#Shanxi# In yesterday's travel text, we can see that Xu Xiake arrived near Hengshan Mountain, he climbed the Hanging Temple, and finally stayed overnight at the foot of Hengshan Mountain.
On the eleventh day of August, the wind blew away the fog, the sky was clear and clear, Xu Xiake took a cane, and began to climb Hengshan from the east, this area of the mountain is slower, climbing, it is not so difficult. Here, we see that Xu Xiake has begun to take the usual road, after all, this year, he is already 46 years old. In the Ming Dynasty, when "people came to the age of seventy", others reached his age and stopped climbing mountains long ago.
On the way to Mount Heng, Xu Xiake saw the exposed coal, which could be mined without digging. It is no wonder that to this day, Shanxi Province is still a big coal province. We don't look at Xu Xia's travelogues, and we don't know that during the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi Province's coal reserves were more abundant than they are now. The open-pit coal that Xu Xiake saw in those years still has coal to mine.
Xu Xiake came to the Beiyue Temple, the 103 stone steps in front of the temple, because of the steepness, in his opinion, this stone step seemed to be straight into the clouds. Around the doors on both sides of the main hall of Beiyue, tall stone tablets are lined up.
Xu Xiake was on the east side of the Beiyue Temple, and he found two cliffs covered with hanging weeds. At this time, we mistakenly thought that Xu Xiake, who had embarked on the usual road, took off his coat and climbed directly up the cliff like a contemporary rock climber.
After Xu Xiake climbed two miles like this, he came to a steep cliff. He looked up and saw the summit, still towering high in mid-air. The trees here are short and jagged, hooking his clothes and piercing his neck. These branches were so powerful, but he couldn't help but pull and break as soon as he pulled them. What was even more tragic was that the sound of raging waves resounded under his feet, and Xu Xiake had no other way but to summon up enough courage to climb upwards.
After climbing for a long time, Xu Xiake reached the top. It was a clear day, and he stood at the top of the peak, looking north, with trees all growing on the rocks. In the distance, the mountains overlap and overlap; to the south overlook longquan pass; to the west, overlooking Wutai Mountain;
Descending the mountain, Xu Xiake chose to go down to the west, he originally planned to go down from the cliff, looking down, the valley was deep, he did not dare to climb again, but still took the usual road. At this moment, a passerby looked like he was familiar with the road, and Xu Xiake asked him for directions. Sure enough, the man pointed him a path and made him quickly descend to the Flying Grotto. Xu Xiake once again crossed the steep cliff near the Hanging Temple and walked out of Hengshan Mountain.
We did not expect that the 46-year-old Xu Xiake, from beginning to end, has the heart of a teenager, climbing mountains without climbing, he can't do it at all.
We believe that even if Xu Xiake travels to the present day, with his love of rock climbing and his travelogue, he will certainly live a prosperous life.