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The long-awaited trip to Chengdu finally took place
Due to work reasons, I can only travel during the May Day holiday, from April 30th to May 4th, five days and four nights, one person's free travel. In order to avoid the crowd, I made a strategy in advance, one is to go to some attractions that may be crowded on April 30, after all, there are fewer people on this day, such as: Du Fu thatched cottage, Wuhou Temple, etc.; second, the urban citywalk is mainly based on subway + bicycles to reduce the congestion time on the road; third, get up early to go to the scenic spots, and go to the scenic spot at half past seven, with few people and beautiful scenery; Fourth, you can't avoid crowded attractions, you can spend more money to choose the VIP through train in the scenic spot to reduce the time waiting for the cable car or the scenery.
The arrival time at Tianfu Airport is 11:15 a.m., and the airport is really big and beautiful. In order to save time, I planned to go to Du Fu thatched cottage first, poured the subway for an hour, went out of the subway station of the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to find a small shop and had lunch, and then swept the bicycle straight to the thatched cottage, the bicycle on the streets of Chengdu was too convenient, and at 13:20 in the afternoon, I rode to the south gate of the thatched cottage, because I bought a ticket in China-TravelNote in advance, and directly swiped my ID card to enter the park. It rained this morning and cleared up in the afternoon, with a moderate flow of people in the scenic area, fresh air, and a good mood.
Du Fu's thatched cottage is a poetic cultural coordinate in Chengdu, and people can think of thatched cottages when they mention Du Fu. Later generations commemorate this great realist poet in Chinese history began with the discovery of the thatched hut by the poet Wei Zhuang during the Five Dynasties, and then the thatched hut was abandoned until the founding of the People's Republic of China Du Fu thatched cottage was fully renovated and officially opened to the public.
The thatched cottage in the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum, the main gate, the big office, the Poetry and History Hall, the Chai Gate, and the Ministry of Works are arranged on a central axis, and the bamboo trees in the park are hidden, and the red walls of the winding paths are both simple and elegant, quiet and deep, and the "Shaoling Monument Pavilion" on the east side of the Ministry of Works is one of the most representative buildings in the grass hall, and the "Shaoling Monument Pavilion" engraved on the stone stele The four big characters were written by Prince Guo during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, which is the seventeen princes in "The Biography of Zhen Huan".
The flower path mentioned in Du Fu's poem "The flower path has never been swept by guests, and the door is opened for you today" should be a path leading to the thatched hut, but now it is a red wall flanked by a road~ Internet celebrity check-in place for young men and women, and further forward to the thatched hut scenic spot, which is restored and rebuilt by today's people, but I stopped in front of the stone monument of "The Song of the Thatched House Broken by the Autumn Wind" next to the thatched hut and read it carefully , I can't help but be moved, "The autumn wind in August is angry, sweeping my house with three thatched ~~~~~", the life of the poet saint is not smooth, wandering, during the Anshi Rebellion, Du Fu took refuge in Chengdu is already poor, this poem "An has tens of millions of spacious houses, and the poor scholars of the world are happy" The people's livelihood feelings in the poem "An de Guangzhou, shelter the world and the poor are happy" attracted ancient and modern people to come to the grass hall to hang and visit.
During this period, the poet also ushered in his creative peak, composing more than 260 immortal poems, the familiar "Good rain knows the season, when spring happens." "Dive into the night with the wind, moisturize things silently" depicts that the spring rain in Chengdu is "good rain" and "moisturizing", "Look at the red and wet place in the morning, the flowers are heavy in Jinguancheng" is written as a "red wet" in Jinguancheng after the rain, and the moist flowers converge into a sea of flowers. And I strolled in the thatched cottage, and unknowingly came to the bonsai garden (Du Shi Calligraphy Woodcut Corridor), a flowery bougainvillea in the garden attracted me, I think the bougainvillea after the rain is even more delicate and moving.
Finally, we came to the Tang Dynasty Ruins Exhibition Hall, and the Tang Dynasty life sites and cultural relics excavated in the thatched cottage confirmed the description of Du Fu's life scenes. Out of the thatched cottage scenic spot is Huanhuaxi Park, which is a poetic ecological wetland, the only five-star park in Chengdu, there is no time to savor it, so I hurriedly swept the Harrow bicycle and went straight to Qingyanggong Metro Station.
Because the hotel I booked was across from Wuhou Temple, I got out of Gaoshengqiao Metro Station and swept my bicycle straight to Modern S Hotel (Wuhou Temple Jinli Store), checked in at the hotel, and arrived at Wuhou Temple at nearly 16:40.
