Qian Shan Zen Forest, or surrounded by green screens, or the Vatican Palace, or the beautiful peaks and stones, or the fog, each has its own wonders. It survived after the storm.
Longquan temple, the head of Zen forest
Longquan Temple, located in the middle of Beigou in Qian Shan, is the largest of the five Zen forests in Qian Shan. The temple is hidden in a quiet jungle valley, and its main buildings include Ursa Mahayana Hall, Tianwang Hall, Wei Tuo Hall, Pilu Hall, Longwang Temple, Scripture Story Pavilion and Zen Room. There are mountain springs in the temple, which often flow endlessly. Some people say that in a temple with winding springs, if a dragon spits water, it is named Longquan. It is said that Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, was stationed in Qian Shan and drank here. He is very happy that this spring is sweet and refreshing, hence the name.
The exact construction time of Longquan Temple is unknown, and it is said that it was built in the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing inscriptions, Houtang and Dongan were built in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1558) and the twenty-first year of Wanli (1593) respectively, and the mountain gate was rebuilt in the ninth year of Wanli. Most of the existing buildings were rebuilt in Qing Dynasty.
Longquan Temple has more than 20 scenic spots. According to Miao Runlong's Tizheng in Qing Dynasty, there are 16 scenic spots, which are customarily called "Sixteen Scenes of Longquan", namely, Songmen Tower Shadow, Platform Pine Breeze, Bottle Peak Breakfast, Luo Feng jathyapple, Tufu Yingsheng, Shi Gui Asahi, Panshi Longsong, Xiangshan Qingxue, Lion Roar Bell, Shimen Maitreya and Longquan Performance. Among them, the two scenes of Panshi Longsong and Ishii Pear Flower have disappeared.
There is a bell tower near the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion in Longquan Temple, with an ancient clock hanging on it. There are huge stones in the south of the building, such as lying lion and famous lion stone. When the ancient bell rings, it vibrates the stone, giving off an echo like a lion's roar, and the forest vibrates, hence the name of the lion's roar bell. According to legend, this ancient species is a ghost clock, which is specially used to read ghost classics. Read the scriptures for a while and ring the bell, and the scriptures will be introduced into the underworld with the bell, so that Yan Jun can know and prolong his life. This sutra must be read for ninety-nine days in a row. After reading it, the ghost clock will not ring.
There is a Maitreya Buddha Hall on the south side of Lion Mountain. The statue of Maitreya in the temple faces south rather than north, so it is called "sitting Maitreya upside down". Why are you sitting backwards? It is said that the geomantic omen in Longquan Temple is very good, but there is a mountain pass (Beitianmen) in the north, which is easy to run geomantic omen, so people hold the Beitianmen with their faces facing north like Maitreya Buddha. It is also called "Shimen Maitreya Buddha" because the rocks of His Highness Maitreya Buddha are relatively door-like with those of the West.
Outside the Maitreya Hall, there is a huge stone extending into a deep ditch, on which stands a granite carving column named "Zhenshanbaopestle". Legend has it that this huge stone used to extend continuously, and its potential seemed to collide with the rocks in the west, so it was set up to stop the rocks from moving westward. It is also said that during the blessed period of the Tang Dynasty, there were wolves, tigers and leopards everywhere in Qianshan, which devoured people and animals, causing great harm, and the people were afraid to go up the mountain. Then a monster suddenly appeared on the mountain, eating wolves, tigers and leopards. People are very happy to see fewer and fewer wild animals. They regard monsters as gods. Who knows that the monster ate all the wolves, tigers and leopards and ate people. Later, a Taoist priest with extraordinary manners killed the monster with a pestle, and Qian Shan was at peace from then on. Town hill pestle inserted into the mountain. After thousands of years of ups and downs, it is still bright and round.
There is a gatehouse on the south hillside of Longquan Temple, which contains an ancient pagoda with a floor of 19, and the pagoda is engraved with the "True Monk Pagoda". There is Gu Song on the side of the tower. Its branches are thick and powerful, like umbrellas, and it is wonderful to be integrated with the tower and the gatehouse, forming a "martial arts tower", also known as "Zhao Institute of Physical Education". This courtyard used to be the place where Master Wu Che gave lectures, and the ancient pagoda was its tomb tower.
