My hometown is a beautiful countryside. Now there are many special attractions created by the government. I believe that many people have visited some of them, including Niushou Mountain Cultural Tourism Area and Ginkgo Biloba. The two main attractions of the Lake Theme Park are the Shiwa Taoyuan, Datang Golden Lavender Manor, West Lake Wangjia Tourist Village, Vanilla Valley, Baiguoyuan and beautiful rural tourist spots such as Mafuyuan and Xujiayuan.
Let me introduce a few places I have been to.
This is a famous mountain with a long history. It is located in the hilly area between the Yangtze River and the Qinhuai River. It looks like It has two bull heads, hence the name Niushou Mountain. Today, Niushou Mountain has been rebuilt by the government to make it more majestic. There are six floors of underground palaces. The specially built Foding Palace enshrines the Buddha's bones and relics. The entire Foding Palace is illuminated with brilliant lights at night, making the Buddha's top holy place more solemn. . In March of spring, there are lush forests and bamboos, and peach blossoms are blooming. It is as famous as Qixia Mountain. It is known as "the cow head in spring, Qixia in autumn". Marathons are also held here every year. Surrounded by green waters and green mountains, the race is very enjoyable!
Valley Flower Valley
To fall in love with Valley, you only need to stay here for a night. Special B&Bs represented by Xingfu Commune - Gongtangtou and Rose Villa B&B are located in the mountains and fields, with gentle moonlight and beautiful peaks, allowing tourists to completely return to nature and leisurely experience a sense of leisure that spans ancient and modern times. Affection.
On the second day, you can drive to the Ginkgo Lake Theme Park and experience the thrilling Ferris wheel, pirate ship, and roller coaster. If you are tired, you can also walk among the mountains and rivers and enjoy the podocarpus, azaleas, An ecological paradise composed of cherry blossoms and camellias.
Datangjin
Entering May, the lavender in Datangjin Tourism Characteristic Village gradually blooms. The purple ocean is paired with the gorgeous Japanese Shibazakura, and the eyes are full of romantic colors. It is so beautiful that many people choose to take wedding photos here.
Around Datangjin, a high-quality rural tourism sightseeing belt has been strung together, including the Peace and Friendship Cherry Blossom Garden, Xunmi Village, West Lake Wangjia Tourist Village, Baiguoyuan, Jinniu River Wetland Park, etc. They take Niushou Avenue, Zhengfang Avenue and Ginkgo Lake Avenue as axes and connect points to extend the Jinniu Lake Wetland Corridor, forming a "seven points, three lines and one river" rural tourism pattern in the valley, one in the south and one in the north.
When spring arrives in the valley, the present is better than the past, and the beautiful countryside comes into the picture.
The beautiful countryside is dazzling, and the infrastructure of new towns is improving day by day. In this vibrant land of the valley, Surrounded by mountains and rivers, there is endless greenery.
In Zouma Valley, there are green waters, green mountains, small bridges and houses built along the river in a well-proportioned manner, just like a natural Jiangnan ink painting.
The beautiful countryside throughout the region not only nourishes tourists with pastoral sentiments, but also allows the valley to successfully implement the four-change project: the beautiful countryside has transformed from bonsais into gardens, rural areas have transformed into large scenic spots, and farmers have transformed into wealthy households. , college students become entrepreneurs.
Only 20 kilometers away from Shitang and not far from Putang in Ma'anshan, there is Niushou Mountain Scenic Area, which has become famous in recent years.
Niushou Mountain is located in Jiangning District, Nanjing City. It consists of many large and small mountains such as Niushou Mountain, Zutang Mountain, Jiangjun Mountain, East and West Tianmu Ridge, and Yinlong Mountain. Niushou Mountain belongs to the southern branch of the western section of Ningzhen Hills, with a height of 248 meters. It is named because the east and west peaks face each other like ox horns. "Jinling Ancient View" says: "Looking at the two peaks competing for height from a distance, they look like ox horns."
