Taoist Monuments in Luofu Mountain, Guangdong Province —— Xu Chong View and Crisp Mash View

Luofu Mountain is located 45 kilometers northwest of Huizhou and 250 square kilometers in Fiona Fang. Luofu Mountain is a famous Taoist mountain in China, the seventh of the ten Taoist caves, the true cave of Zhu Minghui, and the thirty-fourth of the seventy-two blessed lands-the spring source blessed land.

Luofu Mountain is magnificent, with mountains and peaks, rugged rocks and strange shapes. The main peak is not Yunfeng 1282 meters above sea level, so it is named because colorful clouds often pass by. Sometimes it is smoky, and the Qifeng is looming, just like a fairyland. Luofu Mountain is full of springs, including Baishili, Baishuimen and Huanglongdong waterfalls, as well as nearly a thousand beautiful waterfalls such as Changshengjing, Zhuoxiquan and Niangquan.

Luofu Mountain has always been regarded as the fairy cave and Penglai in the South China Sea. Ge Hong, a famous Taoist priest in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once lived in Luofu Mountain and burned alchemy sand until he was 8 1 year old. There are five Taoist temples on the mountain: Xu Chong Temple, Sulao Temple, Jiutian Temple, Baihe Temple and Huanglong Temple.

Xu Chong Temple is located at the foot of Luofu Mountain, beside the lake of An Baili, facing south, surrounded by mountains and waters, and hidden among pines and cypresses. There is a stone bridge in front of the view, named Huixian Bridge, which is said to have been built by Su Dongpo. After crossing Huixian Bridge, we arrived at the gate of Xu Chongguan, on which there were four big characters: "Xu Chongguan". There are two couplets at the gate, and the couplet on the colonnade is "Wonderful scenery, four hundred peaks revere the purple mansion and five thousand virtues and enlightenment doors". The couplets on both sides of the door are "Sanqing Garden in the afternoon, seven holes in the sky".

Walking into the mountain gate, there is the Sanqing Hall, and there is a four-character plaque on the middle door. The couplet on the front porch column is: "Mixed Yuan and Sanqing, people are born, and everything is created;" A thousand words of morality help a hundred generations, with subtle views and far-reaching aspirations of yin and yang. In the center of the hall are Taoist "Sanqing" deities, namely Jade Qing Yuan Shi Tian Zun, Qing Lingbao Tian Zun and Taiqing Moral Tian Zun. There are also statues of Zhang Daoling, Ge Xuan, Xu Jingyang and handcuffs. The east side of the hall is dedicated to the statue of Xuanyuan Huangdi, and the west side is dedicated to the statue of Taiyi.

On the left side of Sanqing Hall is Zhaitang, also known as Hutang. There is a "longevity well" in the hall, which is said to take the water of Ge Hong's alchemy. The water quality is pure and sweet, and it will not dry up all year round. Lv Dongbin, the founder of Quanzhen Taoism, was enshrined in Lv Zu Hall. Gexian Temple is dedicated to statues of Ge Hong and his wife Bao Gu. Bao Gu, the only daughter of Bao Liang, the satrap of Nanhai in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, inherited family precepts from childhood and was good at medical treatment. She is called Bao Xiangu in the world. After Gexian Temple, it is said that Ge Hong built an alchemy furnace. The alchemy furnace is made of granite and has an octagonal base. According to the orientation, there are eight diagrams totems, as well as birds and animals such as Ruihe and Kirin.

There is an octagonal pool next to Chongxu Pass, which is Ge Hong's medicine washing pool. There is a boulder next to the pool, which is engraved with the words "medicine washing pool" After Xu Chong Pass, there is Zhu Mingdong, which is said to be the place where Ge Hong became immortal. The quiet environment here is the seventh largest cave in Taoism-Zhu Minghui is a true heaven. There is an inscription "Zhu Mingdong" on the boulder on the roadside.

The concept of crisp mash is near the crisp mash cave, surrounded by pine and bamboo. There is a stone carving on the mountain gate, which says "Crispy Old Pass". After entering the mountain gate, there is a plaque on the left wall called "Rebuilding the View of Crispy Gluten". According to the inscription, Qin Anqi was born as a goddess of Xuanqiu, and she talked about metaphysics when drinking. After drunkenness, the water and dew were all crisp mash, hence the name "Guansu mash". It is also said that red pine nuts once traveled here, so it is also called immortal ancient cave. Ge Hong was founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, formerly known as Bei 'an, and has been repaired in all previous dynasties. In the center of the Hall of Ursa Major is Lei Zu, and on the left is Lv Dongbin, who represents the Quanzhen religion of the Northern Sect of Taoism. On the right is Ge Xianweng, representing the Lingbao School of the Southern Sect of Taoism. Passing through the cloister, there is a small building engraved with "the first floor of Fushan", and there are couplets on both sides: "The small building allows me to be quiet, and the earth allows him to be busy". Looking out from the door on the left, there is a Gu Song with dense foliage. There is a sweet spring spewing out under the tree, clear and sweet, and the word "brewing spring" is engraved on the stone next to the spring. Not far from Niangquan, there is a high platform made of stone called "Xiaoyao Platform".