Longquan Temple has a clear spring under the Kannonji. The spring water gurgled out from the crevices of the stone, and the water quality was sweet. The stone above the spring eye is engraved with the words "Longquan plays Brahma". Legend has it that in the past, there was a walking stick hidden in the niche of Longquan Temple by a monk named Pu 'an. It is bright and recognizable, and it is really a spiritual object. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, an assistant minister of Shengjing (now Shenyang) visited Qianshan and gave Pu 'an staff to his mother. His mother couldn't put it down, but somehow she was always uneasy about leaning on it. The assistant minister thought that something must have happened, so he took a group of trumpeters and sent the Pu 'an staff wrapped in yellow silk back to the temple, and gave a lot of incense. Later generations wrote a poem, sarcastically saying: "It is not easy to show a magic wand for a small robbery in Qianshan. Ironically, officials are very filial. They were robbed for no reason and returned empty-handed. "
Longquan Temple has a group of stones named Zhang Shi Ling Xiao, jathyapple in Luo Feng and Asahi in Shi Gui. According to legend, Wang is a lonely, kind and hardworking young man in a fishing village. He once released an old turtle stranded on the beach and a small conch. Later, the little conch became a girl and became related to him. The old tortoise also became an old man who accompanied her to the earth. Conch was originally the beloved daughter of the Dragon King. After her marriage with mortals was discovered, the Dragon King turned her into a stone, exiled her to Qian Shan, and the tortoise was expelled from the Crystal Palace. When Wang knew this, he found Qianshan with the tortoise. He would rather live and die with Conch Girl. Finally, he turned into a stone and hugged the conch girl. The loyal old turtle turned into a smooth pebble. The shape of Conch Peak is beautiful, the towering stones are full of enthusiasm, and the tortoise stones are lifelike. jathyapple, the snail peak, has become a scenic spot in Qian Shan. There is a poem by predecessors: "The peak breaks the plate and sees the cragginess, and the spring night can invite more moonlight. Who broke the elephant of turtle, dragon and lion, and the miracle turned into a green snail. "
Besides the sixteen scenic spots, Longquan Temple also has the clear water Longtan, which is the only man-made lake with beautiful scenery in Qian Shan. The strange stone is "a cave with flavor", which is an independent mountain depression with beautiful stone body and outstanding.
Wang Erlie, a gifted scholar in Liaoyang in the Qing Dynasty, studied in a temple when he was young, and revisited Longquan when he was old, and wrote a couplet: "The dragon is the spirit of Zhao Zhao, why does it rain to push Dongyue alone?" In spring, it is more difficult to make a West Lake with fireworks and willows. "
Hu Axiang Xiaying Zhonghui Temple
Zhonghui Temple is one of the "Five Zen Forests" in Qian Shan with a long history. According to the inscription of the existing temple rebuilt in the eighth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1580), Zhonghui Temple "experienced the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, and experienced fire and water, but I don't know how many changes have taken place". In the fourth year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1799), it was also recorded that "there are five ancient temples built in Qian Shan, south of Xiangping since the Tang Dynasty, among which China people must live". It can be seen that Zhonghui Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty at the latest, and was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty after several times of fire and water. Its former site is said to be above the flowing water cave at the entrance of Zhonghui Mountain. Most buildings in China today are in the Ming Dynasty style. The temple is divided into two main halls, the front hall faces the stream, the back hall faces the mountain, and the periphery is built with bricks and stones. The layout is exquisite. In addition, there are Tiandi Building, Wei Tuo Building, Bell and Drum Tower and Zen Hall. The combination of carved beams and painted buildings with brick and tile buildings of private houses is both beautiful, generous and neat.
