Which month is the best time to travel to Single Crystal?

April and May, because it is the flowering period of peony.

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Monocrystal is located in Monocrystal Mountain City (Gujiulong) in Pengzhou City, 50 kilometers northwest of Chengdu, with an altitude of 1 147 meters. Known as "Danyue Daizong", "Ancient Tang Dynasty" and "the first scenic spot". It is the birthplace of peony in Tian Peng, China. In the Song Dynasty, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, flowers flourished, which was as famous as Luoyang and Heze. Pengzhou, also known as Tian Peng, is located in the northwest of Chengdu, enjoying the reputation of "Flower State" in the Tang Dynasty, and is one of the famous peony towns in China.

More than 800 years ago, when the great poet Lu You was in Chengdu, he visited the famous flowers in Pengzhou Garden and studied the peony in Tian Peng. In the first month of the fifth year of Xichun, he wrote the famous Tian Peng Peony Spectrum. The article begins: Peony is in Zhongzhou, and Cao Zhou (now Heze) is the first; In Tang Suzong, in March of the first year of Shangyuan (760), Du Fu, the poet saint, went to Pengzhou to see peony in single crystal at the invitation of Gao Shi, the secretariat of Pengzhou. Facing the peony flowers everywhere, Du Fu was amazed and wrote the famous poem "Flower Shop". This poem is a pioneering work of singing Tian Peng peony in history, and it is also one of the earliest peony poems in China.

The single crystal is located in Jiang Nanan, the source of Tuojiang River, one of the eight veins of Longmen Mountain. Its relative height is not big, but the mountains and rivers are beautiful. Since ancient times, it has been a unique "famous mountain in western Sichuan" and enjoys the title of "Danyue Daizong". In the Han Dynasty, it was the place where Taoist sages meditated on Dan. After Buddhism spread to the east, it became Shan Ye where Buddhism lived, and the temple view was very prosperous. It is a true portrayal of "the temple is built on the mountain, the pavilions are stacked, the sacred land of Helin, and the shadow of Longquan Buddha". However, what makes people yearn for is the single crystal peony. Single crystal has been a famous peony viewing place since ancient times, which rose for no reason and flourished in the Tang Dynasty, from the Five Dynasties to the Great Song Dynasty. Luoyang is the only famous peony viewing base in China, but it is not only famous for Luo and Cao's falling gold, but the most important thing is that peony is famous for its wild interest.

Main attraction

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Zhenguo Temple Tower is located on Baitaping, the ancient city site of Jiulong County in the southwest of Guankouchang. It was built from the Northern Song Dynasty to the first year of Zhengzheng to the fifth year of Jiayou (1054- 106 1). The tower is 38 meters high and has a square brick structure with dense eaves 13 floors. There is a five-story tower room, connected by roads, which can hover to the top and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Pengmen and Lijiang River.

Tianpengmen

That is, the ancient canopy door, also known as the canopy que. North of Zhenguo Temple Tower 1 km. At the exit of Yujiang River, Niuxin, at an altitude of 1 1,000m, is far away from shouyangshan, with a distance of more than 200m and a depth of about 1 km.

Single crystal first

At Tianpengmen 1 km, it is famous for peony. Jinhua Palace was built here in the Han Dynasty. When Jin Toutuo, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, was rebuilt, peony was planted, so it was called "the first place for single crystals", hence the name Single Crystal Mountain. Peony in Song Dynasty and Peony in Luoyang stood side by side in the world, famous in Sichuan, and their birthplace was Yongning Courtyard in this mountain. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu You was recorded in Tian Peng Peony Book.

