Prose about visiting Emperor Shun’s Mausoleum

Over the years, every time I travel, I either go with self-employed people to the Yangtze River or the Pearl River Delta to appreciate the modern civilized city scenery, or I go with semi-literate people to explore the landscape of Guilin, view the beautiful peaks of Emei, absorb the aura of Leshan, and blindly pursue the charming fairyland. Water, the aftertaste afterward is like a dream. I have mixed feelings, but the one I can’t forget is my trip to southern Shanxi.

The history and culture accumulated and inherited by the ancestors here, as well as the profound spiritual wealth, shocked the annals of Chinese and foreign history and attracted Chinese and foreign tourists. The Mausoleum of Emperor Shun is one of many fascinating cultural landscapes.

In the Salt Lake District of Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, as soon as I squeezed into the special car to visit Shun Tomb, I listened intently to the tour guide’s passionate and seductive speech to the tourists. "This place was named Anyi in ancient times. It was renamed Yuncheng because of the large amount of salt shipped out. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when Li Hongzhang borrowed foreign debts, foreign powers ordered the weak to mortgage the salt lake before lending. Because the salt tax on this lake is equivalent to one-eighth of the country's total tax revenue. 1. "I didn't expect that the salt lake here once supported the backbone of the Chinese nation!" someone said with a long sigh.

The tour guide took the opportunity to show off the salt lake again. "The Salt Lake is nine kilometers wide and 30 kilometers long. Currently, no salt is mined. Instead, rare and valuable elements such as boron, lithium, rubidium, cesium and boron are mined, which are hundreds of times more expensive than salt. The export volume of Yuanming powder mined from this lake ranks first in the world. It is the first in the world, so people call it a cornucopia."

The thirteen counties and cities in this area are semi-surrounded by the Yellow River, which created plains and valleys; the salt lake was created by the movement of the earth's crust. and the surrounding strange mountains and green peaks. In the summer, when you stand on the Wulao Peak of Zhongtiao Mountain, a lookout point in southern Shanxi, overlooking the Salt Lake, it looks like sleeping white clouds and a pure white jade pond. Those who looked closely had their fair skin covered with countless mounds of auspicious snow, sputtering with dazzling silver light. Yao and Shun used the salt of the lake for diplomatic trade and contacted tribes in remote and remote areas... "Can you tell me something else?" A tourist interrupted impatiently.

"The natural conditions here are unique. It can be said to be the birthplace of the Chinese. Stories such as Hou Ji's farming, Lei Zu's silkworm rearing, the Yellow Emperor's battle with Chi You, Shang Tang's replacement of Jie and other stories all happened here. It is also the place where Zhong Ling Yuxiu and talents Wang Wei, Sima Guang, Guan Hanqing, Wang Shifu, etc. are all outstanding figures in the literary world of southern Shanxi. There are also many famous figures in modern politics and literature. The main tourist attractions include Shunwangping, Dayu's flood control site, Jinling Cemetery, and Zaicun. , Guan Yu Temple, Xue Rengui Han Kiln, Yang Guifei's hometown, Stork Tower..." The car stopped as soon as it shook. Because I was listening intently to the tour guide's speech, I arrived in front of Mingsha Gang unknowingly. After getting off the car, I followed Following the tour guide, we ran towards the building complex to the west. I saw clearly from the billboard: Not only Hou Ji and Shun were buried in this mountain, but also Du Kang, the wine god, Cai Lun, the paper saint, and Wei Baigao, the teacher of the calligraphy saint Wang Xizhi... At this time, I felt excited and convinced. I have truly stepped into the birthplace of Chinese civilization. As a lover of the history and culture of the motherland, it is worth visiting here.

When I arrived at the west entrance of Emperor Shun Square, I looked up and saw two five-meter-high bluestone giant statues standing on both sides (legend has it that Emperor Shun plowed the land with elephants). The square is surrounded by flower beds with blooming flowers, and in the center is a fountain with water columns rising into the sky and shining silver beads. On this semicircular platform, the layout of reliefs, gardens and steps is designed to be unique and beautiful, ancient and civilized, which is fascinating and amazing. But the most eye-catching thing is the twelve tall granite stone pillars. Each stone pillar has two lifelike pictures of soaring dragons. Behind the dragon pillars is the gate of Shunling Park. On both sides of the gate stands a Lishan boulder that is 18 meters high, 28 meters long and 56 meters thick with no traces of artificial excavation. The three characters "Mausoleum of Emperor Shun" are engraved on the top of the boulder. Clear water as thick as a bowl bursts out from the cracks in the boulders, singing a small tune for people to enjoy. I don’t know if the huge stone used for the door fell from the sky or collapsed from the earth. It is so magical that it is unimaginable.

