Section 296 Huangshan stone carvings
Not to be outdone, Quicksand said: "I have also heard my father say that Manjusri Terrace, which is located on the hanging rock in front of Yuping Tower is a huge stone, flat in the middle, and convex left and right. The front of the stage is empty, which is an excellent place to enjoy the scenery of the South China Sea. Legend has it that in ancient times, the Manjushri Bodhisattva of Penglai Xiandao invited two Bodhisattvas, Tianzun and Jizang, to come to Huangshan for a spring outing with colorful auspicious clouds. When they came to Yuping Peak, they saw that the scenery here was magical and beautiful, and they all planned to build a temple here and enjoy the incense of ten thousand homes. On the way back to Penglai after traveling to Huangshan, Manjushri hid aside, and when Tianzun and Dizang were far away, he turned around the clouds, flew to Huangshan, and occupied Yuping Peak first. Tianzun and Dizang each returned to their homes, in order to seize Yuping Peak, Tianzun didn't even enter the door, so he drove the auspicious clouds and rushed back to Huangshan. The place hid in the door, hurriedly packed his luggage, and also drove the auspicious clouds to Huangshan. Unexpectedly, Manjushri took the lead, and had already built a temple in the mountain, and Dazun and Jizo scolded Manjushri for not talking about friendship, and clamored to build a temple in Yuping Peak. Manjushri said, "I am sitting on the cliff in front of this Yuping Peak, if you can pull me up, I am willing to give up this immortal mountain to the two of you." I saw that Tianzun and Jizo each pulled up with one of Manjushri's arms, and they couldn't pull it twice in a row, and when they pulled it for the third time, they spent a lot of effort to pull Manjushri up.
At this time, a pilgrim saw him on the side, and sneered loudly - I can't imagine that you Bodhisattvas are also fighting for me!
When the three bodhisattvas heard this, they couldn't help but blush and their hearts beat. While Manjushri was still desperately trying to fall down, the two of them suddenly let go and fled, and they fell heavily on the high cliff, and even the rock sank into a mark, like a seat.
The cliff in front of Yuping Peak is today's Manjusri Terrace, and the rock where Manjushri fell down is Manjusri.
By the way, we will walk to the back of the crucian carp on the Tiandu Peak later, which also has a good legend, but everyone must tremble, like walking on thin ice and holding on to the iron cable railing, climbing 1564 steps along the ladder, that is, to the stone at an altitude of 1770 meters, which is the only place to reach the peak.
This stone is more than 10 meters long, only 1 meter wide, on both sides is a thousand cliffs, deep and unfathomable, its shape is quite similar to the back of the crucian carp that haunts the waves, hence the name.
From top to bottom, the slope is steep up to about 85 degrees, if the wind blows and the clouds surge, it seems that the mountain shakes the rocks, and the climb is particularly thrilling.
I really have no intention of swallowing the boat and returning to the North Sea, why do you want to borrow water to jump into Kun. Visitors are all scales, and the bamboo cane and mango shoes go up.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a crucian carp that followed the carp to the Yellow River every year to jump the dragon gate. It is said that as long as a fish can jump over the dragon gate, it can become a dragon.
Of course, crucian carp also wants to become a dragon, so they will not miss the opportunity to jump. But it doesn't know how many times it has jumped, and it can't jump over, how envious it is that carp that has passed the dragon gate!
So he went to consult the gods, and the gods told him: You must do a good deed for the world and accumulate merit before you can skip the dragon gate.
How can we do a good deed for the world? It swims and thinks about it, and unconsciously swims to the Yellow Mountain, which is known as the Yellow Sea, and when it sees that the road leading to Tiandu Peak is cut off by a canyon, the clouds and water are blocked, and the tourists cannot climb it.
So, he was in the clouds and water between the canyons, shrugged his back, and served as a bridge for visitors. Hundreds of years and thousands of years have passed, and I don't know how many tourists have walked over its back, to enjoy the infinite scenery of Tianhe Peak.
Say to it, little crucian carp, you have accumulated enough merit to jump the dragon gate and become a dragon. But at this time, the little crucian carp changed its mind, it was willing to serve Tiandu Peak for the rest of its life, and it never wanted to jump any dragon gate again.
By the way, there is also a story of Duxian Bridge, which was originally called Duanfan Bridge. It is located in the Huangshan Scenic Area Dengyuping Peak Road under the first line of the sky, and turns around after passing the careful slope.
