Guizhou Travel Essay - From Yangming Cultural Park, the Holy Land of Mind Learning to the Stunning Hundred-mile Rhododendron in the World

This spring is beautiful, flowers are blooming everywhere, and Douyin is full of people admiring flowers and scenery. I also plan to go out for a walk to find out the feeling. Where should I go?

? I have always been interested in the story of Wang Yangming’s Longchang Enlightenment. I have been exposed to Yangming’s philosophy of mind for a long time, but it is very superficial. I have never gotten into it. Many concepts are specious and I am extremely confused. I just want to go on a pilgrimage and visit Longchang. This can be regarded as a kind of unity of knowledge and action!

So I looked it up on the Gaode map and found that there is a Yangming Cultural Park in Xiuwen County, Guiyang, which is the place where the late sage Wang Yangming became enlightened - the original Longchang Station in Guizhou. At that time, Wang Yangming was demoted to this place. After nine deaths, he finally became enlightened and created a far-reaching philosophy of mind. Wang Yangming was called one of two half-perfect men by later generations, the other was Confucius, and the other was Zeng Guopan. The so-called perfect person must achieve the three immortal things of "establishing morality, establishing words, and performing meritorious services". In recent years, Wang Yang's psychology has become quite popular, and bookstores are full of related books. Some books are just trying to sell dog meat, using the shell of psychology to sell chicken soup for the soul. There are not many books that are truly valuable. It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Go to Longchangyi to intuitively feel the magnetic field and atmosphere. This is the original intention of this trip.

? I originally planned to drive there for a short self-driving trip. But when driving alone, it is easy to fall asleep on the road, and the safety factor is low. Moreover, it only takes about two hours to take the high-speed rail from Chongqing to Xiuwen. The high-speed rail ticket only costs 127 yuan, which is lower than the toll of driving by yourself. It is better to take the high-speed rail. That is Economical and fast.

Departure from Chongqing West Railway Station at 9 a.m. on March 20 and arrive at Xiuwen High-speed Railway Station at around 11:30 a.m. Spend thirty yuan to carpool and arrive at Yangming Cultural Park at twelve o'clock. Yangming Cultural Park is located in Xiuwen County, with extremely convenient transportation, food and accommodation.

Tickets for Yangming Cultural Park can be booked online for 55 yuan each, and tickets purchased at the gate cost 60 yuan. There are very few tourists in the Cultural Park, just a few here and there, which is suitable for a quiet visit. Starting from the gate, I walked around slowly, carefully looking at each inscription and couplet, and read the introduction of Wang Yangming's life and glorious deeds in the memorial hall. I bought a book called "Five Hundred Years of Wang Yangming" by Teacher Li Bo. I saw on TV that Teacher Li Bo has a profound foundation in Chinese studies and is personable, elegant and elegant. His book is very readable. It provides an in-depth and easy-to-understand interpretation of Yangming's theory of mind, and combines it with his own skills. It is very innovative and has never been published before. It took me two nights to read it. I highlighted the key points with a pencil and wrote some thoughts. This is the best way to pass the loneliness when traveling alone.

I played in the cave for more than an hour, trying to imagine the scene when the sage was alone here. When Wang Mingyang first came here, the population was sparsely populated, the miasma was deadly, the language was unintelligible, and his followers died one after another, creating unspeakable despair and terror. Wang Yangming had an idea at that time: How should a saint deal with this situation? Because he has determined to become a saint since he was a child, but he has been pursuing it for many years without success, and now he has entered a desperate situation in life. When facing a desperate situation, put aside life and death, make a sarcophagus, and sleep in it every night. Just like the Tomb of the Living Dead in Zhongnan Mountain. Once a person gives up everything and takes life and death lightly, his heart becomes stronger and his body unleashes his unlimited potential. His originally weak body miraculously defeated the miasma (actually it was dysentery today, because the mortality rate was very high due to the limited medical level in ancient times). He got along well with the surrounding ethnic minorities, taught them literacy, and worked together. On a stormy night, he suddenly woke up and yelled. He suddenly realized that the direction he had pursued outward was wrong. One should seek from the heart, which puts forward the concept of Xinxue that there is nothing outside the heart. For specific details, please refer to the relevant information. I will not go into details.

