Danxia Mountain Danxia Mountain is located at the junction of Renhua County and Zhenjiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province.
The east longitude is 113°36′25″ to 113°47′53″, and the north latitude is between 24°51′48″ and 25°04′12″.
The total area is 292 square kilometers.
It is a national scenic spot, a national nature reserve, a national geological park, and a national AAAA tourist area.
It is a natural scenic area dominated by Danxia landforms.
On February 13, 2004, it was approved by UNESCO as one of the first batch of global geoparks in the world. On July 5 of the same year, the Danxia Mountain Global Geopark was officially unveiled and opened.
In 2010, it was successfully declared as a World Natural Heritage.
"The color is like Wodan and the brightness is like bright clouds."
Danxia Mountain is the world’s named Danxia landform.
Danxia landform refers to the continental red bed landform with steep cliffs.
As a named place for Danxia landform, the development of Danxia landform in Danxia Mountain is typical, representative, diverse and irreplaceable.
In ancient times, Danxia Mountain was known as Quhonggang, Shaoshi Mountain, and the Old Land of Burning Wood Buddha.
It is composed of more than 680 red gravel rocks with flat tops (sloping tops), steep bodies and gentle slopes, and is characterized by red cliffs.
The highest peak, Bazhai, is 619.2 meters above sea level.
According to research by geologists, among more than 800 Danxia landforms that have been discovered in China, Danxia Mountain is the concentrated distribution area of ??Danxia landforms with the most typical development, the most complete types, the richest shapes, the most beautiful scenery, and the best research.
Danxia Mountain consists of five major scenic spots: Danxia, ??Bazhai, Shaoshi, Aizhai and Jinjiang Gallery.
It is famous for the majesty of Red Cliff and Red Cliff, the wonder of Yin Yang Yuan Stone, the danger of Bazhai, the beauty of Jinjiang River, the seclusion of Xianglong Lake, the charm of Shao Stone and the vastness of Xia Fu.
Nanhua Temple Nanhua Temple is located on the bank of Cao River 6 kilometers southeast of Maba Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, and 22 kilometers away from the central city of Shaoguan. It is a famous ancient Buddhist temple in my country, one of the six major temples in Guangdong, and the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism. The birthplace of "Southern Zen Dharma" promoted by Huineng.
Nanhua Temple was built in the first year of Tianjian (AD 502) of Emperor Liang Wu of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and has a history of more than 1,480 years.
After its completion, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty named it "Baolin Temple".
In the first year of Shenlong (705 AD), Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty granted it the title of "Zhongxing Temple". In the third year of Shenlong's third year, it was granted the title of "Faquan Temple". In the first year of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, granted it the title of "Nanhua Zen Temple", which is still known today as "Nanhua Temple".
According to historical records, in the first year of Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty, the eminent Indian monk Sanzang of Zhiyao sailed to Guangdong and passed through Caoxi on his way north. "I drank the water and it had an unusual fragrance. I looked around at the mountains, and the peaks and peaks were so beautiful, just like Baolin Mountain in the West." So he suggested setting up a place here.
Build a temple.
Nanhua Temple plays an important role in the development history of Chinese Buddhism. For more than a thousand years, Nanhua Temple has been famous in the world for being connected with the name of the Sixth Patriarch.
The Sixth Patriarch Huineng taught Zen here for 37 years and had 43 disciples. It spread throughout the country and later formed five sects, including Linji in Hebei, Xieyang in Hunan, Caodong in Jiangxi, Yunmen in Guangdong, and Fayan in Nanjing, which are called one flower and five leaves.
Fayan Sect spread to Thailand and Korea; Caodong and Linji became popular in Japan; Yunmen and Linji spread further to Europe and the United States.
Therefore, Nanhua Zen Temple is known as the "ancestral court".
Ruyuan Yunmen Temple Yunmen Temple, also known as Menshan Dajue Zen Temple, was built in 923 AD by Zen Master Wen Yan, a disciple of Huineng, the sixth ancestor of the Yunmen Sect. It is located at the foot of Ciyun Peak 6 kilometers north of Ruyuan County. It is the oldest Buddhist temple in my country. The birthplace of Yunmen Sect, one of the five branches of Zen Buddhism, and one of the key temples in the country.
Yunmen Temple originated from Yunmen Wenyan.
Wen Yan (864-949), whose common surname was Zhang, was from Jiaxing (now Zhejiang).
After becoming a monk, he studied in various places.
He first visited Muzhou Road and later joined Yicun and was awarded the seal.
After Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, passed away, his disciples included Huairang, Nanyue, Hunan, and Xingsi, Qingyuan, Jiangxi.
By the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the Nanyue lineage had formed the Weiyang and Linji sects, and the Qingyuan lineage had divided into the Caodong, Yunmen, and Fayan sects, collectively known as the Five Zen Schools.
The inheritance of Yunmen Sect is: Traveling to Qingyuan Mountain - Tao Wu - Chong Xin - Xuan Jian - Yicun - Wen Yan.
After Wen Yan received his seal of approval at Xuefeng Guangfu Temple in Xianggu Mountain, Fuzhou, he came to Yunmen Mountain in Shaozhou, restored the dilapidated Guangtai Zen Temple, and created a unique style of Yunmen Sect Zen.
His preaching method is unique and is called "Three Sentences of Cloud Gate".
According to "Wudeng Huiyuan", "I have three sentences to show you. One sentence covers the universe, one sentence cuts off the flow of people, and one sentence goes with the flow." If you understand these three sentences, you can enter the Tao.
Yunmen Temple covers an area of ??12,000 square meters. The entire building is solemn, elegant and quiet, with a unique style. The temple is full of incense. In addition to the release pool, more than 180 halls, halls and buildings are connected into one.
The temple retains a number of nationally protected cultural relics, the more famous of which is the "Inscription and Preface to the Reality of Master Kuangzhen of Yunmen Guangtai Zen Temple in Shaozhou, Han Dynasty" dating back more than 1,000 years.
There is Guanyin Mountain in front of Yunmen Temple and Osmanthus Pond behind it. In the golden autumn, osmanthus flowers are everywhere here, creating a brilliant scene.
Ruyuan Grand Canyon Guangdong Ruyuan Grand Canyon is located in Dabu Town, 68 kilometers southwest of Ruyuan County.
The Grand Canyon runs through Dabu Town in Shaoguan and Polo Town in Yingde, with a total length of 15 kilometers and a maximum depth of more than 400 meters. The scenery along the way is beautiful.
It turns out that the location of the Grand Canyon is just a small basin in the ravine. Due to the influence of the Yanshan orogeny, the earth's crust withstood the expansion force of the uplift of the land mass, causing part of the land mass to crack and subside to form a rift valley. It has a history of 10 million years ago.
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