Qingcheng Mountain is located in the southwest of Dujiangyan City. It takes about 2 minutes to get there by car. I'd like to use the time on the way to give you an overview of Qingcheng Mountain.
Qingcheng Mountain is 63 kilometers away from Chengdu. Because of its green hills and lush trees, it is quiet and cool all year round, and it has always been a famous tourist and summer resort in western Sichuan. Because it is one of the birthplaces of Taoism in China, it has been an important base for the existence and development of Taoism for more than 2, years since the Eastern Han Dynasty, and its influence has spread all over the country, so Qingcheng Mountain is also a famous Taoist mountain. Having said that, you may have heard the basic characteristics of Qingcheng Mountain. That is the scenic spot closest to the city, with quiet natural scenery and a long history of Taoist culture, and six words should be added: the protection is quite intact. Therefore, in 1982, it was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key scenic spots. In 1999, Qingcheng Mountain and Dujiangyan Scenic Area jointly declared the world natural and cultural heritage, which was fully affirmed by experts from UNESCO. Of course, "seeing is believing", and soon everyone will know that what I said is true.
There are two ways to get the name of Qingcheng Mountain. One way is to say that Qingcheng Mountain has 36 yin and yang peaks arranged in a ring, with sharp peaks and steep cliffs, and lush forests, just like a green city wall, so it is named Qingcheng Mountain. The second way of saying this is that Qingcheng Mountain was originally called Qingcheng Mountain, and the green character has three points of water. Because of the ancient myth that "Qingdu, Ziwei, and Tiandi lived", this is where the immortals lived, so it was named Qingcheng Mountain. Later, Zhang Ling Zhang Tianshi, the founder of Taoism in the Eastern Han Dynasty, founded Tianshi Road based on Qingcheng Mountain. Taoism advocated the doctrine of "self-restraint" and "returning to simplicity", which coincided with the meaning of Qingcheng Xiandu, and the name of the mountain remained unchanged. Buddhism developed rapidly in the early Tang Dynasty, and there was a territorial dispute between Buddhism and Taoism on Qingcheng Mountain. The lawsuit hit the emperor, and Tang Xuanzong believed in it and personally issued a letter to judge that "the temple was returned to Taoism and the temple was outside the mountain". Taoism has won. However, the imperial edict wrote that there was no green beside the water in the clear words of Qingcheng Mountain. Taoism not only recovered its territory with the help of the power of the emperor's pro-judgment, but also renamed Qingcheng Mountain.
This story is not a legend. The full text of the imperial edict on the Tang tablet preserved on the mountain is enough to testify.
Taoist culture
According to geological investigation, Qingcheng Mountain was formed in a orogenic movement 18 million years ago. When the mountain rose, it was strongly squeezed and the rock strata were broken. The ups and downs are large and the folds are obvious, so the mountains are strange, the cliffs are deep and the cliffs are cracked, showing the ingenuity of nature everywhere. According to legend, there are 36 peaks, 8 big holes, 72 small holes and ***18 scenic spots in Qingcheng Mountain area. One hundred single eight is an auspicious number, which means many scenic spots, but people are more eager for the endless coolness and seclusion of the ancient wood forests and winding mountain roads covered with mountains, as well as the long-standing Taoist culture and well-preserved palace architecture art.
Speaking of Taoist culture, due to the existence and development of Taoism in Qingcheng Mountain for more than 2, years, especially the hosting and management of the high roads in past dynasties, Qingcheng Mountain has been fully protected as the ancestral mountain of Taoism and the "sacred mountain" in the eyes of laymen. It can be said that today's ancient buildings, ancient sites, historical legends, food customs, and even trees and flowers in Qingcheng Mountain are permeated with the spirit of Taoist culture. There are also several ups and downs in the development of Taoism in Qingcheng Mountain. In the second year of Emperor Shundi Han 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 143), Zhang Ling, who was a monk in Heming Mountain (now Dayi County) of Qionglai Mountain, came to Chicheng Cliff of Qingcheng Mountain to establish Taoism. Because Zhang Ling was respected by his disciples as "Tianshi", the Taoism he created was also called "Tianshi Dao". Tianshi Taoism gradually spread to the whole country through the creation and development of Tianshi Taoism in Zhang Ling and his descendants. During the Jin and Sui Dynasties, Tianshi Taoism had the rise of Tianshi Taoism in the North and Tianshi Taoism in the South and the emergence of regional sects. Qingcheng Mountain is the orthodox Sect of Nantian Shidao. By the end of Tang Dynasty, Du Guangting, a famous Taoist, came to Qingcheng Mountain, and the tradition of Tianshi Daoism was combined with Shangqing Daoism. Shangqing Daoism claimed that the cultivation of Daoism can ascend to the "clear sky", which is higher than the ideal "too clear realm" of the old Tianshi Daoism. Du Guangting later became an official under Wang Jian, the former Emperor of Shu, and became an assistant minister of Shangshu, a doctor of Guanglu. He was named as a pillar country, Cai Guogong, and lived in Qingcheng Mountain for nearly 3 years in his later years. He wrote books and made statements, which had a great influence on the development of Taoism.
