Crossing Zhaogong Mountain

After get off work in the afternoon of April 19, 2013, we gathered at the north gate of Deyang Stadium and took a large van to stay in a villa facing the street in Tai'an Ancient Town, Back Mountain, Qingcheng, preparing to cross Zhaogong Mountain the next day.

At 8:02 on April 20, people who were still sleeping were woken up by a violent shaking. It turned out that a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.0 occurred in Lushan County, which is only more than 100 kilometers away in a straight line. .

Travelers who have experienced too many large and small earthquakes since the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 slowly walked down the wooden building to the front of the store. While waiting for breakfast, they discussed whether to continue crossing Zhaogong Mountain. As a result, the vast majority of people were worried that there would be aftershocks or that the earthquake had caused landslides and other unfavorable factors and suggested canceling the event.

Since the activity of crossing Zhaogong Mountain has been aborted, a few of us who were eager to return have chartered a small van to go home directly. Other travel friends are still staying in the back mountains of Qingcheng waiting for Deyang. A chartered car will come to pick you up.

The challenges in spring have not been fulfilled, but expectations are especially strong in autumn.

After get off work in the afternoon of September 13th, we gathered at the same time and place, and took the same bus to the same accommodation place in Tai'an Ancient Town, Qingcheng Houshan. It's just that our arrival time was earlier than expected because we were traveling in a "high-end, classy" Iveco van.

After nightfall in the ancient town of Tai'an, the wind was blowing and it was drizzling. Everyone was worried about the weather conditions tomorrow.

The next day, the weather was sunny and the autumn air was crisp. At 9 o'clock in the morning, two Liuzhou Wuling vans carried 15 of us to the starting point of crossing Zhaogong Mountain.

Before crossing, all the travel friends took a group photo.

One of the drivers with thick eyebrows and big eyes who just drove the van parked the vehicle, carried a simple bag on his back, picked up a sharp machete and set off with us. He is the guide we hired for this crossing activity.

After we walked through a short section of cement road, the guide led us into the path where "the road is narrow, the grass and trees are long, and the evening dew touches my clothes."

Zhaogongshan belongs to the humid evergreen forest area of ??mid-subtropical zone, with bamboo, thousand-foot-long tree, golden nanke, red poplar, eldergrass, ingot grass, purple jasmine, oleifera vine, cold water flower, maidenhair fern There are many types of plants, trees and shrubs are stretching out to cover the sky and the sun, and wild flowers and weeds are everywhere, leaving no room. If the distance between the front and back is slightly wider, you will not be able to see the shadow of the colorful rain cover swaying in front of you and lose your direction.

"Thousands of grasses weep in dew, and pines sing in the wind. At this time, in the lost path, where does the shape and shadow go?"

Teammates walking behind need to rely on the guide to cut down Imprints of plant branches, footprints and marks left on the ground, shouts and shouts, and carrying walkie-talkies to track the trail.

After climbing up and down hills and turning many corners, we came to a cliff. We all carefully descended into the deep ditch like a gecko.

There is a clear and rippling stream in the ravine. Judging from its direction, it should be a stream flowing to Tonglinggou and then into Weijiang River.

As the old saying goes, if you often walk by the stream, how can you avoid getting your shoes wet? @Forget it, my heels were unstable and I accidentally fell into the stream. The cold stream water soaked most of my body.

After crossing the stream, we started to go up the stream, sometimes on the left bank, sometimes on the right bank, and sometimes in the stream.

During the journey, I twice declined the kindness of the kind-hearted guide who wanted to help me carry my luggage, and gave the opportunity to a female travel companion who was in greater need of help.

If the road we are walking on can be called a road, I am afraid that except for people who build and repair water plants, artificially grow medicinal materials and pick wild yams, scientific expedition teams, explorers and hunters No one else wants to "come here". During the whole day, we only met one herb collector in a large forest of Magnolia officinalis near the foot of the mountain.

The mountain has its own weight without losing its majesty. Most of the beautiful original scenery can be found deep in the mountain where there are few people.

On the way forward, sometimes there is only room for one person to pass between trees and rocks, sometimes there are rocks on one side and cliffs, and sometimes there are seemingly decayed wooden sticks set up between cliffs. Bridge..., climb up or down the slope. At this moment, in addition to the trekking pole in your hand, all the stones, vines, branches, bamboo poles and other objects on the ground have become the most important grasping points, even if you can only use four Both forces give people a sense of solidity that weighs as much as a thousand pounds.

In the most special places, dead tree trunks lying domineeringly on the road blocked the way. Chuan Ge, who followed the guide closely, would send humorous messages through the intercom: "Ahead × There are single (double) bar movements in ××meter, please follow the "National Physical Education Examination Syllabus" to cross!" "In front of ××meter, you can crawl like a turtle, but you can't walk like a human." Where the tree trunks were lying horizontally, we either crawled across or lay on our sides. In a word, we used almost every posture imaginable while walking on the Maomao Road. We all became "dirty clay figures" and everyone had thorn scratches on their arms.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, we came to a place called "Yanwo". We had a meal on the road and "barbecued" shoes and socks around the fire.

