The encounter with Mianshan was full of twists and turns, and the slight drunkenness the night before caused him to miss the train the next day. I asked the proprietress of the hotel about the location of the bus station. I took a bus from the ancient city of Pingyao to Jiexiu City. I got on the bus at 9 o'clock. The driver delayed until 11 o'clock when the seats were full. Listening to Pu Shu's "The Ordinary Road", the haze was also swept away. An hour later, I arrived in Jiexiu City, and the KFC near the bus station settled for lunch. I just went to the toilet and came back for lunch, and the waiter threw it away. It's ok I'm used to it. There is no shuttle bus to Mianshan scenic spot. I heard on the Internet that Mianshan taxis will charge randomly. It happened that three people also went to Mianshan, so it is not too expensive to take a taxi for 50 per person to go to the scenic spot. The reason why I came to Mianshan was because I saw a story about Jie Zitui, a minister of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period, who helped Chong'er ascend to the throne. , Hou Chong'er set fire to the mountain in order to force Jiezi to push out the mountain, and Jie and his mother were burned on the mountain. So Mianshan is also called Jieshan.
It is said that in order to commemorate Jie Zitui's integrity festival, Chong'er ordered that no fire should be lit in the whole country on its festival day, so the origin of the Cold Food Festival, that is, our Qingming Festival today, all originated from this mountain. At the same time, the Mianshan and Mianshan scenic spots are also national AAAAA-level tourist attractions. They straddle the boundaries of Jiexiu, Lingshi, and Qinyuan cities and counties, and the highest altitude reaches 2,560 meters. After climbing many steps, I finally arrived at the ticket office. I bought a student ticket for about 110 yuan, and I also had to add scenic spot insurance. Mianshan Scenic Area covers an area of 294.75 square kilometers, and the area of the developed tourist area is more than 54 square kilometers. It integrates mountains and rivers, cultural relics, Buddhist and Taoist temples and revolutionary sites on one mountain. There are a number of buses in the scenic area to pick up and drop off tourists for free at various scenic spots . The bus does not leave for one person, so I was asked to wait until I went into the mountain with other tourists. Fortunately, a Taiwanese sunset red tour group came, and individual travelers like me were arranged to go up the mountain with them on a bus. Along the way, the voices of Taiwanese grannies are so sweet that you can shave honey. In comparison, I feel as if I have grown a beard.
The bus went round and round along the winding mountain road. The road surface is narrow and the altitude keeps rising. It’s like driving on the edge of a cliff. The car will scrape the trees on the edge of the cliff and make a loud noise. Looking out the window, I suddenly sighed that I bought insurance .
There are 14 major scenic spots and more than 360 small scenic spots in Mianshan: cultural landscapes include: Longtou Temple, Longji Ridge, Li Guyan, Fengfang Spring, Daluo Palace, Tianqiao, Yidou Spring, Zhujiaao, Yunfeng Temple, Zhengguo Temple, Jiegong Ridge; the natural landscapes generally include: Qixian Valley, Guteng Valley, and Shuitaogou. Our thrilling bus arrived at the first scenic spot after driving for half an hour. The first few scenic spots are all cultural landscapes, mostly temple buildings, and there were temple buildings in Mianshan as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it had a considerable scale in the early Tang Dynasty. Buddhist Zen Forest. Although I don't believe in religion, I have always been interested in historical relics and religious totems.
The most typical one is the Daluo Palace, where it is said that Jie Zhitui once saw the highest realm of Taoism, "Daluo Fairyland", "on the top of Sanqing, there is Yujing Mountain, and there are seven treasure trees covering the heavens in all directions, called Daluo". Then the Daluo Palace was built. It is also said that the younger sister of Zong Tangtai once practiced Taoism in Daluo Palace, and it was restored during Tang Xuanzong's period. Later, due to the war, only remnants of Daluo Palace remained. The current Daluo Palace was rebuilt on the original site. It is an antique building with three bright and three dark four and seven floors built against the mountain. It is more than 110 meters high and is the largest Taoist palace in China.
