Approaching Dahe Village in Taihang Mountain-Standing on Taihang Mountain

The bus went all the way west, around the mountain ridge, through the tunnel, and came to Dahe Village, Huguan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, west of Taihang Mountain. This is the starting point of our donkey trip again.

Dahe Village greeted us with a tower (later called the Buddha Shouta). At dusk, the car was still hovering, and the tower flashed out from behind the mountain, as if a long-lost person suddenly appeared behind the door with a "hi" and gave us a surprise.

The tower contrasts with the surrounding mountains, simple and gloomy. Just as the car started, a halo suddenly appeared on the backlit tower, which was as fleeting as Buddha's light.

Cars enter and leave the parking lot from time to time at the entrance of Qinglong Gorge Scenic Area in Dahe Village, surrounded by hotels, shops and many farmhouse inns built on the mountain. Looks like a passenger center. It is said that Dahe Village is now rated as "China Rural Tourism Demonstration Village".

Several people couldn't find the inn at the moment, and the boss's youngest son rushed to lead the way. The inn is clean and simple, but what is even more commendable is that you can take a bath with hot water. Although the water flow is not large, it largely meets everyone's wishes.

The shy innkeeper doesn't talk much, but the hostess is sincere and simple. At dinner, golden steaming millet porridge was served basin after basin, which immediately warmed everyone's empty stomachs.

The proprietress has repeatedly said, "Millet is planted at home, and it will be poured after drinking." Her eldest daughter also went back to her parents' house with her child in her arms to help. After dinner, I discussed with the proprietress to bring some steamed bread for lunch on the road after breakfast the next day. She nodded and said, "All right, no money." Let's be embarrassed.

Later, in a chat, I asked how many years the inn has been open, and how is the business at ordinary times? The proprietress smiled and said, "It has been open for six years. May to 10 is the most crowded time every year, and the rest of the time begins to be idle ... "

In the evening, in the square not far from the inn, the inscription of poverty alleviation by Changzhi People's Procuratorate under the light, like the brightly lit Buddha Shouta, attracted everyone's attention.

The content of the inscription is roughly: Dahe Village has beautiful mountains and rivers since ancient times, and people's livelihood is difficult. In 2006, Changzhi City People's Procuratorate stationed in the village to help the poor and made a decision to enrich the people and get rid of poverty through tourism. Every three years, the national 4A-level scenic spots stand out. With the completion of star-rated hotels, national geological parks and museums, and China rock climbing base, farmhouses and shops and hotels have emerged. Let the once hinterland gradually become a tourist attraction and a paradise for residents.

In Huguan Grand Canyon, an ancient road with beautiful scenery and primitive ecology has become the favorite of donkey friends now, and it is also the journey we are about to embark on: Maolu-Tianshengqiao-Wanfo Temple-Yinggu Gorge. ?

Cat Road, located on the cliff of the canyon, is also called Yang Liulang plank road (according to legend, when Yang Liulang defeated Huguan, it was along this road to escape the pursuers). The mountain road that only cats can walk naturally has its risks, difficulties, narrowness and concealment.

At the foot of the mountain, cheers came from the steep mountain, and the sound was upward, but there was no road in the mountain. Only the figure moving vaguely among the rocks like ants in the forest, the flying team flag and the shouting falling from time to time encourage the pedestrians below to continue climbing.

Overcome difficulties and obstacles one by one; Steep mountain peaks, climb step by step. Along the way, there are steep cliffs, steep rock walls, magnificent canyons and forests in the mountains, whether it is the cat path, the natural stone arch bridge leading to the fairyland, the Wanfo Temple floating in the clouds or the Yinggu Gorge.

Yinggu Gorge is more like another Zhangjiajie hidden in the depths of Taihang Mountain. Its deep canyons, beautiful mountain streams and ravines are criss-crossed. The peaks are like a thousand blades, and the mighty guards are arranged on the side, which is magnificent.

Towering peaks and steep cliffs have no buffer and room. The tragic war in modern history has invisibly added fortitude and vicissitudes to Taihang Mountain, which is full of heroic spirit and heroic spirit.

Being in it, there are more silent complaints than vocal complaints. As long as you feel with your heart and feel everything around you, you will be deeply moved.

Nowadays, on the towering mountains, the mountains are continuous, the mountain roads are winding, the roads are hovering in the mountains, and Wan Ru is surging. Occasionally, cottages stand in the mountains, and from time to time, terraces with bumper crops can be seen around the mountains.

The wild apple bought by a donkey friend in the mountains is ugly, small and green. If you bite it down, it will be crunchy, sour and juicy, original and refreshing.

Before I arrived in Taihang, I had an imagination in my mind. When I arrived in Taihang, it was really the same as I imagined. This kind of imagination seems to need nothing else to determine, but a work that can be completed by cascading mountains, some people who walked through the mountains and stories left behind. This is Taihang, born majestic, solid and heavy, with a vicissitudes of life and perseverance.

Although the footsteps of two days have just approached Taihang Mountain, sour and sweet hawthorn and wild apple, chewy bread and warm millet porridge are bound to leave people with endless aftertaste.