Mountains, rivers, winds and moon 20,000 miles (50) Sichuan Leshan Wuyou Mountain

Number of days: 1 day
Time: September
Average cost: 1000 yuan
With whom: husband and wife
Updated: 2022.09.03

Out of the south gate of Lingyun Scenic Area, there is a bridge not far along the river, and you will cross the bridge to a small island, which is a mountain - Wuyou Mountain.

Wuyou Mountain

Wuyou Mountain is the ancient Lidui, according to legend that during the reign of King Xiao of Qin, Li Bing, the governor of Shu County, excavated the river channel to "avoid the harm of foam water". Part of the river water is diverted down around Wuyou Mountain, making it an isolated island in the water, also known as Tsing Yi Other Island. There is a "leaving the pile" stone monument on the mountain.

Wuyou Mountain is opposite Lingyun Mountain, and has been a tourist attraction in Sichuan since the Tang Dynasty. Originally, the two scenic spots could be combined into one, with the Big Buddha to boost the popularity of Wuyou, with Wuyou to deepen the fun of the Big Buddha Scenic Area, complementing each other, which can greatly improve Leshan's tourism, but for some reason, the two adjacent scenic spots fight alone, fighting for their own sake, and the advantages have not been fully utilized.

Wuyou Mountain is surrounded by water, solitary peaks, lush trees, green shade, quiet and elegant scenery, whether it is the spring tide of the three rivers, or the misty rain and autumn waves, Wuyou Mountain is beautiful and beautiful, very poetic.

Wuyou Monastery is located on the top of Wuyou Mountain, and in 1983, it was identified by the State Council as a national key Buddhist temple in the Han region.

Wuyou Temple, formerly known as Zhengjue Temple, was founded in the Tang Dynasty and was built by the famous monk Huijing of the Tang Dynasty. When the poet Cen Shen was the governor of Jiazhou, he had a close relationship with Huijing, and wrote a poem "Shangjiazhou Qingyi Mountain Peak Ti Huijing Shang Ren Secluded Residence in the Ministry of War Yang Langzhong": "The ridges are so small, and the three rivers are vast." The orchid opens to the west, and the Emei River is exactly the same. The monkeys and birds play the music of bells and chimes, and the pine baskets waft with the fragrance of heaven. A good sentence.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the temple was renamed Wuyou Temple, and the temple was named after the mountain. Wuyou Temple was destroyed twice in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and most of the existing buildings were built in the late Qing Dynasty and modern times.

The three

characters "Wuyou Temple" are written in the middle of the gate of Wuyou Temple, and the couplets on both sides are: The temple gate opens high in Dongting Field, and the cliffs are half into the clouds.

There are also inscriptions on the mountain gate such as "Tsing Yi Other Island", "Ciyun", "Fa Yu" and so on, making the atmosphere suddenly solemn and quiet.

The entrance to the temple is the Hall of the Heavenly King, and there are four statues of the Heavenly Kings in the new sculpture. Passing through the Hall of the Heavenly King, you will be greeted by the Hall of Amitabha. The Amitabha Hall stands on the approach next to the cliff of the Minjiang River, standing against the cliff, with a very different style, containing a statue of Amitabha Buddha about 5 meters high, clay sculpture of the golden body, holding a golden platform in the left hand to represent the introduction of sentient beings, also known as the guiding Buddha, and there are 48 statues behind him, representing the 48 vows made by Amitabha before becoming a Buddha.

Behind the Amitabha Hall is the Maitreya Hall, which was rebuilt during the Xianfeng period at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the Maitreya Buddha statue is enshrined in the center, with four Bodhisattvas lined up on both sides. Behind the Maitreya Hall is the Wei Tuo Hall, with a statue of Wei Tuo in the middle, and the left and right sides are the statues of the temple and the dragon.

