—— Approaching the oldest tree in Chengde on Jiguan Mountain.
Zhang Zilong Shuangqiao District Tourism Administration
On Jiguan Mountain in Shuangqiao District, a Gu Song has witnessed the changes for more than 700 years. A tree's seed, from the beginning of germination and ground breaking, bears the heat and cold, storms, sunny weather, flying snow and frost endowed by nature. So it can be called a "living" precious history book, which is enough to make people marvel again and again.
One of the wonders is:
Precious "living cultural relics"
Home is the smallest country, there are thousands of countries. Mention the motherland, people will think of the Yangtze River, the Great Wall, Huangshan Mountain and the Yellow River; When it comes to one's hometown, people from different regions will have different memories, such as Jiguanshan Village, where the profound "signboard" is impressive: the Gu Song of the Zen Temple is accompanied by spectacular scenery; Celosia cristata hangs on the moon and shines on the beautiful countryside. What kind of Gu Song it is makes it occupy an important position.
As long as you are "excellent"! Your reputation will spread widely. According to some data, a Gu Song has lived on Jiguan Mountain for more than 700 years. Its trunk is 4 meters high and its bottom circumference is 3.5 1 meter. It is much older than the Summer Resort and Waiba Temple in Gu Song. It is one of the oldest ancient trees in Chengde and a rare "living cultural relic" and "living specimen".
There have been many praises for ancient and famous trees. For example, Emperor Qianlong said in the poem "A Journey to Cooper": "There is a cypress next to the algae hall, and its roots reach the sky. Eight thousand years of spring and autumn is just a legend, and the bird head is at least four hundred years old. "
"Where there are ancient temples, there are ancient and famous trees". There was once a "Dalingfeng Temple" on Jiguan Mountain, which was built in the Yuan Dynasty (even earlier). After vicissitudes of life, it is now a key cultural relics protection unit in Shuangqiao District. According to scholars' inference, this Gu Song began when ancient temples were built.
Man and nature live in harmony. Ancient and famous trees are the witness of the development of nature and human history, the symbol of a long history and culture, the living fossil of green culture and the priceless treasure left by nature and predecessors.
Although the original appearance of Dalingfeng Temple no longer exists, Gu Song, which has been attached to the ancient temple for many years, still sticks to the land and mountains and records its history and stories to this day.
Look at this Gu Song, the branches are green, the trunk is tall and straight, the trunk is tortuous and vigorous. Although the bottom of Gu Song is dry, the upper part of the cloud-like pine umbrella is lush, comparable to the Huangshan welcoming pine standing on the top of the mountain. Under the microscope, Gu Song, especially the magical old trunk, holds its head high and looks like a faucet, which seems to have the potential to soar into the sky. From what we can see, its indomitable face is enough to symbolize people's indomitable character and hardworking and brave spirit.
Past events are future teachers. Chengde is the "summer capital" of the Qing Dynasty. Is there a story between the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and this Gu Song on Jiguan Mountain? We don't know. However, according to historical records, the Dalingfeng Temple in Wuzhishan in the Yuan Dynasty has an inscription by the Great Wheel Zen Master, which was rebuilt in the thirty-third year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1694). Just a few years before the summer resort was built, in the forty-second year of Kangxi (1703), Dalingfeng Temple was rebuilt.
In other words, when the Qing emperor fell in love with this precious place where the summer resort was located, was it possible that the famous "Dalingfeng Temple" was "favored"? Of course, there is no historical data to prove it. However, as one of the oldest trees in Chengde, and even as the only "witness" of the development of Chengde city from Yuan Dynasty to modern times, its value should not be underestimated. !
The second miracle:
Rich "live endorsement"
Dialogue with ancient times, sometimes, due to the lack of preserved objects, people may feel a little strange. However, once you have precious historical materials, even precious witnesses of the same period, it is priceless! In this way, it is appropriate to call Gu Song on Jiguan Mountain, which has grown for more than 700 years, "living historical materials".
"History of the Yuan Dynasty" records: "Yang Zhaonu of Wuzhishan cannot be independent on Xigan River Road. Tianxiang beat it and fought more than a hundred battles with the size. Zhao Nu died, Lu defeated, and got 20 thousand households. " It can be seen from the words "hundreds of battles" that the war was extremely fierce, and the leaders of the two departments, Alu and Yang Zhaonu, led the troops to resist stubbornly. As a result, Lu "failed" and fled with the defeated soldiers, while Yang Zhaonv died heroically and was bleeding. From then on, it no longer belongs to the state of Jin, but officially belongs to Mongolia. Historically, it was called "the Battle of Wuzhishan", and Wuzhishan was recorded in the history books.
"Records of Chengde Prefecture" contains: "Jiguan Mountain is called Wuzhishan".
In addition, when Yuan Shi mentioned the war in the south of Beijing's Dadingfu, it was recorded that "Beijing was near the villages" and "Louziya and other twenty villages". Nowadays, there are dozens of villages (military administrative units in the border areas) in Chengde, and the "Wuzhishan Village" is one of them. According to expert analysis, the location of the cottage is the same as that of Jiguanshan Village today.
Legend is also a context. One of the legends about Jiguan Mountain is that Mu, a famous female warrior in the Northern Song Dynasty, fought against the Liao army on Jiguan Mountain.
