Author | Lv Hao
The weather at the end of August is crisp in autumn. After a heavy rain, the air is particularly fresh, and the crops in the field and the flowers and trees on the roadside are particularly lush. This is a good time to climb mountains and enjoy the scenery. Early in the morning, my grandson, his grandmother and I drove to Yunmen Mountain, a famous mountain in Qingzhou, central Shandong.
I have been to Yunmen Mountain many times. As early as 1970s, when I was studying in Yi Shi Normal University, I boarded with my classmates many times, but this time I was with my grandson Ze 'an, who was less than 6 years old. This is the first time. Sun Tzu is in high spirits. He entered the gate, dancing and singing. In a short time, he arrived at Guanshou Pavilion not far from the mountain gate.
His grandmother took a nap here and stopped here because her legs and feet were not working properly. The child looked up at Nanshan, but he didn't want to climb the mountain until he saw the top. I encouraged him: be sure to climb to the top of the mountain, or you will not be human! Aren't you brave enough to advance like the PLA? How dare you climb such a mountain? The adults in the pavilion also actively encouraged him to climb the mountain, and the children summoned up their courage and continued to climb the mountain.
At first, he ran two steps at a time, and soon he was tired. I told him not to climb the mountain too fast, one step at a time, and to have endurance. He learned to be an adult and walked up step by step. After a while, he tried to hold my hand again, and I told him that climbing mountains can't rely on others. Climbing a mountain by yourself is the same. Everything is the same. You can't rely on others, you have to rely on yourself. So he climbed up step by step. At this time, I encouraged him: Great! Halfway up the hill, I saw some wooden seats in the shade, so I rested on them with him. But when I saw Lin Tao's flowers blooming and the trees lush, I heard the sounds, which were very pleasant, and suddenly I felt cool and relaxed. Take a few sips of mineral water with you, eat some fruit to replenish energy and continue climbing the mountain.
Although Yunmen Mountain is not too tall, it is not easy for a child under six. After climbing for a while, the child said, why haven't we reached the top of the mountain yet? What time do we arrive? I told him the story of the birthday of the top of the mountain, saying that there was a cloud gate hole on the top of the mountain, and there were clouds in the hole. He was very interested and said he would go to the cave to eat clouds! I said I was right, I would definitely eat clouds, and he climbed the mountain with great energy. Not far away, I arrived at the "snow cave where the stone is" and saw the stone carvings left by the snow cave. Mi Xue, whose name is Su Mingzhou, is from Qixian County, Henan Province. He was a famous Taoist, poet and calligrapher in Ming Dynasty. He studied hard all his life and wrote many books, but he was frustrated repeatedly. He once lived in seclusion in Yunmen Mountain, leaving a mystery like beans and clouds, which Guo Moruo called the eternal mystery. Climb the stairs, and you will reach a flat place. In the north is the famous Taoist temple-Wangshou Pavilion, where Qingzhou Taoist Association is located. The temple is dedicated to Guan Gong, the God of Wealth, and Fu Lushou, and the smoke from the kitchen is curling up and the sound is bursting. Good men and women come here to worship incense and make a wish.
Go south along a flat place and climb dozens of steps, and you will reach the best place in Yunmen Mountain: Ding Dayun at the top of the mountain, where the big skinny man and Yunmen Cave are located. Here, it runs east and west, spanning hundreds of square meters of cliffs. Looking back at Genting, there are still many tourists climbing steep steps; Looking up at the western end of the southern sky and the shadow of the top of the mountain, the bright red words of birth are towering on the huge cliff called "Yunmen Birthday" by the sea. When children climb to the top of the mountain for the first time, they are naturally overjoyed to see the traditional big birthday character "People are not taller than inches". He couldn't help holding out his hands and shouting, Yunmen Mountain, I'm coming! Many people, facing the word "birthday" a few meters in front of the cliff, stretched out their hands as a hug to take pictures, meaning "hug birthday" in order to live a long and auspicious life. Naturally, my children and I left a precious and beautiful picture before the birthday speech.
After paying homage to my birthday, I came to Yunmen Cave. Yunmen Cave is located in the middle of Dayunding, which is like a door, connected with the north and south, and several feet high. In the rainy season in summer and autumn, clouds are lingering and pass through the hole, like rolling waves, looming, like fairyland, and people call it "Cloud Gate". When we passed by, the sky was clear and there were no clouds passing by, but the children did not forget to pull the clouds to eat. I grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth for him to eat. He said, why didn't I see the clouds? I said, when a cloud is put in your mouth, it becomes water. He said I lied to him. I told the truth, today is not the time. If it rains on cloudy days, there will be clouds.
There are 5 statues in the Sui and Tang Dynasties Grottoes, 272 stone buddhas and 272 inscriptions by scholars in previous dynasties in Ding Dayun. It is one of the few existing cliff stone niches in Shandong Province before the Tang Dynasty. My children and I looked up and took photos here, impressed and sighed by the heavy history of Yunmen Mountain.
Time, other scenic spots have not been carefully inspected, and Sun returned with his hand. As the saying goes, "going up the mountain is easier than going down the mountain." Actually, it's easier to go down than up. Soon, I returned to Wangshou Pavilion. The child happily threw himself into grandma's arms and said, I climbed the mountain myself, and now I'm leaving! His grandmother and the people in the pavilion praised him for being great!
This mountaineering, first, I visited the great rivers and mountains of the motherland with my children, which increased my knowledge; The second is to exercise children's perseverance and courage, and cultivate children's character of hard work, overcoming difficulties and self-reliance; The third is to relax, review the history, respond to the government's call, let go of tourism, and exercise for the whole people. Especially the second one is the most important. I will continue such activities frequently in the future.
Written in September 2020 1 1.
Lv Hao, male, from Dongcheng Street, Linqu County, graduated from China Renmin University, majoring in cadres. I used to work in Weifang municipal government and loved literature since I was a child. In recent years, he has published Selected Poems of Lv Hao and published many works in Qilu Literature. He is now a member of Weifang Writers Association, deputy editor of Qilu Literature and director of Weifang China Cultural Exchange Center.