Behind it is the main building of the temple, the Daxiong Treasure Hall, built in 1913. The temple is a single-eaves building, with a high and wide combination, a rigorous structure, and four nanmu pillars enclosed by two people in the eaves corridor. The Daxiong Treasure Hall is covered with green tiles, and the red threshold is below, and the two complement each other, magnificent; The three characters in the middle of the "Daxiong Treasure Hall" are written by Huang Yunhu, a famous calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty, with a strong and solemn penmanship, and a combination of bone rhyme, which complements the various couplets on the plaque and the hall pillars, making it more elegant and gorgeous. The flowers carved on the palace door are generous in composition and exquisite craftsmanship, all of which are from the hands of famous artists at that time. In the center of the hall are three Buddha statues of Shakyamuni, Manjushri and Puxian, each of which is 4 meters high, carved from camphor wood, gilded all over the body, with a flowing and free demeanor, a kind and solemn demeanor, and a Tang Dynasty statue style.

Outside the hall, there are octagonal double-eavesled bell pavilions and drum pavilions on the left and right. The bell in the bell tower was cast during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The wing room on the left side of the hall is now a cultural relics exhibition room, displaying nearly 1,000 cultural relics from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.

Behind the Daxiong Treasure Hall is the Tathagata Hall, which was rebuilt during the Tongzhi period of the late Qing Dynasty and has a double-layer structure. The upper floor is the scripture building, which contains one copy each of the "Pinga Tripitaka" and "Japanese Continuation of the Sutra", about 10,000 volumes. On the two supports in front of the hall, the whole picture of Lingyun and Wuyou Mountains is carved, which is exquisite and detailed.In the center of the hall are five Tathagata statues, representing the five directions of east, south, west, north and middle, also known as the five directions and five Buddhas, namely Ajun Buddha, Baosheng Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Achievement Buddha and Vilujana Buddha, which belongs to the Yuan Dynasty Tantric style; On both sides are 24 wooden statues of Dharma protectors and 18 Arhat clay statues, with funny expressions and movements.

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end of the west corridor on the right side of the Tathagata Hall is the Guanyin Hall, which was rebuilt in 1925. The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the hall is 3 meters high, with a beautiful shape and a variety of demeanor. At the end of the east corridor on the left side of the Tathagata Hall is the abbot's room. The abbot's room is a small courtyard with four corners, quiet and elegant.

There are many plaque couplets embedded in the four walls of the abbot's room, among which the poem of Zhang Fang, a famous scholar of the Song Dynasty, writes the momentum of Wuyou Mountain:

"The bamboo bridge sand water Wuyou crosses, and the cliff is proud. Therefore, I sat with Lingyun for half a while, and the monk's window pretended to be dozing off and saw the golden banana.

On the west side of the Tathagata Hall, there is the famous Erya Terrace, which is said to be the place where Guo Sheren of the Han Dynasty annotated "Erya". On the right side of the platform, there are four big characters of "mainstay" written by Gu Rushi of the Ming Dynasty, with a diameter of 5 meters, which is a scene of Wuyou, and there is a Kuangyi Pavilion next to it, which is a good place to enjoy the scenery of the country and mountains and enjoy the mind.

From Eryatai via Tingtaoxuan to the top garden, there is an octagonal pavilion at the highest point in the northwest corner, which is named after the name of "the scenery is unique". There is a couplet on the pavilion pillar: "Vientiane volleys are especially beautiful, and Penglai is surrounded by three green seas." "It vividly depicts the beautiful scenery of Mount Uyu. Duhao Pavilion is one of the best scenic spots to enjoy the scenery of Leshan, looking northwest, the ancient city of Leshan has a panoramic view, and you can see the magnificent night view of Leshan at night.

There is a treasure of the town temple in Wuyou Temple - Wuyou Bodhisattva. Wuyou is a transliteration of Hindi and a Chinese translation of Mianran, and is one of the main deities of the Buddhist Tantric Yoga Department. The statue was built in the Tang Dynasty and is the earliest Buddha statue in Wuyou Temple, cast in bronze as a whole, two meters high, weighing about 3,000 kilograms, with a simple shape, majestic and vivid, belonging to the Indian statue style. Wu Youxiang has a bizarre appearance, similar to the ghost king. According to Buddhist scriptures, when Guanyin Bodhisattva saw the sandy banks of the two rivers and the ghosts chirping, he transformed into the seventy-two incarnations of Guanyin Wuyou to suppress the demons. The statue of Wuyou Bodhisattva was originally placed in the Arhat Hall, generations have moved, the bronze statue has been destroyed, and it has been abandoned in the grass, but fortunately, the abbot of the temple, the great monk Bian Neng, has hidden and protected it, and later received funding from believers to restore it, so that the treasure of the town temple can be reproduced in the world. This is the only statue of Wuyou Bodhisattva in our country's temples, which is very precious and effective, and believers all rush to see it to comfort their lives.

