Zhou Zhi really didn't expect that there would be such a well-preserved palace building in the little-known Shida Town. He felt a little touched for a while and talked a little more.

In addition to here, there are also several scenic spots such as Daiyun Pavilion, Dengyun Temple, and Thousand Buddha Rocks.

Among them, Daiyun Pavilion and Dengyun Temple, apart from their simple names, long history, and well-preserved buildings, like Qingyuan Palace, have one regrettable feature, that is, the statues are too rough.

Several places still retain the grand layout when they were first built, and are exquisite and beautiful to the extreme. However, the earliest statues inside, which must match the exquisiteness of the architecture, have long since been wiped out in the movement, and the statues built after that are all in the countryside.

The craftsmanship is quite crude, and it is obviously not on the same level as the surrounding buildings.

But these can only be made up by people's imagination.

It is also a pity that there is Thousand Buddha Rock, which is an open cliff of several hundred meters. "Forty miles west of the county, there is Shiyang Station, which is also called Shimen. There is a giant Buddha on the opposite river, and there is a giant Buddhist temple, so

Created by Xiang Zhang Wuwu..."

Zhang Wuwu is the famous figure of the Song Dynasty, Zhang Shangying, also known as Wuwu Jushi. It was he who carved a five-foot-tall Water Moon Guanyin statue there, facing north and facing south, leaning on mountains and facing water.

Unlike the Leshan Giant Buddha, there is a temple besides the statue, with painted pillars and carved beams, which is majestic and spectacular, called the "Shimen Giant Buddha Temple".

The main hall of the temple is the pavilion, which is also built against the mountain to protect the statue of Shuiyue Guanyin enshrined in the city, allowing him to sit quietly and watch the turbulent flow of the river for thousands of years.

Entering the main hall, the friends raised their heads and looked at the magnificent statues and double eaves. They all couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow——"

The main hall is ten feet high and is a majestic wooden structure with seven eaves. It is shaped like a white lotus.

What is even more amazing is the statue of Shuiyue Guanyin in the temple.

Avalokitesvara is five feet tall, with shoulders two feet wide. She has a graceful figure, gentleness and quietness. She wears a precious crown, which is exquisite and exquisite. In the crown, there is a smiling Arhat sitting on it. The carving is exquisite and exquisite;

The cassock is open in front of the chest, with Buddhist beads clearly visible, the silk belt is light, the lines are smooth, and the skin is looming. He sits facing south, lazily sitting on the lotus, his left foot is slightly raised and lightly steps on the lotus leaf, his left hand is placed on his left knee, and his right hand is on the lotus leaf.

Droop naturally and look calm.

There are stairs that can be climbed up in the pavilion. When they first entered the hall, the friends looked from the bottom up and felt a sense of oppression. Guanyin gave people a solemn feeling.

However, when she climbed up the pavilion and looked level with Guanyin again, Jiang Shuyi said, "Actually Guanyin is quite kind."

Only then did everyone realize that the current Shuiyue Guanyin actually gave everyone a kind and lively feeling.

Zhou Zhi was delighted: "There is a famous couplet about Guanyin: The sound can also be appreciated, so one can be confident and wise; if Buddha can be called a scholar, it must be noted that Confucianism and Buddhism have the same origin."

"The Guanyin here, like the White Pagoda in Jiachuan, should actually be a hydrological landmark. I guess there should be inscriptions recording hydrology nearby."

The friends didn't believe it. After visiting the Great Buddhist Temple, they started to search around. Sure enough, Yang He finally found a stone tablet built on the wall of the courtyard, almost buried in moss. The stone tablet recorded the year when the water level of the Yangtze River changed drastically.

After a tour, Zhou Zhi gained a new understanding of the Great Buddha Temple and Shigao Town. It was once an important node of the Yangtze River Waterway and experienced the development and rise and fall of Yangtze River shipping. It should be said that it is very important for studying the history of the Yangtze River Waterway, especially the ancient Yangtze River.

The history of midstream and upper reaches shipping has great historical and academic significance.

