Huiyan peak is located on the Bank of Xiangjiang River in the south ofHengyang City, with a height of 96.8 meters. Although Huiyan peak is not high,it is said in ancient times that "the North geese fly to the south, and thenstop flying back". Therefore, it has become the dividing point of thenorth-south temperature difference line in China since the southern and NorthernDynasties. The name of Huiyanfeng also comes from this, and Hengyang City isalso called "Yancheng" because of it. The famous sentence in the preface toTengwang Pavilion written by Wang Bo, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, "thewild geese are startled by the cold, and the sound breaks the HengyangRiver".
Once back to Yanfeng, the first thing you see is Yanyu pool. Yanyu poolused to be a deep pool under Huiyan peak. When it is going to rain, the watervapor in the pool rises slowly, like smoke and fog, and appears and disappearsfrom time to time, so it is named "Yanyu pool". In the past, when wild geesecame to the south, they stopped here to recuperate. When spring returns to theearth, they set out to return to the north. Later, Yanyu pool was graduallyabandoned, and Yanfeng Park was restored in the 1980s.
Please look at the rocks beside the Yanyu pool, which are engraved withsome poems and calligraphy works of famous artists in the past dynasties. Thestone in the middle is engraved with the three characters of "Huiyanfeng"written by general Tang Tianji. The old general was 83 years old when he wrotethese three words, but his handwriting is still vigorous and powerful, whichshows his solid foundation. Next to them are Wang Bo's "wild geese are cold andthe sound breaks Hengyang's PU" in "preface to Tengwang Pavilion" and Chenzongqi's "seventy-two Hibiscus in the blue sky, the first peak of geese comingback to the South" in "Ode to Nanyue".
Around the Yanyu pool to the right is the "Shangda archway". The archwayused to be the entrance gate of Yanfeng temple on the mountain. It has a longhistory, but it was destroyed in the war.
After SHANGDA memorial archway, we boarded the "Wangyue terrace". Here youcan have a panoramic view of the whole Hengyang City. In the west, it was thebattlefield of Hengyang during the Anti Japanese war. Looking to the north ofYueping mountain, the Zhuhui tower and Laiyan tower at the confluence ofXiangjiang River, Zhengshui River and Leishui River echo each other; looking tothe East, there are a lot of sails in Xiangjiang River. During the Double NinthFestival, there are always many Hengyang people supporting the old and carryingthe young. They come here to look far and cultivate their temperament.
Turning around, the magnificent temple in front of us is Yanfeng temple, athousand year old temple. Yanfeng temple, formerly known as Chengyun temple, wasfirst built in the 12th year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty, that is,in 5L3 ad. The temple was renamed "Yanfeng Temple" in Sui Dynasty, "ShanmenTemple" in Tang Dynasty, and "shoufo Temple" in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It wasofficially named "Yanfeng Temple" when it was rebuilt in 1980s. It has a historyof nearly 1500 years. In the past, monks from all over the world would come hereto worship, and many eminent monks and Zen masters started their talks here toenlighten the world. There is an endless stream of pilgrims here every year.Until today, every morning on the first day of the first lunar month, many localpeople come to burn "toujixiang"!
On the main gate of the temple, there is a clay and gold plaque with threecharacters "Yanfeng Temple" inscribed by Zhao Puchu. On both sides of thecouplets, it reads: "look at the open heart, and wash away the common dust withthe words" Yanfeng Temple "on a sunny day and the bells on a moonlit night. Whenyou go to the scenic spot, you can see the river, mountains and the rain by thepool, all of which are collected from the Vatican."
Yanfeng temple is divided into two parts. In front of it is the Guanyinhall, where the statue of Guanyin is worshipped. She holds a pure bottle and hasa dignified Dharma. Next to her are the good fortune boy and the Dragon Girl. Itseems that she is about to sprinkle the happiness to the world.
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