Guidelines for Guiping Xishan Scenic Area

Xishan Park is located in the west of Guilin, covering an area of ??about 2 square kilometers, including Yinshan and Xishan. Xishan was a sacred place for Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, with the Xiqinglin Temple built there, which was one of the five major Zen forests in the south at that time. Today, there are more than 90 Buddhist niches and more than 200 statues on the mountain wall. Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there used to be a West Lake covering an area of ??700 acres at the southeastern foot of Xishan Mountain. The lotus pond was moonlit and the smoke was curling. In the lake, an exquisite hill loomed, which was named Yinshan Mountain. Later, no one dredged it, so it was silted up. Today, only 74 acres of lake surface and 25 acres of lotus pond have been opened. At present, the main domestic attractions include Yinshan Six Cave, Xifeng, Guanyin Peak, Longtou Peak, Qianshan and Babushu Golden Tomb, Guilin Museum, Guilin Kumamoto Friendship Hall, Yinshan Fazang Temple, West Lake, Jiuqu Bridge and pavilions, etc. It has now become the second largest comprehensive park in Guilin.

The gate of Xishan Park is on the north side of the eastern section of Xishan Mountain Road, opposite the parking lot and bus station. It is the gate of the park. The entrance to the museum, Xishan, and West Lake is composed of a group of pavilions It consists of a gallery building and was completed in October 1980. The main entrance has four pillars, three openings, a ridge, green tiles, and a kissing owl cloud head decoration. There is a plaque inscribed "Xishan Park" by the famous calligrapher Qi Gong on the door. On the east side of the main entrance is a corridor with a sloped roof, green tiles, and flowered glazed windows, which is connected to the round arch at the entrance and exit. To the east of the arch is the ticket booth. There is an open field of 1,200 square meters in front of the garden gate, with flower gardens in the middle. The total area of ??this group of buildings is 585 square meters. The entire garden gate is in harmony with the scenery in the garden, elegant and elegant.

Guilin Museum is located in Xishan Park in the city. Preparations began in 1963, construction began in 1986, was completed in June 1988, and opened in December of the same year. It is a local museum with Guilin history and culture as its main content. It covers an area of ??9,000 square meters and a construction area of ??8,500 square meters. It consists of the preface hall, lecture hall, reception hall, information room, cultural relics warehouse and 8 exhibition halls, including "Guilin Historical Relics Exhibition", Guangxi Ethnic Minority Customs Exhibition, "International Friends Gifts Exhibition", "Ming and Qing Porcelain Exhibition", etc. Item contents. In addition, various art exhibitions are held in the collection. The Guilin Kumamoto Museum was completed in October 1990 with a construction area of ??947.2 square meters. 1,200 square meters. Japanese residential style. It consists of a permanent exhibition hall, a special exhibition hall, and a commemorative garden. The permanent exhibition hall is equipped with a Japanese Yataku room and a tea ceremony room. It also displays photos and traditional crafts of Kumamoto. Exchange and exhibition activities. The Japanese garden reflects the living customs and interests of Kumamoto residents.

Nishiyama is located east of Xishan Road in Xiufeng District. Section, west of the Hunan-Guangxi Railway, 2 kilometers away from the city center square, consists of 12 peaks, mainly including Qianshan, Liyu Peak, Xifeng, Guanyin Peak, etc., with the Xifeng being the highest, formed by the Upper Devon 350 million years ago. The peaks of the Xishan Mountains are composed of ancient limestone formations. There is a peak and valley area where the Soviet Army Lieutenant Colonel Babushkin who supported China's Anti-Japanese War is buried. The peak and valley are surrounded by Qianshan Mountain, which is arranged horizontally from north to south. Barrier; to the northeast is Liyu Peak, like a giant fish leaping on the water; to the northwest is Xifeng, the main peak of Xishan; and to the north-west is Guanyin Peak. The dangerous stone below the peak is like a dragon head, so it is named Longtou Peak. The peak rocks are rugged, also known as " "Longtou Stone Forest".

Xishan was once an ancient Buddhist resort. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the palaces here were brilliant and dotted with stars. In the Tang Dynasty, there was the famous Xiqinglin Temple, also known as Yanling Temple and Xifeng Temple; in the Song Dynasty, there was Ziqing Temple There are more than 200 cliff statues in Qianshan, Liyu Peak, Guanyin Peak and Longtou Stone Forest. Most of them are works of the Tang Dynasty.

