The Historical Legend of Zhifang Town

According to legend, Yang Ji, a general of Shang Dynasty, betrayed the imperial court, occupied Shimenfang, stationed troops to train soldiers, and made preparations to attack merchants. The Shang King ordered Pei Boling to lead a crusade, and the two armies fought in Shimenfang. Pei Boling defeated the rebels, but it was difficult to capture Yang Ji alive, so he committed suicide by falling off a cliff in Yishan. There is an allusion to "the shadow of the mountain". People buried his body at the top of Yi Mountain and built a temple for sacrifice. Shimenfang Pagoda Temple was built in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Hanshu? Geography says: "In Linqu Mountain Temple, every March, county officials still offer sacrifices to the Harmony Temple Society. "Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, pilgrims from all directions come to pay homage to Tugong. The inscription on the temple said: "Ling Wei shines on the sun and the moon, and the clouds and rain moisten it. "

During the Yanhe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Mao Kou, the Taoist priest of northern Shi Tian, came to Linqu to preach. Visiting Shimenfang, I saw the humble public temple, and suggested that the villagers raise funds, expand and repair the site, and change it to three rafts, build ridges, carve beams and paint buildings. In the fifth year of Yan Xing (475), the imperial court ordered the construction of Shimen Temple, which was later rebuilt here and its scale was improved. In the third year of Wen Chengdi (462), more than a dozen niches were carved on the cliff near the temple, which were grand in shape and fine in craftsmanship, and were used for painting reliefs. In the third year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (574), Emperor Yuwen Yong ordered the temple to be demolished and the Buddha destroyed, and all the statues were smashed. In the Tang Dynasty, Shimen Temple was expanded and renovated, becoming the Buddhist center south of Qingzhou. During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, more than 90 cliff statues were added, many of which were carved on the stone walls of Tugong Temple. During the Huichang period in the late Tang Dynasty, Shimen Temple was destroyed and most of the cliff statues were damaged. In Song and Yuan Dynasties (1054), nine Bodhisattva temples were built. In the eighth year of Yuan Dade (1304), the official list was released, and the boundary of Shimenfang was defined as "cliff in the east, temple in Yukou Mountain in the south, mountain behind in the west and elegant in the north", with an area of about 10 square kilometer. The temples in the Ming Dynasty have been repaired several times, and the number of monks has grown to dozens. In the third year of Tianshun (146 1), Yin 'an, the abbot and monk, passed away. The stupa was more than 7 meters high with a diameter of 1.7 meters. Exquisite craftsmanship. In the 22nd year of Jiajing (1543), an immortal from Rhoda visited Shimenfang, leaving a poem "Sitting in this rock valley, carefree and forgetting the world, releasing the son and blowing Yu Di, suspecting that he is a flying fairy", which is engraved on the Buddha's light stone on the East Cliff, and is the earliest existing calligraphy stone carving in Shimenfang. For more than 260 years in the Qing Dynasty, temples and forests were well protected, although they were not added. In the eighth year of the Republic of China (19 19), more than a dozen cypress trees were cut down because of the establishment of Zhifang High School. In the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935), Wenchang Temple was built, Tugong Temple was repaired, and Taoist priests were sent to take care of it.

Shimen Mountain is covered with virgin forest from the beginning to 1937. Maolin xiumu is densely covered with hills and valleys, and cypress trees on the cliff are twisted into stone walls, like a dragon hanging upside down, so people can't see the sun when they enter the mountains. The vegetation in the mountains is intact, the rocks are rugged, the cracks are dripping, the mountain springs are everywhere, and the water flows into streams all year round. 1937, the Japanese invaded China and Shimenfang was robbed. /kloc-in the winter of 0/940, the Japanese army built a stronghold in Mazhuang, Datan, forcing civilian workers to cut down trees in Shimenfang. For three years in a row, trees were completely cut down, and Shimen Mountain became a bare mountain. Springs cut off, mountain streams dried up, temples were completely destroyed, and there were small ones everywhere. After 1950, the Shimenfang Forestry Team was established in Mazhuang Village, Datan, to plant trees, close hillsides to facilitate afforestation, strengthen the protection of cultural relics, and Shimenfang Scenic Area entered the construction period.

Shimenfang is famous for its beauty, strangeness, beauty, seclusion and danger. Horses are like horses, and peace is like flying tigers. The confrontation between the two places is like a memorial arch pulling up the ground to support the sky, hence the name Shimenfang. Tourists climb the top of Taipinggu Mountain, and the valleys on both sides are deep and trembling like tigers. There are all-stone monuments and small temples on the top of the ancient building, which have a strange structure. To the north of Shimenfang, there are several stacks of Gu Feng. The winding mountain road is like a deep and boundless abode of fairies and immortals garden. 15 holes in various ways, either dangerous, beautiful or secluded. The white stone pagoda is stacked on the sky, and its power is like a giant Buddha standing in the ravine. The vertical wall is like a cut cliff. There is a stone house in which an old monk once sat. There is a fountain spewing out from the top of the mountain, which drips continuously in dry season and erupts into a waterfall in flood season. Shimenfang Scenic Area is really a wonder of the world. Tourists leave a poem of praise, "The red leaves in Xiangshan are good, and the color of Shimen is stronger".