There are many Yunmeng Mountains in China. Why is this difference so big in Jiaokou County, Shanxi Province?

Yunmeng Mountain is located in Shikou Township, Jiaokou County, in the middle of Lvliang Mountains, 7.5 kilometers away from Jiaokou County, with an altitude of 1980 meters. There are mountain peaks and clouds steaming Xia Wei; Waterfalls splash jade, which is rare in Shan Ye; Dan Cliff is steep and beautiful. Known? Yunmeng wonderland? It is one of the famous cradles of Taoism.

Yunmeng Mountain is high and steep, and the temple is unique. The whole cliff is like a huge shovel. The smooth cliff protrudes outward, and the belly of the cliff retracts slightly inward, like an old man, bending over and staring at the infinite beauty. There are many beautiful legends hidden in many large and small caves above the cliff. The temple built is built on the mountain, which reflects the natural characteristics. The inner hall is a cave, and the outer hall is the main building, with different scales and architectural styles. The main buildings are Sanqing Hall, Jade Emperor Temple, God of Wealth Temple and Mother Jellyfish Temple. From a distance, the temple scenery is magnificent and dense, dotted in the middle of the cliff, and it is beautiful and panoramic.

Climbing over, there is an artificial plank road, which is made of holes and piles on the cliff and auxiliary boards. Walking on it will make a creaking sound, which is the only way to climb over the wall. Standing on the plank road and looking down, the stone wall is hanging in the air, and the danger of the cliff is really daunting. Looking up, the stone wall is abrupt, reaching as high as thousands of feet, and seems to collapse in an instant. Fortunately, there is a walking rope on the wall, and only by pulling it tightly across the plank road will the feeling of fear be alleviated.

After crossing the plank road and climbing along the stone wall, you can see many caves. Stand inside and look out. Wow! What a beautiful fairyland on earth! I saw silver beads hanging in front of the cave, just like pearls rolling down the curtain. Being in it is like being in a fairyland. According to the inscription in the seventh year of Jiajing in Daming (1528), this cave is the legendary water curtain cave.

Yunfeng Temple is the largest ancient building in Yunmeng Mountain. There is a cave in the temple called. Longquan cave? , also called what? Ghost Valley Cave? . The karst stratum in this cave belongs to the Paleozoic Cambrian dolomite stratum with a geological age of about 250 million years. It is the result of the underground river uplifted by the second-stage orogeny in Lvliang, and the cave belongs to a large labyrinth cave.

Longquan cave has holes, and holes have holes. There are scenes in the landscape, which are varied, deep and quiet, mysterious and strange. The widest part of the cave can accommodate thousands of people, but the narrow place can't accommodate one person. The cave is full of gray flowers, and there are countless stalactites of different shapes and dazzling array, some like birds, some like animals, lifelike and innocent. For thousands of years, many people have come here to explore the secluded place, but they can't figure out the mystery.

Longquan Cave is covered with a mysterious veil, because Guigu Stone once lived here in seclusion. Say: Because of that mountain? Peach blossom girl? Drinking guiguzi water by mistake, pregnant and having children ten years ago. If her son is black and has a red beard, she abandoned it in Hengshui Bridge and was adopted by Danyang real people, hence the name Guiguzi. ?

Inscription of Longquan Cave in the 7th year of Jiajing in Daming (1528):? Guiguzi, also known as the bodhi old zu in Wang Chan, was born in Jinping. . There is also a wooden bridge in this cave, and there are two immortal remains beside the bridge. The water is gurgling under the bridge, and the scenery is mysterious. It is said that Yao Di's teacher Puyizi often goes to Yunmeng Mountain to play chess with Wang Chan's ancestor. One day, the woodcutter in Luodiaota village went up the mountain to cut wood, watched them play chess in the cave, and after a while he was hungry, he sucked the peach kernel of the immortal to satisfy his hunger. For a long time, the woodcutter found that the axe he carried with him was rotten, so he went out of the hole and was carried home by Yunmeng Mountain. Who knows that one day after entering the cave, it has been several years before the world was carved into a boulder, hence the name of the village. ? Playing chess sucks? The allusion is based on this story.

Now? Longquan cave? The carving nest on it is getting bigger and bigger. It is said that every time Jiazi reaches the age of carving, Eagle Mouth Rock will make a strange sound. At this time, the villagers of Luodiaota will share the beef by cutting cattle for sacrifice. This folk custom has also been passed down to this day.

Legend has it that Longquan Cave can reach Shaanxi. In fact, the exit of the cave is in the back hill. There is a stone statue resembling an ancient old man at the mouth of the cave. He has a thin face, a high bun on his head, a slightly upturned chin and dignified facial features. His clothes and headdress are similar to those of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and are similar to Guiguzi, which is widely circulated in the world. There is also a legend that it is roughly the same as the name of Mao Sui, a close disciple of Guiguzi. Anyway, the stone statue is natural, and people have different opinions. Only different people have different opinions.

Guiguzi once studied Yi here and wrote a book "The Strategy of Enjoying Yin and Yang" (II), which discussed the art of Enjoying Yin and Yang. There are still inscriptions on the stone wall of this cave, which are bizarre and difficult to distinguish, and need further research. What's the most amazing thing? Longquan cave? Unpredictable, it can be described as heaven and earth. Gui Guzi gave lectures in seclusion here, trained famous military strategists Sun Bin and Pang Juan, and strategists Su Qin and Zhang Yi, and founded the earliest military academy in ancient China. According to legend, when Xue, a famous Tang Dynasty soldier, went to the Western Ocean, Gui Guzi once carved a bow and pierced a cloud and arrow.