Wang Mingyang once said that there is a saint in everyone's heart, but he can't find it by looking outside. I want to say that everyone, including ordinary people like me, has his or her own chance to achieve enlightenment in the Dragon Field, but he just hasn’t had the chance to find his own “Dragon Field” yet. A person's true enlightenment is in trouble and pain. That kind of unforgettable feeling will stimulate the switch of people's thoughts and open up the inner light.

The essence of Longchang’s enlightenment is to suddenly connect to the energy of the soul. Our external space-time latitude is: length, width and height (front, back, left, right, up, down, center), plus time (past, present, future). In fact, this is the outward latitude, and the other inward latitude (towards the heart, towards the soul). When the internal and external latitudes are opened up, a so-called high-dimensional advantage is formed, which has the effect of reducing the dimensionality of things. This is the study of the mind. The basic principles of its efficacy. ——Some thoughts of my own.

After Wang Mingyang realized Taoism in Longchang and founded Xinxue, he went out to serve as a county magistrate, suppressed bandits, and quelled the rebellion of King Ning, among which Xinxue played an irreplaceable role. As an ordinary person, if you have some experience in mind science, have a strong heart at key life nodes, and achieve the unity of knowledge and action, you will definitely not be far behind. This is also one of the purposes of this pilgrimage, which is to pass this book Take a trip and figure out where to go in the future.

Now let’s talk about the unity of knowledge and action. The combination of knowledge and action is a saying that has been widely circulated and has far-reaching influence. Influenced countless outstanding people in later generations. The unity of knowledge and action can be understood from its literal meaning and profound connotation.

The unity of knowledge and action literally means the combination of theory and practice.

But when the unity of knowledge and action is written as knowledge, action, unity, and unity, the feeling suddenly changes. Knowledge, action, unity and unity become the four stages of the entire action. It profoundly reveals the inherent laws of epistemology. The stage of knowing is the perceptual cognition of things, and the stage of doing is the actual operation and verification of knowledge. In the operation and verification, the knowledge is further improved and the operation is further proficient, so the knowledge and action have a combined effect, forming New level of understanding: one; then the cycle continues upward from the new combination of knowledge and action, one, with positive feedback and continuous improvement.

Unity of knowledge and action: advocating practice in matters means practicing to gain true knowledge and using things to refine the mind.

The book cites a typical case: a student studied psychology from his own teacher, but was confused about the unity of knowledge and action. Driven by his thirst for knowledge, he traveled thousands of miles and overcame difficulties and obstacles. Finally arrived at Yangming's door and expressed his confusion. Wang Yangming said: You don’t need to learn anymore, you already know and practice. The students asked why. Yang Ming said that the process from thinking to coming is the process of integrating knowledge and action, and students suddenly become enlightened. This story inspired me a lot. For example, when I came to the Wang Yangming Cultural Park, I went from an idea to realization. After visiting, I bought a book introducing the study of the mind and read it for two nights. I mastered the general framework of the study of the mind and developed a strong interest in it. So I further studied, which led me to write these words. This in itself is also a process of integrating knowledge and action.

For example, I want to start a business now. I want to start from the real estate field that I am familiar with, do courses, and start a content business. This process lasted for more than a month. I bought many books on real estate and sorted out the first-line knowledge. I have specific experience in trading, intensively studied the five disciplines of large-scale operations, total project management, and real estate finance and finance, and compiled a first draft of tens of thousands of words. At the same time, I signed up to learn how to create a paid knowledge course. I changed the content outline several times and decomposed the final goal. This process was actually very painful, but I continued to do it. The biggest pain was external interference. From family members, relatives and friends.

