Chongqing Zhou Wei Zi

Chongqing, also known as the mountain city, is located at the edge of Sichuan basin and belongs to hilly landform. There are indeed many famous mountains in its jurisdiction, such as Wushan Goddess Peak, Nanchuan Jinfo Mountain, Jiangjin Simian Mountain and Wulong fairy mountain. However, if there is a mountain with the same name as the Five Mountains, it is estimated that Chongqing people don't believe it themselves.

Believe it or not, it doesn't matter, but there really is such a famous mountain in Chongqing in history. It is Duo Long, which once held a prominent position, but now it is little known. This used to be the dividing line of ancient Bashu, and there is the site of ancient Chishui County at the foot of the mountain. There are Buddhist and Taoist temples on the mountain, and there are many cultural relics and historic sites.

Mount Duo Long is 6 19 meters above sea level, which is not high. Not to mention that there is no advantage compared with the three mountains and five mountains, Sichuan has more mountains than it. However, the mountain is not high and has a fairy name. Not only was Chen Tuan, the ancestor of Taishang, born in a shrine not far below the mountain, but Feng Gailuo, a native of Guanghan, Sichuan, was an alchemist on the mountain in the Western Jin Dynasty, and he stayed in Yongjia for three years (330).

It is understood that the original name of Duo Long Mountain is Wei Zishan. It is famous not only because the Von Gallo family has soared here, but also because of Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty who was born in Guangyuan, Sichuan. When she was a child, a Taoist priest on Duo Long Mountain pointed out that she looked like an emperor. Later, she revisited the mountain after landing in the world. She felt that this mountain was winding and stretching like a soaring dragon, so she renamed it Duo Long Mountain and "respected" the monk to build a release pond on the mountain.

Duo Long has been famous since Wu Zetian named it. At that time, the fame in Sichuan was not under Emei Mountain and Qingcheng Mountain. After the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty arrived in Sichuan, visited this mountain, and mentioned in the imperial edict that besides the Five Mountains, there are other mountains, and only the dragon should be the most important! So in the following period of time, it was the only one with the same name as Wuyue.

Hundreds of years after the Tang Dynasty, Duo Long has been a famous mountain in Sichuan, where Buddhism and Taoism prevailed, leaving many precious stone carvings on the cliffs. Among them, there are 13 stone grottoes around Feixian Stone in Tongnan, most of which are Buddhist and Taoist statues in Tang and Song Dynasties, with a number of nearly 100, which provides valuable physical materials for studying ancient religions and stone carving art in Southwest China.

In Qing dynasty, social unrest. In order to resist the An Baili Uprising, in the third year of Jiaqing (AD 1798), Duo Long Shanzhai was built on the mountain. The whole cottage is about 3 kilometers in circumference, with 4 doors and 8 hills. The steep cliff stands abruptly, enclosing the stockade in a circle, forming a natural annular wall. The four gates in the southeast, northwest and southeast are built on steep cliffs, and the terrain is dangerous. They have the extraordinary momentum of a standard mountain city, which is "guarded by one person and cannot be forced by ten thousand people".

According to the introduction of the old road in the mountains, there are four gates in Zhaizi Post, namely Dongyong Town Gate, Nanruiying Gate, Xitaipingmen Gate and Beiyingmen Gate. Among them, Yongzhenmen Gate is located in the "Dragon Head Up" in Duo Long. At present, it is the main access to Duo Long, basically intact, and still has the momentum of and while one man guards it and ten thousand cannot force it.

Ruiyingmen in the south is the passage for ancient Chishui County to enter Duo Long. I don't know when it was destroyed, but it no longer exists. The Taiping Gate in the southwest is the passage from Mengzi Township (now Longxing Town) in Tongnan District to Duo Long, and it is well preserved at present. Ying 'en Gate is the passage for Gudingyuan County (now Wusheng County, Sichuan Province) and Pengxi County to enter Duo Long. At present, it is hidden in wild tobacco and weeds, and has not been explored by Yu Fan. The specific situation is unknown.

Duo Long Mountain is not high, but there are many scenic spots. Among them, there are eight natural scenic spots in Duo Long, namely: Jiutai Xianrui, Feixian Liu Quan, Strange Rock Biting Pine, Qingyan Wai Vegetable, Huanglong Earth House, Chicheng Former Site, Hengjiang Bailian, and Cuisine. Among the historical sites, the scenic spots are: Bashu Jieshi, Jinglaoya, Feixian Spring, Feixian Cave and Feixian Stone.

For example, on the steep rock wall in the west of Duo Long, four characters of "natural conscience" are carved, and a gurgling spring water flows out from the narrow path under the rock. The local villagers all call this spring "conscience spring". As for its origin, there is a magical story among the people. According to legend, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a woman named Xiaosan at the foot of the mountain who was unwell. A handmaid went up the mountain to worship Buddha for medicine. Unexpectedly, the mountain road was difficult to walk, so she fell off the rock wall with one foot empty and was trapped in the mountain. How can she stand it? Just as she was about to swear that the servant girl didn't help her, just a few drops of spring water on the rock wall just dropped into her mouth, and the original swearing words were blocked. She also asked with concern whether the servant girl was injured. After this incident, she not only recovered physically, but also thought of others everywhere, often warning others: be a man with a conscience and not bully others. Under the mother's inspiration, my son also benefited a lot, so he asked Zhou Binglie, a local scholar, to write four big characters on this stone wall to warn future generations. Therefore, this spring is also called "conscience spring".

There used to be many temples in Duo Long in history, among which the famous ones are Lingshan Temple (also known as Fengxian Temple) built in Jin Dynasty, Jiutai Temple built in Tang Dynasty (Duo Long Mountain Temple, 1962, with only some steles left), Five Ugly Palace built in Tang Dynasty (now the temple has been converted into a residential building, which is mostly damaged) and built in Song Dynasty.

Times are different now. Duo Long Mountain has lost its former glory, not to mention being as famous as the three mountains and five mountains. Even in Chongqing, there is not much sense of existence, but this does not affect its near-earth glory. As a famous mountain where Buddhism and Taoism coexist, Taoist buildings on the mountain now include Zhenwu Hall and Jade Emperor Hall, and Buddhist buildings include Ancient Buddha Hall, Dragon Buddha Temple and Guanyin Hall. The incense is still very strong.

Under the stone steps in front of the mountain landmark Nantianmen, Yu Fan saw a stone tablet with the words "playing the piano in seven steps" written on it. What a coincidence, it has the same name as the sound of the stone pier piano (also known as the seven-step piano) in Chongqing Buddha Temple, but it is not as famous as the latter. The sound of the stone pier piano in Tongnan Buddha Temple is not simple, and it is one of the four echo buildings in China, but the principle should be the same, except that we take the stone steps.

Duo Long is now very famous in the surrounding counties, and you don't need tickets to go up the mountain. However, as can be seen from the picture, there are not many tourists, and it can even be described as rare. Only when the Dragon heads up on the second day of the second lunar month every year, will Duo Long gather thousands of people from Hechuan, Tongnan, Pengxi, Vu Thang and other places in Chongqing to catch up with the temple fair, or ask for heaven or worship Buddha, filled with cigarettes and a sea of people.

Duo Long used to be the boundary mountain of Bashu, and now it is located at the junction of Tongnan and Hechuan. At best, it is a strategic victory for the military. In the worst case, such zoning is not conducive to its overall construction and operation. Hechuan has famous scenic spots such as fishing village and Laitan ancient town. It is estimated that this strange Duo Long Mountain will be neglected for a while, and Tongnan only accounts for less than half of the mountain, so it is estimated that it will be unable to operate.