Hello, everyone. It's my pleasure to accompany you to visit DanxiaMountain, a famous scenic spot in Guangdong. First of all, I'd like to brieflyintroduce the general situation of Danxia Mountain.
Danxia Mountain is located about 9 kilometers south of Renhua county, 56kilometers away from Shaoguan City. Danxia Mountain, together with LuofuMountain in Nanhai, BOLUO Luofu Mountain and Dinghu Mountain in Zhaoqing, is oneof the four famous mountains in Guangdong Province. It was designated as anational scenic spot by the State Council in 1988. The whole mountain is redglutenite, overlooking the whole mountain, "the color is like wodan, the coloris like bright Xia", so some people call it "red stone garden". Its geologicalstrata are composed of clastic red rock, gravel rock and powdery sandstone,containing calcium, iron oxide and a small amount of gypsum, red in color, whichis the representative of sandstone topography.
This kind of landform is the same as Wuyishan in Fujian and Jinjiling inShaoguan, belonging to Danxia landform. In ancient times, Danxia Mountain wascalled the old land of shaomufo, also known as the elder village. According tothe general annals of Guangdong Province, in the period of Tang Dynasty and FiveDynasties, Fayun, a Buddhist monk, had a rest in the jinshiyan of DanxiaMountain. In the period of Nanning, there was a Sangha structure hall forworshiping Buddha statues. At the end of the Ming Dynasty (15 AD), Li Yongmao,the governor of Qianzhou, and Li chongmao's brothers came to the mountain forbusiness, digging stone steps, building doors, and building houses as a place ofseclusion, and changed their name to Danxia Mountain.
The main peak of Danxia Mountain is 409 meters above sea level. Comparedwith many famous mountains, it is neither high nor big, but it combines thewonders of Huangshan Mountain, the dangers of Huashan Mountain and the beauty ofGuilin, with the characteristics of one danger, two wonders and three beauties.The scenic area is divided into upper, middle and lower levels, Jinjiang scenicarea, Xianglong lake and Yangyuan mountain, which is known as the mostspectacular scenery in the world. The upper level is dominated by three peaks;the middle level is dominated by biechuan temple; the lower level is centered onjinshiyan. When monk Dangui opened biechuan temple in Danxia Mountain more than300 years ago, he selected 12 scenic spots and named them: Jinshui beach sound,Yutai Shuangqi, Jiege morning bell, Danti Tiesuo, rudder stone Zhaoxi, ZhupoYanyu, double marsh Bihe, Ruquan Chunliu, reding float, Hongqiao Yongcui, Pianscale Qiuyue.
Danxia Mountain has different sceneries for visitors to enjoy all the yearround, whether it's sunny or rainy, sooner or later. In the morning, you can seethe wonder of sunrise and the surging sea of clouds in Danxia Mountain; in theevening, you can see the gorgeous sunset and the quiet night. On rainy days,when you look far away, you will have a broad mind and worry about everything.As for the wonderful scenery of spring, summer, autumn and winter, only thosewho have experienced it can realize it.
As soon as you enter the Danxia Mountain scenic spot, you will see theDanxia gate tower. The golden wall of the gate tower is brilliant. The archwayis engraved with the three characters "Danxia Mountain" inscribed by XiZhongxun, vice chairman of the National People's Congress. Along the mountainpath to the banshanting, turn left to the direction of jinshiyan, and you willsee a rock first, which is connected with a steep cliff on the top and a deepgully on the bottom. The situation is dangerous, like a pass. In the NorthernSong Dynasty, the Buddhist monk Fayun climbed up the secluded edge and wasintoxicated with the scenery here. He stopped to have a rest and said withadmiration: "I have spent half my life in a dream, and today I feel pure andempty." Later, it was called "mengjueguan". Although the stone is only a fewfeet wide, it is extremely neat and shaped like a Buddhist niche. Sitting on it,you can have a glimpse of the Jinjiang River at your feet and the marble on yourhead. Not far from Mengjue pass, there is a weathered cave engraved with thefour characters "you Dong Tong Tian". There is a small flat in front of thecave. Next to the gate of the former Jinshi nunnery, you can overlook the clearwater and listen to the sound of the beach. After a short rest, you can explorethrough the cave.
