Moxi Town, Luding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Moxi town

Moxi town is located in the south of Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, on the east slope of Gongga Mountain scenic spot and at the entrance of Hailuogou Glacier forest park. It belongs to the peripheral protection zone of Hailuogou scenic spot and is the tourism reception base and entrance of Hailuogou scenic spot. Moxi town is about 304km away from Chengdu, 52km away from Luding and 70km away from Kangding. Now, the highway from Moxi to Kangding has been built to finish the tour of Hailuogou You can go directly to Kangding to visit the famous plateau city. Moxi town is inhabited by Han, Yi and Tibetan people. The farmhouse with the architectural style of the Qing Dynasty is composed of a water mill and irrigation system connected by a gravity irrigation canal, which still retains the ancient style of the mountainous countryside. In Moxi Town, the Catholic church built by the French and the camp of the Red Army led by Mao Zedong and other central leaders in 1935 are still preserved.

Moxi is famous for another important reason: it is an important town of the ancient tea horse road.

Moxi town retains a relatively complete ancient street area of the old town. It is an ancient residential complex in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Walking on the old road paved with bluestone, it seems to go back to the past. The Catholic Church in Moxi is a Gothic church built by French missionaries. The bell of prayer has been ringing for a century. The blending of Chinese and Western cultures adds another flavor to the ancient town. In 1935, 20000 Red Army soldiers came here. Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai and others once lived in the Catholic Church of Moxi Town, where they held a famous Moxi meeting on the long march road. Due to the lack of food and grass supplies, they decided not to go to Kangding and decided to cross the Luding Bridge. At present, Mao Zedong's old residence and Catholic Church are well preserved.

Population data

Population data of Moxi Town: (data of the fifth census)

Famous scenic spots

Luding Bridge

Luding Bridge is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It was built in the 44th year of Kangxi (1705) of the Qing Dynasty and completed in April of the next year. It has been more than 300 years since the word "Luding Bridge" was written by Kangxi himself. The bridgeheads on both sides are ancient buildings of wood structure (which have been rebuilt). The bridge is 101 meters long and 3 meters wide with 13 iron chains anchored on both sides of Dadu River. Luding Bridge has always been the key road of Sichuan Tibet transportation. On may 291935, the Chinese workers' and peasants' red army won a great victory over Luding Bridge on the Long March, which made Luding Bridge famous all over the world. As we walk on this iron bridge, what we see in our mind is the heroic feat of the eighteen brave men in rushing across the Dadu River, and we are in the mood of remembering the heroes.

catholic church

There is a Catholic Church deep in the alley of Moxi Chinese architecture, which adds a different charm to the town. It's hard to imagine that in this place where Chinese rarely set foot in, it is decorated with such western color. This church has a long history. In 1918, Kangding Catholic Diocese began to build the Moxi Catholic Church. The house and scripture hall were completed in 1911, and the bell tower was completed in 1915. The church was first created by romantic French missionaries, but in terms of architectural style, it also incorporates the traditional temple style in Southwest China. On its northeast side, we can clearly see the circular windows in the Sutra Hall of the old Chinese temple, while its north-south windows show the European style. From the front, it can be regarded as a real European architecture, but from the side, we can see the familiar cornice. This is Moxi's Catholic Church, which not only retains its local characteristics, but also introduces western ideas. Or it should be said that Moxi's Catholic Church, like its thought, inevitably combines with the local folk customs. In architecture, it first realizes localization and shortens the distance with the local people. And this also gives people an indescribable strange feeling on the whole. This kind of feeling, no matter from the direct sense of architecture, will not be produced after the deep exploration of the ancient town. The local mass was first accompanied by the playing of inter religious music and long sacred music. It used the traditional Chinese musical instrument suona. Compared with the thick and mysterious organ in the church we visited in the past, it is unique and new with a very Chinese voice. The bell has been ringing in the ancient town for more than 100 years, and it has been whispering in the small town since the beginning of mass. The Catholics in the small town began to gather in the hall on the wooden floor of the church. The wood trembled and the figures were graceful. They put fruit and flowers under the crucifixion of Jesus, and lit candles representing the light on the altar. In an ancient town in ancient China, simple people express their primitive and plain beliefs here. They sing hymns and find their sustenance in the soothing songs.

