The Journey to the West, the representative work, is a well-known mythological novel of China. In recent years, a large number of movies, comics and games based on this novel have emerged and become extremely influential cultural symbols. The birthplace of the Monkey King, the hero of the novel, has always been a controversial topic. I have made research on this topic and achieved results, and published academic papers "Analysis of the Real Position of Huaguo Mountain in Journey to the West" and "A Detailed Study of Huangling and Li Anquan". After careful textual research, according to the original geographical information and characteristics, it can be clear that Guo Hua, the ancestral home of Dashengzu, is Dalingshan Forest Park in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. Dalingshan Forest Park is also the first mountain in Lingnan, Huangling Mountain, which is the royal Long Mai discovered by Feng Shui master Lai Buyi in Song Dynasty.
Lianyungang, Shunchang and Loufan ... are inconsistent with the original.
Reading the novel carefully, we can find that the first three chapters of the novel give the specific geographical features and information of Huaguoshan, and we can find Huaguoshan on the territory of China after studying it.
For the first time in the novel, when the Monkey King left Huaguoshan to find a teacher to study, the monkeys picked fruits to see him off. Among the fruits are longan, litchi and Lingling. We can smell the strong Lingnan flavor here. Original text: "longan is fresh, the meat is sweet and the skin is thin; Litchi fire, the core is red; Lin Biao finished "Shi Lian County Records".
For the first time, The Journey to the West described Guo Huashan. There is a poem saying that the potential town of Wang Yang, Weining Yaohai, the corner of fire and water is high with soil, and the East China Sea is towering. "The sea breeze keeps blowing, and the moonlight shines on the river." "The rivers meet Optimus Prime, but the roots are still intact." The first few sentences show that there is both a sea and a river near Guo Huashan, which is the estuary of the river. In the last sentence, the confluence of rivers indicates that there are a large number of rivers near Guo Huashan and the Pearl River Estuary, which can be consistent with them. When Yuan Shikai assigned others to verify his kinship with Yuan Chonghuan, a native of Dongguan, he mentioned that Yuan Chonghuan's hometown was near Qingtian Yizhu. The geographical location of Dalingshan Forest Park in Dongguan is consistent with these two poems, which can exclude all inland provinces and cities such as Loufan in Shanxi.
According to the contents of this book, Guo Huashan is a coastal mountain range near the eastern ocean. The first reply: "The peaks in the East China Sea are towering". In The Journey to the West, the East China Sea is the abbreviation of the Oriental Sea, and the written expression in the book is the Oriental Sea. At the same time, there are also the West Sea and the South Sea, which are referred to as the West Sea and the South China Sea respectively. For example, the third time, "separate the waterway and enter the ocean floor." The fourteenth time, "it is said that Wukong left the master, turned over the somersault cloud and turned to the eastern sea." Back to the 26th time, "Good Monkey King, turn over the clouds quickly, bid farewell to Wuzhuang view, and run to the eastern ocean." The twenty-seventh time, "it turned out to be the sound of the East China Sea tide." Twenty-eight times, "I said that although the Great Sage was driven away by the Tang Priest, I still missed him and sighed. He saw monkeys in the Oriental Sea and jumped over it as early as Huaguoshan. " . For the first time, "I suddenly arrived in the West Sea", "I made a raft alone, and I drifted across the West Sea until I reached the border of Mr. Niu Hezhou." . The 57th time, "Good Great Sage, come back with a somersault and go to the South China Sea one hour earlier", "Friar Sand leaves the East China Sea and goes to the South China Sea one day and one night." . Moreover, the oceans are connected. Back to the 57th time, "Water crosses the Northwest Sea, and waves are in the East. The four seas are connected by one vein, Xianfangzhou Island Fairy Palace. " ; It is generally believed that the East China Sea is the sea area outside the east of China. If so, the West Sea (West Sea) does not exist. It is absurd for academic circles to define Qinghai Lake as the West Sea. Looking through ancient books, we can see that the eastern ocean is bounded by Leizhou Peninsula, which is the eastern ocean and the western ocean. Relevant ancient books such as Chronicle of the South China Sea, Brief Introduction to Islands, Textual Research on the East and the West, Star View of Cha Sheng, Consultation Record of Special Zone Week, etc. One of the eight scenic spots in Yangcheng in Qing Dynasty is the East China Sea Fish Bead, which refers to a reef at the mouth of the Pearl River. It can be seen that the East China Sea refers to the sea area of Guangdong Province. The discovery of the East China Sea (Oriental Sea) refers to the sea area of Guangdong Province, which is the breakthrough and focus of this research.
