Chapter 82: Sightseeing in Hubei

Song Yao and Wu Zeyu had already made plans for the upcoming National Day, and the two booked a 6-day group tour of "Enshi-Shiyan-Shenlongjia" in advance on a travel APP. Wu Zeyu plans to return to Wuhan after the trip, just in time to meet his future father-in-law. However, because the two received a notice from the Beijing company two days before the National Day, asking them to participate in the unified interview organized by the company on October 8, they had no choice but to change their itinerary and cancel the last stop in Wuhan. The air tickets during the National Day were not discounted at all, the two gritted their teeth, reluctantly ordered a full ticket from Yichang to Beijing, and prepared to rush to Yichang immediately after the Shenlongjia tour, and flew from Yichang to Beijing, so the two could only miss the opportunity to stay at Song Yao's house during this holiday.

The first stop of the group reported by Song Yao and Wu Zeyu was Enshi. Enshi is a city with four distinct seasons, less severe cold in winter, no heat in summer, and abundant rainfall. Song Yao and Wu Zeyu arrived in Enshi, and after meeting with everyone, they checked into the hotel arranged by the tour guide. After breakfast on the second day, take the group bus to Enshi Grand Canyon. Enshi Grand Canyon is located in Tunpu Township and Banqiao Town, Enshi City, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest Hubei near the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, at the junction of Hunan, Chongqing and Hubei provinces, and belongs to the most beautiful section of the Qingjiang River Basin, which was discovered by the Sino-French expedition in 2004. Enshi Grand Canyon sinkholes, ground cracks, peak clusters, cliffs, karst caves, dark rivers are numerous, with the beauty of space, the beauty of the peaks and clusters of bamboo shoots, and the beauty of the terraced fields of the clouds and clouds, so it is called "karst topography and landform natural museum".

On the way to the Grand Canyon, Song Yao stood on the Yunlong River Bridge with everyone, and saw that the earth seemed to suddenly crack a huge gap without the end of the end, and heard the sound of a dragon roaring in the gap. It turns out that this is the mysterious cloud dragon crack, which is hidden deep under the ground of the Enshi Grand Canyon, which is the most beautiful scar on the earth, like a knife and axe engraved in a deep groove of the earth, and like a cloud dragon swimming. The crack of the ground is tortuous and meandering, deep and bottomless, the cliffs on both sides stand upright, the trees are lush, the top is narrow and the bottom is wide like a cliff encloses.

The tour guide took everyone to visit the Yunlong River first. The ground crack of the Yunlong River is the ground crack formed by the collapse of the top of the Longqiao Dark River after entering the underground of Enshi and sleeping for twenty or thirty million years. Facing the upper reaches of the Yunlong River, standing on the rope bridge, the left bank is the Triassic strata formed 1.8-230 million years ago, and the right bank is the Permian strata formed 250-280 million years ago, as if standing in the middle of two geological epochs, so the rope bridge is also called "time and space bridge". Everyone crossed the short rope bridge, felt the changes in the landscape spanning more than 90 million years, and listened to the turbulent Yunlong River roaring through the cracks in the ground. Song Yao, Wu Zeyu and others listened to the tour guide's explanation: "The dragon is still flying in the sky, and the hidden fairyland is in the world." The seam waterfall washes the dust, the majestic and dangerous show becomes a fairy", seeing the cliffs on both sides of the ground seam are steep, confront each other, the atmosphere is magnificent and the danger is incomparable, the waterfall is like a colorful yellow dragon, it is magnificent! There are many dangerous shoals under the cracks in the ground, huge rocks are lined up, and deep pools are dense, which is really shocking and pleasant!

After visiting the underground scenic spot of the Grand Canyon, the group came to the heavenly scenic spot of the Grand Canyon - Qixingzhai. The geological wonders such as canyons, peaks and forests, and cliffs here are the essence of the landscape of the entire Qingjiang Great Fault Geological Zone. Everyone passed through the stone bud maze, the hanging coffin ascending, the first line of the sky, the cool cave, the Chaotian Gate, the ancient elephant ridge, the male and female mushrooms, the auspicious cloud torch, the lovesick bird and other scenic spots, and arrived at the echo valley where the wall stood and stood ten thousand people, Song Yao and Wu Zeyu shouted with everyone here, each discerning their own echo. Continue to climb and come to the iconic landscape of Enshi Grand Canyon, which is also the treasure of the town valley - a stick of incense.

