What are the scenic spots in Tianshui?

Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu. It is said that Tianshui is the birthplace of Fuxi, the ancestor of China. Tianshui has a long history, where you can find the source of China, and there are many cultural relics worth visiting. Let me introduce you to the scenic spots in Tianshui.

Mount McKee cave

Maijishan Grottoes have a total of 194 niches, more than 7,200 clay sculptures, stone tires and clay sculptures, and murals 1300 square meters. All the niches are carved on the cliffs, distributed on the east and west cliffs. Cave 54 on the East Cliff and Cave 0/40 on the West Cliff. Liu Kaiqu, the sculptor of the grotto, praised it as the "Oriental Sculpture Exhibition Hall". Most scholars believe that it began at the end of the Qin Dynasty and was continuously excavated and repaired in the Northern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among the existing statues, the original statues of the Northern Dynasties are in the majority.

fuxi temple

Tianshui, as the birthplace of Fuxi and Fuxi culture, bears rich and colorful Fuxi cultural contents. As a place where Fuxi painted hexagrams, Guatai Mountain has a long history of offering sacrifices. After Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, Fuxi Temple was established in Qinzhou. Therefore, Fuxi Sacrifice Center was moved from Guatai Mountain to Tianshui Fuxi Temple. The ceremony was made by the Ministry of Rites, and local officials were responsible for the sacrifice. Twice a year, the ceremony is complete and the specifications are very high. Qin Zhou once became the national Fuxi Sacrifice Center.

Immortal cliff

Xianrenya is 5 km away from Maijishan Grottoes/kloc-0. It consists of three cliffs, five peaks and six temples. The Emerald Peak is towering above the cliff, and temples are built between the peaks or flying cliffs. There are three elegant cliffs, named East Cliff, West Cliff and South Cliff according to their orientation. These five peaks are Huang Yufeng, Bao Gai Peak, Mount Everest in Xi, East Asia Peak and Shiya Peak. These six temples are Mulian Temple, Shi Lian Temple, Tielian Temple, Hualien Temple, Shuilian Temple and Ling Ying Temple.

Yuquanguan

Yuquan temple has always been famous for its magnificent ancient buildings in Longshang, and it is the most famous Taoist temple building community in our province and even in the northwest. The whole building is built on the mountain, winding along the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain. The architectural layout is regulated by Taoism. Most of the existing buildings are in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with unique architectural style, exquisite modeling and large scale, which brings together the essence of China's ancient architectural art. In recent years, it has attracted the general attention of domestic experts and scholars in our province and has been highly praised. Its scale and completeness are recognized as rare in China.

Yuquan temple has precious stone carvings of past dynasties, which are of great historical and artistic value. There are 57 stone tablets, 1 1 stone tablets and 34 brick carvings. In particular, the four inscriptions praised and sealed by Kublai Khan in Yuan Shizu and the cursive poems written by Zhao Meng, a calligrapher of Yuan Dynasty, are the most precious, which can be called "national treasure" stele and the treasure of Yuquan view.