Wuyunshan
There is a newly renovated stone road next to the civil aviation sanatorium in Xucun, Jiuxi. At the intersection, a stone archway is erected, and three characters "Wuyunshan" are written on it. Go west along this road for about 3 meters, cross the villa area of Jiuxi Rose Garden, and reach the foothills of Wuyunshan Mountain, a famous mountain in Jianggan.
Wuyun Mountain, 334 meters above sea level. Gangfu is deep and beautiful, with forests and valleys, and it is a famous mountain in the mountains of West Lake Scenic Area. According to legend, the top of the mountain often has five-color clouds hovering over it, so it is named "Five Clouds". With regard to the name of the mountain, there is also a story among the people that Master Guanyin went to the Western Heaven to worship the Buddha, passed through this mountain, and lingered, leaving behind the lotus flower and turning it into a colorful auspicious cloud. Wuyun Mountain is located between Qiantang River and West Lake, with abundant water vapor and many concave basins and valleys under the mountain. Due to the obvious temperature difference between the mountains and the mountains, the heat radiated by the sun meets the air between the valleys during the day and blends with the water vapor of rivers, lakes and streams. When it meets the low temperature on the mountain, it forms a "mountain cloud", and after being irradiated by the sun, it presents a colorful color like a rosy cloud. The legend about five-color Ruiyun is based on this natural phenomenon.
Wuyun Mountain has a pleasant scenery and has been a good place to climb the Range Rover since ancient times. Looking around at the top of the mountain, I saw that among the mountains, the Qiantang River seemed to be a winding jade belt floating in front of the mountain, and the sails on the river were small, like gulls, and it was unique. Looking at the two peaks in the north and south from afar, it looks very small, like "two cones standing side by side". Such a situation makes people open their minds and broaden their horizons. The vegetation on the mountain is lush, the green trees and bamboos reflect each other, the breeze and clouds are always around, and the mountain scenery is full of "wild" rhyme. Fang Hui, a poet in the Yuan Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising:
"If there is no smoke in the trees, it is like a mountain without rain.
You can't imagine when you're in a painting room. "
Mao Zedong also left a poem after he climbed this mountain in 1955:
"Five clouds fly on Wuyun Mountain, far away from the peaks and close to the clothes.
If you ask where Hangzhou is good, you will hear wild warblers singing. "
There are abundant orchids on Wuyun Mountain, and the origin of the famous species "Lv Yun" is here. Lv Yun, with beautiful flowers, is difficult to cultivate. When new grass comes out, the old leaves wither first, which is a masterpiece in orchid. There are not many wild species in Wuyun Mountain now. There is an interesting story about Lv Yun's discovery. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, a widow near Wuyun Mountain was sweeping the grave when she saw an orchid with a unique shape and fragrance on the side of the road, so she took it off and put it on her head. Everywhere she walked, others smelled a quiet fragrance. When the owner of Shao Zhiyan's pen shop learned about this, he immediately found the widow and asked about the origin of the orchid. The widow ignored it and just ran all the way. It turned out that her land was occupied by people, so she was in a bad mood. The boss then said to her, "As long as you take me to the place where you picked orchids, I will definitely help you get the land back." The widow agreed. In this way, Lv Yun, a masterpiece of Lanzhong, who lives deep in the mountains, finally appeared before the world. Later, the owner of the pen shop took the image of Lv Yun as the trademark of Zhilan brand brush. Marshal Zhu De, who loves orchids, also loves Lv Yun very much, and has personally picked them up many times.
From Wuyun Mountain in Xucun Village, Jiuxi, the mountain road is very tortuous, and you have to turn 72 bends, but the mountain is gentle, so it won't be hard to walk among them. Along the way, bamboo trees are dense, sometimes shaded, and sometimes cheerful. Walking in the mountain path shaded by green trees, you will be able to appreciate a unique silence and serenity outside the noisy world. Along the road, there are three newly built kiosks with different shapes, which are called "Fu Hu", "Five Clouds" and "Duanjing", all of which follow ancient names. When climbing a mountain, as long as you pay close attention to your feet, of course, you will find clouds carved on the stone road along the way. If you can find four flowers on the road and the last cloud in the Zhenji Temple at the top of the mountain, congratulations, your luck will come soon. Because for a long time, there has been a saying among people in Hangzhou that "climb Wuyun Mountain and find five clouds". It is said that if you find five clouds, you will rise to the top, prosper in wealth, achieve your wish and live a long life. But these clouds are not easy to find. You can try them if you don't believe me.
You can climb Wuyun Mountain from Yunqiwu, and the mountain road is made of big stone slabs. Compared with the road up the mountain from Jiuxi, this road is much steeper and more laborious to walk. Surrounded by mountains along the way, green trees are planted and lush. Walking to the mountainside, there is a pavilion with many couplets engraved on the pillars, some of which are already blurred. One of the couplets is impressive, which points out the beauty here:
"The river is cut by the long dike; The word
divides the two Zhejiang mountains equally. "
Climbing to the top of the mountain, a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree stands out. The tree is 14 years old, 21 meters high and 2.45 meters in diameter at breast height. It is the oldest existing ancient tree in Hangzhou. The bark is mottled, the trunk is hollow, and there is a heather and a water wax in the trunk. Many branches of different sizes sprouted around the base of the big tree, which looked like a "full house of children and grandchildren". Whenever the breeze blows, thousands of ginkgo leaves dance like butterflies, which makes people think. Ginkgo biloba, also known as Baiguoshu and Gongsun Tree, is an ancient tree species unique to China, and its fruit can be used as medicine. Historically, the tree has suffered many times from lightning strikes and fires. Especially in the 197s, students from May 4th Middle School who camped in Zhenji Temple accidentally caused a fire, and some trunks were severely burned. To this day, traces of burning still exist, which is distressing.
