Nanyang is the hometown of Emperor GuangwuLiu Xiu. There are many legends about "Wang Mang expelled Liu Xiu".
But it is said that in the late summer and early autumn of a certain year, Wang Mang hurriedly pursued Liu Xiu to fifty miles northwest of Nanyang City. It was nearly noon, the sun was blazing in the sky, Liu Xiu was sweating profusely, and his legs felt like lead. Looking around, there is no shade on the rolling hills. There are only three small cypress trees as thick as fingers growing on the hillside by the roadside.
Seeing this scene, Liu Xiu couldn't help but sigh and said to himself: It would be great if these three trees could grow together. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, three small cypress trees came close to each other, forming enough shade to cover him. Liu Xiu happily sat down and rested his body.
Liu Xiu, who had regained his strength, led his troops to a village near Cypress, where he saw branches full of fresh fruits and watermelons growing everywhere. When the people in the village heard that Liu Xiu's army was here to fight against the Mang army, they treated them warmly. Every family made fires to cook, picked melons and fruits, and rewarded the three armies. The soldiers were hungry and thirsty, and ate the sweet fruits. Everyone shouted in unison: "Sweet! Sweet! Sweet!" Suddenly, the word "sweet" resounded throughout the military camp. Liu Xiu was overjoyed to see the deep affection between the soldiers and the people. He couldn't help singing loudly: "Sweet camp! Sweet camp..."! The soldiers were overjoyed to see their coach and sang "Sweet camp! Sweet camp..."! The people in the village were very happy and sang the song of Tianying loudly. From then on, Tianying became the name of the village, and gradually it was called Tianying.
Not long ago, on a rainy autumn afternoon, accompanied by General Shi from Tianying Cemetery in Xiezhuang Town, Wolong District, the author and several people visited the ancient site.
Tianying, five miles east of Xiezhuang Town, Wolong District, there is a temple on a hill beside the village road, called Sanbai Xuantian Temple. Three ancient cypresses are located in the Taoist temple. The legendary cypress tree is dead, but its branches still stand proudly in the sky.
"This tree was still alive when we were young." Mr. Shi said that one of the three branches had both leaves and cypress seeds, one had only leaves but no seeds, and one branch had neither leaves nor seeds. The cypress tree provides a resting place for passers-by and working folks, and has also become a local symbol. Later, someone built a temple behind the tree. Not only did folks from all over the country come to burn incense and worship Buddha, but many passing merchants also came to seek blessings and wealth. The incense was prosperous and it was very lively.
During the large-scale steel smelting in 1958, someone tried to cut down this ancient cypress, but it was said that it was cut with a saw and broken with an axe. After repeating it several times, no one stopped cutting it. During the Cultural Revolution, when the Four Old Ages were destroyed, a village health center was set up here. A rural doctor named Tian had excellent medical skills and cured many diseases of the villagers. After the reform and opening up, a grand temple fair is held every year on the 18th day of the third lunar month, and it is still popular today.
The nearby villagers believed that this hillock had a spiritual energy, and more and more pilgrims came to the temple to burn incense. It gradually evolved into the annual "Three Bais and One Dinggang Temple Fair", which continues to this day and has become a grand with a radius of nearly a hundred miles. The material exchange meeting stretched for several miles and was extremely lively.
Exit the Taoist temple, along the road to the south, about four to five hundred meters. The open space on the roadside is closed by an iron net, locked, and equipped with cameras, so you can only take a look at it from a distance.
This is the famous "Sun and Moon Sacrifice Altar" rock painting, carved on a slightly sloping rock, about 29 meters long from north to south and 27 meters wide from east to west. The most notable part of the rock paintings is the disc-shaped carving at the north end, which is composed of an inner and outer circle. The inner circle is slightly higher, forming a ring of depressions between the inner and outer circles.
On the morning of November 7, 2020, Professor Sun Xiaochun, an expert in the history of astronomy from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, came here to inspect and made a rough measurement on the spot: the inner circle diameter of the disk is 1.7 meters, the outer diameter is 2.6 meters, and the diameter of the outer circle is 2.6 meters. The disk is higher in the east and lower in the west, with a slope angle of about 12 degrees, and an obvious dot in the center of the disk.
Sun Xiaochun took a branch and stood it in the middle of the disk to explain its time-measuring function: according to the position of the shadow of the neutral pole on the ring during the day, the time can be measured, so he speculated that it was a kind of sundial.There is an obvious chiseled gap on the inner circle, which is initially judged to be due south. Professor Sun Xiaochun made an angular estimate of the "dan"-shaped and "moon"-shaped patterns about 2 meters southeast and northeast of the east side of the disk. Based on the local geographical location (112 degrees east longitude, 33 degrees north latitude), he concluded that It is most likely the sunrise position of the winter solstice and summer solstice, so the sundial also has the function of measuring the sunrise position to determine solar terms. There are also groups of dots engraved on the entire rock painting to form a star chart, in which stars such as the "Beidou" can be identified. Based on these preliminary observations and analyses, Professor Sun Xiaochun believes that the rock painting has obvious astronomical observation functions and has the properties of an astronomical cosmogram, so it can be called a "rock painting observatory".
