How did Hangzhou Feilai Peak come from?

Feilaifeng, also known as Ling Jiu Feng, is168m high. According to legend, in the early years of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, an Indian monk Hui swam here and saw this rugged stone mountain. He thought it was very similar to the Indian spirit Jiu Feng, and said, "This is a small ridge where the vultures in Zhu Guo came from. Don't know why? " Since then, he built a temple here, named Lingyin, and called the stone mountain in front of the temple Feilai Peak.

There is a cold spring pavilion outside the Tianwang Hall of Lingyin Temple. It is said that when Su Dongpo was a satrap in Hangzhou, he often ate and wrote poems in Lengquange. Feilaifeng is a rare artistic treasure of ancient grottoes in the south of the Yangtze River, comparable to Dazu stone carvings in Sichuan. Su Dongpo once wrote the poem "Xi Mountain is everywhere, and I love Lingyin Feilaifeng best".

Features of Feilaifeng:

Feilaifeng belongs to limestone in geological structure, which is very different from the surrounding mountains. No stone is strange, no tree is ancient, no hole is secluded. There are grotesque rocks, lush old trees and caves everywhere. It is said that there are 72 caves, most of which have been lost.

There is a statue of Guanyin in the existing Longhong Cave. On the left side of the cave is the snake beard cave, through which a ray of skylight can be seen. This is the famous skylight ray. You can hear the gurgling water in six caves. There is also an ape cave on the west side of the mountain. According to legend, the monk Uighur called the black and white ape. Cold spring ape whistling was once one of the ten scenic spots in Qiantang.

At the west foot of Feilai Peak, there is a cold spring hidden deep in the shade, and the spring water is crystal clear as jade. On the surface of the clear pool water, there is a big bowl of underground spring water. No matter the ebb and flow of the stream, it gushes, flying pearls and splashing jade, as if playing with nature. Ming Dynasty painter Shen said: "The scenery on the lake is hidden, and the cold spring is alone." There is a cold spring pavilion in Chi Pan.

Gongling Pagoda, the Lingjiu Pagoda at the entrance of Longhong Cave in Feilai Peak, is the only existing Ming Dynasty pagoda in Hangzhou. It is made of stone, with six sides and six floors, which is extremely rare. The whole tower is divided layer by layer from bottom to top, and its structure is unpretentious and unique.

Located on the mountainside of Feilai Peak in Lingyin, Cuiwei Pavilion is small and exquisite, with winding mountain roads beside it, hidden among pines and ancient trees, which is simple and dignified. This pavilion was built by Han Shizhong, a famous anti-gold star in the Southern Song Dynasty, in memory of Yue Fei. There is a couplet on the pavilion: "The road turns to the peak and goes back to Tibet. People in the pavilion look forward to the sages." Today's Cuiwei Pavilion was rebuilt on the original site by 1924.

There are more than 470 stone carvings from the Five Dynasties to the Song and Yuan Dynasties (335 of which are well preserved) in the caves of Feilaifeng and on the cliffs near the streams. The earliest three Buddha statues, Amitabha, Guanyin and Dazhi, were made in 95 1 year. These exquisite cliff carvings are precious historical heritage.

There were more than 200 statues in the Song Dynasty, most of which were of the above types. The reliefs of Rushena Buddhist Society are the most exquisite works among the statues of Song people. The statue of Maitreya with a big belly in the Southern Song Dynasty is the largest statue of Feilaifeng and the earliest Maitreya with a big belly in China. It is open-minded, with its mouth wide open, and always wide open, "allowing all intolerable things in the world;" Laughing at the image of all the ridiculous people in the world makes tourists rush to take pictures as souvenirs.

There are more than 100 statues of Lamaism in Feilaifeng in the Yuan Dynasty, which are exquisitely carved, exquisitely shaped and beautifully preserved. The statues of Pilu Jinna, Manjusri and Pu Xian on the outer wall of Qinglin Cave are the earliest stone carvings of the Yuan Dynasty in Hangzhou West Lake. There is a high relief of the Song Dynasty on the left side of Huyan Cave.

1993, Feilaifeng Scenic Area has opened up another scenic spot named China Grottoes Art Collection Garden. Jicui Garden is surrounded by mountains and forests, and has created grotto statues such as Dazu Stone Carving in Sichuan, Leshan Giant Buddha, Anyue Sleeping Buddha, Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu, Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi and Longmen Grottoes in Henan. The 250-meter-long Jicui Garden has shaped nearly 10,000 Buddha statues representing different places and different times. The statue of Feilai Peak in Yuan Dynasty is particularly precious, which makes up for the vacancy of grottoes art in China from the Five Dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty. 1982, the State Council announced the Feilaifeng statue as a national key cultural relics protection unit.