Hehe, Sanqin Soul Tour Xi An Lou Guan Tai Cave Crown

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Louguantai is located at the north foot of Zhong Nanshan, Louguantai Town, southeast of zhouzhi county 15km. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with lush ancient trees and beautiful scenery. "History of Ancient Buildings and Terraces" says: "There are 120 rivers and mountains in Guanzhong, the south is the top, the south is full of Qingfeng, and the Louguantai is the most famous." Louguantai is said to be the place where Laozi wrote the Tao Te Ching.

According to legend, as early as the time, the emperor Mu, who worshiped gods and immortals, traveled here and built a "Lougong Temple" halfway up the mountain. Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty also built palaces and temples here, hoping to pursue the fairy tale and be immortal. During the reign of Emperor Shundi in the Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling in Bashu founded the Taoist School, with the Tao Te Ching as the main sutra and Laozi as the leader, and it became the ancient architectural concept of Laozi's Five Thousand Words of Tao Te Ching, which naturally became the holy land of Taoism and the activity center of northern Taoism. In the history of Taoism, it is called "the fairy capital", "the crown of caves" and "the first blessed land in the world"

The view of ancient architecture flourished in the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor surnamed Li and Lao Zi surnamed Li Minger, so Lao Zi was honored as the ancestor. In October (624), the seventh year of Tang Gaozu Wude, he personally "inspected Louguan Temple" and changed Louguan Palace to Zongsheng Palace. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Zongsheng Palace was renamed as Zongsheng Temple. Calligrapher Ou Yangxun wrote the inscription "Monument to the Holy Temple of Emperor Jianzong of the Tang Dynasty", which has been well preserved so far. In Song Zhenzong, the jade Zhao Qingying Palace was built according to the style of the imperial palace. The Louguantai in the Jin Dynasty was destroyed by a military disaster, and it was rebuilt on a large scale in the early Yuan Dynasty, renamed as "Zongsheng Palace".

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Louguan experienced several ups and downs. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, only ruins were left, and its center moved to "Tan Jing". Since then, the concept of ancient architecture has been called building a viewing platform.

Laozi followed the Tao Te Ching westward.

According to legend, as early as 2500 years ago, Dr. Chow ordered Yin to build a grass house here to observe the weather. Because it is a grass house for viewing, people call it the view of grass house. It is said that Taoist architecture is called "view", and that's when it began. One day, Yin went to the grass to look at the stars. When he saw purple gas coming from the east, he knew that a saint must have come. Hangu Pass is the only pass for eastern countries to enter Qin State, so he asked for Hangu Pass. Soon, Lao Tzu came riding a green cow. Therefore, the Caolou was renamed "Ziyun Building". Yin invited Laozi to the Caolou and invited Laozi to give lectures and write books as gifts for his disciples. Lao Tzu wrote a five-thousand-word Tao Te Ching here.

There are many remains of Laozi in Louguantai. According to legend, Lao Tzu lived in Louguantai, where he taught Tao Te Ching, alchemy and educated his disciple JOE, and was buried here after his death, saying that there was Lao Tzu's tomb 4 kilometers west of the platform.

The Platform of Scripture-telling and the Spring from Woman to Woman

The lecture platform is located in the south of Louguantai, 600 meters above sea level, surrounded by clear springs and faint bamboo forests. Also known as the lecture platform, it was built to commemorate Laozi's lecture. The mountain gate faces south, and there is the word "Tan Tai" inscribed by the painter Shi Lu on the mountain gate. There are four stone tablets of Tao Te Ching on both sides of the door. On the platform at the top of the mountain, there is the "Laozi Temple", which contains statues of Laozi, his disciples and Yin. Laozi holds "Ruyi" in his hand and looks peaceful. Stand aside, Yin knelt on the right. Behind the main hall of "Laozi Temple" is the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, which contains various versions of the Tao Te Ching, as well as ancient books and poems that study and annotate the Tao Te Ching.

In the west of "Shuojingtai" 1 km, there is a flower girl spring. According to legend, JOE, a disciple of Laozi, was originally a pile of white bones, and Laozi turned it into a human form with a "shape-gathering symbol". When I was in Louguantai, I wanted to test JOE's sincerity in learning Taoism. I stuck a stick in the ground and turned seven kinds of herbs into a beautiful woman. When JOE saw this beautiful woman, his heart suddenly moved and he forgot all about the teacher's teaching. I was so angry when I saw it that the "poly-shape symbol" was removed, and JOE was reduced to a pile of bones. After Yin's intercession, his body was returned. When Lao Tzu pulled out his staff and left, two clear springs gushed from the place where the staff was inserted, which was the mother spring. This is the theme of a group of statues in Laozi Temple. Later, JOE repented, devoted himself to learning Taoism, and finally became immortal, and was honored as "the real bones."

Tie Niu Bai and Shang Shan Chi

Two kilometers north of the "Shuojingtai" is a flat land, and the site of the Tang Zongsheng Palace is in this area. There are nine towering old trees here, one of which is called Niubai. According to legend, the green cow I rode from the East is tied to this tree. In the Yuan Dynasty, Cooper decayed and planted a tree in its place. It's been over 700 years. According to the records of ancient buildings and observatories, in the 15th year of Yuan Dynasty (1278), King Anxi sent someone to place a Shi Niu under a cowherd to show the remains of that year.

Louguantai has six pavilions with gossip on the top. There is a gossip-shaped pool named Shangshan Pool under the Xiting.

According to legend, from the Yuan Dynasty to the first year of Zhengzheng (1264- 1294), there was a plague in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, and countless people and animals died in Zhouzhi area. In my dream, the old gentleman (Lao Zi) showed Zhang Zhijian of Louguantai prison that there was divine water under the stone slab in front of the mountain gate, which could cure the plague. Zhang Zhijian ordered people to pry open the slate, so he got a clear spring and cured many patients around him. Zhao Mengfu, a calligrapher who was a bachelor in the Imperial Academy at that time, came here to listen to this story and felt a lot. In the eighth chapter of Tao Te Ching, there is a saying that "goodness is like water, and water is the goodness of all things, so it depends on Tao", which means that the highest goodness is like water, which helps all things without competing with all things. It stays in places that people don't like, so water is closest to Tao. Zhao Mengfu took its meaning, wrote down the word "Shangshan Pool", and then carved the word on a stone and stood beside the pool.

In addition, the Louguantai also has Liu's cloak tower. This pagoda was originally a Buddhist building. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Buddhism and Taoism merged, and some Taoists built this pagoda. Taoist pagodas are just used as memorials or buried in cloaks. Liu Yibo Tower is the only tower left in Louguantai, which contains the clothes used by Taoist Liu before his death. This tower is a solid brick with three floors and a height of about 9 meters. The tower is slender. The tower is shaped like a tower, but the main part of the pagoda, the pagoda brake, is deformed. There are no lotus flowers, no wheels, no treasure covers and the like, but the top is made of melon tendons, and there are no complicated decorations around the pagoda, which is unpretentious.