556, Qingcheng Mountain

Qingcheng Mountain, also called "Tiangu Mountain", "Chicheng Mountain", known as "Zhangren Mountain" in ancient times, is the gathering place of the Taoist "Five Buckets of Rice Dao" sect, and is known as "Qingcheng Zhangren". This mountain is 68Km northwest of Jinguancheng - Chengdu, and 15 kilometers southwest of Dujiangyan City and Guan County. Because the green mountains are four, the shape is like a city, so it is named. There are eight major holes, thirty-six peaks, seventy-two small holes, and one hundred and eight views in the mountain, and it has won the elegant name of "Qingcheng is secluded in the world". In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling once cultivated here and founded the "Five Buckets of Rice Dao", that is, you can join this Taoist organization by paying five buckets of rice, and is the founder of the Taoist Zhengyi School of Heavenly Master Dao; It is difficult to join if you don't pay enough "five buckets of rice", which shows that material and money are still prerequisites, otherwise, you can't enter the Tao! Therefore, for some people, "overcharging three or five buckets" is equivalent to not overcharging, and it is not to be used on "entering the Tao"?

Zhang Daoling's sons Zhang Heng and Sun Zhang Lu (warlords in the late Eastern Han Dynasty who seized Hanzhong, dominated Hanzhong for nearly 30 years, and then surrendered to Cao Cao, worshiped General Zhennan, sealed Langzhonghou, and ate 10,000 households. He is also the third generation of the Heavenly Master of Wudou Midao, and Zhang Jiao, a giant deer in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was the sage teacher of the "Taiping Dao". The fourth-generation grandson Zhang Sheng has been cultivated here. Later generations came here to cultivate the Tao day by day, nothing more than admiration, become one of the "four great Taoist mountains", by Taoism listed as the "fifth cave heaven".

Now this Qingcheng Mountain is a cool place for cinderella!

People often envy the artistic conception of the ancients of "empty mountains and rain people walking alone", but where to find such a mountain with aura?

The situation is born from the heart, and I always remember that the first Qingcheng was alone to find a mountain with aura to collect immortal energy, and the words of Qingcheng Mountain entered the sight for the first time. A leisurely wandering in the mountains. There has always been a faint cloud mist in the mountains, and walking in it is like walking in a fresh and elegant ink painting. Walking through the smoky Taoist temples, from time to time with the Tsing Yi Taoist priests holding their hair buns, pinning hairpins, and fairy wind bones, always makes people feel unreal in a dream. When I went up to the top of the mountain without pause, I didn't feel the slightest hardship.

At night, in the mountains, tossing and turning, there was the sound of a drizzling rain hitting the leaves outside the window. Wrapped in a raincoat and went out, in the darkness far from the dwelling, with his back to the dim lights, facing the unfathomable darkness in the depths of the mountain forest.

The situation is born from the heart, what kind of mood you have, what kind of scenery you will see, this is not wrong at all. If you don't have a good mood, no matter how beautiful the place is, it will make people feel boring; On the other hand, wherever you go, you will see beautiful scenery that you will never forget, even if it is just an ordinary stream with clear water, or just a few thatch plants swaying in the wind, it will make you feel like a fairyland.

Occasionally, heavy or light rain is encountered. The rainy Qingcheng is very lovely. Let the raincoat stay in the backpack, let the raindrops fall down the ends of your hair, and experience some strange cold pleasure.

The literati and writers of the past dynasties, such as Du Fu, the poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu You, the great painter Zhang Daqian, etc., all take "secluded" as the first, in fact, the Qingcheng Mountain is the first word in its name - "green"! The famous writer Lao She sighed in his work "Qingrong Brief Notes" that Qingcheng Mountain is "surprisingly green", which is a kind of "verdant that seems to be dripping and untouched" that makes people suck into their hearts.

Once you enter the mountain gate, your vision will be filled with incomparably clean emerald green, and then you will have the desire to try to breathe deeply. Behind the mountain gate is the Jianfu Palace built under the cliff, the Jianfu Palace was built in the Tang Dynasty, and later after many repairs in the past dynasties, now only two halls and three courtyards remain, but from the poet Lu You inscribed the poem "Golden Seal Book List Golden Gate, Sandwich Road Giant Bamboo Tun Cangyun" It can be seen how extraordinary it was in those years.

