When can I go to Tongshan Scenic Area?

Opening hours of Tongshan Scenic Area: all day

Introduction to Tongshan Scenic Area:

Tongshan Scenic Area is divided into Tongshan, Tongshan Lake and Wuyunfeng, with a total area of 74 square kilometers and an altitude of 68 1 m.. The whole scenic spot combines the essence of scenic resources such as mountains, lakes, islands, ponds, waterfalls, caves, temples, revolutionary sites, myths and legends and historical stories. It combines beauty, adventure, strangeness and beauty, and has the beauty of natural landscape.

Tongshan, formerly known as Dafu Mountain, was named after Deng Tong, a famous Han Dynasty star, who made a fortune here. Because it is as dangerous as Huashan and as beautiful as Huangshan, it is known as Little Wudang. The beautiful talk that Jinding (Wudang, Hubei) worships the copper peak in the north in the Southern Dynasties has been passed down to this day.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism and Taoism, both Buddhism and Taoism, have cultivated themselves and developed calligraphy in Tongshan, forming rich religious historical and cultural connotations. One Tianqiao, two ancient temples, three palaces, four Tianmen, five stone cliffs, six caves, seven temples, eight scenic spots, nine strange stones and ten famous peaks are dazzling and beautiful.

On the mountain, clouds are lingering and dangerous cliffs stand tall; The caves and valleys under the mountain are deep, with dense forests and grass; There are grotesque rocks on the surrounding mountains, which are like monkeys, bears, snakes, eagles and other 80 kinds of animals. Mountain springs, waterfalls, red leaves, strange rocks, rivers and lakes and temples meet, which can be described as a fairyland on earth. The traditional temple fair on June 15th of the lunar calendar, handed down in history, comes from western Anhui, northern Hubei, southern Henan and other places. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims enter the mountains every day, and the material fair is unprecedented.

At the foot of Tongshan Mountain is Nangong Temple. Stepping into the mountain gate, you come to dishuiya, the holy land of Buddhism and Taoism for thousands of years. There is a drip hole in the south of the temple, which drips all the year round. The spring water is sweet and clear, refreshing. There is a Shenxian Cave in the west, which is said to be the place where ancestors cultivate immortals. Buddhism and Taoism are integrated in the temple, and pilgrims continue all the year round. Starting from dishuiya, you can reach the top of the mountain by going up Haohanpo, Huixin Cliff, Jiaoge Old Monument, Baizhang Cliff, Yixiantian, Tongshan Ladder, Dedao Stone and Overpass. Standing on the top of the copper peak, you can have a bird's-eye view of the mountains, green birdcages and blooming flowers. Mountains rise and fall like dragons, and rivers crisscross like ribbons. The scenic spot is 65438.

After climbing the mountain, you can row a boat on Tongshan Lake. The blue waves are rippling, the island of full of green is full of pines, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the hotel has complete service facilities and a beautiful environment, and the legend of the water monster adds a touch of beauty and mystery to Tongshan Lake. Tongshan Scenic Area, with beautiful landscapes as the main body and a long history and culture as the connotation, can meet the needs of different tourists. It is a tourist attraction for seeking knowledge, seeking novelty, exploring, becoming a Buddha and learning success, and a bright pearl on the land of Central Plains.

Tongshan attracts tourists of all ages with its unique lakes and mountains, natural scenery and humanistic landscape. According to legend, Wang Mang Liu Xiu fought fiercely in Tongshan; During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Li Daoyuan, who was famous for his Notes on Water Classics, visited Tongshan many times to inspect the water source. Mountain climbing tour in Wei Chijingde in Tang Dynasty, commemorating by setting up a monument; Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant uprising army in Tang and Wei Dynasties, recited poems to inspire fighting spirit after climbing the mountain; During Zheng De's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Jiao Fang, a senior official and a college student in Huagai Temple, traveled from several generations of wise men and scholars and wrote the inscription "Rebuilding the Inscription of Tongshan Liang Qing Temple". In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor shunzhi cut his hair and went to Liang Qing Temple in Tongshan to live in seclusion. Every magistrate in the Qing Dynasty climbed to the top to see the scenery, leaving many poems praising the copper peak.

The whole scenic spot consists of ten famous peaks, five stone cliffs and eight landscapes, among which the beautiful and magnificent landscapes such as Tongfeng, Xiongyan, Shipo Peak, Tianqiao Stone, dishuiya, Sitianmen, Yixiantian and Ladder are breathtaking. There are strange stones shaped like monkeys, lions, tigers, sheep, turtles, eagles, frogs and other animals on the surrounding mountains, which are ingenious and lifelike.

This scenic spot was announced as a provincial-level scenic spot by the People's Government of Henan Province on May 3rd, 1994. It is a scenic spot with rich religious humanities and revolutionary culture as its connotation.

