What is Yinhequan famous for?
On the west side of Hefanghe Pavilion is Yinhequan. Yinhequan was originally called Shifojing. Old local chronicles record: "Yinhequan is called Shifojing, which is more than seven feet deep." Later people named it A well was dug and surrounded by stone railings on all sides. It was quite beautiful and was named "Yinhe Spring".
This well is drilled through the rock. According to the literature, the well is nearly 26 meters deep. It is speculated that this well was dug at the same time as the Northern Wei Dynasty stone Buddha system on the mountain.
As early as the Northern Song Dynasty's famous geography book "Taiping Huanyu Ji", there is a record about drinking Hequan: "There is a well on the top of Shifo Mountain, two feet square and three miles deep. It has natural liquid water. It can be used even if there is rain or drought." Increasing or decreasing. Perhaps the disease can be cured by drinking from the clouds. From time to time, clouds of air come out of it, and the distance is more than 700 feet."
There are some exaggerations in these descriptions, but they also indicate the characteristics of drinking from Hequan: " Drinking it can cure diseases" and "there are clouds coming out of it from time to time". Does this mean that the well water contains some kind of mineral?
In 1623, Zhang Xuan, the head of the Hu Department, dredged Yinhe Spring again and erected a monument in the south of the well. On the monument was a 3-foot large Chinese character "Yinhe Spring" written by him. And the word "historic site" is added at the top. The upper inscription is "the auspicious day of Tianqi Guihai Midwinter", and the lower inscription is "Zhang Xuan Chongjun of the Ancient Ministry".
"Tianqi Guihai" is 1623. "Gubu", namely Baixiang, Hebei Province, is Zhang Xuan's hometown.
Yinhe Spring is famous for its deep well and sweet water. The water in the well leaks from the rock cracks in the cave. It is also a rare stone well in the country that was dug from a cave on the top of a mountain.
There are several legends about the origin of Yinhe Spring. Among them, the legend about the Xuzhou righteous man stabbing the evil dragon is the most famous.
In ancient times, there was an evil dragon who was stabbed to death by a righteous man in Xuzhou. After the evil dragon fell to the ground, it turned into Yunlong Mountain, and the place where it was stabbed in the throat became the "Drinking Crane Spring". This is a thrilling legend, which shows the spirit of Xuzhou people who are not afraid of evil and dare to defend themselves, but it cannot be regarded as the actual cause of Yinhe Spring.
In 1895, Liu was dredged again, and there is also an inscription: "It is not five feet away to get a spring, which is very sweet." From these two paragraphs of text, we can think of Su Shi's "Visiting Zhangshan Garden" Verse: "I heard that the well water in your house was good, and I returned to my mansion and begged for a full bottle." You can imagine that the water from Hequan is pure and sweet.
Later, Yinhe Spring was blocked and dried up due to tiles and rocks. Although diversion was carried out again later, the water did not come back, which was a pity.
Twenty meters south of the Crane Fang Pavilion and more than 10 meters south of the Crane Drinking Spring, there is also a small pavilion built on a high ground, the Crane Recruiting Pavilion. Got its name.
Zhaohe Pavilion is a brick and wood structure, small and exquisite, with eaves that are about to fly. It is a good place to climb up and overlook. These three monuments, Fanghe Pavilion, Yinhequan and Zhaohe Pavilion, are closely related. By 1872, Xu Haidao and Wu Shixiong rebuilt the Crane Fang Pavilion again.
In 1895, Yinhe Spring was dredged again. There is also an inscription saying: "It is not five feet long to get a spring, which is very sweet."
There is a pavilion in the northwest corner of Fanghe Pavilion. , there is a small pavilion with exquisite doors and windows in the southwest corner. This was originally the "Imperial Stele Pavilion", and there was once a stele of Emperor Qianlong's poem "You Yunlong Mountain".
In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong came to Xuzhou four times. He would climb Yunlong Mountain almost every time, and he would definitely leave behind some "imperial poems" and "imperial letters" flaunting elegance. The surviving inscriptions written by Qianlong on Yunlong Mountain have been moved to the stele gallery behind Fanghe Pavilion.
Later, due to years of war, the Hefanghe Pavilion was destroyed. What survived was later rebuilt. After the reconstruction, the Hefanghe Pavilion had a new look.
Climb up the steps from the north gate of Yunlong Mountain to the top of the third section. On the forehead of the half-moon-shaped courtyard gate are the five official script characters "former site of Zhangshan people" written by Tian Geng, the prefect of Xuzhou in 1906.
When you walk into the courtyard gate, there is a flat and open square courtyard with paved corridors. On the east side of it is the Crane Pavilion, which is spacious and bright with red eaves and eaves. The pavilion is about 12 meters long from north to south and nearly 5 meters deep from east to west. It has a platform in front and a surrounding verandah, which is very elegant.
The original hanging plaque of "He Fang Pavilion" written by Qianlong was changed to Su Shi's handwriting, and the plaque was remade and hung high on it. This adds a sense of history. The windows inside Fanghe Pavilion are bright and clean, and famous paintings and calligraphy are hung on the walls, making it refreshing and elegant.