In the past, some of the places I have been have won with the mountains, and some are famous for the water and light. Coming to Zhangye, a colorful Danxia landform scenic spot is unforgettable enough, but unexpectedly, there is a good place not to be missed.
In the afternoon, the bus heads northeast towards the Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon. From the car, there is nothing special about the rolling mountains. Driving into the depths of the mountains, those usual mountains are gone, and suddenly a piece of ancient expanse appears in front of the eyes: the mountains are full of chaotic mountains, there is no main peak, there is no mountain basin, just like the rocks on which planet, all the brains are thrown here, some cliffs seem to fall down, the head is facing upwards, and some mountains seem to be split by a giant axe, towering straight. What's even more strange is that I don't know who is so generous that he paints all the mountains with colorful paint. Depicting the wilderness in front of you, describing it as too vulgar with ghostly craftsmanship, and expressing it with spiritual shock is too simple. The tour guide said that the Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon, in geology, is a strange landform formed by the early flow of water and the late wind erosion.
I walked along the wooden boardwalk of the scenic spot, looking around, those strange shapes of cliff rocks, some like lovers, some like monsters, some stacked on top of each other, with large heads and thin bodies, like huge mushrooms. If you look down from above, look into the canyon, those paths are twisted like earthworms; tourists walking in the canyon, as if sinking deep into the earth's crust, can only see their hidden figures from time to time; some sections are like a labyrinth of rocks, and some mountains are randomly stacked together, as if they will collapse at any time. The three-kilometer-long tourist area has been unanimously praised by Chinese and foreign geological experts, saying that it is "comparable to the Grand Canyon of the United States."
In the face of nature's creation, every tourist is constantly amazed and takes pictures. I stood on a high hill and looked out over the qilian mountains to the south, and the snow and floating clouds at the top of the mountain were faintly visible, and the other side of the mountain was Qinghai Lake. The sunset here is more than 1 hour later than Beijing time, more than 6 o'clock, and the red sun still worries about this magical Grand Canyon. If I were a painter, if I fell ink at this moment, it would be a magnificent picture of "so many delicate rivers and mountains".
Our bus goes west, west, and then south, crosses the Pingyi River toll station, and the road in front of us is called the fourth road and the third road, which is also based on the east and west, which makes me, the Jinan people, particularly kind. It can be seen that in order to develop tourism resources, the local government has also done enough homework: new asphalt roads, straight and clear road lines, two-way isolation belts, and high-speed guardrails. The land on both sides of the road is flat and there are occasional paddy fields. The ridges are neat, the plastic film is paved, and there are large-scale vegetable greenhouses.
The whole day is a fast-paced rush, and lunch is in the scenic Silk Road Restaurant, full of seats. After the meal, I heard a tight and loose trumpet sound, followed the sound, and there was a shelf at the entrance of the food store opposite, a man and a woman, wielding a wooden hammer, shouting the trumpet with this trick. What is he smashing? Everyone looked around and saw that peanuts, sesame seeds, maltose, etc. were mixed with honey, piled in stainless steel anvils, and smashed into sticky sugar cakes, 20 yuan per pack. She handed me a taste, well, delicious! Just about to take out the wallet, people took the initiative to greet: "Uncle, scan the two-dimensional code!" I smiled and said, "You're in a hurry!" "People are also very generous, buy 5 packs, give 6 packs.
The bus started, and I stared at the food I had just bought, and couldn't help but open a packet and taste it. The souvenirs you buy during the trip are actually the culture of a scenic spot, which will make you reappear in front of your eyes with fog and water... Eating sweet sugar cakes, thinking of this ancient Hexi corridor, the mountain people also use the two-dimensional code, and their hearts are also sweet! China's 4G network spans the mountains and deserts, covering every inch of the country, reflecting today's strong scientific and technological strength, and the heart is full of pride. A few years ago, the Chinese government proposed the reconstruction of the Belt and Road, how proud is this thousand-year-old road from ancient times? China's railway line has been extended repeatedly on the Silk Road, and the freight train in Shandong Province has now led to Western Europe and to Africa!
Zhangye Great Buddha Temple is a must-see, it was built in the Western Xia Dynasty and is said to be the birthplace of Kublai Khan. The temple enshrines one of the largest indoor clay statues of reclining Buddhas in China, and contains a scroll of Buddhist scriptures copied with gold powder, which has been designated as a national treasure. On the dimly lit walls, a large number of painted contents are related to "Journey to the West". The narrator used an electric pen to draw circles on the murals, saying that a large number of familiar place names in the novel, such as the Quicksand River, the Tongtian River, and the Bull Devil King Cave, are all in Zhangye. Gao Laozhuang, the mother-in-law of the Eight Commandments of the Pig, is also in Zhangye, and he is a very diligent and capable son-in-law, Yunyun. As soon as I heard her say it, I was suspicious. "Journey to the West" was written during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Cheng'en completed the story of Xuanzang's sutra that had been circulating for hundreds of years and completed it through artistic processing. The murals painted in the Zhangye temple were painted before Wu Cheng'en? Or was it supplemented by the Qing Dynasty? With this question mark in his head, he walked out of the Great Buddha Temple.
