Welcome to Dongguan. The first thing we need to pay attention to when wecome to Dongguan is the pronunciation of our city name. Many friends who camehere before read it as "Dongwan" just because there is an idiom called smile.You are very happy. We Dongguan people don't agree. How can we become a bowl?Dongguan is only rich in a kind of aquatic plants, called guancao. Itspronunciation is "Guan". It is also in the east of Guangzhou, so it graduallyhas the name of Dongguan.
Some people may want to ask, what is the use of guancao? It used to be veryuseful in the past. It was hot in Guangdong. In the past, Cantonese used to havemats on their beds all year round. What kind of mats were they made of? This isguancao! At that time, it was also exported to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia inbulk, because the weather there was also very hot! In the past, when studentsfrom Guangdong went to Beijing to study, everyone took a mat instead of amattress. In winter, there was only one mat on the bed board. When the schoolleaders checked the students' dormitories, they almost burst into tears. Theyquickly asked the students' office to subsidize him with a mattress. As aresult, when they went to see it in a few days, the mattress was supplemented,but there was also a mat on it. There was really no way to take them. This isour guancao The huge attraction of Xi! But now the grass industry in Dongguan ismiserable. Because people's living standards have improved and every family hasbeen equipped with air conditioners, the industry has come to an end. Now if youwant to see the grass mat in Dongguan, you have to go to the museum!
OK, now our car is in the center of Dongguan City. Do you see the ancientcity building in front of us, which is a bit like Tiananmen Square? That is thewest gate of Dongguan. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. Some tourists aresurprised that Dongguan has a long history. In fact, Dongguan has a much longerhistory than this. The first official office was set up here by the firstemperor of Qin Dynasty. Dongguan county was set up in the Three Kingdoms period,and Dongguan county was set up in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Unfortunately, it wasDongguan County until 1985. Look at us here. We have been a county for nearly20__ years!
What is more, what is the reason why, in the past, there was no such thingas Dongguan in history. Destructed opium in the town, such as "Humen tobacco",everyone knows it, but Humen is just a town in Dongguan. Everyone who readshistory books knows Humen, but no one knows Dongguan. If we had named Dongguantobacco for that year, then Dongguan would have known destructed opium.
This tower is called Yingen tower. It is said that during the Hongwu Periodof the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates often came here to plunder. At that time,there was no barrier around Dongguan. So a general named Chang ran led the armyand the people to build a city wall and four gates around Dongguan. The wholewall was 1299 feet long, which surrounded the whole Dongguan City. At that time,the gate was closed, xiaori Let's jump outside the city! No matter whether it'sa ninja or a tortoise, it can't get in.
Moreover, the city wall has the function of flood control. When there is aflood in summer, the city gate is blocked with sandbags, so that the city willnot be flooded. It's really making the people rich. Therefore, the people ofDongguan have a lot of feelings for this building. Even though the urban area ischanging, they are reluctant to demolish the old building. Now they haveinvested a lot of money to rebuild the surrounding area into xichengmen CulturalSquare, which has become an important place for citizens to have leisure andentertainment and hold large-scale festivals. You can see that behind theancient city building is the newly built four-star hotel in Dongguan. Does itfeel like "five thousand years at a glance" standing here?
Well, our car continues to show you around the city. Have you noticed thatthere are many majestic motorcycle mounted policemen on the streets of Dongguan?This is our 110 public security police in Dongguan. They are very quick. Theypromise to arrive at the scene within 5 minutes when they report the case. Butthere is one. They don't wear white police uniforms, but colorful camouflageclothes. So some tourists say that Dongguan seems to be under militarymanagement. Don't get me wrong. Our Dongguan is not under military management,but the police are armed police. So they wear this kind of green clothes, maybebecause everyone likes green. You don't see our Dongguan How good is thegreening of the block? The roads are like gardens.
However, Dongguan was not so beautiful in the past, but now it is mainlyforced by Shenzhen, because Dongguan and Shenzhen are both built on the same 107national highway. Once upon a time, people from Shenzhen moved Miaopu to thestreet, and then they went to Dongguan, where, wow, there are houses everywhere.The whole big construction site is full of mud trucks, The cement road haschanged into a yellow mud road. There are some small trees on the roadsideoccasionally, and the leaves are also covered with a layer of ash powder.Therefore, the environmental reputation of Dongguan was bad at that time. Nowyou can see that there are several green belts on the roadside, including darkgreen trees, light green grass, red flowers and golden petals. We are all proudto live here!
OK, now look at the car window. Do you see the strange building withChinese style cornice and glazed tile roof in the front and Western stylefactory building in the back? That is the branch of the famous Swiss Nestlecoffee company in Dongguan. They may have designed the gate and wall of thefactory with glazed tile roof to express their respect for Chinese culture, butthe factory keeps its western architectural characteristics, which is a typicalreflection of the characteristics of Dongguan industry, that is, Sino foreignjoint venture.
Dongguan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangdong Province,mainly Hong Kong compatriots. There is a saying in Hong Kong that "one out ofevery 10 Hong Kong people is from Dongguan". There is also a saying in Dongguanthat "every Dongguan family has at least one relative in Hong Kong.". Somepeople may not understand the relationship between this and Dongguan industry.This is because at that time, Hong Kong received many foreign orders for toys,electronics and other processing. It was too expensive to produce labor in HongKong. Therefore, after favorable policies, they all moved their factories to themainland one after another. Where is the best place to move to the mainland? Ofcourse, it's moving to a place close to you and where you have acquaintances. SoDongguan became their first choice.
