Notes on Longtan Gorge's Travel Notes

If you want to calm your impetuous mind temporarily, then you can find a grand canyon, up or down, and let the natural mountains and rivers wash your mind.

Just entering the dog days, the sultry weather makes my lazy mind at a loss. It is a good opportunity for me to walk into the Longtan Grand Canyon in Daimei Mountain, Luoyang, watch the wonders of the world, experience exploring secluded places here and enjoy the wonderful artistic conception of the cool water world.

Longtan Grand Canyon, with a total length of 10 km, is characterized by criss-crossing gullies and beaded distribution, steaming clouds, splashing rapids and red walls, enjoying the reputation of "the first gully gorge in China". Ruby rhyme, the soul of the Yellow River, and the mountains and rivers set each other off, forming a cluster of bright pearls on the Yellow River in Wan Li.

The mountains are undulating, and we turn left and right along the Panshan Highway, and our eyes are full of green, green and unrestrained. Occasionally, the summer flowers swaying on both sides of the mountain road are less impetuous and more mature; Less delicate and charming, more quiet and beautiful, not eye-catching, not eye-catching, just presenting another intriguing vision with the most quiet and beautiful posture.

With the shaking of the roof, the mood of expectation began to jump. The hardships of life and the hustle and bustle of the city are temporarily forgotten, while the fleeting good times pass by, occasionally frozen in a scene, savoring and chewing slowly.

In recent years, drought has made it difficult to see green mountains and green waters in the northern region. In the rolling mountains, exposed riverbeds and dry rivers suddenly appeared, and I couldn't help secretly wondering. Is this a landscape painting in my dream? Further on, a clean street was built by the river, with farmhouse restaurants and hotels on both sides. Ask the friendly locals on the roadside to know that this place is called Qinghe, which is a tributary of the Yellow River. Not far below is Wanshan Lake, and up is Longtan Grand Canyon.

Think about the Longtan Grand Canyon, and you must be like a lady who has been in the boudoir for a long time, and will never show her face easily. Now that I have arrived, I have an inner expectation.

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Entering the Grand Canyon, I accidentally saw a pictographic stone man's head on the right cliff, sitting in a dangerous place, lifelike, waiting on the road to Longtan Grand Canyon, as if welcoming guests from afar, making people feel like returning.

People walking in the canyon are like traveling in a picture world. Step by step, full of interest.

The blue waves are rippling in front of us, the red rocks and green trees on both sides of the river are reflected in the water, and the shrimps coming in and out are like dreams. This is the first sight of Longtan Canyon, including Chibi, Yan Dan, Youtan and Waterfalls. Take a few steps along the left bank of the pool and you will hear the sound of running water. Looking up, I saw two wet red sides of the waterfall, white and bright, flying flowers and broken jade.

Standing on the shore, you can see the whole pool without looking up. Lakes and mountains are calm, fish scales are swimming, and several cruise ships are swinging on the blue waves. There are cliffs on both sides, and tourists are like underground. It was a hot summer, and the sun shone down, but there was no feeling of heat.

It's relatively open here, and you can see the slight white clouds in the blue sky. The trees and grass growing in the crevices are oily and green, and the running water makes people feel cool. Water rushed down from the high rocks, divided into five or six strands, and fell like a light rain. Splash on the water, like flying flowers and broken jade, glittering and translucent. Several peaks gather in the pool, which is called Wulongtan. I think there should be five waterfalls here. There is only one left because of the drought. You can also vaguely see several natural caves on the cliff, probably the so-called Wulong Cave.

Grab the rocks around you and climb the ladder carefully. Bend down and walk through an artificially dug cave, and there is a hole in front of you. Reflections on Tao Yuanming s Peach Blossom Garden;

When the forest is short of water, there is a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light … from the mouth. Only by being narrow at first can we understand people. Take a few steps and you will be suddenly enlightened.

In front of me, the clouds are steaming, the mountains are surrounded by water, and the trees are red and green, just like a fairyland on earth. The waterfall is like a dragon spitting, or like a dragon entrenched, or like a black dragon sleeping, or like a dragon diving deep, the waterfall flies like jade and silver, the pool is clear and the bottom is clear, and the gorge is very steep.

