Legend of Ming Fengshan

Mingfeng Mountain is located 3.5 kilometers southwest of Mingfeng Town, Yuan 'an County, Hubei Province. It is a steep and beautiful fairy mountain, which combines Taoist culture with the water features of Danxia Mountain and is as famous as Wudang. Mingfeng Mountain is surrounded by water on three sides, with a mountainous area of 3 square kilometers and an altitude of 408 meters. The mountain is steep and steep. There are two roads leading to the top of the mountain. The North Road is carved into a ladder with stones, which is narrow and steep and leads directly to the clouds, and is called the "ladder". The road to the south is steeper and you can only climb the wall. If you are not careful, you will fall off the cliff and be shattered. Therefore, it is known as "Wudang is far away and Feng Ming is in danger". Ming Fengshan has a long history and is well known. According to legend, during the period of Liang Wudi in the Northern and Southern Dynasties (AD 502), a golden phoenix flew from the western heaven to the top of the mountain, overlooking the mountains. It is beautiful and ecstatic. Suddenly, it let go of the golden voice and sang for a long time: "The fairy mountain is coming!" " Ming Fengshan's reputation was thus spread. According to county records, temples have been built on the mountain since Liang Wudi. On the plaque of the Purple Emperor Hall, there is still the year number of Liang Wudi. In the Tang dynasty, it expanded again. Yuan Di Temple was built in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty (1465- 1487), and it was renamed Fire Temple at the end of Ming Dynasty to prevent fire. However, in the 30th year of Qing Daoguang (A.D. 185 1 year), the Temple of Fire was plunged into another fire and burned to the ground. In the tenth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 186 1 year), people in Yuan 'an, Jingmen, Jiangling and Shashi raised funds to rebuild and further expand the temple, which was officially named "Mingfeng Mountain Grand View". What we are seeing now is basically the scale of Xianfeng. At this point, Ming Fengshan has been presided over by Taoism and belongs to the whole religion of Wudang Mountain. To visit Mingfeng Mountain, you usually take the North Road and climb the "ladder". As soon as I arrived at the courtyard gate of Mingfengshan Scenic Area, the first thing that caught my eye was the six Chinese characters "Mingfengshan Scenic Area" inscribed by Min Zhiting, president of the Chinese Taoist Association. This is a photo taken by Chairman Min when he visited Mingfeng Mountain. From the gate of the scenic spot to the foot of Mingfeng Mountain is a picturesque landscape corridor, 2 kilometers long. At the beginning of the promenade, there are two stone carvings 15 meters square on the red sandstone, which are particularly eye-catching. This is the handwriting of Mr. Wang Meng, a famous contemporary writer in China. Separated from the word "Feng Ming" by water is the first cave in the scenic spot-Xia Yandong. Every winter, air often floats out of the cave, which looks like smoke against the red sandstone, so it is named Xia Yandong. There are two stone tablets in the cave. One is Dining in the Smoke Cave by Amin Xiong Ruyu: "Clouds and smoke can satisfy hunger and blindly harvest Danxia. Straight men and drinking water and rainbows appear at the same time. How can we compete for food in Qi Fei? Tomorrow, the world will be beautiful and the night will be bright. The gas is scattered into a wonderful breath, and the breeze coughs. " The other is Yang's "Eyes in a Summer Cave in a Misty Summer": "Visit a cave in the wilderness, and summer reflects a clear spring. The ancient trees are covered with clouds, lush and green, and the peaks and peaks are straight into the eye. Luogua dangerous rock is cold and flying, and grass rock is cold and smoky. Where did the alchemist go? I want to live forever. " A few steps forward is where Grandpa Su left his boots. A huge boot is carved on the stone wall. According to legend, this "Grandpa Su" was only a "division-level" official of the Ministry of Punishment during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. A boot was washed away by water while playing, and it was commemorated with stones. What an official! Just then, we arrived in Kannonji. Although the temple is small, it is full of incense, and the statue of Guanyin is enshrined in the temple. On the opposite side of the Kannonji River is the "Big Purple Rock", which splits a crevice in the red sandstone on the bank of the river, which looks like a female genitalia. Ancient science was underdeveloped. Out of the worship of genitals, people say that people will throw money (ancient copper coins) across the river to beg their children. Sincere people can be an instant hit, and Guanyin can send children. During the Great Cause of Yang Di, there was an aristocrat in Shitianfu, Longhu Mountain, who enjoyed the scenery of Fengshan very much. When he saw the mountains coming out of the water, birds singing and flowers smelling, and the gas fields of Yin and Yang complement each other, he wrote a sentence on the wall: "Money is the nest, the heart is mysterious, and the son is sent to the ground." Since then, many people have come here to invest for their children, so people use the money they invested to save and build this Kannonji. Further on, there are Xia Yundong, Penghuan Island, Yongsheng Palace, Paotai Stone, Lotus Pond, Jujiang Chibi, Xianren Diaoshi and Lianxi Island. You will be at a loss before going up the mountain. It is really a cave, a myth, a stone and a legend. Walking to the foot of the mountain, a huge eight diagrams Tai Chi map with a diameter of 60 meters and a height of 1 meter is located on the flat dam beside the Mingfeng River. When people talk to the iron pillar in the center of Tai Chi, they can hear the echo, just like the echo wall in Beijing. If you smell the echo, you can live ten years longer. It is also a leisure place in the scenic area, with songs and dances, chess and cards, wine and tea, and artificial "Dragon Palace Scenic Area". People who go up the mountain and those who go down the mountain all take a nap here. Standing on the gossip platform and looking to the left, it is Xia Yun Cave. There is a stone like a tiger in the cave. