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1. Basic explanation of "Online Cheng Xinhua Dictionary"
Basic explanation of "Kunlun Mountain" [Online Cheng Xinhua Dictionary]: also "Kunlun Mountain". The main trunk of the mountain system in western China starts from the Pamir Plateau in the west, passes between Xinjiang and Tibet, passes through southwest Qinghai to northwest Sichuan, and is 2,500 kilometers long. There are many peaks above 7 kilometers.
Basic explanation of "Xingxiu Sea" [Xinhua Dictionary Online]: Place name. in Qinghai Province. The ancients regarded it as the birthplace of the Yellow River.
2. Summary of the basic explanation of "Baidu Encyclopedia"
(1) "Kunlun Mountain", also known as Kunlun Mountain, China's No. 1 Sacred Mountain, Mountain of Ten Thousand Ancestors, Kunlun Qiu or Yushan. Because of its towering height, Kunlun Mountain became a natural barrier between ancient China and the west. It was considered by the ancient Chinese to be the edge of the world. In addition, Kunlun Mountain's year-round snow cover made ancient China use white to symbolize the west.
It is said that Kunlun Mountain is 11,114 steps, 2 feet and 6 inches high. Below it is weak water that cannot float feathers, and on the periphery is a volcanic volcano with a sacred tree that continues to burn forever. The top of Kunlun Mountain is the capital of the Yellow Emperor, and there are enlightened beasts guarding the gate.
Ancient mythology holds that there is a fairy called the Queen Mother of the West living in the Kunlun Mountains. She has the head of a human and the body of a leopard, and is served by two blue birds. It is a matter of the Taoist righteous god and Dong Wanggong taking charge of men and women to cultivate and become immortals.
Kunlun Mountain has a prominent position as the "ancestor of all mountains" in the cultural history of the Chinese nation. The ancients called Kunlun Mountain the "ancestor of dragon veins" in China. For example, Li Bai's poem "If we hadn't seen each other on the top of a jade mountain, we would have met under the moonlight on Yaotai", Chairman Mao's magnificent chapter "A sudden birth from the sky, the Kunlun", Nuwa's refining of stones to mend the sky, Jingwei's reclamation of the sea, and the Queen Mother of the West's flat peach The Extravaganza, The White Snake Steals the Immortal Grass, and Chang'e's Flight to the Moon, among others. There are detailed records of this in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", Chinese classics "Journey to the West" and "The Romance of the Gods", modern classic novels, Jin Yong's "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", Tong Hua's "Zeng Xunuo", Cang Yue's " Kunlun Mountain has been mentioned in many popular novels such as "Seven Nights of Snow", "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" by the world-famous singer, and "The Indifferent Days of Rebirth" by Xiaoyu Smile.
It is said that many of the myths and legends handed down from ancient China are related to Kunlun Mountain, which is considered the birthplace of the Chinese nation. However, the Kunlun Mountains today are not the "Kunlun Mountains" mentioned in many myths, but the Kunlun Mountains. The mythical Kunlun Mountain is the "Kunlun Fairy Mountain" that exists in reality.
So where is the specific location of the ancient Kunlun Mountains? Many people think it is in the mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, such as the Kunlun Mountains, Bayan Hara Mountains, Animaqing Mountains, Gangdise Mountains, Karakoram Mountains and other theories. The Kunlun Mountain in true religious mythology is the "Kunlun Fairy Mountain" located near Kongjiazui, Maying, Ledu County, Qinghai.
In Chinese Taoist culture, Kunlun Mountain is known as the "ancestor of all mountains" and the "home of all gods".
The ancients respected Kunlun Mountain as the "ancestor of ten thousand mountains", "the ancestor of dragon veins", "Longshan" and "ancestral dragon", thus weaving many beautiful and moving myths and legends. "Chang'e Flying to the Moon", "Journey to the West", "The Legend of the White Snake", etc., which are well known to women and children, are all related to the Kunlun Mountains and are the cradle of myths and legends of the Chinese nation.