Entering the scenic spot is greeted by the four big characters "Han Zhaolie Temple" on the plaque of the gate, which turned out to be the only temple in the country where the monarch and ministers were worshipped, and Liu Bei built the Huiling and Han Zhaolie Temple after his death, and the Wuhou Temple was a special shrine to commemorate Zhuge Liang, which was later merged into the monarch and ministers temple.
The Wuhou Temple in the Tang Dynasty was already a famous scenic spot in the country, and the poem "Shu Xiang" was written by Du Fu, who first came to Chengdu, visited the Wuhou Temple. "Three visits frequently trouble the world, and the two dynasties open the hearts of the old ministers. He died before he could succeed, and the hero was full of tears" gave Zhuge Liang a very high evaluation. On the central axis of the building, there are the gate, the second gate, the Han Zhaolie Temple, the hall, the Wuhou Temple, the Sanyi Temple, and the Jieyi Building. There are many statues, inscriptions, plaques, couplets, etc. enshrined in the temple, especially the "Three Absolute Monuments" of the Tang Dynasty and the "Attack on the Heart" of the Qing Dynasty.
Out of the Wuhou Temple, next to it is Jinli Ancient Street. It condenses the essence of Chengdu people's life, with teahouses, theaters, wine shops, handicraft workshops, handicraft stalls, and food shops all over the neighborhood, which is very lively. Relying on the Wuhou Temple, the culture of the Three Kingdoms is also vividly reflected here.
Walking through the ancient street, the number of people gradually increased, it should be the tourists who came to Chengdu to start their holiday trip the day before the holiday, at this time it was almost dusk, I didn't feel hungry, looking around I was attracted by a small shop next to the street~ Eat for free to see the face change, that's it! Order one meat and one vegetarian and two side dishes to eat, and sit and wait for the face-changing actors to appear. At seven o'clock, the actor kicked and punched for a while, and after showing his kung fu, he changed ~ change~ and changed his face, and alternately showed the "displacement" technique ~~~. After watching it, he changed his face and went back to the hotel to rest.
The next day I planned to go to Dujiangyan, I made an appointment in advance for AutoNavi online car-hailing (Didi has fewer vehicles in Chengdu), chatting with the driver along the way, the life of Chengdu people is really leisurely, the price is not high, the pace of life is not fast, it is really a suitable place for retirement, I arrived at Xipu Station at 6:24 o'clock, and took the intercity train to Lidui Park Station at 6:24 - 6:47. Not far from the drop-off point is the entrance of Dujiangyan Scenic Area, my first stop was to go to Yangtianwo Square next to the exit to check in, where is Dujiangyan's "new landmark of the city" - "extra-large" and "giant panda selfie sculpture", and after taking pictures and checking in, I went straight to the scenic spot.
In order to avoid the upcoming tourist army, I did not enter the scenic spot from the entrance of Lidui Park, but chose to take a taxi to the entrance of Qinyan Tower to enter the Dujiangyan Scenic Area, and when I arrived at the entrance of the scenic spot, it was 7:30 o'clock, and the scenic spot had not yet opened.
The Qinyan Tower is named after the Dujiangyan built in the Qin Kingdom, standing on the mountain, majestic and magnificent, and it is the best position to overlook the panoramic view of Dujiangyan. Leaning against the window and looking at the Qingcheng peaks and Minling Snow Mountains in the fog in the distance, I can't help but think of Du Fu's poem "The window contains the snow of Xiling for a thousand autumns, and the door is anchored in Dongwu Ten Thousand Miles of Boat", and the great Chairman Mao Zedong also stood in this position on March 21, 1958 to carefully watch Dujiangyan, looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, he will be deeply impressed by the natural landscape and artificial landscape here.
I climbed up to the Qinyan Tower to look out, and the three major water conservancy projects of Dujiangyan (Yuzui, Feisha Weir, Baopingkou), Anlan Bridge and other scenic spots were in full view, which was very spectacular. At this time, it rained lightly in the sky, and the Minjiang River rushing from the Minling Snow Mountains in the distance was majestic and roaring, as Mr. Yu Qiuyu described in his chapter "Cultural Bitter Journey - Dujiangyan": "Run and run, encounter the watershed in the middle of the river, brush the ground and cut it into two, and rush out, and the two streams of water hit a strong dam respectively...... Maybe the water flow was a little annoyed by its own docility, and suddenly scattered wildly, rolling up and roaring, but the more it did this, the more magnificent the docence appeared. "The water here has been tamed, tamed for more than 2,000 years, and the tamed water has watered the Chengdu Plain, making it the hometown of fish and rice and the country of heaven.
