The weather in Hongdu Gorge, Huguan

After my trip to Wugong Mountain, I didn't take part in the group activity of "traveling around the world" for one year. On May 3rd, I finally happened to go to Huguan Grand Canyon with some old and new friends.

Hiking is addictive. Since I first traveled with my friends in the spring of 20 17, I have fallen in love with this sport hopelessly. In the past five years, I have followed different outdoor groups and people in different ways, and I am very happy every time I go out. No, sitting in the car, listening to the donkey friends chatting and staring out the window: Taihang Mountain is lush, with all the forests dyed and green eyes, which is really eye-catching. Although people are in the car, their hearts are flying with the wheels, leaving villages, fields and peaks far behind until they walk through the Taihang Grand Canyon. The cliffs on both sides of the strait face each other, and the mountain road twists and turns, as if wandering between the mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ... My friend forgot to say that it seems to be the "black cat ditch" in the Magodang Grand Canyon in Lingchuan, which is really a bit like it. The majesty, strangeness, precipitousness and preciseness of Taihang Mountain are vividly displayed in these famous canyons.

Although it is a planned leisure tour, for those who are used to hiking, there is always something missing from a pure scenic tour without climbing mountains and sweating. So after stopping at Wangjiazhuang, Qiaoshang Township, Huguan County, we started hiking through the village.

Although climbing all the way at first, the vegetation in the mountain is dense, and sometimes I smell the fragrance of Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaves, and sometimes the fragrance of Sophora japonica is tangy, the mountain flowers are blooming, the peach blossoms are swaying, the mountain road is narrow but obvious, and donkey tracks are constantly appearing. Everyone's stop-and-go, talking and laughing, the tiredness of life and work are all left behind. The sky is clear and my mood is clearer. Looking back, the 18th Luohanfeng is not far from the right hand side, just like a majestic Great Wall, but surrounded by mountains. It doesn't look so grand, it's a little small. Imagine, from a distance, that we are in the depths of Taihang Mountain, where it is undoubtedly dusty. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a grain of dust.

No matter how narrow the stone steps and dirt roads are, they are still roads You can lean on the cliff carefully, grab solid branches and trunks, and pass easily. What is more difficult to walk is the stone ditch washed by water in the jungle. Thorns are thick and messy. Clothes and hair hang from time to time, and stones slide under their feet. It is very easy to fall and hurt your partner. You can only use your hands and feet, keep your distance, be careful, and be careful again. There is no road in the world, and more people will become roads.

After climbing all morning, the leader Lincoln asked everyone to eat in time to replenish energy. Boy, everyone is really rich in food, including fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, staple food and fast food. Share with each other, so happy! Especially for the two ladies who left for the first time, the food they brought was really all-inclusive, and they didn't complain at all along the way, let alone complain. They can laugh at themselves and get along well with everyone. It was really great! The two team leaders echoed each other and took care of everyone all the way. The atmosphere of the donkey friends together is particularly great! Lincoln, the team leader, said that there was basically no climbing road for the rest of the journey. After a full meal, I walked on and walked a section of country road. Forget the dust and talk about the highway on foot.

The scenery was on the road, and Taihang Mountain embraced us with a broad mind. Towering mountains, passing villages, uniform terraces beside villages, life blooming all the way, butterflies with broken wings among flowers and strange clouds in the sky are all flexible and vivid, and every place touches the hearts of ordinary people most. How lucky we are! The world is so beautiful!

As the saying goes, "it's easy to go up the mountain, but difficult to go down it" is true. In the morning, we go straight ahead in the forest, and we can see the distant mountains and the surrounding scenery. In the afternoon, you can only make a detour around your waist. Because the vegetation is too dense, the road under your feet is not easy to find. You need to see clearly every step, be careful and practical, and every paragraph needs the leader to explore the road before you can act. We are like explorers and guerrilla fighters in the war. When you sit down and wait for the team leader, it seems that you are in a primitive jungle, covering the sky and blocking the air. Fortunately, the crisp birdsong adds a lot of vitality and fun to the depressed space. Looking around quietly, I really want to be a happy bird in the mountains, or a white cloud in the sky, a leaf, or a beam of light through the Woods.

If the journey before 2: 30 pm is more of a test of endurance for us, then the journey down the mountain after that is more of a challenge of teamwork and confidence. Because the road is too hard to find, I feel that no one has walked in the jungle for too long, and it is difficult to find a place to go. At the same time, it will take detours and confuse your sight and judgment. It is very likely that you will lose your foothold and be hated forever. If you make a mistake, you may be trapped in the mountains. In this case, Lincoln, the leader, will climb up and down to explore the road by experience, and at the same time check the trajectory, taking more roads than us.

Sometimes the road we find is steep, straight and high, flat and difficult to walk, which may not be difficult for men, but for our female compatriots, it often becomes a natural barrier. Lincoln decisively took out the safety rope from his backpack, one of which was safe on the lower walker's waist and the other was pulled on the lower walker. Lao Wang, the leader of the other group, is responsible for fixing the guard rope, Lincoln is responsible for escorting the personnel, and Master Yang goes down to meet them first. The donkey friends who went down first followed Master Yang to explore the road and supported each other. There was no danger. If you are not 100% sure, just wait for the leader to come over and go down with a rope. Even if it takes time and effort, we must be foolproof. In the face of every difficulty, the reason why we have courage and are not afraid is that besides our own quality, the key is that someone acts as the core figure of the soul. Their calmness, wisdom and perseverance have won us enough trust. A team with enough cohesion and centripetal force is invincible. Years are quiet and good, which requires everyone's efforts and efforts.

After overcoming many difficulties, at five o'clock in the afternoon, we finally succeeded in reaching the Hongdu Canyon of the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon in Huguan. Deep canyons, towering walls, high gorges, Pinghu and Diequan Waterfall. We have all the mountains and rivers we want to see, such as Shuanglong Lake, Sandiantan, Longan Spring, Tianze Lake, Taxus Garden, Candle Peak ... Stone and trees are interdependent, and mountains and waters are beautiful. Forest coverage rate is as high as 90%; Paleolithic rocks and fossils of paleontological remains can be seen everywhere; Moreover, it is a combination of natural landscape and human landscape, and it is too late to enjoy too many scenic spots. After reading the introduction of scenic spots, I realized that the Bailong Ancient Road, one of Shangdang's ancient eight emperors, crossed the gorge. Digu Temple in Sui Dynasty and Jiulian Site in Ming Dynasty still exist. The fortress site that defends the canyon is a patriotic education base, the most beautiful Taihang Mountain and the most beautiful Hongdu Canyon!

Hongdu Gorge is a national 4A scenic spot, which is listed as a national geological park, a national forest park and the top ten most beautiful canyons in China. It is named after the national first-class rare tree species "Taxus chinensis" and is known as "the first love gorge in China". When those red berries come in spring, they flush on the branches of your southern country. Take them home for me as a symbol of our love. Don Wang Wei's Acacia may be more appropriate here.

One-day tour includes hiking, rock climbing, mountains, water, partners and perfection! The meaning of hiking is not the end, not limited to the beautiful scenery, but the process and experience, as well as the interesting people and things on the road.