Huangshan Mountain is quiet in movies and landscape paintings, like the fairyland in the sky, as if it were forever in a distant and suspended place; However, you can see that this place is actually full of vitality. Everything grows and develops here, and this is the place where the most realistic and active fairy tales are born.
Walking in from every path, the sun only shines in the gaps of leaves, but the flowers and plants on both sides squeeze into the roadside; Every bud and seedling is growing, which makes you pay attention everywhere: life! Life! Life! On these paths, I believe many people have seen the sprout of torreya grandis, spreading out in a emerald fan, and think it is "alive". Hsinchu is the strongest among the younger generation. Stand still for a moment and watch it come out. Spread bamboo shoots on the roots and cover them with a layer of white velvet. How fresh it is! The exotic flowers and herbs here are in full bloom on tall trees, and both primrose and Manglietia can be compared with rare magnolia, but their life span is much longer; The recently discovered fairy flower, which grows in the place of high peak and flowing water, is clean and elegant, wearing a dressing gown like white gauze, just like the elder sister of the fountain. She wakes up in the morning and falls asleep at night. If you spy on her all day, she is the most delicate childhood among the immortals. There is also a bright yellow "orchid lamp"-this is the name we gave her. First, I saw her pupil-like flower in a low place, but when I climbed up, I saw that she had blossomed and turned into a string of lanterns. In a fog, she is radiant, emitting waves of orchid fragrance in the valley, as if really immersed in the festive atmosphere; Rhododendrons and alpine roses are short, but they are colorful and fragrant, and people can easily find their existence. Violet-blue youth flowers and dark red lantern flowers can also climb mountains and mountains, and everywhere they go, they are enthusiastic motivators for pedestrians to climb high. In the big family of these plants, I find the leaves very attractive and full of vitality. They come in different shapes and sizes, some are slender, some are magnificent, and some are indistinguishable from flowers and leaves. Leaves have different colors, such as red, yellow, purple and green, which are called green leaves, and the colors are also shades. Evergreen trees, deep or shallow, deep and lush, oily and green, shallow and transparent as glass, are forming a magical world in the forest. The grass here is also very distinctive. There is a long beard (Gracilaria lemaneiformis) hanging on the hanging rock, and the tender grass scalded by boiling water for three times can be revived (rejuvenated grass). There is a kind of grass, 100 Jin can make three Jin of copper, and there is elegant Ganoderma lucidum. Since I grew up here, I wonder if I will be classified as one of them? Among the trees in Huangshan Mountain, the most distinctive one is pine, which is very beautiful and impressive. The pine forest in the sunset is a rare and wonderful silhouette in the world. Pine trees mostly grow in the crevices of stones. As long as there is a layer of dust, they can stand on their feet and often spread their branches and leaves in broken ridges and steep cliffs, creating a strong and unyielding image. Welcome pine, different pine, unicorn pine, phoenix pine and black tiger pine are all among the wonders of pine trees. On the top of the "Pu Tuan Song" in front of the Lotus Peak, seven people can sit around and have a drink. What an interesting thing.
Birds are the owners of this mountain forest. No matter how high you climb (it is estimated that there are 20 thousand stone steps), you will always hear them singing in the Woods overhead. I don't think I should take them as my guide. On the mountain road of thirty or forty miles, I often think of the tree planted by someone in this strange mountain. Once I got a reply by chance, it turned out that they were the ancestors of these birds. They fly in with seeds and rely on the wind as a medium to create forests. This legend will not be completely unreasonable. The receptionists in Yupinglou and Scattered Flowers Jingshe all listened to the news of "God Cry" and prepared tea for the guests. The clever crow can deliver the guest's message here within an hour and then fly to another place. At the dawn of summer, I found a bird that can sing and dance. It flies freely like Yin Yan, up and down, left and right. I can't figure out its flexible dance. Its singing is crisp and euphemistic, and it is the most intimate morning song. From the ancient travel notes of Huangshan Mountain, I guess it must be a bird with eight tones or a bird with mountain music. The cleverest animals living here are monkeys. They are observing people's lives carefully. It is said that when the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army were active in this mountainous area, they saw them carrying stretchers, including "doctors". When a monkey lay down, he went to the monkey doctor to find some herbs for the sick monkey. In the dark green forest, some people have seen tigers, pythons, bison and antelopes. Some people can still describe it with vigilant eyes when they have clearly seen a beautiful deer. On our way back to the hot springs from Shi Xinfeng, we caught thirteen giant salamanders in the stream. They wear ancient costumes, some like buddhist nun in butterfly lovers, with a bun on their heads, and many animals I don't know. There were many places we couldn't reach in ancient times, so it's best to have a Huangshan expedition to find the kingdom of monkeys, the hometown of deer and the lair of various animals.
