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Laojun hole Taoist temple is located Nan'an Laojunshan on the important Taoist temple in Chongqing. For centuries, during the first fifteen or Ching Ming Festival, pilgrims to the monastery, visitors outing, cigarette mixing shrouded Taoist mountain road, pedestrian flow.  Laojun hole was built in the Han Dynasty Three Kingdoms period, officially founded in the khanate, which lasted 1,300 years.  Original Buddhist temples Guanghua, Ming Wanli nine years (1581) with respect Taoism ancestor Li Lao Jun, and Yu Temple in Tu Temple exchange, to a Taoist temple, "Taiji Gong" (commonly known as "Laojun hole")  Fearless temple once.


The mountain, the entire temple, build the temple, chiseled cliffs imaging. The main building was the "mysterious" font mountains circled on.  Temple area, covering 300 acres, statue, statues, more than 30 Taoist trinity, Lingguan temple the Mitutoyo temple, Yu Huangdian, Zhen Wu Temple, Lu Zu Temple, Qiu ancestral temple, the Goddess of Mercy Temple and dining hall, reception room, through the hall, stage, drama  Floor, Canon House, Dan rooms, heritage the most unique Laojun hole, Mitutoyo hole, the the Chunyang hole, the boulder hole, Sam Shing hole, Enlightening hole.  Temples Cihhang sons of carved inscriptions Zhenwu preacher ", San Qing before the carved stone" Yulong holding sacred ".  Making rock images Laojun riding a blue bull, King Wen of Zhou worship phase, Setsuko's visit to Yin, the moon and stars on the rock, stone reliefs, men of letters the inscription more on the rock, skill is particularly exquisite.  Laojun hole Taoist multi-cliffs carved images of Buddhist stories, the Kowloon monument and the eight hard rock two stone reliefs most artistic value.  Many of the otherwise Cliff text.


Laojun hole located in the Nanshan scenic area, two kilometers from the city district south bank of the favorable geographical conditions. Uplink hundred meters along the cliffs of the blue bull and the left side of the stone stairs to Laojunshan top, lifted up his eyes, overlooking the mountain city views make in front of a good place to watch the mountain night.  Laojunshan dense pine and cypress, towering old trees, the shadow blocks out the sun, deep and quiet, quiet, suitable for monasticism, the Scriptures, the world outside of the summer amusement wonderland, visitors flocked to strong incense.


Laojun hole at night - in close proximity to a tree viewing platform Laojun hole Taoist, people only knew the southwest of the birthplace of Taoism, strong incense, Incense smoke, but few people know the fact, here is a mountain night The best viewing point.  I will not speak here see how the night scene, only this kind of atmosphere - between cornices Qiaojiao, among the smoke around, under Drum and bell in the Tsing Yi side of the square cap, embrace the breeze, a cup of fragrant  tea, listen to a chant, the concept of a burst of night life so who needs?  Laojun hole concept of night scene, the two best place, though with a Taoist, I feel very differently.  One is the old gate into the Laojun hole Taoist trinity "in front of a platform.  A giant incense burner on the platform during the day and the believers pray, has the warmth of the incense, getting misty; Taoist trinity, the three the Zhenjun case before the long light, swaying in the twilight; mountains such as "mysterious" word  type placed heavy palace, the lights dim ... At this point, through the sparse branches, Yamashita lighted competing bloom, warm and bright, and the mountains fade away, formed a strong contrast.  Another best viewing point when the Nantianmen "As the name suggests, this is the commanding heights of the Laojun hole board here, like the board Temple" Nantianmen ", cross, can be immortal.  I waited no illusion of the ancient celestial blessings, but the ancients can never imagine the treat,.  Standing Nantianmen vision, panoramic view of the city of Chongqing.  Distance, Yuzhong Peninsula is like a magnificent exotic bonsai landscape, from the the Chaotianmen into Caiyuanba, was elliptical Yangtze tray gently hold; middle Nanbin like a treasure-studded ribbon, randomly placed  between the landscape; the foot of Laojun hole Taoist in the hazy in getting to sleep ... where the elevation is much higher than a tree viewing platform, so this Nantianmen ", and the Temple" Nantianmen  "When the same purpose.