Wudang Mountain
Wudang Mountain, also known as Taihe Mountain, is located in the south of Shiyan City, Hubei Province. The earliest temple in Wudang Mountain was built in the Tang Dynasty. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, after Ming Chengzu built the Forbidden City in Beijing, Guo Jin, assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, led his original team into Wudang Mountain and built 7 palaces, 2 temples, 36 temples and 72 cliff temples.
Wudang Mountain is famous for its magnificent architectural scale. The existing ancient buildings adopt the royal architectural style, and the design and layout are unified. Its scale and spacing are just right, and it has achieved the artistic effect of hiding and appearing from time to time, revealing from time to time, suppressing first and then promoting, responding first and then calling out, and being mysterious and detached. The State Council announced Wudang Mountain as a national key scenic spot on 1982, saying that the ancient architecture project of Wudang Mountain is huge and exquisite, which successfully embodies the artistic conception of "Fairy Mountain Qiongge", just like an exhibition of ancient architectural achievements in China. Mi Fei, a great painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, praised it as "the first mountain in the world".
Xuan Yue Gate: The Xuan Yue Gate of Wudang Mountain is a three-bedroom, four-column and five-story wood-like building, with a height of12m and a width of12.4m.. It represents the "five cities and twelve floors" believed by Taoism, that is, this place is a place to wait and meet immortals. Taoism regards the human throat as a "twelve-sky-floor" acupoint, so it means that this place is the turn of Yin and Yang, the first holy gate of Wudang Mountain, and is called the first pass of the celestial world. In Wudang Mountain, there is a saying that "when you enter the Xuan Yue Gate, you give your life to God", which means that it is not for him to decide whether a mortal enters this Tianmen, whether it is life or death, whether it is a blessing or a curse.
Restore the real concept: also known as "Taizipo". According to legend, it was the place where the later Xuanwu Emperor Jingle Wang first lived when he entered Wudang Mountain at the age of fifteen. Because he was not determined on his way home, he was touched by Ji Zi Yuan Jun with an iron pestle and went up the mountain again, hence the concept of restoring the truth.
Located on the pillar of the main peak of Wudang Mountain, Jindian is the largest bronze gilded temple in China, which was built in the 14th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (14 16). This temple is 5.5m high, 5.8m wide and 4.2m deep. The beams and algae wells in the temple have fine patterns. There is a gold-plated pearl hanging on the algae well, which is called "the fairy pearl for shelter from the wind". Legend has it that this orb can prevent the mountain wind from blowing into the temple gate, thus ensuring the longevity of the magic lamp in the temple. In fact, the mountain wind can't blow in, because the casting of temple walls and doors is very strict and accurate.
Kanatonouchi has a bronze statue of Zhenwu, weighing 10 ton. Outside the hall is the railing platform of Bai Yushi, and under the stage is the Zijincheng, which is about1500m long. The city wall is made up of huge rectangular stone strips built on the mountain. This golden palace is built on the most majestic and steep Tianzhu Peak among Wudang Mountain peaks, which has the effect of "Yao Jintai in the sky". Zixiao Palace was built in the 11th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (14 13). It is the main palace of Wudang Mountain and one of the best preserved buildings. * * * There are 860 halls, pavilions and corridors, which are grand in scale and extraordinary in style.
Address: Near Wudang Road, danjiangkou city, Shiyan
Type: Mountain Monument Taoist Temple World Cultural Heritage
Grade: AAAAA
Play time: suggested 1-2 days.
Tel: 0719-5668567; 07 19-5665396
Danjiangkou dam tourist area
Danjiang Dam is located in danjiangkou city City, 800 meters downstream of the intersection of Hanjiang River and its tributaries. The hydraulic structure of the project consists of concrete dam, power station, ship lift system and two water diversion channels 30 kilometers upstream. It is a large-scale water conservancy project designed, constructed and managed by China after the founding of New China, which focuses on flood control and has comprehensive utilization of power generation, irrigation, shipping and aquaculture.
It is not only the key project to radically cure and develop the Hanjiang River, but also the best water source project for the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Danjiangkou dam, a water retaining structure, is 2.5 kilometers long, with a maximum dam height of 97 meters and a crest elevation of 162 meters. There are 6 generator sets inside, with an installed capacity of 900,000 kilowatts and an average power generation of 3.83 billion kWh. Now, the South-to-North Water Transfer Project is just around the corner, Danjiangkou Reservoir will become the source, and the height of the dam crest has increased to1.75m.. After the completion of the hub project, the recent average annual water transfer is10.45 billion cubic meters, and the long-term adjustable water is 23 billion cubic meters. Climbing to the top of the dam, you can have a bird's eye view of danjiangkou city, where there are many buildings, beautiful scenery and white walls and tiles. Looking back, the magnificent dam locked the Han River, forming a colorful picture, which is a good place for sightseeing.
Since the Danjiangkou Dam Heightening Project was officially started on September 26th, 2005, all participating units have carefully organized and worked overtime according to the project construction plan adjusted and determined by the company, which has overcome the unfavorable factors such as the once-in-20-year flood of the reservoir, excessive rainfall, interference between project construction and operation management, etc. During the "drought" period, concrete pouring has exceeded the planned task, reaching 247,000m3, and the peak concrete pouring strength has exceeded the construction strength determined in the preliminary design and bidding documents. All dam sections of the main project meet the requirements of flood control image elevation and deviation from the foundation constraint area.