Walking forward, a bunch of reeds green the shoal, hiding clear water, and the sunlight reflected by the surrounding stone walls makes the green leaves of reeds shine. Choose a clear stone in the water and sit down. A clear spring is full, and it is not afraid of ruining the scenery. Sitting alone, it is rare to have such a lonely environment and such a quiet artistic conception, but there is unspeakable harmony in loneliness and infinite imagination in tranquility. Looking around, the distant mountains are pale with ink marks, the cliffs are like graffiti, the rocks are rugged, and the streams are gurgling, so I can't help but feel uneasy.

Footsteps gently cut the water and let the waves beat against the clothes. The mood is like this gurgling stream, like this faint blue pool, like this sparkling water. Occasionally, the waves shake and the brocade scales jump, which are all wonderful inspirations. Swimming in this canyon is full of joy and surprise, magic and mystery. If you are willing, let shallow thoughts think hard for a quarter of an hour, maybe you can understand something.

Thousands of jagged rocks stand on the wall, some like axes, some like knives, and the Buddha's light and ocean's statues are faintly visible in the rock stratum, and hundreds of glittering ocean's statues are faintly visible neatly arranged on the cliff, divided into four layers, which reminds me of the Longmen Grottoes excavated by hand and makes me marvel at "Zhong Lingxiu".

The clearly identifiable wavy stone, let us witness the magic of the creator. It is like a natural washboard, lying quietly in the ravine, with bright colors and beautiful textures, dotted with green vegetation, forming a poetic picture. Standing next to the wave mark cliff, looking up at the top of the cliff on the right side, there are bumps of stones facing you, which look like magpies, and their posture is like welcoming guests.

"Water flows upwards" seems to be a gimmick. I didn't agree with it at first, but the visual error surprised me. Sometimes what you see is not necessarily true. It is relatively gentle here, and the dip angle of the rock stratum is consistent with the flow direction of the stream, and the dip angle of the rock stratum is greater than the dip angle of the stratum. The stream is hovering and spinning here, and it is inevitable that there will be visual errors.

Those hemispherical smooth pot holes, like jars, let us feel the wonder of nature; Towering slate, like a monument, like a knife back, like a book, like a bird; Like the back of a knife, let us feel the wonder of vicissitudes; And the spring and autumn on the stone makes us feel the tenacity of vitality:

A few strains of sandalwood, Qiugenyan.

After years of hard work, I stand proudly year after year.

This thousand-year-old sandalwood tree is intertwined and criss-crossed, like a dragon lying in the air; Standing upright on the rock, it is easy to survive in cold and summer, and it is high-spirited. The Book of Songs once said:

Plant seeds and enjoy the garden, not exceeding my garden and not breaking my sandalwood.

In the boundless blue sky, in the luster of green leaves, in the crisp songs of birds, in the swaying of reeds and in the swimming of shrimps, people's thoughts ripple, and nature and life are integrated. This is a natural journey and a spiritual journey.

It's past noon, forgetting hunger and fatigue, and unconsciously reaching the end of the canyon, but our party seems to be still wanting more. Looking down from the top of the canyon, Longtan Grand Canyon is like a dragon lying across, and Wan Ren stands on the left and right walls like a landslide; The two banks of Guan Xia face each other, with pools and waterfalls. Red rocks, green trees, waterfalls, secluded pools, fish swimming, shrimp swimming, cliffs, secluded caves and stone paths, just pick a corner, a few points and a few strokes, and a wonderful ink painting will appear. No wonder it is called "Yellow River Water Gallery".

It is surrounded by mountains, but it is much wider. My fellow travelers want to climb the top of the mountain again, step on the ropeway once, cross the overpass once, and have a thrilling heartbeat, but I feel that I have no fear of happiness. It is a pleasure to sit down and watch others swing on the water and cross the overpass in the air. Unconsciously, the difficulties and troubles of life and the noise of the city are diluted, melted and blown away by the mountains, water, wind and green here.

