Jiuxian Mountain Scenic Area in Dehua, Fujian is a famous tourist attraction and one of the important places for Buddhist activities in southern Fujian. It is one of the first batch of key scenic spot

Jiuxian Mountain Scenic Area in Dehua, Fujian is a famous tourist attraction and one of the important places for Buddhist activities in southern Fujian. It is one of the first batch of key scenic spots in Quanzhou City.

Scenic Area Introduction

The Jiuxian Mountain Scenic Area in Dehua, Fujian is a famous tourist attraction and one of the important places for Buddhist activities in southern Fujian. It is one of the first batch of key scenic spots in Quanzhou City. The scenic area covers an area of ??approximately 30 square kilometers. The meteorological landscape includes cloud waterfalls and Buddha's light; the cultural landscape, Maitreya Buddha carved in the Tang Dynasty, is a special attraction in the Jiuxian Mountain Scenic Area. Jiuxian Mountain has an average of 300 foggy days per year, a relative humidity of 87%, and an average wind speed of 7.0 m/s. It ranks second in the country after Mount Emei in Sichuan, Qianfo Mountain in Jilin, and Tianchi. There is a Jiuxianshan weather station on the top of the mountain, which is a national key weather station in Fujian Province. Because the mountainous areas are shrouded in clouds and mists all year round, the situation is changeable, and meteorological landscapes such as clouds and mists, waterfalls, and Buddha lights often appear. In winter, snowflakes are flying and covered with silver, making it the best place to see snow in southern Fujian. There are also strange mountain lilies, strange bamboos, strange trees, strange trees, and rare salamanders (four-legged fish).

The strange stones in Jiuhua Mountain have different shapes and are lifelike. There are fairy peach stones, longevity turtle stones, couple seesaw stones, rotating stones, as well as drums, dogs, lions, elephants, French seals and others. Different caves include Sheyue Cave, Jiujiu Cave, Moyun Cave, Yunqi Cave, Maitreya Cave, etc. "The big one can accommodate several couches, and the small one can accommodate several people." Some caves have holes, and some are connected. As for the Maitreya Buddha Cave, Maitreya Buddha sits in the cave, light enters through the gaps in the stones, water flows out from the bottom of the cave, and the Buddha's light is trapped in the top of the cave. The weather inside the cave is deep and clean, making people feel like a fairyland, mysterious and unpredictable.

The beauty of Jiuxian Mountain can be summarized as seven characteristics: strange, beautiful, dangerous, strange, secluded, broad and mysterious. The biggest feature is "mountain in the ground, pool in the ground, waterfall in the ground", which is rare in North China and breathtaking. There are also azaleas, which are known as "the most beautiful flower in Jiangbei". At the turn of spring and summer, the competition to open up is intoxicating. In the frosty autumn, the mountains are covered with red leaves and the stone scenery is magnificent. With its abrupt peaks, verdant vegetation and ancient culture, it has formed a product type mainly focused on sightseeing.

Lingjiu Rock

Eagle Rock is located on the east side of Jiuxian Mountain and was built in the fourth year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (716 AD). The walls and pillars of the temple are all made of stone, as are the 15 Buddha statues including Sakyamuni. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the pillar foundation was rebuilt and the mountain gate stone square was built. Yang Wenzheng of Dehua County and Xia Zhong of Yongchun County are engraved on the square. The plaques inscribed by bachelors, servants, scholars Zhuang Jichang, Jinshi Hubu Shangshu Zheng Pei, and municipal secretary Gan Tianxun are hung on both sides of the hall. In the early Qing Dynasty, two new halls were rebuilt and Iwata was added. From the 16th to the 18th century, it was one of the provincial Buddhist activity centers. Its monks belong to 18 sects of the Nine Immortals Sect, which has grown to more than 900 people and live or live in 89 temples across the province. Destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.

Since 1988, initiated by the permanent consultant and president of the American Buddhist Association, the honorary abbot of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva at Mount Putuo in Los Angeles, and Master Nanga Shakuan Sutra, all believers of Prajna Xiudetang have donated funds to support the reconstruction. The reconstructed Lingjiu Rock basically maintains its original scale, retains historical relics, and adds many carvings of dragons, phoenixes, lions, and various flowers and birds.

Yongan Rock

Yongan is located in the south of Jiuxian Mountain, at the junction of Caritas Village in Chishui Town and Daming Village in Daming Township. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, this area was where the eminent monk Zou of Jiuxian Mountain cultivated shepherd's purse, so it was called "Shepherd's Purse Rock". Later, the practice of the snake god Yue Jia was realized

During the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty, young Confucian scholars Shi and Miao Ying became monks here and became friends with the famous Zhou Jinzong. On June 10th of the eighth year of Shun (AD 1464), Shi said to shepherd's purse before it melted: "I'm done. After melting, I will hang my skeleton on a big tree. Sixty years After that, I will stay here forever." Zhou Jinzong obeyed and hung the body on the top of the big chun tree next to Zhou Zuzi in the famous mountain. Later, my nephew Zhou Qiong donated a mountain field to build a rock character, named "Yong'an Rock", and also donated a thousand tons of farmland as rock rent. In the early Jiajing years of the Ming Dynasty, the toon treetops were shining brightly. Sun Mengshi, the Jinzong of Zhou Dynasty, and others took their bones to carve Buddha statues and offered sacrifices to Yong'an Rock. In the thirty-third year of Wanli (AD 1605), Lin Shunqi and the abbot monk should rebuild it. The Buddhist niche in the main hall still retains the inscriptions built at that time. It was rebuilt in the early years of the Republic of China. The rock is made of wood and sits on top of the mountain. It consists of the main hall, the middle hall, the Guanyin Tower, the restaurant, the underground storage hall, the pavilion, etc. The total construction area is 829 square meters. The main hall is dedicated to the founder of Ji Yun history. On the left, Snake Mountain is a statue of Buddha, and on the right, there are statues of Lord Zhou Jinzong and Zhou. The middle beam of the main hall is a caisson made of arch wood, and a circle of Tai Chi is painted on the round sky. Its structure is wonderful and unique. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, academician Shi Jikai, Taichang Palace secretaries Lai Dai and Li Maoke, together with their nephew Li and Jinshi prefect Li Daotai, successively dedicated plaques to the rock. There are still Frye's "Fa Yun Zhen Ji" plaque and two woodcut couplets from the Republic of China. There is also a pavilion on the east side of the temple.

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