In Wujindang, the northern suburb of xinghua city, there is a magnificent temple jungle-Fangshang Temple. This floating temple is the largest water Buddhist shrine in China, and it is famous overseas for its long history.
Fangshang Temple is located at the north end of Wujindang Park in the northern suburb of Xinghua. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, the great monk Hongzhi traveled to Xinghua, and found that this pure land coincided with the allusion of "Waiting for Xinghua to be like a tree of four seasons" in China's first Chinese-translated Buddhist classic Chapter 42, so he built a temple in the picturesque east of Xinghua City.
At the eastern end of Xinghua ancient city, there is a clear pool, which was called Dongmenbo in ancient times. Parked in the middle shore, Thousand Island Peak rises. A chelu river leads directly to the endless Shengli Lake. Because Langran is located in the eastern suburbs, it was named Fangshang Temple according to the code of "referring to the north, the east and the sun" in the Notes to Meng Kang in Han Dynasty.
The "three treasures" of the temple above: Bambusa bambusa, Chimonanthus parviflora and dead peony. The ancient temple was destroyed by soldiers in 1944 after several expenses. Starting from 1996, the government of xinghua city implemented the religious policy, and began to relocate and rebuild on 1996, and built buildings in the original style: Zhaobi, Shanmen Hall, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Tibetan Scripture Building, lay room, meditation hall, Jietai and so on. The temple is adjacent to the original Ludang Shui Bo in the west, forming a natural western garden and releasing pond.
It is the largest floating Buddhist capital resort in China, and is famous at home and abroad for its long history. Fangshang Temple was originally the direct line of China Zen Buddhism and Lin Yizong Qingshan School, and its ancestral home was Hongji, Tianmu Mountain, Zhejiang Province. It was founded in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty. Through the hard work of eminent monks, more than 300 temples, halls, buildings, rooms and houses have been built. The temples and pavilions are majestic, the Buddha statues are solemn, and the sound of bells and drums is endless. Today, Fangshang Temple covers an area of more than 65,438+050 mu, surrounded by thousands of acres of rippling water. Passing through the mountain gate, a stone arch bridge on the Mimi River leads tourists into the Tianwang Temple, behind which is the tuas release pool of Boyong Qinglian. A seabird in the pool arches the Lotus of Sumeru, and the Guanyin jade statue 10 meters high on the Lotus looks down on all beings. Behind Zhongzheng, a Danyong Terrace stands on the flat ground, and two layers of white jade stone carvings guard a magnificent hall with double eaves and cornices.
Second, aquatic forests.
Water is the soul of aquatic forest; Green is the life background of aquatic forest.
Water forests, green and clear rivers, lush Metasequoia glyptostroboides, cover the sky, fog, showing an intoxicating green. That green is thick green, light green, light green, green, overlapping green, full of spiritual green, fresh and tender, dazzling and intoxicating.
It is 0/7km away from Xinghua City/KLOC-and there is Lizhong Town Water Forest Park, the largest artificial ecological forest in the province. This is a good place for urbanites to return to nature and relax, natural oxygen bar.
This artificial ecological forest was built in the early 1980s, with an area of 1.500 mu, including woodland 1.050 mu, Metasequoia glyptostroboides and Taxodium ascendens with 65,438+million trees and forest volume 1.25 million cubic meters. It adopts the three-dimensional mode of forest stacking and ditch fish. This is a paradise for wild animals, where there are owls, wild ducks, egrets and so on. The nest, covering the sky, is spectacular. Every spring, birds gather in the treetops, fish jump in the ditch and flowers sway with the wind. Form a unique waterscape of "there is water in the forest, fish in the water and birds in the forest". Lotus root is abundant in towns such as Lizhong and Shagou in the northwest Hudang area, covering an area of nearly 20,000 mu. In summer and autumn, the lotus leaves here are infinitely bright, and the lotus flowers reflected in the sun are of different colors. The harmony between man and nature is perfectly reflected in Xinghua, a water town.
In the afternoon, the sun scorched the earth, and the heat wave rolled on the asphalt road leading to the forest, making people sweat. When a wave of forest shadows flashed before my eyes, my spirit did it one brace up. I saw thousands of acres of farmland surrounded by water floating in the smoke waves, and large areas of Chinese fir Lin Yuyu were lush and swaying on the water.
From a distance, Chinese fir stands in a neat crib field, like a square waiting for review; Between the stacks, there are equally neat gullies, in which duckweeds are dotted and fish and shrimp play. All kinds of grass grow vigorously at the foot of the tree and beside the ditch, lush and tiled.
Approaching the aquatic forest, you can see the beating green notes everywhere, and the ubiquitous green comes to your face. On the lush embankment, there are countless green life on the edge of the reed shallow water: plantain, salt grass, green bristlegrass, green bristlegrass, wormwood ..... "Swallows fly, water swings in the shade", and the overwhelming green looks harmonious and vivid.
Strolling along the forest path, tall Metasequoia glyptostroboides and Taxodium ascendens on the roadside are straight and upright, and stripped trees are like armor worn by soldiers, carved with perseverance and vicissitudes like reliefs. Those soft branches and leaves spread out gently in the wind, and several reddish-brown cones are cleverly dotted in the Wu Ye; Roots swollen by long-term immersion in water are like big feet with strong veins, biting the ground tightly under their feet.
