Chongfu Temple, Yanmenguan, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Zhiyu Paleolithic Site, Ant Han Group, Guangwu Ancient City, Shahukou, Shentouhai.
chongfu monastery
Chongfu Temple is a national key cultural relics protection unit, located on the north side of Neidong Street in Shuo County. It was founded in the second year of Tang Linde (665) by Wei Chijingde, Duke of Hubei.
The main hall of Chongfu Temple is Tommy Hall, which was built in the third year of Emperor Xizong of Jin Dynasty (1 143). It has a history of more than 800 years and is very precious. The temple is seven rooms wide, 40.96 meters wide and four rooms deep.
Wooden raft, 22.5438+0 meters. The temple rests on the top of the mountain, with a single eaves and a total height of about 2 1 m. The temple is located on a tall pedestal, 2.4 meters high, and there is a spacious platform in front of the pedestal, which makes the temple tall and magnificent. Temple facade eaves
Next is the vertical plaque of "Tomitang", which is the original of the twenty-fourth year of Jin Dading (1 184). The statues in the main hall of Amitabha Buddha are distributed on the big Buddha altar which spans four rooms. The main statue is sitting in a daze, with Amitabha in the middle and Guanyin on the left.
Bodhisattva, the right is the general trend to bodhisattva, and Buddhism is called "the three saints of the West". There are four bodhisattva statues on both sides of the main image, with a slightly curved body; There are two King Kong standing in two corners of the stage, majestic and dazzling. It seems that they are fulfilling their duty to protect the law.
Keep it. These colored sculptures are all works when the temple was built. Although it was reloaded in the Ming Dynasty, its shape, body, clothing and face have not changed much, and it is still a treasure in the statues of the Jin Dynasty in China.
Yanmenguan
The Great Wall on the ridge of Yanmenguan twists and turns, reaching Pingxingguan, Zijingguan and Daomaguan in the east, reaching the secluded rock and connecting the vast sea. Go west to Xuankou, Ning Wuguan and Piantouguan, and reach the Yellow River. There are east and west gates, all of which are made of huge bricks.
Wild geese wear clouds, with majestic manners and different thresholds.
Carved with two plaques, "Natural Barrier" and "Geographical Location". There is a tower in the east and west gate, towering into the sky. There is a group portrait of Yang Jiajiang in the tower, and a monument is erected for Li Mu outside the East Gate. Unfortunately, when the Japanese invaders invaded China, both the tower and the Temple of Mother Li were burned in one place.
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Ying Xian Wooden Pagoda
Sagata of Buddha Palace Temple in Yingxian County is located in the Buddha Palace Temple in the northwest of Yingxian City, Shanxi Province, commonly known as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is located between the mountain gate and the main hall on the north-south axis of the temple, which belongs to the layout of "front pagoda and back hall". The tower was built at a height of four meters.
On the abutment, the tower is 67.3 1 m high, and the bottom layer is 30.27 m in diameter, showing a plane octagon. The first floor facade has double eaves, and the upper floors are single eaves, with five floors and six eaves, and there is a dark layer between the floors, which is actually nine floors. Because the bottom is the most important
There are cloisters on the eaves, so the appearance of the tower is six eaves. Each floor of Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is supported by two circles of wooden columns inside and outside. There are 24 pillars outside each floor and 8 pillars inside. There are many braces, beams, squares and short columns between wooden columns, which do not constitute.
Co-directional multi-beam wooden frame. Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is the tallest and oldest existing wooden pagoda building in China, and the only wooden pavilion-style pagoda, which is a national key cultural relic protection unit.
Guangwu ancient city
Guangwu Tunbing Fort is located at the foot of Yanmenguan Great Wall in the south of Shanyin County, Datong, Shanxi Province. It is the throat artery inside and outside Yanmenguan, so it is called "the key to the north gate" (which is the same as Badaling Great Wall in Beijing). There are two castles in Guangwu, the old one.
