Yunyan Temple and Hongya Temple of Chikulin Temple

Less than one kilometer away from the depths of Yunyan Temple, there is an open and spacious 30-mu grass beach, which is a salt field. It used to be a post where horses, chariots and camels gathered on the ancient Silk Road. Its flat terrain and desolate scenery record the noise and prosperity of that year. There is a canyon opposite Yanchangzi. From a distance, a stone cliff stands in front of us, and the caves and niches on the cliff are in a straight line. This is Hongya Temple. Hongyasi Grottoes are famous for two caves, one is Thousand Buddha Cave, and the other is Wang Wen Bai Zi Cave. Down the river from Yunyan Temple, you can see the swing and Chikulin Temple in turn.

The swing frame consists of two rows of huge stalagmites side by side. It looks like Ling Bing's sister peak, but I can't reach it. According to legend, the Queen Mother once visited this scenic spot, set up a swing and had a good time. According to textual research, there was a market and town hall on the Huazhuang Highway in Chikulinji, which was mostly used as an inn in the past. There are also carved caves on the cliffs of Qidan Cliff, dotted with stars. 1922, Mr. Yu Youren, a veteran of the Kuomintang, took Tianshui from Chongxin and stayed here. Under the guidance of a Hui child, he climbed the cliff and boarded the tour. Before he left, he wrote a poem: "I saw it on a cliff when I was staying in Chikurinji. I used to be in the Vatican Palace, and now I'm going back to the store ... "

Today, the most striking thing about Chikulinji is a large reservoir with a water area of 43.4 square kilometers and a storage capacity of 5.77 million cubic meters. Tourists come here as if they were in Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain. Chikulinsi Reservoir was named as National Water Conservancy Scenic Area. Yunyan Temple is not only rich in precious human resources, but also rich in natural resources. All kinds of wild plants are flourishing, and more than 220,000 mu of forest is formed by combining 10 main tree species such as birch, pine and cypress, Populus davidiana, willow, Tilia amurensis and Fargesia. The complex forest vegetation contains more than 300 kinds of medicinal resources such as Codonopsis pilosula, Eucommia ulmoides, Polyporus and Cortex Moutan, and also provides fertile land for leopard, sika deer, musk deer, golden pheasant and other rare birds and animals.