Birds, Confucius birds, wolf-fin fish, Liaoning dragons and hidden dragons in western Liaoning ... Because these fossils have become world-famous areas rich in Mesozoic rare biological fossils, they are valuable components of the world's natural heritage and are known as "the treasure house of world paleontology fossils" and "the cornucopia of Mesozoic paleontology fossils".
Five or six thousand years ago, Hongshan Culture, which lasted for two thousand years, was famous for its red hills in Chifeng. Its distribution ranges from central and southern Inner Mongolia in the north, northern Hebei in the south and western Liaoning in the east.
The discovery and excavation of the Hongshan Culture Goddess Temple, Altar and Jishi Tomb in Dongshanzui-Niuheliang, western Liaoning, made the study of the ancient history of China extend from the Yellow River basin to the Xiliao River basin north of Yanshan Mountain as early as 4,000 years ago.
The ancient legend that Nu Wa made man out of earth, smelted five-colored stones to fill the sky, cut off the feet of the giant rock in the sea to support Fang Tianzhu, killed the black dragon to save Jizhou, and piled reed ash to stop the flood is well known. The discovery of the female temple in western Liaoning is considered as the demonstration of this legend. People in China claim to be descendants of the dragon, and the jade pig dragon unearthed in western Liaoning is the original image of the dragon totem.
According to the site of Hongshan Culture, some scholars believe that the Chinese civilization over 4000 years ago originated in western Liaoning, and then developed to the Central Plains and the South. Zhuan Xu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, fought against the descendants of Yan Emperor in western Liaoning, and the descendants of Zhuan Xu became the later Northeast Yi.
The Great Wilderness in Shan Hai Jing records: "Outside the Northeast Sea, in the wild and between rivers, there is a mountain attached to Yu, where emperors Zhuan Xu and Jiuyi were buried."
"Overseas North Classic" said: "In the battle of the corner of the mountain, Emperor Zhuan Xu was buried in Yang and his ninth wife was buried in Yin."
The Sea Middle East Classic also said: "On the Fish Mountain, Emperor Zhuan Xu was buried in Yang, his ninth wife was buried in Yin, and four snakes guarded him."
Scholar Ai Fanqi judged from ancient phonetics that "Fu Yu", "Wu Yu" and "Fu Yu" are all "carefree" sounds. Leian County in Han Dynasty was near Jinbei Town, and Leian Mountain is today's Yiwulu Mountain, so it is inferred that Zhuan Xu's burial place is Yiwulu Mountain.
According to legend, Shun divided the whole country into twelve states, and each state named a mountain as a state town mountain, that is, the place of ancestor worship, and Lushan Mountain was named the North Youzhou Town Mountain. Within a week, Lushan Mountain was named as one of the five towns in wuyue. According to "Li Zhou Zhi Fang", "Youzhou is a famous state in the northeast, and its hill says' no doctor'.
Yiwulu Mountain was named Zhenshan in Yao and Shun period, which is closely related to the long human history and special geographical environment in western Liaoning. There are many famous mountains with stones, and Yiwulu Mountain is as eye-catching as a dragon in the lowland hills of western Liaoning. White granite boulders have different shapes, towering above the green trees. When you look at them, you will feel the magic of nature and admire them. In this way, although Yiwulu Mountain is located in western Liaoning, it can still be as famous as Wuyue Mountain in the middle of the week. During the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wendi built Beizhen Temple at the foot of the mountain to worship the God of Yiwulu Mountain, and Yang Di also went to Beizhen Temple to worship for three times. Later, Tang Gaozong Li Yuan, Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin all went to Beizhen Temple to pay homage to Yiwulu Mountain.
After the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Khitans established the coexistence of Liao and Song Dynasties in the north. Mount Yiwulu was regarded as the land of Longxing by Liao Dynasty, and Longgang Village under Wanghaishan became the place where the emperor of Liao Dynasty settled after his death. Up to now, there are still relics such as Yindao Valley and Wanghai Temple on Yiwulu Mountain to prove this history.
Because of my curiosity and admiration for Yiwulu Mountain for many years, I recently embarked on a journey of seeking roots when the autumn is crisp and suitable for climbing and overlooking.
Because there is no train in Beizhen, you should take the ditch gang first, and then go to Beizhen by bus. I first learned that Goubangzi smoked chicken. Goubangzi smoked chicken was founded in the fifteenth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty and has a history of one hundred years. At present, there are two most famous smoked chickens in Goubangzi: one is Yinjia smoked chicken, and the other is spruce smoked chicken. These two smoked chicken shops are full of gangsters on billboards.
