Xijiang River flows through Zhaoqing from west to east, and then flows into the South China Sea from Yamen, Xinhui City. This section of Xijiang River flowing through Zhaoqing has beautiful scenery and many scenic spots. If you visit the Xijiang River by boat, you will have a unique flavor.
If you come from east to west by boat, you will see Yanzhou Island floating in the middle of Xijiang River. Legend has it that in the second year of Li Qing, Song Renzong (1042), Bao Zheng, known as "Bao Qingtian", left Zhaoqing at the end of his three-year official career, and suddenly the waves churned and the wind blew hard. Bao Gong felt suspicious and immediately asked his men. It turned out that Duanzhou inkstone workers sent a trustee a Duanzhou inkstone wrapped in yellow cloth in order to express their admiration for Bao Gong's compassion for the people. When the men saw that it was an inkstone, not gold and silver jewelry, they accepted it. Bao Gong immediately threw Duan Yan into the river. When it stops, it is calm. Later, a piece of "Luzhou" was raised in the place where the referendum was held, namely Yanzhou Island. The yellow cloth covering the inkstone flowed down the river, forming a yellow beach near the Xijiang River, which is now the "yellow cloth sand". According to this legend, the local people built a Baogong Temple on Yanzhou Island, which still exists today and the incense continues. This is the "Yanzhu Breeze" in the Twenty Scenes of Xijiang River.
After Yanzhou, we came to Antelope Gorge, which is called "Xijiang Three Gorges" in China geography book. Xijiang Three Gorges consists of Antelope Gorge, Sanrong Gorge and Dading Gorge. The scenery of Xijiang River is also famous for the Three Gorges. There are 20 scenic spots in the Three Gorges of Xijiang River from east to west: Yanzhu Qingfeng, Xia Ling Guifan, Luo Yin Taoxi Sunset, Fuguishi, Shanhu Entrance and Exit, Qingfeng Xiange, Huanape Ancient Cave, Jingfu Hua Zhong Reflection, Ancient Pagoda, Jianglou Night Scene, Rain Clouds in the Tower, Baisha jathyapple, Five Fishing Lights, Five Horses Guicao, Tortoise and Snake Lock the River and Town Water.
The "Luo Yin Xiashe" on the north side of Antelope Gorge was originally an institution sent by Dinghushan at the ferry to welcome guests who went up the mountain to make pilgrimages, also known as "Rest Temple". According to historical records, in 743 AD, Rong Rui, a monk of the Tang Dynasty in Japan, invited Master Jian Zhen to visit Japan to spread Buddhism. On the fifth trip, I was caught in a hurricane drift in Zhoushan, went through all the hardships and landed on Hainan Island. After Wuzhou arrived in Duanzhou (now Zhaoqing City) in the east, he boarded the longxing temple of Dinghushan (changed to Baiyun Temple in Song Dynasty), died of illness and was buried at the south foot of Lotus Peak in Dinghushan.
Out of the antelope gorge in the west, the river suddenly opened up. When you come to the river in the city, the first thing you see is the four pagodas on both sides of the Xijiang River. Four ancient pagodas confront Jiajiang. The poet Guo Moruo 196 1 left a famous sentence when he visited the Xijiang River: "The four towers are clear and the sky is stable, and the seven stars are accompanied by the moon palace." There are many high-rise buildings on both sides of the Xijiang River, which are full of traffic and excitement. Zhaoqing is on the north bank and Gaoyao is on the south bank. The two modern cities face each other across the river and compete with each other in prosperity.
Going up the river, Xijiang Bridge is "a bridge between north and south, and the natural moat becomes a thoroughfare". Further ahead are Dading Gorge and Sanrong Gorge.
Going up the river and entering the Deqing area, you can see the Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple and the brand-new Sanyuan Tower from the boat. Further west, you will reach the foot of the famous Jinshi Mountain in China's history. Jinshishan is 375 meters high, divided into upper and lower floors. The upper 200-meter cylindrical Shishan rises into the sky, and the lower 175-meter earthen mountains complement each other. Seen from three different directions, Jinshishan has different views: it looks like a natural China watch, so some people call it China Watch Stone; Like an old man, some people call it the old gentleman stone; Like a monk's head, some people call it a monk stone. In fact, the name of Jinshishan is related to historical biography.
According to legend, Liu Bang won the world and established the Han Dynasty, but Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, still occupied Lingnan, and Liu Bang sent Lu Jia, a Chinese medicine practitioner, to persuade Zhao Tuo to return to Han. Lujia went all the way day and night, down the river, and the boat arrived in Deqing. Suddenly, there was lightning and thunder, and it was stormy. The ship was spinning in the middle of the river and could not move forward. Think of this task, whether Liu Jia can persuade Zhao Tuo, it is hard to predict. Facing the immediate danger, the more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. He immediately walked out of the cabin and saw a huge stone standing on the shore. He thought there must be a god in this stone, so he braved the wind and rain to land, burned incense under the boulder and prayed for the blessing of the gods, and made a wish: If he could persuade Zhao Tuo to return to Han, he would put on a brocade coat when he came back to thank God. After the sacrifice, the storm stopped. Later, Lu Jia really persuaded Zhao Tuo to cover the stone with brocade after returning home, but the stone was huge, and ten boats of brocade could only circle the mountain. Zhao Tuo suggested replacing brocade with flowers, so he ordered people to plant all kinds of flowers on the whole mountain. The stone is wrapped in brocade and decorated with flowers, which looks magnificent, hence the name "Jinshishan". In order to commemorate Lu Jia's achievements, later generations built the "Doctor Lu Temple" here and erected the "High Arch Jinshi" monument.
Xijiang River is the best river in China with clear water quality. It is well known that delicious seafood is abundant here. Traveling to Zhaoqing, you can taste fresh and sweet Xijiang shrimp in spring; You can eat sweet three-plow fish in summer; You can taste the fat koi fish in autumn; You can have a hearty sea bream in winter.