Xu Xiake, a great ancient traveler, climbed Yun Qi along the old road of Dengfeng Bridge. Xu Xiake visited Yun Qi for the first time in the first month of Chen Bing during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (16 16). At that time, Xu Xiake had just visited the Tiantai and Yandang in Zhejiang. After arriving in Huizhou, he climbed Huangshan Mountain first, then rushed to Xiuning, went out of the west gate, followed the stream and reached the foothills of Yun Qi in the snowy dusk. I ate at the foot of the mountain, braved the heavy snow and lanterns, climbed the stairs all night, and went straight to Langmei Temple in the mountain to stay. That night, Xu Xiake lay alone in the mountain house, listening to the sound of hail outside the window, tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night.
The next day, when Xu Xiake woke up, Yun Qi was covered in silver, the mountains were covered with coral-like Yushu, and icicles several feet long hung on the cliff. Xu Xiake began to step on clogs and walk up the mountain with solid ice. First, I went to Tai Su Palace, then I boarded Wenchang Pavilion and saw the mountain scenery in the snow. Yun Qi seems to be deliberately hiding the best scenery in the mountains, so as not to let great travelers see it thoroughly. Suddenly the sun rises and snowflakes fall. In the ever-changing fantasy, Xu Xiake was dumbfounded.
Xu Xiake lived in Yun Qi for six days. In the first five days, it has been snowing heavily in Yun Qi, and clouds are everywhere. The blurred mountain scenery makes Xu Xiake look unreal. Until the sixth day, Mount Yun Qi "a wisp of cloud in the east has opened, and it has reached Da Lang". After the first night of snow, the scenery finally emerged clearly. Standing on the top of the mountain, other mountains under Xu Xiake's sky are dwarfed. I can't help but be elated.
This trip in the snow left a very deep impression on Xu Xiake. In Yun Qi, Xu Xiake wrote the Diary of You Baiyue. When visiting Huangshan Mountain, Xu Xiake once lamented that "there is no mountain in the world when climbing Huangshan Mountain". When he came to Mount Yun Qi, he regretted it at once. Yun Qi and Huangshan are completely different styles. Although Yun Qi is slightly inferior to Huangshan Mountain in terms of scenery, he also likes its unique style and cultural connotation. Xu Xiake has always been reluctant to part with Yun Qi. Two years later, Xu Xiake found the opportunity to revisit Yun Qi. This time, he really saw Yun Qi and appreciated its characteristics. Xu Xiake has only been to four mountains in his life, namely Huangshan, Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain and Yun Qi. It can be concluded that for a big traveler like Xu Xiake, places that can be visited twice must have a different style.
But since ancient times, the light of Mount Yun Qi has been obscured by Huangshan Mountain in Huizhou. Compared with Huangshan, a "beautiful family", Yun Qi seems a little "small jasper", but small jasper has its own taste. In fact, Yun Qi and Huangshan are completely different styles, which are more meaningful and exotic. There are thirty-six strange peaks in Yun Qi Mountain, and the peaks are painted; Seventy-two strange stones, all beautiful. Shan Qi, stone monsters, beautiful waters and secluded caves are dotted with forest Taoist temples, and stone inscriptions are dotted with them. This uncanny workmanship makes Yun Qi unique. In addition, the cloud has a unique charm because of Taoist resorts. This "charm" is that it coincides with the spirit of Taoism to some extent.
From the perspective of geomantic omen, Yun Qi is indeed a treasure-house. The whole Zhongling Mountain is beautiful and elegant, with a school of sage like type. Xin 'anjiang River basin spans Shexian, Tunxi and Xiuning counties, and most of them are low mountains and hills on both sides of Xin 'anjiang River. Although it is continuous like a wave, the mountain shape is not strange. However, it seems that this plain only paves the way for the majestic appearance of Yun Qi Mountain-the mountains extend to Duran, steep and steep, revealing a craggy shape, and the contiguous peaks of Danshan Mountain are green, while Lin Mang is pale and moist, and the haze is light. This is Yun Qi, and the Taoist spirit is fully displayed.