Jianfu Palace began, walked up along the stone steps, walked all the way in the verdant of the thousand-year-old trees, breathed the moist and cool air, and the green moss on the wet stones beside the road, so the artistic conception of "the moss is deep and the mountains are often wet, and the forest is quiet and the wind and summer are clear" came uninvited, and quickly wrapped the whole person. Thousands of kilometers to the west, the rocks between the two peaks are towering, and the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the "natural picture" is impressively visible.

Although the "natural picture" is covered by clouds and fog, it is also magnificent. The Heavenly Master Cave, hidden in the deep green jungle of Qingcheng Mountain, is quite mysterious. The green mountains in the area of Tianshi Cave are like a city, and the mountain name Qingcheng is derived from this. It's hard to imagine how Zhang Tianshi found such a fairy cave mansion with towering ancient trees and the sound of water in the mountains? Only an ancient ginkgo tree in front of the door of the cave is about 50 meters tall and has been more than 2,000 years old. There is a statue of Zhang Tianshi in the cave, like a three-eyed angry gaze, the demeanor is majestic, it is said that it is the statue of the heavenly master to subdue the demon with the treasure of the town mountain, after the heavenly master of the past generations of Jiangxi Longhu Mountain took office, they all have to worship here.

The scale of the Heavenly Master Cave is magnificent, the carving is exquisite, its main hall - the Three Emperors Hall has the Tang Dynasty stone carvings of the three emperors, there are some precious stone and wood tablets of the past dynasties in the hall, there are Tang Xuan's purpose book tablet, Yue Fei's handwritten Zhuge Liang before and after the teacher table, etc.

Out of the Heavenly Master Cave, continue to wander leisurely on the mountain. There has always been a faint cloud mist in the mountains, and walking in it is like walking in a fresh and elegant ink painting. Walking through the smoky Taoist temples, from time to time passing by the Taoist priests in Tsing Yi who hold their hair in buns, pinned hairpins, and fairy wind bones, will always make you feel like you are in a dream unreal. Walking and stopping, I suddenly found that I had arrived at the Shangqing Palace, but I felt that it was not a little hard.

Shangqing Palace is located in the first peak of Qingcheng Mountain, about 500 meters away from the peak of the half-slope, Laojun Pavilion enshrines the huge bronze statue of Taoist leader Li Laojun riding a green ox, there are pilgrims here to worship sincerely. In those pious figures, there is a soul that has become simple and transparent after being washed by the aura of Qingcheng Mountain......

Not far after the Shangqing Palace is the top of the mountain, the top of the mountain builds a pavilion called "echoing pavilion", probably the meaning of the mountain is high and a hundred echoes. Standing on it and looking at it, the fertile field of Tianfu stretches in the distance of vision, the Minjiang River winds like a belt, the 36 peaks of Qingcheng are in full view, the foot is near, but it is the strange scenery of Qingcheng, everything is still at the moment, it seems that you are alone in meditation between heaven and earth.

Qingcheng Mountain is divided into the front mountain and the back mountain, and has traveled through the cultural attractions of the front mountain of Qingcheng, and those who want to experience more natural and primitive natural scenery can go to the back mountain. Due to the long-term inconvenient transportation, the natural scenery of Qingcheng Houshan is well protected, and the scenic spot is full of waterfalls, deep pools, curved bridges and plank roads, which are quite primitive and wild.

I walked all over the mountains in front of and after the mountains, and then went back and forth to Qingcheng, but there was no specific image of the mountain, only those memories pieced together by small and trivial plots. Perhaps, just an illusion; Perhaps, in a dream one day in the city, there will be a piece of emerald green filled with fresh after the rain. That's right, this is the Qingcheng (Qing) that can overthrow a city.

Tips: Qingcheng Mountain has three natural wonders of sunrise, sea of clouds and holy lamp, among which the holy lamp (also known as the magic lamp) is particularly peculiar, and Shangqing Palace is the best viewing place to watch the holy lamp.

Transportation: Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station has a special line bus to Qingcheng Qianshan. Chengdu North Railway Station Square and Chadianzi Station also have tourist special buses to Qingcheng Qianshan every day, and the one-way fare is about 14-25 yuan/person. There is a bus to the back mountain at the gate of the front mountain, 3-4 yuan/person.

