Travel guide of Nantong

The garden city, Nantong is the famous garden city. Five mountains of the south of the city Winding the bank of River, the scenic spot of wolf mountain is one of six major scenic spots of Jiangsu Province; The river encircles the urban area, is like a jade belt waving slowly, has added the sensation of movement beautifully for the city in the moat. Both sides of moat river, first natural science center and Jian's museum which Chinese manage by oneself, Shen Shou memorial museum, Wanggeyi memorial museum, large-scale Cultural Square,etc. reflect each other well, demonstrate strong cultural characteristics.

>>The scenic spot of wolf mountain
Lie in the south suburb of Nantong, it is the famous natural scenic spot, made up of wolf mountain, mountain of the saddle, yellow mud and mountain, sword mountain and army mountain, it is interdependent to border on the Changjiang River, mountains and rivers in the south, is generally called five mountains. Wolf mountain occupy it, the most tall and graceful for steepness and uprightness, cultural relics and historic sites numerous, other four mountain such as many stars surrounding the moon, wolf mountain become the first of five mountain. Wolf mountain have white wolf according the legend, passed and gained the name because the mountain is similar to wolves also once according to legend. The Chuanhua period of north Song dynasty ( 990-994 ), Yangjun feel the name of wolf mountain is not elegant, then change the wolf mountain to Lang mountain, later because there are many and purple rocks on the mountain, so the descendant also calls that the purple Lang mountain, therefore Nantong has got to this graceful another name of " purple Lang ". Wolf mountain originally among the Changjiang River, eminent monk Jianzhen take a sea-voyage eastward Japan mountain stay and take shelter from the wind in wolf for the third time the Tang Dynasty, the wolf mountain just rises and connects with the land when Northern Song Dynasty. Since Song to Qing dynasty to build temple hall tower successively, total name is Gaungjiao temple. It is classified as one of the eight pet name mountains of national Buddhism to Bodhisattva rites place that the wolf mountain is the general trend of events in Buddhism. Enter the mountain door of southern foot of wolf mountain to get the Faru hall , It is the " Mahavira Temple " originally, also called Shijia hall . Three ceramic tile mural painting in the hall is the painting of 18 eminent monk from East Han to modern. In the period of commemorating Northern Song Dynasty the Taipinxingguo period (976 ---983 year), Zhihuan who is the monkof the GUangiao temple, there is a stone-tablet pavilion in the west of the tower, " comfort the north by tablet at the Wo flat at the platform " which is set up of in Ming Dynasty the 39th year of Jiajing (1560 year ) inside, record that the historical facts of resisting Wo's bandit in the Ming Dynasty. The west head of the tower is the purple Lang garden, and " three celestial pavilions " originally, lay out into the restaurant now. The south slope and Wansong mountain ranges in Shandong build Wangjiang pavillion, can look down at the Changjiang River vast and mightily here, two mountains of good fortune supposition in the South can be seen indistinctly. On it is the bamboo sunflower mountain room, there is stone-tablet pavilion of Kangxi before it. Mount the peak on mountain of wolf, see the subject buildings of the Guangjiao temple, the grand sight platform in front of the door, the visual field is widened, have a panoramic view of in the mountains and rivers field. There are antithetical couplets on both sides of the door: " long whistle one mountain chirp valley answer, put up head look around the sea and sky are boundless ". Enter door is Cuijin floor, are two small building, it is the playing building in the past. According to personages of theatrical circles, so intact a " temple stage ", is rare too in the whole country. Cross Cuijing floor, it is the flexible treasure hall to head on, support the general trend of events to Bodhisattva inside, the statue of Buddha is up to 4.5 meters, is the biggest statue of Buddha in the wolf mountain temple. Mould having on both sides " 16 person " statue. The Zhiyun tower build in the Taipingxingguo period of North Song dynasty (976-983 year), the height is 35m, five floor and the four sides is one of the three tower of Nantong. ( another two tower is urban Wenfeng tower and Guangxiao tower).Behind the tower is famous Shandong University Temple of God of wolf. Wolf Shandong University holy for to release monk Jia the Tang Dynasty, he travel around the south river the Huaihe River, cure the desease, harness the river for the people, deep and beloved. Tangzhongzong respect him as country teacher, a generation of eminent monks. Big holy Bodhisattva wears the imperial robe in the hall, the face is solemn; Both sides are Duhuian and Mucha who are his student. The waving in the wind is perennially in the hall, Yin Yun of fragrant fog. There is king Luo Bin's tomb of the Tang Dynasty in the southeast hillfoot under the mountain. Once raised troops to object to the Wuzetian with the feudal provincial in Yangzhou, defeated and went into Nantong. With the Luo's grave compound is Southern Song Dynasty national hero Wen Tianxiang's staff Jin Ying and the the compiling of "Five Shan Quanzhi" in Qing Dynasty LiuNalu's grave, three graves on also have grave of slightly the North Korean patriotic poet Jin Cangjiang. It is deep and remote in the north that the wolf is smooth in the south of the mountains, the northern regard the mountain as shield to reject and construct garden, cliff inscribe very many at the cliff, claim the inscribe one's name the slope. Garden precipice is meander stream, west face water huge stone, modern famous expert Wuchangshuo written " heavy river cliff open and upright ". So far still leave " the building of paint of Zhao and embroider of Shen " and " forest, small stream and room ", " floor at the plum at the language ",etc. building. And Songdian pavilion, the monthly rock, wood pigeon rock, the setting sun hole, celestial being hole, Hanyu spring plum blossom ,etc.. Wolf mountain is 500 meters westwards, Mei Lin of the slope of west is one of buildings with garden flavor of the South in spring dawn. Courtyard meander join 7 pavilion, rise and fall to join in accordance with mountain lie together, the style is unique, the full garden of flowers and trees, in season in early spring, the secret fragrance floats, the good place to award the . Found the Shiju pavilion in the east of yellow mud mountain in the west, a good place for seeing the sunrise, listening to rote. Dragon claw rock in the very west of yellow mud mountain, soak among in the river mostly, jagged dark brown, protruding concave not smooth spine stone, like dragon's claw is stretched into in the river, thus gain the name.