In the first year of Gan Tang (758 ~ 760), Taoism in Yun Qi reached its peak. According to legend, the Taoist priest of Qixia Palace practiced in Qizhen Rock to avoid the valley and become immortal, and became famous in one fell swoop. Since the Song Dynasty, many Taoist priests have gathered in Yun Qi Mountain to practice here. During the Song Dynasty (1225 ~ 1227), the alchemist Yu Daoyuan (No.Tianguzi) built a sacred Zhenwu Temple in Qiyunyan. According to "Yun Qi Mountain Records", since the establishment of Zhenwu Temple, people in the four townships have suffered from drought or flood, or suffered from locusts, or begged their children to get sick. Since then, Yun Qi has become a famous Taoist shrine in the south of the Yangtze River.
Any religion communicates with Heaven with its own discourse system and gains knowledge, insight and strength from it. Taoism is no exception. Different from Buddhism and Confucianism, this local doctrine has always taken the individual's liberation of life as its ultimate goal. This extremely personalized way is very easy to fall into nothingness because of its excessive emphasis on "technique". The same is true of the understanding of mountains and rivers. Taoist priests in Yun Qi in past dynasties can be said to be professional researchers of life systems. From the perspective of "harmony between man and nature", they corresponded the graphics, colors, orientation and human body structure of the universe with the overall landscape structure of Yun Qi Mountain, followed the map and the script, and thus Yun Qi Mountain became a master of geomantic theory.
The origin of Yun Qi Mountain Religion is Xiyan, but Tianguzi chose the east coast alone. He followed the geomantic principle of "Qi rides the wind to disperse, and the boundary water stops". There is a hengjiang river at Dongyan, which is surrounded by mountains and waters and is full of vitality.
After crossing the Dengfeng Bridge, Deng Shi Road in Jiuli, Maolin is a winding and deep fragrant road. There are thirteen pavilions here, which not only provide shelter from the wind and rain for passers-by, but also make up for the lack of air. There is a big gap between Zhonghefeng and Wang Xianfeng, which seems to be discouraged by Taoism. So I built a Wang Xian Pavilion here, thinking that I have solved this problem.
Xian Zhen caves are a treasure trove of geomantic omen. At this point, the mountain is full of twists and turns, turning back like a city, accumulating a clear water, angry with water, and good. The two peaks, lion and elephant, form an ideal mutual arch. A place like this must be liked by people with long hearts, so he invited Xuanwu Emperor to Xiandong Mansion.
Tai Su Palace is the largest palace in the mountain. The site selection of Tai Su Palace is completely in accordance with the format of the four spirits of Taoism: Zuo Qinglong, You Baihu, Qian Suzaku and Hou Xuanwu. Tai Su Palace has a bell peak on the left, a drum peak on the right, a Yuping Peak in the back and a censer peak in the front. In front of the palace, five clear springs symbolizing the five elements converge into one water, which means that 99 is one. As the main hall, Tai Su Palace is located in the center of the inner ring of Yun Qi, which is the core part and cave of geomantic omen. Yuxu Palace is the oldest Taoist temple in Yun Qi. At the entrances at both ends of the aisle in front of the temple, there are two stone workshops, Yunlong Pass and Fenghuguan, which are used to gather gas. The Emerald Palace was originally built on the mountain. At first glance, it seems to blend in with the mountain. This series shows its naturalness and ingenuity.
The life gate of Mount Yun Qi is a small pot day. The pot is a gourd, a necessary item for Taoist alchemy, and a fairy. Immortals such as Zhang, Zhang and Zhang must bring gourds. The mystery created by the pot sky will definitely leave endless imagination space for people. The overall building of Yun Qi Mountain adopts the shape of lake sky, Wang Xianting has a gourd mouth, and the small lake sky is a small gourd among the big gourds. A gourd-shaped gate square was specially built at the entrance of Xiaohutian, mainly to gather an atmosphere of immortals. There are a series of stories in the "pot", all of which are "secret recipes".
In this way, Qiyun Mountain paradoxically understood the truth of "the unity of man and nature" and constructed a blueprint for ascending to heaven and becoming a Tao. In fact, the theory of "harmony between man and nature" has always been a fantasy of China culture. It is understandable to regard "harmony between man and nature" as an ideal. The key is how to combine "heaven" with "man". In most cases, this means and approach is self-deception, just like the clouds and the wind on the Yun Qi Mountain, which cannot be grasped.
