The Unknown Mountain in dragon three.

The Unknown Mountain is on the map of China. Nature's uncanny workmanship has come all the way from the west to draw vast deserts and Gobi. Split out the roof of the world-Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Cut out the magical and magnificent Hengduan Mountains ... When I arrived at Xuanwei Site, a small town on the border of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, my hands were a little scrawled after a short rest: the mountains here are continuous, but none of them are marked on the map, and none of them have left their own names in history. This is not surprising. Yunnan, far from the Central Plains, has been a land of barbarians since ancient times. It is difficult for the light of civilization in the Central Plains to radiate here.

The three mountains and five mountains are the birthplace of Chinese civilization, and the historical records are detailed and numerous. Naturally, countless people sing for them, and the world famous mountains are roughly the same. However, there are also some distinctive mountains, which are neglected because of their remoteness or other reasons. Their names are unknown and their scenery is not obvious. Old Dongshan Mountain is such a nameless mountain, but it also has many remarkable places.

Laodongshan is the longest mountain in Xuanwei, belonging to Wumeng Mountain System. It is located on the slope from Yunnan Plateau to Guizhou Plateau, with relatively flat terrain, relatively neat peak lines and relatively flat top surface. The main peak skateboard rock is 2868 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in Xuanwei. When Xuanwei people talk about which mountain, they often take the analogy that "the height is no higher than Mount Li and the length is no longer than Dongshan". In fact, Laodongshan is both the longest and the highest mountain.

The indigenous Xuanwei people used to call Laodongshan Shilongshan. The Records of Xuanwei Mansion edited by Daoguang records: "Dongshan, a stone dragon mountain, is seven miles east of the city. The north and south mountains are winding together, with a small mound in the middle, which is as round as a treasure. County people call it Baoshan. Next is Anxi's old house, named Dongying. At the foot of the northeast, it is rocky and spirals up, as good as a dragon, hence the name Shilong. " Looking from the main city, it looks like a dragon running through the north and south, with undulating peaks and hills, like a dragon forest. From ancient times to the present, it lies like a long barrier in the east of Xuanwei, quietly guarding the ancient and remote town of Xuanwei, and blocking the enemy's invasion and cold wind for the ancient people of Xuanwei, so that Xuanwei did not encounter great turmoil, great change and great famine. Therefore, Shilong Mountain plays an important role in Xuanwei people's hearts.

The dragon head of Shilong Mountain extends northward to Huangli Cave and Longdong Cave, and the dragon tail reaches the top of the south high slope. At the junction of the two mountains, a spring water gushed out under Baoshan, which the locals called "Longkou". A few years ago, a stone factory was built here, half of Baoshan was dug away, and the spring water became smaller and smaller, almost disappearing into the local historical records. Once I went hiking and chatted with a villager. He said sadly, "This is Long Mai in Shilong Mountain, an ignorant man. Long Mai was dug and broke the feng shui. "

There is a cliff above Longkou, which looks like a charming beauty from a distance, a famous jade beauty. There are two widely circulated versions about Jade Beauty: one is that there was a dragon in ancient Xuanwei to make waves, and Master Guanyin became a Yi girl. After the victory, she was afraid that the dragon would make a comeback, so she turned the cliff into a girl's appearance and guarded Xuanwei's dam. Another way of saying it is that a beautiful Yi girl named "Yu Meiren" met a handsome and brave shepherd boy while working for a slave owner's house. The two men admired each other and had an immortal love. One day, the shepherd boy went out to herd sheep. Suddenly, there was a strong wind and a downpour followed. The sheep were frightened and fled everywhere. In search of the lost lamb, he fell off the cliff and died. After hearing the bad news, Jade Beauty went to the cliff to cry every day, and finally the cliff became Jade Beauty. To commemorate this sad legend, Xuanwei people * * * sculpted a portrait of a Yi girl at the intersection of Xiangyang Street and Shangbao Street, calling it "Jade Beauty". In order to commemorate the Jade Beauty's protection of Xuanwei, on the third day of the third lunar month, Xuanwei city can be said to be deserted. People went to participate in mountaineering competitions, climbed up the Jade Beauty cliff along the path, and burned incense and sacrificed. "March 3rd, Mount Dongshan" has gradually evolved into the custom of adults' leisure, blessing, spring outing and singing competition, and the mountain they climb is no longer limited to Dongshan.