Coming down from the Qinyan Tower, you will arrive at the Erwang Temple. The temple is built on Yulei Mountain, which is a temple commemorating Li Bing, the excavator of Dujiangyan in China, and his son Erlang. The stone wall of the temple is embedded with the maxim of Li Bing and his son to control the water, "deep beach, low weir", also known as the three-character scripture of water control.
Down the steps of the Erwang Temple, I unknowingly came to the front of the Anlan Bridge, which is a famous ancient rope bridge at home and abroad, located on the Dujiangyan Yuzui watershed, spanning the inner and outer rivers, 500 meters long. Standing on the shaky bridge, watching the water flow slow down through the embankment, feeling the wisdom of the ancients in controlling the water, the great cause of thousands of years, and the grace of future generations. Leaving the Anlan Bridge, in front of you is the Yuzui Diversion Dam, which is a diversion embankment built in the middle of the river, separating the turbulent Min River into the outer river and the inner river, the outer river drains the flood, and the inner river diverts water for irrigation. In order to save physical strength, I took a sightseeing bus from Yuzui to Feisha Weir, which is a flood discharge channel, and its role is to discharge flood and sand discharge, which is the key point of Dujiangyan. Further forward is the mouth of the treasure bottle, which is artificially chiseled into the throat to control the water inflow of the Neijiang River, because it resembles the mouth of the bottle and has a peculiar function, so it is called the mouth of the treasure bottle, which has witnessed the feat of Li Bing and his son burning stones and digging mountains and diverting water to irrigate farmland, and the Chengdu Plain has since "water and drought from people, not knowing hunger".
The stone pile separated by Yulei Mountain ~ The building on the "Li Pile" is the Fulong Temple, which is named after the legend of Li Bing's subjugation of the evil dragon and is a temple to commemorate Li Bing. The stone statue of Li Bingyuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty erected in the main hall is a round carved stone statue, with a crown and a long robe, his hands on his chest, a smile on his face, and a line of shallow inscriptions on his sleeves and placket.
The stone statue erected on the right side of the main hall, with wide clothes and heavy sleeves, stands with a plug, and the head of the stone statue has been washed away and seriously eroded, which may be one of the "three god stone men" in the inscription of Li Bing's stone statue. In front of the corridor of Fulong Temple, you can see the flying sand weirder, and the mouth of the treasure bottle is close at hand, and the Chengdu Plain is like a big bottle, because it skillfully controls the inlet flow of the Neijiang River, which has created the country of Tianfu of "water and drought from people", so it is called "Aquarius Mouth".
Leaving Fulong Temple and walking forward is Lidui Park, which should be the main entrance of Dujiangyan Scenic Area, the middle is the Weir Road, and the bronze statues of 12 water control heroes such as Zhuge Liang and Ding Baozhen are arranged on both sides, and the bronze statues are placed between the bronze statues with trees hundreds to thousands of years old, such as "Zhang Song Ginkgo".
On both sides is an antique garden layout, not far away are clusters of rhododendrons that attract me to stop and admire, now is the season for rhododendrons to bloom, red rhododendrons dress up the scenic spot into a sea of flowers.
The crape myrtle screen in Qingxi Garden is still bare, and it can only bloom after the summer solstice, and the Taiping flower in the garden is blooming, and the Taiping flower is a famous flower in Shu, which has been given the name by Emperor Renzong of Song and Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, and it is said that it was first planted by Mrs. Huarui of Later Shu. After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Shu moved to Bianliang (now Kaifeng) with Mrs. Huarui. After the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, it was moved to the capital of Jinzhong (now Beijing) Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties have been planted in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City, and on May 27, 2017, after more than a thousand years of upheaval and debauchery, this flower was moved back to Dujiangyan from the Forbidden City Jiangxuexuan. The famous scholar Meng Man once commented on the migration of the Taiping flower as "a peace flower, half of Chinese history".
In front of it is the entrance and exit of Lidui Park, there are many stone carvings at the entrance, 5A scenic spots, world heritage sites, national key scenic spots, etc., there are too many names of Dujiangyan, but I was attracted by the two stone carvings engraved in Yu Qiuyu's "Cultural Journey: Dujiangyan", "Worship the water Dujiangyan, ask about Qingcheng Mountain", this sentence pins on people's admiration and praise for the humanistic and natural landscape, But I didn't arrange Qingcheng Mountain on this trip, mainly because I was worried about the danger of rainy mountain roads. Next time, let's enjoy the beautiful scenery and Taoist culture of Qingcheng Mountain.
