Eight sceneries of Longjing

Eight sceneries of Longjing

Longjing eight sceneries is located in the valley in the northeast of Longjing temple, bounded by Longjing road in the northwest, connected with West Lake and West scenic spot in the north, and reaching the foot of Gaofeng mountain in the south in the southeast. The so-called eight sceneries refer to "Fenghuangling, guoxiting, dixinmarsh, yipianyun, fangyuanan, longhongjian, shenyunshi and Cuifeng Pavilion".

geographical environment

Qianlong had visited Longjing four times, and all of them chanted eight sceneries, which made them famous all over the world.

"Eight scenes of Longjing" is located in the valley in the northeast of Longjing temple, bounded by Longjing road in the northwest, connected with West Lake Scenic Area in the north, and reaching the foot of Gaofeng mountain in the south in the southeast

Development history

Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the south of the Yangtze River six times, admiring the landscape and tea name of Longjing. He visited Longjing four times, looking for mountains and water, watching tea, composing a song called "eight chants of Longjing" and titled "eight sceneries of Longjing" - Fenghuangling, guoxiting, fangyuanan, shenyunshi, dixinmarsh, yipianyun, longhongjian, Cuifeng Pavilion, which is known as "the best of lake and mountain". In 1985, "Longjing tea" was listed as one of the ten scenic spots of the new West Lake. From 2005 to 2006, the renovation project of Longjing tea culture scenic spot was implemented in Hangzhou City, which can finally give tourists a glimpse of the historical features of "Longjing eight scenic spots".

There is hardly a stone tablet in the gallery, but it is re expressed by the way of Beijing brick carving and imperial calligraphy. These imperial calligraphy are all based on the original poems inscribed by Emperor Qianlong on the eight sceneries of Longjing during his third tour to the south, which were collected in the capital museum. After being doubled, they were directly displayed on the stele gallery with ancient Xuan paper. The other 24 poems are rubbings of Qianlong's handwriting found in domestic libraries and archives. If they are not found, they are also written by famous calligraphers in China. The remaining 24 poems are engraved on the Beijing brick. The Beijing brick is a kind of bluish gray square brick, which is used to pave the floor in the Forbidden City and is named after the emperor's stepping on it.

Main attractions

River crossing Pavilion: located outside Longjing temple. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the eminent monk Biancai retired from Tianzhu to Longjing temple. In front of the temple, there is a stream named Huxi. The small bridge on Huxi is "Guiyin", which means that Biancai has retired to the mountains. One day, Su Dongpo came to visit, and the debater and he met at first sight. They held a candle to talk at night. The next day, he saw the guests off the mountain. While they were walking and talking, he forgot the rules of "seeing them off at the mountain gate, the farthest way is Huxi", and sent Dongpo across Huxi. Because of the change of the name of the bridge, it was called "crossing the river". Later generations made Pavilion ridge, known as "river Pavilion", also known as "two old Pavilion". It is one of the eight Longjing scenic spots in Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty.

A cloud: in the northeast of Longjing, it is a cloud like rock. Pavilion Zhang Xu, Qingrun Linglong, Qiao Ruo engraved, pine dengpan Qu. As one of the eight sceneries in Longjing, Qianlong himself mentioned the name of "a cloud". Shenyun stone: beside the Dragon Well, it is about six feet high and looks like a dragon. The ancients said that the stone was struck to pray for rain. It is said that it was very effective to pray for rain in Hangzhou during the drought period. During the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty, it was fished out from Longjing. According to the records, there were cursive scripts at that time, such as "cutting the standard, God transporting the stone, and yuhongchi under it". Today's Shenyun stone is engraved with a poem entitled "eight sceneries of Longjing" by Qianlong of Qing Dynasty.

Longhongjian: Longjing, also known as Longhong. Longhong stream originates from Longjing, flows through dixinzhao, guoxiting, waijilong, and finally flows into the West Lake. The spring here flows for many years. From the Longjing Temple Yanyuan and down, layer cliff wall, fly flow pour, over the river Pavilion, into the West Lake. In the travel notes of the ancients, the landscape of Longhong stream was described as follows: in the area of Dixin marsh, there are grotesque rocks, the stream water splits out from the chaotic peak like ten white dragons, and the sound of torrent hitting the cave is as loud as millions of gongs and drums. Qianlong imperial title "longhongjian" is one of the eight Longjing scenic spots in Qing Dynasty.

