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Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city under the provincial jurisdiction of Hunan Province of the People's Republic of China, formerly known as Dayong. It is located in the northwest of Hunan, in the middle and upper reaches of Lishui River, and belongs to the hinterland of Wuling Mountains. It is one of the most important tourist cities in Chinese mainland.

friends: I believe everyone is familiar with Tianmen Mountain. The world aerobatic grand prix held in November, 1999 completed the feat of flying through natural caves for the first time, and the name of Tianmen Mountain suddenly came into the world's field of vision. How many people want to see the style of Tianmen Mountain? Today, you finally got it!

Tianmen Mountain is about 8km away from the south of Zhangjiajie City, with a peak width of 1.93km from north to south, a length of 1.96km from east to west, an area of 2.2km2, and an altitude of 1518.6. It is a platform-shaped isolated mountain with complete karst landform, which is different from the sandstone peak forest landscape in Wulingyuan.

Tianmen Mountain was called Songliang Mountain in the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, a cave was opened in the mountain wall, and Sun Xiu, the king of Wu, thought it was auspicious, so it was renamed Tianmen Mountain, and Wuling County was demolished to set Tianmen County. Tianmen Mountain is a masterpiece of nature. In the long geological history, it experienced marine deposition and rose to continental deposition, forming a mountain, and suffered from wind and rain erosion for hundreds of millions of years, especially the Triassic Yanshan Movement. At the end of Cretaceous, the large-scale Himalayan orogeny further raised Tianmen Mountain, which was cut into an isolated mountain by two fault canyons respectively, which opened a great height difference between the mountain and the valley, and the height difference reached more than 1,3 meters within a few kilometers, thus creating the majestic momentum of Tianmen Mountain, which is towering and exclusive to the sky.

Tianmen Mountain is a mysterious carrier of historical culture, Buddhism and Taoism, and a perfect combination of natural landscape and human landscape, with its unique meteorology, unique doorway, rich vegetation and long history.

In order to speed up the process of Zhangjiajie tourism development, Tianmen Mountain is in the process of scale development and construction. Some scenic spots have not yet been officially opened; The world's longest ropeway and Tianmenshan Temple are under construction.

(Tianmen Cave) On the cliff of Tianmen Mountain, which is 1264 meters high, a natural doorway is born, which is penetrated from the north to the south. The bottom of the cave is 131.5 meters, the width is 37 meters and the depth is 3 meters. On the top edge of the north side of the cave, there is an upside-down dragon-headed bamboo, whose roots are like dragons' heads and leaves are like phoenix tails, so it is also called phoenix tail bamboo. On the east side is a groove about 2 meters high, from which spring water drifts and drops a little plum blossom rain. It is said that whoever can open his mouth and receive 48 drops of plum blossom rain can become immortal. At the entrance of Tianmen Cave, you can often see Yan Yan flying and Shan Ying hovering. With the change of the weather, the Tianmen Cave sometimes smokes, and sometimes it is as clear as a mirror, forming a cyclical and rapidly changing meteorological landscape.

So, how was the Tianmen Cave formed? Geologist Mr. Qin Gongjiong thinks it is the result of "funnel" dissolution. He believes that the terrain on the east side of Tianmen Cave leans slightly to the west, the terrain on the west side leans slightly to the east, and the core of the syncline is facing Tianmen Cave Road. The east and west walls are cut by two joints with a strike of about 32 degrees, and a joint with a strike of 4 degrees intersects with it at Tianmen Cave. The two karst funnels at the top of the cave also played an important role in the karst process. After the rain falls, the surface water flows to the funnel along the slope of the ground, and a part of the water flowing into the soil flows down along the interlayer cracks of the stratum towards the core of the syncline. The long-term continuous dissolution process makes the local collapse, and finally the two groups of karst caves merge into one, forming the Tianmen Cave.

However, some people disagree with this: Tianmen Cave was formed according to this principle. Why is the base of the cave a huge platform? Can these rocks "collapse" out of the cave? Therefore, the formation of Tianmen Cave is still an unsolved mystery.

