Xiayi tourist attractions daquan

Tourist attractions in Xiayi County, Shangqiu: Tianlong Lake, Qiaocheng Site, Matou Temple, Confucius Return to the Native Temple and Dasheng Temple Stone Pagoda.

1. Tianlong Lake: Formerly known as Chenghu Lake in Xiayi County, it has a long history and began in the Warring States Period. After several dynasties' restoration and development, in the first year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1511), the inner and outer lakes were formed with the city wall as the boundary, which was known as the "West Lake in East Henan".

2. Qiaocheng Site: It is located in Tapo Wangzhuang, Luoji Township, Xiayi County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. According to county records, the ancient Qiaocheng is located in Tapo Wangzhuang, 3 miles northeast of the county. In the twenty-fourth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Xiayi County Annals contained: thirty miles north of the county, the city of Qiaocheng was built by King Chu Ping. It's rainy and rainy, and the city walls are often faintly visible, so it's called "rainy in Qiaocheng".

3. Matou Temple: It is said that Zhao Gou, the King of Kang in the Northern Song Dynasty, was chased to the river by Jin Bing, and there happened to be a horse here. After he crossed the river, there was only one horse's head left, only to know that it was a mud horse, and then he built a temple for it.

4. Confucius Temple of Returning Home: It was built in the early Tang Dynasty, and its shape is like a Confucian temple, facing south, with a wall, an altar, two halls, four gates and a forest of steles. In Song Zhenzong, Kong Liangfu and Kong Yanfu, the forty-five generations of Confucius' grandchildren, settled here from Qufu, and restored and expanded the Confucius Home Returning Temple.

5. Dasheng Temple Stone Pagoda: It is located in the east of Zhangzhuang Village, Liji Town, about 13 kilometers north of Xiayi County, and in the south of Dasheng Temple. Tapered on the tower are "Great Sage Courtyard in Jicun Village, Changren Township, Xiayi County, Guide Prefecture" and "Pagoda judged by the Great Master Monks", as well as the people who set up the tower. The Great Sage Courtyard holds the names of more than a dozen monks, including Master Ming Jian, and the time for setting up the tower is 68 words, such as "Hitachi in October of the first year of Dade", "Masons Zhang Lin and Shi Kuan".

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiayi County