Guangyuan is rich in products, beautiful scenery and numerous places of interest. First, Huang Ze 'an, the shrine of Wu Zetian, is located on the Jialing River in the west of Guangyuan. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. Huangze Temple was built in the 22nd year of Houshu Zheng Guang (AD 959). The original Huangze Temple, built near the river, consists of Zetianmen, Tianhou Toilet, Yuelou (Theater), Maitreya Buddha Hall and Tieguanyin Hall.
Jianmen Shudao is famous in the world for its "Sword Pagoda Pass is indestructible, but it is hard for ten thousand people to defend it" in the book Shudao Difficult written by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. It consists of two adjacent scenic spots, Jianmenguan and Cuiyun Gallery. It was rated as one of the most beautiful 100 shooting spots in Sichuan by chinese national geography.
The Cliff Statue of Thousand Buddha Cliffs is located 4 kilometers north of Guangyuan, on the east bank of Jialing River and on Jinniu Gushu Road. It has a long history and exquisite carving skills. Grottoes began in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty and ended in the Qing Dynasty. After thousands of years, a Buddhist cliff with nearly 388 meters long and 45 meters high and more than 950 statues has been formed.
More than 7000 pieces of Buddhist stone carving art treasures. Buddhist niches are distributed in layers, dense as honeycombs, and are the most magnificent caves in Sichuan.
Here, there are not only many beautiful scenery, but also delicious food. Huanghou steamed cold noodles is a traditional snack in Sichuan, which has five flavors: sour, sweet, hemp, spicy and fragrant. Sichuan flavor is full. Cold noodles are so spicy that people blush and their mouths are numb, but they are delicious. Now, Guangyuan, Wu Zetian's hometown, still widely eats the steamed cold noodles of Empress, but it is almost difficult to eat authentic steamed cold noodles of Empress in other places. There is another legend about this place.
According to legend, when Emperor Taizong was Emperor Gaozong, Wu Meiniang (the original name of Wu Zetian), the daughter of a military commander in the Ministry of Industry, was selected as a talent by Emperor Taizong at the age of 14. At that time, because of your fate, she had to leave her childhood sweetheart Chang Jianfeng. When Wu Meiniang was a child, he often swam around the river bend with his sword-edge, and there was a noodle restaurant at the river bend ferry. Every time they swim across the river, they always go to the noodle restaurant to eat a bowl. So I got acquainted with the shopkeeper and often talked about the making of noodles while eating. After a period of time, I have a deeper understanding of this. Later, they thought it would be good to eat cold noodles in summer. So I experimented with the pastry chef and finally developed a soft and delicious rice skin, rice paste, soft and glutinous, tough and non-sticky. Mei Niang and Jianfeng embraced happily. When the noodle chef saw this, he joked with the two young couples: This noodle is not as good as "cold noodles with husband and wife rice". It happened to be Mei Niang's birthday that day, and cold noodles with husband and wife rice was born. This spread and became the most popular food in the area. Later, Mei Niang went to Chang 'an, Kyoto. Although she and Chang Jianfeng never became husband and wife, the couple's cold face was passed down.