In 20 17, I used my annual leave to visit Ningxia, and Niushou Mountain in Qingtongxia and Tayou in 108 were one of the stops. On June 16, I took the train to Qingtongxia Railway Station in Zhongwei. After booking the hotel, the locals told me that there was no bus to Niushou Mountain, so I had to charter a car. So I negotiated with a number of drivers. The highest bid is over 200 yuan, and the lowest bid is 120 yuan. Because the hotel has logistics business, many drivers have left their business cards in the hotel, including the contact numbers of the drivers just discussed, which greatly increased their trust, so they decided to hire a car at the price of 120 yuan a day.
Qingtongxia railway station square
June 17, the car will pick us up at the hotel. The driver said that a female friend was going to Niushou Mountain to burn incense and worship Buddha, and asked if she could go with him. We agreed.
The driver told us that in the middle of the 20th century, the temples and temples in Niushou Mountain were destroyed by war and turmoil. After 1980s, local believers raised funds to rebuild temples in accordance with the original architectural style. During the temple fair held in March of the lunar calendar every year, the temples of all sizes are full of cigarettes, monks and pilgrims. There is a serious traffic jam on the mountain road, and it is often difficult to move. Few people usually go, except a few temples with one or two people on duty, and most temples are locked.
The car arrived at Niushou Mountain and entered the temple complex. Temple buildings are dazzling one after another. Some are built on mountains, some are built on small peaks, some are built across mountain streams, and some are built on top of mountains ... scattered on the plane, rising layer by layer, steep and steep, and the temple and tower are one. We appreciated them one by one and were deeply impressed by the grandeur of the temple buildings in China.
Some of these temples have four open doors for anyone to visit; Some temples are closed or only some temples are open. The attitude of heavily guarded temples is also very different. Some people say that you have to pay to visit, others say that you are welcome to visit at will, and some talkative people will introduce you to the temple culture and the trivial life here. Most of the temples here belong to family temples. Due to the inconvenient transportation (it is said that the bus is more than 0/hour away from the temple/kloc-), the temple guards seldom go out at ordinary times, but they have the phone number of the local driver, so they can contact the shuttle bus when they need to go out. You can also send some necessities.
After visiting Niushou Mountain, it takes about 1 hour to reach the dam of Qingtongxia Hydropower Station. Qingtongxia Dam is a comprehensive water control project focusing on irrigation and power generation, taking into account flood control and ice prevention. 1958 started construction on August 26th, which is the first and only pier hydropower station in China. The total length of the dam is 693.75 meters, and the maximum dam height is 42.7 meters. The completion of the project ended the history of dam-free diversion irrigation in Ningxia and made a historic contribution to Ningxia's economic and social development.
Further away from the power station dam is the 108 Tower Scenic Area. 108 tower is located on an eastward steep hillside on the west bank of Qingtongxia of the Yellow River, with the back of the mountain facing the water (Yellow River), also known as "Qingtongxia Tallinn". 108 Pagoda, built on rows of terraced cliffs dug by hand, is a large-scale and well-preserved ancient giant pagoda in China.
108 The stupa is a Lama-style solid stupa, which is one of the largest and most neatly arranged Lama stupas in China. It is generally believed that it was built in Xixia, and the towers were arranged in twelve rows from top to bottom according to the odd numbers of one, three and five, forming an equilateral triangle pattern. That is, the first row 1 tower, the second row/3 towers, the fourth row/5 towers, the sixth row/7 towers, the seventh row/9 towers, the eighth row1tower, the ninth row 13 tower and the tenth row 15 tower. The whole tower group has a reasonable layout, distinct layers and magnificent momentum.
There is an octagonal or Asian-shaped Sumi Mountain on the plane of the tower foundation, on which the tower is built, and the top of the brake is covered with an umbrella with a treasure ball. 108 Tower was announced by Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in February 1963. 1987 tower group reinforcement and repair, installation of metal dome, tower group guardrail and steps. 1988 was announced by the State Council as the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Pagodas and Tallinn are essentially different, and Tallinn is the concentrated embodiment of the monk's tomb. The stupa is a Buddha supported by people and believers, represented by the pagoda, that is, the Buddha: "Buddha is a pagoda, and the pagoda is also a Buddha." One tower represents one Buddha, and ten towers represent ten Buddhas. When the stupa was built together, several buddhas were enshrined in one place, 108 symbol of stupa 108 Buddha. 108 has the meaning of Buddhism. Buddhism believes that there are 108 kinds of troubles and sufferings in life. In order to eliminate these troubles and pains, it is necessary to build 108 tower.