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The beauty of Mount Hua lies in towering into the clouds and connecting with the sky, standing on the top of the mountain as if stepping on everything in the world under your feet, and the clouds in the sky are also at your fingertips; The danger of Huashan lies in the steep mountain wall like a knife and axe, and the extremely high difficulty of climbing is prohibitive, and people dare not easily challenge its majesty.
But such a steep, such a difficult climb, there are people day after day back and forth, they are living at the foot of Mount Hua "Huashan porter", 140 pounds walk 2 kilometers, a bottle of 10 yuan mineral water to earn a few cents, Huashan picker really no one to take over?
How hard is it to climb Mount Hua?
Every stone and every inch of Mount Hua is like God carefully carved in general, just standing at the foot of the mountain will be shocked by its majesty, every person who climbs Mount Hua must not only be physically prepared, but also always mentally prepared.
Mount Hua's upright posture stands on the land of China, climbing it is by no means as simple and easy as walking on the plains, steep steps, straight up and down into 90 ° cliff ladders, all create the greatest climbing difficulty for climbers, all those who have climbed Mount Hua, none of them do not sigh its difficulty and danger, and even sometimes have to use both hands and feet to climb up.
Mount Hua is divided into many peaks, the highest peak of which is the south peak of 2154.9 meters above sea level, known as the title of "the head of Mount Hua", climb the south peak to really experience what it means to be "will be the top of the mountain, a glance at the mountains are small".
The west peak of Mount Hua is the peak second only to the south peak, with an altitude of 2082.6 meters, like a complete boulder located between heaven and earth, revealing a strong masculinity up and down, showing the mighty momentum of Mount Hua to the fullest.
The east peak is 2096.2 meters above sea level, and the reason why it attracts climbers the most is that it has a platform where you can enjoy the sunrise and sunset, and the field of vision is broader, and you can see the beauty and solemnity of Huashan Mountain. The north peak with an altitude of 1614 meters may not be as thrilling as the east peak, the south peak and the west peak, but it is surrounded by thousands of cliffs, with a crown of scenery clouds and a lower vein, and it still gives people a feeling of volleying up in the air when climbing.
The higher the altitude, the thinner the oxygen, and every climber should be prepared to have "altitude sickness". Especially when climbing the highest altitude of the South Peak, dizziness, tinnitus, and breathing difficulties may occur at any time during the climb, and people who are not in good health can not try it at will. Even if you are physically fit, sometimes you have to bring an oxygen cylinder just in case.
The cliff of Huashan Mountain, hidden great safety hazards, not only to fight up the spirit of twelve, vigilant every step under the feet, but also to always grasp the iron chain to move forward safely, otherwise you may fall into the abyss at any time. The vertical temperature gradient between the foothills and the summit of Mount Hua varies significantly, with the temperature dropping by 0.44°C for every 100 meters of climbing, and when you reach the summit, you will instantly step into another season.
Under such difficult climbing conditions, there is such a group of people in Huashan, who carry two burdens on their shoulders to go back and forth between the steep peaks, like a fearless retrograde, and every climb is commonplace for them.
The most beautiful figure in Huashan
Mount Hua is steep, ordinary people do not dare to challenge it easily, but this group of people is day by day, again and again to pick up the burden to climb back and forth, they are the most famous "porters" of Mount Hua, their job is responsible for carrying things and transporting materials for tourists, reducing the difficulty of tourists climbing.
Thousands of years ago, Huashan was only the place where the Taoist priests cultivated, and the Taoist priests specially planned a mountain road route in order to facilitate the transportation of materials and daily contacts, which led directly to the top of Huashan, and the Taoist priests relied purely on their own hands and feet to open up this mountain road, which gave rise to the saying of "a road in Huashan since ancient times".
After the Huashan road was repaired, the figure of the Huashan porter slowly appeared. In the past, without any props to support, they simply relied on shoulders and hands to transport batches of hundreds of catties of materials to the mountains, and if they could not finish transporting them once, they had to transport them in batches many times, and how much energy and physical strength would be consumed each time can be imagined.
Most of them were born in poor families and had no education or conditions, so they could only choose to do this kind of manual work to maintain their daily livelihood. A porter carries an average of 140 pounds of heavy loads every day, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain for about 2 kilometers, a bottle of mineral water of 10 yuan, they only earn a few cents.
Although they sometimes sell by picking up bottles and cans that tourists have thrown away, a bottle is only sold for a few cents, and it can't be sold for a hundred yuan a day. Young people can't do jobs with low income and physical strength, so most of the middle-aged men in their forties and fifties are middle-aged men, and some are even in their seventies and are still working as porters.
