Characteristics of Lishan Old Mother Palace

The iron pot and iron tube cast in the 16th year of Wanli (1588) are still preserved in the mountain gate of the old mother's temple, and there is a cast iron chin of Ming Dynasty in front of the old mother's statue. In the main hall, there is an inscription on Shan Li's Mother's Sutra, which was written in the first year of Tang Guangde (AD 763), describing the process of Li Zhi's visit to his mother at the foot of Shan Li in the Tang Dynasty to teach the Yin Fu Sutra.

In June, the local people called the Old Mothers' Association the Single Mothers' Association, which lasted from June 13th to June 15th of the lunar calendar every year. During these three days, most people in Lintong District and the towns under its jurisdiction will go up the mountain to worship their old mother and empress, and some villages and organizations will celebrate with gongs and drums in the form of bands or yangko teams. The three Tianshan Mountains are crowded with people. However, many people who go up the mountain in these three days will not spend the night, and only some people will spend the night. No matter whether you spend the night or not, everyone will go down the mountain on the evening of June 15. It is said that the fairy will wash Sendai in the evening of June 15, and it will rain all the time around June 15 10.

At present, it is not good because Mount Li has become a tourist attraction, and the ticket checking is very strict. Locals have to buy tickets when they go up the mountain, so it is difficult to visit their mother's empress freely. In the local tradition, they all go to the mother temple to worship their mothers and draw lots for their children, marriage, education and the future. I don't know if this tradition has changed now.