Tiantai Mountain is located in Tianlong Tunpu Cultural Tourism Zone, south of Pingba County 13km, 32km away from Anshun City. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit, and the Guizhou Folk Drama Museum is located here, which is a famous tourist attraction on the western line of Guizhou.
Tiantai Mountain rises from a peak among thousands of mountains. The mountains are steep and the dangerous rocks stand tall, just like a platform to climb to the sky, hence the name. Tiantai, a steep cliff in the north and south of Shanxi, looks like a knife and axe, and there are stone steps to climb in the east, winding up. The mountain is not more than a hundred meters high, but it is majestic, overlooking the mountains and kneeling. At the foot of the mountain, the old trees are towering, and the shade covers the sun. The ancient ginkgo has stood vigorously for 500 years. There is a temple at the top of the mountain, named Wulong Temple, which was built in the 18th year of Wanli of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1590). It is said that it was built by monks in Baiyun Temple, and it was improved and expanded several times during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China.
Wulong Temple is an ancient architectural complex with meticulous layout and exquisite design. The architectural structure of the temple is divided into two parts, the outer wall is made of stone, which is integrated with the mountain and natural; The internal structure is made of finely carved wood and stone, which is dexterous and exquisite. The main buildings include 9 groups of more than 50 halls, including the Giant Buddha Hall, the two temples, the Guanyin Hall, the Jade Emperor Pavilion, the Ancestral Hall and the Tibetan Classics Building. There are four mountain gates in southern Guizhou: the first mountain, the sky dome, the Yinzong Zen Forest and the Jingguan Temple. On the edge of the cliff, there are buildings with narrow paths, such as a small platform, a large platform, a moon viewing platform, a sky street, a stone fence and a back garden. The layout of the temple is built on the mountain, full of twists and turns. The main buildings such as the main hall and the annex hall are built symmetrically according to the central axis, and the roof and eaves are painted with tenons, dragons and phoenixes, which inherits the architectural style of the Song Dynasty. It is the only ancient architectural complex in Guizhou that imitates the Song Dynasty.
The layout design of the ancient buildings in Tiantai Mountain is unique. Although the mountain space is small, it is not crowded because of its ingenious structure, but it is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, showing a majestic trend between square inches. Its architectural skills are exquisite, and some buildings extend beyond the cliff, such as Linxian Pavilion, which is full of dangers and breathtaking. Luo, a famous ancient architecture expert in China, praised it as "a group of swan songs of ancient stone buildings in China".
There are many cliff carvings in the mountains. The first gate of Renshan is the gate of "the first mountain in southern Guizhou" carved in the twenty-third year of Qianlong, and the ancient charm still exists; Above the cliff, there is the title of "Grand View on the Top", which is quite imposing; At the mountain gate of Zhong Er, there is a vertical plaque "Tianwai" engraved in the tenth year of Guangxu, which is the crowning touch. The most representative is the gate of Indo-Chinese Zen Forest carved in the 25th year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1934). Maitreya Buddha, Eight Immortals of Water, Taishang Laojun and Matsuzaka Meilan are all on the same plaque, which shows that this mountain integrates Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and its carving skills are also superb. On both sides of the gate are a pair of wonderful couplets inscribed by local genius Chen Shouchang:
Clouds come from the sky and naturally peak;
Seen from the stage in front of the moon.
It not only points out the essence of the beautiful scenery on the rooftop, but also uses the word "rooftop" accordingly, which is praised by tourists. The stone walls on both sides are embedded with poetry tablets and February doors. On the right there are seven verses of Lingnan Li Daguang, which write:
Stopping to be a rooftop guest is the most important thing to enter Hanshan.
Touching a thousand stones, the dangerous beam looked back at the clock on the first floor.
Uncle Feng Dan is worried about his old age, and Wei Yunfu painted it.
I want to take the wind to find Yuyu, and I will land on the wood.
On the stone wall behind the "Yinfeng Pavilion", the words "Lingshi towering" and a Tibetan poem written by predecessors "Clouds gather in the sky, and the color in front of the stage is quiet; The mountains are deep in the world, and the temples are ancient in the Spring and Autumn Period, which depicts a beautiful picture of "the ancient temples are hidden in the mountains". The first word of each sentence is "Tiantai Mountain Temple", which is full of interest.
On the left side of the Great Buddha Hall, there is a stone wall poetry gallery, which was inscribed by literati in past dynasties. There are words such as "ancient notices", "rooftop" and "famous mountains cover the three armies" on the cliff, which are suspected to have been carved before the temple was built. The stone wall of the poetry gallery is inlaid with poems of the Ming Dynasty and the second Hou of the first year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty. The text reads as follows:
one
The cloud spreads the highest peak, and the stone pedal is heavier.
I once made an appointment to visit Guding Temple, but now I listen to the clock on the first floor alone.
Monks return to Penglai, while people live in Qiushan Painting.
After reading all the headlines, the sunset glow in the sound of Western jackdaw in the west.
Secondly,
Heaven and earth have the first peak, and the mountains are towering and green.
Three trees were planted in front of the stage, and nine rings came at night behind the stage.
There are endless mountains and rivers on the Yao Garden, and jade buildings and clouds meet.
Where is the monk collecting medicine? There are still a few red ones in the peach.
Tiantai Scenic Area is yearned for by literati and dignitaries in the past dynasties. Poems or songs, poems or books can be recorded, all of which are grand views.
Celebrity visits to the rooftop greatly add color to the scenery. Nanyang Peng Ershu (Guizhou provincial judge in the first year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, following the famous scholar Zuo Buzheng in Yunnan) went to the Tiantai, leaving his masterpiece "Journey to Tiantai Mountain" and several poems. Tiantai is famous far and wide. In the Qing Dynasty, Lu Daji (a juren from Huguang, who was stationed in Pingba in the 17th year of Shunzhi) said, "It's a rhyme to visit the rooftop with Mr. Peng Yufeng (Uncle Peng)." . Being a celebrity is a waste of time. Master Peng Yufeng of Nanyang, a famous scholar in China, was born in Geng Zichun, an official in Yunnan. He called this poem Tiantai, which is as immortal as those in Vietnam. Celebrities are the faces of mountains and rivers, and so will competition. "Wu Sangui went to Tiantai in troubled times, and the journey from Guizhou to Yunnan was difficult and dangerous, so he bowed down to the Buddhist temple and made a wish:" If this trip arrives safely, I will rebuild the temple for Tiantai and cast a golden body for the Buddha. "When he left, he left the temple with his royal hat, sword, official uniform and eight square money. Later, three bronze Buddha statues, a golden incense burner and a marble square table were sent from Yunnan to the temple for worship. Celebrities' things should be handed down to future generations as treasures in the temple. Another person, Ren Kecheng from Anshun (governor of Yunnan in the late Qing Dynasty, chief of education of Beijing government in the early Republic of China, a famous scholar and calligrapher) visited the rooftop and wrote a huge plaque for the main hall "Enzhan North Que". Yu Tiantai is famous and has a high status, which can benefit the emperor. Throughout the ages, there are countless tourists, and the journey of celebrities has been told through the ages.
Tiantai Mountain is a natural wonder, a unique landscape with a wonderful combination of nature and humanity, and a classic of "harmony between man and nature". Today, its unparalleled overall beauty, image beauty and rich historical and cultural characteristics have infinite charm.
Location of scenic spots
Pingba District, Anshun City, Guizhou Province