We drank the hot mineral water, so we sat leisurely on the irregular bluestone by the spring to take a break, it is said that this stone is called yellow rock, because there is a flying stone on it with two large handprints. Legend has it that once upon a time there was a stone flying to this mountain, if you don't hold the stone, the stone will collapse the mountain, at this time the Taoist of Wudang Mountain came here with both hands to prevent the stone from collapsing the whole mountain, and then left this deep palm print. We looked at this famous stone for a while, and we couldn't help but talk and laugh.

Quicksand gushed endlessly: "Actually, do you know? This Zhenwu is still the name of Emperor Zhenzong changed by me, in fact, his real name is Yuanwu, Yuantongxuan, so he is also called Xuanwu." Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong respected the name of the Holy Ancestor Zhao Xuanlang because of his refuge, changed Xuanwu to Zhenwu, and respected him as the Holy Emperor. According to the "True Martial Arts Divine Mantra", Xuanwu is the eighty-two incarnation of Taishang Laojun, who has practiced in Wudang Mountain for 42 years, and has been a god by the Jade Emperor, and has been named Xuantian God by the Jade Emperor, etc., guarding the north, therefore, Wudang Mountain is respected by Taoism as the cultivation holy land of Xuantian Zhenwu God, because he guards one side, so naturally this Wudang Mountain is prosperous. ”

Wang Gongzi nodded and said: "Indeed, Wudang Mountain in the Spring and Autumn Period to the end of the Han Dynasty, has been an important place of ancient religious activities, many dignitaries and nobles come here to practice, the celebrities who come here to practice are really countless, abound, all come to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, the aura of the sun and the moon, so that they can get rid of the red dust as soon as possible and cultivate into immortals." Such as: Zhou Dafu Yin Xi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's general Dai Meng, famous alchemists, alchemists Ma Mingsheng, Yin Changsheng once hidden in this mountain to cultivate. After the birth of Taoism at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wudang Mountain gradually became the center of Taoist activities in the Central Plains. From the end of the Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, due to social turmoil, hundreds of scholars and doctors either resigned from their official positions or abandoned their families, and gathered in Wudang to cultivate the valley. At the same time, scriptures about Zhenwu appeared. Xie Yun and Xu Ziping of the Jin Dynasty, and Liu Qiu of the Northern and Southern Dynasties all abandoned their officials and went to the mountains to cultivate. "Vow Text" records, by Buddhism respected as one of the three ancestors of Tiantai Sect Hui Si, six dynasties into Wudang Mountain to visit the Tao. "Immortal Jian" records that even the famous Shu Han military advisor Zhuge Liang, who we have just been to the Three Kingdoms, has gone to Wudang Mountain to learn Taoism, and it is conceivable how far-reaching Wudang Mountain is. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Wudang Dojo was respected by the feudal emperors and promoted the development of Wudang Taoism. Li Tang claimed to be a descendant of Lao Tzu, believing that Lao Tzu was the ancestor of Li Tang, and supported and worshiped Taoism, making him the head of the three religions. And it was Yao Jian who made Wudang Taoism valued by the royal family. During the Tang Zhenguan period, there was a great drought in the world, locusts were everywhere, and the emperor issued an edict in the world's famous mountains and rivers, but they were not sensitive. Wudang Festival made Yao Jianfeng aim at Wudang Mountain to pray for rain and respond, build the Five Dragons Temple, this is the first ancestral temple built by the emperor in Wudang Mountain, we will be unhurried to walk forward a few hundred steps to see. At this time, many famous high roads lived in seclusion in Wudang Mountain, such as: Yao Jian, Sun Simiao, Tao You'an, Lu Dongbin, etc. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Wudang Mountain has been listed as the ninth blessed land among the 72 blessed lands of Taoism.

