What are the attractions in Tianzhu Mountain?

Main attractions

Tianzhu Peak

Tianzhu Peak, 1489.8 meters above sea level. It stands in the sky, one pillar holding up the sky, covered with stone bones, rugged and strange, majestic and beautiful, like a pillar, like a cone, like a torch, like a sword, like a tower, and like a flower pen, which helps people say "Don't look at the mountains after returning from the Five Mountains. "When you come back from Huangshan, you don't look at the mountains; when you come back from Tianzhu, you don't look at the peaks"! When Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, passed by the Yangtze River in Susong, he saw the majesty of Tianzhu Peak and sang loudly: "The strange peaks have strange clouds, and the beautiful trees are delicate. The Qingming Wan Gong Mountain is absolutely amazing. ..." Bai Juyi He also once chanted: "One peak of the Tianzhu holds the sun and the moon, and the cave door locks in the clouds and thunder." Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty sighed: "The towering pillar of the sky dominates the east of Hanwei. I only say that the universe is huge, but who knows how great the merits are." Li Geng of the Ming Dynasty also praised: "The towering pillar of the sky is so high that it reaches the sky. It's like climbing to the top. Not long after, I was already on Pengdao. I lifted up the crane and walked around the clouds. There are many strange mountains in the world, but they are as good as this one."

The solitary peak of Tianzhu Peak is very dangerous. It is difficult to climb, and according to records, only two people have climbed to the top as tourists so far.

One Line of Sky

Under Tianzhu Peak, there is a peak with a crack from the main peak, like a giant ax splitting, and it cannot reach the ground. It is commonly known as Xiaotianmen, also known as "One Line of Sky" . The peak is only 10 meters high and looks like a newly blooming flower, hence the name "Huafeng". Looking up at the stone wall of Tianzhu Peak, there are four characters "standing up to the sky and the earth" written horizontally in regular script. This was inscribed by Liu Yichun, a Kuomintang general in the 29th year of the Republic of China.

Duxian Bridge

Tianchi Peak is the second highest peak of Tianzhu Mountain. It is slightly higher than Feilai Peak, with an altitude of 1,426 meters. Tianchi Peak is split into three, connected by the two thin stone strips in front of us. This is the famous "Duxian Bridge". There is a saying: "Everyone who comes to the bridge is a fairy."

Climbing to the top of Tianchi Peak, we can also appreciate the spirit of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing all the small mountains at a glance". The view here is extremely broad and the scenery is magnificent. It is the best location to view the sunrise, sea of ??clouds, Buddha's light and sunset. When the sky is clear, you can look far into the distance and see Feilai Peak, Mount Everest, and Five Fingers Peak, the mountains reaching the sky; Alchemy Lake is like a shining silver mirror sandwiched between two silver chains of Qianhe River and Wanshui River; Dalong Nest, The peaks of Houshan and Dongguan are like mounds, with a panoramic view.

Carefully cross the Duxian Bridge and reach a platform with a radius of less than 10 square meters. There are two large and small stone pits in Taichung, called "Tianchi". It is not deep enough to fill a foot, but the water is clear and cold, and it will never be full after long rains or dry up after long droughts. The outer edge of the Tianchi platform is a cliff, which is breathtaking and is called the Xinxin Cliff. Shixin Cliff is the most ideal place to watch the "Buddha's Light in Tianzhu Mountain". If thick fog fills the valley and the sun hangs in the blue sky, a colorful halo of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple will appear on the white clouds. Yes, your figure must be reflected in the gorgeous halo. If you encounter "Buddha's light", you will be lucky.

Mysterious Valley

Mysterious Valley, located in the south of Tianchi Peak, is also called Siyuan (Xuan) Cave. The most mysterious place in Tianzhu Mountain is called the Mysterious Valley. Firstly, it is because of the strangeness of the valley, and secondly, there are many mysterious and legendary stories since ancient times.