The mountains are getting steeper and the streams are getting softer and softer. At two places where the cliffs blocked the way, we had to use protective ropes and climb up the rocks one by one in the manner of "bags first, travel companions later, ladies first, gentlemen later".

The twilight in the deep mountains and old forests is darker than outside the mountains because of the tall trees. The physical energy consumption of most people seems to have reached the limit after walking for a whole day. In addition, the guide is a little confused about the direction of travel. For safety reasons, the @leader who was cleaning up the team used the intercom to inform the front team to choose a small piece of land with relatively flat terrain and no risk of mudslides as a campsite.

Under normal circumstances, camping and bonfire parties are essential. Everyone sits together to eat meat, drink wine, sing, dance, tell jokes, guess riddles and play games, etc., which can not only relax the tired Muscles and tension can also be baked on soaked clothes and equipment. Only this time, there was no bonfire party because it was difficult to find dry firewood and the venue could not be opened.

At 7 o'clock in the morning on the 15th, everyone got up one after another.

After crawling for about 50 minutes in a valley full of bushes, we reached a flat land and saw some Chengdu travelers who had camped here from the mountain before packing up their tents and equipment to go down the mountain. According to them, emergency rescue helicopters were parked here on May 12.

We looked up again, and the Zhaogong Temple, looming in the drizzle and mist, was 100 meters above the top of the mountain.

Zhaogong Mountain has many names. The earliest "Shan Hai Jing" called it Du Mountain, "Huayang Zhi" called it Chengdu Mountain, Tianguo Mountain, and later it was called Yayue Mountain and Damian Mountain. After having the God of Wealth Zhao Gongming, he was called Zhao Gongshan. It is located in Yutang Town, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province. It is the east branch of the southern section of the Qionglai Mountains. It is the blessed place of Qingcheng Mountain's "Dongtian Blessed Land". The highest peak is 2434 meters above sea level, making it the highest peak of Qingcheng Mountain.

The data measured by my Casio electronic watch shows that the altitude of the Zhaogong Temple is 2275 meters.

The Zhaogong Temple on Zhaogong Mountain was founded in the Han Dynasty. It is said to be the ancestral home of Zhao Gongming, the first God of Wealth in China.

Currently, there is only one abbot of Zhaogong Temple, known as Wang Daozhang. Taoist Master Wang, who had already seen through the world of mortals at a young age, has followed the Taoist teachings since he escaped from Huang Guan and converted to the Taoist temple. In addition to doing a good job in teaching affairs faithfully, he also has to do a good job in reception warmly and thoughtfully, such as providing free boiled water for everyone and cooperating with tourists to take photos.

When entering the Zhaogong Temple, which is dilapidated but still popular, the first thing that catches the eye is the message posted on the wall.

From the conversation with Mr. Wang, who is quiet and stoic, we learned that there are no more than 50 travel companions who have crossed the little-known route yesterday.

This time we accounted for one-fifth and a half, give yourself a thumbs up. At this moment, our mood is just like the team flag posted on the wall "Dongyo.com" imitating the ancient Roman Caesar's "I came, I saw, I conquered" and changed to "I came, I saw, I conquered" The slogan is also full of unprecedented pride.

Judging from the clothes of the people coming and going in the temple, today there are mostly tourists visiting the mountains and rivers, but few pilgrims visiting Taoism and seeking immortality.

Although I have no religious beliefs, I still approve of Taoism, the only native religion in China. However, I, who believe that "a wise man does not count fortune telling, and a gentleman does not ask for fortune-telling," and the faithful men and women who "burn incense, visit the monks, and do two things in one thing" still have different ideas and practices. This time, since I finally walked through the journey to find the authentic The God of Wealth, in order to get a "profit" and to thank the Taoist Priest for his warm reception, voluntarily donated 20 yuan of merit money without the Taoist Priest knocking out all the words and mumbling words, and without me burning incense and making a wish.

Before going down the mountain, Taoist Wang, who always had a happy face and spoke from the bottom of his heart, took off his Gejin cloth robe and joined our teammates who were at the end of the team in "Tao follows nature" We took a group photo in front of the stone monument and stopped to watch us go down the mountain.

Tao follows nature, which is a philosophical thought from the "Tao Te Ching", which means that the laws reflected in "Tao" are "natural". For individual people, following the natural way, nourishing the natural body, being healthy and well is a blessing, and being ordinary is the truth. This is the secret of physical and mental health that people pursue tirelessly.

The path down the mountain is the main way up to Zhaogong Mountain, so there are more tourists coming and going. This road was built with donations from many caring people, and the entire road was paved with wooden sticks or stones.

Not only were there many simple pavilions set up for people to rest along the way, but there were also posts on some big trees such as "Environmental protection is very important, pick up the trash together and take it with you", "Dear, for Warm reminder slogans such as “Please bring your own trekking poles,” and “The mountain road is rugged, please pay attention to safety.”

You won’t fall if you walk slowly, and you can’t make mistakes if you are careful. I am particularly afraid of falling during every mountaineering activity, so I always walk slowly up the mountain and even slower down the mountain. "Three steps slower" state.

On the way, everyone walked into the Patriarch’s Temple to take a rest.

At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we got on the return chartered bus in Yutang Town. Everyone happily raised their bare arms to show the scratches like a cat scratching them.