There are Yaowangshan, where Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, lived in seclusion, Yuhua Palace where Emperor Taizong Li Shimin spent the summer and Xuanzang, who translated the scriptures, died. Liu Gongquan, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, and Fan Kuan, a great painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, were both born in Tongchuan.
Yijun was named "the hometown of peasant painting in China" by the Ministry of Culture. Yaozhou Porcelain, one of the eight famous kilns in China, is "as skillful as a golden model, and better than cutting jade". There are also Buddhist resorts, such as Xiangshan and Beauty Ancestral Temple, where Meng Jiangnu is enshrined.
Recommended interesting places in Tongchuan
Jinyang lake
Jinyang Lake Ecological Park, located in Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, is a national water conservancy scenic spot and a provincial-level tourist scenic spot. The water area of Jinyang Lake is 6000 mu, and the shore of the lake stretches 10 kilometers. Together with Wang Yao and Yuhua Palace in Tongchuan, it has become a tourist route in northern Qin.
The lake area of Jinyang Lake is surrounded by mountains, connected by mountains and rivers, and the Woods are quiet. Egrets and wild ducks can be seen flying on the water. On the left bank of Jinyang Lake, there is an orchard with an area of 1000 mu, which is planted with apples, crisp pears, winter dates and other trees. Spring blossoms and Mid-Autumn Festival is fruitful. There is a botanical garden opposite the lake, which contains various ornamental plants such as Magnolia, Peony, Jingui and Hypericum. It was here that the writer Jia Pingwa wrote the book "The Wasted Capital", and later revisited the old place and wrote the poem "Stay in Taoqupo and watch Jinyang Lake".
Admission: Damen 10 yuan, Ecological Botanical Garden 15 yuan.
Transportation: Take Bus No.3 from Yaozhou District and get off at Jinyang Lake Station.
Fudi Lake
Fudi Lake Scenic Area is located in Fudi Forest, east of yijun county, Tongchuan18km, 30km away from Huangdi Mausoleum and 50km away from Xi 'an150km. It is a tourist attraction integrating water recreation, agricultural sightseeing and summer vacation.
Fudi Lake has been a scenic spot in Yijun since ancient times, but it gradually disappeared in history and has been redeveloped in recent years. The Northern Wei grottoes in the center of Fudi Lake were built in 446. According to records, yijun county was once one of the most prosperous places of Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and many grottoes were dug by people who respected and believed in Buddhism. Although most of these grottoes have been destroyed today, there are still artistic stone carvings in the remaining grottoes.
Admission: 16 yuan, reference price of entertainment items: zip 20 yuan, speedboat 10 yuan, fishing 10 yuan, 50 yuan, Water Entertainment Hall.
Transportation: Take a bus from Tongchuan Bus Station to yijun county, and then take CMB in yijun county.
Yaozhou Kiln Museum
Yaozhou Kiln Museum is located in Huangbao Town, Wangyi District, Tongchuan City, where Yaozhou Kiln Site, a national key cultural relic protection unit, is located. Yaozhou Kiln Museum is located 80 kilometers south of Xi and 75 kilometers north of Huangdi Mausoleum, and now it has a collection of more than 500,000 cultural relics. It is a large-scale museum of ancient ceramic sites, which integrates site protection and exhibition, collection and exhibition of cultural relics specimens, exhibition of simulated ancient ceramic techniques, sightseeing and pottery making. It is now a national 3A-level tourist area.
Admission: 35 yuan.
traffic
Take bus No.6 in front of Wangyi District Government in Tongchuan City.
Zhangshuyu Huashan
Yuhua Mountain, a world cultural celebrity, is the ancestral home of Buddhism Faxiang Sect and the place where Master Xuanzang, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, silently translated scriptures.
In August of the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong personally wrote the Preface to the Three Monks of Datang for Master Xuanzang in Yuhua Palace, and later Gao Zong continued the Preface to the Three Monks of Datang. In the second year of Tang Yonghui, Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong, abandoned Yuhua Palace as Yuhua Temple, and gave Xuanzang translation of Buddhist scriptures in 659 AD until he died in 664 AD.
Master Xuanzang translated 1335 volumes all his life, of which 682 volumes were translated in Yuhua Temple. During more than four years in Yuhua Temple, I translated scriptures, lectured and practiced Buddhism extensively, and completed the translation of 600 volumes of Mahayana Sutra, a Buddhist ceremony.
Master Xuanzang founded the Buddhism Faxiang Sect in Yuhua Temple, which spread in Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. On March 22nd, 1999, scholars and Buddhists from more than 40 countries and regions including India, Japan and South Korea attended the opening ceremony of Xuanzang Memorial Hall. At that time, master Xuanzang's great achievements had become a Buddhist holy place for people to worship.
Chenlu ancient town
Chenlu Ancient Town is located at the top of southeast yintai district 15km in Tongchuan City. According to historical records, the ancient town of Chenlu was named after the "pottery furnace display". Chenlu is the only porcelain base in history, a miracle in the history of ceramics, and has the reputation of "the ancient town of oriental ceramics". Chenlu Ancient Town is also the only hometown of ceramics in the named hometown of culture and art in Shaanxi Province.
Chenlu ancient town has beautiful mountains and rivers, and ceramic culture has a long history and profound accumulation. In history, "the pottery field is three miles north and south, five miles east and west, and the fire is mixed at night." The so-called "thousand fireworks fans worry" is listed as one of the ancient "eight scenes of the same official" and has the reputation of "the furnace mountain never sleeps". Chen Lu's folk customs are closely related to ceramics. Folk houses, folk food and folk art all contain rich ceramic cultural connotations. Chen Lu lived a long time. There are pottery bellies, caves and pots on the wall, which are arranged along the mountain, as dense as a honeycomb; Paving the road with ceramic tiles is rich in oil painting effect and very ornamental, and is known as "the art at the foot".
Admission: free.
Transportation: Take a long-distance bus from Xi Railway Station or the bus station next to Chengbei Passenger Station to Tongchuan, and transfer to Chenlu Ancient Town in Tongchuan.