Scenic spots in Pingtang town

Pingtang Town is endowed with unique resources. The rocky mountain forest in the territory is handsome and straight, stretching for dozens of miles. There are magical caves in the peak forest, such as Dragon Cave Rock, Cave Qingyan, Xiadong Cave, Julong Cave and Champion Cave. The town is rich in marble reserves, which were measured by the National Geological Survey in 1992 to be about 1 billion cubic meters, with calcium oxide content above 52%, ranking first in the towns and villages in western Guangdong. There are many stone peaks and deep caves in the town, and stalactites and stalagmites are unpredictable. There are famous scenic spots such as Dragon Cave Rock, Cave Qingyan, Xiadong Cave, Julong Cave and Champion Cave.

Cliff Stone Carvings of Longkan Rock

The Cliff Stone Carvings of Longkan Rock are located on the stone wall in the cave room of Longkan Cave in Tanli Village, Pingtang Town, luoding city, Guangdong Province. In the fourth year of Wude, Tang Gaozu (AD 621), Yongning County ordered Puguang Chen to set up a Dojo in the stone room of the Dragon Cave, build a statue of Dangyang on the north wall of the cave, and paint flying immortals, pagodas, arhats and holy monks on the left and right hatchbacks. In the first year of last year, Shu Qiong, the son of Pu Guang, rebuilt the Dojo, and built a statue of a man in the cave in Dangyang. Later, after that, he made it popular, and made good use of the county magistrate Chen Shuxuan and Chen Shuwei. The local chief and champion general Zuo Bao, General Tao Wei, was invited to write a preface to the inscription of Dojo, written by Chen Jiyuan, the founding father of Yingchuan County. In 699, the inscription was engraved on the right (west) wall in the center of the "niche seat", which was 3 meters high from the ground. The inscription was engraved on the uneven rock wall, with a width of 113 to 115 cm and a height of 76-8 cm. The full text is as follows. In the stone room, there are also many inscriptions on visiting stone tablets since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and there are more than 1 recognizable inscriptions on visiting stone tablets.

Longkan Rock Dojo

is located in Tanli Village of this town. The Cliff Stone Inscription "Dragon Cave Daochang Inscription" in the Tang Dynasty is engraved in the Dragon Cave Rock, which is known as "the first stone carving in Lingnan". In the fourth year of Tang Gaozu's martial arts (621), Yongning County of Longzhou ordered Puguang Chen to build a Dojo in the rock to offer sacrifices to the Buddha. In 699, the second year of the reign of Emperor Wu and Zhou, the champion general, General Zuo Bao Tao Wei, the founder of Shangzhuguo and Yingchuan County, Chen Jiyuan wrote "The Inscription and Preface of the Dragon Shrine Dojo", which made masons carve it on the stone wall on the left side of the front hall of the cave, more than 1,2 years ago, and it is still well preserved. The 1238-character stone carving tells the story of the construction of Dojo by three generations of Chen family in Longzhou, Tang Dynasty, and publicizes Buddhist thoughts. There are many characters used in the early Tang Dynasty and more than 1 new words created by Wu Zetian, which are of great reference value to the study of politics, economy, religion and culture in Tang Dynasty. Longkanyan Dojo is a provincial-level key cultural relic.

Julong Cave

Julong Cave is located in Pingtang Shishanfeng Forest Scenic Area, Pingtang Town, luoding city. It is a typical karst cave, which is formed by the continuous erosion and expansion of groundwater in the crevices of marble for a long time. The total length of the cave is 16 meters, with 8 halls and

Julong Cave Scenic Area ***38 scenic spots. The cave body twists and turns, and the landscape is varied. Since Pingfeng Mountain, there are many stone peaks, stretching for dozens of miles. The famous caves such as Dragon Cave, Cave Qingyan, Xiadong, Julong Cave and Zhuangyuan Cave are scattered in the peak forest. Strange peaks and rocks, deep caves and strange stalactites. There are thousands of wonders in the cave, with beautiful trees and flowers, jade screens and umbrellas, which are mottled and mixed. Youlong has a variety of scenery, such as resting horses, tigers, leopards and animals, just like a fairyland. The abode of fairies and immortals is magical, hooked, curved, pierced and leaked, and it is natural from the scene. All kinds of peculiar stalactites crisscross and crisscross, with various shapes and vivid images, which are exquisite and magnificent. Under the irradiation of modern colorful electro-light, it is even more confusing and lingering. In front of the cave, the three dragons soar, the Yilong murals, the Shuanglong pearls and the cliff-like national treasure are engraved here. Around the square, there are strange flowers and grasses, lush vegetation, small waterfalls in Qingxi, leisure fishing and amusement parks, which attract many adults and children. The scenic spot integrates eating, living, traveling and entertainment, with complete facilities, excellent service, safety and comfort, and is an ideal sightseeing and holiday resort for people.

The ancient houses built with plywood

are mainly distributed in Liangguan Village, Longji Village and other villages in this town. The concrete rammed earth house is unique, with obvious regional characteristics and high level of rammed earth construction technology. The walls of the house are all rammed with concrete, and the walls are straight, bright, solid and firm. So far, after hundreds of years of wind and rain and the destruction of thieves and soldiers, they still stand. Rammed soil is made of locally produced first-class lime, yellow mud and local unique triangular sand (commonly known as pit sand), which is mixed and retted, and bamboo and wood strips are added as reinforcement (commonly known as keel) during plate construction. After the completion of the wall, the wall surface has undergone many technological processes such as beating and ashing. The old house in Xiaxinwei, Liangguan Village, Yixingtang, Wushentang in Shanxia Village, Lidetang, Sanduo Hall and Five Blessingg Hall in Longji Village are all masterpieces of plywood houses.