In our Great Song Dynasty, because the current emperor vigorously admires and preaches the true martial god of Wudang, the status of the godhead of the true martial god has been continuously improved, which has promoted the formation of Wudang Taoism and its influence in the society is expanding day by day. In the second year of Tianxi, the current emperor Song Zhenzong added the title of Zhenwu as the true martial spirit should be the true monarch, and the statue of the temple was worshipped, and the five dragons temple was promoted to the view. There are also famous Taoist priests Deng Ruozhuo, Fang Changxu, Xie Tiandi, Sun Lonely and other people who enter the mountain to cultivate and promote the Tao, so this world's first immortal mountain is a rare good place. ”

Zeng Lu couldn't help but say: "Oh, I just noticed the trees here, you see that the golden ginkgo is like a handful of small yellow fans, crumbling in the wind, fluttering, how beautiful, and those all kinds, high and low, scattered metasequoia, dove tree, ginkgo, fragrant fruit tree, grate three-pointed fir, money pine, mountain white tree, quince tree, water green tree, eucommia, walnut, tulipwood Tianzhu gui, hazelnut, money maple, Lingchun wood, Tianmu magnolia, stump, Tianmu wood ginger, magnolia, green sandalwood, white Xin tree, purple stem, Nanmu, red tun, walnut, tofu chai, eleutherococcus, really dazzled me, eye-opening, I grew up in the wild since I was a child, and I have not seen so many tree species, the Chinese medicinal materials here are really natural, rich and colorful, there are actually precious gastrodia, seven leaves and a branch of flowers, gynostemma, Polygonum multiflori, Ganoderma lucidum, Coptis chinensis, Tianzhu Gui, millennium wormwood, Morinda and others, remembering that when I was sick before, my master was thousands of miles away, and the scene of collecting medicine for me over the mountains and mountains is vivid, I was abandoned by my parents since I was a child, and it was the master who adopted me, looking at these familiar medicinal materials, I suddenly missed her. “

Quicksand said gently: "One day as a teacher, a lifetime as a mother, rest assured, when we finish traveling through the mountains and rivers, you will naturally see her old man again." There are not only dense trees in this Wudang Mountain, there are many kinds of birds, and there are many birds and beasts, 130 species of birds, 49 species of mammals, 1055 species of insects, macaques, jackals, otters, golden cats, big civets, small civets, green ferrets, forest musk deer, serow, impala, finch harriers, common buzzards, terns, red nests, collared owls, gray forest owls, long-eared owls, white-crowned pheasants, red-bellied pheasants, spoon chickens, crested eagles, giant salamanders, so we just saw those flashing pheasants estimated that the official name is the white-crowned long-tailed pheasant, red-bellied pheasant. “

Hu Jiaojiao couldn't help pouting her cherry mouth, and said very cutely: "Oh, I'm really not interested in these trees, chickens or anything, I got sick, my father took the silver taels and went to the pharmacy to buy medicine for me, chickens are used to eat, don't they often say that they eat chickens tonight, good luck, those pheasants are the same, what's there to see? I heard that Wudang Mountain has seventy-two peaks, thirty-six rocks, twenty-four streams, eleven holes, three pools, nine springs, ten pools, nine wells, ten stones, nine platforms and other scenic spots, and there are Shang, Eighteen plates and other dangerous roads and seventy-two peaks towards the big top and the golden palace overlapping shadows. So, you don't want your mother-in-law and mother-in-law, don't take the trouble to say something inconsequential, let's all get up quickly and go to see those Tang Dynasty monuments, I can't wait, I can't wait. ”

We take three steps and two steps, stride meteor came to the foot of Wulong Peak located in the west of Wudang Mountain Tianzhu Peak, under Lingying Peak, the front is the Golden Lock Peak, the right around the grinding needle stream of the Five Dragons Palace, the full name of the Big Five Dragons Lingying Wanshou Palace, Xingsheng Five Dragons Palace, the Five Dragons Palace is surrounded by pineapples, five dragons, Qingyang peaks towering, flying cloud streams, white dragon caves and other wonders, the scenery is quiet and elegant, the scale is large, there are palaces and temples, the emperor hall, the mountain gate, the corridor, the jade statue hall, the parents hall, the temple of enlightenment, the ancestral hall, the god library, the god kitchen, the left and right holy decree tablet pavilion, There are 850 rooms, such as Langmei Tablet Pavilion, Abbot, Zhaitang, Bowl Hall, Yuantang, Guest Hall, Taoist Dormitory, Warehouse, etc., which were once huge in scale and were listed as one of the earliest nine palaces in Wudang Mountain Building. The Five Dragons Palace was built in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Junzhou Shou Yao Jian was ordered to go up the mountain to pray for rain to be fulfilled, and then built the Five Dragons Temple on its place. The Five Dragons Palace has become the first palace built by the emperor in the ancient buildings of Wudang Mountain. In front of the palace are two symmetrical stele pavilions, each of which is placed with a huge white marble stone, and the stone carvings of the skilled craftsmen are carved to carry the imperial stele.

