Jiangyin Junshan - the old seal of Chun Shen Jun

Zou Duopeng, editor

Author: A drop in the ocean

The Buddha of Nantai smiled, and the ancient temple Junshan was Taoist. Deva Hongxuan even treasure hall, morning bell twilight drum chanting endlessly. (Seven Absolutes)

Jiangyin Junshan

Jiangyin has a junshan with the same name as the famous mountain on the shore of Dongting Lake in Hunan, located on the east bank of Huangtian Port in the northern suburbs, stretching along Binjiang Road like a Jinping. When it comes to height, this mountain is really not very high, but its reputation has always been very large, and it is known as the main mountain of Jiangyin. According to legend, one of the Four Gentlemen of the Warring States, Chunshen Jun Huang Xie was buried at the western foot of this mountain after being killed by Li Yuan.

This mountain was renamed Junshan in honor of Huang Xie. It turns out that the mountain name overlooks the Jiangshan, in fact, there is still a distance from the Yangtze River, basically can not see the Yangtze River. According to the depiction of the old sound of Jiangyin, the original Haohao Yangtze River flowed from its northern foothills, so it was named Overlook river. Later, due to the alluvial sediment, it is now far away and the Yangtze River can no longer be seen.

To tell the truth, if it were not for the hit of "The Legend of Mi Yue", I am afraid that many people in Jiangyin would have forgotten that the area around Huangtian Port in Jiangyin is actually the fiefdom of Chunshen Jun Huang Xie. Although I have never been interested in this kind of palace fight drama, I do have to thank such a drama that makes jiangyin people recall Huang Xie again.

Huang Xie, the Chun Shenjun of the Chu State, together with the Mengjun of the State of Qi, the Pingyuan Jun of the State of Zhao, and the Lingjun of the State of Wei, was known as the "Four Gentlemen of the Warring States", and was once prominent. Chun Shenjun is a water conservancy expert, in Jiangyin at the head of the river, he excavated the Shenpu River and Huangtian Port, Jiangyin has many place names, and it is famous. For example, the two mountains in Jiangyin City, Junshan Mountain and Huangshan Mountain, Huangtian Port and Shengang, as well as Chunshen Middle School and Chunshen Road, show how deep the relationship between Huang Xie and Jiangyin is.

At that time, Xu Xiake, because he climbed Junshan and saw the rolling water of the Yangtze River, had the idea of tracing the source of the river, so he became a world-famous tourist and geographer.

At the western foot of Junshan Mountain, there is a "Chunshen Old Seal" archway, where there was originally a room for the elderly to drink tea and chat, but now the tea room seems to have been closed, and only the small door on one side is still open.

When you walk in, you will see the "Five Hundred Arhats Illuminating the Wall", which is sixty meters long and about four meters in height, and a total of five hundred Arhats are carved, which are varied and lifelike. Don't look at the altitude of Junshan Mountain is only about 70 meters, but this Luohan Wall is second to none in China. Suzhou Xiyuan Temple is famous for the five hundred arhat sculptures, but since ancient times, there is a "five hundred arhat name" derived from Jiangyin, which shows that the five hundred arhats in Jiangyin should be earlier than the Xiyuan Temple. However, compared with the incense of Sai Yuen Temple, it is only described here as a Menkolo bird.

During the Song Dynasty, the monks of the QianmingYuan in Jiangyin collected their own works from the jinglun and compiled the names of the five hundred arhats, and re-enacted the "Five Hundred Arhats Monument of the Qianmingyuan of the Jiangyin Army", and the Southern Song Dynasty Minister's Wailang Gao Daosu carved the "Catalogue of the Five Hundred and Eighteen Arhats of the Qianmingyuan of the Jiangyin Army", and from then on the honorific titles and images of the five hundred arhats had clear specifications. Since then, 500 arhat halls have been built in temples across the country, and most of them have used this place as a model for listing names and statues. Since ancient times, Junshan has been a blessed place where Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism coexist, and now there are Junshan Temple and Junshan Ancient Temple in the foothills of Junshan Mountain, and the coexistence of Buddhist Taoism is a tradition of Junshan. If you get a Junshan Academy or something like that, then confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism really coexist.

The middle of the Luohan Wall rises up, forming a supreme point, transitioning from low relief and high relief to circular carving. The part of the round sculpture is the famous eighteen arhats, which have now become the standard of major temples.

Walking into Junshan Park, there will always be a happy time when you meet your friends to climb the mountain in your childhood. At that time, there was a lot of fighting, and the quiet Junshan was vivid and lively. Today, without his friends, Junshan was quiet as if he was sleeping.

Walking up the secluded mountain path, the Matsukaze Pavilion of memory is now beautifully built. Hexagonal three-story, yellow tile eaves, has no longer the appearance of memory. At that time, whenever we climbed a mountain, we would always stop here when we went down. In fact, Junshan is not high, and for energetic children, they will not feel tired. I just think there is a ready-made pavilion on the slope, and it is good to sit down and talk about the mountain.

The trees have grown very luxuriantly, and the trees are similar from year to year, and the people are different from year to year. Time has slipped away in large sections inadvertently. Childhood, it turns out, is so far away from us.

Climb the mountain to the top of the mountain, where construction is underway. Originally, there was a Xuantian Palace here, and because the building did not have beams, it was also called "Beamless Hall". There is also a Wangjiang Tower facing the Yangtze River next to it, but a year before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Huangshan garrison demolished the Xuantian Palace and the Wangjiang Tower. In 1947, two forts were built here, and huangshan mountain became a horn, becoming a place of military contention.

Now that it is rebuilt, I don't know if it is ready to restore the Xuantian Palace. But geographically, it seems to be closer to Junshan Temple. Xuantian Palace sounds like a Taoist palace, and it is still a bit far from the Junshan Ancient Temple.

Junshan is lonely, and on this hot summer afternoon, fortunately there are still small animals in love with flowers. One pair of butterflies are in love with each other, while the bees on the other flower are alone.

The northern foothills, which used to be accessible for mountaineering, are now surrounded by iron fences. However, the greenery at the foot of the mountain is well arranged, and the theme sculpture "Ancient" is based on the cultural relics excavated from the Gaocheng Pier. The opposite road leads to the Leek Harbor Ferry, but unfortunately it, like Huangtian Port, is about to face the fate of being demolished.