Although Goubangzi is only a town under the jurisdiction of Beizhen, it is much more prosperous than ordinary villages and towns because it is located in the throat inside and outside Guankou, with an important geographical location and a railway station. Even the hotel I booked online is much better than I expected. Although the room rate is only more than 100, it is better than hotels with room rates of 500-600 in big cities.
There are many buses from Goubangzi to Beizhen. I met a bus on the roadside before I got to the bus stop, and there are still many seats to choose from. It is more convenient to go to Beizhen by train.
There is a through train from Beizhen to Yiwulu Mountain, which is convenient in about ten minutes. Because it is not a holiday and there are not many people on the bus, I am the only foreigner who travels like this. Is Yiwulu Mountain not as good as I thought? I suspect that a car has left the north city.
From a distance, I saw some bare gray rocks lined up on the vilen, which stood out. This is Yiwulu Mountain! My heart began to beat with joy.
When I was just in the mountains, the bus arrived. When I got off the bus, I saw an imposing mountain gate, but it was deserted and there were only a handful of tourists. This scene made me suspicious again. Let's relax when it comes. Go to the ticket office to buy tickets and enter the scenic spot from the ticket gate. Accustomed to crowded scenic spots, it is a bit uncomfortable to suddenly find a quiet place.
Because I have never been interested in the gate of the scenic spot and the square building, I just glanced at it and went straight up the mountain through the square.
At the end of the square and the beginning of the mountain road, there is a stone tablet that stands out and reads the words "Medical Wushan". Take a closer look and you'll know it's Qianlong Imperial Pen. There are many stone carvings in the famous mountains. I continue to walk up the road covered with blessing cards.
The wooded stone road finally has the charm of a famous mountain. Rugged bluestone is as smooth as polished by countless feet. Moss verified their history, and weeds accompanied them through the polishing of years.
After crossing the Shengshui Bridge, Wutong Temple of Wealth is opposite the Art Pavilion. These five God of Wealth are Bi Gan in East Road, Chai in South Road, Wang Hai in West Road, North Road and Middle Road. Looking at the inscription on the Temple of Wealth in Yiwulu Mountain, we know that this is the only Wutong Temple of Wealth in Northeast China. I have never been greedy for money, so I am just a spectator. What attracted my attention was the ancient trees and monuments in front of the temple of God of Wealth.
Walking on the winding mountain road, a Buddha statue caught my eye. The Buddha statue is carved on a boulder, which is not big, and it is not as dangerous as other Buddha statues. He wore strange clothes and sat comfortably cross-legged in the niche. He should be a Buddhist from the hometown of the Buddha in the western regions, right? Between guesses, I became close to the Buddha. This is the holy land of ancient Buddhism.
Moving on, on the high platform, a huge stone appeared with clear spring water on it. A Buddha lived in the temple under the stone, and a fairy was hidden in the cave. Believers go to the temple first and then to the fairy hall, which may be a kind of harmony that can only be seen in Yiwulu Mountain. Since ancient times, the Northeast has respected the fox spirit. Grandpa Hu Santai and Mrs. Hu Santai are the first in the family, and their status is of course as important as that of the foreign Buddha. This is Dashipeng, which is one of the famous scenic spots in Yiwulu Mountain.
The wonder of the big stone shed lies in the stone and the beauty lies in the water. The water in the big stone shed, like a curtain, does not fall vertically, but flows into the lotus cornucopia in the cave along the inward sloping stone wall. Accompanied by ancient trees, the water in the cornucopia splashed like a drop of green, so the fairyland was established, so it was also called Daoyin Valley, which was the study of Yelubei, the king of Dongdan, and Yelulong, the king of Pingping, was also buried here.
After crossing the Dashipeng, you arrive at Guanyin Pavilion. Guanyin Pavilion was built in Liao Dynasty, in the southeast of Wang Haifeng, with an anteroom, a main hall and an east-west annex hall. In the pavilion, there are the "Holy Water Basin" inscribed by Emperor Qianlong in Qing Dynasty and two stone carvings praising the pavilion inscribed by him. I didn't study the inscriptions, only noticed two trees planted by Liao Yeluxian and Xiao Huanghou. After thousands of years of wind and rain, we still look at each other. This is the integrity of the pine tree!
From Guanyin Pavilion, I can look up at Lv Gongyan and Wanghai Temple. Because there are tourists staying on the Lv Gong Yan, I chose to take the simple carved mountain road between the stones. I tried my best but I didn't want to go up, but some 50-and 60-year-old donkey friends who were traveling together told me that I couldn't go up to Lv Gong Yan. Looking at the rocks and sighing, I had to take pictures of the clear stone carvings, blue sky and white clouds, and the pine shadows went back to the original road.
