1.15 Travel Notes on Douyu Mountain, Li Bai’s Hometown

At about 9 a.m., I set off from Jiangyou Bus Station, took a minibus, and drove north toward Wudu Town. As the car approached Wudu Town, a long and narrow road passed through the mountains. Suddenly, the terrain opened up. Looking around, the open wilderness seemed to be embraced by the surrounding mountains. The towering green mountains in the distance are shrouded in light clouds and mist.

The streets in Wudu Town are wide, and there are mostly three- or four-story buildings on both sides of the streets, row upon row. It feels much larger than an average town. It turns out that it was the seat of the earliest Jiangyou County government.

I changed cars and left Wudu Town to go to Douqi Mountain. Get off the car on the road near Douqi Mountain and look at Douqiu Mountain at an altitude of 1,200 meters. The mountain has Danxia landform. The landmark of the scenic spot is two towering white gravel peaks very close to each other, directly rising into the sky. The two peaks appear to be very close together, but are very separate and steep.

I walked along the wide, winding asphalt road for about 2KM to the foot of Qianshan.

I followed Li Bai’s footsteps and climbed up the mountain through a long steep stone staircase shaded by towering trees such as cypresses, sycamores, and camphor trees. About 30 minutes later, we arrived at the winding Jiudaoguai. Continue going up from Jiudaoguai and pass by a large temple - Yunyan Temple. About 30 minutes later, I reached the top of Douqi Mountain. Walk and rest along the way. On the way up the mountain, there were few pedestrians.

As you go up, you feel like you have entered a primeval forest, with tall and tall trees reaching into the sky. As you go up, the trees are mainly camphor trees and pine trees, and cypresses become the embellishment of the forest.

On the top of the mountain, I bathed in the warm midday sunshine. It turned out that at the top of the mountain, what I saw were three peaks rising from the ground, more than 100 meters high. There is an ancient temple on each peak, named Dongyue, Douzhen and Luban. Among the three peaks, only the West Peak (Dongyue) has a dangerous path, and the other two peaks are connected by iron cables. Standing on the main peak, Dongyue Peak, you can see Dou Zhen Peak and Lu Ban Peak in counterclockwise order. Looking at Dou Zhen Peak (also known as Qingtian Peak) and Luban Peak, which are very close at hand, the two peaks are connected and separated from each other. The gap between them forms a shield-shaped gap against the backdrop of lush trees. Through the gap, you can go down the mountain. Looking from a distance, the dark blue field in the mist is dotted with white water bodies of different shapes, large and small. What a natural painting screen!

The iron cable connecting the mountain peaks consists of a thick iron chain and two thinner iron ropes above. Below the iron rope is like an abyss.

I stood on the top of the mountain, opened my eyes, and looked at Guanwu Mountain, the highest peak out of reach. Through the light blue mist as thin as cicada wings, I could still see the looming accumulations on the mountain. Snow.

At the foot of the mountain, the white mist is like a veil, covering the earth. The gentle and broad land is in the embrace of the mountains, decorated by the slowly flowing Fujiang River in the west and the crisscrossing Wuyin River system. Poetic.

The top of the mountain is crowded with tourists and bustling with people. I saw a young man dressed in red shorts performing flips on the iron rope. The tourist looked solemn, as if his heart was about to jump into his throat.

On the way back down the mountain, I lingered and unknowingly lost my way. I walked through the 229 Emperor Corridor from the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and crossed the wooden rope bridge flying over the mountain peak. It turned out that this was the road down the back mountain. Finally I came to the location of Houshan Qifeng International Hotel. Going down from the hotel is a winding avenue. Fortunately, I met a kind security guard who drove me down the mountain.

Li Bai's poem "Inscribed on Dou Qishan" "The cultivators and the woodcutter come in and out of the painting screen" integrate the farmers cultivating in the fields and the woodcutter returning from the mountain to cut firewood into this picturesque scenery. , completely natural.