In recent years, the mountains have been greened and planted with flowers, fruits, pines and cypresses, covering 39% of the area. According to Tang Moxiu's "Guilin Customs", "the peaks and mountains are spread out, and the clouds and trees are intertwined, making it a tourist attraction." It really shines today.

Guanyin Peak is located in the west of Xishan Park, with an altitude of 328 meters and a relative height of 178 meters. It is second only to Xifeng in height and is a treasure trove of cliff statues. You can climb the peak along the stone steps. On the top, there are dozens of niches for Buddha statues on the side of the road, with more than a hundred statues, some 2 meters high and some tens of centimeters small. Halfway up the ridge is the famous Vairocana Buddha, which was built by Li Shi in the first year of Tiaolu in the Tang Dynasty (679). The Buddhist niche is a natural grotto, 3.8 meters high and 2.6 meters wide; the statue is 1.20 meters high and 0.79 meters wide at the chest, sitting on a lotus platform; the height of the platform is 0.52 meters, and there is a 0.9-meter-high Lotus Bodhisattva sitting next to it. ".

Not far away is Xifeng Pavilion. Xifeng is a Buddhist cultural relics resort and a good place to view the mountains, paddy fields, buildings and clouds in the west of the city.

Xifeng is in the west of Xishan Park. It is a series of peaks with Guanyin, Qianshan and Liyu. It is located in the west of the three peaks. It has an altitude of 357 meters, a relative height of 107 meters, a length of 1600 meters from east to west, and a width of 97 meters from north to south. meters, the mountain area is 82.25 hectares, and you can reach the leading stone forest in front of the peak in just a few steps. Looking at the West Peak from a distance, it is tall and towering, dominating the land of other peaks. It is the highest peak of the West Mountain. Every evening, the setting sun shines all over the place, creating thousands of golden rays. It is one of the most popular eight scenic spots in Guilin, "Xifeng Sunset".

Xifeng Pavilion is located on the mountainside of Liyu Peak. It is a good place to watch the "Xifeng sunset", so it is called Xifeng Pavilion. It was originally a wooden structure, built in 1958 and later abandoned. Now on the west platform of the old site, a new reinforced concrete upper structure, an octagonal pavilion with single eaves, spires, red pillars and green tiles, is 10 meters high and 8.3 in length and width. meters, with an area of ??71 square meters. There is a stone railing around, with an inscription on the forehead by the famous calligrapher and painter Huang Miaozi, and a couplet below, "Look around at the scenery of thousands of peaks; sit in a pavilion to enjoy the wind." It is tempting to linger, looking at the surrounding fields, the environment is secluded, the forest is quiet, the fortress is opened, and the mood is harmonious.

Qianshan is located southeast of Xifeng in Xishan Park. The altitude is 357 meters and the relative height is 207 meters. The Qianshan Temple was built during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (627-649) and rebuilt in the Song Dynasty. Zhang Xiaoxiang, the envoy of Guangxi Economic Strategy, and Li Zengbo, the intellectual of Jingjiang Prefecture, carved the three characters "Qianshan Temple" on the side of the temple. They have been abandoned for a long time, except for the ruins. Still vaguely discernible. Qianshan is full of lush trees and pleasant scenery. When Fang Xiaoru, a poet of the Song Dynasty, was serving prison terms in Guangxi, he built "Bigui Mountain Forest" and carved four characters on the stone, intending to accompany his mother there until she grew old. There is a winding and quiet scenic road from the stone steps to the peak.

Qianshan Temple is located on Qianshan Mountain in Xishan Park. It was built during the Zhenguan Period in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the Song Dynasty. The land is high and powerful, the view is broad, making it a popular tourist destination. Song Zhang Xiaoxiang's "Qianshan Guan Ji" says: "Qian Dao Bingxu (1166) Liyang Zhang built the Thousand Mountains View on the basis of Chaoran Pavilion. It is high and refreshing, and it looks thousands of miles away. It is dim and windy and rainy, and everyone has his own attitude. After watching it, he left. "It's the best way to record it." Beside the Qianshan hiking trail, Li Zengbo and Zhang Xiaoxiang wrote "Qianshan View" on the stone wall. Now abandoned for a long time, the ruins should be at the cliff of "Qianshanguan".