Juxian Gorge Travel Guide

Juxian Gorge is a scenic spot full of humanistic charm. Everything here has unprecedented tension and magic. The green plants and various flowers here are very rich. It is definitely the best place for leisure and vacation. Place, I will share with you the detailed strategy below.

Yellow on the top of the mountain

On the 18th day of the second lunar month, we all went to Juxian Gorge.

The pines and waves soar in the sky, the fragrance of redbuds blooms, and the stone gate crosses the stream, which is the source of cultural heritage.

There are many peaks in front of Xiangu Cave, and Tiananmen Peak is even more beautiful.

The stone urn in the south courtyard makes the sound of flowing water, and the artificial dam is full of energy.

The stone gates in the mountains are artificially made

The stone gates are named after they are shaped like a gate. They are a narrow barrier in Juxian Gorge that finally leads to the back mountain village. There is a small stream flowing. Legend has it that the mountain roots here are connected and are very steep. It is very dangerous for people to pass. During the Qing Dynasty, a Jinshi came from Bijiazhuang in Houshan Mountain and became the governor of Gansu. Every year, he visited Juxian Canyon to visit his relatives. To carry a sedan chair on horseback, you need to dig a mountain path and cut through thorns. One year, when the mountain was dug here, the masons worked during the day. The stone healed again at night, so the Jinshi had the stone cut open all night. As a result, the stone was bleeding, and then the stone was cut. Shimen'er, the locals said that Jinshi cut off the feng shui of his ancestral tomb. From then on, no one came out of this family, so Shimen'er's reputation has been passed down for a long time.

Comparison of old and new Shimen

In recent years, an asphalt road has been built through Juxian Gorge, and a ditch has been dug on the north mountainside of Shimen'er. The new road bypasses Shimen'er. , the road into the mountain is wider, closer, more convenient and smoother. There are few people paying attention to the Shimen below, and only the quiet stream flows leisurely day after day. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Shimen'er looks particularly quiet and vicissitudes of life!

White pine trees full of fairy spirit

The peaks in front of Juxian Cave

alongside To the east of Shimen'er is a place called the "Three-hole Kiln". A long time ago, people still lived here, collecting mountain products so that passers-by could rest, drink water and sharpen their nails. There is a natural cave on the cliff behind the Three-hole Kiln. Legend has it that Because an aunt of local Shi Ming sat here and turned into an immortal, it is commonly known as Shi Ming's Aunt Cave.

In the past, whenever there was drought and little rain, people from the surrounding villages would beat gongs and drums to pray for rain. It was said to be very effective. When the villagers returned to the village, there would be clouds and thunder in the mountains behind, followed by wind and rain. Come on, we saw this once when we were collecting firewood when we were children. The brave ones climbed up the cliff and climbed into a hole.

I forgot whether it rained or not. Last year I asked some friends to go up there once. The road was too dangerous. There were some stone tablets halfway up the mountain. The clay sculptures in the cave were still there. Few people came to burn incense and make wishes. , someone specially built a mountain road, and I heard that someone was also planning to develop it, but I was still curious when I saw a strange pine growing in front of the stone monument on the mountainside (pictured). Although I knew it was a abnormal tree, Growing up in this place adds a bit of mystery. There is a saying that if the mountain is not high, then there will be immortals. Therefore, I infer that our mountain is also a spiritual mountain, a sacred mountain. I look forward to her glorious reappearance.

The sacred mountain that is jealous of Tiananmen

Going half a mile eastward, the river surface of the ravine is relatively wider. A peak on Nanshan Mountain is shaped like Tiananmen in Beijing. Many years ago, there were pine trees on the top of the mountain_ There are many trees, dark green, solemn, and gloomy. The bluestone cliffs at the top of the mountain contrast with each other in black and white, with clear layers. There are mostly bushes in the middle of the mountainside, hugging the peaks. At the bottom, there are several terraces cultivated by the ancients. They have been idle and full of strange overgrown trees. Flowers and grasses, when spring comes, flowers are in full bloom, colorful, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery is particularly beautiful and spectacular.

After Tiananmen, there is a small mountain peak. We call it Monk Fen'er. When I was a child, I went up the mountain to cut firewood. To go up, I had to walk on a zigzag mountain road. The road was full of limestone blocks of different sizes. I remember that when I went up the mountain, I would Carrying one or two stones on the hillside, piling them up at the top of the mountain, taking a short rest before continuing on the road. It is said that if you don't carry stones when you go up the mountain, the day will be bad. Thinking about it today, it may be a good idea thought by the predecessors. Everyone came to pick up the stones on the mountain road so that they would not slip easily when they came back. This saying actually has nothing to do with the monk's tomb, but there is indeed a monk's tomb here. I heard that it was occupied by someone a few years ago. Stealing, don't even think about it, what would a monk who lived in the mountains and forests hundreds of years ago do? Modern people really can't tolerate the slightest bit of peace of the ancients. Today, what's the point of thinking about future generations? This kind of reality Irony is really worth thinking and reflecting on today.