In this case, you should look inward and learn to continue your own path amidst interference. This is a skill that entrepreneurs must learn. Many people's entrepreneurship is not about starting a business successfully, but giving up successfully and regretting it for the rest of their lives. In fact, many people fail to start a business before they actually start.

Lying on the bed in the hotel in the early morning, I wrote from seven o'clock to nine o'clock without any pause in the middle. I wrote the above words in one breath, which is also the unity of knowledge and action.

In Glory of Kings, find your own field and become the king of that small field. There are countless mountains in the world. Don’t compare with the highest one, the one you are best at and the most unique one. In this diplomatic confrontation between China and the United States, translator Zhang Jing completed the task at the top level, fulfilled his mission, and amazed the world. She has reached her peak in the translation world and is the king of the translation world, glorifying the world and inspiring those with ambitions.

Therefore, determination is very important and the key to life. Although it is said that one should be established at thirty, in fact, it does not matter if one is established at forty or fifty. It is better to be established than not to be established at all.

Some people do grow ten years slower than others, but life is a marathon, not a sprint. Compare endurance, rhythm, persistence, and finally compete with yourself. This is also a step towards the unity of knowledge and action.

Zhang Jing’s growth experience is something that ordinary people cannot achieve. At the same time, it gave me an inspiration. To start a content business, you must thoroughly exercise your writing skills, expression skills, ideological understanding, and physical fitness. Make detailed plans and double your efforts. Don’t give up until you reach your goal and break out of your own blue ocean. In today's era, there are so many platforms, and talented people will never be buried. Don't lament that you haven't met Bole. First, make sure you are a thousand-mile horse. Even if you are not a thousand-mile horse, at least it is a hundred-mile horse. At least it is a strong horse and a horse with endurance.

Use crazy learning, crazy output, and crazy exercise to relieve anxiety about the future. Heaven is in good health, a gentleman strives for self-improvement, and carries great virtues with him. Self-improvement and virtue are both used together. This is the magic weapon for the unity of understanding and heart.

Now is not only an era of knowledge explosion, but also an era of opportunity explosion. Content entrepreneurship is the right thing to do. Like-minded friends are welcome to contact me and we will share resources together to break through the bottleneck of content entrepreneurship and seize the trend of this era.

After visiting Wang Mingyang Cultural Park, I have not thought about where to go next. I just walked to Xiuwen Passenger Terminal. I wanted to go around Guiyang city and learn about the latest development of Guiyang. I also want to visit several famous scenic spots in Guiyang city. Before buying the ticket, I opened the Gaode map to search for interesting places in Guiyang. After searching for a long time, I found nothing very attractive. When I opened the WeChat Yijian Travel Guizhou applet, an advertisement for Baili Dujuan suddenly popped up in front of my eyes. Yes, let’s go to Baili Dujuan.

Baili Rhododendron is located at the junction of Dafang County and Qianxi County in Bijie. There is a primitive Rhododendron forest belt about 50 kilometers long and five kilometers wide. Every spring and March, the Rhododendrons all over the mountains and plains are amazing. . Known as the ribbon of the earth. At present, the scenic spot has been separated from Dafang and Qianxi and has become an area directly managed by Bijie. Its name is Baili Dujuan.

From the map, Baili Dujuan is quite close to our hometown. It is about 140 kilometers from Baili Dujuan Pudi Scenic Area to the hometown of the county, and it takes about one and a half hours on the highway. To be honest, I feel a little proud that there is such a famous five-A scenic spot near my hometown. I have heard about Baili Dujuan for many years, but I have never gone to see it, which is a pity.

I didn’t go on a self-driving tour without a car this time, so it was really inconvenient to move around. Xiuwen Passenger Terminal does not have a direct passenger line to Baili Dujuan Scenic Area, nor does it have a passenger line to Dafang or Qianxi. The only way is to take a bus to Guiyang Jinyang Passenger Transport Station, and then transfer to Baili Dujuan from there.