We can't wait to walk in, enter the palace gate is the Dragon and Tiger Palace, sit west and face east, brick and wood structure, hard mountain top, beam-lifting wooden frame, small green tile roof, face width 3 rooms 17 meters, depth 2 rooms 9.1 meters, 10.05 meters high. The Five Dragons Palace is the ground floor building of the Baiyun Temple, which is composed of the main hall, two corridors, the Guanyin Building, etc., which is magnificent, tall and majestic. There are still green dragons and white tiger statues on both sides, each of which is more than a foot high. There are a total of 9 halls. There are 81 stone steps in the first 5 layers and 72 stone steps in the last four layers. I saw that on the white marble Sumeru seat in the middle of the Yuanjun Hall of the Five Dragons Palace, there is a bronze gilt Xuantian Zhenwu God statue, which is vivid and vivid, lifelike, up to 1.95 meters, it is the largest bronze statue of the true martial god in Wudang Mountain. In front of the palace are the heavenly pool and the earth pool, and two streams of white water are spit out from the dragon's mouth endlessly. The left of the main hall is the jade statue hall, climb the mountain from the left of the palace gate, it is the god plum platform, there is a tablet on the tomb, the stele pavilion is right down and the south folds on the stone mountain, it is the enlightenment platform. Straight up is Lingxu Rock. Then turn from the old road to the west, for the natural hermitage. There are 42 temple rooms in Wulong Palace, with a construction area of 2,975 square meters, covering an area of 250,000 square meters, and the palace wall is 251 meters. What is particularly interesting is that the five wells at the door are even more commendable, magical, they are connected at the mouth and mouth, a vein is connected, as long as the water is drawn in one well, the water of several other wells will have waves in the ancient well at the same time, ripples and bursts, quite interesting. It's really fascinating, unique, and breathtaking.

We looked at Zixiao Palace with great interest, the green tiles and red walls are hidden in the vast mountains, the peaks are surrounded, the pines and cypresses are deep and deep, it is distinctive, because the hills around this place naturally form a treasure chair of two dragons playing with pearls, so it is called Zixiao blessed land, it is a heavy eaves rest mountain style wooden structure palace, built on the three-layer lofty platform, more magnificent and magnificent. The cedar tree next to it is a few feet long and winding, and it is said that it is a tree that suddenly flew from afar, so it is called the flying cedar. It is said that when you tap lightly on one end of the cedar tree, you can hear a crisp sound at the other end, so it is called the spirit cedar, and we curiously stepped forward and tried it several times for ourselves. The shrine on the stone carving Sumeru seat in the hall is dedicated to the statue of the real martial god when he was old, middle-aged and young, and the sitting statue of the civil and military immortals. They are in different forms, lifelike, especially interesting is that when we hit the big bell in the hall, there was almost no sound in the hall, and when we walked outside the hall, we clearly heard the aftermath of the Jiuding bell, the sound of the valley, it really puzzled us, and the aftertaste was endless.

