Chapter 40: Zhongyue Songshan
It is said that Xin Ran and Chen Ming got up early in the morning of the second day and came to the inn counter to settle the room payment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The store manager counter excused himself: "The two of you were plotted against in my inn, you adults have a lot, you don't blame the villain, you are already grateful, how can you dare to charge your room money." ”
Xin Ran said: "Shopkeeper, you are a small business, it is not easy, I don't blame you for this matter, don't feel embarrassed, the house money still has to be accepted." ”
When he had finished speaking, he dropped a silver ingot.
The shopkeeper saw that the two insisted on paying for the house, so he didn't shirk it anymore.
After the two paid for the room, they rode straight to Songshan.
Because they wanted to get to Shaolin Temple early, the two of them did not delay on the road this time, but stayed non-stop, eating and sleeping in the open.
On this day, when he finally arrived in Dengfeng, Xin Ran asked Chen Mingdao: "Brother Xian, you used to walk around the rivers and lakes a lot, I don't know if you have been to this Songshan Mountain?"
"Songshan is one of the five mountains, and it is also the location of the Shaolin faction, and when I walked the rivers and lakes in the past, I naturally came," Chen Ming replied.
After hearing this, Xin Ran said to Chen Ming with a smile: "I'm ashamed, it's the first time I've come here, I don't know what the scenery of Songshan is, can you introduce it to me." ”
Chen Ming said: "Of course, this Songshan Songshan is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, lying horizontally in the east and west, known as "Waifang" in ancient times, "Songgao", "Chongsx Zhoushi called Tianmur Mountain, China since ancient times" Song is the center, Zuodai, Right Hua", for "heaven and earth", so it is called Zhongyue Songshan;
"Historical Records, Feng Zen Book" contains: "The kings of the past three generations are all between Heluo, so Songgao is the middle mountain, and the four mountains are like their own side, which means that Songshan is among the five mountains, and the position is very important;
Songshan is composed of Taimur Mountain and Shaomur Mountain, with a total of 72 peaks, and the main peak is located in Taimur Mountain; The highest peak, Liantian Peak, is located in Shaomuro Mountain;
Taimur Mountain, the main peak is the east peak of Songshan Mountain, the altitude is 1492 meters, there are Zhongyue Temple, Songyang Academy, according to legend, the first wife of King Yu Tu Shan was born here, there is a temple of Qimu under the mountain, so it is called "Tai Room". There are 36 peaks in Taimur Mountain, each peak is wonderful, the rock curtain is verdant and green, and the peak wall is surrounded and towering, just like the posture of hibiscus. The main peak "Junji Peak", then in the name of "Song Gao" "Junji in the sky", climb the Junji Peak and overlook, there is a small room in the west, there is a face arch of Kei Mountain in the south, there is Yingshui rushing to go in front, and the Yellow River in the north is like a jade belt. Leaning on the stone overlooking, the peaks and ravines bloom at the feet, the ridges are uneven, and there is a majestic momentum of "will be the top of the mountains, and the mountains are small at a glance". The unpredictable changes between the mountain peaks make people linger. As the poem says:
Thirty-six peaks are like buns, and pedestrians come and go comfortably.
The white clouds suddenly closed, and they were all in the void.
In addition, there is a mountain peak in the northwest of Junji Peak, the highest peak of Songshan Taimur, called Huagai Peak. In ancient times, there lived a capable man on the peak. Because he often observed the celestial phenomena and understood the movement of the sun, moon and stars, he was very interested in the changes of the four seasons in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the cultivation of crops. After the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, for the production and life of the Chinese people, in order to develop agricultural production on the basis of Emperor Yan teaching people to plant grains, he personally led the ministers to visit the canopy on Songshan Mountain. At that time, the mountains were densely wooded, and there were many wolves, insects, tigers and leopards. They drove out the wild beasts with their bows and arrows and spears to make the way, and shouted to each other to gather all kinds of fruits in the forest. They traveled back and forth through many peaks and ravines, and finally found the old man Huagai. It was a hundred-year-old man with a childish face, very talkative, and he was very honored to hear about the arrival of the Yellow Emperor, and described the seven politics and twenty-eight nakshatras, four elephants, three walls, and twelve divisions of Saturn that he had observed for a long time, and talked about their relationship with people's lives and plant growth. The Yellow Emperor listened with relish, and from time to time interjected to ask questions or put forward his own opinions. He asked the minister who went with him, Cangjie, to write down all the important things. The old man of Huagai was very happy, and the Yellow Emperor was also very satisfied, thanked him again and again, and went down the mountain.
The Yellow Emperor returned to the capital of Youxiong Country, based on the conversation with the old man, formulated the calendar, let Xi and occupy the sun, let Changxi occupy the month, let the astrological qi of the Suo District, let Da Luo make Jiazi to record the day of the dry branch, and let Rong Cheng formulate the calendar by the six laws. The year is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, and then divided into 12 months, and then divided into 24 solar terms. In this way, crop planting and the development of agricultural production in accordance with the changes in the four seasons, temperature, rainfall, and phenology have played a great role in improving and enhancing the people's living standards. In order to commemorate the old man of Huagai, the peak where the descendants live is called Huagai Peak;
Shaomu Mountain, there are 36 peaks, the mountain is also very steep and steep, the peaks are clustered and undulating, such as the flag surrounding, like the sword halberd is listed, it is very magnificent. The top of Shaomu Mountain is wide and flat like a village, divided into two layers, and there is the danger of four days gate. Even Tianfeng on the mountain is the west peak of Song Mountain, it is the highest peak of Zhongyue, it is said that the second wife of King Yu, the sister of Tu Shan lives here, people build a young aunt temple under the mountain to respect it, so the name of the mountain is "less room";
The Shaolin Temple of Songshan Mountain is located in the north foot of Shaolin Mountain, under the five milk peaks, built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, in the past, the famous master of Tianzhu Bodhidharma Patriarch came here to preach the scriptures, since then the reputation of Shaolin Temple has slowly spread. Later, at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the thirteen stick monks of Shaolin Temple sacrificed themselves to save the Tang King Li Shimin for the people of the world, Li Shimin established the Tang Dynasty and ascended the throne as the emperor, in order to thank the Shaolin monks in the past for saving their lives, they ordered to rebuild the Shaolin Temple, and many monks came here to preach and practice martial arts, and the Zen Shaolin Temple was famous all over the world.
In addition, at the foot of the mountain 300 meters west of Shaolin Temple, there is Tallinn, which is the cemetery of the abbots and monks of Shaolin Temple since the Tang Dynasty. “
After hearing Chen Ming's introduction, Xin Ran couldn't help but be very fascinated, and said: I can't imagine that my Great Song Dynasty has such magnificent mountains and rivers, it is really fascinating, no wonder for thousands of years, there are many moving legends and beautiful stories left on this Zhongyue.
"What the eldest brother said is very true, but the most desirable thing for my generation of martial arts people on this mountain is this Shaolin Temple," Chen Ming said.
Xin Ran heard Chen Ming say this, and said: "What Xianmei said is extremely true, Shaolin has always been known as the Taishan Beidou of martial arts, and its martial arts do have its superiority, this time we must ask the master of Shaolin for advice." “
"In that case, what are you waiting for, let's hurry up," Chen Ming said.
So the two of them urged their horses and galloped towards Shaomuro Mountain.