Correspondent Chen Shu'an
The birthplace of the Tendai Sect of Buddhism, the founding place of the Southern Sect of Taoism... Zhejiang Tiantai is not only a modern poetry and distant place, but also a model destination for the integration of culture and tourism. The "Eleventh" Golden Week is approaching, and a few days ago, Tiantai Mountain launched the Shilu Cultural Experience Tour, inviting tourists to take the "Lifo Qingdao" tourism line to find the poetry road to tour the rooftops and the sacred mountains and rivers.
It is reported that the tourist line is about 45 kilometers long, with the Tiantai Mountain Visitor Center as the starting station and terminal station, two-way departure, passing through Guoqing Temple, Gaoming Temple, Wise Pagoda, Greentown Tiantai Mountain Snow Park, Shizikou Station, Tongbai Palace, Tongbai Station (including Mingheguan), 4 times a day (8:00, 10:00, 13:00, 15:00), the whole fare is 20 yuan, each station is 2.5 yuan, and supports scanning the car to buy tickets.
Tiantai Mountain has 67 temples and 9 key temples. During the Tang Dynasty, more than 300 poets represented by the poet Li Bai flocked to visit friends in search of Buddha, leaving more than 1,300 poems, and Tiantai Mountain was the destination of the Tang Poetry Road in eastern Zhejiang. Following the "Li Fo Qing Dao" tourist line, the station is a scenery, full of style.
Luoxi Missionary School: One of the ancestral courts of the Tiantai Sect. According to ancient inscriptions, the historical Luoxi Missionary Institute " Lin Quan Xianghui , Golden Bimei " , which collected the lost Tendai Sect texts from China collected by envoys sent by King Wu Yue to Goryeo and Japan , became the central library of the Tendai Sect in China at that time, providing a basic documentation guarantee for the revival of the Tendai Sect. The reconstructed Luoxi Missionary School building adopts the Architectural Style of the Tang Dynasty, planning to build eighteen main buildings such as Fahua Square, Lingshan Treasure Hall, and Amitabha Hall, and since the construction began in 2013, the first phase of the project has been basically completed.
Guoqing Lecture Temple: The ancestral court of the Tendai Sect, the first sect of Buddhism sinicized. Guoqingjiao Temple has a history of more than 1,400 years and is a national key temple of Chinese Buddhism identified by the State Council. There are 14 temples and more than 600 houses, which are composed of halls, halls, liaos and houses of different sizes and styles, and these building groups are strung together by the passage of the curved corridor loop.
Gaoming Temple: One of the twelve ancient temples of Tiantai Mountain. Gaomingdao Temple is located in the foothills of Gaoming Mountain, ten kilometers northeast of Tiantai County, surrounded by peaks and peaks, and the stream in front of the temple is one of the main scenic spots of Tiantai Mountain. For more than a thousand years, the number of clever people has risen and fallen, and cigarettes have continued. After 1979, the temple area was completely renovated, and the current temple and the nearby scenic spots have a new look. The whole temple can be divided into three axes and thirteen courtyards, and more than 200 houses are built on the mountain.
Wise Man Tower: The location of the Wise Master Flesh Tower. The "Wise Pagoda Courtyard", also known as Tatou Temple, is located twenty-three miles north of Tiantai County, Zhejiang, at the junction of Jindiling and Yindiling. In recent years, the Temple of the Wise Man has been renovated, the main hall is three open, and the door plaque is "The Flesh Tower of the Wise Master". The flesh tower is made of bluestone, with seats about 7 meters high and finely carved. 2 floors and 6 sides, each layer carved poles, fangs, columns, buckets, arches, the first floor of the front of the Shrine with a seated statue of the Wise Master.
Fangguang Temple: a national key temple. Fangguang Temple is located next to the Shiliang Flying Waterfall, which is said to be the place where the five hundred arhats should really perch, and are divided into upper Guang Temple, Fang Guang Temple, and lower Guang Temple. Near Fangguang Temple, there are more than 30 stone carvings on the cliffs, such as "Gaizhu Cave Heaven" written by Song Ding Da Rong, "Flying Beam Hanging Waterfall" written by Ming Ganyu, and "Stone Beam Flying Waterfall" written by Qing Kang Youwei, all of which are very valuable.
Greentown • Tiantai Mountain Snow Paradise: An ice and snow wonderland in Tang Shi Town. This is the first four-season ice and snow theme park in Taizhou that integrates ice and snow culture, ice and snow entertainment, and ice and snow vacation. Taking the legend of Tiantai Mountain as the guide, the cold area has planned two major areas, the recreational snow area and the ski area, and an international standard primary ski slope and three snow circle trails are planned in the ski area. The overall design elements of the entertainment and snow area are selected from the ancient legend of Tiantai Mountain, "Liu Ruan Meets the Immortals", and the design creates a multi-space large-scale ice and snow landscape, while enjoying the visual shock, there are more new experiences of playing snow.
Huading Temple: The highest thousand-year-old temple on the rooftop. Huading Temple is located in the southern foothills of Huading Peak on Tiantai Mountain, which is the highest temple in Tiantai Mountain, surrounded by layers of mountains, like a thousand leaves of lotus blooming, so it is called Huading. Huading Mountain is surrounded by clouds and mist all year round, and is rich in cloud tea. About 1 km north of the temple, there is a prayer platform, which is the place where the wise masters practice meditation and worship, and there are old monuments such as the Demon Tower, the Fuhu Altar, and the inscriptions of "Sui Wise Master Prayer Platform" and "The First Peak of the Rooftop".
Wannian Temple: Zhejiang Buddhist College Tiantai Buddhist College. Wannian Temple is located 25 kilometers northwest of Tiantai City, with eight peaks back to hug, double stream confluence, mountain arch guard, and quiet scenery. Tendai Buddhist Academy, located inside the Ten Thousand Years Temple. At present, the new campus of the Buddhist College is under construction, and the teaching building, library and lecture hall in the eastern district have been basically completed and have entered the final stage.
Tongxuan Temple: sitting north facing south, back pillow Through Xuan Peak, surrounded by mountains on the left and right, in front of the Incense Burner Peak, Ruishi Ridge, Aoyugang Arch Guard, peaks cascading, north of the temple there are Iron Boat Lake, Luohan Ridge and other scenic spots.
Tongbai Palace: Ancestral Court of the Southern Sect of Chinese Taoism. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Tongbai Reservoir was built to store water, the site of Tongbai Palace sank to the bottom of the water, and some buildings and cultural relics were moved to Mingheguan. In 2007, the restoration project of Tongbai Palace was officially started, and at present, the main buildings such as the Lingguan Hall, the Ziyang Hall, the Jade Emperor Hall, and the Sanqing Hall have been fully completed. In 2013, Zhejiang Taoist College (preparing) was established in Tongbai Palace, and was officially approved for establishment in 2016.
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