After visiting Wuyou Mountain, cross the bridge from the original road, and there is a modern attraction in the south of Lingyun Mountain and east of Wuyou Mountain - the Oriental Buddha Capital.

Leshan Oriental Buddha is located between the peaks of the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area, only a mile away from the Leshan Giant Buddha, and is an antique stone carved Buddha statue theme park, which was completed and opened in May 1994. Oriental Buddhist Capital integrates religious art, carving art and garden art, and within a range of 200,000 square meters, more than 3,000 Buddha statues at home and abroad have been imitated, using natural mountains to form a spectacular Buddhist picture scroll corridor.

Buddha statues use cliff round carvings, reliefs, carvings, murals and other forms of expression, using different materials, stone carvings, copper castings, clay sculptures, ink jade, etc., sitting, lying down and flying, thousands of hands and eyes: Large and small, varied, magnificent and spectacular, fully reflecting the style of Chinese Buddhist art. Walking in the garden is like entering the Luoyang Grottoes, and it is like wandering in the Western Buddha Kingdom.

The fly in the ointment is also not very famous, and they fight for their own sake, and foreign tourists go straight to the Big Buddha and rarely visit here.

Coming out of the Oriental Buddha Capital, you might as well go to the other side of the river, look at the Big Buddha, Lingyun, and Wuyou from another perspective, and look at the peaks on the side of the ridge, which will present you with a different scenery.

the other side of the river, Riverside Road, the area around Jiahui Building, is the corner of the Dadu River and the Min River, and is the center of Leshan, just like the Bund of Shanghai.

The unique geographical location makes watching Buddha, watching the confluence of the three rivers and overlooking Emei a beautiful scenery here.

In the evening, the golden and soft sunlight sprinkled on the river, and Lingyun Mountain, Wuyou Mountain and the Big Buddha were bathed in the sunset, feeling extremely warm and comfortable.

If someone reminds you, if Wuyou Mountain is the head and Lingyun Mountain is the body, what can you imagine?

Isn't that a Buddha lying on the river with his back to the sky?

The Buddha's head is composed of the entire Wuyou Mountain, and the stones, green bamboo, green shade, mountain paths, pavilions, and temples on the mountain resemble the giant Buddha's bun, eyelashes, nose bridge, lips and jaw; The Buddha's body is composed of Lingyun Mountain, and the nine peaks on the mountain are connected, like the giant Buddha's broad chest, round waist and toned legs; the Buddha's feet with the soles of the feet raised are part of Guicheng Mountain; The famous Leshan Giant Buddha is impartial, sitting in the heart of the giant Buddha, and the Lingyun Pagoda is like a symbol of males.

This masterpiece of nature is really real and beautiful. At this moment, he is sleeping in the sunset, between the white clouds and clear water, for ten thousand years.

At this time, you can sit by the river, your eyes wander around the distant mountains, the faint figure of the Big Buddha, the vast night sky and the stars move, and your ears listen to the rolling water and the gentle river breeze. If it coincides with the fifteenth, a round of bright moon rises from the river, startling the wild ducks in the reeds of the sandbar and illuminating the sails of the night sailing, you can experience what it means to be happy from another angle, happy water, and happy in it.

It is said that every year during the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Leshan Dragon Boat Party will be held at the confluence of the three rivers, which is a different scenery.

Hundreds of thousands of Leshan people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and enjoy the style of Jiazhou. The riverbank is lined with colorful buildings, lanterns hanging high, and flags fluttering, presenting a festive scene. A variety of colorful dragons are cruising on the river, stretching their graceful postures, some shaking their heads and tails, and their spirits are high-spirited; some breathe fire and spit water, majestic in all directions.