Going down to the bottom of Monk’s Tomb Mountain, you can see the South Courtyard. The Wuyang River (actually this is a branch of the Wuyang River) extends southward for four to five hundred meters, rushing to the root of Nanshan Mountain. The ninety-degree bend turns to the northeast, and the river water washes it all year round. First, a cliff cave with a height of more than ten meters, a depth of eighty-nine meters, and a length of 100 meters is formed under the roots of Nanshan Mountain, which has become a paradise for mountain birds to nest. . Second, thousands of square meters of bluestone with uneven bottoms are exposed on the river surface. It is white and clean. Clear water flows in the middle of the river, and the large and small pools are crystal clear. It is particularly pleasant to rest, enjoy the cool, and play in the water in hot weather.

The pond under the South Courtyard

You can’t see the running water in the stone urn, but there is the sound of running water

After the Wuyang River passes through the South Courtyard, the river gradually becomes narrower, and suddenly Turning eastward, the current flows down and emerges from a bottomless stone urn. In the past, the top of the stone urn was covered with trees, flowers and grass. There was water in the stone urn all year round, and people did not dare to approach it lightly. Now, because the river water gradually Small, especially when the mountains are opened for road construction, a lot of gravel and soil are added to the river, the stone urns have been filled up, and a lot of vegetation has been destroyed.

This time I finally had the opportunity to visit the scene in person and took a photo of the mysterious stone urn (pictured) that the boy did not dare to approach. However, my emotions were very complicated. Although it was no longer the stone urn in my dreams, But standing on the stone urn, I can clearly hear the sound of diving and flowing under the stones, gurgling, as if moaning, as if singing in a low voice. The changes in the natural environment are not caused by human effort, but people have done something. What?

Man-made gorge stone dam in the 1960s and 1970s

After passing the stone urn to the east, the river took another zigzag bend and rushed out of the valley. Entering the loess hill area, you first bypass my village, then enter the Fen River, merge into the Yellow River, and finally merge into the sea.

In the 1960s, when I think about it now, it was really an era of daring to think, dare to do, and fighting against the world. Our small village with a population of less than 2,000 planned a new blueprint for rural construction. I saw it with my own eyes. I have been to the self-made sand table in the village, which is like the sand table map used by the military during the war. I heard an explanation that the north and south hills of the village, green mountains and green waters, gurgling rivers, layers of terraces, lush trees, are full of vitality.

First, build a stone dam at the entrance of the mountain to retain flood water, and then build four or five water diversion canals in the north and south of the village according to the altitude and the shape of the hills. The water can pass through the soles of our village and the center of the village. , the village hilltop flows through, irrigating more than half of the land in our village, changing the predicament of relying on the sky for food. It is a pity that it could not be built for unknown reasons (some say it is due to geographical reasons that there is no water leakage)!

The miracles created by my villagers are still worthy of being sung. The three aqueducts built have irrigated the land for many years. Until the mid-1980s, there was still a lot of riverbank land in my village. The soil was fertile and the water was beautiful. More than a thousand are produced, especially in summer and autumn, after a storm.

The fields are full of moving scenes of people competing for water to irrigate the fields. It rains a lot in autumn, and the water flows continuously in long ditches. People go shopping for vegetables and wash clothes beside the ditches, which is better than the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The main contribution is the stone built in front of you. Dam, it all depends on our villagers carrying forward the foolish old spirit, being self-reliant and working hard every winter during the slack period.

The young and middle-aged people in the village set up camp at the root of the mountain. They spent nearly ten years using their hands and simple labor tools to burn ashes and lay stones to build a temple that was more than fifty meters long and nearly thirty meters wide. The trapezoidal stone dam, which is more than ten meters high, was later suspended for construction, but it successfully intercepted the roaring floods and mudslides, and preserved the villages and farmland along the river. According to my close observation, it is far stronger than today's reinforced concrete. In comparison, the amount of the project is far beyond that of a single village farmer. I have been to many provinces and counties, and at least I have not found any village or town in which era that would have built such a project. It can be called a miracle on earth. The flood control energy it generated is still It is immeasurable and worthy of our pride.

The river lined with strange rocks

The road leading to the outside of the mountain

Today, a few friends returned to Juxian Gorge for a circle, and hurriedly Come and go in a hurry. Although the childhood memories are beautiful, the stories in the mountains are also magical. I will make some records. With the opening of roads, it will be more convenient to enter and exit the mountains. More and more people will discover its beauty. The understanding of immortals will be deeper and more thorough, but on the contrary, the damage will also increase. I sincerely hope that people in my hometown will cherish it more, take care of every mountain, water, plant and tree here, and protect my hometown. Green mountains and green waters are mountains of gold and silver. This is the real The construction of new countryside in the new era!