Niushou Mountain is a famous Buddhist mountain in China with profound cultural heritage. It is the founding place and birthplace of Niutou Zen Buddhism. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, "Ox Head Yanlan" was included in the Forty-Eight Scenic Spots of Jinling. Surrounding the mountain are natural landscapes such as Induction Spring, Hupao Spring, White Turtle Pond, Doushu Rock, Wenshu Cave, Bizhi Cave, Hanxu Pavilion, Diyong Spring, Yinma Pond, Hongjue Temple, Hongjue Temple Pagoda, Cultural landscapes such as Zheng He's tomb and the ancient fortress of the Anti-Jin Dynasty. The scenery of Niushou Mountain is pleasant. Every spring, people in Jinling travel to the city, so it is called "Spring Niushou Mountain".
I visited Niushou Mountain twice, and I was deeply impressed by Foding Temple, Foding Pagoda, and Foding Palace.
Foding Temple
The temple in Niushou Mountain dates back to the early Southern Dynasties.
During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the temple was large-scale and named Foku Temple. It was the birthplace of "Niutou Zen" before Zen Buddhism. After the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Hongjue Temple. The Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by war and revived in the Ming Dynasty. In 1856, the temple was destroyed by the Hongyang Rebellion, and the incense was discontinued for a hundred years. In order to inherit the traditional culture in the prosperous times, Jiangning District rebuilt a cultural resort. The mountain was started in 2012 and fully completed in 2015. After soliciting suggestions from celebrities in the cultural world and eminent Buddhist monks, the temple was named Foding Temple after the Buddha's top relics enshrined in the Niushou Mountain Underground Palace.
Foding Temple is one of the three major cultural projects in the first phase of the Niushou Mountain project. It is also the place where the Buddha's top bone relics are protected by the Sangha. Foding Temple covers an area of ??more than 23,000 square meters, with a total construction area of ??more than 8,000 square meters. It is divided into two areas: north and south. The northern area includes the Buddha worship area and the Dharma promotion area; the southern area has a courtyard-style layout, which is the space for monks to eat and live.
The site of Foding Temple was personally selected by Master Longxiang, the president of the Nanjing Buddhist Association. It is backed by the east peak of Niushou Mountain and is surrounded by peaks on both sides. Jiangjun Mountain in front on the right is his desk mountain, Fangshan Mountain in the distance is Chao Mountain, and Yinlong Lake is at the bottom of the mountain. In Feng Shui, it is used to "hide the wind and gather energy" Treasure land.
The exterior style of Foding Temple is mainly characterized by wooden doors and mullioned windows, which contrast with the simple and bright red and white style of white walls, vermilion paint, and black tiles. It is both simple and natural, and It is solemn and grand, with a stretched roof and gentle eaves, which further adds to the simplicity and grandeur of the Tang Dynasty style.
Foding Pagoda
Foding Pagoda is one of the landmark buildings in Foding Holy Land. It is 88 meters high (actual height 82.6 meters) and covers an area of ??about 4677 square meters. It adopts Tang Dynasty architectural style. The roof is a nine-layer, four-corner, spire-shaped roof. The diameter of the tiles reaches 240mm, making it the largest copper tile in China. The cantilevered roof is made of steel structure, and the steel structure is made of about 50,000 tin bronze tiles with a wall thickness of 1.5mm. All the copper tiles laid are fixed with a hidden structure, and there are no welding marks on the outside.
The first to seventh floors of the Buddha's Top Pagoda display different Tibetan scriptures. The eighth floor houses an all-copper Vajra Bell on the Buddha's Top. The bell is engraved with the "Diamond Sutra" written by Master Longxiang. 》Full text, about 5200 words. The sound of striking copper bells surrounds the entire Buddha-topped pagoda, showing a strong Buddhist atmosphere. The ninth floor is the Tathagata Hall, where a seated Vairuchana Buddha is enshrined. Climbing the tower, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire Niushou Mountain.
Foding Palace
Foding Palace
As one of the cores of Foding Holy Land Area, Foding Palace is located at the west peak of Niushou Mountain. It is a deep pit building with a single building area of ??approximately 136,000 square meters, equivalent to the area of ??19 football fields. It is divided into three floors above ground and six floors underground.