Studying the whereabouts of the Monkey King, we can see that the land is dozens of kilometers away from the northwest of Guo Hua. One day, the Monkey King paddled a raft to the northwest outlying island to find a teacher to study. The first time: "It was also the time when he arrived. Since he boarded the raft, the southeast wind has been tight for several days, sending him to the northwest coast, which is the boundary of Nanshanbu. " The use of bamboo poles in the Monkey King shows that the sea between Huaguoshan Island and land is a shoal, and the bottom of bamboo poles can be seen. The ancient sea level was several meters higher than it is now, and a large number of shells were unearthed in Dongguan, which proved that the ancient Dongguan area was a large-scale ocean shoal. At present, there are still many places in the main city of Dongguan in the Song Dynasty as Zeguo. Later, with the passage of time, the sea level dropped slightly, and the shoal became a rice-sea banana forest. At this point, Dongguan Dalingshan Forest Park is consistent with Fujian Shunchang, so we can rule out Fujian Shunchang.
In the third part of the novel, after the Monkey King returned to the island, he flew to the city 200 miles east to get a lot of weapons for the monkeys in the mountains. The third time: "The four monkeys said,' Our mountain is 200 miles to the east, which is the proud world. There is a throne on the border, and there are countless soldiers and civilians in the city. There must be craftsmen such as gold, silver, copper and iron. ""This shows that Guo Huashan is a mountain 200 miles east of the sea, and Huidong Mountain is 200 miles east of Dalingshan Forest Park in Dongguan, which is consistent with the novel, while Lianyungang proposed by Mao Zedong is inconsistent with this article. This can completely exclude all coastal areas in East China, including Lianyungang, Jiangsu.
The second time, the Monkey King flew north to a mountain and wiped out the devil incarnate. The original text is: "tell your majesty that that fellow claims to be a demon on earth and lives under the north." Nankun Mountain and Luofu Mountain are dozens of kilometers north of Dongguan Dalingshan Forest Park, which can coincide with them.
There must be springs and holes in Huaguoshan. The Monkey King took the monkeys along the spring to water curtain cave. According to the novel, the characteristic of water curtain cave is that the cave is very small, and only monkeys are allowed to go in. Once Friar Sand came to Huaguo Mountain, but even water curtain cave was not found. The hole is very big and deep, and the spring water flowing out of the hole covers the hole and connects it with the East China Sea. At the same time, the mouth of the cave faces north (Tai Shang Lao Jun went to water curtain cave twice to woo the Monkey King, both facing south). Dalingshan Forest Park has big springs and is rich in water resources. It has always been said that there is a mysterious cave in Dalingshan. The cave used to be a stone forest, with various shapes and postures. The caves are winding and the stone forest stretches for more than 20 kilometers. During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's period, Dongjiang column once found this cave, and forest farm workers also entered the cave to take shelter from the rain, but they never found it again. It is also recorded in Dongguan County Records that there is a cave in Dalingshan Forest Park, next to the cliff. The cave is very small and can only be entered by one person. The depth of the cave is more than a few miles. This passage is highly consistent with the description of water curtain cave in Journey to the West. There are many springs spewing out of Daling Mountain, which shows that this mountain is hollow. The first time: "The monkeys clap their hands and say,' Good water, good water! It turns out that this place is far below the foot of the mountain, directly under the waves of the sea. "The third time:' Four Monkeys said,' Under the iron bridge, the water leads to the Dragon Palace boundary in the East China Sea'". In order to find this cave, the author took great pains to organize many expeditions into the mountains. Finally, with the strong support of the village committee of Dayuan Village in Dalingshan Town and the identification of the elderly villagers, a hole was found above Laohuyan Reservoir in Dayuan Village on the north slope of Dalingshan Forest Park, with the hole facing north. The villagers once entered this cave 30 years ago. They walked a long distance in it and heard the sound of ships inside. It is estimated that the cave is connected with Longxue Island in the Pearl River Estuary.
