The History and Culture of Qiqu Mountain Scenic Area

Qiqu Mountain was called "Ni Chenshan" in ancient times. According to legend, Dayu accumulated mud in the Jiuqu Tongjiang River in Chen Fang. There are thick and big catalpa trees on the mountain. Yu Xia cut down the catalpa tree and made a canoe to dredge the river. The catalpa tree was frightened and became a boy. People thought Catalpa bungeana was a god, so they built temples to worship Catalpa bungeana, and later renamed "Mud Chen Shan" Zitong Mountain.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty avoided the rebellion of Anshi and was fortunate in Shu, leaving behind a poem "The drizzle whirled seven times, and Lang Dang had the sound of mourning for the Yuhuan", and the "Qiqu Mountain" became famous all over the world.

Qiqushan Temple was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was originally called "Yazi Temple". There are 23 ancient buildings in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the first Wenchang Palace built by Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty. This temple has broken the tradition that China Palace faces south, and its location is east-west, because the ancients have said since ancient times that "purple gas comes from the east".

The Great Temple is the ancestral home of Wenchang Palace at home and abroad. During more than a thousand years' God-making movement, Zhang Yazi was named "Hua Kai Wenchang Dilu Hongren" by successive dynasties, claiming that "there is Confucius in the north and Wenchang in the south".

There are 23 ancient buildings in Qiqushan Temple in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is praised as "Ancient Architecture Museum" by the famous architect Liang Sicheng. It is like a palace on earth and a palace in the sky. 1996 is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.