Now, it's no longer just small-scale Hong Kong private enterprises settingup factories in Dongguan. Many well-known international companies have alsochosen Dongguan, such as the famous Nokia company, the Nestle coffee company wesaw just now, and the company that produces the golden overlord battery. Thereare also many large factories in Chinese Taiwan, all of which are listed companies inChinese Taiwan. Some of the factories set up here are as large as a few in one factoryTen thousand people! For example, the largest Yuyuan shoe factory producesfamous brand sports shoes such as Nike, Adidas and fina. There are nearly 100000people in one factory! According to media reports, one of the ten pairs ofsports shoes in the world is made in Dongguan, and 80% of the world's mice aremade in Dongguan. This achievement is also the result of the efforts of a largenumber of foreign workers and technicians. Therefore, the number of localresidents in Dongguan is 1.5 million, while that of foreign ones is 3million.
Great changes have taken place in Dongguan. In the past, it was just asmall town. You can know from many local place names, such as Huangcun,Zhangcun, yajiaowei, niushitang and so on. But now there are no villages inthose places. They are all high-rise buildings and wide streets in the urbanarea. Therefore, niushitang has changed its name to aozhitang, because itspronunciation is the same as that of "niushitang" in Guangdong, but it'sdifferent when it's written. It's not so ugly to hang a road sign high up likethis.
Many towns below Dongguan are no longer rural towns. If you have the chanceto visit Chang'an and Zhangmutou in Dongguan these days, you may have to marvelthat they are small Hong Kong! Dongguan has a total area of 2465 squarekilometers. If you ask how many cities and villages there are, I can hardlyanswer you. Because Dongguan's countryside is also like a city with high-risebuildings, just take a look at the road from Dongguan to Houjie Town, which weare going to pass. It's full of factories, shops and houses. We can no longerfind the boundary between towns.
Everyone can see that there are many luxuriant trees on both sides of theroad, full and round crown, that is the famous litchi tree! If you come toDongguan from May to June, you can see that these big trees are all covered withred litchi. I remember that a poet once praised them as "flying flame to crossthe sky" and "red cloud tens of thousands of weight". That's true.
As we all know, the biggest characteristic of litchi is that it can't bestored. Bai Juyi said that it changes color in one day, fragrance in two days,taste in three days, and color and fragrance in four or five days. That's whythe story of Yang Guifei's "riding the princess of the red world and laughing".Now with modern means of transportation, it becomes "a plane, everyone laughs.".Have you ever laughed in your hometown? However, no matter how fresh it is, it'sbetter to come to our litchi village in Dongguan, pick the biggest and reddestone from the litchi tree by hand, crack the skin, and bite it so delicious!That's a real laugh!
So welcome to Dongguan litchi market. The litchi varieties in Dongguan arethe best in Guangdong. We don't eat litchi from other cities. However,Dongguan's good varieties of litchi are very concentrated in the market, whichis relatively short. Only in the tens of days from May to June every year, therest of the time, such as March Red in March and April and black leaves in Julyand August, are not good varieties. So you should not come in those few months.If you come to Dongguan and eat bad varieties of litchi, why don't you go backand say bad things about Dongguan litchi Is bad our Dongguan litchi name, thenour litchi can not agree!
Zhenshan is located 3 kilometers southwest of Sihui City, with a height of649 meters. In the scenic spot, the trees are verdant, the mountains are clearand the valleys are secluded; the clear spring waterfall, the clouds aresteaming and the fog is blue, which is like a fairyland on earth.
In the Tang Dynasty, Zhenshan was originally named guangzhengshan, but itwas renamed Zhenshan because of the saying that the virgin of Wen family waspromoted to immortality here. In addition to the unique natural landscape,Zhenshan is well-known in Lingnan, which has a lot to do with the legend ofWenshi Zhenxian.
According to legend, in a small village in yaosha township at the foot ofZhenshan mountain, there is an old couple who are over 50 years old and have nochildren, which is a bit of a fly in the ointment. One night, as soon as thecouple entered the dreamland, they vaguely saw a snow-white lotus floating in,and suddenly felt the fragrance of the house. Soon after, his wife becamepregnant, conceived in October and gave birth to a baby girl. The couple werevery happy. When the girl was full moon, an old friend from a neighboringvillage came to celebrate with his wife and three-year-old brother Qiao. The twofamilies also made an engagement for their children in public. In the twinklingof an eye for more than ten years, when the two families saw that their childrenhad grown up, they began to prepare for their marriage. Unexpectedly, the twofamilies were devastated by the tiger's harm. Qiao's father was very ill anddied for half a year. The woodcutter's mother was also blind because she was drywith tears. Seeing the miserable situation of the woodcutter's family, Miss Wenthought about it again and again. She put on white clothes and resolutely wentthrough the woodcutter's family to serve her mother-in-law and shoulder theheavy burden of life. Miss Wen's righteous deeds and moral character arewell-known. However, when the local rich men saw that Miss Wen had grown into afair lady, they had already coveted her and had a bad heart. Once they brokeinto the house and wanted to tease her. Miss Wen held scissors and denouncedher, so they had to leave unhappily. However, they didn't give up. Later, theywanted Wengu to submit on the ground of forcing rent and debt. Wengu only gotrefuge in Guangzheng mountain. After a long time, they were found by thosepeople and tried to commit violence. Seeing this, aunt Wen hurried up to thestone cliff by the edge of the pool and sternly scolded them: "I'd rather diethan obey than humiliate me!" Then jump down the deep pool. All of a sudden,there was a strong wind, lightning and thunder, and torrential rain. Thoseshameless people, being blown into a stampede, rolled down the mountain. Afterthe rain, Wen Gu's body was lying on the pool like a deep sleep, while thoseshameless people were dead in the mountains. Seeing this, the villagers not onlyregretted the misfortune of Wen Gu, but also congratulated the gangster for notdying well. As we were about to go down to the pool to pick up Wengu '. But onceupon a time, a piece of yellow paper floated down from the sky, and the booksaid, "Zhenshan is a piece of white stone, Zhenshan is a piece of white stone;human beings are sentimental, and their hair is white. Who worries aboutZhenshan?"