Look at the waterfall flowing down the mountain on the left, but there is no clear water overflowing from the deep pool below. I thought the water might be coming from the bottom of the pool and I couldn't find it anywhere. I asked a local girl to know that it was artificial water storage and then recycled. It's exactly the same when I think of the waterfall in Yuntai Mountain. I can only see it on special days, and I feel very uncomfortable. Let's ask again, the waterfalls and flowing springs along the way just now are also the accumulated water in the reservoir. Interest has dropped a bit. Indeed, knowing the truth is sometimes really cruel, it is better to be confused.

It rained on the way back, which was a happy episode. Walking in the valley, I don't know when the valley is dark. Looking up at the top of Daimei Mountain, it has already been covered by dark clouds. Rain is coming and the wind is getting stronger and stronger. It's very low, the wind is very urgent, and it's almost to the mountain pass. First, the thunder rumbled, then there was a burst of rain as big as a bean, and soon it rushed down like a large group of people.

At first, we were not in a hurry, but after all, we were not as calm as Su Shi's sentence, "Don't listen to the wind, why don't you sing slowly?" After a while, a group of people huddled under the eaves of the roadside to escape. The whole canyon is haunted by dragons and tigers, which is exciting and comfortable. Although I was wet by the rain, I didn't feel disappointed, but I had a vivid pleasure and comfort.

About half an hour later, after the rain cleared, the sun set and the canyon quieted down. Looking back at Daimei Mountain, vaguely shrouded in ethereal, like hibiscus, graceful, beautiful and quiet. And that mist is like a fairy with beautiful eyebrows.

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Mountains without water are not green, and water without mountains is not beautiful. The environment surrounded by mountains and rivers has always been an ideal living environment for human beings. Love for water, kindness for caves and yearning for the jungle all come from human instinct, which is the most primitive call and the unconscious self-return of human beings, making people feel safe, comfortable and natural.

In our traditional culture, the dragon controls the rain, and we call ourselves descendants of the dragon. Dragon is the totem of our nation, and the highest worship of dragon is mostly reflected in taking dragon as a place name and a person's name. Longtan Grand Canyon embodies such a cultural worship and spiritual belief.

Longtan Gorge starts from Qingyao Mountain and ends at Jingzi Mountain, where the Qinghe River flows. It is the core scenic spot of Daimei Mountain World Geopark.

There is a beautiful legend about Daimei Mountain. It is said that it was Princess Shang Tang's black eyebrow. Because Tang Wang was addicted to womanhood, she angrily left the palace to practice in the mountains. After Daimei persuaded Tang Wang to take the world as his duty and save the people from fire and water. Tang Wang was ashamed, so Xiu De attacked on a large scale, finally defeated Xia Jie and unified the world. Contemporary beauty becomes immortal. In order to thank Daimei for her kindness, King Tang built Notre Dame for her and named the mountain where she became immortal after her.

Myth is an illusory story that people perfunctory according to their own objective feelings and associations before they know nature. It is a subjective reflection of human consciousness and a humanized explanation of nature. It is a spiritual sublimation, so it has special aesthetic significance. Many geological wonders of Longtan Grand Canyon are endowed with beautiful and touching fairy tales, which makes the scenic spot more humanized and thus has more profound aesthetic value and social significance.

About Qingyao Mountain. Shan Hai Jing records that "Qingyaoshan is the secret capital of the emperor". The scripture in this ancient book makes Qingyaoshan have an indissoluble bond with Xuanyuan Huangdi, the ancestor of Chinese humanity, and also makes her become the carrier of inheriting ancient culture through a long journey of justice.

Qinghe used to be the traffic artery from the ancient Central Plains to Jiangzhou, Houma and Taiyuan in Jiangxi.

I once saw an ordinary cave, which made me think a lot. It is said that this is the place where Wang Luobin once took refuge, called Wang Bindong. A cave that can only accommodate one person may be a woodcutter's shelter from the rain, a wildlife habitat, or just a crack in the rock. But because of this label, many stories were born. King Robin is a young prodigy, and his swan song is well known:

Goose, goose, goose, Xiang Tiange with crooked neck.

White feathers, floating in green water; The red soles of the feet stir the clear water.

