List of tourist attractions in Zizhong

Luoquan ancient town is located in the deep mountain at the junction of Renshou, Weiyuan and Zizhong counties in Sichuan, and is hidden by Zhuxi River, a tributary of Tuojiang River. It is famous for the discovery of salt wells in the middle of Qing Dynasty. At that time, luoquan town businessmen gathered and were very lively. Now, only a well-preserved salt temple remains, revealing the ancient desolation.

Walking through the ancient streets and temples of the ancient town, you can walk into the leisure of the people in the ancient town of Qingwafangli. Luoquan people who have experienced vicissitudes are hardworking, simple and generous. Women like to be busy with needlework in intimate chat, while old people drink tea and listen to opera, and the warm sunshine shines on their satisfied faces.

There are more than a dozen teahouses in the five-mile-long old street, and the business is quite prosperous. Walk into the teahouse with patio by the bridge, order a cup of covered tea, and listen to the old people telling about the glorious yesterday of the ancient town. Luoquan is famous for its salt production, and its history can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, the development of salt industry reached its peak. During Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, there were more than 1.500 salt wells in Luoquan, and the produced well salt won the gold medal of 1.925 Paris World Expo.

At that time, merchants gathered in luoquan and mules barked in Ma Si, and the Salt Temple on the other side was the best witness. Salt Temple was built in the seventh year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1868), which is an important symbol of the glory of the ancient town.

Guan Zhong in the temple is Salt god, and Guan Yu and Vulcan are accompanied by Guan Zhong's assistant. The whole Salt Hall has three layers of double eaves and high wing angles, and the dragon on the roof of the main hall plays and grabs the treasure map. Although it has gone through a hundred years of wind and rain, it is still vivid. Now the salt temple has become a gathering place for people in the ancient town.

2. Ning Guo Si.

Zizhongning Guo Si was founded in the fifth year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 200). Known as "the first Zen forest in Bashu", kapok cassock is the last refuge. Historically, the three princes of Silla Kingdom (now Korea) practiced here 14 years. Ning Guo Si has a long history and Buddhist culture, which has great influence in Sichuan and even the whole country, but it was destroyed in the 1950s.

In order to further promote its long history and Buddhist culture, transform its rich historical and Buddhist cultural resources into historical and Buddhist cultural capital, better show its magnificent momentum to the world, and inject new vitality into Zizhong tourism, Zizhong County started the Ning Restoration Project in 2006, which lasted for three years and cost nearly 10 million yuan.

Initial construction: It was built in the fifth year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, formerly known as Dechun Temple. Prosperity: Dechun Temple still has its name in the Tang Dynasty, and Huang Wu Wu Zetian gave it the name "Bodhi Dojo". In the early Tang Dynasty, Zen Buddhism was divided into Northern Sect headed by Shen Xiu and Southern Sect headed by Huineng. Zen Buddhism was first introduced to Sichuan by the founder of the Tang Dynasty, and Ning was honored as the ancestral temple by later generations, and was known as the "first Zen forest in Bashu".

The four founders of the Zen School for Protecting the Tang Dynasty all came from the Tang Dynasty. They made important contributions to the Buddhist cause in Sichuan and even China, and it was also the most prosperous period in Ningxia. In the Song Dynasty, Dechun Temple was officially renamed Ning.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizong's imperial book "Cao Zhi Ling Zhi" was hung in the temple. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Ning was still very famous. In order to-,Qin Gui collected the world's "Auspicious", among which Ning's "Lian Li" was included.

3. Zizhong Dechun Temple.

Dechun Temple, also known as Ning, is located at the foot of Qishen Mountain, ten miles north of Zizhong. It was founded in the fifth year of Jian 'an of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty (200 years). During the reign of Wu Zetian, Master Zhi Yu, a Zen monk, once lived here and wrote many Buddhist works, such as The View of Continuing Glory, The Origin and Prajna Heart Sutra. He became the founder of Jiannan Zen School, which is neither Nanchan School nor Beichan School.

