Introduction of scenic spots in Tongtianyan, Ganzhou and some popular stories.
Tongtianyan Scenic Area includes ancient stone carving area and modern leisure area. The ancient stone carving area is the core and essence of the scenic spot, which is mainly composed of five caves, namely Guanxin Rock, Forgetting Rock, Longhu Rock, Tongtian Rock and Cuiweiyan.
entering the mountain gate of the scenic spot, along the stone path paved with flaky stones, stepping on the pavilion, circling the mountain pond and climbing the stone steps, and passing through a quiet valley, a secluded cave suddenly appears in front of you. There are lush forests and rugged roads here, which is where the famous philosopher Wang Yangming gave lectures. Besides, big holes are covered with small holes. In the cave, Mr. Yangming is teaching his "To Conscience" to his disciples Chen Jiuchuan and Zou Shouyi, asking students to emphasize self-cultivation, and asserting that "the reason of everything is nothing more than my mind" and "the mind is clear and natural", so later generations call his teaching place "Guanxin Rock". Wang Yangming, also known as Wang Shouren, was a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, and a famous Neo-Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty. In the eleventh year of Zhengde (AD 1516), Wang Yangming served as the governor of Gannan in Ganzhou, and later served as the minister of Nanjing Ministry of War. At that time, Wang Yangming put down the "chaos of Chen Hao" in Gannan. In his spare time, he gave lectures in Guanxinyan build house, and took Zou Shouyi and others as his disciples. During his lecture in Ganzhou, he laid a theoretical foundation for his development of Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties.
Walking along the stone steps, there is a Danxia hole formed by weathering and peeling on the mountainside. In midsummer, tourists walk here, but they feel that the breeze is slow and tired, which makes people happy, so they are named "Forgetting to the Rock".
There is a beautiful and pleasant story about this Danxia piercing.
From ancient times to now, Ganzhou City is a beautiful place, but there has never been a famous figure. Why? According to geomantic omen, it is because the outlet of the downstream Ganjiang River is too big to keep good geomantic omen, and all of them have gone with the rolling river flowing northward, so many celebrities have poured out in Ji 'an area in the lower reaches of Ganzhou City. In ancient times, there was a great fairy who wanted to keep the good scenery of Ganzhou City. He chose two beautiful fairy mountains in Penglai Wonderland, and wanted to put them on the west bank of Chutan and lock the water mouth with Chushan on the east bank. When the great fairy came to Tongtianyan, he was discovered by the land father-in-law. The land father-in-law saw two beautiful fairy mountains and thought, why not leave them here? So the land father-in-law learned to crow like a rooster. Immortals can't do things during the day, because they are afraid of being seen through by mortals and can't return to the celestial world. The Great Immortal was walking on a mountain when he heard the cock crowing, thinking that it was about to dawn, so he hurriedly left the two mountains behind and left. Since then, the two fairy mountains have remained in Tongtianyan. Up to now, the Forgetting Rock and the Ritual Buddha Rock in Tongtianyan Scenic Area each have a through cave, which is said to have been strung out by the great immortal with a bamboo shoulder when he was carrying a mountain.
Legend goes back to legend. In fact, hundreds of thousands of years ago, it was an ocean. Later, with the movement of the earth's crust, the land rose, the sea receded, and it was eroded by wind and rain, forming what it is now. When we look up, these layers of rock are the traces left by seawater erosion. Look! Here, the rocks are deep and deep, the rocks are exquisite, and the valleys developed on the red bedrock crisscross. On both sides of the valleys, there are Danya Chibi, which is tens of meters high. At the bottom of the valleys, there are dense forests and vitality, which is a typical representative of Danxia landform.
On the steep mountain wall on the left side of Forguiyan, there is a huge inscription. The inscription is 3.5 in height and 2.3 in width. The full text is 36 words, written by Li Dazheng in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is magnificent, like the sun and the moon. Li Dazheng was a native of Jian 'ou, Fujian Province in the Southern Song Dynasty, and had a close relationship with Xin Qiji. He once held the post of Dian Keng Zhi in Ganzhou (the official in charge of minting coins). At that time, Ganzhou was a spot where coins were minted all over the country, which shows that as early as more than 8 years ago, Ganzhou's economy was very prosperous and its metallurgical industry was very developed. Let's see, there is a statue of Lohan on the top side of this inscription. It is said that Li Dazheng paid money to guard this inscription. How dedicated and lifelike he is!
Among the inscriptions on Forgetting to Return to Rock, this five-character poem by Mr. Wang Yangming, a Neo-Confucianist in Ming Dynasty, is the most valuable. This poem is written like this: "Green hills are beautiful everywhere, so it must be round, but if you are idle, the world will be covered with dust." At the beginning of Xilin, when the bright moon comes early, the stone bed is cold, and the cave is not swept in the autumn. " It not only depicts the scenery, but also expresses Mr. Wang Yangming's complex psychological activities. Among them, the cool stone bed refers to the stone beds on both sides of this hole for tourists to rest. This poem had a great influence on the next 4 years. Some literati came to visit, admiring the name of Mr. Yangming, and most of their poems were sung in harmony with the rhyme of Mr. Yangming.
