Nanyue Hengshan Water Curtain Cave, flowing spring waterfall is like a fairyland, once was a place for immortals to live in seclusion
Hengshan, the head of China's "Five Mountains", is the national 5 A scenic spot, and is also the most famous scenic spot in Hunan, its landscape scenery is beautiful, there are many historical relics, Taoism and Buddhism coexist in a big mountain, in the same temple, enshrine a god, known as "the first in the world", is an indispensable scenic spot in Hunan.
The seventy-two peaks of Heng Mountain, Nanyue Temple, Zhurong Peak, Huixiantai, Mojingtai, Nantianmen, Shangfeng Temple, Shouyue Square, are all famous tourist attractions, and the "Water Curtain Cave" of Nanyue is a place that cannot be missed.
Water Curtain Village, Nanyue County, one of the seventy-two peaks of Nanyue Heng Mountain, is also known as "Water Curtain Cave". There is a statue of Monkey King standing at the door, but if you look closely, it has nothing to do with the "Water Curtain Cave" in "Journey to the West", it turns out that it was just the practice place of Emperor Zhu Ling back then.
According to historical sources, Taoism believes that the Nanyue Water Curtain is in Taoism"Three major caves", also known as:"Xiao Yutian Zhu Ling is too empty", aka"Big Tour", Nanyue Water Curtain Cave is in Taoism"Three vacuum holes", aka"Xiaoyou Tian Zhu Ling is too empty", also known as:"Wishing the spirit cave heaven"It has been a place where immortals have lived since ancient times, but in the Nanyue Water Curtain Cave, there are many immortals waiting here.
We walked all the way, all the way there were mountain streams and waterfalls, the trees were green, the air was fresh, the birds were singing, I wanted to walk in the creek in the summer, play in the water, escape the heat in the summer, it was also a great way, and it was also a great way to take pictures in these canyons, rocks, waterfalls, and it was also a great way to shoot the water in slow motion.
Due to the ancient paradise, many literati and writers will come here to explore, chant poems, and carve their names on the stone walls, which are precious national and precious cultural heritage, and are a very valuable place to study the history, calligraphy and poetry culture of Nanyue.
The literati and writers of the past dynasties have visited here, and left a lot of poems and songs here, such as Zhang Juzheng, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, who once made "Water Curtain Cave" after visiting here, praised and said:"Yinghai covers the jade pool, not the Tianhe Epsom Cui; Where Concubine Xiang is hidden, five crystal curtains hang in the sky. The text describes the three wonders of light, sound and shadow of the "Water Curtain Cave".
According to people nearby, there are many legends in Nanyue, and "Jade Dragon Jane" is one of these legends. Legend has it that in ancient times, in order to explore the golden dragon and jade book, Dayu went to Nanyue to worship the sky. In the 26th year of Kaiyuan, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty sent Zhang Fengguo, Sun Zhiliang and several other Taoists to the Nanyue Bead Curtain Cave Water Curtain Cave to cast a golden dragon and jade book for future generations to admire. There is a more detailed record of this in the "Nanyue Chronicles", and there is still a picture: "A person in the north cannot go east, the sky and the river fall, the blue pearls are shining, and the purple glow springs"; Shanglian is: "There is a grudge in the west, nine gold houses nine times, send your life, Zhuling Cave is empty!" Shanglian said:"Journey to the West will have grievances, nine catties and eight taels, go to Jiaolong, an empty place, Zhuling Cave! "
Because of the time, we didn't see all the attractions, but took a trip by drone, in a valley between the two water curtain caves, where a man-made lake was built, which is the legendary "Sun Spring" and "Washing Heart Spring". The water from the lake can be used to water the crops, and, on a sunny day, you can see a rainbow! On a clear day, a rainbow can also be seen.