The Mysterious Stone Valley is composed of Dragon Palace, Maze, Xiaoyao Palace, etc. It starts from the entrance of Longyinhuxiao Cliff, passes through Wuzhi Peak, is close to Feilai Peak, surrounds Mount Everest, and goes directly to Duxian Bridge. It is more than 400 meters long and has a drop of more than 100 meters. Looking at the Mystic Valley from the outside, it is just a valley of piles of rocks, and nearly a hundred caves are all in the piles of rocks. No matter how many tourists there are, you can only hear the sounds but hardly see the people. There are holes in the caves in the valley, and there are holes in the caves; some are connected, and some are separated; there is a road when there is no road, but you are lost when you think it is a road; there are countless people in the wide part of the cave, and the pebbles on the river bottom are clearly visible; in the lower part of the cave People must walk slowly, and if one person blocks the way, the whole cave will be dark; when the cave is large, several people can walk together, and they can sit on the rocks to take a nap; the steep part of the wall is connected up and down, and the hands and feet are used together; in the dark place, the cool air hits the person, and the twists and turns are uneasy; when it is bright, the spring water Ding dong, the pines sing and the birds chirp.

Taoists regard this place as the blessed land of cave heaven, and Taoist books call it the fourteenth cave heaven. Old records say that this cave is "empty enough to accommodate more than ten thousand warriors, with crystal rocks underneath, leading directly to the sea. Later it was called Zongguan Cave."

Penglai Island

Left side of Huafeng , one peak is green and plump, it is Penglai Peak. Penglai Peak is 1,350 meters above sea level, overlooking Tianchi Peak in the south and Tianzhu Peak in the north. Penglai Peak is a single stone wall with steep walls on its west, south and north sides. Extending more than 100 meters to the west is an abyss. The peak is narrow and dangerous, with a length of more than 100 meters and a width of only two or three meters. Ancient trees protect the rocks, and vines wrap around the knees. People come and go, and dangers arise. Stone steps and guardrails have now been built. The base of the peak is often covered by clouds and fog, and the top of the peak is looming in the sea of ??clouds. When you get to Penglai Island, you can see only vines and vines. It’s deserted and shrouded in thick fog. It’s like entering a fairyland! Look at the steep cliffs on the south, west and north sides, with ancient pines hanging upside down and chaotic clouds flying across, like an island and a fairy mountain. Li Geng in the Ming Dynasty wrote a poem: "I'm not even halfway up the mountain yet, and I'm already in Penglai", so it's called Penglai Peak. Climbing to the top of the mountain, you can overlook Hubei Yingshan, Anhui Huoshan and Jinzhai, and appreciate the magnificent scene in Mao Zedong's poem "Cangshan is like the sea, the setting sun is like blood".

Jiujing River

Originating from the palace behind Tianzhu Mountain, it twists and turns, stretches for more than ten kilometers, and is formed by thousands of streams and springs. Cool, "Jiujing West Wind" is one of the ten scenic spots in Qianyang.

Jiujing Xifeng can be regarded as one of the best in Tianzhu.

Absolutely all year round, no matter it is cloudy, sunny, rainy or snowy, there is a northwest wind blowing into the Gukou and Yezhai area. Especially in summer, no matter how hot the weather is during the day, when the west wind comes at night, the heat will disappear. Therefore, Taniguchi and Yezhai are not only good places for people to listen to the wind and watch the scenery, but also are summer resorts.

Alchemy Lake

Alchemy Lake has a water surface area of ??nearly 30,000 square meters, a water storage capacity of 80,000 cubic meters, and an altitude of 1,100 meters. Among the famous mountains in China, it can be compared with the Tianshan "Tianchi" , comparable to the "Tianchi" in Changbai Mountain. Its water is clear and green like jade. It is surrounded by mountains and has an elegant environment. The sky is clear and windless. The lake is like a mirror, and the blue sky and white clouds are reflected in it. The surrounding peaks, green cliffs and green pines are reflected in it, like a brocade, giving this tranquility. The water surface adds vitality; the breeze blows, the lake water is rippling and sparkling, and it is another scene. Boating on it is like entering a fairyland. Under the calm water surface of the "Alchemy Lake", before the lake was built, it was originally called "Liangyaoping", also known as "Shanghai Alchemy Lake". Zuo Ci once collected medicine and made elixirs here in the early days of the Han Dynasty, and the current name "Alchemy Lake" comes from this place. The "Alchemy Room" where Zuo Ci lived and the "Alchemy Platform" where Zuo Ci made alchemy are still there. At the "alchemy platform", when you look around, you can see the peaks of Xiguan clearly, flying towards them like falling, the precious moon is like tin, holding a pearl about to fall, and the sky pillar is in sight. The Lion Peak towers on the left, the green dragon's back stretches across the right, the Dengxian Dagu peaks are to the east, and the Linjiao, Huanpan, and Yingzhen peaks stand to the south. If you look far and near, you can see the beauty of Tianzhu Mountain.