On the hillside behind Hedong, there is also the cemetery of Antu Temple in the late Qing Dynasty. In order to win over the frontier and implement the system of local officials, the Yi leader Anjuzong unified the ministries of Xuanwei and became the first generation of chieftain who ruled Xuanwei. From then on, I settled down and inherited the status of toast from generation to generation. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. In addition to paying tribute to the court, the border areas also have a high degree of autonomy. The chieftain is actually equivalent to the emperor in the local area, and his rights are supreme. In order to expand their sphere of influence and strengthen their power, wars often occur between chiefs, and the people suffer greatly. For the imperial court, the attitude is tough. In the Qing Dynasty, E Ertai, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, saw the disadvantages of the toast system and adopted a tough policy against disobedient toast. Enemy at the Gates caused a devastating blow and reassigned a floating officer to manage it. At that time, the 22nd chieftain, An Yu-fan, was busy recruiting talents, expanding his power and consolidating his dominant position in the imperial court. E Ertai sent troops to attack in the name of destroying the image of the government and captured a Yu Fan alive. Content with being dismissed and sent to jiangning house in the south of the Yangtze River. Since then, Anjia's 473-year rule over Xuanwei has ended, and the figure of a dynasty has disappeared.

One was transported back to his hometown after the death of a mortal. The locals took pity on him and buried him on the hillside next to his home. Now, the handwriting on the toast tombstone has been blurred, and the identity of the owner who used to be a powerful person can be vaguely distinguished. The weeds are getting taller and taller, and they are going to drown the grave. There are no extra graves here. Others who have settled down are likely to escape in the confrontation with E Ertai, or all of them will be killed. This lonely tomb, guarding the territory that once belonged to the family alone, looks so desolate and sad.

There is a temple in the middle of Shilong Mountain, named Dongshan Temple, also known as Songhe Temple, which was built in the early Ming Dynasty. Dongshan Temple consists of living Buddha Cave, Putuo Rock, Ancestral Hall, Lingguang Hall, Dashige, Baizhai Cave, Cloister, Haihui Tower and other major buildings. It is a Buddhist resort integrating Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. There are 1026 steps from the foot of the mountain to the front of the temple, and the temple has been destroyed and built repeatedly. The existing Songhe Temple was rebuilt during the Republic of China, and the plaques and couplets on the doors were inscribed by Long Yun during the Republic of China. Songhe Temple has been full of incense for generations, and many famous monks have been born.

The cypress trees in the temple are dense, and century-old trees abound. The oldest tree in the temple is 1200 years old, which is an ancient beauty. This old tree has spent a long historical period in the mood for love. In order to produce the most beautiful flowers, she hollowed herself out. There is a hole in the trunk of Panqiu, just like a dying old man, and her internal organs have degenerated. Gu Mei is not dead, but she can't blossom. Later, people sealed the cave with cement. A few years ago, the ancient beauty was full of new vitality, ushered in the second spring, blooming year by year, even more prosperous than before. When it snows heavily every year, pink plum blossoms and snowflakes complement each other, with the red courtyard wall as the background and the huge canopy supporting thousands of plum blossoms in Qian Qian, which language cannot reach. People who like photography, in order to leave the charm of Gu Mei, broke the threshold of the temple.

The karst landform of Laodongshan is obvious. There is a small stone forest unknown to outsiders. Black rocks rise into the sky, forming forests and peaks, and the rocks are covered with green shrubs, thorns and weeds. Their difficult living conditions are touching. As long as there is a little mud in the crevices, they can grow thick roots and are intertwined, holding on to the stones tightly, just to keep their foothold. The soil may be brought by strong winds or birds. It's hard for mountain people to make a living in this stone corner.

There are many natural villages on the mountain, some of which are named after surnames, such as Zhuwan and Li Jiacun. Some are Yi names, such as Kaji, Xieqie and Semiyi. There are also some common rural names, such as Sancun, Flint Basin, furong village and Racecourse. The aborigines on Dongshan Mountain are Yi people, and most of the Han people moved from Jiangnan after the Ming Dynasty. In villages like Sitaqua and Semiyi, there are only a few people in a village, only a primary school, and a primary school has only a dozen students and a teacher. This teacher is the principal, a general teacher, a chef and a janitor. Usually local people. If you marry a local wife, you will stay in school for life. From youth to retirement, I have been guarding generations of children, schools and mountains, and my hair has been boiled into white hair. Duty, low-key, respected. The Zhang family kills pigs and the Li family kills sheep. There's always room for him on the table.

