This is my second time climbing in Chaoyanggou, and the last time I came was three years ago. The impression is that the place is far away from Xi'an, and the time to climb the mountain is not long, and the time on the road is very long. I didn't like to repeat such a line. So, the reason why I came today is because there is no good place to go this week, so I chose a route that is convenient for getting on the bus. I was going to go to Land Liang, but I haven't been there for more than a month, I want to be there, but my companion doesn't want to go. Then let's go to Chaoyanggou together, she hasn't been there anyway.

When I stopped to rest when I passed through the Qinling service area, I was moved by Dongliang, which is my favorite place. If you can't go today, then go to Shangshankou to take a picture of it, and it's a trip to this place, and it's addictive to go to Dongliang. My companion went to the bathroom, and I hurriedly walked briskly to the side in the direction of Dongliang. As soon as I turned out of the parking lot, I saw a large group of people gathering on the side. I wonder why there are so many people going to Dongliang today, and I don't see Dongliang in the outdoor of Chinese businessmen. Looking closely at the team flag they unfurled, it turned out to be a student organization. They are the East Beam of the Xidian and Xigong University Liaison Organization. It's spectacular.

Judging from the outfits of the students, most of them have not climbed the mountain, and the dress is all casual. However, their momentum is "professional". When I asked them to pick up a stick on the way, the students asked in unison: No, right?

Oh, I hope so.

Leaving the service area, we drove forward for nearly an hour before arriving at Chaoyanggou. Today's first project is to see the golden snub-nosed monkeys. The little team leader is very experienced to find people to see the golden monkeys, we walked to the location of the last time we saw the monkeys, and we saw more from a distance than last time, and the hillside above was full of golden monkeys playing in the trees or on the slope. At this time, the keeper walked out with a bucket, and as soon as the whistle blew, the monkeys hula suddenly rushed down from the top of the mountain along the two paths that the monkeys stepped on.

At this time, I found that there were still people in the team going down the mountain, and I saw the big golden snub-nosed monkey holding the little white-haired monkey and going down happily. From the long procession, I saw a lot of small monkeys, the size of kittens, all white fur that had not yet grown into gold. You can see the number of monkeys here by looking at the path from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the steep slope that is too many people to climb up and down, and it seems that the wild snub-nosed monkey sanctuary here is doing a good job.

The keeper threw the food out, and the monkeys began to eat, and the hillside at the bottom of the ditch became a paradise for golden monkeys. When they are full, the Monkey Kings start playing, and the little monkeys are swinging around in the small trees, naughty and cute. Some of the adult golden snub-nosed monkeys kicked their legs to bask in the sun, and some pulled their cubs to bend, and the scene was very happy to watch.

Everyone talked about "this golden monkey is so good-looking". The golden snub-nosed monkey is indeed beautiful, the most beautiful monkey I have ever seen. Quite unlike our usual monkeys, adult snub-nosed monkeys have golden fur and white fur on their faces. This red and white make the golden monkeys look clean and beautiful, and when they see them, they think of the "Monkey King", and their flexible and clever appearance has won the love of adults and children.

After the golden monkeys had eaten and played, they went up to the top of the mountain and went up to the forest, and we left here to start today's climb.

Although the route of Chaoyanggou is not long, the road is still very dangerous. Because the mountain road is too dangerous, there are ancient bandit village ruins on the top of the mountain, which is also the purpose of our running so far: to climb the mountain to see the bandit village.

The bandit village was built on the top of a hill deep in the mountains, and it was the steepness of its road that was condescending and conducive to defense. There are two ways to go to the bandit village, that is, one in and one out. This time, as we did the last time, from the way up the mountain.

The mountain path up the mountain seems to have a history, there are weathered stones and stones everywhere along the way, and there are many cliffs with iron cables erected from the top, and the people who go up the mountain can only go up with the help of iron cables, which shows the danger of the bandits' site selection and the effort and cost of the effort. It is so steep that it is very exciting for those who come to climb the mountain today. Since it was my second time, I was prepared for the steep cliffs, so I didn't feel new.

What intrigued me was that soon after entering the mountain, I entered the primeval forest with towering ancient trees. In winter, the forest becomes a thin mountain forest after the leaves fall, and the view is wide. The ancient trees here are the thickest, tallest, and straightest trees I have ever seen in the Qinling Mountains, and too many pine trees with thick and smooth bark go straight into the sky and into the blue sky.

I love the forest like this, walking through the forest and feeling that there is a lot of upward momentum around me. These trees were so thick that I could only wrap my arms around half of them, and I was so high that I could almost tilt my head back to see the ancient trees at the tops, which made me feel how weak I was!

In the forest, I saw for the first time the yew trees, known as "cremated stones", which are also ancient trees in the wild, and the diameter of the trees is awe-inspiring. I speculate that the Qinling Mountains here may be at a relatively low altitude and suitable for forest growth, which makes it rich in species, and the yew trees alone opened my eyes.

It's still pleasant to walk in such a forest. When we reached the mountain beam, we continued to climb forward. Although it is steep and dangerous, it is not dangerous to grasp the iron cables on both sides.

Finally, at one o'clock in the afternoon, I arrived at the ruins of the bandit village. Looking at the large courtyard made of stone strips, I am amazed by this fortress-like stockade. The days of bandits are long gone, and the weathered and peeling stone walls tell us the story of that time. For those of us who have never seen bandits, the comparison in our minds is the scene of the bandits in film and television works, and we think this site is very strange.

It's so cold in the mountains that after staying here for more than an hour, I feel unbearable cold. The group quickly descended the mountain through the back door of the stockade. This side is a shady slope, and there is still snow on the mountain. The road is steep, and like the road up the mountain, there are many stone strips along the way. The road down the mountain built by these bandits hundreds of years ago has been smoothed and smoothed by wind and rain, and future generations are still walking on this only road, which is very convenient to walk, but it is too difficult to walk after the snow freezes. We spent the same time going down the mountain as when we went up the mountain, and we completed today's mountain climb to see the golden monkeys, and we were really happy.

2016.12.9