People say, "If you don't get to Jinci, you will go to Taiyuan for nothing." Another person said, "It's as regrettable for a newcomer to Taiyuan not to visit the Jinci Temple as it is for a foreign friend not to visit the Forbidden City in Beijing." So when you arrive in Taiyuan, you must go to Jinci. Jinci Temple, located at the foot of Xuanweng Mountain in the southwest of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is the only precious historical and cultural heritage in China that integrates ancient sacrificial architecture, gardens, sculptures, murals and inscriptions, and is also the center of world architecture, gardens and sculptures.

Located at the foot of Xuanweng Mountain, 25 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City, it is an ancient Wangjin Temple, which was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty to commemorate Zhou Wuwang's second son, Yu Ji. One of the national key cultural relics protection units. Yu Ji was named Tang Shuyu in the Tang Dynasty. Take the position of stepfather, and change the country name to Jin because of Jin. Therefore, later generations used to call Jinci. After the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty all reformed and expanded Jin Ci.

Jinci Temple is a scenic spot of classical gardens in China, with dozens of ancient buildings. Elegant and comfortable environment, beautiful scenery, famous for its magnificent architecture and superb sculpture art, the visit to Jinci can be divided into three parts: the middle, the north and the south. In the middle, that is, the central axis, it enters from the gate, starts from the water mirror platform, passes through Huixian Bridge, the Golden Terrace, the Moon Square, the Fairy Hall, the Bell and Drum Tower and the fish pond flying beam to the main hall of Notre Dame. This is the main body of Jinci Temple, with strict architectural structure and high artistic value. From Wenchang Palace in the north, there are Dongyue Temple, Guandi Temple, Sanqing Temple, Tangshu Temple, Chaoyang Cave, Daifengxuan, Santai Pavilion, Reading Desk and Lvzu Pavilion. Most of the buildings in this group are arranged in a natural and intricate way with the terrain, winning with lofty shelves. In the south, from the El Nino Building, there are the White Crane Pavilion, the Three Temples, the Zhenqu Pavilion, the Difficult Old Spring Pavilion, the Jellyfish Building and the Gongbozi Temple. This group of towers, with flowing springs, has the charm of Jiangnan gardens. In addition, there is the Sansheng Temple in Shifang at the southernmost tip, which is said to be the villa of Weichi Gong, the founding general of the Tang Dynasty. There is a stupa in the tower courtyard in the north, which was built in the Sui Emperor's reign, rebuilt in the Song Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Emperor's reign. It is a seven-level octagon with a height of more than 30 meters. There are doors on all sides of each floor, decorated with glass bars. Looking at the tower, the panoramic view of Jinci is vivid.

Jinci Temple, formerly known as Tang Shuyu Temple, was built to commemorate Tang Shuyu, the founding emperor of Jin State. Uncle Yu made great efforts to use Shanxi River to build farmland water conservancy and develop agriculture, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty lived and worked in peace and contentment, and lived a prosperous life, which resulted in a favorable weather, a prosperous country and a peaceful people for the next 800 years. After Yu Shu's death, in order to commemorate him, later generations chose this beautiful place, which is surrounded by mountains and waters, and built an ancestral temple to worship him, and named it "Tang Shuyu Temple". After his son Xie's father succeeded to the throne, the title of the country was changed from "Tang" to "Jin" because of the current in the territory, which is also the origin of Shanxi's abbreviation of "Jin", and the ancestral temple was renamed as a shrine or simply "Jinci".

In the long years, Jinci has been built and expanded many times, and its appearance is constantly changing. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Levin, Wen Xuandi overthrew the Eastern Wei Dynasty, established the Northern Qi Dynasty with Jinyang as its capital, and expanded the Jinci Temple during the Tianbao period (AD 550-559) to "build a big house and a pond". In the first year of Emperor Yangdi's reign (AD 58 1-600), a relic health care tower was built in the southwest of the temple area. In the 20th year of Tang Dynasty (AD 646), Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, went to Jinci, wrote the inscription on Jinci, and expanded it. During the years of Taiping and Xingguo in Song Taizong (976-983 AD), Zhao Guangyi built a large-scale building in Jinci, and after the renovation, it was engraved with inscriptions. Song Renzong Zhao Zhen established Tang Shuyu as the king of Fendong during his heyday (A.D. 1023- 1032) and built the magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral for Tang Shuyu's mother, Yijiang.

Since the Notre Dame Cathedral and Fish Pond Flying Beam were built in the heyday of the Northern Song Dynasty, the architectural layout of the temple area has been greatly improved. Since then, Iron Man has been cast, and memorial hall, bell tower, drum tower and water mirror platform have been added. In this way, the central axis building with Notre Dame as the main body was completed for the second time. The Tang Shuyu Temple, which once lived in the right place, is located next to it and has been relegated to a secondary position.

The most famous building in Jinci is Notre Dame Cathedral, which was built in the heyday of Song Dynasty (A.D. 1023- 1032). It is said that the virgin Mary is the mother of concubine Yu. Notre Dame, formerly known as the "Maid's Hall", is spacious and bright, with 43 exquisite painted sculptures of palace ladies in the Song Dynasty (including 2 later sculptures). In these colorful sculptures, Jiang Yi sits in the middle, dignified and elegant, wearing a rockhopper, which is the image of a court ruler. Statues are vivid, lifelike and varied, which are valuable materials for studying sculpture art and costumes in Song Dynasty.

The fish pond flying beam, built in the Song Dynasty, is like a cross bridge, like a Dapeng spreading its wings. Located in front of Notre Dame Hall, it is elegant and unique. It is the only existing ancient bridge in China.

