The first scene in Jinghu Qixia Mountain Scenic Area is Mingjing Lake, which is located to the west of Qixia Temple Gate and covers an area of ??about 3,000 square meters. It was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There is a pavilion in the center of the lake, and a nine-curved bridge connects it to the shore. Its shape is exquisite. The scenic spot is called Rainbow Mirror, and there are 755-79 thousand monuments standing by the lake. To the east is the Crescent Pond, and then the Qixia Temple Gate. Due to karst, underground mining and other reasons, Mingjing Lake can no longer store water and needs to be treated. Qixia Temple In the first year of Yongming of the Southern Qi Dynasty (483), Shaoshe, a hermit eminent monk in the Ming Dynasty, was called Qixia Jingshe, and later became the birthplace of the three major sutras of Jiangnan Buddhism. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Nanjing - Qixia Temple. Its main buildings include the Shanmen, Tianwang Hall, Pilu Hall, Sutra Library, Jianzhen Memorial Hall, etc. Qixia Temple is located at the west foot of the middle peak of Qixia Mountain. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Gongde Temple, and more than 40 temples were built, making it very large. Together with Lingyan Temple in Changqing, Hubei, Yuquan Temple in Jingshan, and Tiantai Temple in Zhejiang, it is also known as the four largest jungles in the world. It was destroyed by fire during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the 34th year of Guangxu (1908). Now the main buildings include Shanmen, Tianwang Hall, Pilu Hall, She Cui Tower, Sutra Library, etc. It is the largest temple in Nanjing. Thousand Buddha Rock is located at the southwest foot of Fengxiang Peak. In the seventh year of the Yongming Dynasty (489) in the Southern Dynasty, the son of the eminent monk Shao of the Ming Dynasty cooperated with the Zen master to carve three holy images in memory of the eminent monk Shao of the Ming Dynasty. In the Southern Liang Dynasty (540 AD), a flash of light appeared on the niche of the Three Saints of Datong, which alarmed the nobles of Qi and Liang Dynasties, so they came to carve the stone statues. From the second year of Qi Yongming to the tenth year of Tian Liang (484-511), the carving was gradually completed. Legend has it that the founder of Qixia Temple, Monk Shao, dreamed of the light of Tathagata on the west rock wall, so he decided to carve a Buddha statue here. After his death, his son began to carve a statue of Buddha on the west wall with the Buddhist monk Du Zhi in the second year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty (484). There are carved niches and three Buddha statues, collectively known as the Three Sages of the West. This temple is also called the Three Temples. All Buddha statues are either five or six in one niche, or seven or eight in one room. Initially, there were 515 Buddha statues carved in 294 Buddhist niches, and they were called Thousand Buddha Cliff. The Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and other dynasties successively excavated Shamao Peak. Including the Southern Dynasties, there are about 700 statues. The big Buddha is several feet tall, while the small Buddha is only three feet tall. Among them, the Dafo Pavilion is the earliest and largest grotto excavated. It was excavated in the seventh year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty (AD 489). In the center is a 12-meter-high statue of Amitayus. The stone statue of Dongfei is in niche No. 102 and is very small. There are five Buddha statues in total. The two sets of flying statues on the top of the cave are orange-yellow and their lines are clearly distinguishable. The flame on top of the Buddha statue in the middle is faintly visible. Although there are only two pairs of flying men, this is the easternmost Dunhuang site found in China. It is also reported that flying reliefs were found on the pagoda next to Thousand Buddha Rock. The techniques and characters used are similar to those in Dunhuang, further enriching the cultural connotation of East Dunhuang. The pagoda was built in the first year of Renshou in the Sui Dynasty (601). It was originally a wooden pagoda, but it was later destroyed in Huichang, Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty. The existing tower was built by Nan Tang and Lin. Not far east from Waishan Road on the south side of Qixia Temple, you can see the pagoda, which is made of white stone, has five floors and eight sides, and is about 18 meters high. The outer wall of the tower is carved with reliefs, which are lifelike and lifelike. The story of Sakyamuni is engraved on the base of the pagoda: "s", followed by "abortion, birth, travel, asceticism, meditation, declaration, demonization, and nirvana". The tower is a five-story, eight-sided stone tower with dense eaves, 18.04 meters high. The eight-phase diagram of Sakyamuni and sea pomegranate, fish, dragon, phoenix, flower, etc. The relief is on the base of the tower; t
In the approval document to the governor of Liangjiang, Long recorded that the old name Shamaofeng was too vulgar, and it was easy to crown the mountain as soon as he heard of Ruyu. In the year of "Rainbow Mirror", he Also said that if I want to change my name, it's hard to say, but the monk should know this. But today people are still accustomed to calling it Shamaofeng. There is a hollow stone tablet trough in the Shamaofeng Buddhist niche, where the first royal stone tablet left by Qianlong in the year "Jade Crown Peak" AD was originally embedded. It had been stolen for more than 200 years, and it was not discovered until 2000 on the wall of the Qixia Temple Buddhist Academy. Biyun Pavilion Biyun Pavilion, also known as Wangjiang Pavilion, is located on the top of Hushan Mountain. It looks up to the sky, but you can see the blue clouds, overlooking Ye Ping, and I see the long river always rolling forward. The peninsula, which looks like a flat-topped hillock, extends to the north and is surrounded on three sides by overhanging rocks. There is only one stone connected to the mountain path, making it a unique attraction and a win-win attraction. On the east side, there are deep valleys and steep walls with exposed rocks. To the west are pines and rolling hills paved by the sea, squatting at your feet. Lin Tao roared in the wind from time to time, like an autumn-spotted warrior on the battlefield with the most magnificent scenery. The river has a panoramic view, and the roaring waves take the first step. Both sides of the river stretch as far as the eye can see. Although it is not as famous as the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, its attractions are not inferior at all.
The Yellow Crane Tower has an inscription by Zhang Zhidong, which reads: The cool breeze comes from the west, the clouds sweep away the hatred of the world, the river of no return, the waves wash away all the troubles of the past and present. It seems to be used in Bijiang Pavilion. There are patches of maple trees in Maple Ridge on the west side of Qixia Mountain. In Qixia in late autumn, the maple trees all over the mountain are covered with red leaves. This makes Qixia Mountain known as the most beautiful mountain in Jinling. Other landscapes There are many natural wonders in Qixia Mountain, which are very interesting. For example, in the northeast of Qixia Temple, there is a blue-gray rock on the south slope of Pingshantou with a wavy surface, which is called overlapping wave rock. This is very rare. In addition, there are also miracles of nature such as Qingfeng Sword, Tiankaiyan and Xianxian. After her love failed, Li Zai, one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai, came to the foot of Qixia Mountain alone in the late spring of the twelfth year of Shunzhi (1655) and became a Taoist priest in a quiet Taoist temple.