Anyone who has read my article knows that I have always had a soft spot for Taibai Mountain, the main peak of the Qinling Mountains, for many years, and the Parrot Pigeon Town in Taibai County has always given me a sense of mystery because of several ancient roads to climb Taibai.
This time I went to Baoji and made an appointment with my sister to go to a scenic spot called Yaowang Valley. This scenic spot is located in Chaihushan Village, Parrot Town. Chaihu Mountain Village is the starting point for travelers to cross Taibai Mountain, but we have no intention of climbing Taibai on this trip, we just want to go to the scenic spot.
After driving into a ravine in Parrot Pigeon Town, the car drove directly to the scenic spot.
This scenic spot is the most unscenic spot we have ever seen, there is no luxurious visitor center, no well-guarded ticket gates, not even a few staff, a small house at the door, and a middle-aged uncle selling tickets inside. After we showed the Great Western Line annual card, we didn't even have to buy a ticket, and went straight in.
Although there is no gate, there is a large painting at the door, on which there is an ancient man and a tiger, and the three words "Yaowang Valley" in gold characters are also particularly eye-catching.
When I entered the scenic spot, it was even less like a scenic spot, but like returning to our village. A dirt road winds its way up a mountain stream, and there is not much water in the stream, but only a trickle, which is a little disappointing.
Because the more water there is, the more likely it is that there will be beautiful scenery such as a large waterfall.
Fortunately, the trees on the mountain are lush and it feels very cool.
After walking for a while, I saw an excavator building the road in front, and not long after bypassing the excavator, there were finally wooden steps in front. Now there is a bit of a tourist attraction.
Do you eat goat grandma? My sister asked. Only then did I realize that every few steps on the side of the road, there was a goat milk tree. Grandma Goat is a wild fruit in the mountains, and it is also our favorite food when we were children. Now the goat grandmother has long been ripe, red and bright, dotted among the green leaves.
I picked a handful and put it in my mouth, the taste was as delicious as that of my hometown, sweet and slightly bitter.
Climb up, and every time you walk, there is a sign on the side of the road explaining a certain herb.
From time to time, there is also a small waterfall on the side of the road, cascading down from the moss-covered rocks. But the drop is small and not spectacular.
After climbing for more than an hour, just when I thought I was approaching the end, I was stunned by the beautiful scenery that appeared in front of me. In front of it is a large waterfall, a very high waterfall to be exact, rushing down from a ravine hundreds of meters high above. Although there is only a thin strand, it is very eye-catching to look at. The water flows below into a golden pool that flows downward. There is a small arch bridge over the water with seats next to it, where you can sit and leisurely look up at the beautiful scenery in front of you.
This is the famous "Stone Pot Waterfall" in the scenic spot.
We didn't stop here because there is also an iron ladder next to the waterfall that leads to the mountain above.
What's so much fun on it? We were also curious and started to climb this ladder.
The ladder is very long, the angle is also very steep, quite a bit of Huashan feeling, you must be careful to climb up.
Above is a platform and a fork in the road, with the left pointing to the Guanyin Temple and the right pointing to the Yaowang Cave.
Towards Yaowang Cave, there are still green mountains and green waters along the way, the peaks turn around, and you can see the pool full of water from time to time, which is lovely green.
It's amazing, it's just the two of us all the way. If I were alone, I would never dare to come to this kind of place, my sister said.
A scenic spot with only two people? I also began to think about it. No wonder there is no visitor center in the scenic spot, there is no staff, there are too few tourists, and there is no way to make a profit!
After walking a little further, the slope suddenly became steeper again. If you climb again, will you go up to Taibai Mountain? I muttered, and just as we were hesitating to turn back, I heard someone talking on the mountain. Now that there are people, keep climbing.
Not long after, I saw a man and a woman, and asked, it was a mother and son, and the young man brought his mother to play.
They were descending the mountain, saying that the end was ahead, and there was no way.
After saying goodbye to them, he continued walking. Sure enough, I saw a waterfall in front of me, hanging on a hundred-meter cliff. Because the amount of water is relatively small, it is almost impossible to see if you don't look closely. The waterfall is like a pearl with a broken thread, and like a rain curtain under the eaves in a rainstorm, sprinkled one after another. This waterfall has a nice name called "Wangxian Waterfall." There is a sentence in Su Dongpo's poem "The mountains are empty and the rain is strange", and I didn't know what it was before. But at this time, I saw the mountains and waterfalls here, and I had an epiphany.
Yaowang Cave is said to be the place where Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, once lived in seclusion for alchemy, but we couldn't see Yaowang Cave on this day, which can be regarded as the biggest regret of this trip.
Summary: Yaowang Valley does not have the surging streams of Taibai Mountain and Red River Valley, nor does it have the unattainable peaks and stone seas. But even this green mountains and beautiful waters, full of greenery, and this waterfall on the cliff, can also make people feel refreshed and happy, and there is a feeling of being hidden from the world.