清源山 청원산 Qingyuan Hill
泉州城北屏障,海拔498米,面积62平方公里,以三十六洞天、十八胜景闻名于世,清源以石奇,以泉灵,被元人赞誉为“闽海蓬莱第一山”。最早开发于秦代,唐代“儒、道、释”三家竞相占地经营,兼有伊斯兰教、摩尼教、印度教的活动踪迹,逐步发展为多种宗教兼容并蓄的文化名山。以宗教寺庙宫观、文人书院石宝及石雕石构石刻等文物为主的人文景观几乎遍布清源山的每个角落,其中以老君岩为代表的六处宋元时期的清源山石造像被列为国家级文物保护单位。
It is the north protective screen of Quanzhou, 498m above sea lever covering an area of 62km2, which is famous for the 36 grottoes and 18 views ever since. Qingyuan Hill is impressive for its rock and graceful for its spring. A famous person in Yuan dynasty admired Qingyuan Hill as“ The NO.1 Hill on the Min (Fujian) Territory”. It was first exploited in the Qin dynasty. In the Tang dynasty, three religions “Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism” came to compete for spheres of influence, afterwards, Islam, Manichaeism, and Hinduism left their footmarks here and eventually it became a renowned cultural hill allowing of multiple religions. Six stone statues represented by the Laozi Stone Statue from the Song and Yuan periods have been included in the list of the national safeguard cultural relics.




