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The elevation of the main peak of single crystal is1150m, and the relative height is 400m. At the foot of the mountain, there are stone tablets, such as "single crystal first" and "ancient Tang scenic spots" The Wangxiangtai on the top of the mountain is 6 kilometers away from the mountain road. The road surface is a sloping road made of fine sandstone, which is wide and tidy, along the mountain stream and gradually rises in the green bushes. In the meantime, white temple, soul meditation hall, Yalu bridge, water purification pavilion, waterfall pavilion, peony pavilion and other pavilions, bridges and corridors were built according to the situation, blending with mountains and rivers, echoing up and down, forming an elegant and chic ten-mile pavilion. China's famous watches, stone tablets and stone beasts of Dongyue Temple in Ming Dynasty and Tallinn, a monk in previous dynasties, still exist today. These two 30-meter-high vats are over 1000 years old and covered like clouds.

You can see your home in the distance from the balcony.

Shan Jingfeng's homecoming station stands abruptly at the top of Jiulong Mountain. Looking at it, Yue Ling, Kowloon is like a wave, with vast mountains and vivid valleys. According to legend, the ancestors of ancient Shu were pioneers who came to Chengdu Plain from Longxi Plateau, and often climbed to Longxi, hence the name Wangxiangtai.

Sanwei scenic spot

Located 4 kilometers south of Single Crystal Mountain. According to legend, the site of the temple was built during the reign of Tang Xiantong. The original Shuiting Temple, Zhide Temple, ankokuji and other three temples. In the Tang dynasty, Buddhism Wu Da took Qin spring water to cure diseases and save lives here, so it was called Sanwei Water. Today, there are many stone carvings, stone buildings and murals in the temple since the Tang and Song Dynasties. There are 37 grottoes with more than 1000 Buddha and Bodhisattva statues, among which the stone pavilion in the Ming Dynasty and the stone tablet building in the Qing Dynasty are basically intact. It is a municipal cultural relics protection unit. [ 1]?

Niujiaozhai

Niujiaozhai is located in Gaojia Town, Renshou County, west of the lake and at the end of Longquan Mountain. There are many cliff carvings on the rocks here. There are stone carvings and thousands of buddhas in Beishan Dojo. Most of these stone carvings were carved in the Tang Dynasty. Its exquisite skills, rigorous layout, exquisite topics and vivid images are memorable. In particular, the stone carvings of the giant Buddha are more perfect. According to the examination, this giant Buddha was built at the same time as Leshan Giant Buddha. Its carving skills and image are similar to Leshan Giant Buddha. It is said that the two Buddhas are the same person, carving the Niujiaozhai Buddha first and then chiseling the Leshan Buddha.

Shidonggou

Donggou is located in Ganfeng Ancient Town, which is now Mahuayan Village, Dongjiaheng Township. It's on the left rear of Ganfeng Temple, three miles away from Ganfeng Temple. According to legend, Taoist priest and Wu Zong Zhang Sanfeng lived in the famous Sanfeng Cave in the early Ming Dynasty.

Moyan stone carving

Chaoyang Temple in the south of Sancha Lake and Niujiaozhai in the west of the lake are both carved with rubbings. Chaoyang Temple is located in Shendong Village, Dong Jiageng Township, Hunan Province. Mo Yan has more than 370 statues, of which Guanyin and Guaziyan in Shui Sheng are the most amazing.

With the construction of "Chengdu-Shipan-Sancha-Danjingshan-Shuangliu-Chengdu" tourism loop, the colorful rural promenade of Shiren Road has successively built modern agricultural ecological parks with the functions of "rural tourism", such as Top Agricultural Science and Technology Park, Jiajia Pollution-free Fruit Garden and Heibaoshi Liziyuan. The beautiful ecological environment and the display of Jianyang's special diet and tourism products will become beautiful scenery along the line.

Bus route

Single Crystal Scenic Area Address: Single Crystal Village, Single Crystal Town, Pengzhou Suburb. Take bus No.57 to Wukuaishi Bus Terminal, take the shuttle bus to Pengzhou, and then transfer to 12 to the scenic spot!

Driving route

Take Chengdu-Pengzhou Expressway. There is no toll from Chengdu to Pengzhou. It takes only 20 minutes by highway, and it may take half an hour from Pengzhou to Single Crystal.