Then when we climbed up easily, we saw that there was a natural cave between the cliffs, we finally tumbled up with great effort, jumped up, reached here, only to see the Yellow Dragon Cave written on it, the wind here is light and light, the air is cold, in fact it is a natural rock house, wonderful, we hurriedly went into it with all our might, only to see that it was clean and clean, there was nothing, the cave was empty, but the air was dry but not dry, moist but not wet, the four seasons were quiet and cool, it was the place that the cultivators of the past dynasties yearned for, according to Wang Gongzi, we are all people who are destined for Taoism, and think that we can enter the Yellow Dragon Cave, that is, three lives are fateful. Although there are no valuable monuments, there are no caves, because the cave is very old, and the rocks are composed of green clay albite schist and sericite quartz albite schist and shallow grained rock. The rock is strongly squeezed to form a complex fold pattern, and the overall formation is a wide and gently dorsal structure. These complex patterns, Xiao Fei took the carbon 14 tool to preliminarily estimate, the time is very long, about 210 million years ago, the product of shear stress, the cave is formed by the weathering and collapse of the rock along the relatively fragile sheet rock. And what is even more amazing about this Yellow Dragon Cave is that there is a crystal clear spring water in it, which is inexhaustible in all seasons. Legend has it that there is a yellow dragon here to ascend to heaven, the yellow dragon to thank the place for the nurturing grace, left a elixir, the elixir makes the water here clear and sweet, can cure all kinds of diseases. The biggest feature in the Yellow Dragon Cave is that there is a hole in the hole, there is a spring water in the hole that flows all year round, clear and sweet, we have drunk a lot of cold and sweet spring water before coming out of the hole, I feel that I feel good about drinking the spring water, I am walking like flying, the spirit is changeable, I don't know whether it is the psychological suggestion effect or the elixir, we happily continue to go to Wudang Mountain.

We didn't stop and looked at the buildings of the Tang Dynasty, such as the Forbidden City, etc., because time is running out, if you play carefully, it is estimated that you will not be able to finish shopping for three days and three nights. But now the society has been wiped out, most of these buildings are built in the Ming Dynasty now, the Yantian pillar peak surrounds, the circumference is 345 meters, the wall base is 2.4 meters thick, the wall thickness is 1.8 meters, the highest point of the city wall reaches 10 meters, the stone is built according to the rock, each stone weighs more than 500 kilograms, and there are four stone carvings in the east, south, west and north to imitate the wooden structure of the city tower symbolizing the gate of heaven. The stone carving is built on the cliff wall, the design is ingenious, and the construction is difficult. Jingle Palace is the first of the eight palaces of Wudang Mountain, magnificent and majestic, fascinating, and the full name of Yuxu Palace is "Xuantian Yuxu Palace", it is the largest unit in the ancient buildings of Wudang Mountain, the most unforgettable thing is that there are four turtle stele pavilions weighing 100 tons, those turtles are huge, like turtles, lifelike, beautiful, so that people still remember it vividly.

We continue to rush all the way up, we see the cliffs, stand in the sky, and between the cliffs, there are still faintly visible green tiles and red walls, the original ancient building we see is the Nanyan Palace, the whole building complex is built by the mountain, embedded in the cliff in the mountain, very steep. The whole Nanyan Palace is inlaid on the cliff, built by the mountain, the steepness and the hanging temple of the famous Heng Mountain can be compared, and it is already built in the previous dynasty, the stone hall in the palace - Tianyi Zhenqing Palace, all are built with bluestone carving and chiseling, it is the treasure of stone carving art. It is said that the nearby Feisheng Cliff is said to be the place where Emperor Zhenwu practiced for decades to become an immortal. Especially from a distance, the ginkgo tree that is about 20 meters high in front of the tiger rock in Nanyan, the golden rooster is independent, it stands impressively, it is estimated that it has stood there for about a thousand years, it is said to be known as the king of Wudang ginkgo, it is fascinating, and it is forgotten to see it.

We are busy and impatient, and we leap up with great interest, and climb all the way up happily, because Nanyan Palace is the place where the Emperor Zhenwu attained the Tao, and it is also the most dangerous, most beautiful and strange place that Wudang Mountain is rare and unforgettable. The most important thing is that we all have the most legendary world's first incense - dragon head incense, which we are all eager to try and want to find out for ourselves.

