Zitong County is subordinate to the northeast of Mianyang City, the second largest city in Sichuan, with an area of 1443 square kilometers and a population of 380,000. In 2065,438+09, its GDP92 reached 9.2 billion yuan. Although the economic development is average, its historical and cultural heritage is profound, which has nurtured rich and diverse Qin and Han cultures, Three Kingdoms cultures, Han and Tang cultures and Wenchang cultures. There are three national key cultural relics protection units in the territory: Qiqushan Temple, Changqingshan Liye Que and Wolong Mountain Thousand Buddha Rock Grottoes. In order to better understand Zitong, an ancient county with a long history, here are some representative scenic spots in Zitong County for readers.
Zitong Qiqu Mountain Scenic Area
Qiqu Mountain, located at 10 km north of Zitong County, is the last dangerous peak after the Shu Road entered Sichuan. There are more than 40,000 ancient cypresses in the mountains, and Qiqushan Temple, a national key cultural relic protection unit, was built on the top of the mountain, hidden among dense ancient cypresses. The scenic spots are distributed in a belt along the ridge, and there are deep mountains in the basin. There are many small terraces on the hillside, with steep ridges and wide terraces. The scenic area is densely forested and lush. Qiqu Mountain Scenic Area is famous at home and abroad for its largest pure ancient Berlin in China. There are more than 50 human landscapes with ancient Shu Dao, ancient phellodendron, ancient architecture and ancient culture as the main body. It is a national AAAA-level tourist scenic spot.
Wolong Mountain Grottoes (Thousand Buddha Rock)
Wolong Mountain Grottoes are located in the west of Zitong County 15km Wolong Mountain. The top of Wolong Mountain is in the shape of a round-backed chair, with an ancient Zhuge Temple and a cliff statue on the boulder. There are 3 grottoes, more than 40 niches and 368 large and small Buddha statues between the round back cliffs on the top of the mountain. Except for 1 niche, it was carved in the late Ming Dynasty, and the rest were carved in the eighth year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (634). Because there are 1 189 original statues, it is named Thousand Buddha Rock. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, five temples were built according to stone niches, and three temples were built in depth, which well protected the statues of Buddhist niches. The Thousand Buddha Rock Grottoes are well preserved and finely carved, which fully embodies the superb level of sculpture art in the early Tang Dynasty.
Changqingshan
Formerly known as "Shenshan" and "Silkworm Mountain", it is located about 25 miles west of the county seat. At an altitude of 670 meters, the mountain is slender, like a beautiful eyebrow, covering the forest canopy, like a painting screen. 0.5km away from the western suburb of Zitong County, distributed along the west bank of the Yangtze River, facing the county across the river. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are natural and human landscapes. There is the tomb of Ye Li, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and the memorial archway of filial piety in the Qing Dynasty. In the east, there are the filial piety pavilion lying on the Han side, the stone carvings in Tang and Song Dynasties, and the Yongchang Hall in Tang Dynasty, commonly known as Xiyan Temple. The northern foot of the mountain is steep, the top of the cliff is pine and cypress, and the running water gurgles below, which is one of the eight scenic spots in Zitong. On the mountainside in the east, there is a reading stone room of Sima Xiangru, which is said to be the reading room of Sima Xiangru in the Western Han Dynasty. As the saying goes, "the mountain is not high, but the fairy is not famous." Changqingshan is probably such a charming mountain.