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The former capital of Yan State, Yanling is rich in tourism resources and is full of cultural relics and historic sites. The main ones include Xu Youyin's Farming Place, Xu You's Tomb, Yin Zhou Stele, Drunken Old Pavilion Stele, Qianming Temple Sui, Xingguo Temple Pagoda, Ganluo Ancient Cypress, Cao Cao's Forum, Cao Zhang's Tomb, etc. The flowers and flowers and trees industry in Yanling County is attracting friends from all over the world with its unique beauty. The Yanling flower industry uses the "Central Plains Flowers and Trees Trade Expo" as a medium to spread its charm to all over the world. When you come to Yanling, a fertile and beautiful holy land, you will feel the beauty of stepping into heaven and the warmth of nature. We always welcome guests from all over the world to visit the tens of thousands of acres of green sea in the Central Plains and enjoy the Yanling Colorful Flower Expo...

The Tomb of Xu You

In the ancient Yao and Shun periods,

The Tomb of Xu You

In today’s Xuchang City, the hinterland of the Central Plains, there was a Gao Shi was named Xu You. He was the leader of the Kunwu tribe and the ancestor of today's Xu surname. According to records, Xu You led his tribesmen to live mainly in the Jishan area of ??Yanling County and Dengfeng City in today's Xuchang City. He lived by farming and valued righteousness over profits, thus gaining a wide reputation as a virtuous man. When Emperor Yao found out, he wanted to give up the throne to him. Xu You did not want to be an official, so he fled to live in seclusion at the foot of Jishan Mountain. Yao also asked him to serve as an official. The governor of Jiuzhou went to Yingshui River to wash his ears again, saying that he did not want to hear such words. In the end, Yao passed the throne to Shun. For thousands of years, the beautiful story of Yao and Shun's abdication has been widely praised by people. Xu You was also honored as the originator of hermits by later generations!

Xu You, the ancestor of the Xu surname, was the teacher of Yao and Shun. He is famous for his resignation from Yao and his abdication, living in seclusion in Jishan, and hanging a gourd to wash his ears. He is the first hermit documented in Chinese history and is known as The originator of hermits. Xu You's noble character and integrity in refusing honor and salary and humbly retiring had an important impact on the formation of Chinese hermit culture and even Taoist culture, and became part of the spirit of traditional Chinese culture. The thoughts, aspirations and feelings of the hermit formed from Xu You, such as being humble and not seeking glory and gain, hating officialdom and returning to nature, despising fame and being indifferent, traveling leisurely in mountains and rivers, forgetting love poems and writings, working hard and experiencing hardships. etc., which have been highly praised and pursued by intellectuals of all ages and formed the spiritual character of Chinese intellectuals.

Qianming Temple Pagoda

Yanling Qianming Temple Pagoda is located in the northwest corner of Yanling County, Xuchang City, Henan Province. The former site of Qianming Temple was first built in the fourth year of Renshou in the Sui Dynasty (604), and was rebuilt in the Northern Song Dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. Judging from the structure and shape of the tower, it was built in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty. Hexagonal thirteen-level pavilion-style brick tower, about 38 meters high. The lower part is a blue brick pagoda base. There are brick brackets under the eaves of each floor of the pagoda, and there are coupon doors, false windows and Buddhist niches. There are steps inside the pagoda for climbing. The second floor of the pagoda is inlaid with the pagoda inscription, and the third floor of the pagoda is inlaid with 8 glazed Buddha statues and carved bricks around the perimeter. The top of the tower is a copper orb tower brake. In front of the tower, there is an inscription from the first year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty (1567). In November 1986, it was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in Henan.

Yin Zhou Stele

Important inscriptions in the Eastern Han Dynasty of China. The full name is "Inscription of Yin Jun who was engaged in Yuzhou in Han Dynasty". Published in the sixth year of Xiping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (177). The seal script on the forehead of the stele has been broken, and only the two characters "cong" and "ming" remain. The stele is 2 meters high and 0.93 meters wide. In the first year of Huangqing's reign in the Yuan Dynasty (1312), Daru Huachi of Yanling County discovered it in Weichuan when he was repairing the Confucius Temple. He moved it to the Confucius Temple and soon disappeared into the ground. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (some say Jiajing), the river bank swelled and the bank collapsed, and the stone came back and was resettled in the Confucius Temple.

