Kasumi Ancient Road - KasumiKushi North Flying Land Feather Road
In 2016, it was selected as one of the "Top Ten Ancient Roads in China", the Luyu Ancient Road, that is, the Xiamushan Ancient Road. Xiamu Mountain, also known as Xiawu Mountain, is located in the southwest of Miaoxi Town, Wuxing District, about 25 kilometers away from the central urban area of Huzhou, adjacent to Changxing County, with a radius of 10 square kilometers and an altitude of 408 meters. According to Ming Chongzhen's "Wucheng County Chronicle": "The mountain is high, the path is rugged, the upper climb can see the Taihu Lake, the mountains are underneath, and every cloud is re-curtained, hence the name." In the Yuan Dynasty, the Zen master of the Buddhist Linji Sect, Ishiya Kiyoshi, came to this mountain and practiced in Tin For more than 40 years at the top of the mountain, Tianhu Temple. In the seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty (1347), Taikoo Puyu of the Goryeo Kingdom came to Huzhou to visit the Stone House Qingju and seek the Dharma. Because of the "one-word match", The Stone House not only stayed for half a month, but the Taikoo Zen Master also took away the "True Seal of The Teaching, Passing on the Robe and Dharma Letter" given by the Stone House, and after returning to China, he became the first person of the Linji Sect on the Korean Peninsula and was enshrined as the National Teacher. As a result, Kasumi-san also became the ancestral court of today's Korean Buddhist Taikoo Sect (named after the Taikoo Dharma name, hereditary Linji lineage).
There are four existing ancient roads on Xiamu Mountain, starting from myoyama Village, Shaokang Village, Shangbao Village and Zhaocun Lujiazhuang in the foothills, all of which are the Shangxiang Ancient Trails where pilgrims used to go to The Top of The Mountain. Among them, the ancient mountaineering trail that starts from Myoyama Village is relatively gentle, the distance is about 2 kilometers, along the way to pick up the steps, recalling the piety of ancient pilgrims who shuttled back and forth to "Tianhu Temple" and "Fuyuan Temple", visiting Xiamu Lake, Myoyama Chestnut Forest, Hundred Steps And other scenic spots, and there are forks on the way to The Yellow Barberry Big and Small Longtan Waterfall. The hiking path that starts in The village of Ko kham is relatively rough, but the stone steps are well preserved, winding up along the "V" shaped Pond Canyon, first paved with gravel and then stone steps, about 2.5 kilometers away. Starting from the Shaokang Reservoir, you can enjoy the pond canyon, temple base dock, chicken singing stone, box cabinet stone, 100 steps stall and other landscapes, along the way the mountain flowers are full of flowers, dangerous streams and waves, there is a fork in the way to the Qiujia Mountain Immortal Cave. The ancient road that began in Shangbao Village has now been converted to a road, but some parts of the ancient road still exist. From Shangbao Village through the Lingxi Panshan Highway can be directly to the top of the mountain, along the way there are Shangbao ancient villages, construction ridge, frog stone, checkerboard stone and other scenic spots, along the road you can enjoy the beauty of alpine tea gardens, experience the feeling of climbing the mountains and mountains, overlooking the mountains. The ancient road that starts from Lujiazhuang Zhuangyuan Lake in Zhaocun is about 3 kilometers long, and the forest along the way is dense with thorns and is usually inaccessible, which is a good place for adventure fitness and tempering will. The ancient road is lined with lush vegetation, birds and flowers, accompanied by streams flowing in between, and in the open field of view, you can overlook the reservoir under the mountain, the paddy fields and villages in the distance, and its scenery is beautiful.
Xiamu Mountain is thick with bamboo trees, clear streams, fresh air, and pleasant scenery. The southern, middle and northern three temples of the "Tenko-an" built by the Ishiya Kiyoru Zen master on the top of kasumi-mu mountain no longer exist, and there is now a rebuilt Yunlin Zen Temple on the site of the Nan'an Temple. There are also ancient roads, ancient fields, ancient wells on the mountain, chicken singing stones, checkerboard stones, frog stones, box stones, hundred steps buildings, immortal caves and other landscapes. There are reservoirs such as Xiamu Mountain, Gufeng, Shaokang, Shengwu, Lujiazhuang and so on, which are scattered like pearls, and are known as "Moganshan Mountain Xiamu Landscape".
Schematic diagram of the KasumiKumi Trail
Yunlin Zen Temple
Suddenly cheerful mountaintops
It is said that Ishiya Kiyoru once planted 15 tea trees by hand on Mount Kasumi, which is called "Kasumi Tea" in South Korea. It has left long poems and quotations of "Mountain Residence", many of which involve tea, and are advocates of the idea of tea Zen monotony. Moreover, Miaoxi, where Xiamu Mountain is located, has an indissoluble relationship with tea, and lu Yu, the "tea saint", completed The Tea Sutra of Biao Bingqianqiu in Miaoxi. More than 600 years later, in 1996, the Rinji Patriarchs of Korea came to Xiamu Mountain, discovered Xiawu Tea, and vowed to carry forward the beautiful karma of the stone house and the ancients. In 2008, the Myoseo Town Government and South Korea's Tea World Magazine jointly erected the Sino-Korean Friendship Monument to the Sino-Korean Friendship Haidong Zen Buddhism Zhongxing Taikoo Puyu Dharma Monument in Xiamu Mountain, forever remembering the friendship between China and South Korea.
The deep Kasumi Ancient Road
In 2016, the large-scale humanities and historical documentary "Xiamu North Fly" premiered, recreating the spread of Taikoozong from Xiamu Mountain to the Korean Peninsula, truly and objectively recording this history. The Luyu Trail is of great historical value and is suitable for a variety of outdoor activities such as tourism and exploration. Today, the annual Rikuba Trail Marathon has become a regular tourism festival in the local area. Hiking the Luyu Ancient Trail can feel the strong tea culture atmosphere along the way, which is a very special tourism sports experience.