Luoquan View of Luoquan Ancient Town

The Salt God Temple is the only temple in China used to commemorate and worship the Salt God, as early as during the Qin Dynasty, Luoquan Town, the bottom of the mountain streams and ridges on the derricks, salt stoves lined up, becoming the "Land of Heaven" one of the bases for the production of salt. Its history of salt production than the salt capital of Zigong is still more than 500 years ago, Luoquan Town, the development of the salt industry in the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the North and South Dynasties, through the Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, in the change of the years in the continuous development. To the Qing Dynasty, Luoquan Town, salt development to the peak of the Qing Guangxu years, Luoquan Town, there have been 1,515 salt wells, the salt produced in 1925 A.D. won the Paris World Expo Gold Medal, the quality of the world's first.

The Salt God Temple, which covers an area of more than 2,700 square meters, was built in the seventh year of the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty, with the main hall constructed in the Taoist style. The theater was built in the seventh year of the Tongzhi reign in the Qing Dynasty, and was constructed in the Buddhist style. The box house was built in Confucian style. The Salt God Temple combines three architectural styles in one. Is currently the most well-protected temple, the Salt God Temple in the middle of a six hundred square meters of theater dam, all paved with green stone slabs, can accommodate thousands of people to watch the play, from the large theater dam to the main hall **** there are thirteen steps of stone ladder, from the mottled stone ladder is also documented on the Salt God Temple of the glory of the past. The main hall of the temple is dedicated to Guan Zhong as the god of salt, while Guan Yu and the god of fire accompany Guan Zhong as his assistants. The entire Salt God Temple has three levels of eaves, high wing corners, or double dragons playing beads, or golden phoenixes playing phoenixes, all carved and painted; the temple hall, or wooden floors and windows, or beams and frames, all ghostly craftsmanship. The roof of the main hall is the essence of the temple, with a "dragon in the eye" of the wonderful. The main ridge is entwined with four ten-meter-long colorful dragons, in the middle of the two colorful dragons Angdao stretching beard, eyes wide open, open mouth such as a basin scurrying to the treasure gourd. The front of the main ridge, the warping point dotted densely, each warping corner hung with a ringing Lingdang, a night of wind blowing, Ling sound mellifluous, like a pleasant music, attracting the ridge on the many different forms of dragons, phoenixes, tigers, leopards and other birds and beasts stop and listen, the whole temple seems to be like a good beast of the bird's paradise, as if a group of birds and beasts of the paradise of the spring.

The Salt God Temple, a world wonder temple, has been designated as a "provincial cultural relics protection unit" by the People's Government of Sichuan Province. It has endured more than a hundred years of wind and rain, has an important historical value and artistic value, she as art appreciation, social development and the rise and fall of the salt industry, the study of salt technology, art, culture and so on are of great significance. Salt Temple of the world's unique artistic style everywhere dazzling people's eyes, moving people's feelings, the world's unique social and historical value, when attracting flawed thinking, stimulating, with the passage of time. She will certainly shine a more brilliant luster. In 1911, China's history shocked the Xinhai Revolution, a revolutionary army led by Mr. Sun Yat-sen overthrew the feudal monarchy that had ruled China for 2,000 years.

One of the key leaders of the Xinhai Revolution, Wu Yuchang, was a native of Rong County in Sichuan Province, and his good friend Long Mingjian, who was teaching in Chengdu at the time, was a fellow countryman. Long Mingjian was influenced by Wu Yuchang's revolutionary ideas, and was y disgusted by the rule of the Qing government. When the Qing government sold the rights to the Sichuan-Han and Guangdong-Han railroads to the imperialists, Long Mingjian stood at the forefront of the movement to protect the roads and played an important role in the development of the movement in Sichuan.