in the southern song dynasty, Li shaowei, a Taoist priest of Qingcheng mountain, and others founded the Qing micro-sect, which combined the inner alchemy with the incantation, saying that "it can exorcise evil spirits, cure diseases, reach the emperor, scream for thunder and thunder, and mediate nature". The Yuan dynasty named him "Leiyuan Guangfu Real Man", and for a time there were many believers, and Qingcheng mountain flourished again. In the Ming Dynasty, Taoism in Qingcheng Mountain belonged to Quanzhen Daolongmen Sect. Quanzhen Taoism is different from the original Tianshi Zhengzheng in that it advocates that monks should become monks, live in temples and become Taoist priests, do not marry wives, do not eat meat and fish, and create a set of practice methods to cultivate themselves and be quiet. Taoist priests living in mountains naturally pay more attention to the maintenance of temples and the cultivation of forests. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, wars continued, and the Taoist priest of Qingcheng Mountain fled. Until the eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, Chen Qingjue, a Taoist priest of Quanzhen Daolongmen Sect in Wudang Mountain, came to Qingcheng Mountain to preside over educational affairs, which changed the situation again. Later, with the help of Sichuan officials, Chen got the imperial book "Dandai Bidong" from Emperor Kangxi, and named him "Bidong Real Person".
Since then, the Qingcheng Mountain Taoist School belongs to the Longdong Sect of Quanzhen Daoism. After the founding of New China, Qingcheng Mountain absorbed Taoist priests from all over the world. The original pattern of Bidong Sect in Dantai has changed, but it is still an influential branch in Taoism. In 1957, the "Chinese Taoist Association" was established, and Yi Xinying, a Taoist of Qingcheng Mountain, was elected as the vice president and deputy secretary-general. Later, Taoist Fu Yuantian was also elected as the vice president of China Daoism Association, and was elected as the president in 1992, and concurrently served as the dean of China Daoism College. Therefore, people who study Taoist culture have to come to Qingcheng Mountain.
Mountain Gate
Distinguished guests, we are now in front of Qingcheng Mountain. The classical and splendid mountain gate and the verdant forest behind it always make every visitor feel a deep sense of seclusion, and their eagerness to enter this quiet world arises spontaneously. Please don't worry, let's take a look at Jianfu Palace next to the mountain gate first.
Jianfu Palace, built in the 18th year of Tang Kaiyuan (A.D. 73) under Zhangren Peak, was originally named Zhangren Cave, and was named "Huiqing Jianfu Palace" by the court in Song Dynasty. Zhang Renfeng got its name from Ning Feng. According to legend, Ning Feng was a pottery official in the Yellow Emperor's time. He was able to walk in flames, follow the smoke and ride the wind and cloud. Ning Feng helped the Yellow Emperor learn the skill of "flying on the dragon's stilts", defeated Chiyou, unified China, and was named as the "Five Yue Zhang Ren" who commanded the five mountains by the Yellow Emperor. In the Song Dynasty, it also sealed the concept of nine-day husbands in Qingchengshan, Shuzhou, and Chu Fu appointed the true king. There is an attending fairy in the top ten caves of Taoism, and Ningfeng is the attending fairy of Qingcheng Mountain. Jianfu Palace was rebuilt in the 14th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (AD 1888), and has been extensively repaired and rebuilt in recent years.
Jianfu Palace has a building area of 1,196 square meters. The pavilion was built in front of it, followed by the green forest of Dantai, and the word Jianfu Palace on the doorstep was inscribed by Lin Sen, chairman of the National Government in 194. The front hall was called "the Hall of Eternal Life" for Fan Changsheng, a Taoist priest in the Jin Dynasty. The main hall is the statue of Ning Feng and Du Guangting. There are three statues in the back hall. In the middle, there is the Taishang Laojun, who is honored as the leader of Taoism. On the left, there is the Donghua Emperor, the mythical Dongweigong, who is the first founder of Quanzhen Taoism. On the right, there is Wang Zhongyang, the founder of Quanzhen Taoism. There are poems written by Zhang Sanfeng on the wall of the hall. The 394-word "Qingcheng Changlian" hanging on the column describes the scenery and tells stories. Those who are interested can read it.
ropeway
When we enter the mountain gate, we will go right to Yuecheng Lake and take the ropeway up the mountain. The first thing that catches people's eyes is the rain pavilion and the emerald pavilion standing side by side.
There are many bridges, pavilions and memorial archways scattered on the mountain path of Qingcheng Mountain, which match the forest and form landscape pictures with different interests because of the mountain. The pavilion mostly takes dead trees as columns, with bark as the roof, tree roots as stools and dead branches Gu Teng as decorations, which conforms to the Taoist quietism, returns to nature and is integrated with the quiet mountain scenery. The pavilion type also varies with the scene, and there is a triangular pavilion formed by turning along the road-Yilewo; Ling Ran Pavilion, a square pavilion half leaning on a cliff; There is an octagonal pavilion that stands on the peak-Xixin Pavilion; There are also the Sleeping Cloud Pavilion, where the mountain road passes through and the columns are reduced, and there are the curved Ningcui Bridge with the mountain trend. These pavilions are all shaped according to the scenery, named and cut, and equipped with appropriate couplets, which are more poetic. You will continue to see it during the tour.
Moon City Lake is here. There used to be a sweet spring here, named "Zhangren Spring". In 1985, people built dams here to stop water and form lakes. We crossed the lake and took a cable car to the Shangqing Palace. Walking down from a height saves time and effort than hiking, so you have more time and energy to visit. The cableway is 98 meters long and uses a safe and comfortable circulating hanging chair to carry passengers. Visitors can watch the scenery in the air, and their horizons are broad and interesting.