We were finally in high spirits, and came to the side of the cliff outside the Longtou Xiangnan Rock Longevity Palace, and then we first unhurriedly detective the following situation, indeed looked down next to the ancient bluestone fence, the following is really an abyss, bottomless, it is estimated that if people accidentally fall down, they will definitely be crushed to pieces, and there is no place to bury them, let us tremble and tremble, trembling, and the heart is frightened, only to see a vivid carved dragon stone beam, hanging out of 2.9 meters, about 0.3 meters wide, carved coiled dragon, naturally picked out in the sky, down to the deep valley, extremely steepThere is a beautiful small copper incense burner on the top of the dragon's head, which is said to be the imperial horse of the Xuanwu Emperor, and the Xuanwu Emperor often rides it around to patrol. The top of the dragon head is carved with an incense burner, which is called the dragon head incense. The person who burns the incense stick of the dragon's head should climb from the narrow dragon to the dragon's head on his knees, light the incense, and then kneel and retreat. So these pilgrims who traveled thousands of miles from afar in order to show their piety, they finally came to Wudang after a long journey, and it is not as easy as our modern society, and they came by car or plane easily and effortlessly, and they believe that sincerity is spiritual, risking their lives to burn dragon head incense, but they did not think that people can not be resurrected after death, and finally unfortunately fell into the rock, and lost their lives countless people, abounding, but we are all people who have practiced martial arts, this is just a challenge for us, so each of us trembled and walked once, feeling walking on the stone carving of the dragon, the wind from the valley whistling by, still a little frightened, for fear that the hurricane swept us down, but fortunately we have all practiced kung fu, and we have all completed the established actions in a steady and unmistakable manner.

Then we climbed all the way and came to Tianzhu Peak, which is the main peak of Wudang Mountain, with an altitude of 1612.1 meters, tall and independent, like a sword standing on the top of the mountains, and its beautiful name is called a pillar of optimism. The Taihe Palace, located at the top of Tianzhu Peak, is the highest victory of Wudang Mountain. Coming here, it can be regarded as coming to Wudang Mountain in the real sense, and the landmark building of Wudang Mountain, the Golden Palace, is separated by a wall, close at hand, and it is the only way to go to the Golden Palace. The whole building of Taihe Palace is in place according to the mountain, the clouds and mist are swirling, the red wall and green tiles, solemn and solemn, it is really magnificent, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful as the heavenly palace, into the fairyland.

In the end, we finally got our wish and came to the glittering, glittering palace of the highest peak, because of the splendor, so as the name suggests, it is called the Golden Palace, all of which are made of copper carving. The golden palace is heavy and the eaves are stacked and ridged, and the structure is exquisite. Inside and outside the hall, the eaves and pillars of the roof are carved with exquisite patterns. The golden palace is about 5 meters high, the whole is bronze casting, the exterior is gilded, the structure of the pillar of the temple body, the beam fang and the threshold are complete, the wing angle of the top of the hall is lifted, and the mascot such as the dragon and phoenix, the seahorse, the immortal and so on are decorated. The castings are tightly fitted and natural. According to records, the Golden Temple was made of 200,000 catties of copper and 300 kilograms of gold cast in other places, and then sent to Wudang Mountain for assembly. Tall and majestic, the golden and splendid hall is also in the middle of the huge bronze statue of the Emperor Zhenwu, he is draped in hair and feet, the body is plump, and he stands upright. The golden boy and girl on the left and right sides stood with their hands down, their expressions were humble and obedient, their eyebrows were low, their eyebrows were clear, and their eyebrows were kind. Although a hundred years have passed, its color is still so dazzling, gorgeous, colorful, brilliant, and shining. And the thunder and fire refining hall is even more magical, because the golden palace does not have lightning protection facilities, during thunderstorms, the golden palace is often surrounded by electric flashes, fireballs rolling, the scene is gorgeous, and after each lightning strike, the golden palace is not only not damaged, but also bright as new. Although we didn't happen to catch the thunderstorm, we were still amazed and admired by the excellent wisdom of these ancients when we looked at the well-preserved and renovated Golden Temple.

"By the way, just now I suddenly remembered that we still have a task in our bodies, just a trip to the mountains and rivers, almost forgot about such a big thing, by the way, where is the place you are talking about in Wudang Mountain?" Xiao Fei whispered to me, he and I have been touring all the way in Wudang Mountain, swimming is still unfinished, and this unconsciously remembered our mission when Jinding came, "Is this here, Jinding-I have some impressions in a trance." Xiao Fei said to me suspiciously. I remembered that it seemed that the parchment only had three big characters on Wudang Mountain, and the golden top was a note when I went to Mount Emei a long time ago, but Xiaofei said that it seemed to see, in order to confirm clearly, I took out the note when I was unprepared, and it was indeed exactly the same as the content that appeared in my mind, my memory was not wrong, there were only three simple words of Wudang Mountain, my God, this time it was really Wudang Mountain, where do we find it? Where do we start?