Qinglong Cave

Qinglong Cave

Qinglong cave group is located on Zhonghe mountain in the east of Zhenyuan, a famous historical and cultural city in China. The mountains here are straight and steep. Giant rocks, caves and caves are one. The temples of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism were born on the mountainside. It backs on the green hills, faces the green water, sticks to the wall and faces the air. It has five steps on the first floor, ten steps on the first Pavilion, and its wings are warped and its eaves are carved.

Qinglong cave, these ancient buildings, depending on the mountain and the place, adopted various techniques, such as "hanging", "borrowing", "attaching", "embedding" and "building". They just built Zhongyuan cave, Ziyang cave, Qinglong cave, Wanshou Palace and other attic caves on a cliff. It is majestic, bold in conception and exquisite in layout. In 1988, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Cultural relics protection

Qinglongdong ancient building complex is a national key cultural relic protection unit. It is a unique ancient building complex of Central Plains and Miao Dong stilted buildings. It is known as "Southern suspended Temple" and "Guizhou Museum of ancient architecture".

a richly ornamented building

Qinglongdong ancient buildings are located on Zhonghe mountain in the east of Zhenyuan, a famous historical and cultural city in China. The mountains here are straight and steep. Giant rocks, caves and caves are one. The temples of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism were born on the mountainside. It backs on the green hills, faces the green water, sticks to the wall and faces the air. It has five steps on the first floor, ten steps on the first Pavilion, and its wings are warped and its eaves are carved. Depending on the mountain and the place, these ancient buildings adopted various techniques, such as "hanging", "borrowing", "attaching", "inlaying" and "building". They just built a loft cave, such as Zhongyuan cave, Ziyang cave, Qinglong cave and Longevity Palace, on a cliff. It is majestic, bold in conception and exquisite in layout. In 1988, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Several repairs

Qinglong cave was built in the middle of Ming Dynasty. It has a history of nearly 500 years. It was destroyed by soldiers and fire several times and restored several times. The ancient building complex was built from generation to generation. It covers an area of 21000 square meters and consists of six parts: Qinglong cave, Zichan Academy, Zhongchan academy, Longevity Palace, Zhusheng bridge and xiangluyan. It is a collection of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, guild hall and bridge It integrates architectural culture.

The whole group of buildings are close to the mountain and the river, close to the cliff and the cave, clinging to the wall, flying in the air, intriguing, and well arranged. The pavilions and pavilions with flying rocks, flying against the wall, red walls and green tiles are magnificent. The building with unique shape is naturally combined with cliff, ancient wood, rattan, rock bank and karst cave. It's a wonderful work. There are stilted buildings overlooking the river, quiet and secluded monasteries and Zen platforms, students' academies with the sound of books, and theatres with the sound of gongs and drums, which gather together the landscape pavilions of the world.

architectural culture

In Qinglong cave, the whole building complex overlaps and overlaps in different directions. Walking along the courtyard path, you can see a mirage and Penglai Fairy Island. It is a wonderful example of the combination of the Han architecture in the south of the Yangtze River and the architectural culture of the southwest minority mountain areas. Known as the "Southwest suspended Temple", it is the largest ancient architectural complex in Guizhou Province. Approved by the State Council in 1988, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

According to historical records, in the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty, the scale of the existing building complex has been formed. "Huang Xiying, the governor of the Ming County, built the building, and Zhao Zhixu, the doctor of the Ministry of industry, bought the Scriptures and built the storehouse to store them.". During the Jiajing period of the Qing Dynasty, there were not only a large number of temples, but also palaces and academy buildings. During the reign of emperor Yongqian, there were commercial guild buildings such as the Longevity Palace and theater buildings.

