Chapter 444: Ascending to the Sun and Moon at Night
During my three years of traveling, I had climbed Mount Tai with Master, and I was a rather homely person, so I didn't have much interest in scenic spots.
The fat man was a big girl who got on the sedan chair, and he couldn't hide his excitement along the way, chatting with the taxi driver non-stop.
Infected by him, and thinking that the little stinky fart has a chance to see the light of day again, my mood has also become quite good, and the two of them laugh and laugh constantly, feeling like a real tourist who has come to visit the mountains and rivers, and I am relaxed.
It's late May, and it's the best time to climb Mount Ti in terms of the time of day.
The most turbulent May Day holiday tide of the year has ended, and the number of tourists should be much smaller, so as not to be shoulder to shoulder.
It wasn't until the taxi stopped at the Dai Temple at the foot of Mount Tai that I realized that I was naïve to what I thought.
It's half past eleven in the evening.
Under the starry night, the front of the Dai Temple is crowded, and the leaders of the major tour groups carry a vast or scattered team, with a big horn on their chests, and keep waving colorful command flags in their hands.
The hawkers set up stalls shouting one after another, and tourists come and go like dumplings, shuttling back and forth. They were dressed differently, their expressions were different, and they were so bustling that they were dizzy to watch.
Only then did I remember that since ancient times, there has been a saying that "enter the red gate at night and watch the sunrise". Many tourists gather at the foot of the mountain at this time, eighty percent to climb to the top of the Jade Emperor at dawn to watch the sunrise.
The entrance to the summit is tomorrow morning at half past nine, and we have plenty of time to simply walk with the crowd. To be honest, with this kind of crowding posture, you can't go fast.
I had experience in climbing Mount Ti, so I took the fat man to the side of the road to buy some water and food, and we had already put two thin down jackets in our backpacks, which were enough to withstand the cold on the mountain.
The fat man was puzzled and asked me why I bought so much water? This can't be exhausted to death? I laughed and said do you know how much the two yuan a bottle of mineral water sells for at the top of the mountain?
The fat man shook his head. I said ten yuan, and it was either a drink or bottled water. The fat man was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue and said thanks to your reminder, otherwise he would have lost his fortune by drinking water.
As soon as we bought the tickets at the ticket office, several tour guides surrounded us and asked us if we needed to accompany us.
The fat man asked the price, at least five hundred, he felt sorry for the money and hesitated. I said if you want to invite one, you come for the first time, we are not short of money, and besides, you don't spend this money, what's the point of working hard to earn it?
The fat man thought about it, but still pulled me away. I complained that he was a money fan, but he was straight and happy, saying that he saw a big tour group, and the leader of the tour was the tour guide.
I was stunned. The heart said that the fat man is really money-saving, diligent and thrifty, he is definitely a rich man in ancient times, and he can get rid of an iron rooster that can make Zhou Pao's skin cry!
In this way, we followed behind this tour group, starting from the Red Gate, all the way up through Wanxian Tower, Doumu Palace, Yitian Pavilion and then arriving at Zhongtianmen.
The tour guide of the tour group mechanically explained the scenic spots, his voice was hoarse, and the heads of the people who listened were buzzing, and he was very disappointed.
We crossed the Yunbu Bridge, watched the five major pines, and then went to the foot of the eighteen pans of the moat.
Looking up, the stone steps that go up step by step seem to reach the sky, and like a black dragon that extends up fiercely, looking mysterious against the light of the surrounding roadside shops.
Looking down, there was a crowd of people behind him. A few hard-working mountain pickers carried flat burdens on their shoulders and walked silently on the mountain road, as if they were unable to lift their heads under the weight of life.
Almost everyone is holding a flashlight in their hands, and the countless glimmers emitted by the flashlight are like a surging sea of stars, undulating. In my trance, I had the illusion that I was not here to climb the mountain, but to see people.
It takes about five or six hours for ordinary people to reach the Jade Emperor Peak from the bottom of the mountain, and the Wuyue Supreme at an altitude of more than 1,500 meters is a big challenge for them.
The fat man and I are both cultivators, and our physical strength is far beyond that of ordinary people, and we can't even breathe when we climb mountains.
We followed a large number of tour groups, everyone didn't know each other, and they were out of breath when they climbed the mountain, but no one noticed that we took advantage of the white scoop behavior of the explanation.
On the contrary, the fat man and I both felt that everyone was walking too slowly, and we wanted to stop and rest at every turn, so we simply overtook them, and the two of them rushed side by side towards the eighteen plates.
The eighteen plates were steep, and the speed of the two of us was extremely fast, which attracted everyone's amazed eyes for a while.
On this high, steep mountain road, the average tourist climbs with trekking poles in his hand, and when it comes to maintaining balance, the monk is very different from ordinary people.
During the climbing, we can all vaguely feel the aura surging, and there are quite a few of them, presumably there should be a lot of colleagues here who come to participate in the summit.
Climb up the fairy square in one go, and then go to the South Heavenly Gate, the cold wind gradually rises, and the temperature plummets. The two of us put on our thin down jackets and looked at the time, it was just after three o'clock in the morning.
According to the entrance of the Taishan Summit, at this moment we should go west from the South Heavenly Gate, pass through the Peach Blossom Spring, and finally arrive at the first line of heaven to wait.
But the fat man was interested, saying that he had come to the first mountain in the world, and wouldn't it be in vain not to look at the wonder of the sun and the moon? You have to go to the Moon View Peak to enjoy the moon and see the scenery first, and then go to the Sun View Peak to watch the sunrise over the sea of clouds.
I saw that there was more than enough time, so I let him, and the two continued to go up to Yueguan Peak.
The weather is excellent, and dawn is approaching.
Climb the peak into the moon pavilion, but see the bright moon in the sky, the sky and the earth are vast, and the night is integrated, the frightened mountain market, like a baby sleeping soundly in swaddling clothes, the corners of the mouth hang crystal salivation.
Stretching out of the eyes, looking north at the extreme, you can vaguely see the spring city in the dim lights. She is like a graceful woman in tulle, out of reach. I am afraid that this is the reason why the people called this place "Wangfu".
Next moon view of the peak to the southeast, visit the Bixia Temple, climb the top of the Jade Emperor, more than four o'clock in the morning, we finally stood in the crowd of people on the peak of the day. Squeeze into the promenade where there is almost no place to stand, waiting for the sun to rise.
The sea of clouds is floating here, like a thousand years of wind and snow, and a thousand years of long river. The red sun jumped out, suddenly, and the golden light was shining!
Stepping on the top of these five mountains, standing at the critical point between heaven and earth, my heart fluctuates, and I feel the endless power of the sun and the moon, everything is bright, and everything is insignificant......
Du Fu has a poem: "Creation Zhong Shenxiu, yin and yang cut the dawn." Swinging his chest and giving birth to Zeng Yun, he decided to return to the bird...... "This situation and this scene are exactly the same as my state of mind."
Even the glutinous rice dumplings in the body seem to feel this extraordinary momentum, and the chirping is non-stop, like singing......