Leaving this mysterious place, we rushed eastward to Zishan where Xiezhuang, Pushan and Shiqiao meet.
Purple Mountain is a strange mountain, and it is also the blessed mountain of Nanyang: Meixi River, Wenliang River, and Huangqu River all originate here; Bupleurum , which is rich in medicinal efficacy, is several times that of other places, and Nanyang mugwort also originates here; This mountain scorpion 10 legs, and only 8 legs in other places; Medical Sage Zhang Zhongjing dug ginseng in this mountain, and "Medical Sage Zhang Zhongjing" will be filmed here...
In the drizzle, we first climbed to the north of Zishan Mountain. "Putan'er Mountain" (sound). Looking from a distance, there is a sparkling lake in the north and connected by hills in the west.
"That lake is Qilin Lake - the water of this lake comes from Zishan, winds all the way around the two mountains in the west (the big one is called Huanglu Mountain, the small one is called Jishan), and flows into the lake "Following the direction of Mr. Shi's finger, we can see that the location of Xiezhuang Cemetery is just west of the Purple Mountain. The true meaning is: Purple air comes from the east, and the vegetation is lush.
Follow the path at the foot of Zishan Mountain and walk in. You will see Bupleurum and other wild yams on the road from time to time.
Soon after arriving at Guanyin Temple in Ziling Mountain, the mountain gate was tightly closed, and the words "Guanyin Hall" could be seen through the crack in the door. This temple was built on the original site of the Chenghuang Temple of Chengdu. It is located halfway up the southern foot of Zishan Mountain. It has the main hall and 38 side rooms on both sides. The temple covers an area of 4.67 hectares. There is the Patriarch Temple at the top of Ziling Peak. Every year on the second day of the second lunar month, there is an incense festival, which is bustling with drama, acrobatics, lions, land boats, bamboo horses, rattles, , etc., and attracts thousands of pilgrims from hundreds of miles around to pay homage. Pray sincerely.
Passing through Lingshan Temple and looking inward, you can clearly see the ruins of the ancient village wall. In the 1950s and 1960s, the walls were wide and naughty children often played on them.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the red plum blossoms on both sides of the Meixi River nurtured by Zishan were like fire, with small bridges across the river, waves in the river, and boats shuttled back and forth. Nowadays, although there is no boat traffic, the Meixi River has become an important inland river in Nanyang City, adding a lot of aura to the city.
There are many places of interest in Zishan. Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, once took refuge in this mountain. Now there are Liu Xiu's bed (a natural boulder bed), Liu Xiu's pot stand, and Liu Xiu's footprints. The Three Kingdoms Liu Bei Gao Shen Pang Tong (with the courtesy name Tuyuan and the nickname Fengchu) once lived in seclusion in this mountain. The building of Pang Tong's former residence "Fengchu Terrace" is quite large, with a front hall, a main hall, a mountain gate, a gallery, and a Fengchu There are many stone tablets in the temple, bells in the morning and drums in the evening, and fireworks. Now except for the stone well and Fengxiao Temple, nothing else remains.
On the southern slope of Zishan, there are 12 tombs of Ming kings, where the kings of the Ming Tang Dynasty , King Jing, and the princes of the Tang Dynasty Bingxian, Zhuang, Cheng, Jing, Shun, Duan and Yu are buried. There are the uniquely built "Zhuwang Bridge" and "White Dragon Palace". It is a pity that Li Zicheng rebelled and attacked Nanyang, occupied Zishan, first demolished the king's tomb, and then destroyed the temple of the ancestral hall, leaving the king's tomb in ruins. There are still many beautiful and legendary place names in Zishan, such as "Haohan Slope", "Zushi Temple", "Shitou Village", "Empress Stone", "Leigu Stone", "Hongyantan", "White Horse Temple", "Zoumagang", "Linmapo", "Baoenzhuang" and so on.It is said that the Yellow Turban Army once chose Zishan to defend. Li Zicheng occupied Zishan and attacked Nanyang; Chen Geng's troops fought fiercely at Zishan to liberate Nanyang.
Ziling Tomb Garden (Xiezhuang Town Cemetery) is located on the westward line of Zishan Mountain. It passes through the gorge and the star peaks rise suddenly. It is sheltered from the wind and faces the sun. It faces south and retains the original geological appearance, reflecting the original natural scenery.
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