Song Yao stood next to a stick of incense, looked up and saw a stick of incense narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, towering into the clouds, with the wind blowing, sun, thunder, rain, but it could stand. After passing through the Twin Towers, Thumb Peak, Jade Girl Peak, Yubi Peak, Lovers Peak, Mother and Child Love, Earth Mountains and Rivers, Yuping Peak and other scenic spots, we came to the cliff plank road. I saw that the cliff corridor was a rock wall on one side and an abyss on the other. In the distance, the clouds are steaming, and the hundred peaks are standing, which is beautiful and magnificent!

On the third day, visit Enshi Tusi City and Enshi Daughter City, the attractions of these two places are crowded with people, and all eyes are full of people. National Day, which is to watch the scenery, this is to come out to see people! Wu Zeyu held Song Yao's right hand tightly with his left hand, his eyes were staring at the small flag of the tour guide, and as the team moved forward mechanically, the two almost lost their interest in playing!

On the fourth day, the tour group arrived in Shiyan, ready to ask the "Tao" Wudang Mountain, to experience the harmonious beauty of man and nature. Shiyan is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, adjacent to Henan, Shaanxi and Chongqing provinces, and has always been known as "the southern ship and the northern horse, the throat of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the thoroughfare of the four provinces". Shiyan is not only the central city of the ecological and cultural tourism circle in western Hubei Province, but also the only national garden city in the inland area of the country. In this mysterious and ancient land, there have been ancient human culture, ancient Fang culture, poetry culture, imperial exile culture, Three Kingdoms culture, Fuzhi culture and Wudang culture.

Song Yao and Wu Zeyu arrived at Wudang Mountain, a Taoist holy place with beautiful mountains and rivers and charming scenery. Wudang Mountain is famous for its prominent position of "the crown of the five mountains" of "the four famous mountains are all arched, and the five immortals and mountains are the same dynasty", and the Ming Dynasty is respected as the "royal family temple". Standing at the foot of Wudang Mountain, I saw the white clouds in the blue sky, and the red wall palace was hidden among the mountains. Song Yao and Wu Zeyu passed through the transfer hall, worshiped the Taihe Palace, the Huangjing Hall, the Ten Thousand Saints Pavilion, the Lingguan Palace, entered the Purple Gold City, climbed to the top of Tianzhu Peak, the highest peak of Wudang Mountain, and came to the Golden Temple of Wudang Mountain. The Golden Palace adopts the top of the heavy eaves hall of the same level as the Taihe Hall in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and was built by the order of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. Standing in front of the Golden Palace, you can see the beautiful scenery of Wudang Mountain, but you can see the strange peaks and strange stones on the mountain, the turbulent flow, and the clouds and mist are steaming. They felt the grand scene of Wudang with "seventy-two peaks facing the big peak, twenty-four streams flowing for a long time", and seemed to have come to the Forbidden City in Beijing, which was carried by Fengtian.

By the time she arrived at Zixiao Palace, Song Yao was so tired that her legs were as heavy as lead. She had to hang her arm on Wu Zeyu's arm and try her best. Coming to the Nanyan Palace, countless visitors are worshipping the Emperor Zhenwu, watching the cliff stone hall, tasting the nectar holy water, and burning the merit incense. Song Yao considered that the two of them were about to graduate, and they also wanted to worship Emperor Zhenwu and ask for the blessing of Emperor Zhenwu. She pulled Wu Zeyu to the incense shop to buy six meritorious incense sticks, the two of them each lit three, inserted them in the incense burner, and sincerely knelt in front of the statue of Emperor Zhenwu, silently praying in her heart that Emperor Zhenwu would bless them to find their ideal job and bless Song Yao to be admitted to graduate school!!

Walking out of the hall, Song Yao looked up at the sky, overlooking the huge Taoist palace and the endless mountains and dense forests, feeling the ancient Taoist palace view that looks like the world, like the fairy mountain, and like the heavens, and finally understood Lao Tzu's idea of "man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law of the Tao, and the Tao is the law of nature". Song Yao figured this out, she no longer felt tired, and her whole body seemed to be suddenly full of true qi!