Zhonghui Temple has beautiful scenery. The trees around the temple are lush, and the pavilions are hidden in the dense forest. There are Jingping Peak, Drip Phantom Building, Rhinoceros Moon-gazing, Rock Lohan, Guanyin Daobei Mountain and Conch Peak near the temple. , collectively known as the "Twelve Scenes of the Central Conference". Jingping Peak is in the east of Zhonghui Temple. The top of the stone peak is small and the bottom is big, shaped like a Jingping bottle. There is a white brick tower on the top of the mountain, which looks exquisite and beautiful against the surrounding green hills. Other stone scenes, such as the rhinoceros looking at the moon and the conch peak, are also varied, with their own characteristics, lifelike and intriguing. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a poem describing the scenery of Zhonghui Temple: "Flowers float in the pagoda courtyard, shadows fall on the hills, bells ring, and distant peaks protect the green forest."
Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, there was a god python in Zhonghui Temple. It originally lived on the top of the mountain in the northwest of the temple. It is several feet long and has a red crown. Its head is bigger than a bucket. When the sun rises, God Python often sticks his head into Longquan Temple to drink water. Its long body is like Changhong after the rain, hanging from the ridge to the temple. Later, it became a little python more than a foot long, living on the old pine tree in front of the main hall of Zhonghui Temple, helping the monks to look after the home and protect the temple rules. It is usually very kind and quiet, but once, a wandering monk came from other places, a flower monk. This man lived in the back hall of Zhonghui Temple. While the monks were not looking, he stole the incense money from the altar in the main hall and went down the mountain to look for flowers. At the fifth watch, he sneaked over the wall and sneaked back into the temple. He was entangled in the python on the pine tree and thrown out of the wall. The pythons in Zhonghui Temple became famous from then on.
Dominate Diana.
Dai Anji is famous for his vastness in Qian Shan's "Five Wonders of Zen Forest". "Liaoyang County Records" contains: "The mountain scenery of Qian Shan is breathtaking with its beauty, while the corner of Da 'an dominates the world", which is a unique scenic spot among the five mountains. Dai Anji is located in the southeast corner of Qianshan Mountain, with a front hall, a back hall and an east-west attached hall. Surrounded by peaks, the temple site is high, profound and spacious. The peaks are majestic, elegant and beautiful, or the monuments are mottled. The mountains and rivers are lush, the flowers and trees are shaded, the birds are singing tactfully, the springs are winding and the environment is extremely beautiful. There are sixteen scenic spots in Da 'anji, namely, the heroic view of the mountain, the empty bergamot, the crouching tiger in the stone shed, Guanyin Cave and Luohan Cave. Sunset in Tong Ming is a famous spectacle here. Tongmingshan is in the west of the temple, and there is a grotto about 3 meters wide on the top of the mountain. Whenever the red sun sets in the west, the sunlight obliquely passes through the cave, forming a wonderful scenery.
Dianji is a veritable ancient temple. According to the Records of Liaoyang County, there is a monument rebuilt in the Tang Dynasty in Dai 'anji, and Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, was stationed in the city. Legend has it that the heroic view under Dongshan Mountain is the place of residence. Many stone mills in the mountains were used to station troops to grind rice at that time. There is still an iron clock in the temple that was cast in the ninth year of Ming Jiajing, weighing a thousand pounds. It can be inferred from this relic that Diana was quite large at that time. The historical sites in the Ming Dynasty also recorded that many elites went to Da 'anji at that time. In the first year of Chongde in Qing Dynasty (1636), Emperor Taizong of Qing Dynasty also allocated ten monks to Dai Anji and provided him with food and clothing. Later, because of the fire, the temple was destroyed and burned, and the monks fled for fear of sin and were managed by Longquan Temple. During the Daoguang period, the temple was rebuilt and then continuously repaired, making the ancient temple still magnificent.
The Buddha statue of Jin Kui Grand Temple is so tall that ordinary people are attracted by its grandeur, but they don't pay much attention to the pair of stone lions outside the temple gate. The two lions, with curly hair, square mouth and bulging eyes, are majestic, each weighing more than 1 ton. They are vivid and lifelike, and are treasures in stone carving art. This pair of big lions is a perfect match with the majestic and tall temple gate of Da 'anji. Legend has it that this stone lion was donated by a rich man named Zhao at the foot of the mountain, but it was too heavy to be transported up the mountain. So, dozens of old farmers in Lilac Valley came up with an idea. They made a wooden bracket with a length of more than 3 feet and a width of 1 foot, and tied the stone lion firmly to the bracket. Sixty-four pairs of handles were installed on three sides of the bracket, and four pairs of cow lassos were tied on one side. It took 128 lean boys to lift it. With this pair of stone lions, Diane is even more majestic.
