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As for Huaguo Mountain, it was only to echo Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West and attract the focus that later generations renamed the mountain in their hometown "Huaguo Mountain". For example, Huaguoshan, Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, is avoided below. -Where is this charming Huaguo Mountain? There are many places in the country that call themselves Huaguoshan. Which is the authentic Huaguo Mountain? Which mountain is the prototype of The Journey to the West, Guo Huashan?
If you have the opportunity to come to Lianyungang, appreciate Guo Hua's natural scenery, human landscape and fairy rhyme, and trace the origin of Guo Hua, you will sincerely sigh, "This is a veritable Guo Hua!" -The full text is as follows:
Among China's classical novels, The Journey to the West has the widest readership. The description of Guo Huashan in the book is almost well known: "China is in the east, and there is a piece of land overseas called Ole Country". This country is close to the sea, and there is a famous mountain in the sea called Guo Huashan. This is the ancestor of ten continents, the origin of the three islands ... what a good mountain! "
Where is this charming Guo Huashan? There are many places in the country that call themselves Huaguoshan. Which is the authentic Huaguo Mountain? Which mountain is the prototype of The Journey to the West, Guo Huashan?
If you have the opportunity to come to Lianyungang, appreciate Guo Hua's natural scenery, human landscape and fairy rhyme, and trace the origin of Guo Hua, you will sincerely sigh, "This is a veritable Guo Hua!"
There are immortals in Huaguoshan, hence the name.
Guo Hua is located in Yuntai Mountain, a national nature reserve and scenic spot in Lianyungang City, only 7 kilometers away from the urban area.
Yuntai Mountain consists of 136 peaks, stretching for more than 50 kilometers. Guo Huashan is one of the most majestic peaks in Yuntai Mountain, with the highest altitude. Its highest peak, Yunu Mountain, is 625.3 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in Jiangsu Province.
As early as 300 years ago, Yuntai Mountain was surrounded by the sea of Wang Yang. A major earthquake in the seventh year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (AD 1668) caused the coastline under Yuntai Mountain to move northward rapidly 14 km, and the Yellow River diverted and gradually deposited into land. Now the eastern part of Yuntai Mountain is still connected with the sea. Geographically, it is in line with the "land of pride" described in The Journey to the West. Su Dongpo, a great writer, once wrote poems praising Yuntai Mountain:
"There is a gloomy seamount, which is closely related to the abbot of Penglai.
Old news, everything is a fairy medicine, and I want to abandon my wife and stay in the world. "
"Cangwu Mountain" in the poem refers to "Yuntai Mountain". The beautiful scenery here made Su Dongpo linger, and he had the idea of abandoning his home.
There is a river burning incense under Yuntai Mountain, which leads directly to Huai 'an, Huaiyin City, and Huai 'an is adjacent to Lianyungang, the hometown of The Journey to the West author Wu Cheng'en. At that time, Wu Cheng'en took a boat along the Incense River and boarded Yuntai several times, with footprints all over Huaguo Mountain. He has enjoyed the mountains and rivers in Yuntai Mountain, heard many well-known legends, and combined with historical materials such as Biography of Tang Sanzang, he exerted his amazing imagination and created this classic The Journey to the West. From The Journey to the West's book, we can find many dialects and legends in Huaihai area. There are some stories about Wu Cheng'en and Huaguo Mountain in Yuntai Mountain. 1982 10, 127 experts and scholars from all over the country held the first national academic seminar on the journey to the west in Lianyungang. Through the investigation of Yuntai Mountain in Lianyungang and the dialectical analysis of a large number of cultural relics, it is unanimously confirmed that Guo Hua on Yuntai Mountain is the prototype of Guo Li in The Journey to the West and the real hometown of the Monkey King.
There is also a historical anecdote about the certification of Huaguoshan. /kloc-in the spring of 0/958, Comrade Hu Yaobang, then secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, visited Xuzhou and Xinhailian (then Lianyungang). Before leaving, Mao Zedong said that Yuntai Mountain in Xinhailian City is the hometown of the Monkey King, so you can visit it. Hu Yaobang, at the suggestion of Chairman, personally boarded Huaguoshan after the inspection, and reported the situation of Huaguoshan to Chairman Mao after he came back. In order to commemorate this event, Lianyungang City carved Mao Zedong's calligraphy on a boulder in Guo Hua: "Sun Monkey's hometown is Yuntai Mountain in Xinhailian City", which became a scene of Guo Hua.
Visiting is like reading Journey to the West.
Because Guo Hua in Lianyungang is an authentic Guo Hua, there must be some scenery related to Journey to the West. Yes, climb the misty, lush and quiet Guo Hua and see the scenery all over the mountain. You'll feel better than watching Westward Journey, glad you came. The strange trees in the sea of clouds, grotesque pagodas, temples and caves here are all confirmed by the stories of the Monkey King's havoc in the Heavenly Palace and Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon. The most attractive places related to the Journey to the West, such as water curtain cave, the worse gate, the Reunion Palace, the Jade Emperor Pavilion, and the seventy-two caves, attract people into the fantastic mythological world.