>>The Faru hall
Enter the north door of south of wolf mountain, the horizontal inscribed board of " Faru hall " is hung high, the meaning is " the Wheel of the Law is looked around permanently, Ti's milk is endless ". Hall set up Buddhist patriarch release gal seated image of Buddhist nun Mou. Hang " ten finger make a forest " jumbo horizontal inscribed board high after the hall, one of " Yangzhou eight oddballs " famous expert of calligraphy and painting Zhengbanqiao inscribe for Qing Dynasty. Hall three inlay 18 eminent monk mural painting with 2304 ceramic tile, it is paint by the painter of Fanzeng, Rely mainly on the fact that the scribbling sketch is comfortable, portray, appear the image of Xuanzang, Yiixng, Jianzhen, Jingan, Bodhidharma and so on18 Chinese and foreign eminent monk vivid who are from the Eastern Han Dynasty to modern,. They have both appearance and expression, are treasures of modern mural painting art of our country.

>>Sunflower bamboo mountain room
There is a small-scale flower garden in the wolf mountain half way up the mountain - -The sunflower bamboo mountain room, is the building of Chinese courtyard house, have the flowers and trees of the above ancient plum, arhat for a century in the front yard, the luxuriant foot-path of tree is deep and remote. One pavilion chess pavilion, also call " let one ". One stone take half front yard, make an appointment a thousand people stone half the and heavy for Suzhou tiger mound, thus come the name of half thousand stone. Sunflower bamboo mountain original green sky half pavilion in front of the room, reconstruct into " resisted the book stone-tablet pavilion " in the period of Kangxi of Qing dynasty, erect emperor Kang Xi's handwritten poetic prose stone engraving. Pavilion right little joint vertically and horizontally, musical instrument stone stand upright, moon round to face first to stone slope that southeast slope, call and treat the monthly slope. A mountain stream after the slope, is a east-west fault, the big flood do not overflow, called and drunk the rainbow ravine.

