Panoramic view of Hidden Mountain Zero point/photo
Yinshan mountain is located in Huangjingping, Paitou Township, Xiangtan County, 40 kilometers away from Xiangtan City. Also known as "Longshan" and "Dragon King Mountain", it is one of the four famous mountains in Xiangtan. It is named because the Northern Song Dynasty writer and Dali scholar Zhou Dunyi lived in seclusion here to teach, and because the Southern Song Dynasty famous Confucian Hu Anguo and Hu Hong father and son taught here and founded the Huxiang School, which is known as the "source of Huxiang culture". According to legend, the Ming Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao traveled to Jiangnan and personally wrote the four characters of the imperial book "Hidden Mountain under the Heavens".
Hidden Mountain Zero point / photo
Hidden Mountain Eight Bridges:
The Eight Bridges of Hidden Mountain, on a hidden river originating from the henglan chong in the southwest of the hidden mountain and the Baiyun'an Valley in the west, are built in turn at different ages with eight granite and bluestone single-hole stone arch bridges, known as the "Eight Bridges". Each bridge is about two miles apart, and the bridge is made of arches and half-moon shapes. The bridge deck has a huge strip of stone as a guardrail, and the construction process is ingenious. To the north of each bridge is a heavy yang tree (commonly known as fir tree), or camphor tree, with lush branches and tall towering trees. It is said to be the treasure of the town bridge, which is actually a good place for pedestrians to rest. Looking at the small bridge and flowing water, the people in the village are worthy of the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan Mountain Township.
Take a nap on the bridge (Image source: Yutian Records)
Hidden Water Bridge:
Located in the upper reaches of the Hidden Water across the Dragon King Temple, the Earned Creek Temple, and the Three Sages Ancestral Hall, it is the first bridge at the source of the Hidden Water. Built in the Tang Dynasty, running north-south, the bridge is 5.7 meters long, 3.1 meters wide, and has a net span of 3.2 meters, and it is said that an underground river under the Hidden Mountain is connected with the Dragon King Cave, Hualong Pond and Biquan Pond. It is the tail wing of the dragon "head in Jiangxi Iron Tree Temple, tail in Hunan BiquanTan". The amount of water upstream of the bridge is sufficient, and it gradually disappears. During the Tang Dynasty, the famous monk Dongshan Liangyue and the tantric master Boyun swam here, saw the vegetable leaves floating on the water, and disappeared into the water, knowing that the mountain was inhabited, and then met a monk who "won the shape of the face", that is, the monk of the Hidden Mountain, and the bridge was named after it. The bridge was also the first bridge that the indigenous villagers at that time, good men and women, after worshiping from the Hidden Mountain Dragon King Temple, went to Nanyue Hengshan to worship the Buddha.
Hidden Water Bridge Zero point /photo
Flow leaf bridge:
It is located 1 huali downstream of the Hidden Water Bridge. The bridge was built in the Tang Dynasty, running in a north-south direction, the bridge is 7 meters long, 2.75 meters wide and has a net span of 6.2 meters. According to legend, the vegetable leaves that Dongshan Liangyue and the Tantric Master saw at the Hidden Water Bridge flowed to the surface of the water here, and the bridge was named after it. According to legend, when the Tang monk Dongshan Liangyue and the tantric master Bo Yun traveled to Baiyun Temple, they saw the monk of The Hidden Mountain, and they said to each other: "The flowing leaves and bridges look at the mountains and waters, and the colors are empty and yellow leaves; the sound of bells and drums in the Ciyun Temple should be as loud as the white clouds." "The pavilion is linked, and the later engraving is printed on the bell and drum pavilion of the Ciyun Zen Temple.
Flow leaf bridge zero point /photo
Tongjian Bridge:
The artesian leaf bridge runs down the hidden water half a mile, that is, on the hidden water river at the mouth of huangjingping street is the Tongjian Bridge. The bridge is 8.4 meters long, 3.6 meters wide and has a net span of 4.3 meters. Legend has it that because the stream of hidden water is like a bow and arrow, pointing directly to the tiger-shaped mountain opposite the Dragon King Mountain, the dragon and tiger fight each other, it is difficult to become a big weapon, so this bridge is specially built. It is also said that there are many Huang surnames in Huangjingping, the people are prosperous and developed, and the ancestors are buried on the tiger-shaped mountain, and the confrontation with the tiger-shaped mountain is the ship-shaped mountain where xie lives, and the water under the ship-shaped mountain is just merged with the hidden water, just like a sharp arrow shooting directly at the tiger-shaped, and the Huang surname is greatly annoyed. So, fight each other. To solve this problem, a feng shui gentleman mediated. He said: "Build a bridge over this river and block the arrows with a bridge." "After the two sides agreed, the bridge was built. Unexpectedly, someone said: "The bridge is like a bow, the water is like an arrow, shooting the tiger shape, hanging the boat shape." The Huang Xie family cried and laughed.
Curry Bridge:
Commonly known as "Heli Bridge", it is located on a small river from the south of the western foothills of Wushi Peak in the northeast of Hidden Mountain, and this water meets the hidden water at the Tongjian Bridge. Keli Bridge is about 1.5 miles away from Huangjingping Street, in the western foothills of WangJiling, the bridge was built in the Tang Dynasty, running east-west, the bridge is 5 meters long, 2.6 meters wide, and the net span is 4.2 meters. This bridge is the only place where huxiang school founder Hu Anguo father and son and their disciples travel between Yinshan and Biquan. According to legend, they often took a nap on this bridge, and sang harmony with each other, talking about family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs.
