A composition about visiting Jinci Temple is about 1,000 words

The Jinci Temple is located at the foothills of Xuanweng Mountain, 25 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City. Its history can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty died of illness after the Yin Dynasty was destroyed. His eldest son, King Cheng, succeeded to the throne, and his uncle Zhou Gongdan assumed the power of the emperor on his behalf, which was known as the "Gong Regent of Zhou" in history. Jinci Temple is the symbol of Taiyuan. It is located in the same city and is not visited much. I visited Jinci Temple again with my work unit. More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye. I was amazed by her changes. After so many years of baptism, she became even more shining. The roads around Jinci Temple have become wider and more accessible, unsightly illegal buildings have been demolished, and the entrance square of Jinci Park has been comprehensively upgraded, and the cultural relics in the park have been better protected.

The weather is pleasant during the Qingming Festival. A light rain the night before made the air in Jinci today fresh and quiet. There are not many tourists, and it seems like you can have a quiet conversation with the history here in a corner. Memories of childhood resurfaced, and those familiar landscapes still stood there, becoming more and more spiritual as time went by.

The iconic four iron men still stand on the Golden Man Platform. No changes can be seen over the years. The iron man in the southwest corner, known as "the most beautiful man in Shanxi", has bright armor and is lifelike. With a history of more than 800 years,

it has no rust and is the best-preserved among the four iron men. People who come here to visit will touch his hands and abdomen with their hands, and step on his feet with their feet. In this way, you can smear the aura contained in the Iron Man through years of baptism, and pray for the beauty in your life with a sincere heart. The place where the iron man had been touched and stepped on was obviously bright and clean, reflecting all the conditions of the world like a bright mirror.

Go straight ahead to the Notre Dame Hall. The double-layered roof is decorated with yellow-green glazed tiles, and the main hall inside the corridor is solemn and simple. There are eight hand-carved wooden dragons circling on the pillars in front of the hall. Looking at the dragons, they look as majestic as real dragons, which makes people respect them.

There are no pillars in the main hall, and the space is wide, which can better reflect the majesty of the Virgin Mary. In the middle of the main hall, there is enshrined Jiang Ziya's daughter Yijiang, the Holy Mother, the owner of this place. There are more than forty statues of maids scattered around it. Each of them

was assigned different responsibilities by the builders of the Song Dynasty to serve the Virgin. Their shapes are all the same, with every gesture, gesture, and gaze, every detail of the world and human emotions is revealed. Perhaps, when everyone goes to sunset at night, they will wake up like life, laughing and cursing, feeling happy, angry, sad, and whispering together. Today, the Notre Dame Hall of Jinci is separated from tourists by a wooden fence. This is because many tourists will unintentionally destroy the clay figures in the hall, making it difficult to get a close-up view of it today.

There is a Zhou cypress planted on the north side in front of the Notre Dame Hall, which is nearly 3,000 years old. The stems are thick and the branches are numerous, the shape is like sleeping, and they grow slanting towards the south, which is said to be majestic. The long history will make people endow it with beautiful legends. Here is a "love story" about Zhou Bai. According to legend, there were two Zhou cypresses, "male and female", planted on the north and south sides of the Notre Dame Hall, with the "mother" on the south side. One day, they suddenly died for unknown reasons. The Zhou Bai on the north side is transformed into a "gong" in the legend. When it sees the death of its loved one, it keeps growing towards the south of the palace where the loved one is. The longer it gets, the more it tilts, to the point where it is about to fall and capsize. One day later, under the "male" Zhou cypress, a small Zhou cypress grew up to support it, and this small Zhou cypress was regarded as the "female" Zhou cypress. The incarnation of the person later formed the form it has today. In ancient times, a large number of literati and poets left poems here. Ouyang Xiu once praised it with the poem "The spiritual plants and trees are moistened, and the ancient cypresses are full of green smoke". Zhou Bai has experienced three thousand years of life and fireworks, and in a thousand twists and turns, he has long been at ease with the world's affairs, but his love has become stronger with time.

Further south from the Notre Dame Hall, you can see the Long-Lao Spring, which is known as the "No. 1 Spring in the Three Jin Dynasties". Today, the Spring of Old Age is still flowing out continuously, but this sacred spring that once raised the children of Jinyuan has long since stopped flowing in 1994. The surging spring water we see now is pumped. extracted. What has not changed about the Nanlao Spring is the scene of "Jin Temple flowing water like jasper" described in Li Bai's poem. Holding the cool spring water in my hand, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the taste of the spring water was still the same as in my childhood memories, sweet and delicious. I only hope that the Fountain of Difficulty in Aging, as its name suggests, will always be "difficult to grow old".

Fortunately, Jinci Temple is now better protected. The most impressive thing is the entrance square of Jinci Park.

This place has been upgraded and renovated like a royal garden. Being in it feels like being in the back garden of the palace, with pavilions, small bridges, flowing water, rockeries, lakes, and lush trees and grass. This has also become a place for people to cultivate themselves before entering Jinci Park and after leaving the park. In the square, there is a bronze statue of Zhenguan ministers centered on Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, named "Dragon Xing Jinyang", cast in commemoration of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of Taiyuan. The overall statue is magnificent. The figures in it are riding horses on the green hills, gazing into the distance; their cloaks are swept by the wind, and they are majestic. It has become another cultural landscape of Jinci Temple.

Nowadays, the tourist environment of Jinci Park has also been greatly improved. The unscrupulous tour guides and photographers who used to charge high prices have been well rectified. Although they still remain, they have their own qualities. The fee has been increased and the charges have become more reasonable.

I have always liked the feeling of walking in historical sites, and the passage of time is a joy. Admiring the exquisite craftsmanship of ancient craftsmen allows us to feel the beauty that is different from our daily life in the modern city.

These relics allow me to find a sense of comfort and tranquility in the reinforced concrete city; they allow me to see the once bustling market and an unknown self in the passage of time. The aura of historical sites is connected with the human heart, just like the communication between the two souls, which is grand and brilliant.