Sanyou Cave is a national 4th scenic spot, located in Xiling District, Yichang City. However, many people are very interested in the name "Sanyou Cave", but they don't know why. There are three people in Sanyou Cave. Swim this cave? Let me introduce to you the origin of the name of Sanyou Cave! 1. The origin of the name of Sanyou Cave
The name of Sanyou Cave has two allusions. Three poets of the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi, Bai Xingjian and Yuan Zhen, once visited this cave together, and they are known as the "First Sanyou Cave". "; In the Song Dynasty, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe and his son also came to swim through this cave together, and they were known as the "Later Three Tours". 2. Introduction to attractions
Sanyou Cave
Sanyou Cave is located on a cliff and can be accessed by a plank road. The cave is about 20 meters wide, more than 10 meters high, and about 30 meters deep. There are three stalactite pillars lined up in the cave. There are inscriptions from past dynasties inside the cave, and the cliffs outside the cave are filled with poems and essays by guests from past dynasties. The hanging stone on the top of the cave, which makes a sound when struck, is called the "Heaven Bell"; the protruding stone on the ground, which makes a sound when stamped, is called the "earth drum".
The scenery of Sanyou Cave is so beautiful that it was once described as a "phantom" by the ancients. Most people who passed through Yiling (Yichang) in the past dynasties visited here and wrote about the scenery and feelings in regular script, official script, running script, and cursive script, as well as poems, prose, murals, inscriptions, etc., and engraved them on the stone walls. To this day, there are still more than 40 wall inscriptions and inscriptions inside and outside the cave, including Ouyang Xiu's inscriptions from the Song Dynasty and "Three Tours to the Cave Preface" re-engraved in the Ming Dynasty, leaving behind valuable cultural and historical materials.
Zhixi Pavilion
Zhixi Pavilion was first built in the Song Dynasty. At that time, the writer Ouyang Xiu was demoted to the county magistrate of Yichang. After Zhu Qingji, the governor of Xiazhou, built the pavilion, he specially commissioned Ouyang Xiu. An essay was written specifically for this pavilion, namely "Xiazhou Zhixi Pavilion", making this pavilion one of the three most scenic spots in Xiazhou. Due to war and other man-made factors, the ancient building complex in Miaozui, Xiba, Yichang was destroyed. Zhixi Pavilion, the "blaque" of Zhixi Pavilion and the exquisite eighty-character long couplet by Lin Youxi, the magistrate of East Lake, were destroyed successively. The newly built Zhixi Pavilion has red pillars with flying eaves, three-fold double eaves, glass tiles, and bluestone carved railings. It is 18 meters high. The pavilion is layered and has a spiral staircase in the middle of the building. Inside the pavilion is a copy of Ouyang Xiu's "Xiazhou Zhixi Pavilion". ” and dozens of ancient and modern poems and paintings.
Lu Youquan
According to local chronicles, the patriotic poet Lu You of the Song Dynasty visited Sanyou Cave via Yiling. He found a pool of clear spring water above the Xialao River. He took the water to make tea, which was sweet and fragrant. After admiring it, he left a poem: "The sun in the bag has been passed down to the world. It's not that the famous spring cannot be tasted." This is the origin of Lu Youquan.
Xiakou Military Base
Ancient military fortress: It was built in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and was used in the Six Dynasties. It is also the only ancient military relic in Xiakou. Ancient arrowheads and arrowheads were unearthed in the military fortress. Bricks dating from the Eastern Han Dynasty and other ancient military fortresses were erected at the mouth of the gorge. Viewing the beautiful scenery of the Xiling gorge mouth, you can feel the majesty of the ancient pass.
Seal Stone Garden
Seal Stone Garden*** has collected seals from 127 world-renowned Chinese painters, including Wu Zuoren, Guan Shanyue, and Wang Chaowen. It is carefully carved from the river center stone at the bottom of the Three Gorges Dam. The styles are different and natural, enlarging the seals commonly used by painters into seal stone sculptures.
Three Gorges Strange Stone Museum
The largest strange stone museum in the Three Gorges area, *** collected 231 Three Gorges strange stones, *** collected "the towering military soul, the Buddha's light shines, Zhaojun goes out of the fortress, Jiangshan" Duojiao and other fine stone inscriptions
Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, Bai Xingjian, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Che, Huang Tingjian, Lu You, etc. Celebrities who have visited Sanyou Cave in the past, as well as officials who have served in Yiling, have written poems or carved tablets to record their events. There are nearly 60 wall inscriptions and tablet inscriptions that have been preserved and have been discovered. , all are available in regular script, official script, seal script, running script, and cursive script. For example, the official script wall inscription "鬲fan" written by Lu Wei of the Qing Dynasty, and the huge wall inscription "Zhan Hezhang Rock" written by Chen Jian's eldest daughter Guiying in small seal script. "The Hezhang Rock is a tall stone that is not stubborn, and there are treasures in the chemical industry. The secret-shaped mountain opens up the chaos and reveals the life and death of the human world." They are all considered top-quality calligraphy.
3. Ticket price
78 yuan
Opening hours: 08:00~17:00