Of course, the charm of Yun Qi lies in its unique Danxia landform. The unique geomorphological features are also an important reason why many scholars in history favor Yun Qi. Taoist priests don't understand the concept of geology and only give them an illusion. According to modern scientific explanation, this Danxia landform refers to the red rock series formed by the subsidence of Mesozoic Cretaceous lakes. In this geological state, the mountains are like a colorful cloud floating in the green mountains and green waters, and like a red coral inlaid with thousands of red agates. This Danxia landform seems to have more similarities with Taoism. This is like an alchemist's dream. In this blast furnace, you can refine excellent Dan medicine, which will make you live forever and soar.
The heyday of Yun Qi Mountain Taoism was the Ming Dynasty, perhaps because Emperor Jiajing himself was an amateur alchemist, and he had been addicted to the art of immortality for many years, seeking liberation. According to legend, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Tian Zhang Yan, the 48th generation of Taoism in Longhushan, went to Yun Qi Mountain to find an heir for the emperor. As a result, the queen really gave birth to a son Emperor Jiajing was very happy. He inscribed the plaque of "Mount Yun Qi" and built the "Tian Xuan Tai Su Palace". Since then, the Taoist incense in Yun Qi Mountain has become more prosperous. Hundreds of years later, Emperor Qianlong also carved a golden mouth and jade words for Mount Yun Qi. After the elegant emperor visited Yun Qi incognito, he praised Yun Qi for many times as "the best scenery on a westward journey, the first famous mountain in the south of the Yangtze River", which made all localities jealous.
Throughout the ages, Yun Qi Mountain has attracted many famous anecdotes and literati with its beautiful posture and wonderful scenery. In Yun Qi, they send their love in the green hills, or write poems and inscriptions, or write books and draw pictures. Li Bai, Zhu, Hai Rui, Tang Yin, Qi Jiguang, Xu Xiake and Yuan Mei all left poems handed down from generation to generation. These poems were carved on the rock wall by Taoist temple, so Yun Qi Mountain became one of many famous rock wall stone carvings. It is worth mentioning that when Tang Xianzu wrote "I was in a daze all my life and didn't dream of Huizhou", I didn't go to Huizhou. Moreover, this poem still has great resentment towards Huizhou. At the age of 58, Tang Xianzu came to Huizhou at the invitation of a salt merchant in Xiuning. The first mountain that Tang Xianzu climbed in Huizhou was Yun Qi. Tang Xianzu also wrote a poem for Yun Qi: "Xin 'an River is full of ripples, and the white moon is strange. "It seems that Qiyun Mountain changed his impression of Huizhou and gave him another layer of praise for the previous poem.
In modern times, about Yun Qi, it should be said that the best written article is Yu Dafu's You Baiyue Ji Yun Zhi Ji. Yu Dafu should go to Yun Qi or take the road of Dengfeng Bridge. 1On April 3, 934, Yu Dafu broke up with Lin Yutang and Pan Guangdan who came with him a few days ago, set foot on the Dengfeng Bridge with four others and began to climb Yun Qi. That calendar tour also left a deep impression on Yu Dafu. Yu Dafu and others set out from Xiuning County in the early morning and arrived at the foot of Yun Qi Mountain at 6: 30 1 1. They saw the mountains and scenery all the way and gained a lot. In Yun Qi, this group of scholars walked all day, but only saw half of the scenic spots in Yun Qi. Later, Yu Dafu and others couldn't walk any further, so they had to sit in a sedan chair and be carried back to Xiuning by a sedan chair bearer. When they got into the sedan chair, they all sighed, "Today is finally worth it. After seeing Yun Qi and swimming a hundred times, you can tell people even if you don't go to Huangshan. "
Yun Qi is really charming. Compared with Huangshan Mountain, Yun Qi attracts more tourists with its spiritual essence and cultural connotation. Culture always has a deep meaning. China culture is dominated by Confucianism, and at the same time there are branches of Buddhism and Taoism, which also makes the whole society present a rich and balanced situation. When you are proud, people can "live in the height of the temple, then worry about their people"; When frustrated, I send my feelings between mountains and rivers and seek spiritual comfort from Buddhism and Taoism. Yun Qi, precisely because of the social psychological premise, has become an inseparable habitat for people in past dynasties.