>>Guangjiao temple
The peak on mountain of wolf, it is the subject buildings of the Guangjiao temple. Door first stone pillar have the antithetical couplet which written by the officer of Tong state of Hanping in Qing Dynasty: "ong whistle one mountain chirp valley answer, put up head look around the sea and sky are boundless. "The gate platform calls the grand sight platform, take a broad view of the south and look, the water and sky are of one color, mists and waves stretch far into the distance, surge forward in the great river. Transfer to a piece of the north and have a view, the paths crisscross footpaths between fields, a scene of prosperous scenes. In the seven year of Zhengde period of Ming dynasty (1512 year ), the peasant insurrectionary army that headed by Liuqishou fight in Tong state, once fought fiercely with officer's army herein, the blood spattered the door. Leave the stone inscriptions of writing and this relics and relevant religious shrines of rivers and sea of building (the flexible hall of present name) and Cuijing floor on the mountain. The Zhiyun tower is in the peak on mountain of wolf, build the period of Taipingxingguo in Northern Song Dynasty (977-979 years), tower is 38.6 meter high, five floor and the shape is square, yellow tile and red fence, the eaves bell faces the wind. Behind the tower is large Temple of God, enshrine and worship big holy Bodhisattva in Si continent. With smoke coiling up from burning incense in the hall, of the clock drum can be heard without end.

>>Stingy garden
Lie in the northeast of two kilometers of wolf mountain, area is 9.8 hectares. The ancient cypress here reaches to the sky, the good wood makes a pleasant shade, the brightness of flowers and birdsongs, the environment is refined and quiet. This garden calls the stingy cemetery originally, is a ceremony park of ZhangJian. Had renamed as " the park of south suburb " in 1958. The ZhangJian (1853-1926 years ) have another name is Jizhi, called Qiangan, the Nantong person in Jiangsu. Champion, industrialist in Qing Dynasty, send celebrity in constitutionalism. He engaged in industry and cultural and educational undertakings all one's life, and even of our country nationality capitalist and development of cultural and educational undertakings play loud impetus very to Nantong. Mould the bronze statue above Jian's tombstone, there is grave of his son Zhang Xiaoruo. There are receiving room, Zhang Jian memorial museum in the garden, also have hundreds of flowers garden, fish's happy corridor, book room, look at crane's pavilion, the pavilion of high, green cloud of crane, nine bridges etc.

>>The Tainning temple
Within lying in the street of the center of Renmin road , the historic reservation unit in province class. It is an ancient buildings temple. First build times have not to record, build to be new in the Xianchun period of Song dynasty, and expand scale. Then proceed to build in the Xuande period of Ming dynasty. Mainly there are mountain door, Buddha's warrior attendant's hall, Mahavira Temple, pharmacist's hall and mere filial piety tower in the extant building, there is Jianlan, Mars, ink god, founder's halls and the main idea halls. The Guangxiao tower (also call the Zhidi tower ) is in the northwest corner of temple. Declare and it rebuild in the period of (1457-1464 years ) five year of Xuande period and the Tainshun period (1430 year ). Tower is five octagonal timber structure, must fill of type tower base, tower eaves have brick build, change astringent to change flat into on the eachth floor, get on the eaves corner roof beam, put and deposit and hold up the eaves column, the waist eaves are stuck up instead upwards, wind it in order to carve the wooden column of board. Have four door on the each floor, item stop relatively high, bear, reveal plate pretend ship seven weight, have and construct enclosing it with the mound of the radiance. The body of the tower is tall, the exquisite and tall and graceful posture appears.