After crossing the Forge-to-Return Rock, my eyes suddenly opened up, and I looked up, but I saw the cliff soaring. Among the cliffs, there were 18 inscriptions and 6 statues of eighteen arhats. Let's look at this "Lohan to Send a Son" carved in the Northern Song Dynasty. This statue supports the head with its left hand, puts the unicorn on the abdomen with its right hand, and bends its left leg while its right leg. It is a Lohan that can bring people welcome and celebration.
I don't know since when, there has been a custom among people in Ganzhou, that is, married women of childbearing age stand with their backs to this arhat and throw pebbles back. If they hit the reproductive parts of this arhat, they will definitely give birth to a fat son. According to the elders, it is very effective to throw stones at this arhat to beg for children. For hundreds of years, this arhat not only didn't enjoy the fireworks, but also got many stones, and now it is black and blue and unrecognizable. Some customs are foolish. Now people's ideas have changed. Anyway, only one child is allowed, both men and women are the same. They are the continuation of life and the apple of their eye. There are basically no people who throw stones here. The awareness of protecting cultural relics and protecting the environment has been greatly enhanced. Our society should advocate this kind of good atmosphere. I hope everyone will start from today and now, and * * * will take care of everything here and the cultural relics here!
As we walked, we enjoyed these arhats with exquisite craftsmanship and different expressions. Some of these arhats have been weathered and some have been destroyed. The Lohan with folded hands and a string of beads hanging on his chest is a twisted bead Lohan, which is the best preserved among the eighteen Lohan. This is due to the local people. During the "Cultural Revolution", they covered the whole Luohan statue with mud, which made this Luohan statue intact in autumn.
Further on, you can see this building, which is the earliest ballroom in Gannan built by Mr. Jiang Jingguo when he was the inspector of the Fourth Administrative Region of Jiangxi Province of the Kuomintang in Ganzhou. In 1939, Mr Jiang Jingguo came to Gannan, and he advocated the new life movement. Tongtianyan is not far from Ganzhou, and the scenery is beautiful. He builds a ballroom here. Every weekend, he takes his subordinate officials to dance here, which is also a part of his new life. There is also a summer house in front of him. On this tablet beside the ballroom, the six Chinese characters "The First Grottoes in the South of the Yangtze River" were written by Mr. Yuan Qingyi, Mr. Jiang Jingguo's secretary. He didn't go to Taiwan Province. After liberation, he was an employee of the gearbox factory, and he is still alive. He often teaches children to learn calligraphy.
Go along the tree-lined path and step into Longhuyan. Longhuyan is a Danxia cave, about 1 meters long, named after the stone carvings of Jinlong and Shuang Hu. This statue is called Dragon Tree King. He is the founder of Mahayana Buddhism, and Jinlong and Shuang Hu are its guardians. On his left is carved a golden dragon. The back of the golden dragon is hidden in the rock, and its front paws are open as if walking leisurely. On the right are two white tiger stone carvings. They seem to be playing around the Dragon Tree King. The whole statue constitutes a vivid "dragon and tiger leisure play map" On the rocks next to this group of statues, the words "Tongxin Rock" are engraved, which was inscribed by Zhaowen Liu in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, he traveled all over Tianyan, and was deeply touched when he saw this group of statues. He wrote the word "Tongxin Rock" on the rock to express his concern for the country and the people. He hoped that the officials at the upper and lower levels of the imperial court would not "fight against each other" and "fight against each other" but get along well with each other and make concerted efforts to manage the country well. In addition, the two Luohan statues on the mountain rock, the dragon-descending and the tiger-crouching, belong to the 18 Luohan system along the line of Forgetting to Return to the Rock, both of which are statues of the Song Dynasty.
Longhuyan is also the cave with the most preserved cliff inscriptions in Tongtianyan Scenic Area. * * * There are 39 inscriptions by celebrities in past dynasties. Its stylistic forms include titles, inscriptions, poems, statues, auspicious words, etc., and its content involves politics, history, religion, culture and other aspects. It is a valuable material for studying Chinese calligraphy and stone carving art and local history. Among them, there is a travel note with 46 words, which is the most engraved in Tongtianyan. Among these numerous inscriptions, Chen Shixiong's inscription in Song Dynasty has high historical value. This travel note was written in Shaoxing during the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, there were many peasant uprisings in the mountainous areas of southern Jiangxi, and the first half of this travel note describes that the court sent troops to suppress a peasant uprising in Dayu County, and its time, place and characters are reliable. This is a rare historical material for the study of the peasant war history and the local history of southern Jiangxi.
Tang Bangzuo left three kinds of poems in Tongtianyan during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and his calligraphy art was highly accomplished. His handwriting is a masterpiece of art in Tongtianyan Cliff Inscription. His calligraphy is vigorous and vigorous, elegant and free-spirited, and integrates the strengths of various families. Whether it is brushwork, structure or composition, it is unique. Tang Bangzuo, a native of Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, was born as a scholar. Because of offending powerful people, he was demoted to Ganzhou as a general judge, which is equivalent to the position of adviser to the staff. He is an idle post. Although this man is brilliant, he has a bad habit, that is, he thinks that he is incompetent and arrogant. When he engraves his own works, he often engraves them next to people who are older than his official position, and chisels away the inscriptions of his predecessors to vent his dissatisfaction. This, naturally, will be criticized by future generations.