Later, Guangzheng mountain was renamed Zhenshan, and Wengu tiaotan wasnamed Zhenya. When the imperial court learned of this, the emperor decreed thatWengu should be granted the title of Wenshi Zhenxian. Sihui county governmentalso built a temple at the mouth of zhengu Valley in the 17th year of Zhengyuan(801) of emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty. It was called zhenlie temple, alsoknown as fairy altar. The temple is a Taoist temple, offering a statue of Wenguwith a golden body. It is held by the abbot of the Taoist priest. For more than1000 years, incense has been burning continuously.
In the past ten years, the memorial archway and Tianyin tower have beenbuilt in Zhenshan scenic area. Around the Zhenshan mountain, there are manyfamous places, such as incarnation pool, fairy fish, fairy snail, stone bowl,stone basket and so on. When you travel here, you can not only enjoy the quietnatural landscape, but also see things and think of immortals.
The beautiful scenery of Lingnan gardens has a long history of ancientcharm and style, which can be traced back to Nanyue and the small dynasties ofthe Southern Han Dynasty. In history, the landscape architecture built in LitchiBay has a larger scale. For example, the garden of the Southern Han Dynasty, theChanghua garden of "ten li red clouds and eight bridges" and the evening ViewGarden of Huang Zhong, the right servant of the Ministry of war in the MingDynasty In the Qing Dynasty, there were Tang Liyuan (qiuzhu garden) by Qiu Xi, agentleman of Guangzhou, Huancui garden by Cai Tinghui, and Lixiang garden in thelate Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. One of the most famousprivate gardens in the city in the Qing Dynasty is the Haishan fairy hall, whichwas built by Pan Shicheng, a wealthy businessman and cultural celebrity inGuangzhou during the reign of Daoguang. It's named after the couplet on thedoor.
The sea mountain fairy house is like a natural and wild Wonderland. Itshows the classical garden characteristics of implication, exquisite andexquisite. It also appeals to the gentle and comfortable, pleasant scenery andcalm elegance of the folk custom of southern Guangdong. I don't know when it'scloudy and when it's rainy tonight
Haishan fairy house was once a huge private garden located in Litchi bay atthat time. It was pan Shicheng's villa mansion.
Pan Shicheng, also known as deshe, took part in Shuntian rural examinationin 1832, and was a student of Banggong. Later, he donated a large sum of moneyto relieve the victims in Beijing, and was given drinks to all the people. Heonce mainly engaged in salt and foreign affairs. Later, he undertook the coastaldefense military industry, and became a rich man. According to textual research,the scope of Panyuan is roughly in the area of Liwan Lake Park. Compared withthe surrounding scenery at that time, it extends to Penglai road in the south,pantang in the north, sanchayong in Longjin West Road in the East, and the PearlRiver in the West. It can be seen from Mr. Lu Wenlian's "preliminary study onthe sea mountain fairy house" published in the Journal of Southern architecturein 1997: looking to the west is the rolling Pearl River and the endless ships;looking to the East is the Xiguan folk houses and the ancient Guangzhou citywall; there are green fields and rolling mountains in the north; and to thesouth is Ye's small garden and white goose pond with foreign merchant ships. "It's not hard to imagine that Haishan fairy house, no matter where it is locatedin Fengshui, or the vast and magnificent area, could be regarded as a "giant" inthe garden architecture of Lingnan in Guangdong at that time. It can also bedescribed as a "model of South Garden" with unique advantages, leading the wayand dominating the public.
There are few written descriptions of haishanxian hall preserved inhistory. At present, the precious materials reflecting the history of hisoriginal works mainly include the picture of Haishan immortal Museum painted byXia Luan, a famous painter of Qing Dynasty, at the invitation of Pan Shicheng,collected by Guangzhou Art Museum, which provides us with an exquisite panoramaof Haishan immortal Museum in the past. In the middle of the 19th century,shangtinggua, a thirteen line painter, made a paper gouache painting, qinghuachiMuseum in pantang, Guangzhou, which introduces the local gardens of Haishanimmortal Museum Scenery. In addition, a group of photos of the pavilions andpavilions of the Haishan fairy Pavilion taken by the French Jules eguel in 1844,the miscellany of old China published by American hunter in 1885 (reprinted inHong Kong in 1993), and the notes of lotus corridor written by Yu Xunqing andthe four stories of Nanting written by Li Baojia can reveal the gardenconstruction of the Haishan fairy Pavilion The architectural features and styleare as follows: the garden is simple and elegant, but not just brilliant inChina; the wonderful scenery has the meaning of the south of the Yangtze River,but adds more lychees on the Bay, and so on. From this, we can judge that themain feature of the garden architecture of Haishan fairy hall is the use of thelitchi forest on the Bank of litchi Bay, so that the inherent cultural heritage,regional characteristics and rural landscape of Lingnan, such as twigs andvines, secluded silence, misty, gentle and delicate, are combined, the scenesare interlinked, and heaven and man are in one, which further reveals andpresents the highest realm and Transcendence of Lingnan Garden art Shensui -simple and refined. Just like Lu Wencong's Haishan immortal Pavilion, it has anatural and gentle style: Jiangli on the dike, Baihe in the water, Dangui in thecourt, curly pines and emerald cypresses, bamboo shadow and Tongyin, and exoticflowers and plants set off each other, forming a greening system. " Indeed,thanks to the grace of nature, the sea mountain fairy Pavilion is surrounded byvast and beautiful green mountains and water, green thin red fat shade. Becauseof the good environmental conditions inside and outside, the design andarrangement of pavilions and pavilions in garden architecture can have greaterfreedom. It has scenery everywhere, green to set off and shade to follow, so itdoes not need to rely on the beauty of carved beams and painted buildings Inother words, we can use the natural spirit to show the charm, and get rid of alot of carved craftsman's face.
