Ladies and gentlemen
Welcome to Kongtong mountain. I'm your guide today. Just call me Xiao Lin.After you come here, in addition to seeing the scenery, I think you must alsowant to know some history. Let me introduce it to you.
Kongtong mountain is located 15 kilometers west of Pingliang City, GansuProvince, between the mainstream of the upper Jinghe River and its north banktributary houxia river. It is 100 km long and 15 km wide on average, with analtitude of 1870-2100 M. The highest peak is steep with luxuriant trees, forminga natural green barrier in the northwest direction, so it is named Cuipingmountain, with an altitude of 2123 meters.
In geological structure, it belongs to xiaoguanshan reverse fault with avertical fault distance of about 700 meters. The brown purple and greenconglomerates of Yanchang group of Upper Triassic and Cretaceous bottomconglomerates and other vertical joints are developed. After erosion, many cliffcanyons and Qifeng cliffs and other special landforms are formed.
There are two old planation levels on the top of the mountain: the top ofXiangshan, 2100 meters, is covered with Tertiary red beds; the first level,about 1900 meters, is cut into "Wutai" in the East, West, South, North andmiddle. The central platform is protruding, and all platforms are in a circle,each of which has its own unique potential.
Hetiantai, chaxiangtai and lingguitai are known as "Batai". They are thenatural wonders of Kongtong mountain, together with "four mountains"(Fenghuangling, shiziling, cangsongling and qipanling), and "two peaks" (candlepeak and leishengfeng).
Nine temples and twelve palaces of Buddhism and Taoism have been builtsuccessively in the platforms and foothills. There are 42 temples, most of whichare concentrated in the "Wutai" area, forming a large-scale architecturalcomplex. At present, only the Song Dynasty stone Scripture building of Faluntemple, the yuan Panlong stone column of shifangyuan, the Yuan Dynasty stonewall and Ming Dynasty Lingkong tower of Baoqing temple in Dongtai are preserved,all of which are provincial cultural relics protection units.
There are many special cultural relics in Kongtong mountain. There areguangchengzi cave on the mountain, Wenwen palace and Guangcheng spring at thefoot of the mountain. He is also expected to drive the mountain and sabaoyan,which is said to be the first emperor of Qin to visit and the first emperor tovisit Sabao. There are Xuanhe cave and Qinglong Cave (Guiyun cave) in Dongtaicliff, which are also famous places of Kongtong. In 1980, kongtongxia reservoirwas built in kongtongqian gorge in the south of the mountain. The installedcapacity of the hydropower station is 10 kW, which has comprehensive benefitssuch as power generation, fish culture, irrigation and sightseeing. There is aMountaineering Road to Zhongtai.
Now let me give you a brief introduction to the life of Buddhist monks inKongtong mountain. In the period of primitive Buddhism, the daily behavior ofmonks was to go out and practice separately. There are two ways to practice: oneis to learn teachings, mainly to listen to Buddha's views and discuss with eachother; the other is to practice meditation, which refers to meditation ormeditation (meditation is wandering in the woods). Later, there were Buddhiststatues in the temple, and after the classics were recorded into words, therituals of offering and reading the classics appeared.
According to the commandments formulated by the Buddha, monks gather inFalun temple on the 15th and 30th of the lunar calendar to recite the"commandment book" and check whether they have violated the commandments. If youviolate the law, you should repent according to the circumstances.
During the whole year, monks must have three months to live in the Faluntemple and concentrate on their cultivation. They are not allowed to go there atwill. The biggest festivals in Buddhism have two days: the eighth day of April,the Buddha's birthday, and the fifteenth day of July, the self indulgence day.These two days are called "Buddha happy day".
On the Buddha's birthday, the "Buddha Bathing Dharma meeting" is held, thatis, a water basin is used in the main hall to worship the statue of the crownprince (that is, the Buddha's birthday statue of Sakyamuni). The monks andbelievers of the whole temple should bathe the statue of the crown prince withfragrant soup as a memorial to the birth of the Buddha.
Dongtai was originally built in autumn and August of the 15th year ofZhiyuan (1278) at the request of King Anxi's busy brother, who called the Lamaof the western regions of the capital to rebuild it at the request of Wangxiangshangting. After the completion of the "hall for the hall, round Huan halofly, splendor.".
After repair, the memorial tablet of Baoqing temple in Kongtong mountain,which was written by Cunda hall and Shangting in the Republic of China, is nowabandoned. In the original hall, the top ten demons are vivid and lifelike, withsmooth and natural lines. Unfortunately___ All of them have been destroyed.
Dongtai on the lintel and the couplets on both sides: "Xianshan, Shenshan,daoshan, Foshan, Rushan, shanguangweizhen; sunny scenery, rainy scenery, snowyscenery, sun scenery, moon scenery, all alone". Guan Yunchang and his generalsZhou Cang and Guan Ping in the story of the three kingdoms are worshipped in thetemple.
Guan Yunchang is almost a household name in China, and everyone knows it.In those days, Guan Yunchang rode alone for thousands of miles, passed fivepasses, and killed six generals. In addition to being brave and good atfighting, Guan Yunchang also made "three friends in Taoyuan" with Liu Bei andZhang Fei. He wholeheartedly supported Liu Bei and was loyal to his country.
After his death, temples were built all over the country for his statues,and he was called "Guan Gong", "Guan Di", "Wu Sheng" and so on. Guan Yu is theonly venerable of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism in China. Buddhism is calledKalan Bodhisattva and is the patron saint of the temple. Taoism is regarded asthe God of wealth and vice Jade Emperor. Confucianism is honored as the sage ofmartial arts.
Dongtai is a good place to watch the sunrise, the sea of clouds and thenight view of Pingliang City. There is Xuanhe cave on the cliff of Dongtai, 500meters above the ground. According to folklore, Xuanhe used to be a pair of boysand girls who served guangchengzi. They fell in love with each other for a longtime. Although they were taught by their master, their infatuation could not bechanged.
Later, guangchengzi became an immortal and returned to the fairyland. Thetwo boys wanted to stay in Kongtong mountain, so guangchengzi left a fairy cavefor them on the cliff, changed them into a pair of Xuanhe, and warned them: theyshould not stay in the world as they want, let alone do things that are deviantfrom the classics. They should understand the people's feelings and help thegood people. At the foot of the mountain, there is the palace of askingquestions. It is said that the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan came to Kongtong mountainto ask where Yu guangchengzi had settled.
Well, let's get to know that first today. Having said so much, I believeeveryone is full of interest in it. Let's dissolve ourselves and feel the charmof Kongtong mountain. But in this process, we should pay attention to safety, donot litter Oh!
