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About Yuxi |
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Culture |
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Nie'er Music Foundation - Chengjiang Animal Fossils - Lijiashan Bronze Wares - Ethnic Customs - Chengjiang Guansuo Opera - The High Platform Play of Tonghai - The Sansheng Palace Woodcarving |
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The
Xiushan Mountain |
| กกกก The Xiushan Mountain is situated behind Tonghai
County Town. It is said that the old temples, pagodas, and gardens
were built in the Han Dynasty. After wiping out the troops of Yang
Ganzhen in front of Dayining Kingdom, Duan Siping got a prediction
in the Sacred Temple of the Xiushan Mountain. Supported by 37 vulgar
tribes, he won the victory and built the Dali Kingdom. In order to
be protected by the God of the Xiushan Mountain, the King Duan Siping
took out taels to build the Land Master Temple. The Puguang Temple,
the Yongjin Temple and the Qingliang Terrace were built in the Yuan
Dynasty; the Haoqiong Palace in the Ming Dynasty; the Doutains Attic
in the Qing Dynasty. From the foot to the top of the Xiushan Mountain,
there are seven buildings mainly formed by Wanshou Palace, Confucious
Temple, Sanyuan Palace, Puguang Temple, Yuhuang Garret, Qingliang
Terrace, Yongjin Temple in the right order. They are shinning, colorfully
carved and painted, and shadowed by green trees. There are a lot of wooden tablets and stone tablets in the temples, pagodas, and terraces. Quite a few personages left their handwrtings in the Xiushan Mountain such as Yang Shen, a poet of the Ming Dynasty; Xu Hongxing and Wang wenzhi, Inspecting Minister of Yunnan and the third of an imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty respectively; and Kan Zhengzhao. The Xiushan Mountain has been regarded as the first in Central Yunnan. By the end of the Qing Dynasty lived Tonghai a skillful wooden carver named Gao Yingmei, whose Carved Wooden Chequered Door shows a high craftsmanship. The dazzling wild flowers in Xiushan Mountain bloom in the four seasons of the year. The potted peach blossoms, plums, apricot and plum flowers are original in design, graceful in form, and colorful in sorts. Source:Travelling in Yuxi |
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