The sea mountain fairy house, which is as dark as the clouds, is also likea wonderland in the world. It shows the characteristics of classical gardens,which are implicit, exquisite and exquisite. It also quietly appeals to thegentle and comfortable feeling of the folk custom of southern Guangdong, whichis pleasant to the landscape and tranquil to the world. I don't know when it'scloudy and moon, or when it's rain and smoke. "The imaginary Haishan fairy houseis like a mirage. It's beautiful and dreamy. I can't remember the name of thecreator. It's just a paradise that attracts countless poets, poets, and manypeople
The reason why Haishan fairy house is loved by people is not only becauseof its beautiful garden scenery and red litchi cloud color, but also because ofits rich classical cultural connotation. Pan Shicheng, the owner of the garden,is not only a wealthy businessman of thirteen lines, but also a well-knowncultural celebrity with rich collection. He did not hesitate to spend a largesum of money to print 56 kinds of "haishanxianguan series" with 492 volumes,which were divided into four parts, namely classics, history, Zi and Ji, with atotal of 120 volumes. He also carefully collected the famous calligraphers'calligraphy and pastes, and divided their precious handwriting into "imitatingthe ancient, collecting the true and bequeathing the Fen". Then he chiseled morethan 1000 stone carvings, most of which were inlaid in the cave wall of thewinding path of the cloister in the garden. He also printed the stone rubbingsof these famous calligraphers as the "sea mountain fairy Pavilion clusterpaste". Pan Shicheng's fame and prestige were greatly enhanced because of themaster's tireless efforts in gold mining, perseverance and acceptance of allrivers. As a matter of course, the Haishan fairy house became a happy land andfamous garden often gathered by dignitaries, celebrities, foreign businessmenand rich people at that time. Even the meetings between foreign envoys andgovernment officials were often fake We are here for peace talks. There is nodoubt that the American writer hunter, the French photographer Jules eguel, andthe famous British photographer and writer John Townsend were all frequentfriends in the Haishan fairy house at that time. They were infatuated with thistypical Chinese garden, and they were responsible for the land right to turnthis "strange and interesting" and beautiful paradise into their art withpictures and texts Art treasures spread to the overseas world.
Pan Shicheng made friends all over the world in his life. He despised moneyand was good at charity. In his early years, he made many donations to thecapital, Guangdong and other places, reaching as much as 13000 taels of silverat one time. Later, he donated 13500 Liang to repair Guangzhou Gongyuan andpaved stone road from xiaobeimen to Baiyunshan. When he supervised the warshipsof seven coastal provinces, he spared no effort to hire Americans to come toChina to develop mines, which was praised by Emperor Daoguang.
Unfortunately, this legendary man, who was famous all over the world,eventually went bankrupt because of the loss of salt industry. The garden andits property were copied into the government. The government issued lotterytickets with 3 Liang silver each to attract investors. The winner could get thisfairy garden. It is said that the winner of the prize was a teacher. Later,because the garden was useless, it was demolished and sold. Some people evensplit the four characters of "Haishan fairy house" into six characters of "threeofficial food for each person", which alleges the embarrassing situation of PanShicheng's final bankruptcy!
Haishan fairy house, indeed, did not enjoy the fortune of Yin Fu as the"four famous gardens in Guangdong" that survived to this day. With the declineof Pan Shicheng's family, it was auctioned by the Qing government, dismemberedand sold by the refined and vulgar people, and finally disappeared. Who can notlament the unfortunate experience of this rich historical and culturalheritage?
Fortunately, today, in order to promote Xiguan's traditional culture anddevelop business and tourism, the people's Government of Liwan District hasdecided to rebuild haishanxian Pavilion in Liwan Lake Park, and the first phaseof the project has been completed. As a result, the people who think reverie andlook up to pray for sigh are disconsolate and regret that they only know itsname and do not know its whereabouts.
For thousands of years, the coexistence of multi religions, mutualprosperity and prosperity in the old Guangzhou City have demonstrated the broadmind of the south Guangdong. All kinds of religions take root in this city,which has a wonderful beginning for modern people to trace their roots and asktheir ancestors. And the more intelligent Lingnan scholars sincerely sigh:"rather than the daoyue people's admiration for Dharma Zen master and the sixthancestor Huineng, they are more familiar with the allusions derived fromthem."
Isn't that right? Perhaps, with a little experience, Xiguan people canpoint out the exact location of "the birthplace of the West -- the ancientcoast" by the narrow, old, popular and noisy stone streets without thinking.Because the anecdotes and anecdotes buried in them are interesting forgenerations, and "the birthplace of the west" is the treasure of Xiguan people'slong companions. There is a stone tablet on Xiajiu Road, which says "come to theancient shore from the west" - this is to commemorate the Indian Dharma monk'seastward mission to China.
That's a story of a long time In the 1920s, in the ordinary years ofEmperor Wu of Liang Dynasty (520-527), that is, in the southern and NorthernDynasties period when the ancient poem "Peacocks Fly southeast and wander fiveli", the area along Xiajiu road was an ancient coast with waves and water. Inorder to spread Buddhism, Dharma, the third son of the king of Tianzhu, traveledacross the ocean. After three years of hard sailing, he finally arrived inGuangzhou City in the 620s. Dharma landed at xiuyifang wharf. At that time, thescene of "Buddhism landing" must be quite spectacular.
After Dharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, came to China, people built amissionary building near Xiuyi square, called Xilai temple. Today, the names ofxilaizheng street, xilaixi street and xilaidong street in Xiajiu road are allnamed in memory of Dharma Chan's preaching, and are also related to the name ofxilaian. Dharma, the founder of Fengshen Xiaoshu, came from the east of India,preached Buddhist scriptures and broadcast alms in Xilai temple, which played animportant role in enlightening the establishment of Chinese Zen Buddhism. Laterbelievers respected dharma as the ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism, so theycalled his landing place "Xilai birthplace" and Xilai Temple "Xilai Temple".