In the second year of Wu Zhou (697), Wu Zetian invited him to Chang 'an, named Zhiyu "Zen Master" and named Dechun Temple "Bodhi Dojo". When Zhi Zhi retired and returned to China, Wu Zetian "gave a new copy of Huayan Sutra, Maitreya Xiu Xiang and Zanhua, and the founder of Dharma believed in the cassock", making Zizhong Dechun Temple a treasure of kapok cassock regarded as a "treasure" by Zen disciples.

In the 16th year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (728), the Prince of Silla came to Dechun Temple, where he studied under Master Ji, a disciple of Zen Master Zhi Yu. After two years of study, he started his own business and went to Shiyan Gorge (now called Yuhegou) in Jingushan, which is only ten miles away from Dechun Temple, to practice, becoming another generation of Zen masters. Silla is now North Korea and South Korea.

The Prince who came to Zizhong was the third son of Wang Jin Xingguang, a saint in Silla, and was called the "Three Princes". He had a little sister who didn't want to get married, cut her face with a knife, devoted herself to Buddhism and became a bhikkhuni.

4. Chonglongshan Scenic Area.

The Chonglongshan Scenic Area in Zizhong County covers an area of 86 mu and is located in the northeast corner of Zizhong County in the southeast of Sichuan Basin. Belonging to the urban planning area, it is a national-level scenic spot with mountains, flying and mountain scenery. The mountains are lush with trees, and places of interest are all over the mountains.

There are some ancient buildings in the area, such as Yongqing Temple, Laihe Pavilion, Wen Ming Birthday Memorial archway, Chonglong Pavilion, Shouyin Pavilion, etc., for tourists to have a rest, as well as the gentleman spring, the cliff statue in Beiyan and the fish pond. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been a famous tourist attraction with simple natural features and rich traditional cultural features.

The mountain shape is winding and undulating, with a long history, rich resources and convenient transportation. Now it is a comprehensive tourist area integrating landscaping, scenic spots, historical relics, amusement, leisure and fitness, sightseeing, investigation, vacation, catering, accommodation and photography. The scenic spot integrates mountains, rocks, forests, springs and scenery, and newly built amusement parks, nurseries, Wangjiang Pavilion, Junzi Spring Garden and 500 Arhat Hall.

Mo Yan statues in the scenic spot are key cultural relics protection units in Sichuan Province, which are distributed between Junziquan and Gubeiyan, with more than 162 niches and 1600 statues. Stone statues are arranged in grottoes on rocks, as dense as honeycombs. According to the inscription beside the Buddhist shrine, they were carved in the Tang Dynasty and delivered in that year, with a history of more than 1000 years.

Junziquan has a wide concave rock belly and unfolds in an arc. There are springs between the walls. In the old days, the spring water was in a superior position and the four seasons were endless. There is a pool under it, and the spring water enters the pool, giving off a rhythmic and pleasant sound, hence the name "Lingyan Chunyun", commonly known as "dripping water to play the piano", which is one of the eight scenic spots in Guzizhou.

5. Salt Temple.

In the history of the development of human salt industry, salt producers and operators have built various temples or halls on the spot to show off counties and counties and show their wealth. There are more than 10,000 temples and halls built by salt industry in the world, but their names are all named after place names, historical figures or main builders.

The most representative salt hall in China is the former Xiqin Hall in Zigong, which was mainly built by Shaanxi businessmen at that time. Guan Yu was given the throne in it, so it was called Shaanxi Hall or Guandi Temple.

So far, among the temples in the world, only luoquan town has built a salt temple, which is located in Hedong Street at the eastern end of Zilai Bridge and is known as the Wonder Temple in the world. As early as the Qin Dynasty, there were many masts and salt stoves at the bottom of the mountain stream in luoquan town, which became one of the important salt-producing bases in the land of abundance. Its salt-making history is more than 500 years earlier than that of Zigong, the salt capital.

The development of well salt industry in luoquan has experienced the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the development of salt industry in luoquan town reached its peak. During Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, there were 15 15 salt wells in Luoquan well. The produced well salt won the gold medal of the Paris World Expo in AD 1925.

