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 Mt.
Qingcheng is located at the Dujiangyan scenery spot
of Chengdu, Sichuan province. It is a famous
mountain of Taoism. Surrounded by countless peaks
and densely covered by ancient trees whose branches
reaching the sky, the mountain was named "Mt.
Qingcheng" (Green Town in Chinese). The mountain
includes two parts-the anterior Mt. Qingcheng and
the posterior Mt. Qingcheng. The anterior mountain
is famous for its beautiful scenery and numerous
cultural and historic sites; while the posterior
mountain is noted for its paradisiacal scenery,
primitive and brilliant, gorgeous and mysterious.
The famous scenic sites are: the Shangqing Palace,
the Jianfu Palace, and the Tianshi Cave, ect. Among
them, the Jianfu Palace, with extraordinary bearing,
stands against the barranca under the Zhangren Peak.
It was built in Tang dynasty, and repaired for
several times in the successive dynasties, now only
two halls and three compounds are preserved. In the
left side of the Jianfu Palace is the princess of
Mingqing mansion site. Going west for 1 kilometer,
visitors can find the "the natural pictures". With
the rocks uprightly standing, cloud and mist thickly
wreathing, visitors often fancy that they are in
pictures.
Two kilometers towards north comes the Tianshi Cave,
the major temple of Mt. Qingcheng. According to
legend, in the Eastern Han dynasty, Zhang Daolin had
been here for preaching. In the Three Kings Palace,
the main hall of the Tianshi Cave, the stone
inscriptions of three kings of Tang dynasty were
laid. The palace contains wood and stone tablets of
past dynasties. The most famous include the Tang
Xuanzong’s imperial decree and Yuefei’s handwriting
of Zhu Geliang’s Chushibiao, etc. Coming out from
Tianshi Cave and passing the Fangning Bridge,
visitors can reach the Zhushi Palace; unceasingly
walk straight north is Chaoyang Cave; out of it,
climbers could see the Shangqing Palace, which
situates on a high platform. The Shangqing Palace
was first built in the Jin dynasty and the extant
temple was built during the reign of Tongzhi in Qing
dynasty. There are stone inscriptions as "the fifth
famous mountain under the sun", " the first peak in
Mt. Qingcheng" and so on in it. With its annually
average temperature of 15 centigrade, Mt. Qingcheng
belongs to humid subtropical monsoon climate. It is
reputed as "Dong Tian Fu Di" (means wonderful
mountain and happy place), "the fairyland on earth". |