(Tianmenshan Temple) Tianmenshan Temple was first built in the Tang Dynasty. It was called Yunbo Temple, Lingquan Courtyard and Songliang Hall in ancient times. In the Ming Dynasty, Tianmenshan Temple was moved here from the top of the east because of the improper site selection, which was repeatedly destroyed by wind and often suffered from water shortage. In the past, the ancient trees here were towering, and the shade covered the sun. The lintel of the ancient temple is engraved with the words "Tianmen Xianshan", and the couplets on both sides of the gate read: "There are days and nights outside, and there are no mountains and mountains alone", which is said to be a book written by the Ministry of Li Zicheng. The entrance is the Great Buddha Hall, with guanyin temple behind it, six bungalows on both sides, and the last one is the ancestral hall, which is huge. Folk summary is "three halls, six rooms, brick walls and iron tiles, such as pots." The original building of the Mountain Temple is very exquisite, with cornices upturned, dragons carved and phoenixes painted, and statues of Buddhism, Taoism and Bodhisattva molded. There is also a big drum, a big bell, a seven-level stone tower and a Dahua money stove. According to the inscriptions, during the 163 years from Qianlong in Qing Dynasty to the fifth year of the Republic of China, Tianmen Mountain Temple was repaired seven times, and the incense was once in full swing. Believers from more than ten counties in the border areas of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou came here to worship Buddha. Now Tianmenshan Tourism Co., Ltd. is repairing Tianmenshan Temple on a large scale, and the former prosperity will reappear.

(Dragon Head Rock) This is Dragon Head Rock. In the past, a rotatable faucet with stone carvings was installed on the stone collapse. Dragon Head Rock faces a cliff of 1 feet. It is said that in the past, many pilgrims showed their sincerity in praying to God and worshiping Buddha, holding the faucet in their hands and turning around the cliff. As long as they were sincere, they would keep you safe. Later, the faucet was thrown off the cliff, and now only the stone pit where the faucet was placed can be seen. Dragon Head Rock is the best viewing platform for watching the sun and going out to sea. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Jing, the magistrate of Yuezhou, sang and sang poems about Tianmen Mountain:

The hill reached its peak, and Wan Ren Tianmen was just a stone's throw away.

Looking up at Penglai under the red sun, I can see the clouds in Lufu.

Cangya is abrupt, pine and cedar are ancient, and the winding path is far away.

if you want to build the highest peak, you must fight against the wind.

(Red Pine Peak Golden Pool) This small pool is about 1.3 meters long, .6 meters wide and only a few centimeters deep. No matter how dry it is, the water in the pool will not dry up all the year round. It is said that this is the golden pool of Red Pine Son, the rain teacher of Emperor Shennong in ancient times. Under the cliff in the north, there is a mountain peak called Danzao Peak, which is surrounded by clouds, like smoke rising from the stove chamber. It is said that it is the stove used by Pinus densiflora for alchemy. There was a poem by our predecessors: "There was a fairy in the past, where the smoke was exposed. The remains remain in the Dan stove, and it is suspected that they often come and go. " There are thunder caves and electric caves under the Danzao Peak. It is said that the alchemy of Pinus densiflora requires the help of thunder and electricity in addition to the water from the golden pool.

(Wild Buddha's Treasure) There are many strange things in Tianmen Mountain, which can't be explained. Among them, there are four ancient mysteries that have been handed down from generation to generation, and no one has solved them. First, the mystery of Tianmen cave opening, second, the mystery of Guiguzi development, third, the mystery of turning over water at the top of the mountain, and fourth, the mystery of wild Buddha's hidden treasure. Legend has it that under this big beech tree is the place where the wild Buddha hid his treasure. The article "Tianmen Mountain" in the local chronicles of Yongding County in Guangxu of Qing Dynasty has this passage: "Wild Buddha flew to this mountain from Jiashan Temple in the next season. The wild Buddha was a thief and left the party. When the incident happened, he cut his hair and became a monk, and he escaped. "

(Ghost Valley Cave) It is said that when Yefu, the Ministry of Li Zicheng, went up the mountain that year, he took more than 1 horses and a lot of gold and silver treasures, hired nine wooden boats to sneak into Dayong secretly, and went up Tianmen Mountain unnoticed. Yefu's becoming a monk this time is not really about "becoming a Buddha on the spot". Instead, every day, I "wait for my pillow" and "draw my sword to the altar" in preparation for "restoring the Central Plains" and "sweeping the world" one day. However, the situation took a turn for the worse, the peasant army collapsed, the Qing court was established, and Yefu finally died of illness. It is said that before he died, all the treasures he brought were scattered and hidden in several secret places in Tianmen Mountain. And poisoned all the migrant workers with poisoned wine. For hundreds of years, I don't know how many thieves in Jiang Yang, pilgrims and mysterious monks in Tianmen Mountain all went to Tianmen for an excuse to worship, in fact, in order to peek at the terrain and look for treasures, but they all returned empty-handed. Where is the treasure hidden? It is always a mystery.

