Phoenix season rain

From west Xiangzi Bridge, along Han River bank, then walk for about 300 meters, under Xianzhou Bridge is the famous spot---“Phoenix season rain”.

“Phoenix season rain” also called “Phoenix stage wait rain”. this all the elegant name that literator named for the scenery of phoenix platform.

Origin of phoenix it is said that phoenix oh phoenix hill don’t like to live in the forest, enjoy the beautiful sights of Chaozhou, love its quiet and elegant, at the same time feel that chaozhou culture is at the height of power and splendor, consider it is the place of rest, not the place that ole crow pitch on, so renamed “Phoenix continent” instead of “Old crow continent.” Since then, here become famous historical site.

Current phoenix platform is a ancient platform building, kiosk stand on high stone-lay platform base, form is simple and classic elegant. Middle of base carved “Phoenix platform”. Former platform has a across plaque, write “midstream pole”, North there is tablet write “Phoenix come”, now it is embed in southwest wall, writer Yang Shinan is famous painting and calligraphy artist of Chaozhou.

In the past, visitor overlook at this platform, can see sky is clear, and white cloud is leisurely. Connect far off mountain, phoenix range wandering and beautiful; watch through water and come to the platform, splash blast of spray, and divide into two, flow into seaport, like the poem environment “Three hills outside the blue sky, two water divide white egret continent.”

Ascend in summer and autumn, here wind blow gently, especially suddenly rain and suddenly fine season, river has odd sight, has lots of changes, like bazaar on sea. Look at penholder hill, like Penglai fairyland. Sometimes fine and sometimes rain, like silver bead, spill from the sky, big and small beard fall phoenix platform. A t this moment, rain reflects shine like thousand seven color hand in the air. In an instant whether is clear, around mountain like after washing, green and rock jade green, sight is clear. This charming sight is the real portraiture of phoenix season rain. This phoenix platform sight, since Hou Bi ascends the platform, initiate established “Ten figure ancestral”, “Phoenix College”, “Wenchang ancestral temple”, “Dragon fane”, “Queen of heaven palace”, “Calm temple”, “Lu Gong temple”, “Zhou gong temple” and “Kui pavilion” successively, but with the change of year, most has no trace, only phoenix platform and Kui pavilion, Queen of heaven palace due to its admirable sight and prosperous human culture, destroyed several times and repair several times. Till early Ming nation, Lin Yizu repairs it, of course its scale is small, is a single eave mountain type cement kiosk. Every year, when kite fly in whole city, sand continent often gather kites form different places compete. Some famous master who make the kite, fly “Dragon circle in the air”, “Centipede” and “Carp” in the sky, also some done by children. At that time, kite fly in the sky and people walk on land, pull wires tie people’s heart, if kite is break off the thread, that “Sh” sound, will break heartstring of lots of kite-lover.

Now, local government take “tour peak city” as keynote, not hesitate huge fund repair phoenix platform, Kui pavilion and Queen of heaven, and equipped with gate, corridor, diamond room, music tea-seat and virescence blt etc, build it into phoenix beauty spot that combines sightseeing, leisure and visiting as a whole, and invite Sinology master Rao Zongyi inscribe “Phoenix park”.