Li Qinghong
From Nanchang, where the August 1st Army flag was raised, I got off the train, changed cars, and trekked 350 kilometers along the Jingchang Highway, and when I arrived at Ciping Town, the central city of Jinggangshan, it was more than 8 o'clock in the evening. Looking around, under the stars and moon shadows, the silhouettes of the mountains overlap and overlap, and the mountains are endless... What kind of scenery will there be? The tired body and mind fell asleep with a question.
When you wake up, you are refreshed, looking out the window, full of green mountains and green mountains, the breath of the jungle is refreshing, and you are obviously in the green ocean. After breakfast, we rushed to the long-admired Huangyang Realm. Cars wind along the winding road, the windows are full of mountains, cliffs, green trees are like a sea of smoke, and azaleas are shining red in the vast verdant landscape. Along the way, the symphony of colors rose and fell rhythmically with the peak circuit, floating in the green mountains and green mountains, making people walk through 99 bends and hundreds of slopes up and down in a startled sigh. It's really "everywhere there are songs and swallows dancing, there are more babbling water, and the high road into the clouds." The Huangyang Boundary is a natural barrier to the north of Jinggang Mountain, the mountain is saga, the peaks are steep, no wonder Chairman Mao returned to Jinggang Mountain in May 1965, he once had a wave of poetry, issued a sigh of "crossing the Huangyang Boundary, the danger does not need to be seen". Standing on the yellow ocean boundary and looking up, you can only see the undulating mountains, the clouds are full of mist, and the white vast sea of clouds has flooded many of the mountains, leaving only the highest peaks, like islands in the middle of the sea. The sea of fluttering clouds, like the waves lapping at the coast, like the white cotton silk piled up everywhere, the smoke waves slowly flying ... ... At this moment, to describe it as "quiet as practice, moving as smoke, light as yarn, white as cotton" will also feel pale. If you lean down and look down, you'll see a beautiful Grand Canyon. The lush broad-leaved forest on the slopes of the hillsides flutters in the spring breeze, and blood-red rhododendrons are faintly visible in the emerald green bushes. What is particularly dazzling is the stream at the bottom of the valley, under the sunlight, like a slender silver snake, dazzling and wonderful.
The Huangyang realm in my mind also carries a heavy historical vicissitudes. "The cannons on the Huangyang boundary are loud, and the report is that the army is late at night." Today, I am standing at the former huangyang frontier post with dangerous terrain and tight defense, and I can no longer see the battle flag waving, nor can I hear the sound of killing. But the battery next to me and the two monuments behind me seem to silently tell the historical story of the military and civilians working together more than 70 years ago to defeat two enemy regiments with less than one battalion. The front of the horizontal stele is engraved with the handwriting of Mao Zedong's "Xijiangyue Jinggangshan", and on the back is Zhu De's inscription "Huang Yangjie" three powerful characters. The vertical monument is 12 meters high, and the front is engraved with Zhu De's inscription "Monument to the Victory of the Defense of the Huangyang Boundary", and on the back is Mao Zedong's handwriting "The spark of stars can burn the plains". Not far to the left, a tall mistletoe tree is leafy, and Mao Zedong and Zhu De used to rest under the tree when they picked grain to go up the mountain. At this moment, I seemed to be able to faintly hear Mao Zedong's thick Hunan rural voice, and I could see Zhu De's famous green bamboo flat shoulder. Is the three-foot-long bamboo flat burden just the grain to be picked? How could it not have provoked the future of the revolution, the future of the country, and the fate of the people?
Mountains, without water, seem to lack spirituality. However, there will be no such regrets in Jinggangshan. Because the clear springs here can be seen everywhere, like ribbons, swirling around the forest, often accompanied by drifting smoke clouds. In particular, the famous Bailuo Spring in Jinggangshan, such as the white satin fluttering of Zhangzhang, has a moving sound, and the spring water flows through the smooth rocks and is covered with a clear and transparent veil. Bathed in the mist of rain and mist, suddenly feel cool.
The water beauty of Jinggang Mountain is concentrated on the colorful waterfalls. Longtan, also known as Wulongtan, is located 7 kilometers north of Ciping, and in the process of less than 2 kilometers, the water of the Wushen River flies over the cliff five times, forming five waterfalls and deep pools of different shapes. The first pool is called Jasper Lake, the waterfall drop is up to 67 meters, the sound of the water is deafening, the water mist is like smoke, it is located at the beginning of the Grand Canyon, three sides of the cliffs like cutting, overgrown with green moss. On one side, the terrain is slightly slower, and the browsing path is on this side, and a huge water mist rises from here, and the woods and bamboo in this area are all lying to the side under the action of fog and wind. The second pond is called Lock Dragon Pond, the waterfall is hidden in the rhododendron forest, and the sound of the water is dull, like a locked dragon eager to get out of the hole. The third pool is called Pearl Pond, the waterfall drops more than 30 meters, the sound of the water is crisp, the pool surface is blue, and the waterfall is broken into countless shining water droplets in mid-air, directly hitting the pool surface, just like the pearl falling on the jade plate. The fourth pond is called drumming pond, the mouth of the waterfall is blocked by boulders, the river is cut into several strands of road rushing into the deep pool, the sound is like drumming, the baby fish in the pool shuttle back and forth, and the crabs appear from time to time. The fifth pond is called Fairy Pond, which is the most beautiful form in the five pools, and there is a curl-shaped flystone at the mouth of the waterfall, and the water flow is divided into two roundabouts, and under the cangshi, it is synthesized into a straight rush down. Looking at the Fifth Pond Waterfall in the distance, it is like a fairy in a robe and skirt dancing, and the lines are extremely clear. Fairy Pond Waterfall drop more than 40 meters, the pool surface is open, deep and bottomless, the right side of the pool volleys out of a rectangular stone slab, becoming a natural diving platform, tourists often have to wander in this pool. These five pools are also known as Qinglongtan, Huanglongtan, Red Dragon, Black Dragon and White Dragon, therefore, Longtan is also known as Wulongtan.