Main attractions:

Dishuiya

In spring, when you climb the gate at the foot of Tongshan Mountain, go up one kilometer through the fragrant locust tree forest, and then set foot on a small bridge as white as jade and wear a secluded place. The hillside to the west of here looks up at it, like a high wall towering into the sky. The clusters of azaleas above are as red as fire and as red as white clouds. Forsythia flowers are also in full bloom, yellow and brightly colored. They just turned this hillside into a flower wall, and there is an ochre cloud-like dangerous rock bulge at the lower part of the mountain, which seems to be suspended. Vines hang down between cracks in rocks and water is dripping; On the larger rock surface, there are three majestic Chinese characters "dishuiya" carved by the ancients. This is a place that people have been longing for for for a long time.

There is a conglomerate cave under the cliff, 3 meters deep, 6.7 meters wide and 2.5 meters high. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. The roof of the cave is uneven and dripping all the time; Laying natural stone slabs on the ground; There is a small pool under the corner of the cave. If you drink it, it will become clear and sweet. It is said that this kind of water can cure diseases. There is rain on both sides of the cave gate, and there is no grass, so it is difficult for Buddhism to pass through the inhuman couplets. Legend has it that there is a genuine bronze Guanyin bodhisattva in the cave, but it has long been stolen. It is also said that this cave was once a place where Gao Shi ascended to heaven.

There is a temple in front of the cave. Single-eaves temple in the south and single-eaves temple in the north. In the south, there are Tathagata, with two couplets on the eaves column, the forest under the Tongfeng Mountain is quiet, and the bell in front of dishuiya is leisurely; Historic sites abound, scouring the 3,000-year history of China, and famous mountains crisscross the 800-mile scenery of Zhongzhou. The North Hall consecrates the golden body of Zhenwu, and the couplets on the eaves column are used to generate the jade body in the palace, and the golden body is refined in Wudang.

There is a buttonwood tree in the yard with staggered branches and a canopy like an umbrella. In addition, there is an iron incense burner, where cigarettes curl all day and bells chime. Being here, I suddenly feel that Buddhism is Zen, and all my troubles have been forgotten.

Looking from the Middle East, green mountains and green waters, rugged rocks; Birds' songs often jump into your eardrums. Looking south, it is lush and hidden in the winding path of climbing the mountain ridge. There is a winding mountain stream in front of the temple, and the running water is like a string.

If you stay in this temple overnight, when the sky is high and the clouds are light, a bright moon rises, Wang Wei's people are idle with osmanthus flowers, the night is quiet and the mountains are empty, and the moon is full of birds, and the poetry of the deep stream will come to life! Your spirit will be sublimated. Isn't this a carefree scene?

According to the records of Biyang County annals in the eighth year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, there is Shangyuan Temple at the top of Tongfeng Mountain, dishuiya at the foot of the mountain and Xia Yuan Temple in front of the cliff. Shangyuan Temple existed alone, while Zhongyuan and Xiayuan were abandoned for a long time. When was Xia Yuan Temple abandoned? There is no test. According to local people, the temple in front of modern dishuiya was built in the late Qing Dynasty, and the South Hall was an attic, but it was destroyed by bandits. It was renovated and turned into a hall with a single eaves. Until the Cultural Revolution, the north and south halls were destroyed again, and the original inscriptions were gone. Later, the masses rebuilt it, but its building materials were far worse than before. Now, the abbot of the temple has sprouted the idea of repairing the old temple and is planning to raise funds. In order to improve the taste of scenic spots in dishuiya, the Scenic Area Administration also intends to sponsor the reconstruction.

Wandering around, but finally left.

However, when you step out of the ancient temple and look back at the journey-the road turns with the mountain, the water turns with the road, and the dripping water created by nature is deep in the mountains, do you appreciate the beauty and charm of the mountains and rivers?

Tongshan butyl

The winding stairs from dishuiya go up thousands of steps and reach Sanmao Tianmen.

The towering stone wall here is like being split by a giant axe, and a tunnel no more than one meter wide is formed between the two walls; Looking up, only a wisp of blue sky is revealed, hence the name "a wisp of blue sky". There seems to be a stone carving on the cliff, but it is difficult to distinguish it after thousands of years of wind and rain erosion. There is a stone gate building on Sanmen. Its back is against the sky, which makes you feel quite close to the sky; About 80 degrees away from the stone steps, people climb up as if their predecessors had stepped on the latter's head. Although you can pull it with a chain, you will still be nervous.

