On April 10, 2022, the tenth day of the third lunar month, the first Sunday after Tomb-Sweeping Day, my wife, two colleagues and I finally embarked on the road of spring outing. We decided to climb the North Mountain in Qin County.
? Qin County, which belongs to Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, was called Tongluo and Qin Zhou in ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, the State of Jin established a county in Tongluo, which was one of the earliest counties in history. Jin Wengong, one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period, was in charge of state affairs for many years, and when he mourned the Duke of Jin, he "joined the princes and reached the peak". Jin Pinggong, the son of Duke of Jin (557- 532 BC), built a huge bronze cymbal palace, which was a place where princes met and a screen in eastern Jin. At present, the former site of Tongluo Palace only leaves a mound in Gucheng Village, Xindian Town. The hegemony of the state of Jin has gradually disappeared, and "Jin Xiang Jing mourns the hegemony of the world and mourns the prosperity of the world". The Spring and Autumn Period ended, and the battle of the Warring States Period began. Qin Shihuang began his "sixth expedition, sweeping the six countries, unifying the whole country, and all his achievements were achieved."
? Qin County is located between Taihang Mountain and Taiyue Mountain, in the southeast of Shanxi and in the north of Changzhi City. Taiyue Mountain runs from south to north between Qin County and Qinyuan County, which is the natural geographical dividing line between the two counties. From south to north, it is Wengcheng Mountain, Songjiashan Mountain, Qipanshan Mountain, Funiu Mountain, Beishan Mountain, Jiulong Mountain and Huashan Mountain, with an average elevation of 1600 to 650. Reservoirs of different sizes are embedded in the hills like jadeite. In these mountains, there are ancestral civilizations everywhere. Needless to say, there are myths and legends about the birthplace of chess in Qipanshan and the source of Haihe River. There is Xian Zhen Temple on Funiu Mountain alone, and there is Foyan Temple on Beishen Mountain. The distance between Funiu Mountain and Beishan Mountain is less than 5 kilometers, but there are temples of two saints in the State of Jin. Xian Zhen was the main courtier of Jin Wengong, a large family of Jin. Hu Yan is Jin Wengong's uncle and the chief counselor of the State of Jin. Qin is called the western god, and Hu Yan is the northern god. Jin Wengong was a noble corporal since he was a child, and all his contacts were at that time. Even though he fled abroad, these people never left him Five of the most famous people are called "Five Sages", namely, Zhao Shuai, Chouhiko, Jato, Xian Zhen and Wei Gui. After Jin Wengong returned to China and succeeded to the throne, he assisted Jin Wengong and took charge of the State of Jin. Funiu Mountain and Beishan Mountain offered sacrifices to two sages who were displaced from place to place with Jin Wengong during the Spring and Autumn Period, and fought in the south and north, helping Jin Wengong to realize the five hegemony.
? The mountain we climbed today is the Huyan Temple dedicated to Huyan in the North Mountain.
? Along the way, because my colleagues are familiar with the path of Beishan, they skillfully drove us to the northwest of the county seat, around Beihai Park, Jingcun Lake and "the west of Jingcun Village by Beihai Lake, with low water level; Several early warblers compete for warm trees, and their Chun Yan pecks at spring mud; Flowers are more and more attractive, and shallow grass can be without horseshoes. " The breath of spring has come, and the apricot flowers, pear flowers and peach blossoms on the trees are in full bloom, scattered in the fields of every village, in front of and behind the house. The car passed Kangjiazhuang, from asphalt road and cement road to gravel road. Finally, it was too bumpy to move forward, so I had to park my car in the roadside clearing and prepare to hike up the mountain.
? We packed our bags, took the necessary kettle, a little snack and candy, and began to climb the mountain. We walked on the familiar gravel road. When we were children, we all grew up in the village. It is normal to take this gravel road, and we often look forward to when the asphalt road will be repaired. Now every village has a cement road, but the road before us is still the old gravel road. Stepping on the winding mountain road, winding all the way up the mountain, with the gradual rise of the mountain, our footsteps are getting heavier and heavier. We can look at the distant mountains, and we are full of confidence. We murmured: "The East wants to know, Mo Daojun left early, the people who traveled all over the castle peak are not old, and the scenery here is unique." Step by step, the bean-sized sweat fell on the dirt road ahead. Occasionally, I looked up and saw clusters of apricot flowers standing in front of me, as if waving to welcome us. It is said that "flowers bloom all over the world in April, and peach blossoms begin to bloom in mountain temples", and each of us is "enjoying horseshoe disease in the spring breeze and seeing flowers all over the mountains in one day". The four of us, hunched over, walked up in order and strode towards the cliff with heavy steps. Peach blossom, apricot blossom and pear blossom are everywhere on the roadside. Poplar, willow and Vitex negundo are light yellow. The mountain peaks in the distance are faintly visible. Songshan Mountain is broad, tall and powerful, and the villa is getting closer and closer. The first thing that catches your eye is that a group of goats climbed to the top of the slope and finally reached this unreachable mountain village. In Taiyue Mountain halfway up the mountain, there are only two families and three houses, and there is no electricity yet. A paradise that everyone yearns for stands in front of us. The altitude 1200m should be the last village in the westernmost part of our county. It has a resounding name Long Hongbei, which can be said to be the last village we have seen in recent years. These two families also reflect their last stubbornness. They should have crossed that ridge, which is another county in Qinyuan County. Today in the 1920s, we can still see such a mountain village. I really feel lucky, we seem to have returned to our childhood, and the house we live in is like this. The first goal has been achieved, and the fatigue all the way has gone to the outside of the cloud nine, and the laughter all the way continues. We forget the troubles of work, the depression of life and the confusion of career. "A glass of wine in the spring breeze makes the rivers and lakes rain one night for ten years" In this spring season, in this small mountain village, in this world, "grazing on the north slope, leisurely seeing the mountains", this is a fairy-like life oil circuit, cement road, electricity are not connected, is there any water? We asked the owners of the village that they had wells halfway up the mountain. "When I went to 18, there were more than a dozen smoke villages; Everywhere, everywhere is in full bloom. " A gust of wind blew and the flowers on the tree fell one after another. We teased, "Listen to the spring talk at the top of the mountain, and sell apricot flowers in the deep alleys of the Ming Dynasty."
? Climbing over a mountain ridge and heading south along the newly-built fireproof mountain road, the majestic appearance of Beishan finally appeared in front of us. The four of us climbed to the top of the last few tens of meters with both hands and feet. The pine trees around us are lush and straight, and the mountains are dotted with mountain flowers, breathing the free air, looking up at the blue sky and enjoying the intoxicating spring. "Born in Xianshan, the scenery is infinite in dangerous peaks. Looking from a distance, the mountains are "not afraid of clouds to cover their eyes, only at the highest place." Although Huyan Temple at the top of the mountain has become a ruin, the inscription on the stone tablet has experienced more than 2,000 years of wind, frost, rain and snow, and the handwriting is not clear, but the remains on the ground seem to tell its glory. Fortunately, today people built a simple temple, remolded the gods and continued to worship the gods of the north.
? At one o'clock in the afternoon, we took a short rest for more than ten minutes and began to return. After living in the county for a long time, it's so pleasant to come out and relax and enjoy the life like a fairy. North God has long been a fairy in people's hearts for the world to admire. In fact, the owner of the mountain and the villagers in Longhuibei are the real immortals. Wandering in the North Mountain, all you meet are immortals!
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