The signal flare crossed the sky, and the dragon boat began to win the bid. The sound of the radio, the sound of music resounded on the river, the big drums shook the sky, the gongs were tight, and the trumpets were high. The dragon boat fell from its bowstring like an arrow, and the water flowed down. On each dragon boat, fourteen athletes dressed in the same color were arranged on both sides, singing on the waves, rowing vigorously, and sprinting hard. The shouts on both sides of the strait are like a tsunami, with bursts of "cheering" sounds. "Thousands of acres of water surface are glazed and slippery, and hundreds of dragon boats compete first."

The traditional duck grabbing competition is also one of the wonderful events at the dragon boat festival, and it is the climax of the daytime activities. Ducks were thrown into the air, quacking and fluttering to the water, the dragon boat beat hurried gongs and drums, and the oarsmen struck the water hard, chasing and intercepting. It is said that the young man who grabs the duck can win the favor of the girl.

The night tour activities in the evening are lively. Salutes roared and bloomed over Leshan, and searchlights strafed each other; The shore is lit up and the lanterns are shining; Countless colorful lights on the river boat are dazzling, and the floating lights embellish the river surface, like thousands of stars falling into the world, many dragon boats are like stars in the Milky Way, flowing down the river, strange lights, complementing each other, reflections in the water, flickering and blurry, for a while, it is impossible to tell where is the sky and where is the earth.

Sichuan is the hometown of food, and Leshan is no exception. The most famous is Xiba tofu.

Leshan's tofu is so good that there is a proverb that "don't taste the tofu banquet, come to Leshan for nothing". Leshan tofu is also authentic with Xiba tofu.

Xiba is a thousand-year-old town by the Min River in the lower reaches of Leshan. There is a well in Xiba Town called "Cool Water Well", the water taken out of the deep well is clear and sweet, and the tofu ground with this water has the characteristics of white as jade, shaped like congealed fat, fresh and tender, delicate and smooth, shaken in the hand and not dispersed, thrown in the soup for a long time boiling and not broken, whether it is steamed, fried, fried, stir-fried, or mixed, as you like, it has become a famous product.

Leshan people are well versed in the physical properties of "tofu is invisible but can be shaped into a hundred shapes, and tofu is tasteless but can be adjusted with a hundred flavors", so Leshan chefs have cooked more than 360 varieties and 36 kinds of fine products with tofu. Bear's paw tofu, peacock tofu, lantern tofu, hydrangea tofu, grape tofu, Yipin drunken tofu, etc., push the tofu delicacies of all kinds of flavors and flavors to the extreme, and gather into Sichuan cuisine delicacies that are well-known at home and abroad. After Su Dongpo ate Xiba tofu and rice wine in his hometown, he improvised "The flowing water is clear and the wind is cold, and the light smoke and sparse willows are beautiful and sunny." Snow foam milk flower floating jade cup, three cups of rice wine want to be immortal".

After the store's recommendation, I ordered three dishes. The first thing served was the white oil-type "Xiba Tofu". Wow, the one-foot-large white porcelain plate is full of jade and snow, which is extremely large and affordable. After taking a bite, the white tofu is smooth and delicate, light and delicious, tender and fragrant, delicious and refreshing. The tofu is served with light yellow egg custard and milky white fresh bamboo shoots, which is not only delicate in color, but also has a beautiful taste. The second course is "lantern tofu", which is wrapped in small tofu cubes with river shrimp filling, fried until golden brown and then poured with juice, red and bright, thick and flavorful, salty and tender. Eat crispy inside and outside the mouth and tender filling fresh, integrating a variety of tastes, which is a delicacy that goes well with wine. When I was eating hearty and deeply felt the breadth and depth of Leshan tofu culture, another "tofu cup" came up. Pick up the bowl and teacup, open the blue and white porcelain lid, but see that the bowl is a snow-white bean curd floating on the red oil, shiny and smooth, which is really beautiful. Put it in your mouth with a small spoon, and the spicy oily, tender and tender tofu pudding slides into the stomach with the fresh aroma of chicken soup and fish soup, and you suddenly feel refreshed and have an endless aftertaste.

Tofu always gives people the impression of being ordinary, poor and bland, but I didn't expect that in Leshan Tofu would cross the high threshold of the red gate and enter the Hall of Elegance, which has achieved a well-known Leshan Tofu Banquet at home and abroad. My trip to Leshan gave me a new understanding of tofu.