There are all kinds of caves in Guo Hua, such as water curtain cave, Fox Demon Cave, Tang Demon Cave, Insect Demon Cave, Jiaoyao Cave, Xiaoyun Cave, Erxian Cave and General Cave ... The caves are connected, with deep curves, strange and steep, different sizes and magical changes. In fact, there are hundreds of various caves here, which are collectively called "72 caves" locally. When Wu Cheng'en created The Journey to the West, he moved the 72 caves to the Western Heaven, setting up layers of sufferings for Tang Priest and giving the Monkey King a place to use, which constituted the plot and touching story of conquering the 72 caves.
Among all the caves, the most representative and famous one is water curtain cave, which is located on the mountainside in the shape of a "human". On the blue wall above the cave, the word "water curtain cave" is engraved with official script, and there are also stone carvings such as "Lingquan" and "Mountain Stream Flowing, Shenquan Pure" by Wang Tongbang, the secretariat of Haizhou in the Ming Dynasty. On the upper left of the cave is an unusual cliff stone carving called "Mamu Stone House", which is said to be the imperial book of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, and was specially given to Tao Shu, the then Minister of War and Governor of Liangjiang. There are many springs hanging outside the cave, such as a pearl jade curtain covering the hole. There is a spring eye in the cave, which is called "Lingquan" all the year round. People directly call this spring eye the Crystal Palace of the Dragon King in the East China Sea. It is the entrance for Sun to explore the needle of Poseidon, also called "Sea Eye". The cave is spacious and cool, and it really feels like a "land of flowers and fruits, a cave in water curtain cave". Not far from water curtain cave, there is a monkey park where dozens of monkeys are scattered. Monkeys often string out of the monkey park and come to water curtain cave to drink water and beg for food from tourists.
There are many rocks on Mount Guo Hua, and their natural shapes are very similar to the characters described in The Journey to the West. Located on a small mountain peak next to the highway at the north gate of Huaguoshan, there stands a half-length monkey stone, which is lifelike and expressive. People say it is a sentry on Huaguo Mountain. On the mountainside of the mountain, there are Sun's relics, the Tang Priest in cassock, the fat and stupid Bajie stone, the stone drum used by monkey soldiers to assemble for practice, and the Monkey King's wishful golden hoop-Dinghai Shenzhen stone. These lingshi are in harmony with the Shashengshi in Shahekou and the Eight Commandments of Dong Lei near Guo Hua. It's not hard to imagine how much creative inspiration Wu Cheng'en drew from it!
Huaguoshan, if fig, is not called Huaguoshan. Located at the intersection of north and south climate in China, the climate is mild and humid. There are more than 100 kinds of herbs and more than 20 kinds of fruit trees on the mountain, and the vegetation is very rich. There are flowers all over the mountains, which are rich in peaches, cherries, apples, pears, hawthorn, grapes, millet, ginkgo, dates and persimmons. Even in winter, winter peaches are produced in the mountains. Indeed, as described in The Journey to the West: "Good flowers bloom in four seasons, and eight sections of fairy fruit are inexhaustible." In addition, Shanyun tea produced on the mountain is one of the three famous teas in Jiangsu Province (four famous bamboos refer to Zizhu, Gold-inlaid Yuzhu, Fodor Bamboo and Tea-peduncle Bamboo), which is unique in Yuntai Mountain, Lianyungang, China. The rod of Polygonatum odoratum inlaid with gold is golden yellow, with a green line in the middle, which grows symmetrically every other section, as if jade is inlaid in it, so it is called "Polygonatum odoratum inlaid with gold". During the period of 1994, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued four special stamps on bamboo, one of which was Polygonatum odoratum inlaid with gold. The ginkgo trees on the mountain are all very old. The ancient ginkgo trees growing around Sanyuan Palace are very old. There are 18 ancient ginkgo trees around Sanyuan Palace, which are over 800 years old. Among them, two ginkgo trees in Sanyuan Palace, one female and one male, have a history of more than 1000 years. Every autumn, the leaves are golden and the fruits are covered with branches, which amazes all visitors.
