Zhuyun Zen style Yifeng Humanistic Ecological Journey

My wife's childhood classmates and best friends reached an intention at a party last year, and they will make an appointment to travel in the future summer vacation to share the pleasure of traveling all over the world. I originally planned to go to Jinggang Mountain for summer vacation this year, but the rogue Jinggang Mountain coincided with the peak summer tourism season, so it was difficult to find accommodation, so I had to give it up. At a time when everyone was in doubt, Sister Li suggested that on the 20th, coinciding with the weekend, her daughter planned to take her granddaughter back to Yifeng to visit her husband. The opinion was unanimously agreed by everyone, and there was still a vacant seat in the car. Sister Li told her wife that she invited me to go with her, and I gladly agreed.

04:00 sharp on the 19th. There are five of us, with Sister Li's one-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter. Sister Li's daughter drives a car and takes Changli Expressway straight to Yifeng. Along the way, the sisters didn't talk to each other, and from time to time they made the little granddaughter laugh. Because Yifeng's trip was on the spur of the moment, I didn't have time to get the relevant information online in advance. I thought I didn't travel much of the famous mountains and rivers in the province, but I knew a lot about it, but Yifeng seldom heard of it. I'm afraid it's hard to get any unexpected gains from this trip.

However, when I walk in the ancient village, I see the old houses of the Ming and Qing dynasties with mottled vicissitudes and the thousand-year-old nanmu trees with towering ancient trees; when I linger among the Zen temples in Zhuhai; when I stand in the hometown of Tao Yuanming and pay my respects in front of the bronze statue of Tao Qian; when I am amazed when I see the ancestral halls of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Tianbao Ancient Village, listening to the story of Wufang returning to his hometown. When we taste the authentic local delicacies; when I join the crowd walking in the large leisure and entertainment cultural square built by the government to do practical things for the people and build a combination of modern and traditional. My heart was shocked and my original ideas were subverted.

Unexpectedly, this little-known county town in northwest Jiangxi. Lurking such profound and broad natural and human resources; the ecological protection here is so perfect, green mountains and fresh air; so advocating education, talented people have emerged since ancient times; the folkways here are so simple, real and sincere, a lot less intrigue, prevention and ingenuity. Hearing is false, seeing is believing, you might as well follow me into Yifeng, to feel its infinite charm! Reading and appreciation of American articles

Our car arrived in Xinchang Town, Yifeng County at six o'clock in the afternoon. Check in at Houde Hotel booked by Sister Li's son-in-law. After getting off the bus, she was welcomed by Sister Li's son-in-law who was waiting here and Director Xiao of a bureau in Yifeng County. Director Xiao, of medium height, is fat, dark-skinned, kind-looking, and has a lucky face. According to Sister Li, Xiao Ju, also from Nanchang, was sent to Yifeng with his parents during the Cultural Revolution. After his parents returned to the city, he did not want to leave here. Xiao Bureau enthusiastically guided us to check in.

Houde Hotel is one of the best hotels in Yifeng County. Next to the garden in the middle of the lake, the lake is clear and green. The winding path of the Jiuqu wooden bridge in the water is quiet, and the lotus duckweed is shining. All kinds of modern buildings in the new county stand according to the lake, and the reflection in the lake is beautiful. Xiao asked us to take a short rest at the hotel. At 6: 30, he drove on time and picked us up to have dinner in the office canteen. The dishes are the delicacies of the original livestock and poultry vegetables.

After having enough to drink and eat, I went back to the hotel and went to the teahouse opposite the hotel to have tea and chat. The waitress in the national costume performed the tea ceremony for us, and we tasted tea while listening to Xiao Ju's tea ceremony secrets. Then Xiao Bureau suggested that the garden in the middle of the lake take a walk to enjoy the night view. The county town under the color neon lights is blurred and beautiful! We walked quickly on the wide sidewalk.

After the hotel buffet early the next morning, Xiao Ju personally drove and started a two-day tour of Yifeng. Unfortunately, Rain Water patronized, our car no scruples of Douyu all the way in the depths of the mountain. It's like God blessed that the rain stopped when the car arrived at the scenic spot.

Pingxi Ancient Village is located to the southwest of Tianbao Township. It has been awarded to Chinese traditional villages by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Pingxi Village was built before the Yuan Dynasty, reflecting the concept of the ancients living near the mountain, the village preserved the original appearance of life, traditional architecture, traditional culture preserved integrity, there are Zuoshan cultural sites, two ancient wells, of which an ancient well formed naturally, the shape of the well is like boots, so it is called Boot well. In the mountains behind the village, hundreds of acres of ancient trees are towering, with luxuriant branches, especially camphor trees, maple trees and trees. The gurgling stream in front of the village passes by the village.

Tianbao ancient village is a famous historical and cultural village in the south of the Yangtze River. The name of Tianbao began in the Tang Dynasty. Tianbao, with a history of more than 1800 years, is the seat of ancient Yifeng County, with profound cultural heritage, known as Little Nanjing; now there are 141 houses in the Ming and Qing dynasties, carved beams and paintings on the antique lintel window lattice, with exquisite craftsmanship and exquisite craftsmanship; the Bacon School built in 1919 is a rare Western-style building, cultivating countless favourite sons of Heaven, and Tianbao is praised by experts as the first ancient village in Jiangxi.

From Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Tianbao gave birth to 151 Jinshi people, of whom 22 were Jinshi. Liu Bingzhong, who presided over the design of the Great Kyoto in the Yuan Dynasty, and Liu Ji (Liu Bowen, a famous founder of the Ming Dynasty) were both born in Tianbao, and Liu Shishun, the modern foreign minister, was also born in Tianbao. Tianbao folk also has slang ten thousand years of firecrackers and parasols, Tianbao girls do not need to pick, describe Tianbao women's voice soft style, gentle character, such as Wanzai firecrackers, Liuyang paper umbrellas.

Here, Xiao Bureau led us to see the golden Phoebe forest in the back mountain, and told that it is a precious wood unique to our country and belongs to the second-class protected plant of our country. The growth rate of golden nanmu is extremely slow, and it takes at least 300 years to become a pillar. Its wood is hard, fine, not easy to dry and crack, and it is said that water cannot invade, ants cannot burrow, and that they will not rot for thousands of years. Golden nanmu is a fine product of nanmu. In ancient times, it was mainly used to make beams and pillars of the imperial palace, as well as royal furniture, coffins and a few temple buildings. Many beams in the Imperial Palace in Beijing are also golden nanmu. The total area of wild golden nanmu in the northern mountainous area of Yifeng County is nearly 50,000 mu, which is unique in the country. The only national cultural relic protection unit in the county, that is, Luban Fang, a wooden building in the Tang Dynasty, is also made of gold nanmu, which is still roughly intact after more than 1300 years.

On Sunday the 21st, Xiao Bureau led us to visit the Yifeng County Museum, and we came to the Zhuyun Zen style Exhibition Hall. It is learned that Yifeng bamboo is rich in resources and of good quality, with an existing bamboo forest area of 910000 mu. According to Xiao Bureau, there are more than 200 bamboo varieties in Yifeng, including 1 living bamboo. 2.6 billion plants, ranking third in the country, was named one of the top ten bamboo townships in China by the State Forestry Administration in 1996.

With the development of society, plastic, glass, stainless steel and other products are increasingly becoming the protagonists in people's lives, but Yifeng people's love of bamboo remains the same. In 2010, the county invested more than 51 million yuan to build a bamboo culture park covering an area of 160 mu, and built a bamboo culture center, introducing the origin, cultivation, processing and cultural connotation of bamboo in an all-round way. the exquisite handicrafts such as bamboo carvings, bamboo weaves, bamboo paintings and other exquisite handicrafts in the collection are a great eye-opener for tourists.

In the evening, we and his party came to Tao Yuanming's hometown in Xinchang Town, a thinker, writer and poet during the Jin and Song dynasties. There has been a lot of controversy about his hometown. According to Yuanming's poems, Nanshan is mentioned three times, that is, the name of the mountain and the village next to Xiuxi Village in Yifeng. Miscellaneous Poems No. 7: home is an adverse hostel, I am like a guest. What do you want to go? there is an old house in Nanshan. The third song of "returning to the Garden and living in the Field": growing beans at the foot of the South Mountain, grass Sheng bean seedlings are sparse. The fifth song of "drinking" picks wild flowers by the fence and accidentally sees Nanshan. It is certain that Yifeng is his birthplace. In Yuanming's hometown, place names such as Nanshan, Donglei and Juyuan have been handed down to this day. Tao Yuanming left Yifeng to seek Yang at the age of 29.

On the last day of the trip, I visited Dongshan in the morning. The Dongshan Zen Forest Scenic spot is located in the north of Yifeng County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. It is the ancestral court of Cao Dong sect of Buddhism, and it is a tourist resort that integrates Buddhist culture and natural ecology. In the primeval forest of the scenic spot, ancient trees are towering, surrounded by vines, beasts and birds leap, Mingquan waterfalls, the scenery is beautiful and quiet. There are more than 20 scenic spots, including Puri Temple, Price Zu Pagoda, Su Zhe Poetry Stone carvings, wooden Fish Stone, Qixian Bridge, Millennium Luohansong, Shishang Nan, Fengqu Bridge, Night House Mountain and many other Buddhist pagodas. Founded in the middle of Tang Xiantong, it was renovated several times and rebuilt in 1988. The temple covers an area of 6806 square meters, with the main Hall, Kunling Hall, Sengliao Pavilion, etc., imitating the magnificent Tang architectural complex.

The majestic mountain gate has the four golden words of the late Mr. Zhao Puchu, the former president of the Buddhist Association, who personally wrote the Dongshan Zen forest. The Dongshan mountains and clear waters are beautiful from generation to generation, and the painting wall Niang Mu Dongshan Xiquan, such as hibiscus coming out of the water, is deeply favored by the emperor. Therefore, Dongshan Xiquan is known as the god of beauty. When you come to Dongshan to see the aura of Buddha light and mu Dongshan, you will be lucky, lucky, prosperous and successful in everything.

After a tour from Dongshan, we finished our trip to Yifeng and returned to Chang. Before going up the mountain, Xiao said hello to the owner of the folk restaurant at the foot of the mountain in advance and asked to eat the local chicken, duck and fish that were slaughtered, and the vegetables, melons and fruits picked at the back of the house. As a lunch for us to practice! Soon after we went down the mountain and sat down, a table of local dishes with good color, smell and taste was ready. Sister Li and daughter-in-law Xiao Bureau is really very kind. Over the past few days, she has served as a driver, a tour guide and an administrator, taking care of food, housing, play and service. As the director of a bureau in a county, she works every day and can't rest on weekends. He is so courteous and considerate to his mother-in-law and her friends, so he must be a good official! We expressed our gratitude again when we parted. May good people be rewarded!

Nanchang, 23 July 2019