However, it is a pity that the protection is still poor. The Great Buddha Temple mainly relies on a few monks to beg for alms. They have done their best to protect Shuiyue Guanyin and the pavilions outside. As for the cliff statues on both sides of the Great Buddha Temple, they have experienced thousands of years of experience.

The damage caused by weathering, water seepage, and running water can no longer be taken into account.

Zhang Lu was very moved when he saw it: "These places should be well protected. If we don't protect them, I'm afraid it will be too late."

"I'm not afraid that it will be too late." Zhou Zhi said: "As long as it is not man-made destruction and relies on natural force, it can still sustain it for a hundred and eighty years. Shuiyue Guanyin and Qingyuan Palace are located in this remote place. It cannot but be said that it is

A blessing.”

"Besides, if you can't even cool down your bowl, how can you care about other counties? Not to mention anything else, there is Feng Yuxiang's inscription 'Give me back my rivers and mountains' in Jiachuan, the white pagoda on the river bank, and the Divine Arm City that resisted the Jin Dynasty in the Song Dynasty.

There are many Han Dynasty cliff tombs, sarcophagi, blessing treasures, Yaoba Ancient Town, Shiding Mountain, Wutongchang red revolutionary sites... these should be protected."

"Actually, these are pretty good. What's more important are the intangible remains, such as folk songs, lotus lyrics, masonry chants, various crafts, local crafts, folklore, local proverbs... These things are actually part of social life.

The Great Buddhist Temple and Qingyuan Palace are all things that need to be protected."

Zhang Lu understood somewhat: "The dialect research you do is actually to protect these things, right? You are quite amazing with that elbow."

"I just have a hobby, and I can't talk about it at such a high level." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "I just try my best, it's better than nothing."

It was past two o'clock in the afternoon when we returned from visiting the Grand Buddha Temple. We had eaten a bowl of mixed noodles in the morning, and then ate a lot of green fruits. We were already very hungry.

I found a small restaurant in the town, which specializes in Jiangshui tofu pudding, roasted white, and an absolute local specialty - sugarcane skin smoked bacon.

The consumption here is much cheaper than in Jiachuan. Douhua is 50 cents cheaper than Jiachuan. It costs one yuan per person. You can refill the douhua once, so you can eat as much as you want and feel full.

Since it was already past lunch time at the restaurant, the boss couldn't sell the remaining items, so he was very generous and gave everyone a mapo tofu made with tofu pudding.

Mainly because Zhou Zhi was fascinated by the sugar cane skin smoked bacon. After eating one plate, I found that it was not satisfying at all, so I ordered two plates.

The scenery here is very good, the terrain is slightly higher, and you can overlook the pier and the river.

Of course, you can also have a panoramic view of the big river beach below and the continent in the middle of the river.

On the big stone river beach in winter, there are crystal clear stone rafters everywhere. There are hundreds of scenes described in Liu Hedong's "Little Rock Lake".

It's just that "there are hundreds of fish in the pond, and they all seem to be swimming in the sky with nothing to support them. The sunlight is clear, and the shadows are spread on the rocks, motionless, disappearing in the distance, coming and going. They seem to be enjoying themselves with the tourists."

"The microscopic scene has now been replaced by a macroscopic scene in which the shadows of the sky and clouds are reflected in hundreds of mirrors of different shapes and sizes.

Each small mirror is a unique scenery, and all the small mirrors added together can form a magical world.

The stone beach is like a wall, and the mirror is like countless windows. Through those "windows", it seems that you can see another piece of sky underground.

Occasionally, birds fly in front of the cloud shadows, which easily creates a fantasy-like feeling.

"Zhou Zhi, can you take a photo?" Jiang Shuyi asked.

"It doesn't taste like this when photographed." Zhou Zhi said: "It requires a wide-angle lens, and it is dynamic, and static photos cannot express it."

"Also, the photos need to be printed to a large size to give people such a shocking effect, but if they are printed to a large size, the resolution is not enough."
Chapter completed!