For thousands of years, the coexistence of multi religions, mutualprosperity and prosperity in the old Guangzhou City have demonstrated the broadmind of the south Guangdong. All kinds of religions take root in this city,which has a wonderful beginning for modern people to trace their roots and asktheir ancestors. And the more intelligent Lingnan scholars sincerely sigh:"rather than the daoyue people's admiration for Dharma Zen master and the sixthancestor Huineng, they are more familiar with the allusions derived fromthem."
Isn't that right? Perhaps, with a little experience, Xiguan people canpoint out the exact location of "the birthplace of the West -- the ancientcoast" by the narrow, old, popular and noisy stone streets without thinking.Because the anecdotes and anecdotes buried in them are interesting forgenerations, and "the birthplace of the west" is the treasure of Xiguan people'slong companions. There is a stone tablet on Xiajiu Road, which says "come to theancient shore from the west" - this is to commemorate the Indian Dharma monk'seastward mission to China.
That's a story of a long time In the 1920s, in the ordinary years ofEmperor Wu of Liang Dynasty (520-527), that is, in the southern and NorthernDynasties period when the ancient poem "Peacocks Fly southeast and wander fiveli", the area along Xiajiu road was an ancient coast with waves and water. Inorder to spread Buddhism, Dharma, the third son of the king of Tianzhu, traveledacross the ocean. After three years of hard sailing, he finally arrived inGuangzhou City in the 620s. Dharma landed at xiuyifang wharf. At that time, thescene of "Buddhism landing" must be quite spectacular.
After Dharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, came to China, people built amissionary building near Xiuyi square, called Xilai temple. Today, the names ofxilaizheng street, xilaixi street and xilaidong street in Xiajiu road are allnamed in memory of Dharma Chan's preaching, and are also related to the name ofxilaian. Dharma, the founder of Fengshen Xiaoshu, came from the east of India,preached Buddhist scriptures and broadcast alms in Xilai temple, which played animportant role in enlightening the establishment of Chinese Zen Buddhism. Laterbelievers respected dharma as the ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism, so theycalled his landing place "Xilai birthplace" and Xilai Temple "Xilai Temple".
This nunnery dates back to Sui, Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties,and there are many lanterns. In the 12th year of Shunzhi (1655 A.D.), Zen masterZongfu first built the main hall, then built the Pavilion Hall, and changedXilai temple to "Hualin Temple". The temple was one of the four Buddhist forestsin Guangzhou at that time.
In the 29th year of Daoguang (1849), the abbot of the temple, monk Zhiyuan,began to build a 500 arhat hall. Sitting in the north and south, it has a waterpolished green brick wall, a granite footwall, a hard top, a gray plastic tileridge, a Lu Hui tube, and a glass hook on the cornice. The plane is in the shapeof a field, with a width of 31 meters and a depth of 44 meters. In addition tooffering the three treasures Buddha, 500 clay statues of Arhats with differentexpressions are also displayed.
The five hundred Arhats are resplendent in shape, posture, expression andcharacter. They are all alike. They can be seen in meditation or in games. Theiractions and actions show the characters' character. They are superb. Among themis a wooden statue of Marco Polo, an Italian traveler, which is now in theCorell Museum in Venice. In front of the 500 arhat hall, there is a seven storeywhite marble relic tower built in 1701, the 40th year of Kangxi. Its exquisiteshape and exquisite workmanship are unique in Guangzhou.
Five hundred Arhats were destroyed in the "Cultural Revolution". In June1986, the temple was reopened after being rebuilt, and funds were raised torebuild the five hundred Arhats. Luohantang is now a municipal cultural relicprotection unit.
Up to now, Hualin temple is still full of incense. Although there are onlya few faithful men and women who actually twist Buddhist beads and recitescriptures, many city people still have a common heart of praying for blessingson the first and the fifteenth day of the lunar new year. They burn incense inthe temple, kowtow, chant scriptures, spend a spiritual Sunday, and enjoy aclean spirit in the dust. In the temple, 500 Luo Chong sits upright in rows,lifelike and lifelike. Sitting in the corridor of the temple, he is quiet andquiet. In the silent power of the Buddha, he shows his compassionate view ofhuman feelings. This is a treasure that Cantonese people enjoy counting. It is ashadow of Zen and a pure land in the bustling and vulgar world. In thetranscendent and mysterious atmosphere, it has accumulated a long history ofQinpi Chenxiang and human feelings. This nunnery dates back to Sui, Tang, song,yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and there are many lanterns. In the 12th year ofShunzhi (1655 A.D.), Zen master Zongfu first built the main hall, then built thePavilion Hall, and changed Xilai temple to "Hualin Temple". The temple was oneof the four Buddhist forests in Guangzhou at that time.
In the 29th year of Daoguang (1849), the abbot of the temple, monk Zhiyuan,began to build a 500 arhat hall. Sitting in the north and south, it has a waterpolished green brick wall, a granite footwall, a hard top, a gray plastic tileridge, a Lu Hui tube, and a glass hook on the cornice. The plane is in the shapeof a field, with a width of 31 meters and a depth of 44 meters. In addition tooffering the three treasures Buddha, 500 clay statues of Arhats with differentexpressions are also displayed.
The five hundred Arhats are resplendent in shape, posture, expression andcharacter. They are all alike. They can be seen in meditation or in games. Theiractions and actions show the characters' character. They are superb. Among themis a wooden statue of Marco Polo, an Italian traveler, which is now in theCorell Museum in Venice. In front of the 500 arhat hall, there is a seven storeywhite marble relic tower built in 1701, the 40th year of Kangxi. Its exquisiteshape and exquisite workmanship are unique in Guangzhou.
