The Jinzi Mountain, near the sea, has two towering peaks and a strange shape. Although it is close to the Lingjiang River, it has its own wall at the foot of the mountain, so it is neither necessary to block water nor rely on it to defend the enemy. A heaven-made golden mountain has provided people with rich imagination space, and attracted countless literati from ancient times to Towel Mountain to compose poems or repair houses for practice, becoming a gathering place of ancient coastal civilizations.
On the whole, the Golden Mountain is like a strong cow lying in the southeast corner of the city, and two peaks about 100 meters high are far opposite in the southwest. The two peaks are 40-50 meters apart, and there is a valley in the middle, which looks like a hat (ancient towel hat), so it is named Jinshan (also known as "clam peak"); The two peaks lead to the same mountain in the northeast, called Xiaogushan, which is half the height of Towel Peak, and looks like a bow back, commonly known as "Buffalo Back", which is a natural deduction of the phase of Towel Mountain lying cattle. The Golden Mountain is being eroded and carved by the magical nature.
Among the existing historical sites of Towel Peak, the earliest is Hua Xu Cave. Hua Xu Cave is located on the west side under the top of Jinshan Mountain. It's exquisite and can only accommodate people. According to legend, Hua Xu, an ancient Taoist, lived in an alchemy by the sea. Hua Xu's son is the real Huang Hua. According to records, the prototype of Huang Hua was Ge Xuan, a native of Anyang, Jiangsu Province in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After he was dismissed from office, he and Shun Di went to Hemingshan to study medicine and treat diseases. He has written 24 books. (Chi Cheng Zhi) records that he traveled to Chicheng Mountain, Kuocang Mountain and Gaizhu Mountain, built a tea garden in Gaizhu, and made an alchemy in Kuocang West. "There are stones like medicine." Legend has it that the real emperor Hua made an alchemy on the mountain and finally became an immortal. He left his towel behind when he was chasing the crane fairy, so this mountain was named Towel Mountain. Now, on the stone wall of the hollow valley between the two peaks of Jinshan, the words "place to put towels" are engraved. There is a flat boulder next to it, called the "fairy bed".
The first thing that makes Jinshan show its humanistic significance is the construction of the twin towers at the top of the twin peaks, which is the pioneering work of ancestors in the seaside. There is no way to determine the construction date of Jinfeng Twin Towers. As early as the Song Dynasty, there was a record in "Jiading Yicheng Zhi" that "two peaks are like clams, and the top two towers stand shoulder to shoulder", so it can be seen that it will not be later than the Song Dynasty. The East Tower is called the Big Tower and the West Tower is called the Small Tower, which are collectively called "Wenfeng Tower". The two towers were originally built of brick and wood. During the reign of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty, the wooden structure outside the tower was burned down. There were two pagodas in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. Now people can see the tower, which was built in Qing Dynasty.
Four years of Tongzhi (1865), the small tower was rebuilt in five years of Tongzhi (1866), and the large tower was spirally hollowed out with windows of different levels overlooking the whole city. The west tower fell from the frame at 1990 because it was tilted for many years. From the overhaul, it was found that although the appearance of the pagoda was in Qing dynasty style, the inside and outside of the pagoda was a mixed structure of brick and wood in Song dynasty. At the same time, the ceramic Buddha statues, tower molds, copper coins and Buddhist scriptures found in the tower during the Ming and Qing Dynasties have certain historical and artistic value.
If the towers and twin towers have brought prosperity to Taizhou's literary movement, then the Thousand Buddha Pagoda at the west foot of Xifeng represents the peak of ancient coastal architecture. Thousand Buddha Pagoda is the largest existing ancient pagoda in Linhai and the only existing Yuan Pagoda in Taizhou. The Thousand-Buddha Pagoda was built in the third year of Tang Tianbao (744). Formerly known as longxing temple Pagoda, later named Duo Pagoda. The existing tower was rebuilt in the third year of Yuan Dade (1299). Because the outer wall of the tower is embedded with molded Buddha bricks on each side of each floor, each Buddha brick has a total of 1036, so it is also called Thousand Buddha Pagoda. The tower brick Buddha statue is accurate in proportion and exquisite in shape, which is rare in ancient Chinese pagodas, and even more rare in existing pagodas. Some famous ancient architects in China have visited here many times. There are photos and introduction articles about 1922 in the sixth volume "Buddhist Studies in zhina" and "Cultural Monuments in zhina" written by Japanese Zhengpan Dading.
Echoing the south and north of the Thousand-Buddha Pagoda is the Nanshan Temple Pagoda in the southwest. Nanshan Hall was built in memory of Zhang Xun, a famous soldier in the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Xun used to be an official in Linhai. One year, the county seat was flooded and the people were in dire straits. Zhang Xun personally went to Jiangxi, Anhui and other places to raise food to save the people. Later, Zhang Xun was stationed in Suiyang, Henan. During the Anshi Rebellion, he was ordered to resist the Anshi Rebellion and defend Suiyang City to protect Jianghuai from being whitewashed. People at the seaside did not forget the kindness of Marshal Zhang, and built a temple and a statue in the temple. The form and structure of the tower are the same as the Towel Peak Twin Towels, but the shape is smaller, which was also built in Tongzhi for five years.
On the Golden Mountain, the ancient pagodas of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are opposite each other, and one mountain and four pagodas echo each other, which is rare in the world. As an important symbol of ancient coastal civilization, "Jinshan Pagoda Group" has long been listed as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.
In addition to the tower, the ancestors of the coastal area for thousands of years, with their profound understanding and incomparable love for the natural environment, have exerted their infinite imagination and devoted themselves to the painting of Towel Mountain, creating countless masterpieces to beautify and assist nature. Since the Jin and Tang Dynasties, nearly 40 temples have been built around the peak of Jinshan Mountain, adding color to the famous mountains and being crowned as "the victory of a county tour". Many literati carefully conceived and sang, adding endless cultural charm to all kinds of just-right buildings and leaving valuable historical and cultural heritage for future generations.
There used to be Jinfeng Temple under the Dongfeng Pagoda, which was said to have been built in the Tang Dynasty, and was named "Jingguang Pagoda" and "Ming and Qing Pagoda" in the Song Dynasty. The towering peak temple is commanding, and you can see the fog in the north of Nanjiang. "Suburbs, cities, mountains and rivers are full of eyes", which is an excellent place for tourists to visit. The most widely circulated poem is Ren Fan's Jin Zishan. Ren Fan, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, is as famous as Zhang Ji, Zhu Qingyu, Zhang Xiaobao and Si Kongtu. He was born in poverty, rarely studied mechanics, and recited poems endlessly, including poems and
Late autumn nights are extremely cold,
The crane turned over truffles and dripped clothes.
Moonlight shines on a river in a thousand villages,
Monk Cui Wei opens a bamboo house.
After singing, I was very complacent, so I started swimming again and didn't come back until it was quiet at night. After returning to the temple, I wrote this poem under the moon as follows