On the north bank of the Yangtze River estuary, on a river-sea plain in Ma Pingchuan, Langshan Mountain, Jianshan Mountain, Junshan Mountain, Maanshan Mountain and Huangni Mountain stand beside the river, with five beautiful mountains. Standing on Wolf Mountain, the head of the five mountains, you can see the boundless Yangtze River, which is the widest part of the Yangtze River. From the north bank to the south bank, the river is about eight or nine kilometers wide, just like a vast sea. Wolf Mountain, east-west, quiet in the north and smooth in the south, with steep cliffs along the northern foot, is difficult to climb; The south slope is gentle and easy to go up.
In ancient times, Langshan was originally an isolated island at the mouth of the Yangtze River. After years of sediment deposition, it was connected with the north bank of the Yangtze River. But at the foot of the mountain, there is still a clear "mountain protection river" surrounded by mountains, and there is a beautiful name called "Jade Belt River", which adds a scene to the Wolf Mountain. There is a couplet in the temple on the mountain: "until the banks at low tide widened is surrounded by rivers". This strongly proves that this mountain was originally "Jiang Xindao". The ancients called this Wolf Mountain in Jiang Xindao "beauty combing her hair" and "old woman sitting in meditation". It's really beautiful in rhyme and profound in meaning ...
Langshan Scenic Area has a welcoming purpose: shine far first, then shine near. That is, welcome guests from afar first, and then receive guests from nearby. It can be seen that Langshan has the heart of the world, putting others before himself, and has the heart of a sage.
There is a beautiful legend about the generous Wolf Mountain. In ancient times, there was a white wolf in this mountain, who took the mountain as the king and did all kinds of evil, turning a beautiful green mountain into a barren hill. One day, a young monk who traveled far away was tired and wanted to take a break here. "What's the difficulty?" The white wolf thought carefully about how big a seat could be, so he glanced at the monk wildly. "How big a place do you want to borrow?" "Not big, not big. There is a place the size of a cassock. " "It's okay, it's okay." Seeing that the cassock was only three or five feet in size, the White Wolf readily agreed. "I am polite here, thank you, benefactor." I saw the wandering monk waving the cassock and scattering it in the sky. Unexpectedly, the cassock suddenly fluttered and spread. Like an endless net, it fell from the sky and covered the whole mountain in the net ... The white wolf was so clever that he panicked and knew that he had met a fairy with boundless magic. He immediately fell to the ground and said, "The sage is on the ground and worshipped by the villain!" The White Wolf is knowledgeable in actuarial science, so he rolled up his bedding and gave up the Wolf Mountain. Before leaving, the white wolf knelt down and begged, "Can you call this mountain Wolf Mountain, and leave a miss for the villain?" "I promise you."
This compassionate monk is the Great Sage and Bodhisattva who later made Langshan flourish. As a result, the local people left a humorous and interesting postscript: "The Great Sage Bodhisattva borrowed the Wolf Mountain, and there was no repayment."
In Guangjiao Temple on the top of the Wolf Mountain, on the thick black columns on both sides of the temple gate, a pair of couplets is written: "Long whistling, the mountains sing and the valleys echo, raising your head and looking around the sea and the sky". It can be seen that the momentum of Langshan is extraordinary.
step into the temple and board the Great Sage Hall. The Great Sage and Bodhisattva sat in the hall. On the black column of the hall, you can read a pair of poems: smile when you open the door, laugh at everything now; A big belly can tolerate everything. The Great Sage Bodhisattva's mind is as big as Wang Yang's, like the sky ...
Master Vivian Dawson, the abbot of Guangjiao Temple, received all the members of the China reportage writers' collecting tour group from Beijing and Nanjing in the Buddhist temple.
Master Vivian Dawson elaborated on the essence of Buddhism in China. Buddhism advocates compassion, loyalty and filial piety. As the Buddha said, "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" The spirit of sacrifice is admirable.
the guangjiao temple in the Millennium temple is magnificent and magnificent. Many scenic spots around Guangjiao Temple are even more colorful. In the north foot garden, there are fantastic rocks, peaks, rocks, caves and stones, which are quite famous. One of the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty, the tomb of King Luo Bin, the memorial tower for the monk's death in Jian Zhen, the imperial pavilion in Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, the cliff stone carvings, the Pingwo Monument Pavilion, the Junshan Waterfall, the bronze statue of Zhang Jian, the Sanxian Temple, and the Guandi Temple, are all fascinating. No wonder, for thousands of years, literati lingered in Langshan. Wang Anshi, a politician, thinker and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, praised: "Traveling in rivers and lakes is half-time, and I feel that my eyes are open today." Mi Fei, a great calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, visited the Wolf Mountain, and his heart surged, and he waved his hand happily: the first mountain.
The world-famous Wolf Mountain is actually not high, only 16.94 meters above sea level. However, "the mountain is not high, and the fairy is famous." There are four sacred Buddhist mountains in China: Wutai Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, Emei Mountain and Putuo Mountain; There are also eight small Buddhist mountains, and Langshan is the first of the eight small Buddhist mountains, which can be compared with the four sacred Buddhist mountains ...
Standing at the peak of Langshan, overlooking Nantong. In the sun, the city is dazzling and shining. Nantong is not only the first mountain in the rivers and seas, but also the first city in modern China. After the signing of the treaty of shimonoseki between China and Japan, Zhang Jian, the top scholar of the Qing Dynasty, who was born in Nantong, was aroused by indignation. In order to save China from danger, he returned to his hometown with ambition, set up an industry and founded a school. The construction of culture, water conservancy and transportation has left a scientific pattern of modern urban construction for Nantong today. Therefore, Wu Liangyong, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, marveled that Nantong was "the first city in modern China".
Today, among the medium-sized cities in China, Nantong has many firsts: more than 2 academicians, several famous painters (Yuan Yunsheng and Yuan Yunfu brothers, etc.), more than 2 world champions, and Sutong Bridge, the world's largest and longest cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 1,88 meters, is only a handful. Among the county-level cities in China, Nantong actually owns 7% in various industries. What a miracle "hometown"! What is particularly exciting is that "the centenarians are the best". It is said that there are more than 4, centenarians in China, and Nantong actually has more than 4 people.
Nantong is the north corner of the Yangtze River Golden Triangle. After the Nantong Bridge is opened to traffic, it can be integrated with Shanghai, and it only takes more than an hour to reach it. Today, a tunnel has been dug at the bottom of the Yangtze River between Shanghai and Chongming Island. The Yangtze River Bridge is also being planned between Nantong and Chongming Island ... Tomorrow, Nantong, which is rich in gold and silver, will be an inexhaustible golden mountain ...
Nantong, the first city in modern China, is on a par with Langshan, the first mountain in the river and sea ...