Zhaoqing, a famous historical and cultural city
Zhaoqing is located in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong Province, in the west of Guangzhou. Xijiang, the main stream of the Pearl River, passes through Zhaoqing, and the Tropic of Cancer also passes through here.
Zhaoqing is one of the birthplaces of ancient Lingnan local culture. About 654.38+0.4 million years ago, there were human activities in Zhaoqing. About 1 10,000 years ago, it has begun to enter the Neolithic age; About 5000 years ago, Zhaoqing ancestors had hoeing, animal husbandry, textile and advanced pottery-making technology. Bronzes unearthed in tombs from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period in China are influenced by the Shang and Zhou cultures in the Central Plains and the Chu and Yue cultures in the Yangtze River valley, and also have distinctive Lingnan cultural characteristics.
Zhaoqing is a famous county in Lingnan with a long history. As early as the period of Nanyue State, Anyang, the king of Luoyue, once established its capital here. Later, it was defeated by Zhao Tuo, the first emperor of South Vietnam, and became a vassal state of South Vietnam. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pacified South Vietnam, Zhaoqing belonged to Cangwu County. In the third year of Fu Yuan in the Northern Song Dynasty (111), Song Huizong Evonne was the king of Duanzhou before he ascended the throne, and Duanzhou was his "hidden house", so Xingqing Army Festival was set up in Duanzhou. In the third year of Zheng He (1 1 13), Duanzhou was changed to Xingqing House; In the first year of Zhonghe (1 1 18), the imperial book Zhaoqing House was given to him personally. Since then, Zhaoqing has been named.
The first wonder of Lingnan
Zhaoqing is a famous historical and cultural city, the intersection of Central Plains culture and Lingnan culture, with splendid history and culture. There are countless cultural and natural landscapes here, including Mei 'an, Yuecheng Long Mu Temple, Chongxi Pagoda, Song City Wall, Yuejiang Tower, Lijie Pagoda, Civilization Pagoda, Huangyan Cave, Taixinqiao, Gaoyao Gong Xue, Deqing Gong Xue, Wenta and Qixingyan Cliff Stone Carvings, with more than 300 places.
Qixingyan is located in the north of Zhaoqing City, and consists of seven rocks, eight caves, five lakes and six hills scattered on the vast Star Lake. Yamazaki is famous for its beautiful waters, lakes, mountains and caves. Because seven tall and beautiful limestone peaks are arranged like the Big Dipper, it is named Qixingyan. It is divided into north and south columns. The south column consists of Yan Yanfeng, Yupingyan, Shishidang, Tianzhu Rock and Zhangxianyan from east to west, and only Apoyan is dominant in the north. As early as hundreds of years ago, Shishi Rock was famous for its quiet scenery, and it was a concentrated place of scenic spots and historical sites in Qixingyan. The top of the rock is called Songtai, which is said to be the place where the Emperor of Heaven entertains the gods. There is a big cave under the rock, and the hole is only more than 2 meters high. The dome in the cave is wide, with a top height of more than 30 meters, and stone emulsion, stone pillars and stone curtains are all over it. There is an underground river in the cave, and you can go boating to visit the Xuanfantai, Heiyan, Ludong and Yan Guang.
There is Shuiyue Palace on the right side of Shishi Cave, which was built in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in 1957. It is surrounded by mountains and waters, with red walls and green tiles, reflecting the Wulong Pavilion and the Dragonfly Bridge in front of the rock. The Moon Pavilion and Shuiyue Palace on Shishi Rock pour into the lake, and the scenery is wonderful, so it is called "Shuiyue Rock Cloud". There is a Yuan Shuang Cave at the eastern foot of Aboyan in the north of the lake area, which is more than 270 meters long. There is an underground river with two sources in one, with deep twists and turns and rugged rocks, which can be entered by boat.
"Millennium Poetry Gallery" Qixingyan
In history, Qixingyan attracted many literati with its magnificent scenery, and they left countless brilliant poems here. The stone carvings of Qixingyan have therefore become famous cultural relics at home and abroad, and are called "Millennium Poetry Gallery" by the people of China and Marshal Chen Yi.
Li Yong, a famous writer and calligrapher in the prosperous Tang Dynasty in China, left the famous Duanzhou Stone Room at the entrance of Qixingyan Stone Room. Since then, Bao Zheng, Zhou Dunyi, Guo and Huang Gongdu in the Tang Dynasty, Yu, Wu, Guo and Chen Lin in the Ming Dynasty, and Feng in the Qing Dynasty have all left a large number of poems or titles inside and outside the cave. There are more than 630 stone carvings in Qixingyan, including 333 stone chambers. There are many kinds of fonts in stone carvings, including seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script, including works of various dynasties, domestic and even Japanese since the Tang Dynasty. Among them, Duanzhou Stone Chamber in Li Yong, five pieces of Seven-Star Rock by Feng and the meteorite are called the three wonders of Seven-Star Rock Stone Carving Poetry. The cliff stone carvings inside and outside the cave are not only landscape poems with rich words and feelings, but also the historical imprint of thousands of years of vicissitudes.
Qixingya (in Guangdong Province)