After Guiguzi, literati and poets of past dynasties came in droves, interpreted countless well-known cultural chapters, and left many inscriptions and cliff stone carvings. According to "Xizhou Zhi" (3), there are two poems engraved on the stone wall about He Ji's well-known martial arts practice. Among them, "Mountain Temple Cave" praised: Invite friends to bring Brewmaster Taiwan, and the flowers at the mouth of the cave will bloom to me. I don't know how wide the world is, but I'm drunk and lying under a rock.

What's more, Qing Qianlong, Wang Jinshi and Hong Qian sang when they were traveling with friends in water curtain cave? Leave a message for tourists not to wander away, but to pour bottles and drink Penglai drunk? A beautiful sentence. The beauty of cloud dreams can be seen.

There are many inscriptions on Yunmeng Mountain, but the earliest inscription dates back to the time when Emperor Qingyuan rebuilt Yunfeng Temple in Yuan Dynasty (13 12). The inscription not only records Guiguzi's seclusion in Yunmeng Mountain, but also records the specific location of Puzi City built by Longquan Cave in Jin Wengong, one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the residence of Xia Zi, a famous Tang Dynasty, in Yunmeng Mountain. You can even find the inscription of Dashun Kingdom written by Li Zicheng during Shen Jia's reign in the late Ming Dynasty. From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand that Yunmeng Mountain is famous for its rich historical and cultural heritage.

People who have been to Yunmeng Mountain are interested in the origin of cave burial here. There are many cave burials in Yunmeng Mountain, which is very rare in the Yellow River Basin. The cave burials in Yunmeng Mountain are basically in a secluded cave, where people can travel, and even locals rarely know that people are buried in these caves. At present, there are more than ten places that are basically intact.

This mysterious burial custom culture is called cliff burial or cliff tomb in the Yangtze River valley in China. It is the most local burial form in southwest minority areas during the Han Dynasty and even the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty recorded the funeral of Miao people buried in caves. Kang Zuomiao? If there is a funeral, the whole family will beat the mortar with a pestle and even sing songs about overlapping bedsteads. Three or five days later, the cave was built and it could not be hidden. Nobody knows where it is. . Coincidentally, there is also a stone mortar at the entrance of a cave buried in Yunmeng Mountain. Does this mean that ancient Yunmeng Mountain has unique funeral and sacrificial activities? Ba culture? With what? China culture? What is the cultural origin?

However, looking up historical records and Jizhou's records, there is no record of the migration of southwest ethnic minorities in Yunmengshan area. On the contrary, from the Han Dynasty to the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the northern Xianbei people and other ethnic minorities have been plundering south, and Yunmeng Mountain is located at the junction of Guhe East County and Xihe County, which is the intersection of Han culture and northern nomadic culture. After the author's on-the-spot investigation, there are traces of smoked life on the walls of some caves, which preliminarily proves that this cave is a place? Guyaju Caves Cave? There is no necessary connection between shijiu and funeral.

Yunmengshan, a special burial custom culture, has not been disturbed by foreign cultures. Twenty-three years of Ji Zhou annals:? Yu Yishi entered water curtain cave during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't leave for four days. He went to a deep stream, where the black water was raging and he couldn't cross it. When he reached a nest, he got a fairy chess, which was jade in color and shaped like a dragon, a phoenix, a bird and a snake. After coming out, the man climbed several stone cliffs in thousands of feet and often sat on the treetops. No one knew where he was. There are still cultural relics on the cliff today. ? To sum up, this place has always been a place for Taoist activities. For thousands of years, incense has continued, and people who admire its spirit are in an endless stream. What is still preserved today? Holy fairy cave? And then what? Climb the ladder? Such as ancient ruins. The origin of cave burial in Yunmeng Mountain is probably related to these alchemists who seek immortality after death.

There is a ghost valley in the upper left of Yunfeng Temple, also known as Yinhe Valley, with an astrological platform and Ziya Village. The wild walnut trees at the bottom of the valley are thick and dense, and brown pheasants often inhabit here. Taniguchi flies in the air. On a hot summer day, a clear stream flies down and goes straight to the bottom of the deep pool. In cold weather, the trickle freezes into a tower, which is particularly attractive. The highest ice tower can reach more than 30 meters, crystal clear, pure and pure, just like a jade Guanyin. Although the ice tower is attractive, it is not seen every year. Due to the influence of water quantity, wind direction and temperature, only once or twice a few years can you see the magnificent scenery of the ice spire connected with Taniguchi. The folk proverb says well: the ice tower is high this year and the harvest will be good next year! ? Has the ice tower become a bumper harvest for local farmers? Barometer? .

Although Yunmeng Mountain has experienced vicissitudes and wind and rain erosion, it still remains simple and mysterious. Strange mountains and beautiful waters, flying dust is sparse; Yunmeng Waterfall, Wuli Ghost Valley; Ten miles of peach blossoms, a long sea of clouds; Clouds whirled up and down like a ghost valley. Sometimes it's like a fairy dancing. No wonder Hu, the governor of Xizhou in Qing Dynasty, wrote after visiting Yunmeng Mountain. Boasting on a whim is like two islands and one Penglai. This beautiful poem.

Yunmeng Mountain integrates unique natural landscapes such as mountains, peaks, cliffs, strange valleys and waterfalls. There are hundreds of precious Chinese herbal medicines and a large number of green wild fruits in Shan Ye Valley, especially the famous Morchella, Auricularia auricula, Polyporus, wild grapes, Hippophae rhamnoides and wild ginseng. It is not only a rare tourist attraction where nature and humanity blend harmoniously, but also an excellent place for eco-tourism.