Walking on the left side of the Dujiangyan Scenic Area, you can see an exquisite gatehouse in front of you from a distance, with two big characters "South Bridge" on it, which is an antique covered bridge across the Minjiang River. The bridge is majestic and spectacular, all kinds of painted carved corridors and paintings on the bridge, pleasing to the eye, at night, eat snacks, blow the river breeze, enjoy the night view, the river water under the light shines with blue light, intoxicating, this is the Internet celebrity check-in place ~ blue tears. After crossing the bridge, I entered the ancient city of Guanxian County, the buildings in the city are antique, all kinds of snacks, specialties, etc., I ate a bowl of noodles in a noodle shop and left the ancient city.
When I arrived at the Panda Valley Scenic Area by taxi, it was close to 12:00 noon, at this time it was pouring rain, I had to take shelter from the rain in a gift shop, after a while, the rain became smaller and then entered the scenic spot with the flow of people, the air in the valley was fresh, the smoke and rain were hazy, the stream was gurgling, the forest was dense, at this time it was catching up with the alpine rhododendron festival, and the rhododendrons of various colors were competing to open, The large rhododendrons are particularly enchanting and extremely gorgeous under the moisture of the rain.
The rain stopped, our baby panda also came out to move, I followed the map and saw a lot of giant pandas along the way, at this time it was close to two o'clock, it was also the time for the keeper to feed, the pandas in the villa gnawed the bamboo in their arms were really cute.
Finally arrived at the Red Panda Pavilion, You can get close to the red pandas on the plank road, and the cute red pandas run around in the forest and on the plank road to attract the attention of tourists.
After visiting Panda Valley, I took a taxi to Dujiangyan Railway Station, and after arriving at Xipu Station, I transferred to the subway and arrived at People's Park Station at about five o'clock in the afternoon, I rode a bicycle to People's Park, the bamboo forest in the park is green, the lake water is clear, people are leisurely walking, playing, and unknowingly come to a teahouse, the fragrance of tea with soft music makes people relax physically and mentally.
In front of it is a blind date corner, which is a major feature of People's Park, and the simple walls on the side of the road are full of marriage notices, where young people expect to find a suitable partner. Looking up further, I saw a tall stone monument, and when I walked in, I saw a few big characters written on it, "Xinhai Qiubao Road Death Monument", which was built in 1913 to commemorate the martyrs who died heroically in the 1911 Baolu Movement, which directly led to the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising.
When I left People's Park, it was almost dusk, and I rode my bicycle to Kuixinglou Street to find an authentic Sichuan restaurant to solve dinner, so I strolled to the wide and narrow alley, and as soon as I arrived at the wide alley, I felt that the crowds around me were surging, rubbing shoulders, this was also the first time I came to Chengdu to feel the mode of crowd conformity during the May Day holiday, I had no intention of watching the shops on both sides and had to walk forward with the flow of people. When I was about to reach the narrow alley, I was attracted by the bougainvillea on the eaves of many shops, and the clusters and clusters of flowers protruded out of the wall, delicate, and I not only stopped to take pictures. Soon, I left Kuanzhai Alley and went back to the hotel to rest.
Taking into account the weather, only two indoor attractions were arranged today: the Sichuan Museum and the Jinsha Site Museum. There are many museums in Chengdu, as well as Sanxingdui Museum, Chengdu Museum, etc. are worth visiting, these two museums are crowded during the May Day holiday, I think it is better to save it until the next time I come to Chengdu to visit.
The Sichuan Museum is near Huanhua Creek, very close to Du Fu's thatched cottage, I rushed to enter the museum at nine o'clock when the Sichuan Museum opened, because I made a strategy in advance, so I have a little understanding of the cultural relics in the museum, the 10 treasures of the Sichuan Museum are: the five dynasties after the Shu remnants "Book of Songs • Zhou Song Lu Song" stone scriptures, the Western Zhou Dynasty elephant head ear scroll body Kui pattern copper jar, Neolithic human face jade pendant, water and land battle pattern bronze pot (Warring States), five generations of former Shu king Jianyu belt, Tang "Shijian Knocking Ice" lyre, Song Zhao Ji Lamei double bird picture silk fan surface, Eastern Han pottery rap figurines, Qing Gesar thangka, Tang Guanyin Bodhisattva stone statue. And this time I only saw seven of them, and I regretted not seeing the copper pot, silk fan, and thangka.