Go back to Dashipeng via Guanyin Pavilion, walk up the stone steps on the west side and see the stone carvings on the surface of the sky. After a little appreciation, move on. Occasionally, an ancient tomb looms among the trees and weeds on the south side of the mountain road, and I am curious to move. Tombstones are mottled, stone pagodas are dusty, monks guard the fairy mountain, and loneliness is also clean. What can I ask?
After silently sacrificing in your heart, move on. The face of the child in the mountain changed with what he said, but the sky was still blue and white in the morning and was suddenly attacked by dark clouds and rain lines. I took a few quick steps, saw a shelter stall at the fork in the road ahead, and decided to go.
Climbing the stairs, the rain line turned into raindrops in only three or two minutes. When I arrived at the stall, I saw all the stopped tourists standing under umbrellas, so I had to go to Mao Ting at the intersection to take shelter from the rain. Sitting on the stone pier under Mao Ting, the rain outside spilled one by one, and soon the ground was soaked and there was water on the steps. The width of Mao Ting where I live is less than one meter. Because there was no wind, the rain just fell vertically along the eaves of Mao Ting and didn't get my clothes wet.
If you have a Buddha in your heart, you don't have to worship Buddha. I meditate on the wonder of Buddha's fate in my heart. If I hadn't stopped where the monk died, I wouldn't have escaped the sudden rain. The same is true of many things in the world: useless but useful, not urgent and unfavorable. It's easier said than done.
Sitting still in the rain can just replenish energy. Watching tourists enjoy the rain while waiting for the rain to stop and clear up, leisure time is fleeting. In less than half an hour, the shower gradually stopped, but the rain wet the clothes but didn't get wet, just suitable for mountaineering. I got up and walked along the mountain road. After crossing the worse gate, I suddenly became enlightened, and a flat land hidden in the mountains was like a paradise.
Long pines go straight into the clouds, and there is no wind in the wind well. Because I didn't intend to change money, I decided to give up the pavilion in Old Master Q and go straight to Luye Chucai Reading Hall on the high platform.
The reading room is really small, but the stele gallery is very imposing. I've been browsing all the way. After seeing the stele gallery, I went out from the side door and prepared to look at the seamount along the rugged mountain road. On the way, a middle-aged man told me that the mountain was being repaired and the wires blocked the road, which was very unsafe. But for the hard-won life, I can only choose the original road to return.
I thought the Wanghai Temple from Guanyin Pavilion would be as unattainable as Lv Gongyan and Wanghaishan. Just ask the staff to leave. I was secretly happy and hurried to find it.
Wanghai Temple, named Ganlong, was originally a "watchtower" built by Yelubei, the prince of Liao country, when he lived in seclusion in Lushan Mountain. In the Ming Dynasty, it was opened as a pass of the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, called "Baiyun Pass". Now the gate of Baiyun Temple is still standing, and there is only a stone carving and a niche Buddha statue left in Wanghai Temple.
Climbing the Wanghai Temple is more like a turret, and the same scenery varies with different sights. After understanding, you can see Zen: seeing mountains is not mountains, and seeing water is not water; See mountains or mountains, see water or water.
Standing at the highest place of Wanghai Temple overlooking the cigarette smoke of Guanyin Pavilion, I wonder why there are few pilgrims and few tourists in Yiwulu Mountain, both of which are ancient temples in Beizhen, while Qingyan Temple is full of incense and believers, and the famous town with crooked neck is both inside and outside. It seems that there are far more people who worship Buddha than those who see the mountains in Beizhen, visit Mount Yiwulu and go to Qingyan Temple to worship Buddha. I've never been to Qingyan Temple, but I've heard that a mother who worships a crooked neck has to climb many steps to worship Buddha. It seems that if you want to achieve your wish, you must first hone and show your sincerity. Although Yiwulu Mountain is wonderful, it is neither dangerous nor tiring. On the way, I heard a tourist say that this is the easiest mountain he climbed. Not climbing enough, which is also my feeling. Not addicted, naturally there is no pride after the summit. This should be one of the reasons why there are few tourists in Lushan Mountain. In addition, there are ancient temples in the famous mountains, and there are monks in the ancient temples. There are no monks in the temples in Lushan, and there is no smell of Buddha. So how can we have believers?
Standing in Wanghai Temple, overlooking the seamount from afar, the modern buildings on the top of the mountain stand abruptly, destroying the feng shui pattern of the mountain, making it an eyesore, making the mountain lose its spirituality and making my photos flawed. This kind of gild the lily's failure and too many artificial additions have made Yiwulu Mountain lose the majesty of the real mountain and become more secular and impetuous.
Looking back at Lu Gongyan from Wanghai Temple, it stands like an eagle on the mountainside, guarding the Yiwulu Mountain and guarding this magical land in western Liaoning.