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Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
one of the Four Beautiful Places to Visit Maple Leaves in China, visit the ancient Qixia Temple of more than 1,500 years and experience the Buddhist culture
Qixia Mountain is located in the Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It was named She Mountain in the ancient time. And it got the name of Qixia Mountain is because the foundation of Qixia Temple. With more than 80 historical sites, Qixia Mountain is a collection of religious culture, imperial culture, green culture, folk culture, geological culture, stone carving culture and tea culture. With the Dragon Mountain to the northeast, Tiger Mountain to the northwest and Yangtze River to the north, there are three peaks on the Qixia Mountain. And the highest peak is 286 meters high. Qixia Mountain is one of the Four Beautiful Places to Visit Maple Leaves in China. There is a saying in Nanjing that we should visit the Niushou Mountain in spring and visit the Qixia Mountain in autumn. The maples in Qixia Mountain attracts thousands of tourists to visit it every year.
Qixia Mountain has been a Buddhist resort since the Southern Dynasties, and Qixia Temple is the first of all temples. Many emperors and kings had been to Qixia Mountain. Among them, Emperor Qianlong went to Jiangnan(the south of the Yangtze River) for six times and stayed in Qixia Mountain for 5 times. In the Ming Dynasty, a painter called Zhang Hong painted a painting entitled Qixia Mountain, vividly describing the spectacular scenery of Qixia Mountain. The painting is in the Taipei Palace Museum now. In 1958, Qixia Mountain was open to the public. In 1988, the trees of red leaves were added on the Qixia Mountain. And the forest of red leaves trees were finished in 1990.
Built in 484, Qixia Temple has a history of more than 1,500 years. It is on the west on the Qixia Mountain. It is one of the Four Famous Temples in China. It was the Buddhist center in the Southern and Northern Dynasties(420-589). The China Institute of the Buddhist Studies Qixia Mountain Branch was set up in 1983 Qixia Temple.
You can visit the Qixia Temple to burn incense and worship. You can feel the Buddhist culture here. And tourists can clang the bell to worship in the Qixia Temple. Clanging the bell to pray for blessings during the Spring Festival is a custom in the Qixia Temple of the citizens of Nanjing and tourists. In the Qixia Temple, you can listen to the lessons of the monks there.
The peach blossoms in Qixia Mountain in spring has been famous during the Ming Dynasty. There are articles describing the beauty of the peach blossoms. Ancient bridge, maple, peach, pavilion and lake compose of a beautiful picture. The scenery is like the description in the poetry of peach blossoms and the ancient buildings. The scene of the surface of the lake full of the peach petals of white, pink and red is really impressive and romantic. Qixia Mountain is colorful in spring. And you can enjoy the colorful scenery of the Qixia Mountain by taking the cable car. The picturesque scenery of spring in the Qixia Mountain will surprise you if you come to visit Qixia Mountain in March or April.
The red autumn leaves are really famed in the Qixia Mountain. The best time to appreciate the red autumn leaves in Qixia Mountain is November and December. Fengling and the Red Leaves Valley are the best places to visit the red autumn leaves on the Qixia Mountain.
Fengling is full of maples, which is totally red in autumn, providing the breathtaking beautiful view of maple leaves. The maple leaves in autumn is a reason that the tourists come to visit Qixia Mountain.
The Red Leaves Valley is also a good place to enjoy the red autumn leaves on the Qixia Mountain with the highlights of the grotesque rocks and the red autumn leaves. The Red Leaves Valley provides mountain, water, rocks, forest and pavilion, which are of classical beauty of China.
If you are a mountain-climbing lover, you can climb to the top of the Qixia Mountain. You can enjoy the picturesque scenery and historical sites alongside your way. You will pass the Mirror Lake and Qixia Temple. You can stop to visit the Qixia Temple for a while and burn the incense. You can visit the Qianfoyan and Stupa to experience the Buddhist culture by the exquisite and spectacular statues of Buddhas. At the site where the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty used to stop and have a panoramic view of the Yangtze River, you can stop to visit the spectacular view of Yangtze River and imagine the thought of the Emperor. To enjoy the stunning view of the Yangtze River, Biyun Pavilion is also a good place on the top of Tiger Mountain. Standing on the Biyun Pavilion, Yangtze River is to your north.
And if you think it tired to climb the Qixia Mountain, you can take the cable car to get to the top of the mountain and walk down slowly to see the attractions and the beautiful scenery.
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