Zhai Chuanhai: Three Wonders of Laojun Mountain

Laojun Mountain, located three kilometers southeast of Luanchuan County, Henan Province, was originally named Shi Jing (meaning to gather 800 miles of beautiful scenery in one room). Because Li Er, the "keeper of the Tibetan room" in the Western Zhou Dynasty, lived in seclusion and practiced here, he was renamed Laojun Mountain by Emperor Taizong. For thousands of years, it has been a sacred place of Taoism in the Central Plains for pilgrims from Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui and Hubei.

Laojun Mountain is the main peak of Funiu Mountain, which is 800 miles away from Qinling Mountain and 22 17 meters above sea level, and belongs to the stripped granite peak forest landform. It is a relatively young granite rock mass (named "Laojunshan Rock Mass" by domestic geologists) formed during the uplift and orogeny of Qinling Mountains/kloc-0.40 billion years ago. After a long period of structural erosion, today's strange peaks and valleys, tall and beautiful landscape have been created. There are more than 1000 stone peaks in the range of nearly 1000 mu, and thousands of peaks are beautiful and have thousands of postures. Whenever the mountain fog first rises, the strange pine of Qifeng looms in the fog, just like the fairy mountain on the sea.

Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, there have been 6 temples/kloc-0 in Laojun Mountain, such as Taiqing Palace, Yuan Shifang, Lingguan Hall, Forest Vinegar Hall, Shepherd Circle, Relief Hall, Chuanjing Building, Guanyin Hall, Sanqing Hall and laojunmiao. Today, Laojun Mountain is the core park of Funiu Mountain World Geopark, a national nature reserve, and has become a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Academician Zhao Xun, an expert in the evaluation of the World Geopark, praised Laojun Mountain as "a wonder that Laojun Mountain broke away from the peak forest in the westward journey". After a quick visit to the mountain, I feel that there are three points worthy of praise in this scenic spot.

The first of the three wonders is the Jinding Taoist Temple Group. Laojunshan Jinding Taoist Temple Group is a royal palace-style building in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its main buildings include laojunmiao, Moral Mansion, Liangbaotai, Yuhuangding, Wumu Jindian, Bell and Drum Tower, Nantianmen, Huixian Bridge and so on 10.

The worse gate is the gate leading to the Heavenly Palace in myths and legends, and the only place leading to the celestial world. Many Taoist holy places in China have the Nantianmen, and the Nantianmen in Laojun Mountain is the most unique one: two steep peaks on both sides face each other, forming a natural sky; Facing due south and north, and located on the meridian, it is a veritable "bad weather".

Close to the Nantianmen, there are exquisite bell towers and drum towers on the left and right. Opposite the worse gate is laojunmiao (laojunmiao is the core building of Laojun Mountain, where laojunmiao with stone walls and iron tiles was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty), and there is a moral mansion with scriptures hidden behind laojunmiao. Laojunmiao is connected with the front and back rooms of the Moral Mansion. The second hall is an antique building with two double eaves, red columns and blue tiles, and carved beams and painted buildings.

With laojunmiao as the center, two peaks stand in front of the temple. In the west is Yuhuang Peak at an altitude of 2 199.7 meters, and in the east is Liangbaotai at an altitude of 2 199 meters. There is a Jade Emperor Hall at the peak of Jade Emperor, and a Temple of Wealth at the top of Liangbaotai. The Jade Emperor Hall is dedicated to the Jade Emperor, and the Financial Hall is dedicated to Wu Caishen Zhao Gongming. The two "ladders" connecting Jindian and laojunmiao Platform each have 100 steps.

Laojunmiao and Shan Shan Mountain (this peak is called Sunbathing Field, and it is said that Nu Wa created human beings here by squeezing people with loess) have built the "Golden Temple of Five Mothers (basically in the same plane as laojunmiao and Moral Hall)". There is a 30-40-meter-long suspended overpass in front of the Golden Palace, which is connected with the Moral Mansion.

Jade Emperor's Hall, God of Wealth Temple and Five Mothers' Golden Hall are all made of copper. Jade Emperor Hall and Treasure Hall are two octagonal golden halls. Wumu Jindian has a building area of 300-400 square meters, and it is a three-eave, ridge-spanning building. A prominent building is built on all sides of the building. Four buildings are symmetrical and eight corners fly up. Exquisite design, exquisite workmanship and ingenious painting of gold powder outside the three halls are resplendent and dazzling. At the same time, the three golden halls, with the laojunmiao platform as the core, stand on their own feet in a triangle, cleverly forming the spectacular scene of two dragons playing with pearls. Buildings and temples are hung on the top of the mountain, and overpasses are connected with ladders. Surrounded by clouds, it is like a dream, just like a fairy house and a paradise. So the movie "Killing the Fairy" was shot here.

The second is the "ten-mile painting screen" hanging on the viewing plank road. From the second cableway (LAM Raymond cableway) to Jinding Taoist Temple Group, there are two viewing plank roads (Mazongling, the main peak of Laojun Mountain at an altitude of 22 17 meters) on the front and back hills, which are ten miles long. The most shocking and amazing thing is that this reinforced concrete sightseeing plank road, which is more than ten miles long and three or four meters wide, is all suspended on the cliffs. The ten-mile plank road circling is like a long dragon around the mountain. Seeing that the head is missing the tail, walking on it will make you feel scared.

Hanging plank road along the mountain, hovering to the highest peak of Laojun Mountain, and then hovering to Jinding Taoist Temple Group. Luanchuan County, where the mountain is like a sand table, has a spectacular stone forest landscape nearby, with thousands of peaks and valleys at its feet, beautiful scenery in the distance and picturesque scenery step by step. It is called "Ten Miles Painting Screen".

The bronze statue of Laozi is the third place in this scenic spot. In order to carry forward Laozi's thought and integrate the tourism resources of Laojun Mountain, the scenic spot absorbed 350 million yuan of social development funds and built 65.438+10,000 square meters of Laozi Cultural Park under Laojun Mountain. The bronze statue of Laozi, with a hill height of 38 meters (59 meters in total) and 360 tons of copper, was listed as "the best in the world" by Guinness World Records in 20 14.

The overall shape of the bronze statue is majestic, resolute, calm, heavy and smart. The whole statue is dignified and arrogant, modest and dignified, and stable. Its headdress is like a crown, and its face reflects the extraordinary characteristics of Laozi, such as full heaven, wide Fiona Fang, raised forehead, long eyebrows and drooping shoulders. Laozi, the ancestor of Taoism, wore a gossip robe, and underwear was the official costume of the Zhou Dynasty to keep Tibetan history. In his right hand, he holds a book "Tao Te Ching" made of bamboo tube, and his left index finger points to the sky, which means "Heaven covers nature", the soul of a mountain and the giant of literature. ...

The extraordinary peak of Laojun Mountain comes from the ingenuity of nature, and its magical Taoist temple, viewing plank road, bronze statue of Laozi and other artificial facilities and buildings come from the magical wisdom of human beings. To this end, I deeply admire the mysterious nature and the great people!

Zhai Chuanhai (member of China Prose Society, China Prose Writers Association, China Financial Writers Association and Henan Writers Association)