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Guiyangisaplacewherepeopleareoutstanding.ItissaidthatanoldmonkcametoGuiyangandfoundthattherewasalotofauraofheavenandearthonamountaininGuiyang.Sotheoldmonkcamehereandplantedapinetree.Asaresult,thepinetreesurvived,andthebranchesandleaveswereluxuriant.Itprovedthattheoldmonkwasafamousredpinemonk.Sohebuiltatemplehere,called"HongfuTemple",whichmeanstocarryforwardBuddhismandbenefittheworld.TheLingshanmountain,whichgatherstheauraofheavenandearth,iscalled"Qianlingmountain".
Deartourists,nowthemountaininfrontofusisQianlingmountain,whichiscomposedofdaluoling,xiangwangling,baixiangling,Tanshan,zhangbofeng,shizitai,guandaoyan,BaotaandBeifeng.NowQianlingparkisdominatedbyQianlingmountain,andthenopenedupQianlingLake,zoo,Qilincave,ErbaandSanlingBay.
Onmyrightsideisthecableway.Ifyouwanttogettothetopofthemountainfirst,youcanstartfromthecableway.Ifyouwanttoseegiantpandas,peacocks,lionsandtigers,youcanvisitthezoofromSanlingBayandQilincave.However,mostofthepeoplewhoplayinthemountains,especiallythePilgrimswhoworshipBuddhainthemountains,slowlyclimbupthe"Jiuqupath".
Nowthereare380stepsand24zigzagturnsonthezigzagpathunderourfeet,whichiscalled"zigzagpath"becausethereareninebigbends.Alongthestonewallbesidethemountainroad,therearemanystonecarvings,from"thefirstmountain","Qianlingscenicspot"to"AmitabhaBuddhaintheSouth"GuidepeopletoapproachBuddhismandfeelthestateof"heartisBuddha".Yousee,thereisahuge"tiger"character,whichisastonecarvingoftheQingDynasty.Whyistheretheword"tiger"inFoshan?Asweallknow,tigeristhekingofthemountains.Whatghostsdaretogetclosetoit?Therefore,Buddhismispromotedandacleanplaceisobtained.Thereisalsoa"blowsnailwall"onthetop.Somewonderfulholesarealloverthestonewall.Thesizeoftheholesislikefingers.Ifyoustickyourmouthtothestonewall,youcanblowthesoundoftheseasnail.Itissaidthatifyoublowthesmallholes,youcanlivealonglife.Attheendofthezigzagpath,thereisaspringPavilioncalledXibopool.Here,wewillfinishthezigzagpath.Deartourists,thislargestonesculptureonmyrightiscalled"JiulongbathingBuddha".ItsaysthatwhenShakyamuniwasborn,ninedragonsspatwatertobathehim.Hongfutempleisontheleft.InBuddhism,thisiscalledthemountaingate,whichrepresentstheemptygate,theWuxianggateandtheWuzuogaterespectively.Ifthemiddlegateisopened,itmeanstoescapeintotheemptygateandbecomeamonk.
AfteryouincenseinHongfutemple,wecanfollowthismountainpathdowntoQianlingLake.QianlingLakeisripplingandrefreshing.Here,youcanrelaxwholeheartedlyandthrowyourselfintotheembraceofnature.Hereyoucangoboatingonthelake.Ifyouaretired,youcanalsobuildapotofwarmteaintheteahousebythelake.Fromthisside,thereisasquarewiththemonumentofGuizhouliberationmartyrs.Itisaplaceforteenagerstocarryoutpatrioticeducation.
NowwegodownthemountaintoQilincave.ItgetsitsnamebecausethereisahugestalactiteintheQilincave,whichisverysimilartoaqilin.Inthis"Shuiyuenunnery"besideQilincave,twopatrioticgeneralsZhangXueliangandYangHuchengwereimprisoned,leavingmanystories.
Well,here,themainscenicspotsofQianlingmountainhavebeenvisited,andsomeplacesofinterestareundermaintenanceandrepair.Ihopeyouwillvisitagainnexttime!