Perhaps everyone knows that there is a Dianchi Lake Scenic Area in Kunming, but they don't know that there is a treasure spot on the west bank of Dianchi Lake, and today the small city will talk to you about the Sleeping Beauty of Xishan.
Xishan Scenic Area is the core scenic spot of Kunming Dianchi Lake National Scenic Area, located on the west bank of Dianchi Lake, the "Pearl of the Plateau". 15 kilometers away from the city, from Bijiguan in the north to Guanyin Mountain in the south, it is composed of Biji Mountain, Huating Mountain, Taihua Mountain, Taiping Mountain, Luohan Mountain, Hangbang Mountain, Guanyin Mountain and other peaks, which can be said to be a scenic spot with very rich tourism resources.
The peaks of the West Mountain are undulating, birds are singing, and the scenery is beautiful. Overlooking the peaks of the West Mountain, it is like a huge sleeping Buddha and a supine girl, so it is called "Sleeping Buddha Mountain", also known as "Sleeping Beauty". During the Ming Jiajing period, Yang Shen praised Xishan in the "Chronicle of Mountains and Rivers in Yunnan": "The cliffs are long, the green water is thousands of hopes, the moon prints the waves, the clouds are at the top, and the central Yunnan is also a good place." ”
The mountains are verdant, shady, streaming springs, and singing. Every year on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the folk also have the traditional custom of "playing the western mountain" and singing the minor tune of mountain songs. Comrade Chen Yi once gave a three-sentence long poem "Kunming Tour to the West Mountain" praised: "Kunming City, March 3, tens of thousands of people, tour the West Mountain. Huating Monster, Taihua Han, Longmen Danger, Dianchi Wide. Sigh, Kakong Kuo... Cars are like tides, people are like the sea, Qingming tour, climbing with each other...
Of course, there are fun spots, keep up with the pace of the small city, and press the shutter.
Magnolia Garden is located next to Huating Temple in Xishan Scenic Area, adjacent to the highway from Gaoqiao to Longmen in the west, and the Monument to the Anti-Japanese Resistance of Overseas Chinese Mechanics in Nanyang on the north side. Covering an area of 66 acres, it is the largest magnolia professional garden in the country, with more than 1,000 plants of magnolia, purple magnolia and cinnabar magnolia, 4,000 rhododendrons, 2,000 camellias, more than 30 kinds of tall trees, 5,000 pots of flowers, and 12,000 square lawns. The meaning of the magnolia flower is to repay the favor, purity, sincerity, showing love, ice and jade purity, etc., have you found the magnolia flower?
The Dragon Gate is located in the south of Sanqing Pavilion, including the entire grotto stone road project on the Qianling Pavilion from the Sanqing Pavilion "Don't Have Dongtian" stone cave gate in the north to the end of the Tiange Pavilion in the south. Between Luohan Mountain and Hangbang Mountain, there were originally 4 caves on the wall from north to south, and during the Ming Jiajing period, a cave in the north near Sanqing Pavilion had been developed and a "cave stone building" was built. Throughout the Longmen stone carving, stone chamber, cliff wall, the literati left many inscriptions, is the calligraphy and cliff stone carving art treasures.
Xiaocheng suggested that everyone try to ride the ropeway, because the ropeway will cross the sky over Dianchi Lake, and in this season, when riding the ropeway, you can see a lot of red-billed gulls on the floating raft on the water, one by one, like a small note. The ropeway ends at the west mountainside, which is a large flat area, and from here to the top of the mountain is the Longmen Scenic Area. All the way is picturesque, the mountains are lined with trees, the water under the feet is rippling, the air is fresh, and the mood is comfortable. The mountain up the mountain is relatively steep, the mountain is full of couplets and celebrity inscriptions, most of them praise the scenery of Dianchi Lake, very dense, almost step by step, the attractions are also different, some want to enter the cave, some roads are on the cliffs.
Huating Temple is located on the mountainside of Huating Mountain, leaning on the back of the Dangerous Peak, facing the sea of grass in front, the left pillow Taihua, the right even Biyao, around the temple, surrounded by Maolin Xiu bamboo. Taihua Mountain is bordered by Huating Mountain to the north, and the junction of the two bees is "the upper peak is the dangerous peak, the lower pan is deep valley, and the Taihua is the east of the high-lying valley", the valley is steep and steep, and the mountain streams are flowing. Taihua Temple's stone arches, temple pavilions, sculptures, inscriptions and other ancient cultural relics have been listed as key cultural relics protection units in Kunming.
Nie Er Tomb is located on the slope between Taihua Mountain and Luohan Mountain, sitting west to east, surrounded by pines and cypresses. The cemetery covers an area of 200 square meters, backed by green mountains and facing Dianchi Lake. The cemetery is in the shape of a Yunnan moon, and 7 flower beds represent 7 scales. The tomb is located on the moon qin pronunciation hole - round, 3.8 meters in diameter, made of 24 pieces of inkstone stacked, symbolizing Nie Er's 24-year-old young life. The tombstone is inscribed with Guo Moruo's book "Tomb of the People's Musician Nie Er". The stone retaining wall to the left and right of the cemetery is inlaid with an epitaph written by Guo Moruo and a eulogy by Tian Han. In front of the tomb, there is a white jade carved statue of Nie Er, which is 3.28 meters high. On the south side of the tomb, there is a Nie Er Memorial Hall and a cemetery management room.