Prefecture-level city in Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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龙首山; Lóngshǒushān, Dragon Head Mountain
Longshou Mountain is located in Yinzhou District of Tieling City, east of Chai River, west of the city, across the north and south of Yinzhou. It is 1 km wide from east to west, 3 km long from north to south, and the highest peak is 156 meters above sea level. Because it came from the southeast, to the Chai River bank suddenly lifted up, like the head of a dragon, so the name Longhead mountain, it is a famous scenic spot in Tieling, in May every year, the mountains, the valley is full of colorful roses, intoxicating flowers floating in the wind. The spring scenery here is beautiful, and the autumn scenery is even more elegant. The cool autumn wind blew red maple leaves, in the dense layers of trees, visitors continue. "Dragon Head looking for autumn" is one of the eight sights of the Chai River. Longshou Mountain has a long history and is the place where Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty stayed in the east. Longshou Mountain has been developed and constructed several times. On it, you can enjoy many cultural relics and monuments, overlooking the new appearance of the ancient city. Ciqing Temple is located at the top of the north peak of Longshou Mountain, formerly known as Xiufeng Temple and Water tide Temple, also known as Sanqing Temple. The temple is an ancient and simple Siheyuan style building, there are main hall, east and west side hall, Buddhist pavilion, drunk Weng floor. In front of the courtyard, there are two stela pavilions, half wall and Suyun. The main hall faces three wide, two deep eaves under the corridor, the square has bright painting. There are three Buddha statues such as Shakyamuni in the temple, and there are eight vajra clay statues. Zuiweng Building was originally a mountain gate, rebuilt in 1921 into a wooden structure of hard mountain two-story building, the first floor for access to the temple, the second floor used to be a place for scholars to write poems, is now transformed into a guest lounge, there are a number of famous paintings and paintings chanting Longshou mountain. The pagoda of Xiufeng Temple is located a hundred meters south of Ciqing Temple. It is an octagonal nine-level solid brick pagoda with dense eaves. It was also built during the reign of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in 1591. The tower has brick statues of Buddha and Buddhist niches. The pagoda of Xiufeng Temple has Taoran Pavilion in the north, Drip Cui Pavilion in the south, and Kuixing Tower in the south of Drip Cui Pavilion. There is also a small stone pavilion to the east of the pagoda of Xiufeng Temple, and the stone tablet inside the pavilion records the reconstruction of the ancient pagoda. Ciqing Temple was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Liaoning Province in 1988.
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