Qing Zi, an online writer, explores the geomantic culture of the ancient city of Langzhong: the unity of mountains and rivers, sentient beings and heaven.

When mountains and rivers meet, they are happy. Jialing River, which originated in Qinling Mountains, winds south and enters Sichuan. It suddenly turned a 180 bend, and surrounded a U-shaped alluvial state on its chest. Panlong Mountain, the remaining vein of Daba Mountain, originated from Kunlun Mountain, the ancestral vein of China, winding up from the north and just ending in the north of this land. The ideal city is built on the water. After thousands of years of vicissitudes, it has been endowed with beautiful landscapes with feelings and righteousness.

Panorama of Langzhong ancient city

Langzhong is located in the north of Sichuan Basin. The Northern Song Dynasty's Taiping Universe wrote: "Langzhong is called Langzhong because its mountains meet in the county." Langzhong described it in "Zi Tong Zhi Jian": "Langshui winds on three sides, and the county lives there, hence the name." As described in ancient books about the origin of its place names, the ancient city of Langzhong is surrounded by mountains on four sides and water on three sides. The mountains and rivers are winding like dragons, which is vivid and moving. The city is full of wind and gas, and the water is safe.

The star music tour of "Laughing Ancient City 20 18 Langzhong Quyi School" invited Qing Zi, a famous online writer, to punch in the feng shui lucky route. During several days' experience, Qing Zi visited Baita, Tiangongyuan, Giant Buddha Temple, Wulong, Champion Cave, Zhongtian Building, World Fengshui Culture Expo City, etc.: Climbing high and overlooking Langzhong's landscape city, exploring Langzhong's geomantic figures, strolling through Langzhong's ancient city, feeling the pattern of "ten roads with heavenly heart" and entering Langzhong City.

Qing Zi overlooks the ancient city of Langzhong.

First day? Climb to the top

Although Baotic is vast, the weather is extraordinary.

Drive to the top of Dongshan Mountain, which is located on the other side of Jialing River in the east of Langzhong City. Standing on the observation deck of Baita, you can have a panoramic view of Langzhong City: "The city is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the surrounding mountains are locked in smoke". At this time, we can understand why Langzhong can be known as "Yuen Long Wonderland" and "Land of Geomantic omen".

"There are twelve jade buildings in Lang Feng Garden of Kunlun Garden, with nine floors of Xuan room, right Yaochi, left green water and weak water. Hong Tao is towering, and it is beyond the reach of badminton racing, and the Queen Mother lives there. " This passage comes from the biography of immortals by Ge Hong, a famous Taoist scholar, alchemist and medical scientist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The place described in the book is called Lang Feng Garden, also known as Yuen Long, which is the top of the legendary Kunlun Mountain and the residence of the Queen Mother of the West.

In the minds of ancient people in China, the word "Yuen Long" is extremely affordable, and it is the place where the Jade Pagoda stands in the stars, the ethereal Penglai and the immortals live. Ordinary people can only imagine that if there is a blessed land like Zhong Ling on the earth, it must be a land with bright stars and beautiful mountains and rivers.

Qing Zi overlooks the White Pagoda observation deck.

In Qing Zi's book, many charming fairy tales have been written. Among them, the mountains, rivers, plants and pagodas, although there are traces between history and land, are ethereal and illusory and need to be sorted out by the author. However, this Langzhong city seems to him to be made in heaven.

Standing at the top of Dongshan Mountain overlooking Langzhong, the nearby mountains are green and the distant mountains are layered. Jialing River is surrounded by jade, Langzhong city is built in the U-shaped alluvial state along the river, and buildings and streets are densely arranged. The ancient residence in the corner of Linjiang is where the ancient city of Langzhong is located. Seeing this scene, Qing Zi sincerely sighed, just like a fairy playing chess, Langzhong is a chessboard.

The river is surrounded by battlements on three sides, and the mountains around it are locked with smoke.

In order to draw materials for the novel, Qing Zi once dabbled in the geomantic geography theory in the traditional culture of China. The so-called five geographical strategies of "dragon, cave, sand, water and direction" are naturally perfect in Langzhong.