About 1000 meters from the cave to the sky, a cliff stands up against thesky. The cliff splits a narrow gap from top to bottom, 200 meters long, 40meters high, about 1 meter wide, and the narrowest point is only 0.7 meters. Itbecomes a dangerous path from the cave to jinshiyan. From here, I can only feelthat the cliffs on both sides stand up, and I want to lean to the sky. Lookingup at the sky, I can only see the long line of the sky. The branches and leavesof the shrubs growing in the crevices of the cliffs on both sides are staggered.From time to time, there are rock eagles, which are as fast as meteors, addingto the mysterious atmosphere here.
Among the numerous caves in Danxia Mountain, jinshiyan is the mostattractive one for tourists. It is named after the five colors of the stonewalls and the four seasons of metamorphosis. Jinshiyan is the first place whereDanxia Mountain was developed. During the Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty, monksplanted pine and fir everywhere and built galleries and temples of jialantang.Standing at the entrance of jinshiyan cave, you can see a flying spring fallingfrom the sky. It is like a rainbow dancing in the sunlight. This is "Jinyanwaterfall", one of the twelve new sceneries of Danxia. The waterfall is calledMawei spring, which was called "Longwei spring" in ancient times. The source ofspring water is in the mountain stream on the right side of Hailuo peak. Afterflowing out of the surface, it falls down from the top of jinshiyan mountain,forming a 200 meter long Xuanquan waterfall.
Jinshiyan consists of four caves, namely qianshengyan, zushiyan, fujinyan,feibaohuyan and Longwangyan. Among them, Fuhu rock is the largest, with a depthof more than 20 meters and a height of about 4 meters, which can accommodatehundreds of people. Five hundred Arhats were originally worshipped in the cave.Unfortunately, they were destroyed during this period. In 1981, the destroyedBuddha statue was rebuilt, and the 32 "Yingshen" of Guanyin Bodhisattva wascreated. Mr. Zhao Puchu wrote a poem praising: "what's the fate of havingfriends from afar? People from Jinjiang come to the edge of Jinjiang River. Theyare tired of kneading mud and selecting images. They are eager to think ofDunhuang and admire the sages of the past.". In Longwangyan, which is close toFuhu rock, there is a honeycomb like vein on the inner wall of the cave, whichis like scales. Sometimes it is hidden and sometimes appears. It is tens ofmeters long, just like a giant dragon with distinct scales in the cave. On thesurface of these lifelike "dragon scales", there is a kind of microorganism,which can change the color of red, orange, yellow and green with the change ofair temperature and humidity. It is very mysterious. This is one of the twelveancient sceneries of Danxia Mountain, the "autumn moon with scales", also knownas "dragon scale beetle".
After seeing jinshiyan, walk back along the original road and turn rightafter passing the mid mountain Pavilion. There is only a line of blue sky facingyou. There are cliffs on both sides. There is a door between the cliffs. It'sextremely dangerous. It can be said that "one man is in charge of the pass andten thousand people are not allowed to open it.". However, when you look backinto the distance, the Jinjiang River is winding among the staggered peaks,which is also interesting.
Entering the middle-level scenic area, the first one to arrive is thefamous biechuan temple in Lingnan. Biechuan temple was originally built in thelate Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. Li Yongmao, the former governor ofGanzhou, Jiangxi Province, and his younger brother, who were the posthumousministers of the Ming Dynasty, spent more than 100 taels of silver to buy DanxiaMountain as a place of seclusion. They chiseled stones for steps, paved roadsand bridges, built houses, and separated rock caves into rooms for living. Thisonce remote gully gradually flourished, and later became a refuge for the oldand young in the Ming Dynasty The paradise of chaos. Soon after Li Yongmao died,his younger brother Li chongmao went to Haichuang temple in Guangzhou to seemonk Dangui, a righteous man who fought against the Qing Dynasty in the lateMing Dynasty. He donated Danxia Mountain and asked him to build a temple inDanxia. After returning to Danxia Mountain, Dan designed the construction mapaccording to the terrain characteristics of Danxia Mountain on the one hand, andraised funds and materials for construction on the other hand. With thepainstaking efforts of monk Dangui and his disciples, a large-scale temple wasfinally built. It was named biezhuan temple with the meaning of "no writing, nobiography outside the religion". It became one of the ten largest jungles inLingnan at that time.