Yao'an County Tourist Attractions

Tourist attractions in Yao'an County include Defeng Temple, Longhua Temple, Dehua Monument, Wenfeng Pagoda, Li Zhi Bridge, Yangpai Reservoir, etc.

1. Defeng Temple

Defeng Temple is located on Defeng Road, Dongchuan Town, the county seat. It is a provincial cultural relic protection unit. It was built in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty and is an ancient Sanchong Hall. The building complex is a contemporary building with the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is the most complete existing Ming Dynasty Dougong building in Yunnan Province. The Dehua inscription preserved in the temple was engraved in the second year of Yuanheng (1186 AD) in Dali, Song Dynasty. It is one of the eight famous steles in Yunnan. The temple is now the site of a museum, with more than 600 precious historical relics preserved in the museum. The variety, quantity and quality are among the best in the state.

2. Longhua Temple

The Living Buddha Temple is located in Guanglu Mountain, 10 kilometers north of Yao'an County. It is the largest and most well-preserved ancient building complex in Yao'an. It is also a historical It is a historical and cultural treasure with the deepest accumulation and rich cultural connotation. It is one of the oldest famous temples in Yunnan. The temple has beautiful scenery inside and outside, with towering ancient trees, making it an ideal place for leisure and sightseeing. The temple was first built during the Tianyou period of the Later Tang Dynasty (904-907 AD).

3. Dehua Monument

Dehua Monument is one of the eight famous monuments in Yunnan Province. The stele is engraved at three o'clock. On the upper side of the stele is engraved "The Duke of Dali surpassed the city light and built a long building and the inscription of Dehua in Xingbao Temple, Yangpai County, Huafu" is engraved; on the side of the stele is engraved "The Record of the Ming Emperor Ming, Jisu Lingfeng, Yangpai County, Baozhou". The inscription narrates the construction of Xingbao Temple, praises Gao's dynamic virtues, and the grand ceremony to worship the Jisu Mountain God. The calligraphy of the two works is complete and vigorous, and the parallel prose is concise. It can be called a famous monument of the Song Dynasty with both calligraphy and writing. It is an important textual basis for studying the Gao family lineage and the official system of Dali.

The back of the stele is "Reconstruction of Xingbao Temple of Yangpai and Continuation of Permanent Residents", which was carved in the sixth year of Xuanguang of the Yuan Dynasty (1376 AD) and records the prosperity of Xingbao Temple. The forehead of the Dehua inscription is decorated with an exquisite relief sculpture of the four-armed Buddha. The whole stele is solemn and elegant, and it can be regarded as a masterpiece of inscriptions in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It is now a cultural relic protection unit in Yunnan Province.

4. Wenfeng Pagoda

Wenfeng Pagoda was built in the third year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty (1569 AD). It is about 30 meters high, hexagonal in shape, and has nine hollow levels. It consists of three parts: the base of the tower, the base of the tower, and the body of the tower. They are all made of bricks and have cross wooden frames inside them for people to climb up and down. It is the only existing ancient pagoda in the county and is now a cultural relic protection unit in Chuxiong Prefecture.

5. Li Zhi Bridge

Li Zhi Bridge, also known as Lianchang Bridge, is located on the Lianshui River in Guantun Township. It is the only way to pass through the ancient Southern Silk Road to Yixi. In the fifth year of Wanli (1577), Li Zhi, the prefect, initiated the construction during the bitter summer when floods surged, which was not conducive to business travel.

The Li Zhi Bridge is 30 meters long and 6 meters wide. It is a double-hole masonry structure with a span of 8.6 meters per hole. In the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1903), Li Chunchan and Chen Feixiong rebuilt it and it is now a cultural relic protection unit in Yao'an County.

6. Yangpai Reservoir

Yangpai Reservoir is 3 kilometers away from the county seat. It was built in the early Yuan Dynasty and was originally called Yangpai Shun. It is the earliest water conservancy project in Chuxiong Prefecture. It was expanded and rebuilt in 1954 and was first called Yangpai Reservoir. The current dam height is 18.5 meters, the embankment length is 236.2 meters, and the designed storage capacity is 38 million cubic meters. It has the triple functions of water storage, flood prevention and tourism. In the past 40 years, mountains and forests have been closed in the rainwater collection area of ??the reservoir area, and many comprehensive facilities have been added.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yao'an County