So I bought a ticket from Xiuwen to Jinyang Passenger Terminal for only fifteen yuan.

We set off at 11 o'clock in the morning. The bus drove slowly and leisurely, and I read a book in the car with peace of mind. The car drove for about an hour and a half and arrived at Jinyang Passenger Terminal. I bought a ticket to Baili Dujuan at the station and got on the bus without saying a word. We expect to arrive at the scenic spot around three o'clock. It seems that we will spend most of today on the road. It doesn’t matter anyway, when traveling you only care about the process. I made reservations for scenic spots and purchased tickets through Yimayou Guizhou.

Due to the sensitive period of the epidemic, many attractions have limited capacity and must make reservations in advance. If you arrive at a scenic spot and can't get in because you don't have a reservation, wouldn't it be a waste of emotion? The ticket is 130 yuan and you can visit two scenic spots. Pudi Scenic Area and Jinpo Scenic Area. Because Baili Rhododendron is relatively large, it is divided into four scenic spots. The most worth visiting are Pudi and Jinpo. I saw Baili Dujuan's related promotion on Douyin, saying that one ticket can travel for three days, but after reading the ticket purchase instructions at the scenic spot, that's not the case. Ignore it for now, go take a look and then talk.

After seeing endless scenery of the Wumeng Plateau along the way, we arrived at the Pudi Scenic Area: the gate of the Colorful Yi Scenic Area at about three o'clock in the afternoon.

The gate of this scenic spot is very small and not impressive. See the picture:

There is a snack street about 100 meters long across the road from the scenic spot, all of which are set up with temporary tents. It seems to be a temporary consumption place just before the azaleas bloom. After the flowering period of more than a month passed and the number of tourists decreased, the temporary tent was removed. Unlike the Jinpo Scenic Area, there are lively and quaint small streets.

In the center of the petals is a glass-walled building with a beige roof. This building appears to be very harmonious with its surroundings, but it is also a unique existence in this endless flower forest, which is very eye-catching.

About the Flower Fairy

When I saw the first flower fairy - Charming Fairy, I suddenly remembered the feeling Duan Yu had when he saw the sculpture of the fairy sister for the first time in Wuliang Mountain. Extremely admired, extremely admired. In this sea of ??flowers, there is such a beautiful and bright fairy, standing quietly under the flower forest, looking into the distance, as if she is waiting for her long-lost sweetheart, as if this ancient kingdom once staged a beautiful love story. The appearance of fairies injects soul into this sea of ??flowers, causing people to have endless reveries and making people extremely intoxicated.

There are twelve fairies in the Rhododendron Sea, scattered around the scenic area. I searched carefully and finally found seven fairies, namely: Fairy Charming, Fairy Changrui, Fairy Xiajuan, Fairy Red Flower Dewdrop, Beauty Fairy, Fairy Ma Ying, and Fairy Taibai. The remaining five fairies will come back to see their beauty next time.

Speaking of this, people are reminded of the goddess of Wushan. Throughout the ages, countless poets and poets have fallen in love with her and left countless popular poems. There are twelve peaks in Wushan, and the peaks are staggered and well-proportioned. Among them is a graceful and graceful peak called Goddess Peak. It is like an eternal beauty, standing on a high cliff and looking at the thousands of sails and boats passing by, infinitely fascinated and beautiful. In the early morning, it often turns into a misty morning cloud, floating leisurely between the mountains and deep valleys; at dusk, it turns from a light cloud into a drifting evening rain, sending out lingering whispers and deep sorrow toward the green mountains. At night, it sends out affectionate calls from time to time. On the next day, it turned into a misty morning cloud... Song Yu's Gaotang Fu made up a romantic story between King Huai of Chu and the goddess.

Standing in this sea of ??flowers, this kingdom of cuckoos, I also want to write something. However, if you have little talent and little knowledge, you can only give up and not make people laugh.