They either stood, or knelt on the bench, hands clasped, facing the candle, motionless. The air danced with little candles, which clearly reflected the traces of time on their faces. Under the long sunshine, they were painted with the unique gray copper color of plateau ancient town. Experienced people here express another understanding of life.

People here say that every Christmas, the Catholic Church is meticulously repaired and decorated. This is their spirit. Then, the people in the town rushed to the church, where all kinds of activities were held. On that day, the people in the town were immersed in a happy and peaceful atmosphere.

It is said that during the long march of the Red Army, Mao Zedong used the Catholic Church in Moxi as the headquarters to guide the country and plan for the future of the Red Army. Following the guidance of historical books, we can see that Mao Zedong's residence during the long march of the Red Army was still well preserved. On the eve of Mao Zedong leading the Red Army to rush across the Dadu River in May 1935, he lived with Zhu De in the Catholic Church in Moxi, held a Moxi meeting, and determined the next strategic goal of the Red Army. Similarly, in Shaba Catholic church not far from Moxi Catholic Church, Mao Zedong commanded the Red Army to carry out a great battle - to seize Luding Bridge. It is worth mentioning that during the Long March, the Red Army took a Swiss missionary named bosat on a long journey. In order to let him translate the captured French map, bosat learned the destination of the long march and that the Red Army was striving for a great ideal and a society more in line with China's reality Fight. In the end, the Swiss missionary turned to understand and support the revolutionary cause of the Red Army. More than a year later, bosat took the Red Army's toll, returned to Europe and finally settled in England.

This experience appears in bosat's autobiography the closed hand, in which bosat talks a lot about the similarities between communism and missionaries of the Red Army at that time.

Jinhua Temple

At the end of the ancient town, there is a Tibetan temple. It is called "Jinhua Temple". This is a strange and distinctive temple. On the top left of the temple is a picture of Tai Chi. Serve Taoism. On the roof above the right of the temple, there is a picture of ten thousand characters, which should be Buddhism. In the middle of the temple is dalatu, which is undoubtedly Tibetan religion. It's a temple with three religions in one. The temple is full of incense, and devout tourists are indispensable. Don't dare to make mistakes. I always think that there is a way in the world and there is a way in the immortal world. Where can I confuse the order of the immortal world with those who don't understand it! It's the ancient town at night. It's as cool as water. The air was fresh as if it had been filtered, leaving only a sweet, cool taste. Is this the taste of fairyland? Hailuogou National Geopark is characterized by modern glaciers, hot springs and high mountain valleys. The main peak of Gongga Mountain is 7514m above sea level, with a pyramid shaped peak. It is known as the "king of Shu mountain" and the 11th highest peak in the world. The landform types in the park are complex: extremely high mountains, high mountains and so on. The extremely high mountains with an altitude of 4900m are above the snow line. The bedrock mainly composed of granite is exposed, and ice erosion landforms such as corner peak, edge ridge and iceberg are developed. The main peak, nameless peak and Sanlian peak of Gongga Mountain are arranged on the edge ridge of the watershed. Modern Glacial Snow basins are developed. The majestic, strange, dangerous and precipitous snow mountains are characterized by abrupt peaks, majestic, majestic, high aesthetic value and strong ornamental value.

Guanyin ancient temple

At the end of the town, there is a small ancient Guanyin temple, which is located at the foot of Gongga mountain. Guanyin temple is very small, but there is a 1800 year old ancient fir in the temple. The roof of the temple is surrounded by the trunk. From a distance, it looks like a big tree growing out of the temple. Maybe it is too special, and the incense is very popular. The small Guanyin ancient temple is full of people burning incense and worshiping Buddha.

Honors

On July 29, 2020, it was reconfirmed as a national health township (county) in 2019.

In September 2020, it will be selected as the second batch of cultural tourism characteristic towns in Sichuan Province.

On February 19, 2021, it was selected into the list of "advanced villages and towns for Rural Revitalization in Sichuan Province in 2020".

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