With the vigorous development of salt industry, merchants from Luoquan Jingxing gathered, and Ma Si Camel Mulberry gradually became the political, economic and cultural center of Zizhong, Weiyuan, Renshou, Jingyan and Ziyang. Salt merchants, in particular, cannot do without Luoquanjing, a salt-producing base, and transport salt boats, mules and horses to Chengdu, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet and Xinjiang for sale.

6. Zizhong Yongqing Temple.

Yongqing Temple is located on Chonglong Mountain in the northeast corner of Zizhong County, Sichuan Province. Located in the middle of Chengdu-Chongqing expressway, 0/42km away from Chengdu/KLOC-,it has become a place for religious activities and sightseeing. Yongqing Temple was founded in the Tang Dynasty and continued to be built in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1559). It was rebuilt in the 60th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (172 1), and cultivated in Qianlong and Jiaqing for many times.

There is a stone archway in front of the temple, with a "heavy dragon monument" on it, and couplets on both sides say: "Double cranes cross the river, the remains of Myanmar immortals, and the crane rack on the top of a hundred feet; Chonglong circled the country, followed the former site of Xunming County, and looked at the Longmen of Santai Ferry. " On the back of the memorial archway is written-"West Shu Famous Temple".

There is a pair of couplets on each side, which reads: "Relying on the spiritual luck of the Han Dynasty is the western legal circle; Smelling its water, we can see that Caoxi is a resort. " Behind the archway is the "Wen Ming Birthday" archway, followed by the Heavenly King Hall of Yongqing Temple, and behind the archway is the octagonal pavilion with double eaves. It is said that the Laihe Pavilion was built in the Song Dynasty, and there is a Putuo Hall behind it. There is an inexhaustible "Tianchi" behind the temple.

Behind Tianchi Lake is the Hall of Ursa, and on the right is the Moon Pool. The allusions of Castle Peak are inserted into the space, and the balcony is decorated with Vatican Palace. Wandering in the mountains, such as the Pearl River. This is a poem written by Yang Shun, the provincial judge of Sichuan Province in the Ming Dynasty. The original title is "Zizhong Longshan". The Vatican Palace in the poem refers to the ancient temple on the top of the mountain-Yongqing Temple.

Although there are only 28 words in the whole poem, it vividly depicts the scenic spots of Chonglongshan and Yongqing Temple. Yongqing Temple with a long history "Xishu Famous Temple" is located in Chonglongshan, Zizhong County, Sichuan Province. Wu Yun, a Zen master in the Ming Dynasty, gave lectures here, and the incense was flourishing. According to historical records, the temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, and now Yongqing Temple was rebuilt in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1559), with a history of more than 400 years.

7. Retirement in Kanluoji.

Kanluoji is located in Guangji Mountain in the eastern suburb of Ganlu Ancient Town, 22 kilometers west of Zizhong County. According to Zizhong County Records, the temple was built to raise money for Zhen De, a monk in the Tang Dynasty. The existing buildings have maintained the style of the Ming Dynasty, and the banner of "The First Zen Forest in Beijing" inscribed by Sun Hongshi, a member of Langzhongyi in the Ming Dynasty has been preserved to this day.

1973 was listed as a key cultural relics protection unit at the county level, and 199 1 year was listed as a cultural relics protection unit at the provincial level in Sichuan. Kanluoji is built on the mountain, facing the Tuojiang River. There are few eminent monks in the Tang Dynasty in the West Rock next to the temple, and there are springs under the rock, which can cure diseases, hence the name of the temple. In the 12th year of the Ming Dynasty (1447), monk Yi Ming once renovated his temple, twice in the early years of Qing Qianlong and the 6th year of Jiaqing.

In the heyday of the middle Ming Dynasty, there were dozens of five halls, covering an area of 8 130 square meters. The gate of the earliest temple was very close to the ancient town, which shows that the whole temple was quite large at that time.