Let’s use this ancient poem to illustrate it: The Emperor’s spring heart rests on the cuckoo, the bright moon in the sea sheds tears, the warm sun in the blue field creates smoke in the jade, this feeling can be remembered later, but it was already lost at that time.

Flower viewing continues

There are several noodle cooking spots in Pudi Scenic Area. In scenic spots, it is recommended to turn on the Amap smart navigation mode, which will prevent you from getting lost and can successfully find the scenic spots you want to go to. It is not recommended to take a sightseeing bus, it really feels like just watching the scenery.

You can slow down, take one scene at a time, and find your favorite among thousands of flowers.

Because I wanted to rush to Jinpo Scenic Area in the afternoon, I only visited part of Pudi Scenic Area in the morning, leaving it for next time. Anyway, it is just one word: beautiful!

Spend 40 yuan and take the scenic shuttle bus to experience the Jinpo Scenic Area in about half an hour. After having the experience of Pudi Scenic Area, entering Jinpo Scenic Area is not so exciting, which is also in line with human nature. The most noteworthy thing in Jinpo Scenic Area is the Internet celebrity bridge. In fact, there are many uninhabited places in the scenic area, which are really beautiful and need to be discovered slowly.

After walking in the scenic area for most of the day, I was really tired. It started to rain lightly, so I hurriedly left the scenic area. But where to go?

I went out to eat snacks on the street, and then took the scenic shuttle bus back to Pudi. As a result, an embarrassing scene occurred. The shuttle bus doesn't stop until the Puti Visitor Center. I wishfully thought that since it is a visitor center, there must be buses or taxis. Turns out I was hasty and the visitor center was full of private cars. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon. It was very cold and raining. There was wilderness near the visitor center and the small town was far away. There is a hotel in the visitor center, which is probably very expensive, so I didn’t plan to ask about it.

I ran to the opposite road to hail a taxi, but for a long time there was no taxi or passenger car. Only then did I realize the benefits of traveling by car. It is convenient and you can go wherever you want. After staying in the cold wind for half an hour, I asked several private cars to take me to a nearby town and gave them money, but they were all rejected. What about yesterday?

Isn’t it the unity of knowledge and action? Can’t even this small difficulty be solved? I used Amap to take a taxi, but no one took the order for a long time. We can only continue to look for private cars to help.

I was lucky enough to find a maintenance man in the scenic area, gave him fifty yuan, and sent me to the nearest bus station - Pu Di Street.

The town of Pudi is indeed small, and there are few tourists on the streets. I randomly looked for a house to visit, had something to eat, and found a guest house for one night. Early the next morning, we ran to Pudi Passenger Terminal. It's said to be a passenger terminal, but it's extremely desolate. There is a car repair place inside. There is a minibus to Guiyang at the gate, which does not leave until three in the afternoon. Damn it, just when I was feeling cold, I noticed that there was a van going to Dafang County next to me. Just ask and the car will be ready to go immediately. No matter what, we'll talk about it when we get to Dafang County. My plan was to have the driver take me to Dafang High-speed Railway Station, then pass through Guiyang and then to Chongqing. As a result, there were no recent tickets available online, so I changed my mind and went directly to Dafang Passenger Terminal. Fortunately, there happened to be a shuttle bus that left for Zunyi immediately and arrived at Zunyi at two o'clock in the afternoon. So I booked the high-speed train from Zunyi to Chongqing at 3:40 online, which was just right.

We arrived in Chongqing successfully after five o'clock in the afternoon, successfully ending this trip.

Written at the back: There is a joke that says, what is the most important thing when you go out to hang out? It's coming out. As a content entrepreneur, you must take the first step. No matter what your writing skills are, you must first dare to write and publish. Start stumbling, practice and make progress in the process. This essay is very scattered and messy. I have the courage to express it, it is a kind of unity of knowledge and action! I have never written such a long text. To me, it has a strong symbolic meaning.