Rural Chronicle (III): The Spring Tour Concept Behind Wubaoshan Mountain

Spring outing, called outing in ancient times, is an ancient traditional folk cultural and sports activity, usually held on Shangsi Festival in ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day.

In spring, in rural full of green, the grass is lush, birds contend, the sun is shining and the air is fresh. Being in this picturesque environment can broaden people's minds, eliminate fatigue and cheer them up. Therefore, spring outing has special health care function.

When we were teenagers, the place we visited most in spring was Wubaoshan in Changshou County.

According to Changshou County Records, temples and shrines have been built on Wubaoshan since the Tang Dynasty. Three temples have been built successively: the Jade Emperor Temple under the jurisdiction of Fuling was built on the top of the mountain, and around it were the Daxiong Hall and the Chunyang Hall under the jurisdiction of Changshou.

Due to its long history, the temple was shut down, and the Hall of the Great Hero was rebuilt in the 29th year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty. In the ninth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty and in Guangxu 14, Yi people such as Leiershan "plowed repeatedly".

Leiershan wrote "Five Treasures Hall (Fort) Monument" and said: "The old temple in Wu Fengling has been abandoned for a long time, and the monks in the mountain are enlightened and want to shake the clan style. At that time, Tan Yue realized his sincerity and donated money to the United States.

There is a pure yang view on the right side of the mountain and a jade emperor view on the top. Hundreds of miles away, Minshan Mountain comes from Shanxi, just like a jade belt, and the mountains are listed, which is a grand view ... In the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang, the Daxiong Hall was rebuilt. Spin in Tongzhi nine years in Wu Geng and Guangxu fourteen years in Wu Zixu, repeated training. So far, the temple has been destroyed, and only some buildings remain.

There are more than 760 kinds of plants in Wubaoshan, as well as precious nanmu, Ginkgo biloba, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, forest chestnut and ten thousand mu of bamboo sea. Known as the Museum of Natural Plants, it has become a natural ecological "scenic spot" in our county and the first choice for our middle school spring outing.

I remember my mother was a school teacher when I was in grade one. My mother and I live in Fantuo Middle School. One day, the head teacher Zhou Jian told our classmates that we would have a spring outing in Wubaoshan. We are all excited to learn the news.

On the same day, I formed a group with my classmates Luo Yongsheng, Jiao Sheng, Zhou Heping and Xia. We worked together, brought oil, salt, rice or noodles, soy sauce, spatula, iron pot, rice bowl and chopsticks ... and went to Wubaoshan for a picnic.

Thinking of tomorrow's spring outing, I am so excited that I am afraid of delaying tomorrow's trip. Under my mother's arrangement, I went to bed early. At night, I woke up unconsciously. I thought it was getting late, so I got up to make noodles. My mother woke up after I had a big breakfast. Getting up so early, I looked at the clock in surprise and told me to go back to sleep, but I couldn't sleep.

The next day, under the leadership of the teacher, my classmates and I set out from Fantuo Middle School on foot, passed the Jiangjia Ancestral Hall and came to Wubaoshan, carrying cooking utensils and ingredients. The whole journey is about 20 kilometers, which is basically a mountain climbing exercise.

In the early morning, the spring is bright and beautiful. We sang red songs all the way and saw new green trees, fresh green dandelions, green vegetables, snow-white pear blossoms, purple peach blossoms, yellow rape blossoms, thin willows, clusters of flowers and clusters of weeds.

It takes some effort to climb Wubaoshan, because the mountain is steep, and the road up the mountain is a narrow path with branches on both sides, so it is inconvenient to walk.

After arriving at the top of Wubaoshan, the teacher arranged for us to put down the cooker and rest for an hour, in order to show us the scenery on the top of the mountain.

Leida Ridge is the highest peak in Wubaoshan, with an altitude of 864 meters. It is the ultimate scenic spot to watch and express feelings. Standing on the top of the mountain, people feel the atmosphere and heroism of "other mountains are short in the sky". .

There is a boundary pillar on the platform at the top of Wubaoshan Mountain, which is the junction of Changshou, Fuling and Banan. Known as "one foot in three counties, looking at Wan Li and listening to the waves".

At the beginning of the picnic, it is usually twelve o'clock, so the students cooperate again, cooking the stove, putting the pot on, boiling water and cooking ... they are all very busy.

When we have a picnic, our classmates are all in the wild, which is the time to test our cooking ability, because we used to eat the rice cooked by our mother when we were young, and many of our classmates cooked raw rice; Forgot to add salt to the vegetables; Or add more vinegar and soy sauce, we are not surprised.

It is usually after two o'clock to have a good meal, and the teacher begins to organize us to play games.

Under the arrangement of the teacher, all the students squatted on the ground and formed a circle. In the form of parcel delivery, whoever gets the big red flower will stand up to answer questions and recite poems.

If students don't answer the questions correctly, they must perform a program by themselves, such as somersaults, dancing and singing.

After four o'clock in the afternoon, teachers will organize students to go home.

Now in a foreign country, I want to visit Wubaoshan when I was a child, witness the changes of Wubaoshan and experience the feeling of students' spring outing at that time.

Now, as a wanderer in a different place, although I have been away from my hometown for many years, I love everything in my hometown, mountains and rivers. For this reason, I personally put forward an immature suggestion to the tourism industry of Changshou county government, whether using government or private financial resources to build Wubaoshan scenic spot. If I have money, I will also develop the supporting tourism of Wubaoshan. Support projects are as follows:

1. Hire planners to design and arrange scenic spots. Tourist route: Wangjiaba Artificial Lake-original site of Meigou-Meigou Artificial Reservoir-Wubaoshan-Induction Cave-Wangye Temple.

2. Pave a standard stone pavement from the foot of Wubaoshan Mountain to the top of the mountain to create mountain sports, forest health preservation and woodland crossing.

3. Connect the circuit, build the ancient pavilion, and restore the original appearance of the hilltop fort. It is better to use Baozhai to build a botanical museum and a martial arts college on the top of the mountain.

4. Protect the ancient trees on the mountain, cultivate contiguous trees, fruits, grass, flowers and bamboo, and build bases for photography, sketching, film and television, camping and leisure.

5. With the help of the experience of Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang Province, make a fuss about the water problem, build a sluice at Huangjiaokou of Wangjiaba, and build an artificial lake.

6. Use the water resources of induced tunnels or coal ditches to build mineral water production lines.