The village of Sitakua is not far from the urban area in a straight line, just on the hillside behind the power plant. In the village, you can see the big chimneys of power plants, the intricate wire network in the city and the brilliant lights of the city. After watching the lights in the dark for decades, the village is still dark at night. No way, the village is almost perpendicular to the hillside below the mountain, and the difficulty of road construction and route can be imagined. Until 2008, Sitaqua got on the express train of the western development, finally set up the wires, lit the lights, used electrical appliances and took a fancy to TV. Now we are catching up with the construction of new countryside, and the road from the village to the city has also been built, but we can climb the steep slope by turning a few more corners and making more discounts.

Because of the cold, the top of the mountain is a large area of grassland except pine trees (that is, trees that can bear pine nuts), and people at the top of the mountain pay equal attention to farming and farming. Most people have several cows and a flock of sheep. Only potatoes, corn, buckwheat and other staple foods can be planted on the mountain, as well as cash crops such as big medicine (burdock), garlic, chickpeas and wild vegetables.

In my opinion, the four seasons in Dongshan are so charming.

In spring, all kinds of alpine azaleas bloom for the second time, and Dongshan has become a veritable flower mountain. From the ridge to the top of the mountain, it starts in February and continues to open in July. The purple azaleas in full bloom in March and April are the most spectacular. We call it broken rice flower. From the hillside behind the power plant to the highest peak slippery slate, broken rice flowers cross mountains and mountains, occupying half of Dongshan Mountain, and become a sea of flowers. For generations, these flowers are only open to shepherds, and shepherds are used to this kind of landscape and don't feel anything special. With the rise of hiking (there is no mountain that hikers can't reach, and there is no scenery that they can't see), this big flower with one slope and one slope was discovered by donkey friends. They told more hikers that there are several classic hiking routes in Dongshan, but they all lead to the same goal, and each end point points to a slippery stone plate. With WeChat, friends send pictures to friends. Since then, the flower sea in Dongshan is no longer exclusive to shepherds and friends, and a large number of citizens come to enjoy the flowers and take photos. Screaming, shouting, even crying. You will find that in the face of thrilling beauty, language can do nothing. Only by returning to ignorance and showing some unconventional madness can we express our feelings.

In midsummer, most alpine rhododendron flowers are open, white and pure, big and big, washed in milk. The city is steaming, the mountain top is breezy and the flowers are pleasant. Sitting on the grass, watching bees gather honey among small flowers, listening to cowbells playing in the wind, and talking with herders about livestock reproduction and grain harvest, you will linger. In the evening, the shepherd will warmly invite you to his house. Pure ham, all kinds of wild herbs, good steamed corn, everything is afraid of neglect.

Summer is also the season when all kinds of wild fruits mature. White spots, wild raspberries and Chinese tallow are all delicious. These wild fruits are too soft, perishable and difficult to carry, so if you want to eat them, go up the mountain by yourself and come back when you are full. There are also small seedlings, red and lovely, but the branches are full of thorns, so be careful when picking them. These wild fruits are best eaten before the Dragon Boat Festival, and worms will be born after the Dragon Boat Festival.

It is the custom of Xuanwei people to "swim in all diseases" on the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that a trip to the upper reaches of the mountain during the Dragon Boat Festival can eliminate various diseases, and you can choose herbs according to changes when you visit various diseases. Old people often say that even a grass can be used as medicine during the Dragon Boat Festival. One year, when we went on a "journey of all diseases", we found pieces of Artemisia annua on the mountainside in the east. Huang Chengcheng is golden, as if the sky turned golden. Xuanwei people only pick tender Artemisia annua leaves to make Baba in spring, while people in western Yunnan are used to picking flowers to make Baba. So the noodles we make are green, and the noodles made by people in western Yunnan are golden. Artemisia selengensis leaves are sweet, while Artemisia selengensis flowers are fragrant. On the Dragon Boat Festival, young Yi men and women on the mountain will also sing songs on the mountain and sing straightforward love songs to the opposite sex. If the other party likes it, you can take them home to see their parents at night.

June 24th of the lunar calendar is the torch festival of the Yi people, and it is the carnival of the Yi people. From slippery slate to small stone forest, from small stone forest to furong village, from furong village to Andi, festive atmosphere is everywhere, such as killing sheep, bullfighting, ancestor worship and singing and dancing performances. All the guests, whether Han or Yi, just walk into any one, sit down and eat, eat meat in chunks and drink in a big bowl. After eating and drinking enough, after dusk, piles of bonfires were lit on the grass, cheerful Yi music sounded and the bonfire dance began. Don't be shy, hold hands, and after a few laps, everyone will be familiar with the dance steps.

