Seven buddha Township has a mild climate, abundant rainfall and moderate altitude, and Zhuqinghe runs through the whole territory, which is very suitable for tea production. Seven buddha tea was listed as a tribute in the Tang Dynasty, so it has the reputation of "Huang Wu's favorite drink in his life, only seven buddha tribute tea came". "seven buddha beautiful and elegant" won the first gold medal of "Ganlu Cup" in Sichuan Province 1990, and 190 "seven buddha Gongcha". Gaoping Qifoshan is located in Gaoping Dongshan Qifoshan Ecological Forest Park, covering an area of 20,000 mu. It is one of the key projects of "greening the surrounding area" established by Gaoping City. Since 2002, Gaoping City has invested 1 100 million yuan to complete afforestation of barren hills 1 10,000 mu, returning farmland to forests for 2,000 mu, and planting more than 1 10,000 trees. Invested more than 20 million yuan, completed the road project from the urban area to the top of the mountain and high-standard greening on both sides of the road. Qifoshan Ecological Park has initially formed an ecological landscape with mixed needles and broad leaves, combining arbor with irrigation, flowers in three seasons and evergreen all the year round.
Legend of the origin of the Seven Buddhist temples: In the Tang Dynasty, a monk visited the Seven Buddhist temples and was fascinated by the mountain scenery, so he erected seven giant buddhas at the foot of the mountain. That night, five golden lights suddenly danced in the sky, and the world was like day, colorful and auspicious. The next morning, I saw five fairy caves at the foot of the mountain, in which five golden dragons were resting. There is a temple on the top of the mountain with seven Buddha statues in it. It turned out that at night, the five dragons joined forces to lift the Buddha's top. Since then, there have been seven Buddhist temples on the main peak. Seven Foshan is also named after it.
After thousands of years of vicissitudes, the seven Buddhist temples have been destroyed and repaired several times. Destroyed by war in the 1930s. In 2002, seven Buddhist temples were rebuilt and expanded, which lasted for five years and was completed by accumulating seven new temples. That is, seven buddha Street, seven buddha Road, Qifoshan, Qifumen, Qifa Pagoda, Qifatang and Seven Buddhas occupy the most beautiful scenery in the world.
Seven Buddhist temples have seven doors. The white marble archway in front of us is the first gate of seven Buddhist temples on the main peak of seven buddha, which is engraved with the word "clean" inscribed by the Shaolin Temple Master. The first five doors are about 100 meter apart, and the second, third, fourth and fifth doors are engraved with "good luck", "peace", "longevity" and "achievement" respectively. The sixth gate, namely the tablet of "Seven Buddhist temples" at Zhengshanmen, was inscribed by contemporary calligraphers, and the famous writer Mr. Jin Yong inscribed the tablet of "seven buddha Scenic Spot". Temple gate couplet cloud:
Jiupin Liantai has 100,000 households in the world of mortals. The Taihang Dragonfly Vein is 800 Li, and it tops the Seven Buddhas.
The entrance to the mountain gate is the "Heart-washing Pool", and on the right is the stupa dedicated to the Taixu master relic, which is the treasure of the town temple. Head-on to 186 stairs is the seventh door-Yimen, and behind the temple are the Heavenly King Hall and the Orthodox Buddhist Hall, all of which are marble stairs with upturned cornices, blue bricks and green tiles and purple walls. All the Buddha statues are resplendent, solemn and kind. Inside the Buddhist Temple, Master Yicheng, President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, inscribed "Rebuilding the seven buddha Monument". The white jade pagoda in the back tower is towering into the sky, made of white marble and 25 meters high. The name of this tower was inscribed by the world-famous monk Master Kong Jing and Master Wei Xian. Climbing to the top of Feiyun and Lanyue Pavilion, I only feel that people are in the clouds, temples are in the sky, purple gas comes from the east, and the city is full of people. There are seven words and seven doors, and the height is patchy. At dusk, the seven doors are brightly lit and look like a flying spaceship from a distance. The masts are flying, the sails are vertical and horizontal, and the Buddha's light is brilliant. Looking up from Gaoping City to the top of the mountain at night, you can see thousands of meters of lights from the temple to Qimen, just like a golden dragon lying prone on the top of Qifoshan, protecting the people of the whole city and bringing good luck and harmony to Gaoping people. As we know, in the feudal social history of China for thousands of years, there were many articles provided by governments at all levels for the emperor to enjoy, that is, tributes. Tea is one of them.
The history of tea as a tribute is very early, and the written records can be traced back to the era of King Wu Zhou's attack. Ba Zhi, the National Records of Huayang, contains: 65,438+0066 BC, "Wu Wang ruled Yin, his ancestral daughter was in Ba (Guo Guo), and his son was in Meng County (Guo Guo Hou) ... Dan, lacquer, tea and honey ... This is the earliest record of" tribute tea ". After the Qin Dynasty captured Bashu, the wind of drinking tea quickly spread throughout the country, and there were many records of tribute tea. Tribute tea in the past dynasties has a variety of names, exquisite collection, long history (until the demise of the Qing Dynasty) and strict seasons, all of which are the best! The tribute tea system has brought a heavy burden to the people. On the other hand, the emperors' demand for the quality of tribute tea and their desire for novelty laid the foundation for the emergence and development of China famous tea.
Based on the above records, see "Examination of Foreign Countries in Counties and Counties": "The Han Dynasty was prosperous, and the name of Shu County (the county is located in the ancient city of Guangyuan, Sichuan). Meng Yinmang, dialect, Shu people call tea Meng and cover it with tea county. " Bashu annals, Zhao Hua county annals and Guangyuan county annals all record that there is wild tea in the Giant Buddha Beach in Geliang Township (now seven buddha Township), which tastes good. See also Guangyuan County Records: "Today, there are more than 65,438+03,000 wild tea trees in Dafotan, Geliang Township, Zhao Hua, which are of good quality and exported, such as emergency rescue and emergency rescue ..." and so on. According to textual research, in Gujiameng County, only today's seven buddha Township has wild tea trees, especially ancient tea trees and wild rock tea which are more than a thousand years old. Therefore, we have reason to believe that the "tea" that the King of Jiameng County paid tribute to Zhou Wuwang in those days is today's "seven buddha tribute tea", which is the first time to pay tribute to tea!