The inscription is in official script, with a total of 14 lines and a full line of 27 characters. The article describes Yin Zhou's family lineage and official positions, followed by an inscription of praise. Yin Zhou, also known as Zhou Nan, was a descendant of Yin Jifu during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty. My father is the guardian of the society. Yin Zhou governed Gongyang Chunqiu Zhuan when he was young. He once served as the guardian of Kunyang Order and worked in Houzhou Pi. He died in the second year of Xiping (173) at the age of 62. The font of the inscription is square, strong and clumsy, the structure is broad and clear, and the writing style is elegant and vigorous. It is one of the representative works of Han Li. There is an intact rubbing of Ming Dynasty handed down to the world.

Yanling Wintersweet

Wintersweet is a traditional and valuable ornamental flower and tree that is a specialty of my country. It has a long history of cultivation and rich wintersweet culture.

Yanling wintersweet

Li Shangyin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, called wintersweet winter plum. "Yao Shi Yu" also calls wintersweet "Han Ke". Before the winter plum blossoms bloom in spring, they are the first of all flowers, especially the plum blossoms, which bloom in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, so they are called early plum blossoms. Wintersweet flowers first and then leaves. The flowers and leaves do not meet each other. When the flowers bloom, the branches are thin and dry, so it is also called dry-branched plum. Most of the days when the wax plum blossoms are in bloom, there is auspicious snowfall. If you want to appreciate the wax plum blossoms, you will walk on the snow after it snows, so it is also called snow plum. And because the wax plum blossoms bloom at the beginning of winter and become fruitful after winter, they are also called winter plums.

Wangmei is mainly distributed in the south of the Yellow River Basin. It is cultivated in various places and grows wild in the Qinling region and Hubei. There are many cultivated varieties. According to Zhao Tianbang's book "Chinese Wintersweet", there are 4 varieties of wintersweet, 12 varieties and 165 varieties. Among them are pure yellow, golden yellow, light yellow, dark yellow, purple yellow, silvery white, light white, snow white, yellowish white, and the stamens are red, purple, and pure white. Among them, the best one is Yanling Wintersweet produced in Yanling County, Henan Province, which is known as "Yanling Wintersweet is the best in the world". The representative variety is 'Suxin Wintersweet': "Yanling Literature Chronicle" calls 'Yanling Suxin Wintersweet', which has a white heart and a rich fragrance. Because the flowers do not fully open when they bloom and the mouth opens downward, like a "golden bell hanging", it is also called Jinzhongmei.

Xingguo Temple Pagoda

Xingguo Temple Pagoda is located in Malan Town, 5 kilometers south of Yanling County, and is named after the temple.

The pagoda faces south from north to south, facing a depression to the west, the south wall of the newly built Xingguo Temple to the east, a road to the south, and private houses to the north. This pagoda was built during the Taiping and Xingguo period of the Song Dynasty. During the Northern Expedition, the sixth floor of the pagoda was given to the warlords for use. Part of it was destroyed by shelling, and in 1937 the temple was abandoned and the pagoda remained. In 1963, the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau allocated funds for partial restoration. In 1989, the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau allocated funds to reinforce and widen the base of the tower to 3 meters. In 1986, the Henan Provincial People's Government announced it as the second batch of provincial cultural relics protection units.

The Xingguo Temple Pagoda is a hexagonal nine-story pavilion-style building with a masonry structure, 27 meters high, and consists of three parts: the tower base, the tower body, and the tower temple. The tower base has a circumference of 20 meters, a height of 1 meter, a thickness of 1 meter and a width of 3 meters after reinforcement. Each floor of the tower is decorated with brackets, rafter eaves and ribbon flowers. The tower eaves extend 1 meter and there are 6 door niches. The iron pagoda is hollow, and the original wooden shed panels have long since disappeared. The first floor of the pagoda has semicircular arch doors on the south and north sides. There is a pagoda chamber built in the south gate on the first floor, and steps built in the north gate. From this gate, you can climb up the steps to the south gate (niche) on the second floor, go around half the eaves of the tower to the north gate (niche) on the second floor, and climb Stairs lead up to the third floor. You can climb to the seventh floor from the third floor of the tower by climbing the tower wall with both feet. The external structure of the tower is rigorous, upright and elegant, which is a typical Northern Song Dynasty building. The pagoda has a good reference value for studying ancient architecture and Buddhist activities in the Song Dynasty.