Qing Qing Yunnan and Guizhou Rhythm·Journey to Kunming·Yuantong Mountain·Luofeng Mountain Wilderness Yuantong Scenic Spot

Yunnan and Guizhou Rhythm of the Qing Dynasty·Journey to Kunming·Yuantong Mountain·Luofeng Mountain Wild Yuantong Scenic Area

Yuantong Mountain is located in the northeast corner of Kunming. Because of its deep blue color and spiraling like a snail, Yuantong Mountain is an ancient Named Luofeng.

During the Nanzhao period, a temple was built on the rock, named "Puduola Temple", and the mountain was also named "Puduoluo Cliff". The later temple was destroyed by the war. From the fifth year of Dade to the sixth year of Yanyou (1301-1319) of the Yuan Dynasty, the temple was rebuilt and renamed "Yantong Temple", and the mountain was also renamed "Yantong Mountain". Yuantong Mountain is now a park. Although it is in an urban area, it has a strong mountain atmosphere. There are rugged rocks on the mountain, green trees, flowers and trees planted all over the garden, and fragrance drifts through the four seasons. There are lotus in summer, wintersweet in winter, golden chrysanthemum and osmanthus in autumn, camellia and magnolia in spring. Thousands of cherry blossoms and weeping crabapples are planted in the spring flower area. They bloom one after another in March, and the branches are full of flowers, shining like clouds. In front of the flowers and behind them, warblers are flying and butterflies are dancing, laughing and singing. There is also an animal exhibition area near the cherry blossom forest.

The Yuantong Temple under the cut wall in the south of the mountain is the largest ancient temple in Kunming. There is an archway in front of the door, with the inscription "Yuantong Shengjing". The pillars are high and the arch is wide, which is quite impressive. The foot of the square is a drum-shaped lion-faced white jade stone sculpture. Walking into the archway, there are ancient cypress trees on both sides and paths covered with greenery. Going further, a pool of spring water surrounds an octagonal pavilion, connected by a stone bridge in front and back. Crossing the bridge to the north is the majestic and majestic "Mainxiong Hall". In the middle of the hall, there is a statue of Sakyamuni, with a statue of Amitabha on the left and a statue of Medicine Master on the right, all with lifelike expressions. It is said that the shaper was named Luodu Daotai, a craftsman specially invited from Chengdu, Sichuan. The two 10-meter-high pillars in the hall are each sculpted with a green dragon and a yellow dragon. The two dragons seem to be fighting in the air and fighting each other. They are full of dynamic beauty and are masterpieces of ancient Kunming sculpture. There are also five hundred Arhats on the four walls of the hall, each in a strange posture. The palace is built in the style of a mountain with double eaves, a glazed roof, flying corners, carved beams and painted pillars, making it magnificent.

In front of the Main Hall, there is a couplet written by Liu Hongxiang, the chief envoy of Yunnan in the Qing Dynasty. The couplets are full of Buddhist atmosphere and embody Buddhist philosophy, and the upper and lower couplets start with "round" and "tong" respectively: "The full moon is like a beautiful sky, so dark that it cannot be seen. It shines brightly on the world, and we climb the same road together. There is no need to talk about pearls and fire." The eyebrows are made of green lotus, and the eyes are made of green lotus. But if you are selected for the Buddhist site, it could not be an Arhat. It is a general metaphor for loving kindness sailing across the sea, reaching everywhere, saving hundreds of millions of sentient beings, and attaining Bodhidharma. How can it be that the face is covered with gold flowers, and the swastika is spread across the chest? It is known that the King of Wheels is the Tathagata."

There is also the "Curse Jiao Platform" next to Chaoyin Cave at the foot of Yuantong Mountain. Legend has it that a dragon lurked in the cave in the past and often came out to harm people. There was a monk in the temple who knew the "壣嵝 inscription" and could recite the "壣嵝 inscription" which was left in Yunnan when Dayu was controlling the floods. He built a cursed flood dragon platform and chanted sutras to bring down the dragons. The floods were calmed down. It is uncertain whether there was a cursed Jiao monk here at that time, but during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Sun Beard, who inscribed the long couplet of Daguan Tower, once lived in seclusion in a small house here, and changed his name to "Old Jiaotai" in his later years. He took the meaning of Tao Yuanming's poem "The mountain air is beautiful day and night, and the birds return to each other", so he named the cabin he lived in "Xijia Pavilion", also known as "Bilitang". He makes a living by selling divination, and often "asks for a hundred coins but cannot get it, and goes without food for several days." A generation of famous people have been depressed all their lives. After his death, the "bilitang" became increasingly deserted. But when people come here to seek seclusion, they still feel that "the pine trees on the cursed dragon platform are cold and windy, just like Sun Weng roaring and chanting." Therefore, Chenggong poet Dai Chun once wrote: "If you don't see me, Sun Bearded Weng lives in Yiluofeng. Thousands of trees with old plum branches and ancient trees, The new poem is dangerous and strange. The talent only ends up in cloth, and the wall of the hall is now wormwood."