Five hundred Arhats were destroyed in the "Cultural Revolution". In June1986, the temple was reopened after being rebuilt, and funds were raised torebuild the five hundred Arhats. Luohantang is now a municipal cultural relicprotection unit.
Up to now, Hualin temple is still full of incense. Although there are onlya few faithful men and women who actually twist Buddhist beads and recitescriptures, many city people still have a common heart of praying for blessingson the first and the fifteenth day of the lunar new year. They burn incense inthe temple, kowtow, chant scriptures, spend a spiritual Sunday, and enjoy aclean spirit in the dust. In the temple, 500 Luo Chong sits upright in rows,lifelike and lifelike. Sitting in the corridor of the temple, he is quiet andquiet. In the silent power of the Buddha, he shows his compassionate view ofhuman feelings. This is a treasure that Cantonese people enjoy counting. It is ashadow of Zen and a pure land in the bustling and vulgar world. In thetranscendent and mysterious atmosphere, it has accumulated a long history ofQinpi Chenxiang and human feelings.
Ladies and gentlemen
hello everyone! Next, I will visit yudalong garden, a large ecological parkwith the theme of appreciating ancient trees. The name of yudalong garden meansrich, developed and prosperous. It contains the sincere and good wishes of thebuilders to all guests and friends who come to visit the park. I believe thatafter visiting the garden, you will be rich, developed and prosperous.
Yudalong garden was invested and built by Mr. Zhang song, an honorarycitizen of Zengcheng City and a compatriot of Hong Kong. It was started inOctober 1996 and took more than two years to complete. With the theme ofecological appreciation of ancient trees, the garden integrates science,knowledge and education to create a big urban garden. The whole garden covers anarea of 12000 mu, about 800000 square meters. The designer takes the idea of"water turtle, Ruyi and auspicious", uses turtle shaped hills surrounded bywater on three sides, according to the natural terrain, along the mountain andwater with the inner and outer ring path, to build the pattern of "waterturtle". In Chinese traditional culture, dragon, Phoenix, Lin and turtle arecollectively called "four spirits". The first three are only legendary animals.Today, only "turtle" is the real God and auspicious animal. The tortoise's slowmovement and shrinking head in the face of the enemy is the natural way ofTaoist Laozi's "living in a soft place", which contains the broad connotation oftraditional Chinese philosophy and culture. The garden collects all kinds ofancient trees from all over the country and parts of foreign countries, such asthree thousand year old Podocarpus and Osmanthus fragrans, five hundred year oldBaila, three hundred year old Hunan camellia, and some foreign rare varieties,such as Java kapok, Japanese evening cherry, etc. the total age of the ancienttrees in the garden is more than 100000 years. At the same time, the gardenskillfully planted flowers, such as Luoyang peony, all kinds of roses, tulips,azaleas, orchids There are more than 400000 pots of flowers. And in theluxuriant flowers and trees in the scattered, ingenious placement of differentshapes, wonderful stone, and engraved on the stone meaningful thinking of thetext of poetry, after viewing, make you endless aftertaste.
OK, now let's enter the garden and follow the path of the sightseeing busto enjoy the charming landscape of yudalong garden
[Fengming terrace]
Now the first thing we see is the first scenic spot of the garden,"Fengming terrace". This is a small hill built by hand, and it is also the headof the whole "water turtle". On the platform of the hill, there are four fineleaved banyan trees with luxuriant branches and leaves. The leaf covers of thefour trees are complementary to each other. The shape of the four trees is likea phoenix with its head facing south and its wings flying high to welcome theguests from all directions. Please listen carefully. Behind the hill comes thesound of the waterfall, which is like the sound of the Golden Phoenix.Therefore, it is named "fengmingtai". On both sides of fengmingtai, three groupsof banyan trees are planted, including Golden banyan, fine leaf banyan, flowerleaf banyan and flower leaf chuiya banyan, forming two vivid green long dragons,which are called "shuanglongbi". The two scenes echo each other, forming themeaning of "dragon and Phoenix presenting auspiciousness".
In front of fengmingtai is a large-scale indoor square, love square, whichlooks like a flying seagull. It can accommodate 500 people to watch variousperformances at the same time, and has tea house, craft hall and other specialtystores. The trees in front of the square are cycads, which are transplanted fromCambodia. Three of them are more than 100 years old. On our right hand side is a"mini" golf driving range for leisure and fitness.
[tea garden]
Now we are in the tea garden. On our right hand side, there are all"two-color" camellia trees, all transplanted from Hunan, and some from Shaoshan,Chairman Mao Zedong's hometown. They are all about 100 years old. In the SpringFestival every year when the flowers bloom, each tree grows red, white baseddouble color camellia. On the top right of Camellia, the towering trees are Javakapok transplanted from Indonesia. On the left side of the lake is planted the"human heart fruit" tree, which is named because the fruit looks like the"heart" of the same person.
[ancient pagoda tree facing the wind]
With the car, we came to the "locust forest". In front of us on the right,I believe you've noticed a big tree supported by big Bluestone. It's a Sophoralongclaw tree that has been transplanted back from Hangzhou for more than 200years and is known as "the first Sophora in the south of the Yangtze River".Because its branches and leaves grow like dragon claws, it is named "Robiniapseudoacacia". And next to the locust trees also have their owncharacteristics.
Close to the south of huaishulin, there is a peacock made of red grass andgreen grass, which is vividly displayed in front of you. On the north side isthe "green bamboo stream", which is mainly planted with bamboo, and has a halfhill Pavilion and waterfall. It is a good place to avoid summer and relievesummer heat.