Standing on the west side of the main peak of Jiguan Mountain, commanding, the Luanhe River flows from the front. Located on the banks of Luanhe River and Chuanjiang River, accessible to the south, the geographical position is very dangerous. Maybe so, so the ancients deployed here.
Today's Jiguan Mountain, with its mountainous peaks and beautiful scenery, has long been popular on the screen and is a favorite place for many tourists. But who would have thought that it was once an ancient battlefield where soldiers fought bloody battles, and it was a frontier fortress where military strategists fought fiercely. !
The price of ancient trees lies in the word "ancient". For example, Huangdi Bai is located in Xuanyuan Temple at the foot of Huangdi Mausoleum Bridge in huangling county, Yan 'an City, Shaanxi Province. It belongs to Platycladus orientalis, with a height of more than 20 meters and a chest circumference of 7.8 meters. Although it has experienced more than 5000 years of wind and frost, it has been dry, strong, beautiful and lush. The crown area 1.78 square meters, and the tree circumference is known as "seven hugs, eight knots and a half, regardless of bumps and bumps". Because no other cypress tree in the world is older than it, the British call it "the father of cypress trees in the world".
According to the Book of Ancient and Modern Books, the giant cypress beside the Mausoleum of Huangdi in Shaanxi Province was planted by Huangdi himself in Xuanyuan, and it is called Xuanyuan cypress, Huangdi cypress, hand-planted Huangdi cypress or Huangling ancient cypress. For famous ancient and famous trees at home and abroad, overseas Chinese often hold ornamental activities here. Do the same thing, isn't Gu Song on Jiguan Mountain worthy of admiration? !
By other's faults, wise men correct their own. "Bobo ancient tree" is one of the important circumstantial evidences of continental drift theory. A thousand-year-old "Bobo ancient tree" (experts speculate that some trees are even more than 5000 years old) can only be seen in Madagascar and mainland Australia in Africa. This distribution can't be transplanted by human beings, because people in the Old World didn't know the existence of Australia before the 18th century, so some scholars think that it is a representative tree species of the plant community distributed in Gondwana from Paleozoic to Mesozoic, so it can be used as one of the circumstantial evidences of the theory of continental drift. In this way, isn't the development value of this Gu Song plant on Jiguan Mountain even greater?
The third miracle:
The magical "living witness"
Many magical stories add the ancient charm of human history to Jiguan Mountain where Gu Song is located. It is because of Gu Song that this story may be more than just a story. Because, maybe Gu Song really "saw" so many wonders!
For example, "Red as a golden rooster crows on the wall". In the past, I heard the old man say that if I was lucky, in the early morning, I could hear the golden rooster crowing in the photo of the red wall in front of Li Zheng in the summer resort. In this regard, a foreign scholar wrote an article entitled "Chicken Crowing on the Red Zhaobi in Chengde", which vividly described his personal experience of hearing chicken crowing on the Red Zhaobi many years ago.
In this paper, I stamp my foot in front of the red photo wall in front of Li Zheng's door in the summer resort, and then put my ear on the wall, and I can hear chickens crowing in the wall.
The author of the article said that after visiting the summer resort that year, he went straight to the red photo wall of Li Zhengmen, stamped his foot hard, and then put his ear close to the red photo wall. Helpless, the main street of Li Zhengmen is full of traffic, the horn is ticking, and there are people in front of the villa. At that time, he didn't do it.
After midnight, the author sneaked out of the guest house and came to the street. "It's warm and cold in early spring, and it's chilling to have a cool breeze at night."
"Under the dim street lights, pedestrians and vehicles rarely pass by. I walked for a while and ran for a while, feeling much warmer, but also refreshed. " The author of the article came to the red photo wall, squatted quietly on the wall, gently put his ear on it, and then stamped his foot.
"I heard it, I really heard it!" The author's surprise penetrated the back cover of the paper. According to the article, the crow of "Haw, Haw" is very clear. Words carry the word. This masterpiece shows us the magic of the author's personal experience.
Corresponding to the above magic is a fascinating legend. According to legend, a long time ago, an old man living at the foot of Jiguan Mountain found an old hen in Huang Chengcheng on a bright night, and led a group of golden chicks to look for food happily in the cave in front of the mountain. It's very cute. From then on, the old man sent the saved millet to the small cave for the chickens to eat every day. Over time, the chicken and the old man became friends.
Later, a foreigner lived in the old man's house. At this time, the official called the old man to Jehol to practice the palace for the emperor, and the old man entrusted the chicken feeding to the "guests" living in his house. However, the "guest" found that these chickens turned out to be golden cocks and wanted to keep them for themselves.
When the old hen led the chicks out of the hole, he jumped on the old hen and the chicks ran back to the hole in surprise. Before the old hen could run back, she flew to the red wall where the old man was building a base in front of Li Zheng, and was protected by the old man. The golden rooster escaped the disaster in the red-illuminated wall, and cried "Haw, Haw" every day, echoing the sound of knocking bricks and stones when the old man was building a wall.
"Gu Song" is still there, except for some sunsets. Gu Song, who has lived for more than 700 years, is located on the top of the mountain not far from the summer resort. Undoubtedly, Chengde, a famous historical and cultural city, has been endowed with mysterious colors and infinite unique charm.
The pictures in this article are provided by Yang Yuxing, Chengde Yuxing Culture Media Company. Thank you.