Lingyan Temple is located at the foot of Lingyan Mountain at the northern foot of Mount Tai.
Lingyan Mountain is one of the twelve branches of Mount Tai, with the main peak 668 meters above sea level. Lingyan Mountain, formerly known as Fangshan, was named after the top flat wall cut. Because it looks like a jade seal, it is also called Yufushan. The sun on the mountain is a full moon and lush Lingyan Valley. The winding mountains extend to the east and west, and Lingyan Temple is located in this green valley.
The mountain around Lingyan Temple is mainly composed of two parts.
The lower layer, called the crystalline basement, is a medium-coarse grained gneissic adamellite invaded in the late Archean period 24-26 billion years ago. The upper part is called sedimentary cover, which is limestone and shale deposited in Paleozoic CAMBRIAN 600 million years ago. It is not integrated on the crystalline substrate and becomes the main body of the mountain range. In addition to faults, there are gravity sliding structures and various fold structures around Lingyanshan, and neotectonic movement is also very common and intense, showing an intermittent upward trend. Stratigraphic lithology, geological structural conditions and various geological processes constitute the four characteristics of Lingyan Mountain, which are beauty, strangeness, seclusion and elegance.
The natural scenery of Lingyan Temple is magnificent, with Shi Xiu, strange rocks, secluded caves, clear springs and strange trees.
There are Fangshan, Shishan, Xiangshan, Langgong, Kongming, Zhushan, Lingshan, Xiangshan, Ji Ming and Huangxian. Youchao He Yan, Langgong Rock, Furiyan, Renxian Rock, Yuhua Rock and Happy Rock; There are Ant Cave, Baiyun Cave, Guanyin Cave, Wuyun Cave, Hanyun Cave, Yuanchao Cave and Tiger Cave. There are Ganlu Spring, Zhuoxi Spring, Baihequan, Sage Spring, Shi Gui Spring, Fangshangquan, Huayan Spring, Langgong Spring, Shenbaoquan, Guancaiquan, Huanglongquan, Woxiang Spring and Shanbaoquan. There are ancient and famous trees such as Cooper, Tang Huai, Song Ginkgo, Mo Ding Pine, Yuanyang Sandalwood and Longfeng Sandalwood.
Lingyan Temple has four distinct seasons, a pleasant climate and rich flora and fauna.
According to statistics, there are 80 species of birds belonging to 14 orders and 37 families. Mammals ***5 orders, 9 families 15 species; Reptiles ***4 orders, 5 families and 9 species; Amphibians 1 order, 2 families and 4 species; Insects ***8 orders, 62 families 194 species. * * * There are 506 species of vascular plants belonging to 95 families, 3 13 genera. Among them, there are 3 17 wild plants and 0/89 cultivated plants. The forest area of Lingyan * * main scenic spot is more than 10,000 mu, which is divided into three categories: coniferous forest, bamboo forest and economic forest. Coniferous forest, a forest group dominated by Platycladus orientalis; Bamboo forest, mainly light bamboo; Economic forests include apple, hawthorn, apricot, walnut, persimmon, jujube, ginkgo, Toona sinensis and other tree species. Lingyan Scenic Area is rich in Chinese herbal medicine resources, including 42 families and 98 species, among which Lycium barbarum and Polygonum multiflorum are common. If you come here in spring, you can also taste many wild vegetables in the mountains. According to the investigation, there are 35 kinds of wild vegetables, belonging to 15 family. The common ones are Chenopodium album, Swertia japonica Thunb., Portulaca oleracea, Shepherd's purse, Pogostemon cablin, mint, Artemisia capillaris and Chrysanthemum indicum.
Lingyan Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, is outstanding and has accumulated many beautiful legends.
Langgong said, the stone nodded, and the mountain had spirit, so it was called Lingyan; There are three springs, making holes and drawing them out? Five steps and three springs? ; Wang Ge's cry conveys an immortal love story. There are countless cypresses, praising truth, goodness and beauty, lashing camouflage and greed; There is a legend of Muyushi, which tells people the interesting things left by Emperor Qianlong's eight visits to Lingyan and Mo Bao. There is also the legend of Jiming Mountain, warning people to suppress evil and promote good, and obeying the law is the right way.
Lingyan Mountain has beautiful scenery, simple folk customs, tranquility and harmony.
Every year, Spring Festival, temple fairs, country parties or traditional festivals are good opportunities for people to pray, get together, visit relatives and go shopping. At this time, people are beaming, wearing new clothes and walking hand in hand. There are laughter, songs and the joy of harvest on the mountain road, which has become a unique scenery where Lingyan flows.
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