Even in the cold autumn, Dongshan has all kinds of unknown small flowers that bloom warmly in its small territory. Jinsimei and Chrysanthemum indicum are the two most common species, both of which have the color of sunshine, adding a touch of bright color to the mountains. Chrysanthemum indicum has high medicinal value. Every year, many people go up the mountain to pick them, bring them back and steam them in a steamer to remove toxicity and excessive cold, and then dry them in the sun for collection. When you are anxious to get angry, your throat hurts and your voice is hoarse, you can grab a few flowers and soak them in water. The effect is very good.

In winter, as long as there is a piece of ice in the city, the mountains will definitely freeze. Those dead branches and weeds were turned into swords, feathers and grotesque shapes by Bai Bing. The red dog pee fruit is wrapped in transparent ice, the red one is redder, the white one is whiter, and the cold ice is warm. The most spectacular is the rime, which is the most common landscape on the top of Dongshan Mountain. Xuanwei people don't have to go to the northeast to see it.

Every year when it snows or snows, I will go to Dongshan with my friends, and no amount of waterfalls can stop us. Last year, we braved the snow to climb the mountain and sang loudly. The snow is so heavy that we have to shake off the snowflakes at any time. We just shook off one layer and accumulated another. Climb to the top of the mountain and look around, the whole world is white. Meet a group of people, pick up dead branches, make a fire, burn potatoes, roast beef and drink a lot of wine. When you see us, invite us to dinner. After that, in the ice and snow, around the blazing bonfire, everyone danced around the circle of Yi people. People suddenly feel the pride of a mountain king, and vaguely feel that the vast wasteland under their feet is the "land of kings", and many wise men in the world are "ministers of kings".

Treasure is hidden everywhere on Dongshan Mountain. In spring, you can pick all kinds of wild herbs, such as rattan, Jingangteng, Ailanthus altissima, Tangdihua, Bitter thorn flower, big white flower, bracken, Akebia, Tricholoma, etc ... cold, stir-fried and braised, at your disposal. There is a potherb restaurant in the south of the city, where you can eat potherb all year round. Both the boss and his wife are hard-working people. They pick a lot in spring, dry what they can't eat and store it in other seasons.

In summer and autumn, there are several showers in the morning, and there are people picking up fungus everywhere. No matter where and when you go up the mountain, the mountain will leave you a copy. In the Woods and grass, I saw the mud on the top of all kinds of mushrooms and looked at this strange world curiously. You reach out and gently pick it up with a surprise, which will encourage you to continue looking for this surprise. The happiest thing is to find a chicken fir. I am very happy to find a single fir tree, let alone a nest, a few or even dozens. I will remember that excitement all my life. When I was a child, I picked up a dozen chicken fir trees, wore black pointed hats and squeezed against a cornfield. When I was pulling the pig grass, I suddenly saw it and almost fainted with joy.

There are two rare fungi that Xuanwei people didn't want in the past. One is auricularia auricula and the other is Polyporus umbellatus. Auricularia auricula has medicinal taste, and people don't like that unpleasant taste. I don't know from which year, it suddenly had an elegant name-Tricholoma matsutake, which is said to be particularly nutritious and especially loved by the Japanese. The price of rare auricularia auricula has soared, and people regard it as a treasure and look for it like a treasure hunt. No one used to eat Toxoplasma, so the sow named * * * especially likes the taste of this fungus. This was discovered by pig farmers. * * * sows always arch up the soil under thick pine needles, and arch out dark and strange things. If they eat separately, it seems that they can alleviate the restlessness caused by hormones. I don't know when it started, but it has a nice name-truffles. It is said that in France, it costs thousands of yuan a catty. Since then, people are reluctant to let pigs go to the archway, and they all plan to eat them themselves. Xuanwei people lavishly eat truffles and pine mushrooms. In big plates, they dip mustard or cook in hot pot.

There are also precious medicinal materials such as Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, Herba Erigerontis, Fructus Forsythiae, firewood and Ganoderma lucidum on Dongshan Mountain. Xuanwei people have always pursued the homology of medicine and food, and many medicinal materials are eaten as delicacies. For example, many wild herbs eaten in spring are traditional Chinese medicines, such as plantain, dandelion, Akebia stem and bitter thorn flower. Wu Ruijie eats appetizing horseshoe incense and nourishing little black medicine. Eating grass in winter is a kind of poison, which is generally used for soaking wine for external use. But Xuanwei people must eat kusnezoff monkshood once or twice every winter to improve their resistance and avoid catching a cold. Cooking kusnezoff monkshood is very particular. Cook with ham or bacon for about seven hours, without turning off the fire or adding cold water. You can drink alcohol while eating, but you can't drink cold drinks. Stay at home after dinner and don't go out and be blown by the cold wind. Some people can eat one bowl at a time. I think kusnezoff monkshood is too bitter to swallow. I can eat one or two at most.