Tianzhu Qingxue

A unique landscape in Tianzhu Mountain - Tianzhu Qingxue, commonly known as "June Snow". "Tianzhu Qingxue" is located on the hill to the north of Qinglong Stream in Tianzhu Mountain.

According to records in the chronicles: "This place is surrounded by green ridges, luxuriant pines and firs, and among the green bushes, a sand hill is exposed. It is like ice and snow all year round, and the four seasons are like silver mountains and sea. Especially when it rains Later, it cleared up and the sun shone brightly. After being washed and filtered by rainwater, the gravel was as clean and flawless as the white snow, and its brilliance was dazzling. "Li Kuangyou, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, praised in his poem: "It is always cold in May and June, and the snow never disappears for thousands of years." In June, if you can be there, you will definitely feel the chill.

The cause of Tianzhu Qingxue is related to the geology and landforms here. "Snow Mountain" is composed of mixed granite with feldspar as the main component and relatively low quartz content. The rock is often moist, exposed to the sun and cold at night. The rock layers gradually weather and peel off, gradually loosening into sand. Over time, they pile up into hills, and the sunlight and moonlight reflect the crystal light. Radiating in all directions, it is as bright as snow.

Feilai Peak

Feilai Peak is at the westernmost end of the "Dragon Roaring Tiger Roaring Cliff". A peak rises independently into the clouds. The top of the peak is covered with huge rocks, covered with stone bones, and has a shallow Water marks are all over the body. This is the third peak of Tianzhu Mountain - Feilai Peak. It is 1,424 meters above sea level. The entire mountain peak is composed of a single huge stone. There is a stone on the top that is more than 3 feet long, more than 30 feet in circumference, and more than 10 feet high. It is as round as a cap pressing on the top, as if flying from the sky. The stone is called " "Flying Stone", the peak is named after the stone, and the flying stone on the top of the peak is like a crown worn on the top of the peak. Many tourists are very surprised when they see Feilai Peak. At the same time, there is another worry: What if the wind blows down one day and the flying rocks are blown down?

Legend has it that Tianzhu Mountain was a vast expanse of the West Sea 2.6 billion years ago. Many snake demons and turtle spirits were making trouble in the West Sea, making people miserable. Later, Taishang Laojun saw an injustice on the road and used his magic power to borrow a demon-suppressing stone from the Dragon King of the East China Sea and place it on Feilai Peak to suppress the demon.

It is also said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty came to Tianzhu Mountain and did not believe that the flying stone came from nine heavens away. The right man chanted casually: "Flying here may not be flying, it must be a random guess by the world...". Before he finished speaking, there was lightning and thunder, dark clouds covered the sun on Feilai Peak, and the flying rocks rumbled and were about to fly... Emperor Qianlong was so frightened that he quickly changed his words: "Flying here must be flying, it is not a random guess by the world. Since it is flying here and there, why fly here in the first place?" After finishing speaking, the sky became a thousand miles blue and full of clouds. Feilai stones are also firmly placed on the top of Feilai peak.

Feilai Peak, when viewed from the south, looks like a hat or a hat; when viewed from the north, it looks like a chess piece or a grindstone; when viewed from the east, it looks like a ball or a fist; when viewed from the west, it looks like a cow sleeping and a tiger lying down. On the stone wall in the west of Feilai Peak, due to the long-term erosion of the spring water, a patch of stone scales resembled "dragon scales" was formed. It is not difficult for careful tourists to find that the outer outline is strikingly similar to the outline of our current map of Anhui Province! Look, that's the Huaihe River, that's the Yangtze River...

Baoyue Peak

To the south of Feilai Peak is "Baoyue Peak". There are two tentacle-shaped stones on the east and west sides of the peak, with a flat square table-shaped stone slab in the middle. The two stones are like two old men leaning slightly backward, giving them a leisurely and contented look - "Two Immortals Playing Chess"; Looking from the east to the west, it looks like a crescent moon hanging in the blue sky - the "Precious Moon"; while looking from the southeast to the northwest, it looks like a "golden rooster singing at night". It can be said that the scene changes with each step, which is full of fun! To the east, there are Tianwa Peak, Dansha Peak, Feihu Peak, Fozi Peak, Yingzhen Peak, Shiniu Peak, Linjiao Peak, Ruibian Peak, Tianshi Peak, etc. The peaks are undulating, beautiful and tall...