And among them, the five generations of the remnants of Shu "Book of Songs • Zhou Song Lu Song" stone scriptures can be called the treasure of the town hall, and it also appears in the second season of the "National Treasure" column, the so-called "stone scriptures" are the official Confucian scriptures engraved on the stele by the central government in ancient China, in layman's terms, it is a stone carving textbook that contains the classics of Chinese Confucianism, which is of great significance in ancient times, a stone scripture, A school, the culmination of Confucian classics, has been regarded as a guideline by later generations of students and has been recited for thousands of years.
The Sichuan Museum is not big, and I only visited the three-story exhibition area for less than two hours before leaving the museum, and it was almost noon when I arrived at the Jinsha Ruins Museum by taxi. At this time, there were many people queuing at the entrance of the museum, so I asked the explanator to walk through the VIP passage to the site park. The Jinsha Site Museum is hundreds of years later than the Sanxingdui civilization, and the Sanxingdui civilization should have the same root and origin, and jointly construct the most brilliant chapter of the ancient Shu civilization, as Li Bai said in "Shu Road Difficulties", "Silkworm bushes and fish ducks, the founding of the country is at a loss." Erlai is 48,000 years old, and it is not connected with Qin Sai", the ancient Shu civilization has a long history, and the founding of the country is too old The docent led us into the park, and what we saw was a large golden mask model, which should be one of the treasures of the town hall, in ancient Shu culture, it is a tool to communicate with the gods.
We followed the docent into the site museum, which is a large-scale archaeological excavation site, which focuses on the original ecological protection display of the excavation site, focusing on the cultural relics and artistic treasures unearthed at the Jinsha site, and the scene of ecology, life and religious sacrifice in the cash sand period, and learned about the process of archaeological excavation work since 2001 and the original site of the excavation of precious cultural relics.
After leaving the site hall, we came to the exhibition hall, the theme exhibition "Into the Golden Sands" is composed of 5 exhibition halls, including "Ancient Home", "Silhouette of the Kingdom", "Endless Heaven and Earth", "Thousand Years of Relics", and "Interpretation of the Golden Sands".Here, I saw the treasures of the town hall: the gold ornaments of the sun god bird, the golden mask, the jade cong, etc., and also saw a large number of stone tools, bronzes, jade, gold artifacts and a large number of cultural relics of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the gold ornaments of the sun god bird are the landmark cultural relics of the Jinsha Site Museum, composed of the clockwise rotating sun and four counterclockwise birds, reflecting the ancient Shu people's worship of the sun, which is now also a symbol of Chinese cultural heritage and the city image of Chengdu.
When I left the Jinsha Site Museum before two o'clock in the afternoon, I returned to the hotel to rest, bought some specialties in the afternoon and sent them home, and ate Sichuan's characteristic nine-square grid nearby in the evening, which tasted good, and then I took the subway to Chunxi Road. Leaving the Chunxi Road subway station, I saw a cute panda climbing the wall on the roof of the IFS building, which is the only "panda climbing" sculpture in China, which vividly shows the majesty of a national treasure.
At this time, there were more people, so I walked in the direction of the mall, and when I came out of the mall for a while, there were more people, which can really be described as a crowd of people, this is the second time I have felt the mode of conformity in Chengdu, and the song "Chengdu" came from time to time not far away: "I walked on the streets of Chengdu until all the lights went out and did not stop." "I knew that Yulin Road was not far away, and the tavern was in front, but I really couldn't stand this crowded mode, so I had to take the subway back to the hotel to rest.
The fourth day of the itinerary is only one attraction in Mount Emei, considering the large number of people during the holiday, I chose the Emei Mountain VIP through train to follow the group tour, got up at six o'clock and checked out, and took a taxi to Chengdu East Railway Station. At 7:16, I got on the train to Mount Emei and arrived at Mount Emei Station at 8:34. In addition, the train stations to reach the Emei Mountain Scenic Area also have Emei Station, Meishan Station, and Leshan Station, but Emei Mountain Station is the closest to the scenic spot, so it is easy to buy the wrong one! When I left the station, I saw the tour guide, who led us into a minibus and went straight to the Emei Mountain Scenic Area.