standing on the baizhang precipice 3 meters away from here, there is an inverted trapezoidal cave with trees at the entrance and waterfalls flying out of the cave, which is as misty as smoke. According to legend, Guiguzi, a famous figure in the Warring States period, once studied Yi in the cave, devoted himself to practicing kungfu, and founded the world-famous Guigusidong. It also contains the secret of the Wulin, Tianmen 36 Measuring Square, and later generations called this cave Ghost Valley Cave. Guiguzi was the founder of vertical and horizontal techniques in the Warring States Period. His main work, The Ally Strategy, is called a wonderful book, which is a study of bringing down the other side by means of combination or division in politics and diplomacy. Historians commented that a history of chaos in the Warring States period was deduced from Guigudong, which shows that Guiguzi is a man. Luo Fuhai, a Qing dynasty poet, wrote a poem "Ghost Valley Cave": "Peach blossoms go floating in the water, laughing into the clouds and visiting the cave. The recluse flow buried the surname Yu, and the vertical and horizontal technique turned out to be a fairy. The seal is left on the wall of Taoist books, and lead is cremated in the furnace. The ears are full of music, and a waterfall rushes to the peak. " Xixiping and Guanliping at the foot of the mountain, where the magical power of Ghost Valley is truly realized, are the famous hometown of hard qigong. Zhao Jishu, a qigong master, has visited European countries many times and won honors for the motherland.

From ancient times to the present, there are countless brave men who have made their way to Guiguzi Cave, and they have never found out anything. From the late 198s to the 199s, a veteran named Li Guangyu went down to the cave for six times, and once he explored the cave, he occasionally took a picture of Guiguzi's face-wall study "Yi" with his camera. This is a profile portrait, with five facial features, which is clearly identifiable, and has the same effect as the portrait of Guiguzi, which has been widely circulated so far. Whether the image of Guiguzi is so lifelike is accidental or coincidental, or it is the intentional arrangement of God, which has become a mystery of Tianmen Mountain.

(Hanging Gardens) Please pay attention to the fact that there are many exposed stone buds and stone forests on both sides of the tour path, which are high and low and have different shapes, as if they were lined up to welcome us. This is another remarkable feature of the karst landform in Tianmen Mountain. There are many patches of stone buds and stone forests on the top of the mountain, which are distributed in the middle of the dense forest, forming a unique and primitive aerial garden. They are like mazes, and they are like a confusing and ever-changing eight-array map. Visitors travel through it, and the fun is infinite. According to folk legend, anyone who can pass through these mazes smoothly will be able to pass through the so-called 48 customs of all beings in Buddhism without hindrance. Friends, you might as well give it a try now. I wish you all a smooth life.

(Li Na's log cabin) This seven-shaped log cabin is the house of the famous singer Li Na. In May 1997, Li Na sang a song "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau"; It soon disappeared suddenly. The news media couldn't find her anywhere. It turned out that she had come to Tianmen Mountain. After living for a few days, she was attracted and shocked by this magical Tianmen Mountain. She quickly made two decisions: First, she officially moved her hukou to yongding county, Zhangjiajie City, where Tianmen Mountain is located; The second is to build a house for yourself at the top of Tianmen Mountain. On June 6th, 1997, Li Na officially became a citizen of yongding county. Hearing that Li Na was going to build a house in Tianmen Mountain, the people were very happy. Without saying anything, they carried a piece of wood and bricks from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain more than 15 meters high from the cliffs. A month later, the hut was built. In her "nest", Li Na made a third decision that shocked the world: becoming a monk! Soon, Li Na studied Buddhism in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, and changed her name to Shi Changsheng. Before leaving Tianmen Mountain, Li Na specially sang a song "Ode to Sister-in-law" for Aunt Hu, a mountain watcher who waited on her for nearly a month. Then she opened her voice and sang "Tianmen Mountain" with a height of three and a half octaves created by her assistant in the face of mountains and ravines, so as to bid farewell to her second hometown.

Tianmen Mountain

approached you for the eternal oath,

approached you for the distant dream,

what made my heart so peaceful,

I finally saw Tianmen Mountain ...

Friends, why did Li Na become a monk and settle down in Tianmen Mountain? This can't be explained clearly in a few words, but it's up to you to decipher Li Na's life mystery.

(sling solution) It is said that Guiguzi first climbed Tianmen Mountain from Ganziping to Laodao Bay, then climbed to the top of the mountain from the cliff sling, and then went down Guigudong. Under this cliff, there is still a string of iron chains left.

(overlooking Tianmen) Standing here, you can overlook the Tianmen Cave facing the north and the Tongtian Avenue being built by Tianmenshan Company. During the World Flying Competition in November 1999, it was here that CCTV Unit 6 filmed the amazing scene of the plane crossing Tianmen. The vertical height from here to Tianmen Cave is more than 2 meters.