My father used to go to the mountains to collect herbs before his death. It was getting late and he found a village to live in. He doesn't need to know you. Tell people what you do. If you can't go back late, you need to stay for one night. The host family will warmly welcome him and provide a dinner. In that era when food was the most precious, my family also accepted guests from all over the world: sharpening knives, beating cotton, mending pots and selling tintin candy. My family has a large population and only one room. When guests come, they all make floors on the floor, and people who wander outside don't dislike it. What is hateful is that once two Anhui people got up in the middle of the night and left, taking my half pot of rice with the copper hanging pot. My mother was sad for a long time. Dad said that they are all poor people in the world. If you are full, who will ask you for half a pot of rice? We all say that strangers are not allowed to live in our house in the future, but next time someone comes to live, they will still be taken in. I don't know how those outsiders like to live in our dark and shabby old house, which is almost the oldest house in the village.

There are also precious tree species in the mountains, such as dragon flower, Yunnan pine, Eucommia ulmoides, hibiscus, oak and so on. There are two giant hibiscus trees in Qi Xie village, one with red flowers and the other with white flowers, which is the totem of the village. Everyone in the village will go to the tree to discuss and prepare for any major move. If someone wants a poison oath, they will also send it to these two trees.

Several specialties of Dongshan are loved by the people of the whole city. Great doctor, scientific name burdock, is a nourishing medicinal diet. The root of spur is cool and detoxified. They were all excavated after autumn. It is not easy to dig these medicines, because the land on the mountain is hard and the strength and arm strength are not enough to dig them out. A coward like me would never dream of digging by himself. There are always people digging and selling in the street. There are peas on the top of Dongshan Mountain, which have gorgeous flowers, and each bean is as big as an ox's eye. This dish is often served at rural banquets, and the method is also very simple: cooked and mixed. Potatoes, radishes and pork are better than other places.

Walking on Dongshan Mountain, you will inadvertently walk into a grave pool, including Pujia grave pool, Qianjia grave pool, Ye Jia grave pool and Camus grave pool ... They all lived in the same street and village before their death, but they are still good neighbors, which can be considered as generations, as if they had just changed places and lived in a different way. Pinch bracken in the cemetery, dig medicinal herbs in the cemetery, pick bayberry in the cemetery, pick fungus in the cemetery, and say nothing, and the villagers underground will not blame.

My living room and master bedroom are facing the old Dongshan Mountain, and the straight line distance from me to the foot of the mountain is only seven kilometers. Looking out of my window on the 24th floor, I can only see its steep slopes, dark ravines, desolate and hard rocks, dark vegetation and countless paths leading to the top of the mountain. No matter how high and far the sky is, it is blocked and becomes imaginary nothingness.

For me, Dongshan is a wise man and a bosom friend. The first time I met the misfortune of life, I was particularly sad and had nowhere to tell, so I thought of it. I rode a mountain bike alone and walked on the rugged mountain road. Some slopes are too steep for me to push with all my strength. I had to come down and push, and I was exhausted before I reached the top of the mountain. I threw my car outside the wall of a villa, went through the jiangshulin and climbed the TV tower all the way, with a cliff at my foot. The wind blew violently in my face. For a moment, I really wanted to fly and get rid of it. There was no more pain in the world. But I'm afraid that if I get caught on a branch on the road, or if I'm not dead, I'll be disabled (in fact, I still feel alive). I slowly retreated from the cliff to the Woods. The sun shone through the Woods, and the thick dead leaves on the ground were warmed by the sun. The wind calmed down when I lay down. Only leaves and acorns make a crisp sound in the sun. That's their laughter. The wind brushed away the tears on my face and gradually withdrew from the sunshine in the forest to urge me to go back. I got up, shook off the leaves and shook off my bad mood. I feel as light as a swan when I go down the mountain, and the rustling of tires rubbing against the ground is very rhythmic, which makes people feel very comfortable.

If anything happens in the future, I will go to Shilong Mountain. Arriving at the top of the mountain, I walked in the pine forest and lay on the golden pine needles. Dashan immediately understood that I must be unhappy. It let the wind send me loose waves, let birds sing for me, and let grasshoppers and grasshoppers dance for me on the grass. It makes cows ring clearly and lambs purr angrily ... I know this is telling me to be open-minded and learn to let go.

Shilong Mountain is not a famous mountain, but in my heart, it is the closest mountain.