Along the way, I listened to the tour guide talk about the physical geography, climate and vegetation, human history of Mount Emei, etc. Mount Emei belongs to Mount Emei, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, China, the highest peak of Ten Thousand Buddha Peak is 3099 meters, because the two mountains of Mount Da'e and Er'e Mountain are relatively like the thin eyebrows of ancient women, so it is named "Emei", Li Daoyuan described Mount Emei in the "Chronicle of Emei County" as "this mountain is cloudy and green, the sideburns are far away, really like a long head like a moth eyebrow, thin and long, beautiful and gorgeous". It is rich in flora and fauna, including national security giant pandas and characteristic monkeys in Mount Emei, which are an important part of our country's biodiversity conservation. It also has a long cultural history, with documentary records dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, with a rich Buddhist heritage, and is one of the four major Buddhist holy places in China, the dojo of Puxian Bodhisattva. In 1996, the Emei Mountain-Leshan Giant Buddha was selected as a world cultural and natural heritage. The average annual foggy days of Mount Emei are 322.1 days, and it was rainy this morning, I don't know how it was on the mountain, I still see God when I take a step to see it.
When I was about to arrive at the scenic spot, I saw the archway with the inscription "Famous Mountains in the World", which was Guo Moruo's handwriting, and he wrote many poems about Mount Emei, which can be called an Emei poet. Of course, the poem praising Mount Emei is still Li Bai's "Song of the Moon on Mount Emei", which is the most famous: the moon of Mount Emei is half a round of autumn, and the shadow is reflected in the flow of the Pingqiang River. At night, I set off from the clear stream towards the Three Gorges, missing you and not seeing you descend to Yuzhou. Li Bai, who left Shu, always missed his hometown and took the moon of Mount Emei as a symbol of his hometown. And Li Bai, who climbed Mount Emei, also left behind "Shu Kingdom Duoxian Mountain, Emei is difficult to match." Although Li Bai has been wandering all his life, his early life trajectory in Sichuan is still traceable.He was born in Mianzhou, Sichuan (now Jiangyou City), spent his youth in Qinglian Township, and later studied in Daitianshan, and traveled to Chengdu, climbed Emei, and went to Yuzhou, it can be said that Li Bai's footprints were left in many places in his hometown of Sichuan, where the mountains and rivers were beautiful and the scenery was picturesque, which had an important impact on Li Bai's growth and literary accomplishment. I think next time I come to Sichuan, I will go to Mianyang Jiangyou, Guangyuan Jiange and other places to look for the footprints of Shixian's youth.
About 1 hour by car to the zero kilometer parking lot, at this time the sky is drizzling, the temperature plummets, the tour guide arranged for everyone to get off the car to rent a thick jacket, I saved this money because I was prepared in advance, the time to arrive at the Leidongping parking lot is about 11 o'clock, get off the car and walk to the Jiyindian Ropeway Station, at this time the sky is drizzling, foggy, visibility is very low, You can only see rhododendrons blooming on the side of the road and tourists staggering forward in the rain.
When we arrived at the reception hall, the tour guide contacted the VIP channel, we took the ropeway directly to the Golden Peak, looking at the crowd queuing up to sit on the ropeway, I was really glad to buy a ticket for the VIP through train. Looking out in the ropeway car, the fog is heavy, the visibility is only two or three meters, and the tour guide said that Mount Emei is like this these days, and most of the time nothing can be seen. After getting off the ropeway, the tour guide led us to eat the self-service vegetarian vegetarian food of Yangyi Mountain House, which is really: eat vegetarian, calm your heart, and wish for whatever you want.
Walking up the steps, when I was about to reach the platform, I vaguely saw the bronze statue of the Bodhisattva of the Ten Directions looming in the fog. At this time, it was nearly 12:00 noon, the sky suddenly increased the rain, I had to hide from the rain in a hall, waiting for about 20 minutes, the rain was lighter, the fog gradually decreased, and the bronze statue gradually revealed its true face. the second layer is the four-headed statue of Puxian Bodhisattva; The highest level is the head of the Bodhisattva before and after. I quickly bowed to the Bodhisattva a few times and took a slightly clearer photo with my phone.
I visited the "Golden Roof Copper Hall" on the top platform, the whole body of the golden hall is welded with copper parts, and the roof eaves and tiles are distilled gold, under the sunlight, the golden light shines, shining for hundreds of miles, and the name is the golden roof. But at this time, the brilliance of the golden dome was covered by fog and was much dimmer, but it could not stop the enthusiasm of devout believers who came to worship Buddha.
At 2:30 p.m., we began to descend the mountain, thinking along the way that we could neither see the misty golden peak nor be able to see the beauty of Mount Emei, so it is indeed a pity to leave, but there is no way, it is not a kind of luck to catch up with the sea of clouds, sunrise and other landscapes in Mount Emei. At this time, the rain stopped, and when I was about to arrive at the parking lot, more than a dozen monkeys ran on the railings on both sides of the trail and on the roofs of buildings not far away, and the "monkey laymen" of Mount Emei came out to move, they jumped around, playful and naughty but very humane, and seemed to be accustomed to interacting with tourists and having fun, hehe! Since I saw the owner of Mount Emei and felt the enthusiasm of the master, it was not a regret.
