Jilong Mountain, formerly known as Tingshan Mountain and also called Fengtai Mountain. It is located among the mountains 25 kilometers northwest of the county seat. With an altitude of 240 meters. According to Records of the World in the Taiping Era, ‘When Mahu Lake first sank, an old woman carried a chicken coop and climbed this mountain. Later, she turned into stone. Now there is a stone on the mountain that looks like a chicken coop, so it is named after that.’ Due to its continuous mountains and huge boulders on top that resemble lotus flowers, it is a ‘wonderful scenic spot in the prefecture’. There are scenic spots on the mountain such as ‘Sanqing Hall’, ‘South Heavenly Gate’, ‘A Thin Strip of Sky’, ‘Karst Cave’, and ‘Hundred-Year Gap’. According to legend, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, three eminent monks, Jin Fo, Jin Qian, and Jin Kun, realized enlightenment and became Buddhas here. Later generations built a hall named ‘Sanqing Hall’ for them. They regarded them as Sanmao Patriarch and enshrined statues in the hall. There is a large bell hanging inside, weighing a thousand catties; there is also a large drum with a drum surface diameter of nearly 2 meters. On the first and fifteenth days of each lunar month, people from all over go to worship Buddha on the mountain, coming in an endless stream. Therefore, it is known as ‘Little Jiuhua in the north of the Yangtze River’. Many poets of past dynasties left poems about it. Among them, Li Bai’s poem ‘A Ballad of General Qin of Liyang, a Brave Man with a Renowned Name’ says: ‘In ancient times, Liyang Prefecture turned into a great river. The land is melancholy and coiled, and dragons and tigers hold secret splendor. For thousands of years of storage and release, how magnificent is the wind and cloud. Especially General Qin was born, whose divine power is a hundred times that of an ordinary person.’ Xu Hun of the Tang Dynasty’s poem ‘On Master Qin’s Mountain Residence in Liyang’ says: ‘At twenty, he knew military affairs in the imperial guards. In middle age, he secretly understood Zhang Liang’s heart. The goshawk goes out to the frontier and the border dust is still. The white crane returns to its hometown and the waters of Chu are deep. In spring, the wine bottle is opened and the air is filled with the smell of medicine. In the evening, he carries a chessboard and is shaded by pine trees. There are many places to go up Jilong Mountain, but it is naturally impossible to find yellow essence.’. Zhu Yuanzhang’s poem ‘Climbing Jilong Mountain’ says: ‘After hunting in the western mountains and sitting with banners, one mountain rises and ten thousand mountains are low. The lofty and huge stone is like the pillar of heaven. Holding up the old heaven, only heaven knows.’ In the early Tang Dynasty, there were many temples on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain. Later, after being ravaged by war, many of the original buildings were destroyed. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, there were still 37 temples remaining, housing more than a hundred large and small Buddha statues and dozens of monks. During the ‘Cultural Revolution’, the temples and Buddha statues were all destroyed. After 1978, the county people’s government allocated funds for renovation. The road from the foot of the mountain to the top was repaved with stone slabs and steel pipe railings were added. Fenglin Zen Temple was also renovated and seven Buddha statues were newly molded inside. There is currently an engraved stele of ‘Inscription on Fenglin Zen Temple’. Every year, many pilgrims and tourists come to the mountain.
Opening hours: Open all year round and all day. The specific opening hours are subject to the on-site announcements of the scenic area. Service facilities: Parking lot: [Bus parking area, car parking area]. Parking spaces: The specific number of parking spaces is subject to the display of the scenic area. From 00:00 to 23:59.Jilong Mountain National Forest Park
Jilong Mountain, formerly known as Tingshan Mountain and also called Fengtai Mountain. It is located[...]