>>Wenfeng tower
Lie in the ancient Yunyan riverside of the north of city of urban area, built it in the 46th year of Wanli period in Ming Dynasty (1618 ). The tower is 39 meters high, is the first of three towers of Nantong. According to " Tong state newly-built Wenfeng tower record" tablet inscription, Wenfeng tower to win for shape to mend mountains and rivers, help the holding and revitalizing to builds of writing style. This tower is wood structure, blue and green semicircular tile, the red column of the white wall, six corner and five grades, each grade has cabs, one and two windows for each one. Set up escalator inside, have corridor fly to the eaves decorated with the head of dragon, beast, celestial being outside, put and tie the gold tongued bell, the appearance of door opening is an arch type, the interior view is a door form of the pot. On the eaves column and corridor column, put volume of the fence and general cypress square-column in order to support the sets of brackets on top of the columns. Top of the tower is six angle to collect together, from the third floor to start set up the centre column go to in the top of the tower with stopping meeting. It is 10.33 meters high to stop, made by metal. The bowl form, on it put up the Chenglupan, the stop is composed with moon, round light, room bottle, etc., and link with top of the tower with the cable .

>>Ink paint the garden
Lie in the Northeastern corner of Rugao city, one of the famous gardens of our country. Establish in Wanli period of Ming dynasty, it is a villa of Maoyiguan who is the ancestor of Rugao family.
And then is the secret room of Maopijiang who is one of four playboy and his lover Dongxiaowan. The present Water paint garden include water bright floor, rain fragrant Buddhist nunnery two buildings now. Water bright floor name taken from sentence of Dufu " whether four mountain spit moon, incomplete night water bright floor even more ". Floor body build on wash earthen bowl on the pool, one ship building waterside pavilion, cloister, courtyard and the windows besides the pool, like the wave rises and falls, reflect in water, pleasant. There are musical instrument platforms in the floor, the Dong XiaoWan's relic according the legend. The fragrant Buddhist nunnery of rain is in the west of it, is the place for Mr Zengwenzhao - -The room site of latent jade, rebuild and rename as the fragrant Buddhist nunnery of rain in the beginning of Qingd dynasty. Have one ancient Chinese juniper for more than 800 years in the west courtyard, called "six dynasties pine tree". Border on the wash bowl pool in the east, gain the name because Songzun once wash bowl herein.