Built in the Western Han Dynasty, it was rebuilt during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. The new city, located in the east of Gouzhu, was built in the early Ming Dynasty and named Guangwu City. It was originally used as a residence for troops, and later it became a residential building. Two castles, guarded by two big mouths, are shaped like
This is very dangerous. The predecessor of Guangwu Castle was the "Dog Bucket" built by King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period. Guangwu in Sui Dynasty was changed to Yanmen County. When Song confronted Liao, Song occupied Yanmenguan and Liao occupied Guangwu City. Guangwu belonged to Daixian County in Qing Dynasty, which was the reason of the Republic of China.
Puppet Manchuria was under the jurisdiction of Shanyin County.
Shahukou
Killing Tiger Pass was called Shenhekou in ancient times, White Wolf Pass in Tang Dynasty and Tooth Wolf Pass in Song Dynasty. In order to resist Mongwa's invasion to the south, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to fight from this port many times, hence the name "Killing Hukou". Since Qin Long in Ming Dynasty exchanged markets between Mongolia and China for five years, the horse markets in Hu Bao, Shengshengbao and Xinpingbao were reopened. In order to ease ethnic conflicts, it was renamed "Kill the Tiger Mouth".
Shahukou, located 35 kilometers northwest of Youyu County, Datong, Shanxi, is an important natural pass of the Great Wall. It is adjacent to Tangzi Mountain in the east, Dabaoshan in the west, Leigong Mountain and Miaotou Mountain in the north, and the Great Wall of Wan Li extends from northeast to southwest, like
A semi-circular fence will surround the tiger's mouth. The cliffs on the east and west sides are steep, and Cangtou River runs through them from south to north, forming a natural pass with a width of more than 200 meters and a length of more than 3000 meters.
[Best Travel Time]: Shuozhou City is located in the Loess Plateau, with complex and diverse terrain, which basically belongs to the temperate continental monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of only 6.8 degrees. Datong is very cold in winter and cool in summer. It is a good place to escape the summer. The most striking feature here is the large temperature difference between day and night. You'd better take an extra coat to keep out the cold sooner or later.
Best travel time: Spring and summer are the best travel time every year.
[Gourmet]: Shuozhou is rich in specialties, the most famous of which is Yingxian purple garlic, which is one of the famous specialties in China, especially Xiaoshikou. Its characteristics are: fat head, thin purple skin, tender and firm meat, spicy and beautiful taste, long-term storage and long-lasting taste. There are also green onions, which are concentrated in the southern mountainous areas. Among them, the green onions in Wang Jiayao Village are very famous in the whole province. They are characterized by long and thick onions, unbranched nuclei, sweet and spicy taste, and four or six petals after slicing. In addition, there are oatmeal, astragalus and so on.
Shuozhou specialty
Shuozhou ricewine
Initial stage: Western Han Dynasty.
Raw materials: yellow rice wine, white wine and distiller's yeast.
Technology: Shuozhou yellow rice wine is used as the wine base, and local white wine is used as the raw material, and added with koji for saccharification, and then squeezed and filtered to remove residue.
Features: Sweet, smooth and tender, with rich flavor and low alcohol content.
Function: Rich in vitamins and amino acids, it has the functions of health preservation and blood circulation, especially suitable for women and the elderly.
Seabuckthorn juice
The seabuckthorn juice of Pinglu and Youyu is the most famous, and it is mass-produced in cooperation with the well-known brand Huiyuan Juice.
[Introduction to Tourism]:
Shuozhou City, located in the north of Shanxi Province, is a new energy industrial city, located in the southern margin of Datong Basin, adjacent to the Inner Mongolia Plateau in the northwest, and at the junction of the East and West Economic Zones in China, which is the only way for Shanxi to reach the Inner Mongolia Plateau. The total area of the city is 10639 square kilometers, and the total population is 1.27 million.
According to the textual research of "Zhiyu Site" in Shuozhou City, people lived here as early as 28,000 years ago. It belonged to Zhao in the Warring States Period and to Mayi County and Yanmen County in the Han Dynasty. In the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu (200 BC), Wang Han moved the capital here and became a county in the eleventh year. The Northern Zhou Dynasty established Shuozhou General Political Department. Shuozhou belonged to Datong Prefecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), it was located in Shuozhou County and belonged to Yanmen Road. 1949 belongs to Chahar Province, and 1952 belongs to Yanbei District of Shanxi Province. Shuozhou City was founded in 1 in June, 0989.