At the end of the road, your eyes will suddenly open up. In the vast embrace of Chinese fir forest, a beautiful fish pond comes into view. The fish pond is surrounded by stone dikes, the green water is crystal clear, and the fish wagging their heads are playing among the water plants. In the lotus pond by the pool, the petals of the lotus have been damaged. Some disc-shaped lotus leaves lie comfortably on the water, and some are raised with the wind, just like a girl's skirt. In the middle of the water, several tall reeds and calamus fluttered with the wind, and there were several highlands, like islands, where several waterfowl rested.
A narrow winding stone bridge connects from the shore to a pavilion in the pool, which is opposite to the painting pavilion standing by the water, adding deep poetry to the Woods in the sparkling Shui Ying.
Next to the fish pond is a curved river, which flows quietly and a three-hole bridge spans it. Walking along the river, a row of willows. On the dam that cut off the river, I met a fisherman who was dragging his net to set off. After jumping on his boat, when he gently held his penny, the boat was quickly sent far away, and the fir forests on both sides quickly retreated behind him.
At this moment, "people are swimming in a world of pictorial above the blue waves", only to see the sunset slowly sink into the depths of the Chinese fir forest, and the tired birds return to the forest in groups. The reflection of Cunninghamia lanceolata forest is swaying in the sparkling waves, and the charming sunset glow dyes the water and the sky orange ... Countless birds who go out for food return to their homes from fish ponds, rivers and fields elsewhere, and suddenly herons dance and birds croak. At this time, the forest really became lively.
Fish, shrimp, snails, frogs and aquatic insects in Xinghua Lake, a water town, provide abundant food for birds. The aquatic forest provides a quiet and hidden nesting, hatching and breeding place for birds, forming a spectacle where thousands of birds gather. From a distance, all the greens are dotted with dense bird feathers. It has become a paradise for hundreds of rare birds such as red-crowned cranes, black storks, owls, grey herons, herons and egrets, and tens of thousands of summer migratory birds inhabit and breed here every year.
Third, Thousand Island cauliflower yellow
When the warm spring breeze blows head-on, with the singing of "Beautiful scenery in February ……", the rape flower also shows its elegance. If you walk out of xinghua city, Jiangsu Province and go east, you will see a very strange field in the distance. It does not have the endless lush green of ordinary crops, but it has overwhelming golden color. The big yellow ball, thousands of clusters together, piece by piece, piece by piece together. There is a sea of flowers between heaven and earth, and the sky is full of gold. Standing in this sea of flowers, people can't help but be filled with lofty sentiments.
Fourth, Zheng Banqiao's former residence
An ordinary house, because of its owner's extraordinary influence, makes visitors sit up and take notice. This is Xinghua's "Banqiao Former Residence", which fascinates scholars at home and abroad.
After a few days of spring rain, the air was humid and there were not many tourists, which made this quadrangle with a history of more than 200 years quiet and abnormal. When you walk into the former residence, you can see two large plaques inscribed by Zhao Puchu and Liu Haisu, "Former Residence of Zheng Banqiao" and "Former Residence of Zheng Xie".
The former residence is made of white walls and gray tiles. Although the area is not large, it can temporarily avoid noise. Walking in the yard, you can hear your footsteps echoing in the yard.
Zheng Banqiao is famous for his poems, books and paintings, and he was once the head of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou in Qing Dynasty. The Zheng family has been studying for generations, which is a scholarly family. Zheng Banqiao spent his boyhood here until the first year of Qianlong, when he was admitted to Jinshi at the age of 44.
Banqiao's former residence is in Jiazheng Lane outside Xinghua East Gate. There are not many bamboos in Xinghua, but this area is very special. From the ancient Banqiao to the urban area, you have to go through a bamboo lane with more than 200 steps. In Zhuxiang, every family takes bamboo as their business. Banqiao lives in such an environment where bamboo can be seen everywhere. How can it not produce feelings of loving bamboo and cherishing bamboo?
"No bamboo, no home" is a big preference of Banqiao. Under the eaves of Banqiao's former residence study, there is a clump of bamboo. Banqiao can enjoy the bamboo shadow through the window paper of the study, just like enjoying a natural picture. It is conceivable that the patter of night rain and the sound of rain beating on bamboo are exciting. Banqiao, which studies in the study, will give birth to infinite elegance. He said: "There is nothing to learn where I draw bamboo, and there are more middle ears than paper windows and powder walls."
Ink bamboo became the theme of Zheng Banqiao's paintings and poems. In his works, bamboo has also become a character. Bamboo is unyielding and humble, which can be said to be a portrayal of Banqiao's noble temperament. When he left Wei County, the poems and paintings he left to the local elders were still bamboo themes. On a black bamboo painting, he wrote: "Throw away the black veil, it is not an official, the bag is rustling, and the sleeves are cool." Write a thin bamboo as a fishing rod on the autumn wind river. " It is still widely circulated among the people. It is conceivable that the patter of night rain and the sound of rain beating on bamboo are exciting. Banqiao, which studies in the study, will give birth to infinite elegance. He said: "There is nothing to learn where I draw bamboo, and there are more middle ears than paper windows and powder walls."