>>Dinghui temple
Lie in the southeast corner of Rugao city, establish in Zhengguan period of Tang dynasty, build for rebuild in Ming Dynasty the 35th year of Wanli period (1607 year ). During the Cultural Revolution, the statue of Buddha is destroyed completely, many palaces are destroyed, have already repaired now.
The past dynasties rulers from the Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty all praise highly Buddhism. In urban, the influence of Buddhism is far-reaching.
In the past 300 years until Anti-Japanese War broke out from middle period of the 17th century, the Dinghui temple is recommended as " the richest " of Rugao county, it has taxi land of as many as ten thousand mu, at fort at the house of Zhang (today near the Chao bridge of Rugao county), Siliban du ( nearly with Jingjiasuo of Haian county of today ) set up room to collect the rental. Rent incomes in a large number of fields, are living sources mainly with the Buddhist ceremony expenses of its monk's all living creature, it is a well-known reason of its too.
The form of Dinghui temple take the form of the word of Hui, the external is hall, the internal is palace. The gate of mountain is face to north. Have two gate from the mountain gate to the center of south. Mahavira Temple, floor of Tibetan Scripture, are sit in the south and face to north. In recent years. Have several ancient garden building expert, scholar visited to Rugao once, think the door of Dinghui temple is face to north. The north of the temple have city river, the south have protection river of city, the west have Yulian pool which is in the garden of Wangjian who is the bachelor of Longtu pavilion of Song dynasty ( have been abolished ), the east have temple to turn on dredge free the pool complete of the Tang Dynasty. Have characteristic of " water surround temple, building embrace hall, mountain door northwards ".
The Dinghui temple that are repaired on a large scale nowadays, the door is against the light is made by blue brick with a waterstone, door volume horizontal principal column of a hall regular script " Dinghui Buddhist temple " four protruding King word. A pair of stone lions sit up straight on both sides of mountain door. Come into the mountain door is Buddha's warrior hall, the middle sit up straight first loud tripe radiant with smiles fill, rein in Buddha in one's face. In the east and the west of Buddha's warrior attendant's hall, mould into four major king's portraits newly, appearance and posture are different; Increase king's hands and hold the sharp sword, the anger eyes ring is opened; King's hands cherish the pipa, look at on chinning up and chesting to hold the country; Know that more kings and hold the umbrella in hands, the appearance is ferocious; Wide view king catch dragon's beast, muscles break out and dash for ward, but, their sword has no sheath, the musical instrument has no string, the umbrella has no bone, the dragon has no scale, it is interesting to be wonderful. With fill rein in Buddha looks the back the south and stand to raise eyebrow hold Wei of poke carry Buddha on the back.
It is more than one zhang one tripods high to lay in the middle of the courtyard, is donated and cast by believers. Walk through the courtyard, steps along nine step, is the towering grand, splendid Mahavira Temple. The hall is more than ten meters high, shut the brick timber structure of bunch of angles like palm for nine mountains having a rest type. High towering four that get up fly to eaves stick up corner copper bells are hung. The hall carries the up to two meters " extremely happy guide " installed newly in centre, furthermore make the audience hall seem natural, graceful and poised and grand.
Up to 5.33 meters Big Buddhism (Buddha that commonly called as ) Lu that mould newly in the Mahavira Temple, in the middle of the nod smile is kindly in looks, sit up straight on the lotus flower. Radiating brilliant light behind this huge Buddha, a thousand Buddha winds, in various shapes, the posture is graceful. It is fragrant that the upper bound is, the second flower is holy, its side is cleared up for Buddhist king, emperor, there are 18 arhats on both sides of the things of audience hall, each type of facial make up is different, vivid, 12 round think Bodhisattva to be dimly visible to take the form of the form of fluttering of the cloud. Elder brother back of Big Buddhism Lu wall Buddha mountain sculpture of " the barge of mercy ferries all the miserable people to the world of bliss", describe the good wealth boy pay respects to 53 great teachers successively vivid, then attained the Way from Buddhism of South China Sea Puto Luo river gal mountain at last, Buddha mould have all kinds of statue of Buddha 150 together at the mountain, The Guanyin Buddhism sit at the center, good wealth, dragon's waitress set up both sides, the whole overall arrangement density well, speed across the sky, make people like enter their borders. Southern side of Mahavira Temple is " Tibetan Scripture floor ", hang " Tibetan Scripture floor " under the building and the letter written by Cixi " reflect China " two the tablet of golden words, the north have the Guanyin Buddhism building, Guandi palace, Cloudy and water platform, Buddhist abbot room, grandfather hall, the west have great sorrow floor, pray to Buddha building, room floor, expound doctrines and experiences hall,etc.

>>Joyous Garden
The side of the river of moat in Nantong, the east head of the YI bridge, there is small stone arch bridge of a of north and south, in the north of the arched bridge is Joyous Garden.
Water in the river of the moat crosses the arched bridge and pours into the pool of the south of the garden, the north of the garden is the widest place of river of the moat, divide the river of the moat to east and west two parts, round the garden side. So, the whole garden is in the center of water. The path full of twists and turns in the garden walks among forest. There are trees such as bird cypress, box, sisal hemp, crape myrtle, woman chastity,etc. , grow green and fresh. There are four high drawing rooms that face water and build in the garden, the style is simple and unsophisticated and pure, for people's rest. Park, set up Joyous Garden bank watch moat river, moat ink of river drop down under the foot, the glistening light of waves above water is clear, the other bank grove vaguely, beautiful scenery let people to be completely relaxed and happy.