The Foding Palace is a deep pit building, where the Buddha's top bone relics have been enshrined for a long time. It is 220 meters long, 160 meters wide, with an overall height of 89.3 meters, and a single building area of ??about 136,000 square meters. Its external space is divided into three parts: the large dome, the small dome and the Buddha's cliff. The internal space has nine floors, three above ground and six underground. It is composed of three major spaces: the Zen Grand View, the Relic Hall and the Relic Palace.
Together with the Foding Pagoda***, it forms a new scene of Niu Shou West Peak, echoing with Niu Shou East Peak, recreating the magnificent scene of Niu Shou's "twin peaks and twin towers" standing side by side. The entire Buddha Palace is themed around the worship of Buddha's parietal bone relics. The exterior is divided into two parts, the large dome and the small dome, which contain both unexpected and internal offerings. The large dome is shaped like the Buddha's cassock covering the small dome, symbolizing the Buddha's immeasurable blessing; the lower part of the small dome is a lotus throne, and the upper part is a Mani orb, forming the sacred image of "a lotus holding a treasure".
The interior of the Foding Palace is composed of the above-ground Zen Grand View and the underground part of the underground palace. The underground palace is divided into two spaces: the Relic Hall and the Relic Palace. The entire Foding Palace is not only the main place to collect the parietal bone relics of the Buddha and receive worship from believers, but also a cultural exhibition place that presents the relic culture and world Buddhist and Zen culture in various artistic techniques, which brings together the national religious and artistic circles. , a first-class expert team in the field of architecture, aiming to achieve the grand goal of "a new heritage of world Buddhist culture and a new landscape of contemporary architectural art".
The Zen Grand View is 112 meters long from north to south and 62 meters wide from east to west. The total building height is 46.5 meters. The internal net height is about 38 meters. The space area exceeds 6000 square meters and is oval in shape. The three colors of yellow, white and gray are used as the basic tone to create a human landscape, so that people can appreciate the Zen feeling while walking. It consists of three parts: the Zen Garden where the Buddha was born and became enlightened, and the Rulian Theater in the middle, which shows the life of the Buddha.
The top of the Zen Grand View is the Sala Dome, and the pattern comes from the branches of the Sala tree when the Buddha passed away. The dome uses a fully covered translucent film and lights to create the first ray of dawn in the morning, the warm sunlight at noon, the colorful clouds in the evening and the moonlight at night.
In the center is a reclining statue of Sakyamuni cast entirely in copper, with a total length of 7.5 meters. Its surface is made of white marble and can rotate slowly 360 degrees, showing the Buddha's peaceful and peaceful Nirvana scene. Nirvana is the last stage of the Buddha's eight-phase enlightenment, and it is also the highest state that can be achieved in Buddhist practice. After the Buddha successfully attained enlightenment, he spread the Dharma in various places for 45 years, and entered "Nirvana without Remaining" at the age of 80. The Mahaparinirvana Sutra says: The Buddha is lying on the right side of the Seven Treasures Bed, with his head resting in the north, his feet pointing in the direction, facing the west, and his back east. This is the posture of the reclining Buddha seen in front of him.
There are two Zen gardens on the north and south sides of the theater. On the south side is the Zen Garden, which symbolizes the birth of Buddha. The overall shape is like a lotus, with an ever-growing Ashoka tree in the middle. According to the "Biography of Sakyamuni", when the Buddha's mother, Mrs. Maya, passed under a worry-free tree in Lumbini Garden on her way back to her natal home to give birth, the Buddha was born from her right rib. Later, Sakyamuni founded In order to relieve the suffering of the working people, people called this tree the "Worry-Free Tree", so the Worry-Free Tree was revered as a holy tree. There is a Bodhi tree (made of copper, made by Anhui Foguang) in the Zen Garden on the south side. The Buddha became enlightened under the Bodhi tree. The Buddha once stayed in the cold forest for six years, not eating anything and becoming very thin. Finally, he gave up his ascetic practice and accepted the milk offerings from the shepherdess. After eating, he regained his strength and went to a Bodhi tree to make a vow. If you don't realize the right way, you will never get up from this seat for the rest of your life. As a result, after seven, seven and forty-nine days, the Buddha finally realized the way. Therefore, the white sandstone under the bodhi tree represents the sudden enlightenment when enlightening, symbolizing the light of Buddha; the large number of black stones used in the outer circle represent the darkness of the cold forest and the chaos of the human world, and Buddhism was born in this extremely painful and cold place. .