On the book booth at the entrance of the temple, I saw my wife chatting with volunteers. She rarely entered the temple, and always advocated filial piety in a timely manner, doing good deeds at any time, and practicing in the heart, so why use the three pillars to worship the Buddha? I walked over and saw four new sets of books on the stand, all signed by Tang Guozeng. These books deal with local history, culture and Buddhist studies. Among them, the book "Journey to the West and Zhangye" is exactly the subject I want to clarify. When my wife saw me paying for a book, she pointed to a gentleman at the booth and said, This is the author. I handed over the book, and he signed it: "Journey to the West Culture Is Broad and Profound Mr. Han Qingxiang Yazheng Tang Guo zeng wrote in Zhangye on May 3, 2019." I opened the book to read the author's introduction: Deputy director of the Office of the Ganzhou District Government of Zhangye City, member of the Provincial Television Artists Association, engaged in armed, secretarial, and propaganda work. He was tall, very white, and kind, and proposed to add WeChat. When I met cultural people in other places, I couldn't say anything. Looking back at the team that had gone far, I had to take a group photo in a hurry and solemnly say goodbye.
The new book is in hand, eager to open the preface, the title is "Journey to the West hometown in Zhangye": "From Zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions and the establishment of the four counties by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the two thousand years of wind and rain, the magnificent epic written by dozens of nationalities, and the status of the throat of the Silk Road... Ethnic culture and religious culture shine together, and the Silk Road culture and the Great Wall border plug culture are integrated, achieving the reputation of 'Jinzhangye'. "Xuanzang took the scriptures through Zhangye, and a large number of place names in the novel are in Zhangye, and I judge that the hometown of the Journey to the West culture is Zhangye..." Look, the local cultural circles really have to take this matter seriously.
Zhangye, since ancient times, has the reputation of "the land of mulberry and ma" and "the land of fish and rice"; here is a Shandan military horse farm, which was built in the era of Huo's disease, more than 2,000 years ago, and the world's royal army horse farms are not in the minority, on seniority, who can compare? The Sui Dynasty Emperor led hundreds of officials to meet the monarchs of the 27 countries in the Western Regions here, which is worthy of the world's earliest summit commemoration, which is recorded in the history books, and the local government should take the opportunity to make a big fuss on the site; the southern mountains of Zhangye are the seat of the Yugur people with a total population of 13,000 people; the memorial hall of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's West Road Army is also here... When I was revising this Zhangye travelogue, I saw a writer friend with the screen name 'gz' sending WeChat and a video from Zhangye: "President Xi has come to our Zhangye to inspect!" "It was as exciting as if I was there too.
In that year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed the name of Ganzhou to Zhangye, which means "the arm of the Xiongnu, the armpit of Zhang China". With this poetic strategic vision, among the emperors of the past, Han Wu did not lose his literary style. And The creation is also fond of Zhangye, giving it the colorful treasure mountain that makes the world envious, and sitting on the Hexi Corridor at a good time and place, becoming a pearl embedded in the Silk Road.
Zhangye, you golden Zhangye, I came here in admiration, and hurriedly said goodbye. I've only seen a few of your attractions, like turning the first few pages of a big book. I wanted to see enough, but I couldn't always see enough.
It was 8 p.m., and Zhangye was still a bright day. The special train has stopped on the platform, and the train number plate is still "Rizhao --- Beitun", but the number of trains has changed from y404 times to y65 times. How it is changed has nothing to do with us, anyway, car 9 is my mobile inn, I climbed to the second floor of the soft sleeper, took off the paper and pen on the coat rack, and quickly recorded today's trip.
(About the author: Han Qingxiang, former cadre of Jinan Machinery Bureau. He is a member of the Shandong Prose Literature Society, a member of the Jinan Lixia District Writers Association, and a member of the Jinan Wednesday Reading Club; although he has been engaged in the machinery manufacturing industry all his life, he has always loved literature, and since 1965, he has written poems, essays, and commentaries in People's Daily and provincial, municipal and county-level newspapers and periodicals, and his works include "Twenty Years of Me and bandsaws" and "Collection of Family Members' Works". ）
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