Go in and take a look. It is grand and majestic. Looking at the ancient buildings and pavilions in the distance, they are all swaying in the white mist and floating in the green shade. Everyone immediately boarded the bicycles rented by the tour guide and flew through the 19-meter-wide and 1,000-meter-long Shinto. They crossed the empty Cooper Square, which could accommodate 30 to 40,000 people, and boarded the memorial hall (now also used as the memorial hall). Stage) Looking forward, it is still far away from the building complex, and it is difficult to see its appearance clearly.

"Let's go!" the tour guide ordered, and everyone followed her and crossed the several hundred meters long "Copper Shinto Road" before storing their cars and taking shortcuts in order to visit Yimen, Yimen, and Yimen. Platform, labyrinth, enjoyment hall, imperial city, main hall, bedroom, Emperor E, Nuying Pavilion, Tomb of Shun, Ruoshou Temple, Guan Yu Temple, etc.

Shun's Tomb is a platform that is 12 meters long from north to south, 13 meters long from east to west, 50 meters in circumference (meaning that Shun has been on the throne for fifty years), and two meters high. There are two cypresses hugging each other on the stage. People say it is the reappearance of Shun Ling. The inscription records: Shun abdicated the throne to Yu in his old age, and Yu built a reception hall for Shun here. Shun was buried here after his death, and his tomb was built for Yu himself. Over the course of thousands of years, the Shun Mausoleum was repeatedly damaged and repaired due to wars, earthquakes, and fires. Kaiyao of the Tang Dynasty (738) built temples, such as Shouling Temple and Xiaoti Temple. Looking at his disasters one after another makes people feel sad. Fortunately, in 2002, the city government expanded it to 18,000 acres.

When everyone sat down to take a rest very tiredly, I immediately returned to the Temple of Emperor Ruoshou. The murals in the temple summarized the life and deeds of Emperor Ruoshou. She is Shun's half-sister. She has been smart and wise since she was a child. She sympathizes with Shun's misfortune.

She was loved by her neighbors since she was little. Every time Shun came back from collecting firewood from the mountains, he would pick beautiful flowers for his sister. She cherished it and painted the flowers on the leaves. Over time, her painting skills improved. Later, I could also draw beautiful birds falling from the trees and swimming in the water. Emperor Taoshou had a deep relationship with his two sisters-in-law, Ehuang and Nvying. When Shun came to the throne, she worked day and night, not afraid of hard work, and creatively woven and embroidered a dragon robe for Shun that danced like a living dragon, which made everyone who participated in the celebration .People were stunned and amazed...

Ancient literature and historical data record that the earliest person to paint in our country is the first. There are 360 ??professions in our country, each of which has its ancestor, except the painting profession. Now I finally regard Tong Shouchi as the ancestor of painting. The doorpost of his temple is inlaid with a magnificent inscription by Pan Jiezi, a famous and authoritative modern painter. The words are filled with profound admiration and admiration for the ancestor of painting - Taoshou. While I was fascinated by the sight, the tour guide looked for me anxiously, forcing me to catch up with everyone and return quickly. Everyone gathered around her and kept asking her, "What's in the Temple of Filial Piety?" "The murals and texts in the temple describe Shun's filial piety to his parents. Shun was framed by his stepmother many times, but he still treated his parents after each escape. He was obedient and filial, and because Shun was an earth-shattering filial son, he built his temple."

