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Paoma Mountain

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.

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