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a tiger hidden in the cave, and it often came out to hurt people. It was surrendered by Guanyin Bodhisattva and turned into a stone lying in the cave, so it is also called Yinqi Cave. The cave is full of fog all the year round, and it looks like the fairy mountain Qiongge from a distance. In case of rainy days, the waterfall on the mountain flies over the cave gate, like a water curtain, which is very spectacular. On the southern half cliff of Xia Yundong, there is another cave with a famous rock wall. Legend has it that a high road practiced in the cave wall for 30 years, and then became an immortal. When I entered the cave, I saw a stone like a man on the stone wall. There is spring water in the cave, which is inexhaustible all year round. Say goodbye to Tai Chi map, cross Mingfeng River on the swaying wave bridge and reach Toutianmen. On the first day, there was a magnificent temple dedicated to the statue of Zhenwu the Great. The incense is at its peak, and the fragrance is filled with fog, which suddenly brings tourists into the sacred celestial world. Toutianmen, also known as the depths of white clouds, is very quiet. Far-An writer Zhang Yingquan's masterpiece Deep in the White Clouds was inspired here. Entering the first Tianmen and going up the stairs, the stone steps are steep and difficult to climb, sweating step by step and sighing step by step. From Tiantianmen to Jinding * * * 1988 stone steps. Imagine how difficult it was for our ancestors to cut this stone ladder under such difficult conditions! How pious faith is! This is the charm of God culture. Between the stone steps, there are Confucian Temple, Wu Temple, Yiminggang, Ertianmen, couple Yongming, and tortoise and snake. Tourists like to climb mountains and enjoy the scenery. When you get to the top of the mountain, you can look around and have a sigh of the other mountains all appear dwarfs under the sky.. Climbing to the top of the mountain can overlook Yuan 'an County. On the top of the mountain is the famous Ming Fengshan Grand View. Ming Fengshan Grand View covers an area of more than 2,000 square meters, all of which are carved from the mountains. It has five floors and is 10 feet high. It is divided into the main palace, the East Palace and the West Palace. The main hall is the Purple Emperor's Treasure Hall, which is dedicated to the huge statues of the Jade Emperor and Zhenwu Emperor. There are 800 Lingguan standing around, which is the body guard of Zhenwu Emperor. Dongda Palace is the Yuanhe Tower, and the main hall is dedicated to Lei Gong. The West Palace is called Changchun Building, where Guanyin is enshrined. Under the three halls are the Parents Hall and Wang Yetang, which are dedicated to Zhenwu's parents and Uncle Wang Shan. All the temples are resplendent with red stone walls and glazed tiles. In particular, the Zidi Hall in the main palace has extraordinary architecture. Four nanmu pillars with a diameter of 50 cm, all wrapped in copper and gold water, carved dragons and carved phoenixes, absolutely. The top of the temple is covered with more than 2,000 pieces of copper tiles donated by pilgrims from all over the country, and a jade bead with a diameter of 30 cm is inlaid in the middle, which is radiant and dazzling. There is a big drum with a diameter of two meters in the temple, which makes a thunderous sound, and Fiona Fang can hear it ten miles away. In addition, there are famous scenic spots such as Yueming Pavilion, Qingfeng Pavilion, Zhaogongtai, Hehetai, Juxian Bridge, Guanyin Cave, Nangong, Sun Palace, Fengminglou and Longtou Lane. What is particularly worth mentioning is the "dragon head fragrance", that is, on the cliff west of Mingfeng Mountain, there is a hanging stone like a faucet, which is very thrilling. Sincere people will not have an accident when they go up to insert incense, and insincere people will fall off the cliff! But now there is a guardrail, and pilgrims go up to insert incense to ensure that you are foolproof. Mingfeng Mountain not only has beautiful natural scenery and a long history of Taoist culture, but also attracts many literati and poets in the past dynasties to climb mountains and recite poems here, leaving a rich and valuable cultural heritage. Among them, a poem "Ming Fengshan on March 3rd" written by a scholar in the Ming Dynasty to Confucianism and Taoism is even more popular: "In March, the mountain city bloomed, and my colleagues took me to Sendai, staring at the distance, looking at Gan Kun's small, and asking for a separate topic. The branches of mangroves hang in the shadow of the sun, and the sand streams are separated by dust. I can't stop watching the excitement, and I am happy to listen to the east wind. "