The origin of Qianfo Mountain was written in Youyang Miscellanies in the Tang Dynasty: "Qixian County is connected with Mount Li, with an ancient iron lock as big as an arm and surrounded by its peak." Legend has it that in the middle of the sea, the mountain gods are easy to move, so Poseidon locked them up and flew here. "This myth is close to reality. According to modern research, Qianfo Mountain is the residual vein of Mount Tai. 500 million years ago, Jinan was a sea area, and 65.438+0.8 million years ago, the Yanshan movement occurred, and the deposited limestone rose together with Mount Tai, resulting in a huge dome structure, thus forming the Thousand Buddha Mountains.
Qianfo Mountain was originally named Lishan Mountain, which was called Triple Mountain in the Spring and Autumn Period, Triple Mountain in the Warring States Period and Shunshan Mountain, Miaoshan Mountain and Shungeng Mountain in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. During the reign of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty, caves were dug according to the mountain situation, and many Buddha statues were carved, which were called Thousand Buddha Mountains, and a "Thousand Buddha Temple" was built. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, it was renovated and the "Thousand Buddha Temple" was renamed as "xingguo temple". Qianfo Mountain has become an incense resort. Since the Yuan Dynasty, temple fairs have been held on the Double Ninth Festival every year. After liberation, 1959 was built into a park. Qianfo Mountain, with two rows of things, is magnificent and beautiful. Seen from a distance, it looks like a huge tapestry screen. Halfway up the mountain, there are "xingguo temple" and "Lishan Courtyard". In addition, there are scattered workshops of "Tang Huaiting", "Seven Words and Nine Classics" and "Jing Yun Zen". 198 1, the overall urban planning includes the statues of Yanzi Mountain, Pingdingshan, Fohui Mountain, Jinjiling, Huangshiya Grottoes in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Fohui Mountain and Kaiyuan Temple in the South, and the cemetery of Xinhai Revolutionary Martyrs at the foot of Shandong as Qianfo Mountain Scenic Area. 65438-0995 The Shandong Provincial Government listed Qianfo Mountain as one of the seven scenic spots in the province. Later, Peach Blossom Garden, Fangying Garden, Pear Garden, Wanfo Cave, Maitreya Shengyuan, Dashun Stone Rabbit Garden, Foshan Bookstore, etc. Built one after another. Up to now, it has become a large-scale tourist attraction integrating mountains and scenic spots. Qianfoshan Park is located in the east of southern Jinan, not far from the city center. Qianfo Mountain has undulating peaks and dense forests, just like the natural barrier of Jinan. It is one of the three scenic spots in Jinan (Baotu Spring and Daming Lake). Climb along Pandao West Road, and there is a Tang Huaiting and an ancient pagoda next to the pavilion. It is said that Qin Qiong, a famous soldier in the Tang Dynasty, once tied his horse here. Halfway up the mountain, there is a painted archway, namely "Seven Words and Nine Halls" Square. Boarding the pavilion, looking north by the railing, Daming Lake is like a mirror nearby, and the Yellow River is like a belt in the distance, and the scenery of Quancheng is unobstructed. ? The stone carvings on Qianfo Mountain are concentrated on the Qianfo Cliff behind xingguo temple. Xingguo temple, also known as Qianfoshan Temple, was built in the Tang Dynasty, and later it was built for others, with a growing scale. On the cliff above the southwest outside the temple gate, there are four characters "First Mihua", each about 4 meters square. There are more than 60 stone buddhas in Sui Dynasty on the Thousand Buddha Cliff, which has a long history and high artistic value. In the east of Qianfo Mountain, there are also stone statues of Buddha on Fohui Mountain. Among them, there is a niche at the foot of the main peak, and there is a head Buddha statue in the niche, which is 7 meters high and 4 meters wide. It is commonly known as the "Giant Buddha Head" and is a very rare stone carving.