Long Mingjian returned from Chengdu to his hometown in Rongxian County, often stopping by the home of Zhong Yueling, a student who was then the chief of the regiment's defense bureau in Luoquan Town. Although Zhong Yueling was an official of the Qing Dynasty, he was progressive and patriotic. Under the influence of Long Mingjian, he secretly joined the ranks of the anti-road movement. Protecting the road will be held in the name of the opening of the "Save the Hall General Assembly", the preparatory meeting was held on time in Luoquanjing Hu Fanqu book building, the official meeting was held late at night on the day of the street in the Gospel Hall, during the meeting, Zhong Yueling is responsible for the reception, and put out to see the sentry 20 miles away; Zhang Yishan is responsible for the detection of Zizhu military and police movements of the information is the East Road area of the outer line of vigilance. Participating in the meeting were members of the League Long Mingjian, Wang Tianjie, Chen Kongbai, members of the League and the Lao leader Qin Zaigeng, Luo Zizhu, Zhang Dashan, Lao leader Hu Langhe, Sun Ze, Hou Guozhi, etc.; some of the Comrades and Lao leaders sent representatives or stewards to participate. Zizhou Zhang Yishan, Zhou Xingwu, Zhong Yueling, Hu Fanqu attended the meeting.

At the meeting, it was agreed to reorganize the Comrades' Association as the Comrades' Army, and to revolt everywhere at the end of the seventh lunar month at the same time or a few days before and after the revolt, and it was decided that Qin Zaiguan and Hou Baozhai would preside over the work of the revolt in the south-eastern part of the river, and the north-western part of the river would be called upon by Zhang Dazan and Hou Guozhi. The meeting decided to borrow guns from local regiments and rich gentry, and to borrow grain and other properties from counties to finance the uprising, and not to distribute them to the people. It also made resolutions on probing the enemy's situation, exchanging information, and serious military discipline.

September 7, Sichuan Governor Zhao Erfeng in Chengdu massacre peaceful petition people, Zizhong people from the Tuojiang River to get "Zhao Erfeng first pounced catch Luo, after the annihilation of Sichuan, comrades around the speed of self-help self-preservation" "water telegram", Zhang Yishan and other immediately chopped wood mortgages, destroyed his home and led the masses to rise. Zhang Yishan and others immediately cut down the wood and uncovered the pole, destroying their homes and leading the people to rise up to reinforce the civilian army besieging Chengdu. Launched the shocking Sichuan Road Protection Movement, accelerated the process of Chinese bourgeois democratic revolution, as Dr. Sun Yat-sen said: "If there is no Sichuan Road Protection Comrades' Association's uprising, the Wuchang Revolution may be delayed for a year and a half". The Luoquanjing meeting made important ideological and organizational preparations for the uprising of the comrades' army in the whole Sichuan Province, and led the road-protection movement of peaceful petitions to the anti-Qing armed struggle. It was the first concrete step and important milestone for the Chinese League to transform the road-protection movement from the reformism of the royalists to the democratic revolution for the armed overthrow of the Qing Dynasty.

Luoquanjing meeting along with the victory of the Xinhai Revolution and into the annals of history, the old site of the Luoquanjing meeting is still the same, become the world to see and remember the past monuments, has been designated by the People's Government of Sichuan Province as a "provincial-level cultural relics protection units".

Nine palaces, one temple and eight temples

Luoquan Town is known as an ancient town, it is true to its name, especially with the long history of the salt industry as a symbol of prosperity. Created a rich and colorful Luoquan culture, a period of time, where Luoquan big families have built a stage, every time "red, white" happy events, or festivals, are specifically invited to the opera troupe singing to show that the rich and noble Ya. Here, a variety of temples also came into being, only Luoquan Township, near the town of nine palaces, a temple and eight temples. Each palace, temple, temple is not only molded with a variety of bodhisattvas, but also built a stage, which can accommodate hundreds to thousands of people to watch the play, it is Luoquan people and come to the Luoquan merchants and businessmen pilgrimage to pay homage to the bodhisattva and observing the traditional drama place.

The nine palaces in Luoquan include Nanhua Palace, Wanshou Palace, Ronglu Palace, Tongqing Palace, Qiaosheng Palace, Yuwang Palace, Wenchang Palace, Heavenly Palace, and Three Saints' Palace; the one temple refers to the Luoquan Temple; and the eight temples include the Salt God Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Chuanzhu Temple, Longwang Temple, Guandi Temple, Dongjia Temple, Jade Emperor Temple, and Earth Mother Temple.

Nine Palace a temple eight temple overall layout is not randomly put together, but according to the "dragon" form embellished just right. The whole town of dragon by the palace and temple composition, the ancient street connection overlooking the town, like a dragon out of the sea map, can be described as a combination of pearl and jade, the absolute yarn to the extreme. Luoquan town is not only famous for its wonderful street shape, Rongdong can be viewed, Luoquan meeting and splendid salt history and culture in the country of heaven. And with the elegant and unique eight-color beauty to attract many artists to travel, poetry.