Wang should be a shy, aloof and brilliant representative of China literati. Young prodigy, middle-aged career bumpy, frustrated, follow the Xu Jingye uprising, failure is the inevitable result. As the old saying goes, ten years is a scholar, and ten years is a rebellion. In addition, Xu Jingye's military talent and political ambition are not comparable to Wang Bin's. It is said that for Wu Zhao, written by him, made Wu Zetian look thrilling. I hope I can't use it earlier.

This famous figure, one of the "four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty", finally disappeared, and where his soul went became an eternal trace. Perhaps, the escape life after defeat is not comfortable. This remote Wang Bin cave is hidden in a deep mountain canyon, and it seems reasonable for Wang Luobin to hide here. It's embarrassing to win the king and lose three.

Luojiacun, perhaps a coincidence, perhaps a fabrication, perhaps a nostalgia, is not elegant. A thousand years later, it doesn't matter where the soul of King Robin went. After all, history has left us too many mysteries. However, there are traces of leaking cliffs and eloquent poems, as well as two poems in memory of King Robin preserved in the homes of nearby villagers. I don't know whether it's true or not.

Overlooking the Leaking Cliff, I seem to see that Wang Bin, who has no ambition, reluctantly wrote a song "Leaking Yin Ming":

It is surprising that Lu Yi leaks, and there are stone ridges in the cliff Wan Ren;

The white fog whirled on the lip mountain, and the river was green with the wind.

The turbulent Qinghe took away his passion; The remote Longtan became his burial place.

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Perhaps only geologists can explain the natural wonders of Longtan Grand Canyon. Most people who come here on weekends or holidays have no intention of delving into the mysteries of nature. They just appreciate it with the eyes of outsiders, step on the stone path, listen to their own voices in the water, get some simple enlightenment or gratitude, and will linger for a while. But after all, I still have to go back to the noisy and annoying life.

I have experienced the hardships of life in a mountain village, revisiting old dreams occasionally, regaining warm memories, and adding a little freshness to the numb life. But if I want to live long, I really lack such courage and perseverance. The so-called seclusion is just a fantasy of self-deception by onlookers.

Natural landscape, without the influence of culture, is bound to lack spirituality and connotation. Culture is the soul of a nation. Integrate culture into natural mountains and rivers. The legend of Daimei Mountain, the site of the Yellow Emperor Midu in Qingyaoshan, the story of Robin's refuge, the fairy tale of the Dragon King, the story of his aunt marrying a blacksmith, etc. , are filled with rich China traditional culture, adding magical charm to the Longtan Grand Canyon.

However, if we add some pure natural landscapes and some historical sites at will, we will try our best to find some cultural landscapes such as historical sites, connect nature with celebrities, and make the scenic spots full of some confidence. This seems to have become a common problem in many scenic spots.

What's more, naming scenic spots at will and labeling them according to your own imagination will inevitably become vulgar. In fact, the expectation and sourness of this mentality of posing as a cultural person is precisely the lack of cultural self-confidence.

For example, the first-line waterfall is a more appropriate metaphor for the little girls in the same industry: look there, like peeing! Looking in the direction of the little girl's finger, a trickle gushed from a cliff tens of meters high, and the scene was vivid. I can't help laughing.

Children's words are boundless. But it is much easier to understand than what geologists call "Hanging Valley Waterfall". I don't know how many years have passed and how many people are pointing fingers. Opinions vary, and no one can agree. No matter what you call it, mountain or that mountain, stone or that stone, waterfall or that waterfall, it's all there.

In fact, the best choice, like the blank space in poetry, only provides a viewing platform for tourists to be there, imagine and comprehend by themselves. Only in this way can we "listen to the scenery rather than see it" and avoid being labeled as preconceived.

Shan Yu came and went without a trace, and the rain outside the mountain did not fall. Although it is not sunny, there are clouds everywhere, white, red, yellow, green, gray, purple, painted on the blue sky at will. It's bizarre and dreamlike, and my thoughts are free to imagine, or it's like a rainbow bridge lying on the waves, or a crocodile taking a nap, or

Suddenly, the red light in the carriage started, and I turned to look at the sunset behind me, like a Buddha's light shining. Suddenly looking around, there are slowly moving mountains in the south not far from dusk, and Ma 'anshan, censer peak and Liantian peak in my hometown in the distance are faintly discernible, gradually blurred and unrecognizable.