Xiangyang is a scenic spot that cannot be missed. Understand the history and culture of Xiangyang, starting from Lumen Mountain.

Xiangyang, a legendary city. Qinling Mountains in the west, Tongbai Mountain in the east, Nanyang Basin in the north and Jianghan Plain in the south. The moat is quietly surrounded by the city on three sides, and a Han River passes through the city. "Borrow a river and spring water, win ten miles of scenery, take external scenery, and win internal humanities." Since the early Han Dynasty, martial arts has been a place for hegemony, and literature is a place where celebrities gather. In the legendary history of Xiangyang City for more than 2,800 years, many historical events and figures have become the historical memory and cultural heritage of the legendary Xiangyang.

There is a mountain in Jin Dong New District in the southeast of Xiangyang City, formerly known as Suling Mountain. Both Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Hou Yu of Xiangyang dreamed of Suling Mountain God. Li Yu was ordered to build a temple on the mountain, carving deer and lining two stone tablets, which the people called Lumen Temple. Then name the mountain after the temple. In the future, sages have many stories. ......

The famous monks and teachers in Lumen Temple recorded in Historical Records mainly include Shao Kang, Chu Zhen, Pang Yun, Strange Monk, Danxia, Crazy Monk, Monk Magic Lamp, Zizhou, and Xibo, a wise monk who lurks tigers on Lumen Mountain. When this temple flourished, there were about 500 Buddhist halls, Buddhist halls, Zhaitang halls and abbots' rooms, which were called "Riding the Mountain Gate". After several years of destruction, it gradually recovered at 1980. Lumeng Temple is now a key cultural relic protection unit.

According to legend, Pang Degong, a celebrity in Xiangyang, refused Liu Biao's invitation several times and took his wife to live in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. Over the years, he has been with the mountains and forests, collecting medicines for a living, and the medicine cave is the place where Pang Degong Pharmaceuticals refines medicines. The grotesque rocks outside the cave are rugged, and the peaks turn around, and the forest covers the sky. There is a lifelike tortoise and snake guarding the hole. During the Cultural Revolution, the stone snake on the right was smashed, leaving only a stone turtle to watch alone. There is a stone statue of Pang Degong in the cave, and the traces of smoky Pang Degong pharmaceutical industry are clearly visible; There is also a lampstand with a loose handle when Pang Degong studies the medicinal properties of drugs at night; There are caves in Pang Degong with doors, pavilions, compartments and fixed brackets. ?

Zhuge Liang, who devoted himself to Longzhong, once worshipped Pang Degong as his teacher. Every time I come for advice, I bow down before Pang Gong's couch, which makes him open-minded and eager to learn, and is admired by future generations. Pang Gong often invites his nephews "Feng Chu" Mr. Pang Tong, "Wolong" Mr. Zhuge Liang, Mr. Si Mahui, Xu Shu, Cui Zhouping and others to discuss world affairs and strategies for governing the country; Thus, this well-known story of the Three Kingdoms was deduced. Later, there was a folk proverb that Pang Gong taught a noble disciple, and Wolong was a true story.

In the 2 1 century, under the spring breeze of vigorously developing tourism, Lumen Mountain is now a national forest park and a scenic spot in Hubei Province. The natural landscape of the scenic spot is dominated by forest ecological landscape, with green mountains, strange mountains and rocks and turning peaks. Together with Hanshui River and Lumentan, which cover an area of nearly 10 square kilometers, they form a diversified natural landscape picture integrating mountains, valleys, forests, flowers, grass, rocks, water, rivers, ponds and beaches. Lumen Mountain has a total area of 29 1.76 mu and a forest coverage rate of 92.6%. There are 78 families 157 genera, 223 species of plants, 22 species of precious medicinal plants, 7 species of animals 16 species of birds16 species, and the layers of trees, shrubs and grasses are obvious. Among the numerous natural landscapes, Guaishi Forest, Shi Niu array, rainstorm pool, Long Yin pool, Lumen pool and other grotesque rocks, strange water and dangerous beaches are also fascinating. It is a tourist, leisure and holiday resort and an ideal place for people to "return to nature".

Since then, famous poets in the Tang Dynasty, such as Meng Haoran and Pi Rixiu, have lived in seclusion here one after another, and their fame is far-reaching. Later, they called it the "Holy Mountain". Meng Haoran wrote "Spring Dawn" and "Song of Lumen Mountain" when he lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. Now Meng Haoran's tomb and former residence on Lumen Mountain have been preserved for many years, and tourists come in an endless stream all year round. Xiaochun Pavilion, an existing ancient building, was built by later generations to commemorate Meng Haoran and has become a major local landscape.

Sanhe Village, Jin Dong Town, where Lumen Mountain is located, was rated as a famous tourist village in Hubei Province by the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government. According to the plan to build a famous tourist village, Sanhe Village will focus on the construction of "three districts together", namely Haoran ecological and cultural leisure area, Lumen landscape leisure area and Lumen ecological and agricultural tourism area, in order to find the heritage of the Meng family and the way to keep fit on foot. It will also build a tourist pier on the Han River, develop Lumen Beach and outdoor training base, and carry out waterfront and water leisure tourism projects such as artistic photography, painting and sketching, leisure health, water rafting and beach seclusion.

The Lumen Flower Sea Project invested by 20 18 has begun to take shape. There are more than 70 kinds of flowers, and there are flowers in all seasons. The endless sea of flowers is bright and dazzling, and an endless stream of tourists smile and walk together. Some stopped to look at the sea of flowers, some took pictures as souvenirs, some took a leisurely walk, and joy hung on everyone's face. It has become the best place to enjoy flowers in Xiangyang in spring.

Lumen Mountain is a famous lake with beautiful scenery, a legendary mountain named Lu Ling, a mountain of master and apprentice of a prodigy Kong Ming, a mountain of eternal poetry world-renowned at home and abroad, a hidden mountain of celebrities who are proud of emperors, a Buddhist holy mountain where eminent monks gather, and a famous cultural mountain with the most cultural connotation in Xiangyang area. It would be a great pity if you have been to Xiangyang but not to Lumen Mountain.