It is said that the immortal master of Kunlun Mountain is the Queen Mother of the West. The "Yaochi" recorded in many ancient books is the Black Sea at the source of the Kunlun River. It is 4,300 meters above sea level, with clear lake water, flocks of birds, and wild animals. Haunted and colorful, the Yiniu Valley that passes through the Kunlun River has precious Yiniu Valley rock paintings. Not far from the Black Sea is the legendary place where Jiang Taigong practiced the Five Elements Avenue for forty years. Yuxu Peak and Yuzhu Peak have been covered with snow for many years, and the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist. Kunlun Spring, located on the north bank of the Kunlun River, is the largest ice-free spring in the Kunlun Mountains. It forms the wonder of Kunlun's snow in June. The water volume is large and stable. Legend has it that the spring water is used by the Queen Mother of the West to brew fine nectar and jade liquid. It is a high-quality mineral water. The middle reaches of the Golmud River, which originates from the Kunlun Mountains, has eroded the Thousand Slate Rocks for a long time, forming a natural and dangerous canyon with cliffs facing each other and a depth of tens of meters. The strange peaks stand tall and graceful, and legend has it that they are the incarnations of the two sisters of the Jade Emperor. Kunlun Mountain has a prominent position as the "ancestor of all mountains" in the cultural history of the Chinese nation. It is the location of the Taoist Hunyuan Sect (Kunlun Sect) dojo in the late Ming Dynasty. It is the first sacred mountain in China.
According to the records of "Fengshen Yanyi", Yuxu Palace, the Taoist temple of Yuanshi Tianzun, the leader of the Chan Sect, one of the Three Qing Dynasties, is also located in Kunlun Mountain.
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(2) "Xingxiu Sea" is located in the source area of ??the Yellow River, adjacent to Zhaling Lake in the east and Liumaqu, the source of the Yellow River, in the west.
The Xingxiuhai area is more than 4,000 meters above sea level, which is much higher than Mount Tai, the first of the five mountains. Xingxiu Sea is called "Cocha" in Tibetan, which means "Hai of Flowers". The terrain here is a long and narrow basin, more than 30 kilometers long from east to west and more than 10 kilometers wide from north to south.
Scenery of Xingxiu Sea: The water of the Yellow River travels here. Due to the gentle terrain, the river surface suddenly widens and the flow speed slows down. The river water flowing everywhere forms large swamps and numerous lakes here. In this small basin, there are actually hundreds of lakes of different sizes and shapes dotted here and there. The big ones are hundreds of square meters and the small ones are only a few square meters. When you climb up and look into the distance, these lakes are shining in the sunshine. Under the illumination, it sparkles like twinkling stars in the night sky, which is probably where the name Star Sea comes from.
History of Xingxiu Sea: According to historical records, during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, Hou Junji, Li Daozong and others once "went to Xingxuchuan, reached Baihai Sea, looked at Jishi Mountain, and looked at the source of the river." Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Xingxiu Sea has long been called the source of the Yellow River. After Du Shi, the special envoy of the Yuan Dynasty was ordered to investigate the source of the river, he said that the source of the river was in the "western part of Gagansi". "There are more than a hundred springs, some springs and some rivers. The water is as dense as a loose stream, and it can only be seven or eighty miles away. It is also drowned in mud and is unbearable." You can't even look at the traces of human beings. Looking down from the high mountains, they are as bright as stars." This refers to the Sea of ??Stars. It was not until the special envoy of the Qing Dynasty, Lashi, that Amida crossed the Xingxiu Sea to the west. After on-site investigation, it was believed that the Altan Gol River (today's Kariqu) was the upper source of the Yellow River. The countless lakes and swamps in the Xingxiu Sea are dazzling under the sunlight, like a peacock spreading its tail, very beautiful and spectacular. Therefore, Tibetan compatriots call the source of the Yellow River Maqu, which means Peacock River. On the green beach of Xingxiu Sea, there are purple alpine asters, yellow chrysanthemums, pink wormwood, plum blossoms, primroses, milkvetch, etc., clusters in clusters; on the slopes of the mountains, wild Groups of yaks, Tibetan antelopes and other animals roam freely; in the streams, bar-headed geese and yellow ducks play in the water, and scaleless yellowtail fish swim in groups. It is truly a beautiful sight.
"Donghua Lu": There are hundreds of millions of small springs, innumerable, like the stars in the sky.
"Old Book of Tang" Volume 67 "Collected Biography of Hou Jun" and "New Book of Tang" Volume 221 "Biography of Tuyuhun": In the Tang Dynasty, Baihai (now Zhaling Lake) was close to the source of the river, and Xingxuchuan Still to the east, the so-called Xingxiu Prefecture is the alias of Baihaidong Yellow River.
3. It can be seen from the above:
It is precisely because "Kunlun Mountain" has the prominent position of "the ancestor of all mountains" and "the first sacred mountain in China" in the cultural history of the Chinese nation. The ancients respected Kunlun Mountain as the "ancestor of the dragon vein" of China. In Chinese Taoist culture, Kunlun Mountain is known as the "Hometown of All Gods". It is precisely because the ancients regarded the "Xingxiu Sea" as the source of the Yellow River, which is vast and has many lakes. It is as bright as stars, dazzling and beautiful; only then can we get the praise and conclusion that "the mountains are like Kunlun, and the water is like stars"!
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