Tianzhu Pine

A tall pine tree stands majestically between the cliffs on the side of Tianchi Peak. It is born out of stubborn rocks and grows along the cliff. It has an indomitable and upright spirit and character. It can only be viewed from a distance and cannot be seen close up. It stands in the wind and frost, like a mainstay in the middle of the stream. It has the demeanor of a king.

Don't forget that this pine is only 5 meters tall and 80 centimeters thick, but according to surveys, it has a history of more than 1,500 years. You see it grows completely on the cliff, without touching an inch of soil, and with majestic rocks. The branches are still strong and strong stretching towards the suspended surface, like a hospitable heaven.

Mazu Nunnery

The main attractions here are: Mazu Nunnery, Foguang Temple, Pili Stone, Bajie Chanting Sutra, Tianshu Peak, Tianwa Peak, Pig Head Stone, etc. Mazu'an is full of bamboos, tea trees, boulders, strange peaks, and winding streams. Xiangzi, Pingfeng and Shilong peaks are arranged in the front, while Tianmen, Tianwa and Jiangdan peaks are arranged later. There is Mazu Cave in front of Mazu Nunnery, which is said to be a place where Taoist Mazu rested and meditated. There is a quiet spring in the cave. After exiting the cave and stepping up the road, there is a stone pillar on the right, standing proudly in the sky. On it is an inscription by Yang Sen, the Sichuan warlord of the Kuomintang, with the four words "One Pillar in the South". On the right is the Lotus Cave (also known as the Alchemy Room), which is said to be the place where Zuo Ci, an alchemist from the late Han Dynasty, practiced alchemy. There is a large stone next to it, covering an area of ??one acre. It is round and smooth, with a line in the middle and even top and bottom, like cutting melons and fruits. It is commonly known as "thunder stone". Li Yunfu, a native of the Qing Dynasty, engraved the four characters "Hunyuan Xiawu". There is also a snow waterfall cliff to the south of Mazu'an, with rapid cascading water. It is really beautiful and the sound can be heard for ten miles. It is very spectacular.

Foguang Temple: It was the cave where Zen Master Mazu Daoyi practiced meditation in the Tang Dynasty. During the Five Dynasties, local mountain people built a nunnery on the spot, which was known as Mazu nunnery. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shenzong granted the Tibetan scriptures and the imperial edict to Mazu'an as Foguang Temple. It was burned for a time, and there are now ten brick, wood and tile houses, and some Buddha statues can be admired.

Thunderbolt Stone: Commonly known as Thunderstone, it is about 10 meters high, round and dark in color, with a crack in the middle, and a neat cross-section, like a knife or an axe. The north wall of the stone is engraved with four large characters of "Hunyuan Pili", one meter square. Bajie chanting sutras is exactly like Zhu Bajie lying on the top of the mountain, reciting sutras in his mouth and thinking about delicious food in his heart. According to legend, Tianshu Peak is the place where Zuo Ci was refining elixirs on the mountain and received the "Book of Heaven". Tianwa Peak is like a frog shouting toward the sky, trying to reach the sky.

Cultural Landscape

Stone Carving Culture

“There are no mountains without stone carvings, and all mountains with carvings are famous.” Since ancient times, Tianzhu Mountain has attracted people with its unique charm. The poets, literati and dignitaries came in droves. Faced with such beautiful scenery, they expressed their inner feelings with a splash of ink and left numerous stone carvings. From Shiniu Ancient Cave to Mazu'an, from Hutou Cliff to the top of Tianzhu, from the Jiujing River to Nantianmen, there are inscriptions by ancient sages and sages everywhere, among which the cliff stone carvings of valley flowing springs in Shiniu Ancient Cave , with its large number, high density, high grade, and long history, it ranks first among all scenic stone carvings. It is listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council.

On this stone wall less than 300 meters long, there are more than 300 stone carvings from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic of China and modern times. The forms of pictures and poems are different, and they are all in five styles: running, cursive, official, regular script and seal script. It is truly a corridor of art. Particularly precious among them are the authentic works of Wang Anshi, a reformer of a generation, and Huang Tingjian, one of the four calligraphers of the Song Dynasty.

Religious Culture

Tianzhu Mountain is the "cave paradise" of Buddhism and Taoism. Taoism lists this as fourteenth of the thirty-six caves and heavens in China's famous mountains, and calls it the town among the five major towns. Thousands of years of worship and incense have accumulated a rich religious culture, with both visible and tangible landscapes and intangible legends that can be read and heard.