"It's a pity to waste land resources in such a big place!" "Since the Tang Dynasty. Every February and September, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life come here to worship Shun for half a month. "What is the purpose of building the Guan Yu Temple in the cemetery?" People respected the local hero Guan Yunchang very much. It is said that Guan Yu followed his father when he was young and came to worship Shun on horseback as an adult. Therefore, later generations built a temple beside his horse-tying tree (it is said that this cypress tree still existed in the Tang Dynasty) and also erected it at the original tree. The purpose of the horse-tying stakes can be imagined." As we were talking to each other, we were halfway back to the Shinto. Everyone felt that they had not finished reading, and some people were confused by the tour guide walking through the corridor. Okay, don't distinguish between southeast and northwest. "I haven't had time to go to some of the palaces." "My mind is blank." "I feel like my mind is in a mess, and I can't make sense of what I've seen." The ancients didn't look at the flowers while riding horses, but we ride bikes to visit the gardens. , how can I see clearly?" I was just trying to recollect the sights I had seen, but I felt my eyes go dark... All kinds of uncomfortable feelings such as heat, thirst, dizziness, dizziness, and fatigue caused by the scorching sun came to me all at once. , any aftertaste was vaguely lingering in my mind. However, I finally plucked up the courage to break away from the tour guide, jogged southward with my sore and heavy legs, and climbed Mount Li (natural and artificial). Created), raise your telescope to look at the whole cemetery. The park is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with passages and cultural landscapes in the middle. The east side is the art exhibition hall, and the pavilions of various cultural and historical exhibition halls such as the central local history, old and new stone tools are scattered among the green cypresses and locust trees. The wind moves, rising and falling against the blue sky and white clouds. The white seagull-like yachts on Leize Lake sway in the wind. The plum blossom piles in the shallow water of the lake are very strange and elegant. The fishermen on the lake are silent under the scorching sun. And focus. The source of the clear water entering the lake is unknown, and its destination is unknown. The lake's bright yellow water and unique shape are the product of the artist's unique ingenuity. On the right side of the Shinto is a flower garden, and the various gardens that are longer than the Shinto are even more ingenious. Square-shaped peonies, peonies, osmanthus, plum blossoms and other gardens are surrounded by various shapes and styles to form flower walls, flower stands, and garlands. They are surrounded by flower paths paved with short flower branches. It is really a sea of ??flowers. Viewing flowers, visitors enter the world of Rui. They are intoxicated by the fragrant wind and can only hear the voice of the tour guide urging tourists to walk faster. There are hills on the left side of the Shinto, and the stone layers are impressive and artificial. The planted flowers and trees have lush green leaves and are connected one after another. They have their own characteristics in size, style and pattern. They dance in various postures under the blowing of the south wind, which is very spectacular. Figure... Shunling is indeed a magnificent national park integrating landscape and culture! Just as I was immersed in this mesmerizing dream, the tour guide smiled and asked me to get in the car and go back to the city.

On the way back, I was deeply moved: people spent a lot of money to expand Shun's mausoleum, out of worship and respect for their ancestor Shun. Shun influenced people with etiquette education, treated people with benevolence, and (simple) ) laws to protect people and develop people with intelligence. The Chinese took a big step from barbarism to civilization, laying the foundation for the emergence and development of the ancient civilization, especially his abdication system of selecting leaders, which made later generations admire and respect him. Praise, it is sad that none of the later emperors followed Shun's example. No wonder the Confucian scholars in history looked down upon Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Emperor Tang and Song Zu. They lamented that Confucius and Mencius were not born until 1,500 years after the collapse of Yao and Shun. There was no saint yet. Most of the thousands of years of feudal society in the motherland were spent in the bloody murders in the palace and fierce battles outside the city.

If the abdication system lasted until the Revolution of 1911. period; if there had not been a war for the throne, the boundary between Qin and Jin - the Yellow River has long been crystal clear, and the spring river where bass is in the net; there would be dozens of iron bridges across the river; Zhongtiao Mountain would be primitive with precious man-made animals. The vast sea of ????forests saturated with plants, however...people can only disappear the melancholy and sentimentality caused by historical disasters in the praise of Shun. History has finally turned a new page with the lives and blood of the martyrs and warriors. The era has come when the country is strong and the people are wise, and the country is prosperous and the people are strong. I believe that in the not-too-distant future, Shun Ling will watch the Yellow River Water Park on Mars, and Emperor Tao will paint the beautiful mountains and rivers newly created by the Chinese in the Moon Palace.