[Lizhi mountain · Dujuan mountain]
Zengcheng is a famous town of litchi, so yudalong garden has plantedlitchi, one of Zengcheng's "four treasures", in addition to collecting all kindsof ancient trees from all over the country and parts of foreign countries. Nowwe come to "litchi mountain · Dujuan mountain". On our right, the whole mountainis planted with different varieties of litchi trees. In addition to litchitrees, there are more than ten varieties of rhododendrons on the mountain, woveninto different patterns. In March, the flowers are blooming all over the ground,which is very brilliant and unforgettable. At the foot of litchi mountain, thereare two air rooted banyan trees. Their fibrous roots have been honed for years,and they have grown into tree trunks. They are more than 300 years old. Besidethem, there is a high mountain banyan tree, which is famous for its big age,thick trunk and beautiful shape. The lakeside on the other side of litchimountain is the fishing area. Interested tourists can have a taste of the fun of"Jiang Taigong fishing, those willing to take the bait". The island oppositeDiaoyutai is called Rose Island. The island is full of roses of all kinds,including diamond, Elizabeth, Huang Heping, red victory, gold medal and so on.In addition, the lakeside around the island is full of Hibiscus mutabilis. Thecolor of Hibiscus mutabilis changes three times a day. It is pink in themorning, pink at noon and bright red in the afternoon.
Please take your eyes back from the romantic Rose Island and have a look atour lovely elephant garden. On your right is a family of four elephants wovenwith red grass and green grass. Is it very realistic? The big tree behindqunxiang garden is the ash tree transplanted from Hubei Province. It only growsin some areas of Hubei Province and is very precious. This tree has a long life.In this garden, there are all ash trees of several hundred years old. Its autumnleaves are orange yellow and deciduous. Next to the "white wax garden", there isalso a tall tree, Indian red sandalwood, which is a long green tree. Its wood ishard and its furniture is very durable. Because of the difficulty in processing,its products are very precious.
Cherry garden
In the garden, we also transplanted the national flower of Japan - Cherryblossom. All the small trees planted on the lawn on your left are cherry trees.It blooms in the middle and late April. Then you can come to yudalong garden toenjoy the cherry blossom. In the East lawn of "cherry garden", cedar, which isunique to the Himalayas, is also planted. It can withstand the low temperatureof more than - 30 degrees below zero and can survive in our garden. It is anaffirmation of garden gardening technology. On the West Lawn of "cherry garden",have you noticed? There is an introduction wooden card under each tree. This isa miniature International Garden, which was planted by the consuls of 16countries in Guangzhou on July 10, 20__. It is very meaningful.
[crape myrtle array]
Now we come to the garden of a scenic spot "crape myrtle array" - crapemyrtle garden. Crape myrtle blooms from June to October, and the floweringperiod is more than 100 days, so it is also known as "hundred day red". Inaddition, it also has a nickname "itch tree", so the tree is ticklish. If youscratch the trunk, it will cause slight shaking of the tree top. The crapemyrtle here is over 50 years old. The idea of the whole crape myrtle garden isvery unique, with crape myrtle flowers tied into a variety of flower vases andgateways scattered among them. Whenever the flowers bloom, the whole garden is apiece of purple, making people feel as if they are in a romantic oil painting offlowers. On the island opposite the "crape myrtle garden", there are big redpomegranates and agate pomegranates transplanted from Shijiazhuang.
[Palm Garden]
After the romantic crape myrtle garden, immediately enter the coconutforest full of tropical style. It is full of palm plants transplanted fromHainan Island, including the towering giant coconut tree, the never tall oldsunflower tree, the vivid bottle coconut tree and the "woman tree" three leafareca nut. In the red steel frame pavilion under the coconut trees, it isplanned to build a rare plant exhibition hall. Several oil palm trees areplanted on the north and south sides of the exhibition hall. In the south of theexhibition hall, three ginkgo trees, known as "living fossils of plants", areplanted. The fruits mature from September to October. They are called "ginkgo"and "CHIGUO".
[Mini Zoo]
It will soon be the end of our car tour. Finally, I'd like to introduce ourzoo to you. On your right are sika deer and Thai peacock. Let me tell you alittle secret: the opening of peacock represents happiness and auspiciousness.If you want to make our peacock open, please go and compete with it. Inaddition, if you are interested, you can buy feed to feed these animals. You canalso choose to ride horses, camels and carriages.
Now we end our car tour and hike to Guishan, the main scenic spot ofyudalong garden.
[Guishan victory overview]
Guishan is well designed. The whole figure is divided into three rings andfour steps. The ring is round and the terrace is straight. The main road is duesouth, the other three roads are due north, due east and due west. There are 18sets in the first two rings, each with nine levels, totally 162 levels; thereare six sets in the last ring, each with three levels, and the other with threelevels, totally 183 levels.
The four-way climbing steps are planted with different trees and havedifferent meanings. South Avenue, planted with luohansong, "life Avenue,kangqizhuang", step up and down, with the feeling of being in Nanjing ZhongshanMausoleum or Paris Sacred Heart Church stone steps, is a heroic success. WesternAvenue planting rich flower crape myrtle, it is "a hundred days of rich redflowers.". As the saying goes: "no one is good for a hundred days, no flower isred for a hundred days.". Lagerstroemia indica blooms for more than 100 days.From July to October, it is charming and red. Dongfang Avenue "harmonizes witheach other and adds love". The left and right stems of the Plumeria help eachother and form a relationship, which is the way of love. Osmanthus fragrans andLaurus fragrans are planted on both sides of the North Avenue, and the fragranceis intoxicating, especially around the Mid Autumn Festival, when the Osmanthusfragrans float away and the slope level is full of tourists. Down the slope isthe rainbow bridge, and success comes after setbacks, which is exactly "peoplewith fragrance of flowers see the rainbow when they are drunk".