Behind the tree is the site of Zhenji Temple. The founder of Zhenji Temple was Fu Hu Zhi Feng Zen Master, who studied under Fengtian Taizong. He had a solid career and a kind-hearted house. It was once said that Li 'an Zen Temple, which later became a famous Buddhist jungle, was highly respected by King Yue of Wu at that time, and was given purple clothes. posthumous title was a famous monk for his "Pujue". In the year of the late Zhou Xiande Bingchen (956), he started a retreat here, and the temple was named Jingsi Temple, also called Dinghui Temple. According to legend, tigers were often seen around Wuyunshan at that time. He often took a big cattail fan to beg alms from people at the foot of the mountain, and all the money he got was used to buy meat to feed tigers, and he influenced tigers with his sincerity. After a long time, the tiger was finally tamed, and instead of becoming friends, he often carried him to and from the mountains, hence the name "Fu Hu Zen Master". In the northern song dynasty, the temple was renamed as "zhenji courtyard" In the early Ming Dynasty, the temple was destroyed, and in the twelfth year of Zhengde, the monks were rebuilt by law. At that time, the temple entered three places: the first one entered the Heavenly King Hall for Maitreya; The middle hall, dedicated to the three saints of the west; Later, he worshipped Huaguang Bodhisattva, and there were eighteen statues of the God of Wealth beside him. Most of these gods of wealth were Taoist gods in folklore. At this point, Zhenji Temple has formed a unique pattern of Buddhism and Taoism, among which the belief in the god of wealth is the main one. The architecture of Zhenji Temple in Qing Dynasty is still well preserved, and only the ruins are left.
since the Ming dynasty, the god of wealth in Zhenji Temple has been very famous. In the old temple, there were 18 roads of the God of Wealth, including literature and martial arts, old and young, Taoism and folk. One of the most famous is Zhao Gongming, who is called the true king of the Dragon and Tiger Xuantan. Together with four fairy officials, Zhao Bao, Na Zhen, Zhao Cai and Li Shi, he is called the "Five-way God of Wealth", which has a great influence on the people. Other gods of wealth, such as Guan Gong, Fan Li and Bigan, are also familiar to the people. According to the records in the "Wulin Fanzhi", at that time, "there was no empty day for Hangzhou people to hold sacrifices and pray for wealth", and the wind of going up the mountain to make incense was extremely prosperous. In the Ming Dynasty, there was also a widespread practice among businessmen in Hang Cheng: before doing business, go to Zhenji Temple to borrow books, take away the paper money hanging in the temple, and pay it back twice if you make a profit. This adds a bit of legend to the belief in the god of wealth in Zhenji Temple. Today, although the Zhenji Temple no longer exists, every birthday of the God of Wealth, Hangzhou citizens and merchants from all over the world still go to the mountains to worship.
In the site of Zhenji Temple, there is a well, which is located on the mountain at an altitude of 334 meters. It is the highest natural well in Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area, and is called "patio". According to legend, the well has two wonders: it is a wonder that the well water has never dried up despite repeated droughts for more than a thousand years since the Five Dynasties; Well water is warm in winter and cool in summer. Even in the hot dog days, it takes a lot of courage to take a shower, because it is very easy to catch a cold, which is also surprising.
Today, the site of Zhenji Temple has been transformed and developed. On the basis of retaining the original cultural atmosphere, the site has been opened as a teahouse with a very elegant environment. Sitting in the teahouse, the Longjing tea, which is brewed from "patio" water, is really a kind of beautiful enjoyment to watch the swaying trees and the overlapping mountains under the cool breeze.
southeast of Wuyun Mountain is Tiger Mountain, which is 27 meters high. According to legend, the place where Master Fu Hu made friends with the tiger is in this mountain, and the mountain is like a crouching tiger. Geomantic experts think that the feng shui here is excellent. Tiger Mountain is located in the south-west of Tiger Mountain, in the north of Fancun Village, with a height of 144 meters, and the Jiulong Head of the mountains along the river ends here. During the Cultural Revolution, the forests around Hongmiao Mountain were cut down in large numbers. At that time, it became Zhuotong Mountain. Later, it was closed to facilitate afforestation, and now the old view of mountains and forests has been restored.
going northward from the ruins of Zhenwu Temple in Wuyun Mountain is Wanlingbei Mountain, which is the general name of the five peaks in the southern section of Langdang, with the main peak at an altitude of 364 meters. To the north of the mountain is the "Ten Miles of Langdang" landscape, which is rich in natural and wild interest and has an open realm.