Overview
Qingliang Mountain is located in Yan’an city, facing Pagoda Hill and Phoenix Mountain across the YanheRiver, towering and charming.There are 37 grottoes in the scenic area, most of which were dug in the Song Dynasty.Qingliang Mountain is a holy place of Taoism, and there is a Taoist temple which was first built in the Sui Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. After many times of renovation, the Taihe Mountain Taoist Cultural Exchange Center is now under construction here. Qingliang Mountain is also a treasury of Buddhism with the Grottoes Temple in the Song Dynasty as the main body. During the War of Liberation, it was the place where the Central Printing House, the Central Publication and Distribution Department, Xinhua News Agency, Xinhua Radio Station, Liberation Daily, Border Area Mass Newspaper, Xinhua Bookstore and so on,were located. It is the birthplace and cradle of journalism.
Qingliang Mountain has a treasury of Buddhism with the Grottoes Temple in the Song Dynasty as the main body, of which the Wanfo Buddha Cave has the largest grottoes, and there is also the Taihe Mountain Taoist Temple located on the top of the mountain. The following areas are now open to the public, namely: Sakyamuni Cave, SanshiBuddha Cave, Maitreya Cave, Sleeping Buddha Cave, Peach Blossom Cave, Yaowang Temple,and so on. Fan Zhongyan wrote in his poem that: “Chisel mountain into a stone world, with ten thousand ofBuddha. Rare in the world, but there is no magic.”Chen Yi also has a poem which says: "One hundred years of weak China, eight years of war in Yan’an.So who is in charge of China? Qingliang Mountain has turned to be the focus.”
WanfoBuddha Cave: The most gorgeous grottoes in Song Dynasty, there are 11,014 stone Buddhas with different expressions carved on the four walls of the cave and the pillars in the east and west.
MoonWell: Passing through the ShiwanBay, you will come to the towering and small Moonlight Pavilion, which is like a vigorous bird looking down from the sky. Visitors in the pavilion can see a crescent moon from the bottom of the wellif leaning over the fence looking down. Soit iscalled “MoonWell”.
Fan Gong Temple: On the south side of Moonlight Pavilion. Two “Wangyan Pavilions” stand on both sides of the temple. There is an image of Fan Zhongyan dressed in martial attire when he fought the Western Xia in Yanzhou. On the walls,there are Zhongyan's famous words. Above the temple door, a horizontal inscribed board reads “The First Person in Song Dynasty”, and the couplet reads: “Being the first to bear hardships, and the last to enjoy comforts.”
Taihe Mountain Taoist Temple: Located on the top of Qingliang Mountain, the Taoist temple was first built in the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Ming Dynasty, and has been rebuilt many times. The Taihe Mountain Taoist Cultural Exchange Center is currently being built here.
The former site of Liberation Daily: In the foothills of Qingliang Mountain on the east, there is the former site of Liberation Daily.
Qingliang Mountain is a Buddhist art treasury, Wanfo Buddha Cave is the largest and the most gorgeous grottoes in the Song Dynasty. Qingliang Mountain is a holy place of Taoism.There are the revolutionary cultural relics and ruins, represented by the former site of the news and publishing agency of the Central Party Committee in Yan’an period, it is the birthplace and cradle of journalism, and the Xinhua Bookstore was also born here; Qingliang Mountain faces Pagoda Hill and Phoenix Mountain across the YanheRiver, towering and charming, the trees are lush and the terrain is steep, and the scenery is pleasant.
Historical Story
Wanfo Buddha Cave
Wanfo Buddha Cave on Qingliang Mountain was dug before the Sui Dynasty, and in Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, statues were built and repaired for several times. Wanfo Buddha Cave has four main grottoeschiseled based on the mountain wall, in a large grand scale. On the stone pillars in the cave and the four walls, there are carved ten thousand stone Buddhas with different expressions. The stone carving is extremely skillful, wonderful art excelling nature, so it is a precious historical and cultural heritage, which has been praised and loved by famous poets and people of insight. The great writer and politician Fan Zhongyan once wrote four poems in Of Qingliang Mountain and highly praised the mountain that:“Chisel mountain into a stone world, with ten thousand ofBuddha. Rare in the world, but there is no magic.”
Temple Fair
Every year on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, there is a traditional temple fair at Taihe Mountain Temple, and by then,Qingliang Mountain will be extremely bustling.