At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the tour guide sent us to the Emei Mountain high-speed rail station, because the descent time was not easy to predict, I did not buy a high-speed rail ticket in advance, and when I arrived at the station, I began to search for Leshan tickets on the website, and the nearby trains were sold out, so I had to buy one more ticket to Meishan, and get off at Leshan Station. Speaking of Meishan, it is the hometown of the famous Su Dongpo, where there is the "Three Su Ancestral Hall", the birthplace of Dongpo culture, the young Su Dongpo is from here to the "world", leaving the "Dongpo mark" in the 18 cities of China's territory, "life knows what it is like everywhere, it should be like a flying swan stepping on the slush", life is a journey, we should be like Su Shi, Li Bai, Du Fu and other sages to leave a mark on the journey of life, "the husband should go to the blue sea and twilight Cangwu", this is Xu Xiake's ambition since childhood, Isn't it a kind of expectation and wish of mine!
At 17:58, I left Mount Emei in the clouds, and got on the train to Leshan, and arrived in Leshan at 18:20 and checked into the hotel I booked in advance~ Yueran. Jia Hotel, the hotel is next to the high-speed rail station, and I asked for takeaway at night~ Leshan famous eats stomp beef, and I fell asleep after watching TV, and the fatigue of the day quickly entered the dream, dreaming that I flew over the top of Mount Emei, traveling through the sea of clouds, and realized in the dream that "the sky is dressed in clouds to welcome the sunrise, and the peaks are floating in the sea of clouds".
There is only one itinerary in Leshan today, that is, Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area, because I am worried about the large number of people during the holiday, I signed up for a one-day tour of the Leshan Giant Buddha through train, and arrived at the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area at about 7:30, and I saw the Maitreya World Archway from afar. and the white jade pillars on both sides and the stone carvings in the middle of the Lingyun Trail set off the scenic spot solemn and mysterious.
I made an appointment with the tour guide at 8:00 o'clock, and there was still some time, I walked around the gate and unknowingly came to Jiadingfang Ancient Street, which is a street leading to the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area, with small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions, unique style, tea houses, restaurants, shops, snacks, etc.
The walls of the low boutique resort hotel are full of bougainvillea, which is more delicate against the backdrop of the antique hotel, which is really suitable to slow down and enjoy the "afternoon time" and feel the beautiful scenery on the banks of the Min River in Leshan.
At 8:00 o'clock, I met the tour guide on time, the tour guide took us to take a VIP sightseeing car into the Giant Buddha Scenic Area, along the way, the tour guide introduced us to the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area: The Leshan Giant Buddha is a god-like existence in Leshan, the locals call him "Buddha", and he has been blessing the toiling people of Leshan for thousands of years. His full name should be the Great Maitreya Stone Statue of Lingyun Temple in Jiazhou, carved on the rock wall at the confluence of the Min River, Qingyi River and Dadu River, which is the world's largest existing stone statue placed on an open-air cliff and is a world cultural heritage.
When I arrived at the Buddha's Head Square, the sky had cleared, sweeping away the haze of Mount Emei yesterday, and the stone statue of the Big Buddha not far away was clearly visible, I came to the side of the railing and looked at the Buddha reverently, he stepped on the three rivers, his hands on his knees, carrying the nine peaks on his back, looking solemn, and sitting on the mountain. It is really "the mountain is a Buddha, and the Buddha is a mountain." Step on the water of the three rivers and back to Lingyun Mountain". Looking at Mount Emei from a distance, between the vast sea of clouds, overlooking the confluence of the three rivers, the blue waves are surging, the cruise ship breaks the waves, and the water and sky are connected, just like a natural picture.
Next to the Big Buddha is the thousand-year-old temple Lingyun Temple, Lingyun Temple was built earlier than the Big Buddha, and the towering ancient nanmu trees in the temple are lush and leafy, as well as the inscriptions of the temple have been rebuilt many times, declaring that the temple has a long history and profound Buddhist cultural heritage. And Su Dongpo wrote here "Refreshing from the west, clouds and mist sweep away the regrets of heaven and earth; The great river goes east, and the waves wash away the sorrows of ancient and modern times", which is a heroic attitude towards life, which is also in line with Mr. Dongpo's temperament, and the big Buddha is in harmony. When Su Shi was young, he studied near Lingyun Temple, and his writing "Galloping over the Buddha's feet, making a plain river" is to depict the magnificence and grandeur of the boat passing the Leshan Giant Buddha, and the open-mindedness.