"The tablet view of the sunset" in the tablet mark Can, through the "ancient fragrant spring hole" to climb a curved green stone road can be reached. It is called "Thousands of People Knocking, Ten Thousand People Worshipping". From here, you can see all of Luoquan Longzhen. At night, you can see the ten thousand lights of Luoquan ancient town.

"Ancient Fragrant Spring Cave" is the first of the eight-color beauty of the ancient Luoquan well. She is located in the Luoquan stone package, in the stone package under a skip large hole, the cave spring water is clear and transparent, sweet and delicious, regardless of dry water drought, the spring water is not turbid, not dry. The water level is fixed all year round.

"Lion swallowing the moon" is located in the lion mountain, Luoquan cave from the heart of the mountain through the woods on the mountain, the breeze, its appearance is very similar to a lion lying down.

"Jiangta Autumn Wind" is located two hundred meters downstream of Zilai Bridge. The original name of this place three-star bridge, there is a pagoda at the head of the bridge, in autumn, the Pearl River ripples, the bridge on the hillside of the leaves of the golden yellow, the hillside red tangerine hanging full of branches, the autumn wind whisked by, the red leaves fall, pine wind filling the ears, the tower window to send out a crisp ringing sound.

"Ziqiao Night Light" is located in Zilai Bridge, in the old days, Zilai Bridge on both sides of the street houses. At night when the business relies on lighting vegetable oil lamps, oil lamps light into the Zilai Bridge under the Zhu Xi River, like stars flickering and glowing, it is very charming.

"Shentuo turtle wave" is located in Guanyintuo thirty-two holes bridge. Legend has it that there is a tens of thousands of years old immortal turtle growing inside. In fact, it is a large stone, the breeze blowing, the water beat the stone waves hit the top of the stone, in the back to the water in the Tuo as if the immortal turtle make waves. "Furnace Treasure Mountain" is located in the original on the side of the original four-dimensional school on the top of the incense burner mountain, this mountain is shaped like a temple in the incense burner and the name of the incense burner mountain, every summer, the incense burner mountain was sunshine to the purple smoke mist; every spring and fall, mist, incense burner mountain top smoke scribbling around, Ruiqi rising.

"Golden Phoenix Sunrise" is located at the top of Yingpan Mountain, also known as Angongzhazhai. The top of the hill, the shape of the phoenix head toward the east and stand, when the red sun rises, full of wind and golden light, looking away, like a phoenix spreading its wings.

Luoquan town of the eight colors of the beauty of each characteristic, she is a microcosm of the beautiful and rich country of Tianfu, or to watch the sunrise, or see the sunset, or enjoy the cave scenery, or taste the night light; or let the autumn wind blowing, or with the white moon hu eclipse; or to the water across the sun, or by virtue of the Ruiqi for the gods. Being there, you can enjoy yourself. To the east of "Zilai Bridge" is the Salt God Temple, and to the west is the City Emperor Temple. In the past, there was no "Zilai Bridge", and the passageway connecting the two sides of Zhuxi River was nothing more than a simple "Tashui Bridge", which was constructed in the 42nd year of the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1564), and was later used by merchants and traders to travel to and from the area. (1564 AD), after a lot of businessmen and merchants, mules and horses, merchants, footmen across the bridge have to wade through the water, fall and walk, some rushed mules and horses, footmen hurry to this, once the water across the bridge, often make a serious illness. At that time, the Luoquanjing salt field official Zhang Shaomu, the public's plight, they think about repairing the bridge on the side of the water, because of the bridge to repair, with the cost of the vast, the official government is difficult to allocate enough silver, so Zhang Shaomu convened the salt merchants, stove workers to discuss the money, the powerful to contribute to the force, a total of *** raise more than 3,000 taels of silver, laborers more than 5,000 people, lasted half a year to repair a 40-meter-long, 12-meter-wide large stone bridge. When the stone bridge was completed, Zhang Shaomu invited Zizhou Zhao Gong people came to step on the bridge (that is, cut the ribbon), Zhao received the invitation, his wife is pregnant full-term, dreaming that night, see his wife gave birth to a chubby son, the next day, Zhao official came to Roquan step on the bridge, it is ordered to the stone bridge for the "ZiLai bridge. This day for the year 1796, the thirteenth day of the lunar month. After one hundred and eighty-nine years (i.e., 1985 AD), due to the riverbed rise, coupled with "Zi Lai bridge" piers are very large and dense, hindering the river overflow, often resulting in flooding Luoquan wells, but also because of the river perennial scouring, the bridge foundation is dilapidated, stone bridges across the collapsing trend. To this end, the people's government of Luoquan Town decided to demolish the old bridge, rebuild the new bridge.

