Liumi Temple

Liumi Temple

Liumi temple, which enjoys the reputation of "the first temple in South Sichuan", is located in Shengtian Town, Gaoxian County, Yibin City, in the middle of Yichang Road, on the top of Niutou mountain with an altitude of nearly 700 meters.

legend

There are two beautiful legends in Liumi temple. First, it is said that a long time ago, there was a natural flowing rice cave at the ox's nostril. There were many monks and many flowing rice every day, but only monks could eat. Later, a greedy monk chiseled up the grottoes, intending to shed more rice in exchange for what he needed. Then, if the rice did not flow, the chaff would flow, and finally the chaff would not flow.

The second is the legend about the origin of Liumi. A long time ago, the Nanguang River, the first tributary of the Yangtze River, was the main artery for people's transportation on both sides of the river. In today's monk River, Yuejiang Town, there is a gate stone on which there is an eagle's beak rock. Eagles often drink water on this section of the river to look for food, so they peck over the rice boats and sink them for long-term consumption. When the eagle ate too much, it pulled out of the nose hole.

origin

According to the introduction, the original name of Liumi temple is Niubi temple. Based on the research of the Buddha statues in Niubi cave, there are Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism, which belong to the three religions in one temple. At the beginning, the temple was very irregular. Close to the rock of Niubi cave, the rock was dug between the cliffs and cliffs to build a half temple for worshippers. Later, the three religions were set up separately. In the 33rd year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, a relatively standardized Temple (according to the site examination) has been built for more than 230 years.

places of historic figures and cultural heritage

Literati and poets once described Liumi temple with couplets. The first couplet: the legendary cave of the ancient temple flows rice, and the foolish monk pays great attention to the flow of chaff. Now there is no rice, and he teaches the world not to be greedy for treasure. The second couplet: the mountains are beautiful, the eagles fly in the air, the scenery is beautiful, and the peaks are flying happily, so that there are still peaks when there is time, and you can have a little desire to rest. Today's couplet is, the first couplet: Si fanyin, Jue nirvana is colorless and formless, the magic ox comes out of the rainbow rock, the Mirs flow out of the valley, the mystery looms, the scenery of Feixu Bodhi is beautiful, and xiaoi Fubei is in front of this Zen machine.

natural landscape

There are five natural sceneries in Liumi temple. One is rhinoceros mountain. The back hill of Liumi temple is like a real rhinoceros. It has an ox nose, ox head, ox neck, ox shoulder, ox back and ox tail. It's a big mountain bull lying in a posture. The second is the ox nose hole. Behind the main hall of Liumi temple, there is an opposite hole. The stone above the hole forms a small silk seam. It is about 80 cm wide below and 20-30 m deep. The hole is called niunostril, the legendary Liumi cave. There are also dozens of Buddha statues with three religions in one carved in accordance with the rock in the cave, that is, Moyan statues protected by county-level cultural relics. Third, Baoding mountain. The local people call Niutou mountain Baoding mountain. From a distance, there is a drum shaped stone treasure with an area of about 500 square meters. There are several interesting places on this top. From the left side opposite the mountain, it is a Niutou mountain. From the distance on the right is a man's head mountain. The "sweat" dripping from the "head" is cool spring water for tourists to drink. Fourth, Xianqiao. There is a natural stone bridge on the right side of Liumi temple, 6 meters long and 2 meters wide, which can be used by bold tourists. Fifth, Foshan. There is a natural standing Buddha on the opposite side of Xianqiao, which is about 50 meters high and 10 meters wide. It is a large Buddha with standardized facial features, with two rows of small Buddha formed by rock salt as a foil.

Address: Gaoxian County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, China

Longitude: 104.763966

Latitude: 28.69366