The main attractions of Feilaifeng in Hangzhou

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.

cold spring

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.

Gong Li Tower

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.

Cuiwei pavilion

Located on the mountainside of Feilai Peak in Lingyin, Cuiwei Pavilion is small and exquisite, with winding mountain paths 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.

stone carving

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.

Lingyin Temple

Lingyin Temple is located in the northwest of West Lake, at the foot of Lingyin Mountain between Feilai Peak and Beifeng Peak. Here, there are thousands of peaks and thousands of valleys, which is an antique and pleasant tourist attraction. Lingyin Temple is one of the famous ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River.

Lingyin Temple was built in the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (326), with a history of 1670 years, also known as Yunlin Temple. Seeing the strange and secluded scenery here, the Indian monk Huili thought it was "hidden by the fairy", so he built a temple here and named it after the fairy. In the Five Dynasties, King Qian Shu of Wu Yue believed in Buddhism and built temples widely. At that time, Lingyin Temple was huge, with nine floors, eighteen pavilions, seventy-seven halls and three thousand monks. It was a famous temple in the south of the Yangtze River. Since its establishment, it has been destroyed many times 10, renovated twice 1956 and 1975, and has become the present scale.

Visitors enter Lingyin from "a stone's throw to the west", and the first stop is in front of the Gong Li Tower. Gong Li Pagoda is the burial place of the ashes of the monk Huili. It is a stone tower, more than 8 meters high, with seven-story octagonal buildings. It is located next to the rock of Feilaifeng, which is in harmony with the surrounding scenery. Go through the Spring Pavilion and turn right. A red wall temporarily covers Lingyin Temple, with Feilai Peak and Cold Spring on the left. Walking by the spring, the scenery is deep and fascinating.

There were five pavilions on the cold spring in the Tang Dynasty, but after the four pavilions were washed away by flash floods, the cold spring was also moved to the shore in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. There are two pavilions, "He Lei" and "Cold Spring". The pavilion was built in the Song Dynasty, and Su Dongpo wrote a poem "I don't know where the water comes from, such as thunder jumping into the valley", hence the name pavilion. There is a pair of couplets on the cold spring pavilion, which is very interesting.

After the cold spring, Lingyin Ancient Temple is in sight. Lingyin Temple "Yunlin Temple" was inscribed by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. According to Lingyin Temple, in the 28th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1689), Emperor Kangxi visited Lingyin in the south. One morning, Lingyin Temple hosted Master Hui Di and accompanied him to Beifeng. I saw Lingyin Temple shrouded in a morning fog, and a lonely scenery of Yunlin returned to the foot of the mountain. Master Hui Di asked Emperor Kangxi to write an inscription for the temple, and Emperor Kangxi wrote "Yunlin Temple" on the spot.

The layout of Lingyin Temple is similar to that of temples in the south of the Yangtze River. In the middle of the Temple of the King of Heaven, there is a topless Maitreya Buddha surrounded by four heavenly kings. On the back wall of Maitreya, there is a statue of Buddha named Wei Tuo, which is dignified in appearance and carved from a whole piece of camphor. It is a relic of the Southern Song Dynasty with a history of more than 700 years. Very ornamental. Tianwang Temple is a courtyard with towering old trees in front. In the center of the Hall of Great Heroes is a lotus statue of Sakyamuni Buddha with a height of 24.8 meters, which is a rare religious art work with solemn beauty and vivid charm. On both sides of the main hall are twenty astronomical phenomena, and on both sides of the back of the hall are twelve seated statues. There are three-dimensional island sculptures of "Ci Hang Pu Du" and "Fifty-three Ginseng" on the back wall of the Hall of Great Heroes, and there are 150 Buddha statues, with a Guanyin, an Ao fish, a water bottle, Pu Du sentient beings and an auspicious boy in the middle. It is said that Fu Bao's boy worshipped Guanyin, Fu Bao's boy worshipped fifty-three famous teachers, and he visited Guanyin on the 27th to achieve enlightenment. On both sides of Guanyin, there are the eldest son, the good fortune, and the dragon girl, with the Tibetan Bodhisattva and the stone on it.