Specifically, the Panlong mountain system of Daba Mountain, which originated from Kunlun Mountain, the ancestral vein of China, is the "origin and development" of Langzhong, forming a natural barrier in the north of the city as a backer; Jinping Mountain on the south bank of Jialing River, facing the city, is Case Mountain; In addition, the guards of "Sand Mountain" such as Baita Mountain and Daxiangshan in the east, west, left and right (surrounded by mountains on all sides) were guarded by "Long Lai", "An Mountain", "Sand Mountain" in the left, middle and right, and the "Chaoshan Mountain" (distant mountain) in Huanghua Mountain was green and layered.

What's even more rare is that several tributaries of the surging Jialing River meet at Shaxichang, Yutai Mountain in the north of the city. Under the protection of mountains, it is close to the city and surrounded by the ancient city on three sides, forming a huge "U"-shaped ring belt, which naturally forms a land of "Lishui is a wall" and "Jincheng is surrounded", which makes people sigh, and so is the fairy residence!

Lishui is surrounded by a wall and a Huang Jincheng.

There are rare wizards in the world and rare treasures in the natural landscape. The so-called hidden wind gathers gas, and water is the best. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't have known there was such an exquisite resort. Standing on the top of Dongshan Mountain, the wind sounded on the eaves of the white tower at the top of the mountain, as if the fairy family were whispering in the clouds, "Su Lian's hands are too clear. The dress is dragging a wide belt and floating into the sky. " At the moment, the dreamland of freedom in Li Taibai's poems is like this.

The next day? Visit the secluded place to spy on the secret.

Explore the ancient city mountains and rivers, strange people and strange things.

According to legend, in the 22nd year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (AD 648), the sky suddenly changed, and someone secretly played "Wang Qi" in the southwest of Chang 'an. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, worried about the instability of mountains and rivers, ordered Yuan Tiangang, an official in charge of predicting good and bad luck and surveying geomantic omen in the Tang Dynasty, to "step on Wang Qi" and "break Long Mai". Yuan Tiangang was ordered to go to Chaotiangang, Guangyuan, and climbed to the south. From a distance, he saw that the air in Langzhong direction was filled with auspicious spirit, and auspicious clouds rose like "the spirit of kings". So he rushed to the ancient city of Langzhong and boarded Jinping. He saw Panlong Mountain in the north of Langzhong, with auspicious spirit hovering and clouds all over the sky. Surrounded by mountains, it is full of vitality. Therefore, Yuan Tiangang conveyed the sacred will to the magistrate in Langzhou, and the counties in Langzhou sent civil servants to cut mountains and chisel stones in Panlong Mountain, thus cutting off the "Dragon Neck" and "Long Mai".

This is a long-standing story about Yuan Tiangang's "Breaking Long Mai" in Langzhong. The place where "Long Mai" was destroyed is called Savania, and there are still relics in Langzhong. The story of "Broken Long Mai" is extremely mysterious. In Qing Zi's view, this is also the unique charm of Langzhong. "For people who write stories, Langzhong has a profound cultural heritage and many anecdotes. It is like an undiscovered treasure mine. It is wonderful to write the sorted materials into the book! "

Qing Zi edited and arranged information in Langzhong.

Located 29 kilometers south of Langzhong, there is a secret historic site called Tiangong Garden, which was built when Yuan Tiangang and Li were attracted by Langzhong's magical mountains and mysterious geomantic omen and settled in Langzhong to study astronomical phenomena and geomantic geography. Watching the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court, the clouds are rolling and the clouds are comfortable, and a thousand years have passed. Nowadays, Tiangong Garden has become one of the must-see attractions for every visitor who comes to Langzhong to understand the profound geomantic geography and culture here.

Qing Zi edited and arranged information in Langzhong.

In the early morning, at sunrise, the sixty-four hexagrams in the compass square outside the Tiangong courtyard were bathed in the morning light like drums. Several children play around the revolving dragon and phoenix swivel chair in the center of the square, and the cackling like a silver bell shows the simplicity and tranquility of the Heavenly Palace.