Walking into Dalingshan Forest Park, we can also find the Monkey King enshrined in temples in Dalingshan area. For example, Kannonji, Mashan Temple and Shuilian Mountain Ancient Temple in Daling Mountain are all statues dedicated to the Monkey King. Every year on August 16th of the lunar calendar, thousands of villagers in the Pearl River Delta region will come to these temples with incense and tributes to worship and compete for the Buddha's birthday, which is rare in temples at home and abroad.
According to Dongguan County Records, Huangling Mountain is the first mountain in Lingnan, located 35 miles south of the city. In this case, Huangling Mountain (Qifeng, Huang Qi), the first mountain in Lingnan, should be today's Dalingshan Forest Park, not a hill in Dongcheng District. This point was explained at the beginning of The Journey to the West's speech: "There is a piece of land overseas called Aolaiguo. The country faces the sea, and there is a famous mountain in the sea called Guo Hua. " Correspondence.
From the above analysis, we can see that the features of Dalingshan Forest Park in Dongguan are completely consistent with the famous Huaguo Mountain in The Journey to the West, and it is the unmistakable origin of Dashengzu, Zhou Shi Zumai and Mishima. This unique and important historical and cultural resources and United front resources deserve our attention and development. In the early years of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, there were frequent pirate activities in the coastal areas of the Pearl River Delta, among which Zhang Baozai, the leader of the pirate "Red Flag Gang", was more famous. At that time, the pirate forces in Zhang Baozai controlled the waters in Southeast Asia, and their nests were on the nearby islands opposite the Pearl River Estuary. According to legend, Zhang Baozai often attacks and invades merchant ships and fishermen of various countries in Humen Haikou, robs property and hides in nearby islands. Later, the pirates put the treasure in the cave to the north of Chigang, but they failed to hide it from Zhang Baozai and lost their money and lives.
It is said that during his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China, the Dongjiang column also discovered this cave when it ambushed the Japanese army in the Dashan area north of Chigang. The cave used to be a stone forest, with various shapes and postures. The caves are winding and the stone forest stretches for more than 20 kilometers. Today's "cave" name also comes from this. It is said that the location of this cave was also marked on the military map of the Guangzhou Military Region in earlier years. A few years ago, military personnel were assigned to search again, but unfortunately nothing was found. In the early years, forest farm workers also went into caves to shelter from the rain, and they were never found again. This cave is sometimes hidden, so it is also called "hidden cave".
Nowadays, Dalingshan Forest Park has become a good place for people to play and keep fit. Maybe one day, any interested and lucky tourist can find this "hidden hole"! On the hiking trail leading to the top of Chashan Mountain, you can see the mountain forest and the stone scenery at the same time. Along the way, with the change of the trail direction, you can see a big stone shaped like a flat peach on the top of the mountain not far away from different angles.