Although Diana is remote, she is also famous for her profoundness. There was a poem in the ancients: "Shrub clouds can't see the sky, rattan bells flow." It's hard to stop at the beginning of Sidon's journey, smile at Hongya and pat him on the shoulder. "
Ivory Temple, the "crown of one mountain"
Ivory Temple is located at the southern foot of Qian Shan, surrounded by mountains. "Liaoyang County Records" called it "Xiangyan Temple", where mountain flowers are extremely rich. At the turn of spring and summer, the mountain flowers are brilliant and fragrant, hence the name Xiangyan Temple. Yesterday, it was said that Xiangyan Temple has the most scenic spots, which is the highest in one mountain. Covering Longquan is narrow, and it is even more difficult for Zuyue to return. However, the external boundary of Xiang Yan is very wide, surrounded by double cliffs, and there are thousands of bird paths. If you go back and forth, thousands of trees are jagged and shaded, with strange stones in between. "
Ivory Temple is an early building in Qian Shan. According to legend, it was built in the Tang Dynasty, not later than the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and was destroyed by disasters. It was rebuilt and expanded in succession in Yongzheng, Qianlong, Daoguang and Guangxu years of Qing Dynasty. The ancient pagoda of Jin Dynasty on the east hill of Ivory Temple is the oldest existing building in Qian Shan, and it is also one of the famous scenic spots of the temple. There are brick carvings on the pagoda. Ivory Temple is famous for its exquisite and gorgeous architecture. The temple is a hard mountain with a single eaves, with colored relief on the ridge and running animals on the inclined ridge. There are five paved patches, stigmas, corner arches, swallowtails, panlong and ridged cattle under the eaves. The three beams and the stigma are decorated with flowers and animals. Exquisite and gorgeous carving and architectural art make Xiangyan Temple unique among Qian Shan temples.
Xiangyan Temple has the tomb tower and tablet of Xue 'an monk in Yuan Dynasty, and there are more than ten stone tablets in Ming and Qing Dynasties. An Xue is a monk in Ivory Temple, and there are many legends about him among the people. Some people say that his surname is Hong, and he was the number one scholar during the reign of Kangxi. After returning home, I saw my son's shoes at his wife's house and mistakenly thought that his wife was having an affair and killed her. He only left home after he regretted it. Others said that his original name was Jin Zhuer, an orphan of Goujiazhai at the foot of Qian Shan in Yuan Dynasty. After three months of marriage with the girl from Xue Hua in the same village, he was drafted into the army. Twenty years later, I came home and found two people asleep on Xuehuakang. I didn't know that they were my own daughters, but I mistakenly thought that my wife would remarry and left home in despair. Later, the truth came out. In order to avoid his wife and daughter, he went to Xiangyan Temple to practice hard and finally became a monk. "Introduction to Northeast Literature" records: "The name of Xue An monk is Puguang, the word Hui, the name Xue An, and the common surname Li, and he is a Datong person. During the Yuan Dynasty, he gave master Xuanwu a painting treasure mirror. " "He is good at painting mountains and rivers, learning customs, and learning the literature of Mozi and Huzhou ... The eight masters of Anxue are good at Confucian classics, and their pens are chic and bold, and they have won the Lu Gong Samadhi." Among them, Anxue is quite talented, and life is not as rough as the legend. He has been punished here for many years, leaving many historical sites, such as Anxue Pagoda, Laozu Cave, Philosopher's Stone and Stone Pavilion.
The "Panlong Pine" of Ivory Temple was born between the Heavenly King Hall and the Ursa Major Hall. The tree is 300-400 years old, with mottled pine scales and winding branches, stretching like Youlong, and its shape is extremely beautiful. Ivory Temple is surrounded by a mountain-like Crouching Tiger Peak, a Ying Ge stone 20 meters high and shaped like a parrot, and a Bijia Mountain shaped like a pen. At the foot of the mountain, there are colorful and beautiful peaks, which are called Jinxiu Slope.