Qing Zi and his party stepped into the gates of the Heavenly Palace, green with moss. I saw the statues of Li and Yuan Tiangang enshrined in the main hall of the courtyard. The inscription "Harmony between Heaven and Man" in the main hall shows the profound traditional cultural connotation and Taoist origin of this place. After a gust of wind, the ancient pagoda tree went straight into the sky, making people feel distant and comfortable. Maybe they felt the aura of the master and their breathing became even and long.

Qing Zi stepped into the Heavenly Palace.

The East and West Rooms of Tiangong Courtyard are exhibition halls, introducing the traditional geomantic geography and culture of China, the theory of Eight Diagrams and the Book of Changes, and the life experiences of two geomantic legends, Yuan Tiangang and Li. Here, there is a document about the birth history of Yuan Tiangang.

Statue of Yuan Tiangang and Li

According to legend, Yuan Tiangang, formerly known as Yuan Tiangang, was the son of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. Because the Queen Dugu killed his mother, he was taken to Yuan Jia for support. Later, he became a famous astronomer and geomantic master in the history of China, and later became one of the founding strategists in the Tang Dynasty. In the early years of Zhenguan, Yuan Tiangang lived in seclusion in Langzhong and re-planned on the basis of the original ancient city. The existing ruins of Langzhong ancient city maintained the nine horizontal and nine vertical patterns planned at that time.

The third day? Take a walk and chat

Sigh the ups and downs of life.

Compared with other ancient city scenic spots, bars and shops are frequent and music is noisy. Walking in the streets and alleys of Langzhong, you can rarely find a kind of simplicity and stability that can really be called the legacy of the ancient city. The intersection is like a Chinese fir with a giant umbrella, with a heavy and vicissitudes bluestone road at its feet, and the Baoning vinegar that existed thousands of years ago is floating in the air. The streets and alleys in the city face the distant mountains, and the green hills are in the distance.

Quiet ancient city streets

The existing pattern of Langzhong ancient city is scheduled for the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Wude and Zhenguan Dynasties, Li Lingkui, son of gaozu Li Yuan, and Li Yuanying, son of Wang Teng, successively enfeoffed Langzhou. The two kings imitated Chang 'an City, and under the guidance of Yuan Tiangang and Li's geomantic theory, they built palaces and twelve floors in five cities.

In ancient China, it was "respecting the square" and "respecting the middle", so the construction and arrangement of the central position of the city is the most important thing in urban construction. There is a "Zhongtian Building" at the intersection of the geometric center of Langzhong ancient city and the main roads in the east, west, north and south of the city. It is the main cave of Langzhong City, and the streets and alleys in the city are spread in all directions in the form of "Tianxin Ten Roads". The so-called "flying pavilions in the city are even dangerous pavilions, and the windows are facing Jinping everywhere." The elegant location of Zhongtian Building lies in that it is Langzhong City.

Pattern of Tang and Song Dynasties, style of Ming and Qing Dynasties

Thanks to the consideration of geomantic geography when the ancient man-made city was built, there are more than 90 ancient streets and hundreds of ancient houses in Langzhong ancient city, all of which are surrounded by mountains and waters. There are many long streets in the east and west, but few short streets in the north and south, which not only meets the good orientation, but also makes the building patchwork, rich in levels, broad in vision and well ventilated.

Perhaps the charm of the city and the charm of people are the same, and the land in Yu Xiu, Zhong Ling is bound to produce excellent people. Famous astronomers in the Western Han Dynasty, the number one scholar in the Song Dynasty and Chen Yaorui all came from Langzhong, and Feng Shui masters Yuan Tiangang and Li have a special liking for Langzhong. Not only did they study Feng Shui in seclusion, but they were also buried in this Langzhong after their death.

Landscape pattern, natural treasure land.

"I have been to the ancient city of Langzhong for thousands of years, and I have been to the geomantic figures in Langzhong, and I will also have a feeling of life fortune." Sitting in the tea room in the city, Qing Zi lamented that the ups and downs of a person's life are nothing more than one heart: the talents born in the world are different from those in heaven, depending on whether you can find them, and when you meet a bosom friend, you can grasp them yourself. Just as the landscape pattern of Langzhong ancient city is natural, we also need to meet a bosom friend who understands it and give full play to these natural advantages in order to become a Millennium famous city.