In other words, the Queen Mother held the "Flat Peach Festival" in Yaochi, and the Monkey King, the Great Sage of Monkey, came uninvited. I saw Qiong Xiang lingering there, and Ai Rui was colorful; Colorful gold lacquer table, thousand-flowered jasper basin; The delicacies are delicious, and different fruits and dishes are new. The Great Sage is salivating, thinking that such a "Flat Peach Festival" does not invite the Great Sage. In a rage, he used a magical power to pull the person who was preparing the banquet, holding the wine, sitting on the main seat of the temple, tasting the food and wine in the main hall, and arbitrarily knocking down a large plate of flat peaches on the main table. Legend has it that the flat peach was planted by the Jade Emperor in the back garden of the Heavenly Palace. Cooked for 9 thousand years. After eating, people live with heaven and earth, and the sun and the moon are the same. The Jade Emperor personally selected a flat peach and gave it to the Queen Mother to wish her a happy birthday. Flat peach fairy products are different from ordinary fruits and terrestrial fossils. One of the flattened flat peaches flew out of Yaochi Temple, passed through the clouds, fell to the ground and landed on the ridge of Chashan Mountain in Shidong. The flat peach became a big stone. Although the flat peach has turned to stone, its fairy spirit still exists. According to legend, people can get the blessing of the Queen Mother as long as they pay homage to the stone on her birthday. Today, that big stone stands on the ridge of Chashan Mountain in Dalingshan Forest Park, looking like a peach from a distance. People call it "Shoutao". "Offering a birthday peach" is out of reach, out of reach. On the way to the hiking trail at the top of Chashan Mountain, you can reach the foot of another big stone with a flag inserted on it, which is the legendary "flag-inserting stone".
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the coastal areas of the Pearl River Delta suffered from famine year after year. The government oppresses the people, the landlords are rich and heartless, the taxes are heavy, and the people are miserable. In order to resist the oppression of the government and landlords, many loyal ministers gathered in the mountainous area north of Humen Haikou to camp. From then on, they became bandits, erected a banner on the stone on the mountainside and shouted, "Help the sky, rob the rich and help the poor." Among them, a cottage in the cave area has towering trees and dense crowns. There is only a path between the mountain and the village, which twists and turns for several kilometers and extends to today's Jiuzhuan Lake area. The Shanzhai sentry post is located at the entrance of Jiuzhuan Lake, and the righteous guard the entrance, forming a trend that one person guards and ten thousand people are not allowed.
Now standing on the cave hill, a big stone and a big flag inserted on it are still faintly visible. A closer look reveals a small hole about 1 m deep and about 10 cm in diameter. The local villagers called that big stone "flag-inserting stone". There is a clear spring next to Kannonji, which is called "fairy water".
According to legend, a long time ago, it was a barren land, and there was no water for miles in Fiona Fang, Fiona Fang. In order to survive, the villagers moved to distant places. Over time, only a few families are reluctant to leave their hometown, because they all believe that everything here will be prosperous in the near future.
These simple villagers survived because of a bamboo forest 20 miles away. Every evening, people will bring containers to pick up the dew on the bamboo leaves the next day.
One day, the Jade Emperor instructed a god to inspect people's feelings and study folk customs. The Jade Emperor warned: Immortals should not cast spells without authorization. At that time, the gods passed by and saw a traveler faint on the road, dying. The gods felt pity, but they could not violate the dogma and use their magic without authorization. In a hurry, the villagers who came back with water just found the traveler. In order to save him, the villagers did not hesitate to give him the water in their containers. He finally woke up with the help of the villagers, but he still needs to drink water for more than ten days to recover. Kind villagers would rather drink less than save themselves. The villagers' kindness touched the gods, who reported to the Jade Emperor.
After hearing this, the Jade Emperor said to himself, "Good intentions are rewarded", and immediately ordered the mountain to be cut and the Guanyin Bodhisattva to sprinkle nectar. In this way, the continuous mountain spring gurgled down from the mountain. Spring water is full of fairy flavor, sweet and delicious, which can keep young for a long time and prolong life. People call it "fairy water". Where the "immortal water" flows, everything nourishes, the trees are lush, and the roots are intertwined, forming a natural barrier, which is airtight and preserves the spirituality of the immortal spring. People can only smell the sound of spring water, but they can't smell the path of spring water, so spring water is also called "hidden spring".