Because of the limited time, I took a car to the last scenic spot and planned to visit from the back to the front. The first thing to visit is Guteng Valley, which is also the place where Linghu Chu, a famous Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, ran Jinglin Academy. Here, the bridge and the water seem to be a pair of lovers. Sometimes the water rises and wraps around the bridge, and sometimes the bridge shakes and passes by. When crossing a bridge, many lovers are entangled in the bridge to lock their marriage locks. Thinking that there is no one to lock them, they cross the bridge leisurely, but the soles of their feet slip and the water glass falls into the water.
After seeing the rocks with Guteng Valley written all the way, the trees are dense and the soil is wet, and there is a feeling of entering a primitive rainforest. Walking one foot deep and one foot shallow, the deeper you go, the fewer tourists there are and the temperature drops sharply, until the stone road turns into a muddy road in the mountains. The spirit of exploration in my bones made me want to find out even if I smelled the silence and desolation. After traveling for half an hour, I was sure that the future was boundless and the sky was getting dark and I turned back. A meandering stream has been accompanying me, and the vines of the gazebo are also passing by in a hurry. This mountain, this scene, one person is enough.
The second scenic spot to visit is Shuitaogou, which is like what Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty said in "Shui Jing Zhu" said that the Mianshan Shitong water turns a thousand times, turbulently flows, and the goshawks return to the empty valley and the birds sing, forming a picture. Strange landscape painting. Among them, the Wulong Waterfall has a drop of more than 80 meters, and people can pass under the waterfall. The waterfall of Shuilian Cave flows straight down from the front of the cave, and it suddenly feels like the Huaguoshan Water Curtain Cave. The cave can accommodate thirty or forty people. It is a must-see attraction I recommend!
The third scenic spot is Qixian Valley, which is my favorite and most thrilling scenic spot. It is a canyon that winds down with nine curves and a line of sky. There are iron cables and iron plates on the cliff in the middle of the canyon. There is a small booth for people to take pictures under the cable bridge. Since I have to climb the bag and get in the way, I store the bag there. The stall owner said that he will not be responsible for losing it and will not charge you. I put it there and said that I will come down to pick it up later. When the climbing cable bridge is moved, the entire iron cable shakes, which is still quite scary, especially as the height increases.
The second is to walk the cliff-like iron road
But because I wear bipolar slippery shoes, I can only move slowly by holding on to the iron chain on the cliff. Several times I have to rely on the elder brother in front to pull me to keep from falling. After asking, I found out that my elder brother is also from Inner Mongolia. I call him Feng. Brother, Brother Feng is a photographer, and then he took a few photos for me. I know that this is probably the ugliest model Brother Feng has ever photographed.
It was only later that I realized that I had been scratched by a rusty iron nail on my calf. I didn't feel it at the time, and I realized that there was blood in the shoe. This sense was also intoxicated. The scar is still there after many years. As soon as I climbed to the top of the mountain through the cable bridge, it started to rain. It was really rainy and windy. Brother Hefeng ran to the ticket office to avoid the rain. There is an elevator that goes directly down the mountain. We both wanted to take the cableway down the mountain and waited for the rain to stop talking nonsense. It took about an hour to see if the rain hadn’t stopped. I I went to buy two temporary ponchos, Brother Feng helped me buy an elevator ticket and we took the elevator down the mountain. As soon as I got out of the elevator, the rain stopped, and I collapsed at that time. Brother Feng laughed wildly and said, girl, you are a barometer. Then we said goodbye at the scenic spot. When I was about to go to the next scenic spot, I realized that my bag was still there to take pictures, so I hurried back. At that time, I must have left to avoid the rain, and I couldn't get my bag back.
