First introduction to Wuling Mountain

The Wuling Mountains belong to Xiuning County and are rich in agricultural products such as tribute chrysanthemums and tea. There are several ancient villages scattered among them.

The first time I went to Wuling Mountain was during the heavy snow season. The mountains were quiet and reserved, and everything was almost desolate. We walked along the village road from the foot of the mountain to the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, Guichuan Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The clear river flows around the village from top to bottom. The houses with white walls and black tiles are reflected in the calm water, as clear as an ink painting.

Although the chrysanthemum harvest season has passed, there are still many picked chrysanthemums standing in the fields on both sides of the village road, with some white and yellow flowers left on the branches. .

Several flower farmers are burning uprooted chrysanthemum branches in the fields, and the floating green smoke fills the mountains, giving people the illusion of mist. In this delusion, I often see old people planting chrysanthemum seedlings in my confusion.

After six kilometers of running, we arrived at Wuling Village in the mountains. As the fourth batch of small mountain villages selected as traditional Chinese villages, the houses here are scattered and clustered up and down. The whitewashed walls and earthen walls alternate under the blue tiles, horse heads and cornices, forming a Huizhou that I am familiar with but have never been to. Ancient village.

I have long known that Wuling Mountain in Xiuning is famous for its tribute chrysanthemums. Every late autumn, yellow and white chrysanthemums bloom in the terraced fields built on the mountain and scattered high and low, decorating Wuling Mountain into a sea of ??flowers.

So, the beautiful scenery of Wuling Village used to be like this in the circle of friends: a small mountain village standing quietly on the mountainside, chrysanthemums blooming in the terraces in front of the village, yellow as gold, white as snow, and The colorful autumn leaves in the mountains complement each other, creating a picturesque scene. Such a simple and spiritual mountain village makes people yearn for it.

Now, the flowers are no longer blooming in the terraced fields surrounding the village. The maple trees and ginkgo trees standing in the wind are among them, and their leaves are gradually turning yellow and withering. Only rows of neat tea tree branches and leaves are connected, covering the mountains into a sea of ??green, like blue waves rippling quietly on the hillside... At this time, the mountain village presents a calm original appearance.

The white chrysanthemums and yellow chrysanthemums that painted the autumn scenery in the terraced fields have passed, while the maple trees and ginkgo trees in the mountains have no longer brought out the splendor of autumn. This is what Wuling Village looked like when I first saw it, unremarkable but real and peaceful.

Like other mountainous areas in Huizhou, in the Wuling Mountains, where the peaks and mountains are covered with green peaks, the ancient roads meander in the mountains. Due to the passage of time, the bluestones on the ancient roads are either broken and tilted, or buried shallowly in the soil, intermittently, all the way up the mountain. , and finally hidden in a quaint village.

Go over the mountain along the ancient road from Wuling Village, and on the back is Qiuchuan Village, another ancient village in Wuling Mountain. The ancient cross-country mountain trail—Zhangjin Ancient Trail passes through the village.

In the terraced fields of Qiuchuan Village, I saw an old man planting chrysanthemum seedlings at close range. Aren’t chrysanthemums planted after cuttings in early summer? I finally couldn't suppress my previous doubts and stopped to ask. The old man who planted flowers answered with a smile.

It turns out that tribute chrysanthemums are not mainly propagated by cuttings like ornamental chrysanthemums. Instead, they are propagated by dividing new shoots that have sprouted from the roots of the chrysanthemums. Only then did I realize that although there were only residual flowers and dead branches left on the rows of chrysanthemums, there were many new shoots growing around the roots. Therefore, after flower farmers picked chrysanthemums in late autumn, they immediately started to prepare the land to plant chrysanthemums...

Spring passes and autumn comes, cold comes and summer comes, and the old people who stay in the old houses guard the land in the mountains. Keep the peace in your heart, work hard, plant tea and chrysanthemums, plant the joy of the mountains, the beauty of the mountains, and also plant happiness in the ordinary.

The back view of the old man working, the rows of rows of flower beds planted with flower seedlings, and the bare flower beds in the distance about to be planted with seedlings, made me see a beautiful countryside full of chrysanthemums on the terraces and the fragrance of the mountains. scenery.

The photographer's lens and the travelers' footsteps make Wuling Mountain temporarily joyful and noisy during the flower blooming season, but after the prosperity comes dullness, and the fragrance of flowers fades away to peace. The silent connotation in the bones of the mountain village has restored tranquility to Wuling Mountain.

At this time, we are here to patrol the mountains, to see what the mountains look like without makeup, and to see what makes the mountains and rivers beautiful.

When I first met Wuling Mountain, it felt cold but warm at the same time. Tea gardens cover the hillsides, and flower farmers are busy planting chrysanthemums.