Thousand Buddha Hall
Thousand Buddha Hall is dominated by red, yellow and dark gold. The entire Thousand Buddha Hall space is dome-shaped and the plane is oval. The outer ring of Thousand Buddha Hall is There is the Ten Thousand Buddhas Corridor, which spatially covers three underground floors.
The Thousand Buddha Hall is laid out according to the five directions and five Buddhas in the Hua Zang world, with the holy relic pagoda representing the Great Sun Tathagata in the Vajra Realm as the center, plus the Four Paramitas Bodhisattva on the holy pagoda, symmetrically around the corridor The four Buddhas, the sixteen Bodhisattvas of Huimen, the Four Photographs Bodhisattvas and the Eight Inner and Outer Bodhisattvas present a three-dimensional representation of the sacred scene of the Fourth Offering Assembly of the Vajra Realm Mandala of Buddhist Esoteric Buddhism.
In recent years, the parietal bone relic of Sakyamuni Buddha, the highest sacred object in the world of Buddhism, has been brought to Nanjing in the prosperous times. With the approval of the religious, cultural and cultural relics circles, the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government decided to build Niushou Mountain Culture In the tourist area, the top bone relics of the Buddha have been enshrined for a long time.
Hongjue Temple Pagoda is located on the southwest slope of the east peak of Niushou Mountain, with an altitude of 180.50 meters.
The Hongjue Temple Pagoda is a very typical Jiangnan pavilion-style brick and wood pagoda. This kind of outer octagonal shape. The hollow cylinder structure with a square interior and staggered partitions overcomes the weaknesses of the early hollow structures. The outer wall opens the door and the partitions are staggered, thus avoiding longitudinal cracking and damage outside the door (or window) from top to bottom.
The height of the Hongjue Temple Pagoda is 36.65 meters from the ground level to the top of the tower. If the original temple is included, the height is about 45 meters. Its ground floor is higher at 7.10 meters, and the heights of the floors above the second floor decrease from 4.30 meters to 4.13 meters. The periphery of the tower is an octagonal plane, with a side length of 3.35 meters for the bottom floor, 3.17 meters for the second floor, and 3.00 meters for the third floor. The fourth floor is 2.80 meters, the fifth floor is 2.64 meters, the sixth floor is 2.46 meters, and the seventh floor is 2.22 meters. The inner wall of the tower is a square hollow cylinder. The inner diameter of the bottom floor is 3.85 meters, the second floor is 3.60 meters, the third floor is 3.44 meters, the fourth floor is 3.299 meters, the fifth floor is 3.04 meters, the sixth floor is 2.87 meters, and the seventh floor is 2.58 meters.
Niushou Mountain, also known as Tianque Mountain, is one of the four famous scenic spots in Jinling. It is named because the east and west peaks on the top of the mountain resemble the two horns of a bull's head. A Niushou Mountain is half of the history of Nanjing. Niushou Mountain has beautiful scenery and is known as the "Spring Niu's Head". In ancient times, there were Niu Shou Yanlan, Xianhua Qingxing, Ancestral Hall Zhenxi and other Jinling beautiful scenery. It also has many historical monuments left, which is a combination of Buddhist Zen culture, Jinling culture and ecological landscape. It is an integrated ecological scenic spot, cultural sanctuary and leisure resort.
Niushou Mountain - Foding Holy Land, also known as Tianque Mountain, is one of the four famous scenic spots in Jinling. It is named because the east and west peaks on the top of the mountain resemble the two horns of a bull's head. A Niushou Mountain is half of the history of Nanjing. Niushou Mountain has beautiful scenery and is known as the "Niushou Mountain in Spring".