Fuzhou has been nicknamed "Three Mountains" since ancient times. Wushan is one of the three mountains.
Wushan, also known as Wushi Mountain and Shewu Mountain, is located in the city center, standing side by side with Yushan and Pingshan. It is said that the Nine Immortals of the He family in the Han Dynasty climbed Mount Wu on the Double Ninth Festival and drew their bows to shoot crows, so it is also called "Shooting Wu Mountain". In the eighth year of Tang Tianbao's reign (749), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty named it "Minshan". During the Xining period of the Song Dynasty, the county governor Cheng Shimeng thought that the mountain could be compared with Taoist Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou, so he changed its name to "Daoshan". Later, Master Meng Yan asked Zeng Gong, the former governor of Fuzhou and the commander of Fujian Road Soldiers and Horses, and one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", to write "Daoshan Pavilion Records". At that time, Luoyang paper was expensive and famous far and wide.
Wushan can be entered from the front or from Daoshan Road
Wushan is known as one of the 36 wonders. It climbs up to Tianxiangtai from the southeastern foothills, and then to Tianxiangtai. Turn west to the "Changtiantai". It is said that Cui Qian, the governor of the Tang Dynasty, visited the mountains and took the Qingtian white crane soaring into the sky here. Later generations built the "Crane Release Pavilion". On the cliff behind the pavilion, there are four characters "Gu Fang He Pavilion" engraved on it, and on the side of the platform there is also the seal script "To the Sky Tower" written by Master Cheng Meng, which is powerful. There are two huge cliffs facing each other beside the cupola. The top of the cliff flies over a natural rock strip, which is called Tiantai Bridge. This bridge is extremely dangerous, and it is said that only those who are "willing to sacrifice their lives" can climb it.
Walk dozens of steps along the steps to Daoshan Pavilion, then walk west along the pavilion to Tianzhang Terrace. Sadura, an outstanding poet of the Yuan Dynasty, once chanted the famous line "Go up to Wushan Mountain in the cool evening and set up the Tianzhang Terrace for wine", which was carved on the cliff. Crossing Tianzhangtai and climbing up a small mountain peak, there is a thunder rock on the top of the peak. This rock is 9 meters long, divided into two halves, with a slight gap exposed. According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Sisheng of the Tang Dynasty, there was an eminent monk holding the "Huayan Sutra" in his hand. While reading this, suddenly "one night there was a thunderstorm and there was a thunderstorm, and the thunderstone became a room, and the eminent monks sat in the room having a banquet." This is where Perak Rock got its name.
There is a rectangular pavilion standing on the stone hill on the left side of Pilei Rock. About 200 steps away from the pavilion, there are six regular script characters "Wushi Zai, Li Gong Zai" engraved on a cliff stone. This cliff is commonly called "Ligongyan". Li Gong is Li Pengju. In the 37th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1558), the invaders invaded Fujian and the Five Tiger Fortress at the mouth of the Minjiang River fell. The enemy invaders fought bloody battles, killing Japanese pirates all over the country, and the city walls of Fuzhou were restored to safety. Fuzhou people carved stones to commemorate this national hero.
On the right side of Pilei Rock, there is an original Qingleng Terrace, which was built by Yan Chi Buhua, the highest official of Fujian Province in the 24th year of Zhizheng 24th year of Yuan Dynasty (1364). "Qing Leng" means quiet and solemn, and is intended to encourage oneself to work for the country. However, he was flashy and often held banquets here. Within a few months of taking office, his reputation was ruined and his pavilion was also forgotten.
Climb dozens of stone steps from Qingleng Terrace to Xianshu Pavilion. The pavilion was built to commemorate the overseas Chinese Chen Zhenlong and the governor Jin Xuezeng who introduced and promoted sweet potatoes during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Chen Zhenlong lives in the Philippines. The Philippines was once a Spanish colony, and sweet potatoes discovered by American Indians were introduced. In order to avoid inspection by the Philippine colonial authorities, Chen Zhenlong tied sweet potato branches to the bottom of a ship. After bringing them back to the mainland, he planted them in Shamaochi, Nantai, Fuzhou. He achieved a bumper harvest that year and was later promoted by Jin Xuezeng. Jin wrote "Jinshu Biography and Practice Records".
Going out from Xianshu Pavilion to the north is "Guanyin Rock". Legend has it that in the late Tang Dynasty, the rock wall was attacked by thunder and fire, and a vague image of Guanyin appeared on the wall. On the edge of the rock is the character "福" in Zhu Zi's regular script, which is three to four meters long, comparable to the character "Shou" in Gushan.
The highest point of Wushi Mountain is Lingxiao Terrace. Cai Xiang once wrote the "Poetry of Lingxiao Terrace", which includes: "Join the blue clouds and climb to the seaside", which is said to be his swan song.
In addition to 36 wonders, Wushi Mountain also has more than 200 cliff carvings. The most famous one is the "Prajna Terrace Inscription" by Li Yangbing of the Tang Dynasty on the side of Huayan Rock. Li Yangbing's seal characters are as famous as Li Si of the Qin Dynasty, and he is called "Big and Little Li" by the calligraphy circle. "Prajna Tai Ming", together with Zhejiang Chuzhou's "Xinyi Ji", Shao Yun's "Chenghuang Ji", and Lishui's "Wanggui Tai Ming" are collectively known as the four masterpieces in the world. In addition, Cheng Shimeng, Chen Xiang, Zhao Ruyu, Liang Kejia, Ye Xianggao and others also had inscriptions in Wushan.
As a famous Taoist mountain, Wushi Mountain has also had many Taoist temples built in the past. For example, the "Zhuzi Temple" commemorates the Neo-Confucian master Zhu Xi, and the "Nine Sages Temple" commemorates nine famous scholars in our province: Yang Shi, You Zuo, Huan Guo, Luo Congzhou, Cai Wencai, Cai Chen, Huang Qian, and Zhen Dexiu; "Qi Yu Ergong Tong" and "Xianshu Temple" are built to commemorate the famous anti-war generals Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou in the Ming Dynasty.
On the left side of Lingyuan Nunnery at the southern foot of Wushi Mountain is the residence of Youwen survivors of the Southern Song Dynasty. You Wen once offended his treacherous prime minister Jia Sidao and was dismissed from office. In the early Yuan Dynasty, he stopped working and named his residence "Floating House for Survivors".
He usually wears a cloth robe, and wrote on his back that "the surviving people have broken sleeves". His integrity is as famous as Zheng Suonan. There is "No. 1 Mountain" at the northeastern foot of the mountain, and the people of the city built "No. 1 Mountain House". There are rows of terraces beside the house. From the top, you can see rows of houses in the city. The stone mountain is engraved with the three characters "First Mountain" by Mi Fu, a great calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. Huang Pu, the number one scholar of the Song Dynasty, once lived here and carved a poem on the stone: "The ancestral home at the foot of the mountain was moved from the Tang Dynasty. It has been passed down for seven hundred years. If the children and grandchildren can keep their integrity, , Don’t let the sea turn into a mulberry field.” The revolutionary predecessor Deng Tuo also spent his childhood and youth here. Now the "No. 1 Mountain House" has been turned into the "Deng Tuo Memorial Hall", and the ancient Wushan is also colorful for this.