It is a single-hole stone bridge that spans between two peaks. Legend has it that in the past, there was an old medicine farmer who helped the poor and was chased and killed by officers and soldiers, and sighed in the face of the abyss: I planted medicine and did good, but I was retributed by evil, is there justice in this world?
As soon as he finished speaking, a stone bridge suddenly descended from the depths of the white clouds, and the old medicine farmer was overjoyed, and when he stepped on the bridge, he became a medicine immortal; and the officers and soldiers chased him to the bridge, and they fell into the abyss one by one, and their bones were broken.
Later generations named this bridge Duxian Bridge. About this bridge, there is also a saying that when a monk climbed Yuping Peak for the first time, he just crossed the Wolong Stream and climbed the careful slope, when suddenly there was a loud noise, the rock was interrupted, and a deep stream and steep valley were cracked.
Pumen could not be crossed, so he had to lean against a large pine tree and rest while making ideas. In the haze, someone seemed to call himself the god of Huangshan Mountain, implying that he said that the helper was by his side.
When he woke up, there was no one to help, and there was only one old pine beside him. He looked at the thick and tall pine tree, and suddenly realized: It turns out that you are the one who helps.
So he fought hard all night, and finally cut down the pine tree, and the pine tree fell down and happened to be erected on the other side of the broken rock, becoming a natural single-plank bridge.
Pumen crossed the bridge and arrived at the destination smoothly. Later generations called this bridge as the Broken Fan Bridge, and widened and strengthened it, renamed the Duxian Bridge, for people to pass.
Stopping here, you can not only watch the wonder of Tiandu Peak from afar, but also gaze at the steepness of the sky. Brother Yixiu was not to be outdone: "I thought of a story of the strange stones of Penglai Sandao, passing a line of sky, climbing dozens of steps, looking back and looking back, you can see three jagged small stone peaks standing in each other's arms." The peak is like a sword, the pure stone is supreme, the peak is upright, and the forms are different. Whenever the clouds and mist are wrapped, the peak tip is slightly exposed, like an island in the sea, people are also known as the mythical Penglai fairyland, so it is named Penglai three islands. According to legend, after Yang Yuhuan, the beloved concubine of Xuanzong in the Tang Dynasty, died in Macpo, a wisp of fragrant soul swam here. The golden boy and jade girl on the island, the fairy goddess, welcomed her to the fairy palace jade concubine Taizhen Temple. Soon, on the order of Xuanzong, the Taoist priest who was looking for the ghost of the concubine also arrived in the dust, and was entrusted by the concubine to ask Xuanzong to come here for a gathering as soon as possible. After Xuanzong learned of Yang Guifei's whereabouts, he quickly returned to heaven, and his soul came to the three islands of Penglai and met the concubine as before. Since then, the two have lived a loving husband and wife life here, and finally realized their good wishes of being winged birds in heaven and Lian Li skills on the earth. Garfield saw that everyone had said it, and racked his brains and said, "I finally came up with a story that my master told, after passing the overpass, at the top of Tiandu Peak, I could see an ancient pine hanging on the cliff, that is, the sea pine." It has a very long side branch, which stretches out to the front sea, like a dragon exploring something in the sea. Hence the name. According to legend, there was an immortal who was invited to the heavenly capital for a banquet, and when he walked to the bridge, he saw the sea of clouds churning, the mighty air in the sky, and the peaks and valleys were changing. He was so drunk that he forgot all about going to the banquet. Another immortal, Dongfang Shuo, saw this scene, that is, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: The old man and the old man, like an old pine, do not taste his wine, drink the sea breeze alone, drunk for a thousand years, and have endless fun. When the fairy man heard this, he felt that this was quite reasonable, and thought: This place is more beautiful than the fairy palace, why not get drunk here for a thousand years? This is the sea pine. Because of its peculiar shape, the old chronicle will be included in the top ten famous pines of Huangshan. There is a poem: The cliff of the heavenly capital is a pine strange, and the ancient stem is inclined to leave. To compete with the dragon king for the sea, sideways to dance invincible. The soft and weak Zeng Lu also said with enlightenment: "I also suddenly remembered the story of a fairy embroidery, in front of the Paiyun Pavilion, looking to the left, there is a coincidental stone like a girl on the stone bed peak in the distance, and there is a strange pine in front of it, such