Leaving Lingyun Temple, we walked towards Pilu Courtyard, along the way Lu forest and bamboo, lush trees, and saw the three words Pilu Hall from a distance, the hall enshrines the Buddha of Pilujana, which is a newly built temple in the past two years, and the original hall was destroyed in the Wenchuan earthquake. I offered incense here, donated my merit and walked down the mountain with the tour guide, and after a while I saw many tourists queuing up to visit the Buddha's feet.
A few of us took the VIP sightseeing bus back to the exit, and the VIP group disbanded on the spot. The ticket I bought back to Chengdu was at one o'clock in the afternoon, and for a while, I was wandering by the Min River in Leshan Scenic Area, taking pictures of some flowers and plants, then took a taxi back to the hotel, checked out and went to Leshan High-speed Rail Station.
I arrived at Chengdu East Railway Station at two o'clock in the afternoon, a few hours before the plane took off, I improvised to go to Wangjianglou Park, and after getting off at Niuwangmiao Metro Station, I rode my bicycle along the Jinjiang River to the park, passing Sichuan University in the middle, and soon arrived at the south gate of the park. Wangjianglou Park is located on the south bank of the Jinjiang River at the east gate of Chengdu, divided into cultural relics protection area and garden open area, because of time reasons, I only visited the cultural relics reserve, that is, the Wangjianglou ancient building complex.
Entering the garden, the bamboo shadows are fluttering, the air is fresh, but I feel refreshed and happy. It is a bamboo-based park and has the largest number of bamboo varieties in the country. In order to commemorate Xue Tao, later generations planted all kinds of good bamboo in the garden, gathering a variety of precious bamboo species, with thousands of postures and interesting fun, such as pink bamboo, human face bamboo, Buddha's belly bamboo, chicken claw bamboo, etc., people call this secluded bamboo like the sea, infinitely interesting garden, known as "bamboo park".
The entire ancient building complex is mainly the Ming and Qing dynasties to commemorate the Tang Dynasty female poet Xue Tao, including the Yinshi Building, Zhuojin Tower, Huanjian Pavilion, Wuyun Immortal Pavilion, Quanxiang Pavilion, etc., and the most magnificent building in the park is Wangjiang Tower, also known as Chongli Pavilion, which stands by the river, majestic and magnificent, particularly beautiful, and there is also a Wenqu star enshrined upstairs.
Walking into the Xue Tao Memorial Hall, the furnishings in the museum are themed "Female Teaching by the Wanli Bridge", showing the historical background of the Tang Dynasty female poet Xue Tao, the style of Chengdu in the Tang Dynasty, Xue Tao's life experience and his poetry art and other related historical materials from multiple angles.
She had a relationship with the famous poet Yuan Zhen, and during the relationship, Xue Tao made her own peach red notes to write poems, which later generations imitated, called "Xue Tao Notes". Her poems are novel and clever, with beautiful sentences, such as: "Flowers bloom differently, flowers fall with different sorrows", "Do not tie concentric people, empty concentric grass", "Water country reeds have frost at night, the moon is cold and the mountains are green", "Ping Lin Yunbird eight windows autumn, the shape of Xichuan forty states", "His family is originally a ruthless thing, and it flies south and north".
Among the female poets of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Tao, Li Ye, and Yu Xuanji are the most famous. Xue Tao and Liu Caichun, Yu Xuanji, Li Ye, and are all known as the four great female poets of the Tang Dynasty. Zhuo Wenjun, Xue Tao, Mrs. Huarui, and Huang E are all known as the four talented women in Shu.
From ancient times to the present, Sichuan has magnificent mountains and rivers, rich products, outstanding people, and celebrities. In ancient times, Li Bing controlled the water and created the country of heaven; there is also Li Bai, the "poet immortal" who lamented that "the Shu road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the sky"; Su Shi, the great writer who issued "the great river goes east, the waves are gone, and the romantic figures of the ages", and his father and younger brother, collectively known as the "Three Su"; There are also many poems and songs such as Sima Xiangru, known as the "Four Masters of Han Fu". "The world's articles come from Sichuan" is really well-deserved! Deng Xiaoping, the chief designer of New China's reform and opening up, and half of the top ten founding marshals were from Sichuan, and there were too many Sichuan celebrities, and there were really too many of them.
After about an hour of walking around the park, I took a taxi to Chengdu Tianfu Airport and waited for the plane to take off. At this time, it's time to say goodbye to Chengdu, "the spring grass will be green next year, and the prince will not return", Chengdu! I'll be back.
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