Praise from tourists

In the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the Zhuangyuan building (also known as Kuixing building) on Zhusheng bridge was added. From 1956 to 1963, the provincial and state governments allocated special funds to organize special personnel to repair the Qinglong cave complex twice, and then to repair a group of Zhongyuan cave. Since 1983, the provincial government has again allocated a large sum of money to rescue and repair the ancient buildings in Qinglong cave, Ziyang cave, Longevity Palace, xiangluyan, etc., and the ancient buildings in Qinglong cave have been restored to their original appearance. This architectural scenic spot is as brilliant as the stars. Generally speaking, Qinglong cave has become a place for tourists to linger and to be admired by literati and poets. Chen kuilong of the Qing Dynasty wrote:

There is no drum horn in Yancheng, and the mountains and waters come from the palace. The Marquis of the city likes to see the move, and the flag will glow. Burmese elephant Bridge East step, one color moss Cang. In the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a beautiful scene. Go to qinglongding to read the library. Follow the guidance of capital, be good at inducement, and advance into BOC crazily. At the banquet of the Buddha tower, De Xing gathered together. The master asks for Dan Jue, and the woman enters the pot. He Yu Xie Yang Zhang, can not be involved in rice and sorghum. Even with Dongshan clogs, I'm ashamed of the water cup. In a moment, at the foot of the sun, the square bell and the leak are long. Hold the candle to make this evening, smoke month pay vast.

There is also praise of the Qing Dynasty: steep mountains, steep Zhelong Ju, once flying across the wall. Long Fei changes who knows, Pan Yu still recognize the depth of the cloud. The dangerous building is high on the top of the mountain, and the water is dim. When he didn't dare to stand more, he was afraid that the wind would come to heaven.

admission ticket

Zhenyuan Qinglong cave ticket: 60 yuan / person

1. Opening hours: 8:00-17:30

2. Children's ticket: height 1.1-1.4 meters half ticket, 1.1 meters below free

3. Senior citizens over 60 years old can enjoy half ticket discount, senior citizens over 70 years old can enjoy free ticket, students over 1.2 meters tall and under 24 years old can enjoy half ticket discount with student card, and military personnel can enjoy half ticket discount with certificate

Tour route

The first day: gather at the entrance of the railway station at 06:40 a.m. and take the hard seat train of k9378 at 07:30 a.m. to Zhenyuan, a national famous historical and cultural city, to visit the millennium old city: "crooked gate and evil road" through the ancient lane, to see 12 ancient docks, to visit ancient dwellings, to feel the ancient style and charm of the ancient city, and to experience the peaceful and leisurely life of the people in the ancient city (free visit to the local national tea ceremony center, free of charge) It's the only ancient building group in the world where Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism coexist in one. It's a perfect combination of cliff, ancient wood, vine, rock bank and karst cave.

There are stilted buildings overlooking the river, quiet and secluded monasteries and Zen platforms, students' Academy with long history, stage with loud gongs and drums, and Qinglong Cave (60 yuan per person; about 2 hours of sightseeing) with all kinds of landscape pavilions. After dinner, you can enjoy free activities.

The next day: at 08:00, after breakfast, take a bus for about 40 minutes to the gate of the scenic spot, and walk for 15 minutes to Wuyang river national scenic spot; take a boat tour of Wuyang river for 2.5 hours to see the ten major landscapes, such as king Miao's welcoming guests, giant elephant drinking water, Taigong's fishing, peacock's opening screen, etc. It is famous all over the world for its unique peaks, clouds and water colors, and for its "majestic, strange, beautiful and secluded" features.

The main body of Wuyang River scenic spot is composed of karst landform wonders, Pinghu waterfall spring, secluded valley forest sea landscape, Mountain Cloud Xiu, secluded ravine deep stream landscape, ancient temple humanities, celestial creatures and other landscapes, which constitute the magical and fascinating scenery of Wuyang River scenic spot. In the afternoon, take k9377 16:10 hard seat non air conditioned train back to Lincheng Guiyang; end the happy journey!

Offer information

In February 2020, under the guidance of Guizhou Provincial Department of culture and tourism, the culture and tourism departments of nine cities (prefectures) and Gui'an New District issued an invitation to the national medical workers: from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, the national medical workers with doctor's certificate or nurse's certificate can enjoy the medical service in Guizhou Province, including qinglongdong scenic spot in Zhenyuan County of Qiandongnan Prefecture The free admission policy for 420 A-level scenic spots (excluding hot spring scenic spots and franchised projects in scenic spots).

Address: Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing

Longitude: 108.121008

Latitude: 29.150376