There is a platform of about 50 square meters on Sanmao Tianmen, just for a nap. The cool wind blows away and the hot sweat disappears. However, it is not clear enough, and it feels chilly. I need to get dressed quickly. People look back. The towering peaks seem to cover half the sky. The steep mountain wall of the hall gives people depression and fear; Its steel-like majesty, like the giant helmet of ancient national heroes, makes you pay infinite respect to it.

In the final sprint climb, people can only face the stone nest carved on the stone wall and crawl step by step with trembling.

Below is a stream one hundred feet deep, which makes people afraid to squint. If you expect anything, you will feel dizzy. Sidao Tianmen is built in the northeast corner of the top of the mountain. The original stone walls, stone gates and doormen were all carved with stones, which were completely destroyed by bandits in the early years of the Republic of China. Its risks and potential, although one person guards it, 10 thousand people can't force it to imagine it.

Reach the peak in four days. Looking up at the sky, it is blurred, and the circle of the earth seems to be perceptible. Du Fu wrote in his poem that once you climb to the top of the mountain and peek, you will see all the dwarfs in other mountains and the sky. I thought of it, too. Looking to the southeast, the mountains are undulating like the sea; Looking to the northwest, Tongshan Lake is like a jasper embedded in hills and valleys, and the clear water river runs through it like a silver line. Look around again, the sun is shining, colorful, changeable, and the goshawk is low! Beautiful and strong, it makes people feel relaxed.

According to the Records of Biyang County in Qing Dynasty, the mountain (Tongshan) is Huai in the east and secrete in the west, which is of the same origin and different factions. Have you noticed that the water on the east slope of Tongshan flows back and forth into the Huaihe River? The water on the west slope, injected with exudate, enters the Tangbai River and the winding Hanjiang River, belonging to the Hanshui River Basin. The copper peak at an altitude of 632.6 meters hangs alone in the sky! It is really a veritable Huai-Han boundary monument.

When you are wandering on the mountain, suddenly, a cold wind blows, and the clouds are rolling under your feet, and the clouds are suddenly winding down the mountain. This thick mountain wind makes you walk in the clouds.

After the clouds are gone, looking at the sky, it is still blue and deep, as clear as a mirror, and sometimes a faint star can be seen.

The peak area is about 900 square meters. There is a temple, which is divided into three halls: east, north and south. Among them, the East Hall has been destroyed. On the west side of the peak, there are several boulders the size of small houses scattered at will, forming two overpasses, which are connected with the north and south halls respectively. The south hall is for the founder of Zhenwu, and the north hall is for the Tathagata bodhisattva. There are incense burners and cigarettes in the courtyard. There is a rock in the southwest corner of the peak, and there is an artificially dug pool called Tianchi below. The water is clear and drinkable. On the cliff outside the South Hall, there is a Shenxian Cave Grottoes carved by Taoists in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, which took ten years. There are stone beds, stone pillows, lampstands and chanting places in the cave. Outside the cave, flowers and trees are lush and clouds are rippling. What a fairyland!

Tongfengding Temple has a long history. According to the Stone Carving on the Cliff of Tongfeng, written by Zu Junshi, the abbot of Liang Qing Temple in Tongfeng in the second year of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1057), Tong Yuan was built in Han and Tang Dynasties, and then rebuilt. It shows that temples were built in the Han Dynasty and rebuilt to mindfulness in the Yuan Dynasty. According to the Records of Biyang County in the eighth year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, there was Shangyuan Temple at the top of the Copper Peak, which was changed to Shangyuan Temple in the Ming and Yuan Dynasties. It can be seen from the Inscription on Rebuilding Liangsi Temple at the Top of Tongshan Mountain in the 10th year of Hongzhi in Daming (AD 1497) that before that, Shangyuan Temple was changed to Liangsi Temple. Jiao Fang, who rebuilt China's official residence, invested a lot of platinum and cast a bronze statue of Xie Zu. According to the records at that time, the temple on the top of the mountain was solemn and splendid, shining in the clouds. You can get a glimpse of the richness of its architecture. Unfortunately, this ancient temple was greatly damaged in the bandit disaster in the Republic of China, and the bronze-cast ancestor was also stolen.

Although the Millennium temple is still exposed, there are old iron tiles as evidence, recording the glory of the past; The sound of the morning bell and the evening drum is melodious, spreading the elegance of religion; The heroic, strange and dangerous natural scenery remains, so it often attracts good men, women and tourists from far and near to pay homage and visit here.

Ah! Copper mountain is majestic, copper mountain is majestic! Billions of years, right? You not only showed the magnificent scenery and the power of nature, but also experienced the ups and downs of human history and understood the vicissitudes of life.

Shipofeng

To the south of Tongfeng, at the eastern end of Wudaoling Ridge, there is a rock with a height of about18m. Viewed from the side, the sunken eye socket, protruding cheekbones, shriveled jaw and raised bun at the back of the head look like a rickety old woman-people call her Shi.