In a word, for career, wealth and study, we should go to the South stage(luohansong Road); for love, happiness and children, we should go to the eaststage (Plumeria Road); for health and longevity, we should go to the North stage(Guihua Road); for peace and family, we should go to the west stage (ZiweiRoad). When you get to the temple of heaven, you make a wish in the face of thewish tree, and revolve around the wish tree - "three thousand year old Luohanancient pine" clockwise for three times. In this way, your wish will come trueand get twice the result with half the effort.
[turtle comes out of water]
Someone came into yudalong garden and saw that the garden was made up ofturtles. The central part of the garden was called Guishan. The starting pointof "the road of life" was engraved with Cao Cao's poem "although turtles livelong, there is still time to compete.". The serpent rides on the fog and turnsto dust. The old man is ambitious. In his old age, the martyrs were full ofambition. The period of surplus and contraction is not only in the sky. A happylife will last forever. Fortunately, I sing for my ambition. "A littlesuspicious and a little surprised.
Dragon, Phoenix, turtle and Lin are collectively called "four spirits".Dragon, Phoenix and Lin are all animals in ancient legends, but they havedisappeared today. The tortoise is the only divine animal. The turtle out of thewater is especially dynamic. The tortoise's slow movement and shrinking head inthe face of the enemy is the natural road for Laozi to live in. Yudalong flauntsChinese culture, and Laozi's philosophy is the representative of Chineseculture.
Feng Shui Master said: "Luo Fu, a thousand li, dragon, the essence of theworld, the regiment is a gas, the pulse is in the turtle mountain." In addition,"five mountains, five directions and Five Dynasties, both are strong in shape.".Even if you don't know geomantic omen, standing on the top of Guishan mountainand looking to the north, the mountains in the distance are surrounded byarches, which are divided into seven mountains. Among them, there are threelinked "three platforms" and "emperor's seat" with round arches like a canopy.The shape of the mountain is really extraordinary. Surrounded by mountains andsurrounded by several mountains like lotus, everyone knows that it is a goodplace.
You come to yudalong garden and stand on the top of the turtle mountain tofeel the aura of the turtle. When you go back to the city, you're moreinspired.
[life road]
The design of yudalong garden is based on the concept of "water turtle"according to the natural appearance. The original solitary mountain is theturtle's body, surrounded by water on three sides, and the turtle's head is madeof soil. The turtle's tail is an arch bridge, with four halls in spring, summer,autumn and winter, forming the turtle's four feet. Around the turtle, there aretwo scenic paths, namely, baishujing, baihualang, baihualu and baishulu. Outsidethe garden is a winding mountain with ups and downs.
Let's just talk about the central axis of the garden. The master of thegarden named "the road of life", that is, "the road to success". The startingpoint of life should have the positive spirit of Cao Cao. Therefore, the poem"Gui although Shou" written by Cao Cao encourages people to have a positive andenterprising life. Road upward, a total of 162, Jialu planted Luohan old pine.The original name of the garden is "Luohan villa", and a lot of Luohan pines areplanted. It turns out that the fruit of Podocarpus arvensis is as small asbeans. It turns green first, then red, and then purple black. It has strongvitality and looks like a sitting Podocarpus arvensis, so it is calledPodocarpus arvensis. The eighteen trees that stick to the road are huge andvigorous. They are carved into eighteen Arhats according to their appearance,and the statues are carved under them to accompany each other. There are "Luohanterrace in front of Luofu Mountain, Luohan pine on Luohan terrace, Luohan pineunder Luohan statue". "I'm very proud of you.
In a positive life, we should always review ourselves. "Honesty", "respect"and "perseverance" are personal self requirements. The success of young peoplewithout ancestral shadow depends on "sincerity, respect and perseverance". Inshort, they are sincere to people and things, dedicated and happy to work, notsurprised in case of change, wrong in case of death, resolute and resolute. Dearfriends, don't look down on these three words. They seem simple, but they arethe secret of success. On the other hand, if you want to achieve success, youneed to be aware in life. How can we know in advance? The ancient method isastrology, divination, so the top of the mountain built "lucky heaven", letpeople sincerely pray to the sky, ask the sky to hang like. This is the realm ofidealism. Materialistic methods pay attention to practice, so-called learningfrom the past. "Infer the future from past experience and observe the presentfrom future situation. "It's also the way to succeed. A person can be prescient,natural "understanding of human affairs, see through the context.". "There is noway to go. We often rely on "Empathy" when we do things. The so-called heart toheart relationship lies in silence. In doing things and dealing with the worldin this way, we should "judge the time and size up the situation", get "time"and "position", and be successful.
Fortunately, in the middle of the temple of heaven, a 3000 year oldPodocarpus arvensis was planted. It was born earlier than Confucius, forty isnot confused, three thousand is more transparent, so the tree is psychic. Itsilently teaches us not to use words or words, but to rely on the feeling of thesoul.
Around the temple of fortune, the central axis turns to downhill road. Justlike the ups and downs of life, when it comes to a sharp turn, when youencounter disappointments, you should have a choice. If you snatch things in afire, you can't take them all. If you linger, people will turn into coke. Whenfrustrated, we should follow Mao Zedong's spirit: "the snow is pressing, thewinter clouds are flying, and the flowers are withering. The sky is rolling, thecold current is fast, and the earth is slightly warm. Only heroes drive tigersand leopards, and no heroes are afraid of bears. Plum blossoms are happy withthe snow, and it's not surprising that they freeze to death. "We should face thereality and be determined. It's like the plum blossom proud of frost and snowand the hero driving away tigers and leopards.
It's the lowest point of life to go through a bad situation and go downhillto a flat road. It's like the "bottom" and the eve of "rebound". When you arefrustrated, you should look at the world coldly. Each of the two big rocks has around hole. It seems that you are looking at things. What are you looking at?"To manage mountains and water, to manage flowers and grass, no matter what theworld is; to see mountains and water, to see flowers and grass, to see the worldwith a smile.