Curry Bridge Zero point/photo
Shilong Bridge:
Also known as "Zilan Bridge" (Qing, Guangxu Journal) "Xiangtan County Chronicle" is loaded, taking the meaning of Zilan Runyu. About 60 meters below the Tongjian Bridge, the hidden water meets the water vein from the south of the western foothills of Wushi Peak, and after the confluence, it is the Shilong Bridge. The bridge is 11.9 meters long, 3.6 meters wide and has a net span of 5.5 meters. Here the water has a deep pool, the shore is a lion-shaped mountain, legend, there is a "dragon stone pillar" in the pool, the mountain shape resembles the "male lion looking at the queen", that is, Nanyue Heng Mountain, the name of the bridge originated here. The northeast half of the bridge is the former residence of Zhou Xiaozhou. When Zhou Xiaozhou was a teenager, he and his private school teacher, Mr. Zhou Jingchi, often came to this bridge to watch the scenery and recite poems, and when Zhou Xiaozhou was 8 years old, when the spring was bright and the willows were blooming young leaves, he and Mr. Jingchi came to the bridge, and the old man deliberately pointed to the green willows on the bank of the river and said: "The green willows on the shore are charming," Zhou Xiaozhou blurted out: "The hidden mountains are dangerous and the rocks are majestic." Later, it became a well-known synonym.
Lilin Bridge:
The hidden water flows north to the shilong bridge, and gradually turns to the east. 1 mile downstream of the Shilong Bridge is the Lilin Bridge, which runs in a north-south direction, the bridge is 19.2 meters long, 4.9 meters wide, and has a net span of 4.6 meters. According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, one day, a sudden thunder and lightning, heavy rain poured down, a huge dragon appeared on the side of the Hidden Mountain, and suddenly the flood roared, not only the Huangjingping Small Street to the Hidden Mountain Dragon King Temple a mashi road and the small temple in front of the temple, but also a large amount of hemp stone and mud washed to the chestnut forest bridge built with chestnut wood, and the bridge collapsed due to flooding and mud and stone. For the convenience of the people, a local gentleman donated silver and silver, and advocated the indigenous villagers to raise funds and build the bridge out of hemp stone. There were originally three stone stele at the head of the bridge, one of which is a monument to the reconstruction; the second is a stone stele of the Bridge Protection Convention; and the third is a stele of the River God Sacrifice in the Middle Yuan Festival.
Kuribayashi Bridge Zero point/photo
Immortal Bridge:
Lilin Bridge, down the water, about 2 miles, is the Shenxian Bridge, northwest and southeast direction, the bridge is 14.6 meters long, 4.5 meters wide, and the net span is 8.7 meters. Legend has it that there are centipede spirits in the towering ancient trees of the town bridge that plague the villagers. The god Lei Gong got the news and wanted to split it, just in time for the old monk of the Dragon King Temple to pass by, with spells to remove demons, save trees to protect mortals, and the Bridge of Immortals got its name. It is also rumored that the bridge was built because of trees, and after being struck by lightning, the townspeople could not pass, so the townspeople raised funds to build a stone arch bridge here, and exactly 100 people participated in the repair of the bridge, but when it came time to eat, there were only 99 people, and when the work began, the number of people counted was 100. It is speculated that one person must be a god who does not eat human fireworks. After the bridge was completed, the footprints of the immortals were deeply printed on the parapet stone of the bridge. Due to the help of the gods, this bridge was quickly built, so it was named the Bridge of the Immortals. Now, there is a huge town bridge stone under the bridge, waiting quietly under the bridge.
Fairy Bridge Zero point/photo
Ryuoo Bridge:
Located in the shenxian bridge down the water two hua li, northwest and southeast direction, the bridge is 22 meters long, 4.9 meters wide, and the net span is 15 meters. The Dragon King Bridge is the largest of the eight stone arch bridges in Hidden Mountain, and is beautifully built and majestic. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a mountain next to the Dragon King Bridge, called Qinglong Mountain, also known as Wulong Mountain. One day, it suddenly burst into anger, and in an instant, it ran to the hidden water river under this mountain, its head was up to the sky, its tail was shaking violently, and this section of the river was widened to more than 20 meters. The wooden bridge built by the indigenous people suddenly collapsed, and it was difficult for the villagers to cross the river. In order to solve this problem of crossing the river, the indigenous villagers raised funds to raise funds, imitating the appearance of the Shenxian Bridge, and built this stone arch bridge with hemp stone, the bridge is named after the Dragon King, and the north side of the bridge has the famous Tatsuyama Katsura Zaitang. Gui Zaitang is the ancestral residence of Zhou Zhiying, a famous rebbe attendant of the Qing Dynasty, and the former residence of Zuo Zongtang of the Qing Dynasty. Legend has it that one night, Miss Zhoufu Yaoduan had a dream, and a small yellow dragon flew from under this bridge into the large pillar of the Zhoufu Gui in front of the hall, and The cursed panicked and told her mother. The next morning, Jia Ding opened the hall door and found a begging teenager climbing up the pillar to avoid dog bites. Jia Ding introduced the teenager to Mother Zhou, and left him to live and study for a long time in order to gain a meritorious name. Empress Dowager Zhou became a son-in-law, and this teenager was Zuo Zongtang, a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty.
Ryuoo Bridge Zero point/photo
Hidden Mountain at the foot of Zero point /photo
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