Introduction to Jizu Mountain

Jizu Mountain is one of the five famous Buddhist mountains in China, a famous Buddhist holy place in Southeast Asia, the meeting place of Tibetan Buddhism in China and the birthplace of Zen Buddhism in the world. It is known as "the wonderful chicken feet are the best in the world", "the Buddhist capital of Lingshan, a tourist attraction", "the Buddha Kingdom of Heaven" and "the first Foshan in China", and is famous for its four views and eight views.

Jizu Mountain is located in the northwest corner of Binchuan County in northwest Yunnan of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, adjacent to Dali and Eryuan in the west and Heqing in the north. It is named because its mountain is like a chicken's foot, with three branches in the front and one ridge in the back.

Jizu Mountain was called Qingdian Mountain, Jiuqu Mountain and Lotus Peak in ancient times. In ancient times, there was a legend that Jia Ye started a mountain, "holding a gold robe, carrying a relic of Buddha's teeth, settling in Jizu Mountain, and opening the first gate of China as a Chinese Dojo", and there was a record in Tang Xuanzang's "Records of the Western Regions of Datang". The whole mountain is composed of lava landforms, with the highest peak Tianzhu Peak at an altitude of 3,248 meters, spanning one city (Dali) and three counties (Binchuan, Eryuan and Heqing), with an area of 2,822 hectares. It is said in ancient times that "the old base is 9111 feet, and the map is 411 miles"

Jizu Mountain is a Buddhist scenic spot integrating natural landscape and Buddhist characteristics. Take one bird (Buddha-chanting bird and incense-burning sparrow), two teas (lion's head, camellia japonica), three dragons (dragon brown, dragon bamboo and cuckoo with dragon's paw), four views (Dongri, Xihai, Nanyun and Beixue), five fir (fir, cedar, yew, Chinese fir) and six treasures (fragrant bamboo shoots, Chinese fir). There are four scenic spots, namely, the cuckoo promenade, the ancient cave, the Yunnan ancient tea and the Langyan reflection, and ten scenic spots (the top four views, the Huashou heavy gate, the Luohan precipice, the Prince's porch, the Shilin Lingquan, the floating pagoda, the shining Ruiying, the waterfall flying, the ancient cave, and the clothes passing Gu Song). There are almost eight scenic spots (Jade Dragon blowing cymbals, four green skies, tower setting empty moon, hidden clear thunder, snowy peaks, flowing Dan in the rock, clear light in the sea of clouds, and grotesque caves) and eight scenic spots (beaded curtains string the moon, rising sun at dawn, Brahma connecting with the wind, fog sealing the world, ancient bank toon plate, river relaxing eyes, Tianchi reflection).

Jizu Mountain has 41 strange mountains, 13 dangerous peaks, 34 cliff walls, 45 secluded caves and more than 111 spring pools, or Cui Wei is magnificent, or steep and beautiful, or clouds and trees meet each other, with staggered layout and towering peaks, and even more famous Buddhist temples dotted all over the beautiful forest.

Jizu Mountain is not only a Buddhist shrine, but also a natural scenic spot. Everyone who has traveled to Jizu Mountain thinks that you can not only appreciate the natural charm of thousands of rock contests, ancient trees towering into the sky and hundreds of streams contending, but also realize the aura of "ten miles of loose wind and fragrant fog" and "opening the sky to protect the Buddha's country and cloud". In particular, I climbed the Tianzhu Peak at an altitude of 3,248 meters and took a panoramic view, but I saw the strange peaks in the mountain gathering, dangerous rocks and stone-like ghosts. The eastern sun is surrounded by clusters on the eastern horizon, and the scenery is myriad; The West Sea, surrounded by the silver of Yuer, shines like a pearl embedded in nature. Nanyun stands out from the rest of the world in the "colorful Yunnan", or swims in the mountains and valleys like goose feathers, or flashes in a hundred miles like fish scales; The snow in the north is near the top of Yulong Snow Mountain. The snow is as clean as jade at four o'clock, hundreds of miles apart, and it seems close at hand ... The beauty of nature gathers here and sublimates here; The beauty of nature endows it with extraordinary qualities and shapes its mysterious spirit. In the Ming Dynasty, Xu Xiake praised, "There are four views of clouds and snow in the sun and the sea, and one of them is in the sea. It is already amazing, but the situation is completely prepared." This is not the chief executive's foot mountain, but it is the first in the sea. "

