"A seal hangs high, and all the peaks are underneath; Five springs upwelled, and the five-story pavilion lived alone. "This is an ancient stone-carved couplet standing on the five-story mountain of the Three Kingdoms Site, writing about the magnificent and magical natural and cultural landscape of the five-story mountain.
Wugao Mountain is 658 meters above sea level, located two kilometers north of the construction site of Yongming Town, Sandai County, and is the highest mountain in Sandai County. Climb the main peak of the five-story mountain and look around, but see the vast mountains and the sky is rushing with clouds. Next to the five-story mountain, there is also an Inhe Mountain that looks like a giant seal, which is in harmony with the five-story mountain. In the local area, the legend of "flooding Fucheng City, Bingtun Five-Story, Yang Bing Sending Seal" has been passed down to this day, covering the Five-Story Mountain with a layer of mystery.
Overlooking the five-story mountain
Witness the War of the Three Kingdoms today
The fame of The Five-Story Mountain is closely related to the wars that took place here during the Three Kingdoms period.
According to records, in the sixteenth year of The Eastern Han Dynasty's Jian'an (211 AD), Cao Cao dispatched a general to conquer Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and Liu Zhang, the assassin of Yizhou, was terrified. Zhang Song and Fa Zhengli advised Liu Bei to join forces against Cao. Therefore, Liu Zhang went from Chengdu to Fu County (present-day Mianyang City) to greet him, and Liu Bei led tens of thousands of troops, traced the Yangtze River into the River, and advanced towards Fu County through the Mat River and Qi County. When Liu Bei approached the boundary of FuXian County, he suddenly received an urgent report from Tanma, and Liu Xun, the son of Liu Zhang, learned that Liu Bei had an attempt to capture Xichuan, and dispatched troops at Fushui Pass to intercept him and set up a decisive battle.
Liu Bei urgently ordered Huang Zhong to camp at Fucheng Dam (now Luxi Town Garden) as the former army, Wei Yanjiezhai Baiyan Dam (present-day Santai Lingxing Town) as the rear army, and himself and his military division Pang Tongju Zhong'an Camp (present-day Liuying Town) as the Chinese army. When the two armies confronted each other, Liu Xun decided the Fujiang River, and the Fucheng Dam was low-lying, and the overwhelming amount of water swept in the river and swept Huang Zhong's military camp to pieces. Huang Zhong's former army urgently moved its camp to the back of Qinshan Mountain in Babei. Liu Bei saw that the five-story mountain was high, so he ordered the troops to rest and let the whole army rest. As soon as the army was stationed, some Kan public opinions told Liu Bei that the Five-Story Mountain had the spirit of a king, and it was the land of Xinghan, and a gold bar should be punched into the lailong yakou to stabilize the king's qi here. When the gold bar enters the ground, it is not seen, and the place name is the gold pile. Subsequently, Liu Bei placed the jade seal, sword, and military book in the octagonal well according to the Kan public opinion. After the fact, Liu Bei climbed the mountain to the north point of the general platform, reorganized the three armies, the army was mighty, lined up, fought, raced horses, archery, and performed martial arts on the five-story mountain.
Recently, the reporter came to the five-story mountain, climbed to the top of the mountain, and found the "flag stone" at the foot of the TV broadcast tower, which is rumored to be the place where Liu Bei planted the flagpole. In addition, there are octagonal wells, hexagonal wells, point general platforms, Happy Valleys, training grounds, avoidance caves, Zhang Feishi, Jin pi ya and other related place names on the five-story mountain.
Indy Mountain
A magical legend leaves a mystery to be solved
The pine and cypress on the five-storey mountain, the ancient trees towering in the sky, the scenery is beautiful, the climate is pleasant, and what is more peculiar is that the Yinhe Mountain on the south side is shaped like a giant seal, which seems to echo the legend of Liu Bei's "gold inlaid jade seal", and has become a natural and cultural landscape of the five-story mountain.
There are many pictographic mountains in nature, and the Inhe Mountains are shaped like a large seal, standing next to the five-story mountain, leaving people with endless reverie. From a distance, the five-story mountain can be seen as having five floors, the reporter recently used a drone to photograph the five-story mountain and the Yinhe Mountain from a high place, and found that the Yinhe Mountain is actually part of the five-story mountain, and there is a cooper on the mountain, which is said to have been planted by Liu Bei Zhang Feitun soldiers.
What is the legendary "gold inlaid jade seal" left by Liu Bei? Some scholars believe that the "gold inlaid jade seal", that is, the "jade seal of the country", is a symbol of ancient imperial power. Legend has it that when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan of Han hit Wang Mang with the Chuanguo Jade Seal, injured a corner of the jade seal, and then set it in gold, so it was called "Gold Inlaid Jade Seal". In the written records of the "Chuanguo Seal" in the historical data, no part related to Liu Bei has been found, although scholars believe that this does not rule out the possibility that Liu Bei placed other seals in the octagonal well. Because wearing seals is an ancient custom, Liu Bei, as the emperor's uncle, the left general, the assassin of Yuzhou, and the pastor of Jingzhou, should wear a gold seal according to the Han system.
Since there is no exact record at present, the mystery of the legend of the "gold inlaid jade seal" and the five-story mountain may only be left to be revealed one day in the future.
The "Flag Stone" is rumored to be the place where Liu Bei planted the flagpole
Five-story mountain with the digital "five"
There are five-story temples on the five-story mountain. "A seal hangs high, and all the peaks are underneath; Five springs upwelled, and the five-story pavilion lived alone. The couplet is carved on an inconspicuous stone pillar next to the gate of the five-story temple, but the author of the couplet is no longer known.
According to the stone inscriptions inside the temple, the five-story temple was founded in the second year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (197 AD). Legend has it that the five-story temple was built for Liu Bei's people, and the three scholars Yan Yanbai believed that the five-story temple should have existed before Liu Bei's soldiers, and after Liu Bei came here, he left a lot of traces. The five-story temple was restored after many damages in history, expanded in the Western Wei Dynasty, destroyed in the late Ming Dynasty, restored during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and the temple had 776 acres of land during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. After 1950, only the Jade Emperor Hall remained, and it was rebuilt again in 1993.
There are five springs around the five-story temple, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, and its taste is mellow, so this mountain is also called Five Springs Mountain. Each spring dug a well, and it is rumored that the well water is "not dry in winter and not surplus in summer", which can be drunk by thousands of people, but when the reporter visited, most of the springs lacked maintenance and were in an abandoned state.
The five-story mountain has an inextricable connection with the number "five". In traditional culture, "five" has far-reaching significance, the heavens have five elements, the sound has five laws, people have five facial features, colors have five colors, grain has five grains, and the five-story mountain has "heavy posts and stacked fortresses, the situation five layers", the temple is named after this; The water surrounds the five-story temple, there are five clear springs in the east, west, south, and north, five ancient cypress trees distributed between the pavilions, and the five-fold hall pavilion is built by the mountain... In the eyes of careful researchers, the numerous "fives" have cast a mysterious veil over the five-story mountain.
(Mianyang Daily Rong Media Reporter Liu Yi Xu Jiang text/photo)
Editor: Tan Peng