Paoma Mountain (horse-riding
mountain) is situated at the southeast of Lucheng Town, Kangding City, Sichuan
Province. The main scenic spots of the Paoma Mountain Park mainly include the
Wuse Lake, Yongxue Tower, Jixiang Buddha Hall, Lingyun White Tower, Paoma
Ground, Yufu Pool, Feiyun Corridor, Dongguan Pavilion and Kwan-yin Pavilion.
The Wuse Lake is a glacier relic with an
area of 0.11 square meters and 4,100 meters above sea level. There are three
steep mountains around the lake. The waterfall is flowing down from the eastern
cliff, and the lake is as clear as a mirror.
The Yongxue Tower located at the southern
mountainside and in the green shades of trees is the best place for people to
view the snow and chant poems. The southwestern mountains and rivers look like
beautiful sculptures of ice and snow in winter and spring. The near mountain
range is verdant in the bright sun, while the beautiful snow mountains far away
are towering and standing upright.
The Jixiang Buddha Hall is located on the
hummock at the west of the Paoma Ground. A flight of steps in the luxuriantly
green forest is leading to the hall, in which a sitting statue of the Gautama
Buddha is enshrined.
The White Tower is situated on the top of
the mound at the west of the Paoma Ground, with a height of 20 more meters.
Cloud always circles the temple.
Paoma Mountain was originally famous for the
horseracing contest. During the early 20th century, the annual
horseracing contest was held on the 13th day of the 5th of
a lunar month. The Paoma Ground was repaired in the early 1980s again, and it is
also the perfect location for tourists to watch the ethical singing, dancing and
opera.
After going through the Paoma Ground,
tourists can go along with the tranquil path in the forest and reach the Yufu
Pool. According to the legend of the Buddhist sutra, the Sakyamuni had a bath in
the pool after he was born, and there were 9 dragons making fun in the pool. So
the sculptures of nine dragons spraying water and making fun are located beside
the pool now.
The Feiyun Corridor with a width of 2 meters
is a long corridor at the mountainside. It lies in the verdant forest. Its stone
steps are standing steeply. A pair of stone lions is crouching at the both sides
of the starting point of the stone steps. The Feiyun Corridor is built along
with the rocks using red pillars to support it.
The
Kwan-yin Pavilion is situated near the cliff
100 steps to the foot of the mountain. The Kwan-yin Bodhisattva Temple was built
at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and has been destroyed several times
and was subsequently expanded and repaired to current
scale.