Taoism took root here after the Eastern Han Dynasty alchemist Zuo Ci preached here. During the Xiaoliang Dynasty, the eminent monk Baozhi of Jinling came here to preach, and fought with the alchemist Baihe Taoist, and the results were evenly matched. From then on, Tianzhu Mountain became a sacred place for Buddhism and Taoism. In the Tang and Song Dynasties at its peak, there were no less than a hundred temples, and there were once "three thousand Taoist priests" Eight hundred monks".

The representative Buddhist buildings are the Sanzu Zen Temple at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, the Foguang Temple (Mazu'an) on the hillside of Tianzhu Mountain, and the Taiping Pagoda in the western suburbs of the county. Sanzu Temple was listed as one of the 142 key temples in Han areas by the State Council in 1982. It was originally named "Valley Temple" by Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty. Later, because the third ancestor of Zen Buddhism, Monk Can, was stationed here, it was named "Sanzu Temple". When Suzong, the son of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, came to the throne, he changed the name to "Qianyuan" and issued an edict in the first year of Qianyuan to name it "Sanzu Valley Qianyuan Zen Temple". The Jueji Pagoda in the temple was built during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. It is the relic stupa of the third ancestor Monk Can; there are also the "Three Ancestors' Clothing Cave" built in the Tang Dynasty and the "Mowei Spring" built in the Song Dynasty.

Historical Relics and Culture (Ancient Anhui Culture)

The historical relics here can be traced back to the ancient Anhui culture more than 5,000 years ago, represented by the "Xuejiagang Cultural Site". The Xuejagang Cultural Site is located in Wanghe Town, Qianshan County. The total excavation area is more than 2,000 square meters, and more than 2,000 cultural relics were unearthed. The unearthed cultural relics fall into three categories: stone tools, pottery, and jade. The production tools are mainly stone tools, among which the 13-hole stone knife was discovered for the first time in China and is extremely precious. The daily utensils are mainly pottery.

These artifacts are mainly items from the Neolithic Age, with a small number of relics from the Shang Dynasty and the Tang and Song Dynasties. They have a unique style and self-contained look, representing a unique culture of the Neolithic Age. Human life and production activities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the late Stone Age, as well as their relationship with cultures in the Yellow River Basin, have provided very precious cultural relics.

Celebrity Culture

The traces of celebrities in Tianzhu Mountain can be traced back to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Now we can still explore the "Mountain Sacrifice Platform" and "Mountain Sacrifice Platform" that were preserved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. "Jingjia Bridge" and other relics.

After Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty set his sights on southern Xinjiang, he moved Nanyue and granted it the title of Mount Hengshan in Hunan Province. However, Tianzhu Mountain still attracted many literati and dignitaries to visit with its graceful beauty.

Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty took a look at Tianzhu Mountain on the river and chanted, "The peaks are full of strange clouds, and the beautiful water is full of elegance." "One peak holds the sun and the moon, and the cave door is locked with thousands of feet and locks the clouds with thunder" has penetrated history and is still echoing in our ears to this day. When Wang Anshi was serving as the general magistrate of Shuzhou in Qianshan, he visited the ancient Shiniu Cave at night with a fire, and wrote a poem: "The water has no center and turns around, and the mountains are colored and surrounded. It is deep and endless, sitting on the stone to forget to return." Huang Tingjian is here He built a pavilion in the Shiniu Ancient Cave to study, calling himself "Taoist of the Valley" and insisting that "my home is hidden in the mountain".

Ancient Anhui was a land of outstanding people. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, the famous astronomer and mathematician Wang Fan was born here. There was the poet Cao Song in the late Tang Dynasty, the prime minister Wang Gui in the Song Dynasty, and Li Gonglin who was good at painting horses. In modern times, there are Cheng Changgeng, the originator of Peking Opera, Zhang Henshui, the master of Zhang Hui novels, and Xia Juhua, the acrobatic queen. They are all sons and daughters of Tianzhu Mountain, and they are the pride of us Qianshan people!

Traditional Opera Culture

As soon as Huangmei Opera, a local opera originated in Huangmei area of ??Hubei Province, was implanted in the soil of Tianzhu Mountain, it suddenly bloomed with great splendor. The pioneer Yan Fengying first Later, there was a rising star, Han Zaifen, who just brought Huangmei Opera to the land of China. The story of "The Peacock Flying Southeast" was put on the stage of Huangmei Opera here.