The highest sound in Huangshan Mountain is Waterfall Spring. The famous "herringbone waterfall", "Jiulong waterfall" and "Baizhang waterfall" are not common, but after the rainstorm, the water fell from the sky, the white dragon plummeted, and the sound of the wind waterfall resounded through the heavens and the earth, "bringing the wind into Zhejiang", which was a heroic way. At ordinary times, I look at the spring water flowing out of the dense forest, such as silk, lingering in the forest, often with the floating smoke clouds. The stream on the side of the road is gurgling, and some people casually read: "People walk through the spring, and water flows under their feet", and leisure can be imagined. However, it is by no means a still life. Sometimes it is like a pearl, and sometimes it floats like two pieces of white satin. It has a moving voice and is willing to sing with pedestrians. Hot springs come from cinnabar, and sometimes they can show their true colors from the water, but when they gather into pools, especially swimming pools, they look like emerald, bright blue and mysterious sky.
I watched the oriental sunrise twice on the balcony of Lion Forest. It was a little late when I first went there. I can only cheer for the magnificent scenery, and my heart is full of burning feelings. Only the second time did I observe it devoutly. First I saw the skirt on the edge of the dark clouds, and then the sun suddenly rose in a semicircle. I don't know how big it is, but its brilliance immediately dispersed. When it rose, its color suddenly changed, scarlet, orange and lavender ... It was so brilliant and transparent that everything was stained with it, and everything on the earth woke up, but it was in perfect light. If I don't know the sun, this scene will also praise it with this title at this time. Clouds are also the natural scenery of this mountain area. Living in the mountains, Baiyun often visits in the morning. It lingers outside the window, reaches for it, goes out for a walk, and walks around on the clouds. Sometimes they are a vast sea surface, which makes the whole mountain area form, leaving only the highest peak, like an island in the sea. This is the famous sea of clouds in Huangshan. I like to watch colorful swimming clouds at night. They dress up as chivalrous women, ride dragons across the phoenix, have well-dressed cars and accompanying bands. When they March slowly in line, they look at the opposite mountain, sometimes just like boating on the sea. Many beautiful fairy tales in my mind are remembered by these drifting clouds. Huangshan Mountain is called 72 peaks, each with its own name. What Lotus Peak, Shixinfeng, Tiandufeng, Book Peak ... or pictographs have similarities in meaning. The lotus boat, five shepherds, monkeys watching peaches, magpies climbing plums and writing dream flowers formed by strange rocks and trees on the summit are better than the arrangement of craftsmen. For the endless peaks, I would like to see them from a distance. They are connected with pine trees, reflected in the sky, black and white, and really have a splendid feeling.
When you visit Huangshan Mountain, you can stop anywhere. After liberation, not only Yungu Temple and Banshan Temple were completely renewed, but also the features of ancient temples were preserved. However, compared with the brand-new buildings in Qianbei Mountain, such as Guanpu Building, Huangshan Hotel, Huangshan Sanatorium, Rock Sound Building, Yuping Building, Beihai Hotel Management Office Building and Swimming Pool, they are all the same. These buildings have their own advantages, novelty and grandeur, which make every corner of Huangshan look lifelike. It used to be a summer resort, and it's uncomfortable outside on a hot day. It's still a spring climate here. But you might as well go in spring, autumn and winter, where the four seasons are the freshest and most beautiful parks.
How many poets and painters in ancient and modern times have described the strange peaks and wonders of Huangshan Mountain? I dare not compare with them. Traveler Xu Xiake said: "The Five Mountains return without looking at the mountains, and Huangshan returns without looking at the mountains." I don't have much experience and can only understand his heroic comments. The photos posted here can only prove its authenticity and cannot describe its poetry. It seems that my notes are only to supplement what I have seen and heard.