Attractions in Yunmen Mountain
Yunmen Mountain is located two kilometers south of Qingzhou City. It has a unique style with its beautiful and handsome appearance and special geographical environment. In summer and autumn, the "Yun Cave" on the south side of Yunmen Mountain opens its gate to let out the clouds. Instantly, white clouds rise out of the sky and slowly rise through the Yunmen Cave. Inscriptions and tablets by literati, men and women of all ages are all over the cliffs of Yunmen Mountain. The buildings on the mountain such as "Sanyuanzhan" and "Sanxian Jade Girl Temple" are relics of several generations of history. The Tianxian Jade Girl Temple on the top of the mountain is a typical Ming Dynasty all-stone building without beams.
The ultimate goal of visiting Yunmen Mountain is to celebrate birthdays. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, in order to celebrate the birthday of Zhu Daigui, the second King of Heng, Ji Yang Zhouquan, the internal director, carved a large "longevity" character that was rare at home and abroad on the cliff in the shade of the mountain to please King Heng. The large "Shou" character has a strict font structure, dignified and generous, facing south and north, with a total height of 7.5 meters and a width of 3.7 meters. Only the "inch" character below the character "Shou" is 2.23 meters high. Therefore, the local people often say: "No one is taller than anyone else", "Life is as long as the Nanshan Mountain", "Southern Buddha is as long as the North Mountain", etc. There are also many wonderful legends and allusions spread about Yunmen Mountain and the big character "Shou". Yunmen Mountain is 408 meters above sea level. Visitors can climb up the steps and climb to the top. Standing at the foot of "Shou", you can have endless thoughts. Yunmen Wonderland has always been favored by both Buddhism and Taoism. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Buddhism flourished, and this place became a resort for Buddhist disciples. According to the "New Book of Tang" records.
There are 5 large and small grottoes and 272 statues on the sunny slope of Yunmen Mountain. Although these statues have experienced more than a thousand years of vicissitudes, wind and rain erosion, and wars, most of them are still basically intact. They have become extremely precious physical data for the study of ancient Buddhist art and plastic arts at that time. They are among the existing grotto art in eastern my country. A wonderful flower. The statues are mainly statues of the Three Western Saints (Amitabha, Avalokitesvara, and Mahasthamaprapta, the two Bodhisattvas), as well as statues of the powerful man and the Buddha Sakyamuni, as well as statues of people making offerings. Most of these stone statues are accompanied by accurate dates. In the small niche in the first cave alone, there are more than 10 inscriptions such as "the ninth year of the founding of the emperor", "the tenth year of the founding of the emperor", "the eighteenth year of the founding of the emperor", and "the second year of Renshou". On the left is the Yunmen Grottoes in the 1930s, and on the right is the existing Yunmen Grottoes. On the east side of the back of Yunmen Mountain, there is also the "Wanchun Cave" comprehensively excavated by Jiyang. The cave is 1.6 meters high and 1.2 meters wide, with a wide chamber and a depth of 5 meters. On the south side of the cave, there is a stone statue of old man Chen Tuan sleeping with a book on his pillow. Above the head of the stone statue of Chen Tuan, there is a poem "Mountain Dwelling Song" inscribed by the hermit Xuemei of the Ming Dynasty: The stone bed in Yesu is like a cave in the sky, and the bamboo hat is scattered to the east of the sea. When the night is deep and the white clouds are rising, don't worry about the dragon coming to sleep on the couch. His poems are bold and bold, and his fonts are strong and powerful. Xuemei, a hermit in the Ming Dynasty, was born in Qixian County, Henan. His surname was Su Mingzhou and his Taoist name was Xuemei. He lived in Qingzhou for several years and had contacts with King Heng. He is an alcoholic and is good at writing large characters with free hand and vigorous strokes. Six of his ink marks were left on Yunmen Mountain, such as "God is here", "Super Chen Li Meng", "Supernatural craftsmanship", etc. These works are all rare masterpieces of calligraphy. There are also poems on the stone walls of the cave written by Jiang Hangu in the Ming Dynasty, such as "You let me get drunk when you sleep, and I imitate you when you are drunk. Those who wake up move around one after another, and they are not allowed to hold the same arms." It is a popular and thought-provoking poem. Outside the cave, there are other monuments such as "Liangshutai" and "Fairy Footprints".
The main peak of Yunmen Mountain is called Dayunding. It is shaped like a fish spine, runs east-west, and has many temples and palaces on it. The palace of "Emperor Dongyue" was built on the top of the mountain, a memorial tree was built for "Old Mother Taishan", Langfeng Pavilion was built on the east and west, and 968 Panshan stone steps were built. The Jade Girl Temple and Wangshou Pavilion in Yunmen Mountain are built with red walls and green tiles, which are antique and magnificent.
The main peak of Yunmen Mountain, Dayunding, is symmetrical from east to west. The peaks are symmetrical on both sides, shaped like wings, with a convex shape in the middle, like the brim of a gauze hat, shaped like a natural black gauze hat. What’s even more peculiar is that when looking southeast from Dayunding, Baoyinding, the main peak of Monai Mountain, looks like a natural “treasure seal”, while Pifeng, the main peak of Pishan looking south, looks like a human face looking up to the sky. The three mountains correspond to each other and have been passed down. many stories. According to legend, Qin Shi Huang came to Qingzhou for inspection. When I came to Yunmen Mountain, I found that this place is a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. "Human Face Mountain" resembles a sleeping human face, with its eyes, nose and mouth very clear and lifelike, and its expression calm and composed. The gauze hat is placed on the left side. The towering cloud top is the black gauze hat crown, and the east and west Langfeng Pavilions on both sides are black gauze wings. The official seal is placed between the gauze hat and himself. The round seal head and tall seal handle are very similar. Look, Qin Shihuang couldn't help but be shocked. If the feng shui here is not broken, my country will not be strong. So they sent people to cut off the nose tendons, and there are still traces of chiseling in the "Pishan Groove"; they pushed down the seal handle of the big seal, which became today's "Monavel Mountain"; they also dug a hole in the crown of the black gauze hat, This is Yunmen Cave.
1． Jinan direction: Exit from Exit 9A of Jinan-Qingdao Expressway and go south, pass through New East Ring Road - South Ring Road (westbound) - Yunmen Mountain Scenic Area for about 1 hour.
2． From Qingdao: Exit at Exit 9 of Jinan Expressway and go south through Yunmen Mountain Scenic Area in the city, about an hour away.