(Primitive Secondary Forest) Tianmen Mountain, like Zhangjiajie, belongs to the National Forest Park, with rich vegetation. About 5 mu of original secondary forest is preserved on the top of the mountain. According to the investigation, there are 134 families, 353 genera and 532 species of vascular plants distributed naturally here. 95% of them are broad-leaved forests. Rare tree species under state protection include Davidia involucrata, Fragrant Fruit, Fragrant Lotus, Acer negundo, Acer sanguisorba, Eucommia ulmoides, Torreya grandis, tapiscia sinensis, etc. In this primitive secondary forest, along this trail, we will find many rare trees. This is Acer negundo, and the cortex on the surface of the trunk is blood red. In autumn and winter, the bark on the surface of older trees is cracked in large chunks and attached to the trunk, which is as thin as shaking scales. This piece is a swan's ear. Gooseberry is a new family of vegetation species on the earth. It was first discovered in Tianmen Mountain by Professor Lin Yuanwang of Central South Forestry College in 1998, and was named "Gooseberry Dayong" by the authoritative organization of the national forestry department. This is a thousand-year-old tree known as the "King of Goose Ears", which needs two people to hug. Carpinus aurantium is hard, can be used as farm tools and furniture, can extract glue, can extract oil from seeds, and is full of treasures.

(Davidia involucrata Bay) Davidia involucrata, known as the "living fossil" of plants, is an extremely precious tree species in the world, especially at the top of a mountain with an altitude of more than 1,5 meters. However, Davidia involucrata communities are found in Tianmen Mountain and Badagong Mountain. There are more than 1 Davidia involucrata in front of us, so it is also called Davidia involucrata Bay. Davidia involucrata flowers are like pigeons. When they bloom in June, the branches are like pigeons spreading their wings. There are also some precious medicinal plants in the forest, such as Gastrodia elata, Huang Lian, Angelica sinensis, Hedysarum septemlobata and so on. In 1984, forest farm workers found a unicorn with only one horn on its head in this area, which was hemp gray and as big as a calf. Rice monkeys were also found twice on the mountain, about 1-13 cm long. History: Mi monkey, also known as Haba monkey, is small and can be hidden in the sleeve.

(Lingquan Courtyard is Yunbo 'an Site) Lingquan Courtyard is backed by Yunmeng Mountain, facing southwest from northeast. The original building has two rooms and three rooms, with the leeward facing the sun, and the environment is very beautiful. In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Chu Shi Zhou Pu retired here. In 1975, under the ancient tree in front of the site, a seven-star bronze sword with an inscription on the dragon head was dug up, with the inscription "Xuandi ancestor of Tianmen Mountain", and four bronze bodhisattvas were unearthed together, which were identified as Tang Dynasty cultural relics and belonged to the national first-class cultural relics. Xuandi should be Taoism. It is said that the Tianmen bronze sword was hidden by Tang Suzong Li Hengshi, a monk, and was a treasure of Zhenshan. Monk Danzi is said to be the first abbot of Tianmen Mountain Buddhist Temple, which can prove that Tianmen Mountain has a precedent of integrating Buddhism and Taoism, and Puguang Temple in the city is a typical example of the confluence of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism.

(Yunmeng Peak) Yunmeng Peak has steep cliffs on the east, west and north, and there are three natural observation platforms on the edge. Looking down from here, the houses and streets in Zhangjiajie city and the ravines and peaks on both sides of Xianrenxi can be vividly seen. There are also the Three Sisters Peak in Chaotian Temple in the northwest, and the mountains in Yongshun, Cili and Yuanling in the distance are also clearly visible. It really feels like "the other mountains all appear dwarfs under the sky." and "Lishui is as thin as a bowel". After the rain in Chu Qing, it will be a great enjoyment to watch the sea of clouds here. The rolling clouds, like emptying huge waves, are surging, giving people a kind of heroic conquest of mountains and detachment from the world.

(Tomb of Zhou Pu) Zhou Pu was a Cili native of Chu Shi in the late Five Dynasties. He was knowledgeable. In order to avoid the war at that time, he lived in seclusion in the Lingquan Courtyard of Tianmen Mountain, and cultivated for entertainment. At that time, Ma Yin and Ma Xifan, the king of Chu in the south, longed for their talents and invited Zhou Pu out of the mountain many times, but he declined politely and died of old age. His tomb is surrounded by a circle of natural circular stone teeth, with three in front.