Nowadays, Huashan is set as a national 5A-level scenic spot, the tourists who go to Huashan every year are countless, relying on the elderly Huashan porters to carry the burden and transport, can not meet the needs of tourists at all, so Huashan began to build cable cars, cableways and other transportation facilities, easy for tourists to climb, the work of manual transportation is gradually replaced by intelligent equipment, Huashan porters are becoming more and more difficult to do, and there is really no one to take over in the future.
The story of the porter of Huashan
Before the Huashan porter was completely eliminated, some special Huashan porters deserve to be remembered forever, such as He Tianwu, who was born at the foot of Huashan. When he was young, He Tianwu worked in a coal mine, and what he did every day was to carry and lift the job, and he was very qualified in terms of physical strength.
But when he was working diligently, God played a big joke with him, a coal mine accident made him completely lose his left arm and became a disabled person. Injured in the line of duty, he lay at home for several months, hoping to ask the coal mine owner for more compensation, at least to survive a few months without income.
As a result, after the coal mine boss paid him medical expenses, he only threw him 4,000 yuan in compensation and did it hastily, although He Tianwu, a humble worker, was very dissatisfied with the boss's operation, but he had no way to reason with the boss, so he could only silently accept 4,000 yuan in compensation.
With 4,000 yuan as the capital, He Tianwu opened a small shop at the foot of the mountain, selling some daily necessities and snacks. The people around him relied on He Tianwu's disability, so they bullied him crazily, and they could take the things in the shop if they wanted, and they didn't care about He Tianwu's life or death.
The good business was all ruined by them, 4,000 yuan was lost, and a lot of money was pasted upside down, He Tianwu had no choice but to take the shop and look for a new job. One day, when he came to the foot of the mountain, he saw the Huashan porters coming and going to get paid from the tourists, and remembered his previous work in the coal mine, and he suddenly understood what he could do!
He Tianwu found the administrator who was in charge of the business of Huashan porter and explained his intention to them, but the administrator saw the one-armed He Tianwu with a suspicious face, the porter was a manual work, and his physical condition may not be able to do it.
He Tianwu saw the administrator's concern, he firmly expressed his ability to the administrator, and patted his chest to promise that he would definitely be able to do the job! When the administrator saw that he was swearing and that he was short of a porter, he agreed to let him give it a try.
In order to win this job, He Tianwu got up at less than six o'clock every morning, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and ate for ten minutes, and then went to the management office on time to report, and on the first day of work, he learned from other porters to pick up the burden of 140 pounds, and climbed 2 kilometers in one breath.
After the first trip, He Tianwu's legs trembled, and beads of sweat soaked the whole clothes, he really felt the difficulty of "Huashan porter", and also realized how hard he would have to work in the future to become an excellent porter.
On the first day of work, He Tianwu only walked two mountain roads and only got paid more than 30 yuan, which is not worth mentioning to others, but He Tianwu is very happy that he still has the opportunity to get this reward with his own hands.
He Tianwu, who has only one arm, has made dozens or hundreds of times more efforts than others on the road to becoming a competent Huashan porter. Due to his physical disability, He Tianwu had to hold on the "D" crutches every time he climbed, carrying hundreds of pounds of goods and climbing up step by step.
Even if every mountain road has been walked countless times, but every time he goes forward, He Tianwu still has to play up the spirit of twelve points, especially in rainy days, the mountain road is slippery and prone to accidents, He Tianwu must take every step under his feet in order to successfully complete every transportation.
In the day after day, tireless back and forth, He Tianwu finally became the most experienced and hard-working Huashan porter, and his persistence and efforts have also spread on the Internet, attracting the attention of many tourists.
From a young man in his thirties to an old man in his sixties, and in the 25th year of becoming a porter in Huashan, He Tianwu's slender body is still shuttling between the mountain roads, and when young people are unwilling to carry this "burden", only he is still trying to persevere.
Epilogue:
Regardless of the high or low work, regardless of the status, if there is no Huashan porter to climb again and again, how can it attract tourists from all over the world, a glance at the majesty of Huashan, and experience the longevity and magnificence of the history of Chinese civilization of 5,000 years, so Huashan porters are not only not lowly, they are also the most beautiful scenery in the whole Huashan.
In the future, even if there is a more complete cable car system and transportation facilities in Huashan, Huashan porter will be recorded in history and become one of the legends of Huashan.
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"Huashan porter may have no one to take over: 140 pounds to walk 2 kilometers, a bottle of 10 yuan mineral water to earn a few cents"
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"Huashan porter may have no one to take over: 140 pounds to walk 2 kilometers, a bottle of 10 yuan mineral water to earn a few cents"
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