Jizu Mountain, located in the northwest corner of Binchuan County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is between 25 56' ~ 26 11' north latitude and 111 21' ~ 111 25' east longitude, with the highest altitude of 3,248 meters at Jinding Temple in Tianzhu Peak and the lowest altitude of 1,781 meters at Shazhi River, with a relative height difference of 1,468 meters, 31 kilometers away from the county seat. It is adjacent to Dali and Eryuan in the west and Heqing in the north. It is 7 kilometers long from east to west and 6 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 2,822 hectares. Looking at Cangshan Erhai Lake in the west, overlooking Jinsha River in the north, the mountain peaks in the northwest, ending in the southeast, three branches in the front row, and dragging a distance behind, so it is named after the shape of a chicken's foot.

Jizu Mountain is located at the edge of the fault head of Hengduan mountain block, which belongs to denuded Zhongshan landform, and is cut by three large faults, which constitutes the steep cliffs, caves, stone gates and layered mountains of Jizu Mountain, which are unique in stone shape. From China's first gate, Luohanbi, Tianchi Mountain, Jiuchongya to Wenbi Mountain, there is a beautiful and spectacular mountain landscape in the tectonic fault block mountain with a length of 5 kilometers and a height of 511 meters. On this cliff, "Furong Wan Ren cuts the sky, while Anhui Gankun hangs on the surface", the grotesque rocks are towering, the dangerous caves are secluded, and the vines are swaying, forming an infinite scenery that is integrated with the temple architecture. The intermountain depression zone formed by the fault runs through Sitan Creek, and large temple buildings such as Zunsheng Tayuan, Sitan Temple, Zhusheng Temple, Shizhong Temple, Daigakuji Temple and Silent Light Temple, as well as countless temples, pavilions, pavilions, buildings, halls, etc. from bottom to top, like a Buddhist line running through the beads, extend to Huideng Temple at the foot of Tianzhu Peak, and are surrounded by undeveloped virgin forests.

Jizushan is an igneous rock, and there are many stories about "the cassock stone" and "the stone clock" that "the stone makes the cassock jade crack". The criss-crossing joints and fractures form a good channel for fissure water, forming large and small mountain springs such as Caoxi River and Ba Ding Shui, and creating a landscape of Yulong Waterfall that is tens of feet high and passes through the clouds. On the banks of criss-crossing streams and springs, there are temple buildings such as Jiulian Temple, Guanpu Pavilion, Chuanyi Temple, Bajiao Temple, Juheya Temple, Huayan Temple and Fangguang Temple, with mountains, water, forests and temples, which constitute a deep and beautiful landscape.

climate vegetation

climate: Jizu Mountain belongs to monsoon plateau climate, which has obvious characteristics of dry and wet seasons. In dry season (from October to April), the climate is characterized by low moisture, low humidity, less cloud cover, more sunny days, sufficient sunshine, high temperature in the day and low temperature difference in the night, and dry and warm climate. The wet season (May to October) is characterized by abundant water vapor, heavy rainfall, cloudy, short illumination, small temperature difference between day and night, and warm and humid climate. In winter, it is sometimes attacked by the cold wave in the north, and the weather suddenly turns cold, with snowfall and unique scenery.

Jizu Mountain has a large vertical height difference and a three-dimensional climate. From Shazhi River to Jinding Temple, it can be divided into three vertical climate zones: 1. The climate zone of dry-hot valley (1,781 ~ 1,911 meters above sea level) belongs to the tropical climate of South Asia; 2. The warm and humid mountainous climate zone (1,911 ~ 2,811 meters above sea level) has four spring-like seasons, distinct dry and warm seasons, and the average annual temperature is 1.3℃, which belongs to the middle subtropical and subtropical climate; 3. The sub-alpine climate zone (2811 ~ 3248m above sea level) is cool and humid, with no summer all year round, cold winter, misty all year round and humid climate.