The old Zilai bridge in the grasp, in order to the 1934 high water fell into the river when the dragon head, lion, unicorn hanging up, the allocation of large-scale machinery lifting, the day of the blue sky and white clouds, clear skies, when the lifting of the dragon head, the weather suddenly and abruptly changed, a time of thunder and lightning, pouring rain. From the stone dragon's head out of a smoke, according to legend, this is the town of the bridge of the dragon spirit to the sky to report to the Jade Emperor. Later, the Jade Emperor approved the old dragon shares from the town of Luoquan arrangements, continue to guard the Zilai bridge, the old dragon received the imperial decree, and now still faithfully sitting on both ends of the "Zilai bridge", he carefully scrutinized the north and south of the living beings. Luoquan has a unique abundance of limestone, which has formed a group of caves that are a wonder in the middle of Sichuan. Coiled Dragon Cave, Sleeping Lion Cave, Flying Phoenix Cave, Luoquan Cave, several holes standing, echoing each other.

Luoquan people since ancient times have traveled to enjoy the custom of caves. Every Dragon Boat Festival, Luoquan people are killing pigs, slaughtering chickens, family reunions; eating rice dumplings, drinking "xionghuang wine", children can not drink alcohol will be "xionghuang wine", rubbed in the cheeks, after a full meal, men, women, children, young and old, holding torches or oil lamps, cans of oil, and invited to travel. "Drill" into the cave, over the "line of heaven", to see the "five-color scene"; climb the majestic "snow mountain", listen to the water droplets "playing the zither"; climbing the "Sheshi Cliff" knocking "jade bamboo shoots", long caves, silent and elegant, hole in the hole, hole in the mountain, the same on the hole, hole in the water, underwater holes, water mountains, like a hole is not a hole, like a mountain is not a hole, like a mountain is not a hole, like a mountain is not a hole, like a mountain is not a mountain. Like a hole is not a hole, like a mountain is not a mountain, like water is not water, mountains, water, holes organically integrated, so that the cave tourists like the body into the Peach Orchard, the heart in paradise, forget about the troubles of the world, enjoy the nature shyly given to the earth's ten thousand kinds of flavor.

Luoquan Cave is located in the town 1.5 kilometers east of the mid-levels, the bottom of the cave is deep. Luoquan Cave main cave is 4.8 kilometers long, there are eight sub-cave, underground river view area of more than 100,000 square meters, the bottom of the cave with the changes in the shape of the mountain curved in an orderly manner, the running water of the branch caves are gathered in the main cave river, forming a hole in the stream. The cave is open and well organized. Luoquan Cave is unique in its charm with four masterpieces and one treasure, one masterpiece is the group waiting to welcome the guests at the entrance of the Waterfall Cave; the second masterpiece is the golden chicken and goddess dog picture in the Goddess Cave; the third masterpiece is the bell emulsion stone in the Music Long Bar; the fourth masterpiece is the old man carrying the dragon maiden in the Dragon Palace; and the first treasure is the green osier stump located at the entrance of the Salt Water Cave, which provides strong evidence for the study of the history of Luoquan. Bending down and wading upstream, the light is reached, such as tassel hanging; big as a blip, such as chimes, such as the spirit of the art of blooming. Head like a starry night, the foot of the four walls are "jewelry", "jade", black, brown, Chu color, green and white, colorful, enchanting. Faithful roaming, saltware gallery in the ape head, water curtain hole in the couple stone, whip and so on, let a person dazzled, in a piece of quiet, so that people feel that the layers of stalagmites, stone flowers, stone columns as if they have life, a limited hole melted outside the hole infinite world. Luoquan Cave is a wonder of Sichuan.