There are many ancient buildings on Guo Hua Mountain. The oldest building is the Tang King Pagoda, also known as Ashoka Pagoda. It is located at the foot of the mountain at the entrance of Guo Hua, next to the mirror-like Dacun Reservoir. This tower was built in the ninth year of Song Tiansheng (A.D. 103 1), with a history of more than 900 years. This tower has nine floors and eight sides, with a pure brick structure and a clear height of 40.58 meters. The appearance of the tower is stable and atmospheric, the structure is compact and reasonable, the lines are bright and elegant, and the style is vigorous. Although Gu Zhuo experienced an earthquake of magnitude 8.5 in history, it is still intact. It is said that the height of the tower is exactly the same as the circumference of the tower foundation, so it is extremely stable. According to legend, this tower was built by Weichi Gong, a general in the Tang Dynasty, so it is called Tang Wangta. There is an old gentleman's temple in the southeast of the tower, except for a thousand-year-old ginkgo, the rest have long since disappeared. Legend has it that this is the place where the old gentleman made an alchemy and burned Sun Shengda. Later, Sun Shengda kicked over the blast furnace and completely burned down the hall of the old gentleman.
The largest building complex in Guo Hua is the Sanyuan Palace, which is located halfway up the mountain. Prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, rebuilt in the Song Dynasty and given to the Ming Dynasty. Later, it was built from generation to generation, and its scale became larger and larger. Layers of temples have been built on the mountain, which is very spectacular from a distance. It has 36 halls, large and small, hidden in misty clouds and rich green trees. In front of the main entrance of Sanyuan Palace, there is a 74-step staircase built in the Ming Dynasty. The banner on the main entrance reads Daoguang: "Give it to Sanyuan Palace to protect the country". Sanyuan Palace is dedicated to the "three emperors" who are in charge of heaven, earth and water respectively. Incense is flourishing here all year round, and guests are like clouds.
The ancient buildings coaxial with Sanyuan Palace include Tuanyuan Palace and Yuhuang Pavilion. Tuanyuan Palace is dedicated to the statue of Tang Priest's family and the imperial tablet engraved with the imperial edict of Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun. The Tibetan scriptures in Tuanyuan Palace enshrine the scriptures of Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures. The Jade Emperor Pavilion is also built on the mountain. It is a three-story hexagonal pavilion with a height of 24 meters. When the wind chimes ring on the pavilion, you can hear the sound for miles away, just like a fairyland.
Located not far from the west side of Sanyuan Palace, it is the Zhu Ping Buddhist Temple with bamboo as the background. The corridor in the hospital has been folded several times, with moss marks on the floor and grass color entering the curtain, which is filled with a strong Zen atmosphere. Taking a nap indoors, tasting Wuyun tea, watching bamboo by the window and overlooking the mountains can make people forget the troubles of the world at once.
Jade Girl Mountain, the highest peak in Guo Hua. Foggy, cloud flying, rocks soar. Climbing to the top of the mountain, I feel very relaxed. Looking around, you can vaguely see the countryside, 10,000 mu of salt fields and the sparkling sea. At this time, Huai really wants to become a fairy, walking freely between Shan Ye and heaven.
New scenic spots have been added to the mountain.
In recent years, Lianyungang has built some scenic spots on the Guo Hua. There are four main places:
The world's largest stone carving "God" in China. Walking along the Lu Shen from the Tang Priest Cliff to the altar, you can get a glimpse of its elegance. The word "God" is taken from the cursive script of Huai Su, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. It is 39.84 meters long and 18.85 meters wide, and has been recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records, adding a new legend to this land full of divinity.
The grotesque rocks in the strange stone garden are like people and animals, like fairies and demons. Most of these strange stones are natural hieroglyphics, such as "Mountain Tiger", "Lion-faced Monster", "Kirin", "bergamot Rock", "White", "Laughing Monk", "Jade Rabbit" and "Friar Sand Walking", which are similar and interesting, making people enjoy watching them.
Moxiang Trail. This is a stone path set off by bamboo in Maolin. On the blue rocks around the path, Mo Bao, a famous artist of ancient and modern times, is engraved. Various calligraphy styles and styles are gathered here, and their contents are mostly related to the scenery in the mountains. Tourists look for ways to read, read aloud while walking, gain knowledge and broaden their horizons during play.
The righteous monk pavilion. At that time, the monks on Huaguoshan "stayed at home" and fought against the Japanese invaders angrily. Later, because they were outnumbered, the monks were killed by the Japanese army. Sanyuangong was also bombed by Japanese planes at 1938 (now Sanyuangong was rebuilt later). For the patriotic monks in central Hebei, a "righteous monk pavilion" was built on the west side of Sanyuan Palace, and a monument was erected in the pavilion, engraved with Zeng.
The tragic story that happened here. It is clear to generation after generation that this beautiful land full of divinity was once infiltrated with the blood of the patriotic predecessor Yin Hong.
There are many places of interest in Guo Huashan, such as the ancient building in Yihai Pavilion, the inscription on Qingfengding Travel Notes, the Guo Hua Mountain Gate, the Wu Cheng'en Memorial Hall, and the giant inkstone used by Wu Cheng'en to write The Journey to the West. There are Panlongsong pine, crutches, Ren Mei pine, eighteen plates and so on.