Due to the high temperature in summer, according to the overall arrangement of construction, the concrete pouring of the main dam project has been completely suspended at present, and the slope concrete pouring will be resumed when it enters the "two dry seasons" (200610 ~ April 2007). During the period when the concrete dam stops pouring, the construction focus will be shifted to the filling of earth-rock dams on the left and right banks, and the work of chiseling the interface between new and old concrete on the downstream of the left and right banks, cutting keyways, removing concrete, embedding anchor bars, and pouring concrete on retaining walls will continue. Danjiangkou Water Control Project will enter the flood season on June 2 1, and all participating units have made detailed arrangements for flood control work, and the dam construction is subject to flood control dispatching in flood season.
Since the start of construction, earthwork excavation196,700 m3, stone excavation 203,900 m3, earthwork filling176,700 m3, concrete pouring 247,654.38+0,000 m3, concrete demolition16200 m3, concrete joint surface roughening 40,000 m2 and keyway concrete cutting 40,000 m2.
Notes on ticket purchase: 65 yuan/person
Tel: 07 19-537239 1
Transportation route: Take a bus from Shiyan South Bus Station to Danjiang, then transfer to the bus and get off at Baqian Park.
Address: Intersection of Jiang Yan Road and Power Station Road, danjiangkou city, Shiyan
Type: water conservancy project
Guanyindong tourist area
Guanyindong Scenic Spot in Fangxian County is located 3 kilometers south of Fangxian County. There is Fengling in front and Longgang in the back. The mountains are undulating, magnificent and fragrant. There is a temple, two caves, three stars and four scenic spots in the scenic area. Ancestral temple, cornices upturned, simple and elegant; Guanyin Guandi, two holes tied together, spring return as a companion; Fu, Lu and Shouxing are kind; Wohu Mountain, Lover Valley, Xuanwu Palace, Sightseeing Pavilion, Four Scenes Care.
We were fortunate to visit Guanyin Cave with Sun Xiqing, the author of The Story of Fangling. When I got off the bus, a magnificent Tang palace stood in front of me. This is the newly-built "Phoenix Villa". Legend has it that King Luling once designed a summer resort here, but due to the financial difficulties of Fangling County at that time, Wu Zetian was unwilling to allocate funds to help, and it has not been possible to make a trip. Nearly a thousand years have passed, and the summer resort that the Tang Emperor had no money to build was turned into a reality by private entrepreneur Zhao Zexing. "Phoenix Mountain Villa" has become a tourist attraction integrating eating, living and entertainment. Stay in Phoenix Mountain Villa, with a cool breeze and bamboo shadows. You can play chess and drink tea, talk about the past and the present, go to Dahuanggou to see the bamboo forest on the slope, listen to a hundred birds contend, or climb the Phoenix Mountain, worship the bodhisattva and worship Zhenwu.
Walking on the tree-lined path in Dahuanggou, trees are lined on both sides of the road, wild flowers are everywhere, and warblers fly and butterflies dance. After the meditation pavilion, walk another mile and you will come to a gate. The words "blessed land and cave" on the door plaque are particularly eye-catching.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, Guanyin Cave and Guandi Cave are surrounded by high walls, and a Millennium Spring laurel in the middle sets off this ancient building beautifully. It is leafy and intertwined. It blooms every spring and can be smelled dozens of miles away in Fiona Fang. Legend has it that Guanyin surpassed Xiangyun and traveled around the world to Fangling, where the purple light shone brightly, the spirits soared to the sky, the trees were gray, strange birds sang, and the clouds were busy pressing down, making people dream of Fangling, building caves and courtyards by mountains and rocks, and worshiping Guanyin; During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu fell in Maicheng and retired to Guanyin Cave to drink horses and rest. Later generations carved the statue of Guan Di and enshrined it in the cave. Since then, the double sage Guandi appeared in the middle of the month, and a good man and a woman came to pay homage to the lot, giving whatever they wanted. This is the famous Guanyin Cave in Fangxian County. But why is there a Buddhist Guanyin Bodhisattva in Taoist resorts? Guandi is not the main god of Taoism, so it's hard to understand that these Taoists wear Taoist and Buddhist clothes. This may be the polytheistic philosophy in Taoism! The spring water flowing out of Guandi Cave is cool and sweet, and it does not dry all year round. As soon as I approached the entrance of the cave, a cool feeling came to my face, which made people feel refreshed and the exhaustion of going up the mountain was swept away.
The ancestral temple was built in Li Xian, Tang Zhongzong in 688 AD. It was destroyed in the second year of Qing Shunzhi and rebuilt in 1995. Return to the top of the mountain from Guanyin Cave and reach the ancestral temple. The ancestral temple and Xuanwu Palace are actually distributed on a central axis. As soon as I entered Xuanwu Palace, a tortoise and snake totem image came into view. According to the evolution of Xuanwu God, "Xiu is a snake, a gun is a turtle, and turtles and turtles are of the same kind ... This image is the symbolic transformation of Xiuhe and his wife in Xuan Ming's works". The blessings, blessings and longevity enshrined here are all real objects and lifelike. High above the ancestral temple, smoke filled, light and shadow constantly changing between incense, as if the face of a real martial arts master is looming, also known as "mysterious light." The Taoist priests inside refused to shoot, saying it was disrespectful to the gods, which further showed their piety. The ancestral temple is more sacred and mysterious to us. Standing in front of the ancestral temple, Xiangyun Fang County has a panoramic view of the countryside. Looking back on the past in Chang 'an, Li Xianbei burst into tears and lamented, which made people think deeply.