When it comes to the waterfall of Jinggangshan, the one that impressed me the most was the Rainbow Waterfall at the mouth of the water. It is 3 kilometers away from the main peak of Jinggang Mountain, Wuzhi Peak, through the canyon stream, Bitan Peak and a rhododendron forest, winding paths to reach the mouth of the water. The moment I saw the Rainbow Waterfall, I was intoxicated by the "Qionglin Wonderland" of Jinggang Mountain, and I felt that I was floating and feathering and ascending to the immortal. Is this the mythical South Heavenly Gate? Is it the water curtain cave of Sun Wukong Huaguo Mountain? I saw that in front of me was a beautiful canyon, steep and overhanging rocks. Look at the cliff on the right side of the waterfall, there is a cluster of blooming spring flowers, yellow and brilliant. The rain and fog fluttered against the wind, blowing on the face, wetting the whole body, making people feel refreshed. The light blue water leaped steeply over the steep rock in front of it, pouring down from a height of 100 meters, like a silver dragon out of the sea. The waterfall falls on the rocks at the bottom of the valley, stirring up white jade splashes, silver beads jumping, smoke dancing... In the middle of the plain waterfall, there are two beautiful arc-shaped rainbows, red, orange, yellow, green, green, blue, purple seven color pearls flying up and down, dazzling, beautiful, and drunk at a glance. Close your eyes and listen to the beautiful symphony of the ensemble of waterfalls and flowing springs. Descending to the bottom of the valley, standing on the wet rocks, looking up at the colorful Milky Way hanging from the mountains, a thousand force of torrents and loud noises overwhelmed me, and I suddenly felt small. Suddenly, a rainbow of longing welled up in my heart, and as the colorful light and the water mist fluttered in front of me, it gradually rose and rose...
In the midst of the green mountains and beautiful waters of Jinggang, the sparks of the revolutionary struggle of that year burst out everywhere, the footprints of the heroes of the Red Army were reflected everywhere, and the figure of the people's leader flashed everywhere.
The former residence of Mao Zedong in Ciping is located at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, facing the sparkling Cuihu Lake. The house sits east facing west, civil structure. Here, Chairman Mao often worked day and night, and he did not know how many sleepless nights he spent. According to the regulations of the troops, organs at or above the company headquarters can use three wicks to illuminate their offices at night. Chairman Mao, as the former secretary of the party committee and the representative of the Red Fourth Army, insisted on lighting a wick in order to save fuel. It was under that faint light that he drafted the "Report of the Former Committee of Jinggangshan to the Central Committee," that is, the article "The Struggle at Jinggangshan," which theoretically comprehensively and systematically summed up the experience of creating the Jinggangshan revolutionary base area and expounded the brand-new idea of "armed division of workers and peasants." Yes, taking the road of "the countryside encircling the cities and finally seizing power" in the Chinese style of armed revolution, the spark of the Jinggang Mountain spread all the way, and finally turned into the clouds of new China.
In the beautiful north mountain of Ciping, there is a "Jinggangshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery" with different styles, which is composed of four parts: the memorial hall, the sculpture garden, the forest of steles and the monument, with a novel layout and magnificent momentum. There is also the Jinggangshan Revolution Museum, built in 1959, with thousands of precious exhibits, supplemented by modern techniques such as sound, light, electricity and real-life models, to reproduce the historical style of the revolutionary struggle in that year and tell the heroic story of yesterday's blood and fire.
Dajing, located in the northwest of Jinggang Mountain, is 7 kilometers away from Ciping. On October 24, 1927, Chairman Mao led the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops to Jinggangshan to arrive here, and was welcomed by the local peasant self-defense army Wang Zuo's troops and the masses. In May 1928, Zhu De and Chen Yi led part of the Nanchang Uprising to Jinggangshan to meet Chairman Mao's division, and the troops also came here after the meeting. Since then, Chairman Mao, Zhu De, and other comrades have deployed here many times to fight and smash the enemy army in Xianggan and Gansu for many military "attacks." Mao Zedong's former residence is located in the middle of Dajing Village, and because the walls are white, it is customary to call it the "White House". Originally called "New House Down", the house has 44 rooms, five patios, and an area of nearly 1,000 square meters. The organ of the Former Committee of the Communist Party of China Jinggangshan (hereinafter referred to as the CPC) is located in the middle hall of the house. Chairman Mao presided over many meetings of cadres here, listened to reports, and studied the work of making arrangements for the base areas. It became the political and military center of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area.
Jinggangshan, a red land, is known as the "cradle of the Chinese revolution"; however, it is also a green pearl, green mountains and beautiful waters, magnificent scenery; here, the heroic achievements and magnificent mountains and rivers shine together, the revolutionary cultural landscape and the beautiful natural landscape are integrated, immersed in it, people think, amazing, intoxicating...
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