Main attractions: Qianshan: Jianfu Palace, Tianshi Cave, Throwing Pen Groove, Wanning Bridge, Patriarch Palace, Shangqing Palace, Laojun Pavilion, Yuqing Palace, Yuecheng Lake, Golden Whip Rock, Crystal Deep Cave.

Back Mountain: Tai'an Temple, Jinhuatuo (Santan Fog Spring), Longyin Gorge Plank Road, Another Village, Baiyun Ten Thousand Buddha Cave, Tongtian Cave, Baiyun Ancient Temple, Baiyun Ancient Village, Shuangquan Water Curtain, Cuiying Lake, Baizhang Long Bridge, etc.

Tickets: 60 yuan for the front mountain, 20 yuan for the back mountain. The ropeway is 35 yuan for one way and 60 yuan for a round trip.

Accommodation: Shangqing Palace, Tianshi Cave and other Taoist temples can be borrowed, the price is very cheap, double room is generally 25 yuan / room.

Food: Qingcheng Mountain's Kuding Tea, Ginkgo Stewed Chicken, Old Bacon, Dongtian Milk Wine and Taoist Kimchi are especially recommended.

Recommended itinerary: It usually takes two days to visit Dujiangyan in the mountains before and after Qingcheng. Tourists can choose to visit Dujiangyan on the same day and then enter the front mountain of Qingcheng, and stay in Shangqing Palace or Tianshi Cave at night. If you are lucky enough to live in the Qing Palace, you can watch the wonders of the "holy lamp" at night. Get up in the morning, go to the echoing pavilion not far from the Shangqing Palace, watch the sea of clouds and sunrise, go down the mountain and then go to the back mountain to play.

And now, this Qingcheng Mountain is the gathering place of the "Qingcheng School", one of the eight major schools of the rivers and lakes. Xue Qingshan, the head of the Qingcheng faction, has always been reluctant to get involved in the affairs of the Central Plains because his land is under the jurisdiction of Wang Jian, the lord of the Western Shu Kingdom. Let's just say that in the capital in August last year, many sects in the rivers and lakes gathered in Chang'an, but only this Qingcheng faction did not send a single soldier to go. Therefore, this turmoil in the rivers and lakes has never touched the slightest blood of the Qingcheng faction. Is this a coincidence? In fact, the rivers and lakes are sinister, the world is complicated, and who can tell the real inside story?

A generation of "Emperor's Secret Envoys" has entered Shu several times, but it is still difficult to find out the details of this matter. Some people say that when the Xishu emperor Wang Jian was in turmoil in the rivers and lakes and the chaos of various countries, he secretly formed a khitan alliance in the north in order to destroy Liang and Jin together. But how easy is that said? Perhaps, Wang Jian, the emperor of Xishu, just dared to think but couldn't do it. Therefore, this great storm of rivers and lakes from the northern country of Khitan swept the north and south of the river, up and down the Yellow River, and only the Qingcheng faction, one of the major factions of the rivers and lakes, avoided a corner of the Shu country. Could this be that the master of the Qingcheng faction is nameless and not strong enough? In fact, Xue Qingshan, the head of the Qingcheng faction, is now in the fiftieth year of "like the sun", and his "Qinglong Sword Technique" is a unique in the world, ranking one of the "Top Ten Sword Scores"; The masters under it are like clouds, there are eight major cave masters, thirty-six peak masters, seventy-two small cave masters, one hundred and eight generals, it is simply small to be called a king, a big can become a country! The strength has been quite strong for a long time! But a while ago, there were also a handful of rebellions within it, and they were all killed, and only one of the culprits had fled to the Chang'an Prime Minister's Mansion in the Central Plains. This first villain is the "Flying Sword Mountain Immortal" Wu Qiliang, and the Qingcheng faction has sent a number of masters to chase and kill. Now the Qingcheng faction suddenly received a martial arts post distributed by the Chang'an Prime Minister's Mansion, and sincerely invited Xue Qingshan, the head of the Qingcheng faction, to lead the crowd to participate in the "Huashan Fight" and compete for the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance. Xue Qingshan has always had the idea of striving for the leader of the martial arts alliance, but he has not succeeded in the timing. Now that the opportunity has come, Xue Qingshan discussed with his disciples and decided to take the opportunity of "Huashan Fighting" to kill the rebellious Wu Qiliang of Qingcheng, and at the same time, the prestige of the big trees and rivers and lakes will compete for the leader of the martial arts alliance!

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