Tuo Mountain is located in the southwest of Qingzhou City, 6 kilometers away from the urban area, and its main peak is 408 meters above sea level. It is one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Qingzhou, and is called "Chihiro camel bell". It stretches over several cities, with two opposite peaks at the top. From a distance, it really looks a bit like a lying camel! During Zheng De's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the two characters "Tuoshan" inscribed by Qiao Yu, an official of the Ministry of War and a native of Leping, Prince Taibao, were engraved on the stone wall in front of the mountain, which is still impressive. Just these two words, tourists will feel that Camel Mountain is extraordinary!
In fact, Sheshan is remarkable and famous not only because of its steep peaks and ancient pines and cypresses, but also because of its numerous grotto statues and precious cultural relics such as Haotian Palace. Now it is a provincial key protection unit.
The cliffs in front of the mountain are towering into the clouds, and there are often clouds in summer and autumn. The famous statue group of Tuoshan Cliff Grottoes is here. There are five grottoes and a cliff side by side between the cliffs, and there are 638 large and small Buddha statues. The largest is seven meters high and the smallest is less than ten centimeters. These stone buddhas of different sizes have exquisite carving skills and beautiful and vivid shapes. According to experts' appraisal, they were first born in the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the late Northern Dynasty, and then carved in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. They are the treasures of ancient statues in China. Studying these Buddha statues can not only find the historical origin of Buddhism spreading in Shandong Peninsula, but also be a good artistic enjoyment. You see, the Buddha statue in the second cave has a high crown carved with complex patterns and Aquarius on its head, and two streamers hang down on both sides of the crown; Wearing a beaded necklace around the neck, a delicate wreath hangs from the left shoulder to the leg, and a long skirt sweeps the floor, giving people a feeling of simplicity, generosity and lifelike image, which has distinctive artistic characteristics of sculpture in Sui Dynasty. Look at the bodhisattva statue in the fourth cave. There is a beast-head-shaped ring on the chest, which is a typical feature of statues in the early Tang Dynasty.
The most exquisite is the graceful Guanyin Bodhisattva statue on the left side of the middle road in the first cave! She has a round face, dignified manners, bowstring-style high bun, a line across her neck, a very delicate necklace on her chest, a scarf on her shoulders and a close-fitting long skirt, as if she had just come out of the water. Her waist was praised by the socks liver, and the cicada-like gauze seemed to be gently pointing, and her beautiful posture was oblique and curved. According to research, this grotto was built between Wu Zetian and Chang 'an in Tang Dynasty, with a history of 1200 years.
4' Qingzhou Museum
Qingzhou Museum was founded in June 1959, with a history of more than 30 years, with a collection of more than 40,000 cultural relics and dozens of national cultural relics. Since its establishment, the museum has received 450,000 visitors from home and abroad every year. The museum has four exhibition halls: East, West, South and North, of which East and West have two floors and South and North have three floors. The four exhibition halls are connected by circular corridors, with a total construction area of over 65,438+100000 square meters. The architectural style adopts the national style of small tile roof and cornice. Whenever the morning light shines, glazed tiles are resplendent and magnificent, especially simple and spectacular. All kinds of cultural relics collected by Qingzhou Museum, either the only one in the world or the only one unearthed in China at present, are indispensable physical materials for studying the ancient politics and economy of China, and are highly valued by the national cultural relics department and experts. The pottery used by people for sowing in Longshan culture period, including the "nursing map" drawn by primitive people, is extremely precious national first-class cultural relics; The Shang Dynasty "Ya Silk" bronzes unearthed in Subutun are exquisitely made and are the best Shang Dynasty artifacts unearthed in China. China has only one set of Qi Dao Qian Fan, which provides a basis for studying Qi economy. The painted statues of the Northern Dynasties, whether exquisite carving skills, superb gold lacquer techniques, advanced design techniques or complete preservation, have amazed experts and scholars at home and abroad. The wall portraits in the tomb of Qingzhou merchants in the fourth year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty (573) truly reproduced the scene of the ancient Silk Road and confirmed the historical fact that ancient Qingzhou silk was exported to Central Asia and even Europe. In the 26th year of Wanli (1598), the imperial examination volume of Zhao, the top scholar in Qingzhou, filled the blank of the imperial examination archives in China, and it was priceless because it only existed at home and abroad. In recent years, its legendary experience of being recovered has caused a sensation at home and abroad, which has aroused widespread concern from all walks of life. From 65438 to 0996, the only well-preserved large-scale temple site before the Tang Dynasty in China-Qingzhou longxing temple Site was discovered. More than 400 hoarded Buddhist statues from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty have been excavated at one time, which is rare in the archaeological history of China and is listed as one of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China. Longxing temple's Buddhist statues have attracted worldwide attention since they were exhibited in China History Museum, and have been exhibited in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and other countries and regions.