Meng Meng Ba Shu Rain - Journey to Western Sichuan - Huanglong Monastery - Golden Sand and Blue Water Walking Huanglong
"Qu Marsh and Fang Pond are turning through, and the spiritual springs and sparse identification of God's work; the same is the same source of water, and the five colors of the streams are different." This is the ancient poetry of Huanglong landscape. Huanglong Scenic Area is located in northwest Sichuan town of Songpan County, Minshan Mountain range at the foot of the main peak of the Xue Baoding Mountain, the source of the Fuling River, with a total area of 360,000 acres, is a famous nature reserve. Because of the terrain as a dragon, also known as "Hidden Dragon Mountain".
Legend has it that when Dayu was ruling the water to Maosu (now Maowen County), he encountered a black wind that covered his boat. A yellow dragon stepped forward to save the life of Dayu, and helped Dayu succeed in curing the water. Afterwards, the yellow dragon stayed in the dense forest under Xuebaoding Peak. In memory of his merits, the descendants built a temple to worship him, named Huanglong Temple. It is said that in ancient times, people along the Minjiang River, one day with the dream of yellow robes, red clothes, white bearded old man, said the Minjiang River to rise in the water, asked to move quickly. Not a few days, the fruit of the flood. People to repay the favor, searching along the river, in the Xue Baoding Peak under the cavern, see a mud sculpture Taoist, that is, the dream seen. Local people rumored to be Huanglong real practice place. The people then built a temple, honoring the Yellow Dragon. This place is also named.
Huanglong Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, divided into the front, middle and back of the three temples, the first and last 7 kilometers apart. The former temple original joint "Jade Roach in the sky a path of pale pines to meet the white snow; Jinsha paved the ground a thousand layer of blue water to go Huanglong". Now the former two temples are abolished. After the temple that Huanglong real person hall, in Huanglong Temple ditch top, more than 15 meters high, an area of 2100 square meters, is a three-storey heavy eaves hypogee type building. The doorway is looking at the "Huanglong Temple", the right as the "Feigue Liudan", the left is looking at the "mountain air and water", amazing. Temple molded real people sitting statue. Huanglong Cave after the temple because of the three Buddha statues, also known as the three Buddha Cave, Buddha Cave, 20 meters high, 600 meters wide, unfathomable depth. Top pendant stalactites, the bottom of the flow of dark current, the legend can be passed a hundred miles away from the Minjiang River Guanyinyan fish hole.
Huanglong landscape is known for its natural beauty. Ditch to the top, snowy peaks, caves hidden hidden, waterfalls hanging wall, forests and trees. More than three thousand large and small pools by the limestone solution deposited into the countless terrace ridge intercepted in the sunlight, become a colorful color pool, like the dragon scale Jinjia, Jinsha paved the ground, known as the "Wonderland", "earthly Yaochi" reputation. Legend has it that the seven fairies in the sky adored life on earth and did not return. The Jade Emperor was furious and sent heavenly soldiers to capture them, surrounding the Snow Baoding. Heavenly horses running to and fro, stepped out of a string of hoofprints, snow dissolved, it became a colorful pool.
"Incense and fire of ten thousand families in June, Qiang song and dance miscellaneous clamor" of the Huanglong Temple Fair, but also for this place scenic. June 12 to 15 of the lunar calendar every year, from Qinghai, Gansu and hundreds of miles around Tibet, Qiang, Hui, Han people of all ethnic groups, loaded with food to come, tent camping, singing and dancing all night long, the scene is a great spectacle.