When I arrived, I saw a boy standing in the rain with an umbrella and my bag in his hand. The first thing he said when he saw me was, Oh girl, why did you come here? I was so worried. I apologized quickly at that time, and I had forgotten about the bag, or I would have taken the elevator down earlier, and I was very touched that he had been waiting for me in the heavy rain just now, and he also said that if it wasn’t for paying back my bag, he would have gone down the mountain early. I didn't know how to remedy it for a while, but when I saw a "Want Want" bun in my bag, I said sillyly, "Aren't you hungry, I'll give you a piece of bread." I think at that time he must have thought I was stupid. It was raining heavily again, and my plastic bag poncho was useless long ago. This boy sent me to a shelter from the rain, and told me to say goodbye next time I took the bag away. I suddenly felt that the touch from a stranger was simple and pure .
The fourth scenic spot is the Mianshan Flyover. Not to mention the picture above, it is all my favorite.
There is also the Tiesuo Ridge scenic spot. I suggest that those with a bad heart do not try these. It is really exciting, and there is no protection when climbing.
Fengfangquan scenic spot is a belly rock with a height of more than 100 meters and a width of more than 30 meters. Dozens of stone milks in the lower part of the rock drip water all the year round, making a tinkling sound. The literati of all dynasties called it "Xuanquan".
The second is the Zhengguo Temple, where there are eight eminent monks and the real bodies of four eminent Taoists. It has gone through thousands of years and has a complete skeleton. It is the highest Buddhist temple in my country.
Due to the limited time and the rain, I could only take a shallow tour, and I didn't have time to watch many scenic spots. So I suggest to leave at least two days for Mianshan, it is worth your own! Because it was getting late and there was no car back to the city, there were no hotels at the foot of the mountain, only a few homestays, so I chose the nearest one to stay. I have never asked for a place to live, just a bed and bedding. The room can accommodate a bed, a cabinet, and a computer that is not connected to the Internet, which is enough.
The owner is an aunt in her forties. She is very enthusiastic and changed me to the latest bedding. She was afraid that I would live alone and asked me if I would like to live in the same room with her. I was afraid that other customers would use more toilet paper and not put the paper in the bathroom, and I would tear up a lot of it for me. Although I can't escape the breath of a country woman, I think it's also kind of cute. Invite me to have dinner with you tonight!
As the sun sets, the smell of mud after the rain permeates the entire village. Breathing a piece of tranquility in this countryside is not a blessing. The muddy road after the rain made me run barefoot. Wearing the necklace of the Yi nationality, the sound of running caused dogs to bark in the quiet village. When I was tired, I simply sat in the mud, but the dirty white dress made my heart happy. In that quiet scenery, no matter how much melancholy there is, I will be relieved, which is why I choose a simple scenery with my backpack to blend in when I feel underestimated. (The so-called simple scenery is not too developed and commercialized, mostly natural scenery. I tried to mediate in Beijing, but the crowded flow of people made me feel worse)
When I woke up the next morning, I waited for the shuttle bus from here and chatted with my aunt for more than two hours. My aunt told me about her family affairs, and I helped her daughter find a suitable school for the college entrance examination. Before leaving, I gave all the big packs of snacks I bought to her son. I also secretly took pictures of my aunt, who sent me to the car all the time. We didn’t know when we would see each other again, but I just remembered what my aunt said when I got in the car. Many people are full of fear and speculation about strangers. I don't deny that there are liars, and I have encountered them too. But during the journey alone, I always faced every stranger with a smile, and I also received the kindness of many strangers. I remember everyone on the journey, so many years in a blink of an eye, I wonder if you still remember me, I wish you all the best.
PS: The photos with good pixels have been professionally retouched and filled with light are all taken by Brother Feng, and the photos with poor pixels and obvious traces of beautiful pictures are all taken by me. do not mind the details.
1 It is cloudy and sunny in the mountains. It is recommended to bring an umbrella and poncho
2 There are many mosquitoes in the deep jungle, remember to apply wind oil
3. If you are physically exhausted for a day, you can bring food to replenish your energy. There are places to buy water in the scenic area, and the price is slightly expensive.
4 There are trekking poles for sale in the scenic area, no need to bring them separately.