The rock is dark, the surface is mottled and rugged, and tenacious weeds grow in vertical and horizontal cracks. The bottom of the rock is surrounded by low bushes. On the steep cliff, there is a gurgling mountain spring with clear and sweet water quality, which can be used by loggers and herders to quench their thirst and cool off the heat.

According to folk myths and legends here, in the early days, the mountain people in this area were very poor and often could not afford salt. An old man living in Tongshan pities people from all over the world, so he decided to build an inexhaustible salt pond here. However, only when people are still in the dead of night, dogs don't bite and chickens don't crow, can they be caused by magic. So grandpa asked the land to preach: Don't make any noise tonight.

The stone mother-in-law on Wudaoling is in charge of the immortals in the mountains around here. When she heard the information from the land, she was very angry: ancestors looked down on people too much. Although I am a small official, but also want to discuss with me! So, jealousy is in my heart.

In the middle of the night, my father cast a spell while Shi watched in the dark. Shortly after being discovered by the founder, she suddenly learned to crow in the valley. In an instant, the chickens in the village below the mountain cried; Dogs bark, too The founder's spell failed, and that night was just in vain. Founder became angry from embarrassment and finally found out the culprit stone and let Wang Lingguan punish him immediately. Wang Lingguan picked it up and threw the whip in Shi's face. Suddenly, a lot of meat was cut off from her face.

Since then, she has been reviled by thousands of people. The incense dedicated to her is gone. Later, I didn't know how she regretted it, so I often shed tears. At the same time, I am ashamed of my shameful scars, so I often cover my ugly face with dark clouds.

If you have seen Shi's face before, her facial features are blurred. On the hillside below her, there is a pile of stones, which are said to be meat torn from her face. After a long time, her tears of repentance dripped into a faint mountain spring.

Tianqiaoshi

There are rocks flying in the air on the cliff about 100 meters long. Some are like piers and some are like beams. The highest peak is 649 meters above sea level, which is 17 meters higher than that of Tongfeng. It is cold and windy, and the air conditioner attacks people; Hazelnuts are also thin. This is the legendary overpass stone.

Shipo Peak is in the northeast and Wuyun Mountain is in the east.

Under the stone cliff of Tianqiao, there are overgrown weeds, dense trees and fragrant flowers. It is difficult to see the herdsmen only by listening to their shouts. It really smells like there seems to be no one on the empty mountain, but I think I hear a voice. The mountain spring didn't appear either, only its murmur could be heard.

There is a fairy tale here: It is said that a long time ago, the Jade Emperor disguised himself as a beggar and patrolled the Tongshan area in order to observe the people's feelings. Everywhere he went, he saw withered seedlings, withered villages and people in rags. One day, it was very hot and the Jade Emperor was drinking. Seeing an old man firewood, he came forward and said, old man, is there any water to drink here? The old man said that there was a drought here, the water source was cut off, and it was difficult to draft. Alas! I think your lips are chapped and thirsty, so I'll bring you a small watermelon. The jade emperor refused to be humble, the old man said, we are all suffering people, and you wander around again. Let's eat. After that, he took out a small watermelon from the underground cloth bag, broke it in half and let the jade emperor eat it all. After eating, the jade emperor bowed gratefully, turned the mountain bay and drifted away.

The Jade Emperor held down the clouds in the air and looked back, but it was the old firewood man who was eating the rest of his watermelon skin. The Jade Emperor was deeply moved and made up his mind to build an overpass here, so that ordinary people who have suffered a lot can enjoy the splendor in the Heavenly Palace.

The Jade Emperor asked Shi Tian to build an overpass overnight. Li and other immortals mobilized their magic to transport materials and repair bridges. Who knows this good thing woke Shi Ling who was sleeping soundly. He thought it broke his dream. So in the middle of the night, when Liang was on the shelf, suddenly he learned to crow at the foot of the mountain. When he called, chickens crowed from far and near, and all the magic of the immortals was broken. Then, there was a loud noise and all the overpasses under construction collapsed.

Li was so angry that he figured out that he lived in a stone shed cave not far from the south, and there was a stone that could do things for thousands of years, so he went to get even with Shi Jing. Shi Jing was timid and ran away. Shi Tian chased him to the north gate of Yihe Zhai in the south and to the stone path. Shi Tian will be whipped by a god, and the essence of stone will show its prototype as a big stone. Lee flew again and kicked the stone to pieces.

The masses said that the present overpass stones are the piers and long beams that collapsed at that time.

Tianqiao stone is rough, majestic, eccentric and wild, giving people rough beauty; But also stimulated human imagination and carried the villagers' green dreams. Isn't it a simple poem?