Basic introduction of Qingyuan Mountain in Quanzhou

Qingyuan Mountain in Quanzhou is a famous tourist attraction in the strange gorge of Quanzhou Mountain.

Qingyuan Mountain, also known as Beishan Mountain, Quanshan Mountain and Yun Qi Mountain, is the northern barrier of the whole state, with an altitude of 498 meters and an area of 62 square kilometers. The main scenic spot is 3 kilometers away from Quanzhou city. The miracle of Qingyuan is stone, and the spirit of Qingyuan is spring. People in the Yuan Dynasty praised the first mountain in Penglai, the Minhai Sea. As one of the top ten scenic spots in Quanzhou, Qingyuan Zhi Ding has always been a range rover for tourists. 1988, Qingyuan Mountain was listed as a national scenic spot, with steep right peak, towering middle peak and winding left peak. Mountains and valleys are deep and caves are secluded. It was once famous for its essence scenery, with 36 caves, such as Laojun Rock, Qianshou Rock, Tomi Rock, Bixiao Rock, Ruixiang Rock, Ci 'en Rock, Wutai Rock, Nantai Rock, Tortoise Rock, Lion Rock, Deciduous Rock and Qingyuan Cave, which are still in the original state. Chaoyunyan, Hanshanyan and Zize Cave still have remains. These caves, either carefully carved or hand-carved, have their own characteristics and aesthetic feeling. Its main features are: Laojun Rock, located at the foot of Luoshan and Wu Shan in Zuofeng, is a sitting statue of Laojun carved from natural rocks in Song Dynasty, with a height of 5. 1 m, vivid modeling and exquisite carving. It is the largest Taoist stone statue in China and a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Tomiyan is located on a platform on the mountainside of Zuofeng Mountain. In the 24th year of Yuan Dynasty (1364), a wood-like stone chamber with a width of 5.6 meters was built on the stone wall, and the door was carved with Amitabha Buddha. There is a 5-meter-high statue of Amitabha on the back wall of the tomb, which is a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. Outside the rock, there are landscapes such as Yixiantian, Yuntai, Lianxin Stone, Quankuguan Waterfall and Hony Master Pagoda. Bixiaoyan, located in the southeast of Tomiyan, was built in the 27th year of Yuan Dynasty (1290), and its original stone structure has been abandoned. The third Buddha statue is embossed on the rock wall, which is a key cultural relic protection unit in the province. Above the rock, there is a blue sky, and there is a platform. The cliff is engraved with the word Shouzi, which is 4 meters square. The spiritual bone of Master Guangqin, who returned from Taiwan Province, was also buried at the rock edge of Bixiao, and a stone pagoda was built for his visit.

Ruixiangyan, located in the east of Bixiaoyan, was carved according to the stone of Tianzhu Peak in the second year of Northern Song Dynasty (1086), with a height of 4.4 meters. In the 19th year of Ming Chenghua (1483), a wood-like stone room was built. This rock is a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. Strange rocks stand in the sky outside the rocks in different shapes. Between the cliffs, there is an inscription that the cliff forgets to return and the north gate wins. Opposite the rock chamber is the Luohan Peak. Broken rocks stand horizontally and look like Luohan, which constitutes the wonders of the 18th Luohan Dynasty. In addition, the statue of Sakyamuni in Qianshouyan and the statue of Guanyin in white in Ci 'enyan were carved by the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Right Dynasty, which have high historical and artistic value. The spring water in Qingyuan Mountain has more than one hundred eyes. The famous Kong Quan, also known as the Tiger Floating Spring, bursts out from the pores of the leaning big stone, trickling and flowing continuously. Qingyuan and Quanshan were named after this. Watch the waterfall in the spring cave near Tommy Rock.

In the rainy season, there are thousands of raindrops blowing constantly, and there are more colorful glasses. In the dry season, it will coagulate fat and drip, and it is necessary to wait for the upstream reservoir to open the floodgates and artificially build waterfalls. Throughout the ages, scribes, military commanders, eminent monks and dignitaries have all visited here, leaving 400 inscriptions and cliff stone carvings. The first mountain in Mi Fei in the Northern Song Dynasty, Jun 'en Mountain, where the Ming General was stationed, was heavy, and the pen and ink of modern monk Hongyi was mixed with sadness and joy, which was highly respected. Ouyang Zhan, Lin Yun, Lin Zao in the Tang Dynasty, Li, Wang and Gu Bi in the Ming Dynasty all studied the building of Qingyuan Mountain and achieved fruitful results. There are many monks and Taoists practicing and feathering in Qingyuan Mountain. There are countless allusions, legends and myths in Qingyuan Mountain, which make the cultural connotation of this famous mountain more profound.