The four iron men in the Golden People's Platform are heroic, so they are called "Golden People's Platform" because iron belongs to hardware. The iron man statue in the southwest corner was cast in the fourth year of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1097), with a history of more than 800 years. It is not only well-preserved, but also magnificent, extraordinary, bright and shining, quite distinctive. It is said that one summer, the climate was particularly hot, and the iron man in armor in the southwest corner could not stand the unbearable pain. A man walked to the Fenhe River and saw the Fenhe River surging and flowing. How to cross the river? Iron man is worried. I was in a hurry when I saw a ship sailing on the coast not far from the upstream. The iron man hurried forward to meet him and let the boatman cross him to the other side. The boatman pondered for a while, then said slowly, "You are alone, there are too few people. You can wait a little longer and then wait for others. " Ironman was anxious and quickly said, "You can survive me, even if you have the ability." The boatman looked at Iron Man and said, "How much can you weigh? A boat can hold more than one person unless you are made of iron. " As soon as the words fell, the true face of the iron man was revealed. In an instant, the iron man stood by the Fenhe River, motionless. Why doesn't this man speak? The boatman looked up and saw an iron man standing in front of him. So familiar, wow, yes, it's Iron Man from Jinci. The boatman didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly found some folks and carried the Iron Man to the Golden Man Terrace. The virgin ordered her generals to cut off the iron man's toes three times, which was a punishment for his disobedience. Today's Iron Man still has the impression of cutting three knives on his feet.

Jinci is a paradise in such a noisy city, looking for a little leisure after busy.

You can repair it yourself, which is very good. )

Zhangzhou is a city with fragrant flowers and fruits, and the dazzling Flower Expo Garden is the largest, brightest and most beautiful flower in Zhangzhou.

Since childhood, my parents have taken me to many interesting places in Zhangzhou, and I like Huabo Garden best.

I like the melon garden in Huabo Garden. There are many grotesque melons and fruits in the melon garden. There is a kind of melon that is particularly long, taller than my father and even higher than Yao Ming, and that is snake melon. My mother once asked me to take a photo with snake melon. When I developed it, I only had the little heel of snake melon. There is also a kind of melon that looks a bit like a gourd, with a thick appearance, like a wrinkled old man. I didn't know its name, so I named it wrinkled melon. There are some melons, some like eggs, some like cakes, and some can't tell what they look like. It's really weird. I'm sure you'll clap your hands after reading it, and it will definitely open your eyes.

I like the Desert Plant Museum in Huabo Garden. There, you can appreciate the elegance of desert plants. There is a 10 1 year-old cactus "Grandpa" in it. Father said that the name of the cactus "Grandpa" is Qingtian Yuzhu, from the United States, and it is 4.7 meters high. The cactus "Grandpa" is too high, so the staff had to add a lot of foam to its appearance to support it, looking like an old man who has gone through many vicissitudes. Next to the cactus "Grandpa", there is a golden beard, which is very old and one hundred years old. It comes from South Korea and is the largest golden beard in our south. There are desert roses, elephant foot trees, American aloe vera and so on. Standing here is like being in the desert.

I like Nanxi in Huabo Garden. The water in Nanxi is crystal clear, and there are many small fish and shrimps playing in the brook. I remember once, I went fishing with my father, mother and uncle Cai Xiao. Uncle Cai Xiao cast a fishing net and caught a dozen fish, big and small. In the evening, we take out the small fish and cook them. It's delicious! There are vast grasslands on the banks of nanxi river. We can row bamboo rafts and kayaks in Nanxi, and we can shoot arrows and fly kites on the grass beside the stream. I think this stream has added a lot of aura to Huabo Garden, making it more beautiful.

My favorite is the water lily in Huabo Garden. Water lilies are different from lotus flowers. The strangest thing is that they sleep during the day and are open at night. The leaves of water lilies are as big as those of lotus flowers, and they are spread on the water like green sheets of paper. The flowers of water lilies are white and pink. When the sun sets, you can see that some water lilies only spread two or three petals; Some water lilies are fully open, revealing beautiful stamens; Some water lilies are just flowers and bones. When they look full, they will burst soon. Every morning, when the sun rises, beautiful water lilies meet with small petals. At this time, the dragonfly will fly over and tell the water lily the joy of flying. The small fish will swim to the feet of the water lily and tell the water lily the good dream she had last night.

Huabo Garden is beautiful everywhere. Walking into the Flower Expo Garden, looking around, there is a layer of golden flowers on the green grass on the roadside. This is a kind of flower called "peanut". From a distance, the grass seems to be covered with gold everywhere; Looking further away, there are many bright flowers beside the house, beside the pool and under the big tree: red as fire, purple as chardonnay and blue as sky, so beautiful! Occasionally, there will be one or two fallen leaves or a small piece of paper flying on the grass, but someone will clean it up soon. Don't think that these are all done by staff, and most of them are just "shoplifting" by tourists. Tourists love beauty, but know how to protect it.

The beauty of Huabo Garden not only attracts a large number of tourists, but also attracts people who know how to appreciate, protect and publicize. Not long ago, the champion and runner-up of Miss International Tourism in 2004 came to Huabo Garden. Their arrival makes the already beautiful flower Expo Park even more icing on the cake. They all say that they have been to so many places, and Huabo Garden is the most beautiful. The Flower Expo Garden, which is surrounded by mountains on all sides, really deserves a sentence: "Beautiful mountains and waters are more beautiful".

Do you want to go to the Flower Expo Park with me? I dare say that after the visit, you will feel the same as me: the scenery here is unique!