as the embroidery table, and the beautiful name is about the fairy embroidery." There is also a folk tale in this: in ancient times, there lived a kind Uncle Liu and his granddaughter in the West Sea of Huangshan. Uncle Liu goes to the mountains every day to dig herbs, pick mushrooms, pick cloud tea, and his granddaughter is smart and beautiful, named Tiannu, cooking rice and embroidering at home. One day, Grandpa went to the edge of the iron pool to collect medicinal herbs, encountered a vicious black dragon, and almost died, but fortunately was rescued by a young man named Da Niu. The big bull is determined to kill the black dragon and eliminate the harm for the people. Uncle Liu and Tiannu both supported him and invited the whole village to rush to make weapons day and night. The big cow led the villagers to the edge of the iron wire pool, picked up a stone and threw it into the pool. The black dragon was frightened and rushed up from the water, with a curled tail and a big mouth, and the sky suddenly darkened. Da Niu did not show weakness, picked up the treasure knife and fought with the black dragon, fought for three days and three nights, fought ninety-nine rounds, Da Niu finally killed the black dragon, and he was tired and fell on the hill. As soon as he fell to the ground, he fell asleep, and I don't know how many years passed, and then it became Woniu Peak. The dragon head that was cut off by the big bull is the dragon head stone on the side of the road under the top of the light. The Celestial Maiden sits on the high west peak every day and embroiders flowers, looking forward to the big cow waking up. She twisted the silk thread and kept embroidering, embroidering, and she wanted to embroider the most beautiful belt for the big cow. Over time, she became a fairy stone. You see, isn't the sunset in the West Sea just the colorful silk embroidered by the fairy? It is really the embroidered fairy at the peak, stepping on the clouds and holding a bandage. The needlework is like flying, and the heavens and men also love the spring breeze. Although Zeng Lu spoke eloquently, his eyebrows flew and danced, and he talked endlessly, but after the folk tale solitaire, everyone was bored, there was no freshness, everything was the same, and he was the most motivated when he was whimsical.
Hu Jiaojiao also said boredly: "Okay, let's stop telling myths and legends, first I listened to it with relish, but now it is completely boring." However, she suddenly glanced at the cliff of the wall, and suddenly became interested again, she was full of interest, and said with interest: "Look, what are the words written on the mountain wall?"
However, just now everyone remembered to tell the story, did not notice these strong and powerful, dragon flying phoenix dance big characters, Huangshan is highly respected and loved by literati and ink writers, time passes, the sun and the moon change, literati and scholars come frequently, all feel a lot.
Therefore, the literati and scholars of the past dynasties were attracted by the magical and dangerous Yellow Mountain, and they came one after another, looking for seclusion and exploration, creating a large number of poems and songs, and leaving many cliff stone carving works.
The cliff carvings of Huangshan can be divided into two forms: inscription and inscription, mainly concentrated in hot springs, Yuping, Beihai, Yungu and Songgu scenic spots.
They chant on the peak, Panasonic chant poems, accompanied by stonemasons carefully carved and polished, good words and brocades, Huizhou stone carvings, complement each other, made in heaven, and create a proud ink pen between heaven and earth.
The momentum is magnificent, staggered, and sighing, unforgettable. It is said that there are more than 270 cliff stone carvings in the Yellow Mountain, including more than 40 inscriptions.
And the terrain is precipitous, most of them are carved on the cliffs with peculiar scenery, most of them are from the handwriting of famous masters in the past dynasties - such as the Mingxian Spring we have just seen, the washing cup spring historical materials contain the handwriting of the poet fairy Li Bai, or praise the scenery, or the title of the tour, or introduce allusions, seals, subordinates, grass, lines, Kai, each body has both.
Throughout the stone carvings of Huangshan, there are the characteristics of magnificent, exquisite calligraphy, delicate depiction, and full of personality.
And the Yellow Mountain stone carved font is numerous, writing, carving skills are exquisite, if you are fortunate enough to be able to read one by one, it is better to observe a calligraphy exhibition, not only their calligraphy level is at the peak, incomparable, but also condenses the literati and scholars have the feeling of the broad feelings of the Yellow Mountain, it deserves to be a wonderful flower in the treasure house of our Chinese national art, it makes the Yellow Mountain of the magical and dangerous show more spiritual.
We began to appreciate the unique Huangshan cliff carvings with taste.