrounded by the river; there were many famous mountains, and there were sentences written in Shaoling and steles inscribed in Beihai." The first couplet of the couplet describes the magnificence of Yunlu palace, which seems to be beyond the clouds. Here you can have a close look at Yuelu Mountain and overlook the circulation of Xiangjiang River. The second couplet describes that there are many historical relics in Yuelu Mountain, where Yunlu palace is located. Du Fu left poems and Li Yong wrote famous steles.

In Yunlu palace, the pavilion is expected to be built in Hunan Province. The pavilion is on the stone of worshipping the mountain. It was built during the reign of Daoguang (1821-1850) in the Qing Dynasty. Looking from a distance, you can have a panoramic view of Xiangjiang River and Changsha City. You can enjoy the magnificent scenery of "climbing straight to the foot of clouds and looking at millions of homes in Changsha". There are many couplets in Yunlu palace, which are all written by famous artists. Among them, the title of "clouds from the southwest come to Hengyue, and the sound of the river goes down to Dongting day and night" by the zodiac of the Qing Dynasty captures the magnificent features of Yunlu palace, with magnificent spirit, neat confrontation and strong handwriting, which is loved and recited by tourists. The beautiful scenery of Yunlu palace has attracted countless literati to visit and chant here. Unfortunately, most of them can't be seen because of their long history and war. Among the ancient poems, Liao Yuandu from Changsha in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties wrote suyunlu palace, which says: "the forest is empty and heavy in the night, and a pair of lights are green. The moon is as thin as autumn, and the sound of insects wakes the dream. It expresses the author's feelings of being homeless, living in temples, lonely at night, and regretting the loss of his country and his family. In the Qing Dynasty, there was also a poem "night climbing at Yunlu Palace" written by Yan Zhengji, a student of Yuelu Academy and a native of Xupu: "the peak of Yunlu mountain sleeps on the top of the mountain, and there are five streams of smoke on the top of the mountain. When the first three thousand li Huayue, the east wind to read four years. Moth color dark throw clogs, Songtao please pestle clock side. In my hometown, I plan to buy a Castle Peak house, and then I will be an immortal in the world. "

In addition to describing the precipitous mountain peak where Yunlu palace is located, the vast field of vision and the natural scenery such as moonlight and pines, the poem also relates that Yunlu palace is a famous Taoist temple, expressing the poet's desire to buy a house and live here in order to be an immortal in the world. This is also the association of many visitors to Yunlu palace.

Overview of scenic spots

Famous Taoist temple. Yunlu peak, built on the top of Yuelu Mountain, used to be the true and false land of Taoist 23 caves. It was built in 147, the 14th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty, when it was a vassal of Changsha. In the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (15221566), Sun Fu, the governor of Changsha, ordered Li Ke, a Taoist, to repair and plant thousands of pines and cypresses, Tongzi and Xiaohuang. During Longqing period, Taoist Jin Shoufen banned foot cultivation here, "smelting iron for tile, chiseling stone for pillar", and raised a palace. The former is Guandi hall, the middle is Xuanwu ancestral hall, and the later is Sanqing hall, iron tile and stone pillar, and two chamber danfang, which is named "Yunlu Palace". In the second year of tongzhi (1863), Wudang Taoists rebuilt and added five mountains and two imperial concubines to Jiaohui. The second entrance of the palace is Wangxiang Pavilion, behind which there is fahua tower. In 1944, most of Yunlu palace was destroyed by Japanese bombing. After the liberation of Changsha, in 1956, a new two-story pavilion with double eaves was built on the original site. Here, visitors can enjoy the magnificent scenery of "three thousand feet up to the foot of the cloud to see a million homes in Changsha". You can see Hengshan in the south, Dongting in the north, and "the Xiangjiang River to the north, juzizhoutou". There is a couplet of Huang Daorang in the palace: "clouds from the southwest come to Hengyue, and the sound of the river goes down to Dongting day and night". A stone tablet, 2 meters high, was erected in the palace. The front of the tablet was engraved with "Lu Feng Gong Temple", and the back of the tablet was engraved with the completion record. In front of Yunlu palace, there is a stone called baileyue stone, also known as Feilai stone. The stone is more than Zhang square, so it is called baileyue stone because it can visit Hengyue. There is a bell in the branch of an ancient tree nearby. The inscription on the bell is made in the fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. It is not rusty after the wind, frost, rain and snow. When Daoists work and rest, they ring the bell, and its sound is more and more clear. Sometimes it sounds like the sound of "return", so it is also called "return bell".

Historical evolution

Yunlu palace was built by Zhu Jianjun, king of Jilin bamboo slips, in 1478 when he was in Changsha. The palace architecture of Wudang Taoist temple is named Dongzhen temple. The old palace has long been abandoned. During the reign of emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), sun fuming, the prefect of the temple, and Li Ke, the Taoist priest, were rebuilt and planted thousands of pines, cypresses, tung trees, catalpa trees and bamboos, which made the scenery around the temple take on a new look. During the reign of Longqing (1567-1572), Taoist Jin Shoufen was forbidden to practice Taoism on the mountain. Zhang Yang and Mu Ming of the palace yuan visited him. Because he respected the Taoist Jin Shoufen for his profound knowledge, he cooperated to build Yunlu palace. The temple was renamed Yunlu palace. The front hall was Guansheng hall, and the middle hall was dedicated to Xuandi,

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