Fangyuan nunnery: it was originally built in the old Longjing Temple by an eminent monk in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, Li Wei moved the site to rebuild the Longjing temple. It is a Buddhist understanding of the world. It is one of the eight Longjing scenic spots in Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty. Fenghuangling: during the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty, after the eminent monk of shangtianzhu left Longjing, people admired his profound knowledge and noble morality, and came to visit him in an endless stream. In order to facilitate pedestrians and tourists, he raised funds to renovate the mountain forest, opened up mountain roads and planted green bamboos, and gradually formed a PAN fiber path to repair the Huang road. Fenghuangling got its name from this, which is famous for literature such as Su Shi and Qin Guan The family had met with the debaters many times, exchanging Zen, poetry and tea art. After the river Pavilion, along the river, the mountains are high and steep, the land is rich in bamboo, and the charm is cool. It is one of the eight Longjing scenic spots in Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty.

Dixinzhao: upstream of longhongjian, outside Longjing temple. Longjing spring flows through here, because of the terrain drop, forming a swamp pool. "Shoushengsi Ji" says that the marsh is called Dixin, and the abyss is clear. The meaning of "Dixin" is similar to that of "Xixin" in Buddhism, and "Dixin" means clear. There is a tixin Pavilion nearby. It is one of the eight Longjing scenic spots in Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty. Cuifeng Pavilion: Cuifeng, also known as biluofeng. Here, the rocks are deep and steep, the mountains are green, and the scenery is excellent. Qianlong once went to the pavilion to see the beautiful scenery of Longjing, and gladly named it "the best of lakes and mountains".

Sunbi Shanfang: Jin Yinggui, a native of the Song Dynasty, was named sunbi. He was once a magistrate. After the Song Dynasty was replaced by the Yuan Dynasty, he abandoned his official position and lived in seclusion in Fenghuangling. The self titled room is "Sun Bi Shan Fang". He is good at painting and calligraphy. He has left strings and right pots. He sets up pictures and historical objects. He talks endlessly. He compares himself with Lin Hejing (A Song Dynasty man who lived in seclusion in Gushan, Hangzhou for a long time after he was in his forties, and died in Gushan at the age of 83. It reflects a quiet and comfortable pastoral life of literati who indulge in natural landscape.

Xijia building: the name of the building comes from Tao Yuanming's famous saying, "the mountain is beautiful every day.". It used to be the tower of chongenyanfu temple in nantianzhu. Old things on the second floor, "Xijia" is the West building. The building overlooks the Chenghu lake on the right and the peak on the left. When the sun goes down to the west, the afterglow comes back, and the five colors are bright. It was first built in the Xianchun period of the Southern Song Dynasty and destroyed in the Ming Dynasty. Today, it is rebuilt on the high slope of tea hill in Caotang of Longjing, surrounded by green, facing the scenery of Santai Pavilion.

Longchi, Xiechi: Tianmu Mountain "dragon and phoenix dance to Qiantang." The southern branch of the mountain is Fenghuang, which is called Fenghuang mountain; the northern branch is Longquan, which is called Longqiao. The North Branch governs the scope of Longjing. The name of Longjing comes from this. Longjing spring, abundant in water, can flow continuously in four seasons. It goes down the mountain and flows into a waterfall to form a deep pool. It is commonly known as Longhong, also known as Longchi. After the pool, a pavilion across the river was built. When Qianlong visited Longjing in the south, he stayed by the pavilion, gazed at the pool water and sighed affectionately that "this spring will never dry up." The water from the Longchi Lake flows through the bridge into the Xihu lake. After filtration, the flow rate becomes gentle, and finally flows into the West Lake.

Poetry Gallery: Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited Longjing four times, and all of them chanted eight sceneries, forming 32 poems of "eight chants of Longjing". Most of the present poems are based on the original works of that year, and some of them are written by famous calligraphers in China.

Huanhuachi: during the Zhengtong period of Ming Dynasty (1436-1449), there was a severe drought. At that time, Li De, the governor of Zhejiang Province, ordered the soldiers to clean the well. The spring water was turbulent, so he dredged three pools. Huanhua was one of them. Spring water from the long Hong bend bet, side dill miscellaneous flowers, fly Ying dip in water, dance all over the sky, so called "Huanhua".

Longjing thatched cottage: relying on a wild classical garden in the south of the Yangtze River - Yiyuan, Longjing thatched cottage adheres to the theme of "only green mountains and water music, but also kunjing whale Tour", interprets Chinese traditional culture, and makes it a Gourmet Club dedicated to authentic folk dishes.

Tourism information

Tickets are free. You can take bus No.27

Address: Longjing Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 120.11291535449

Latitude: 30.223257

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