readx;? Back on the mountain, there are no plants, trees, birds and beasts, and there is only jade on the mountain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe nearest prince was Xingguo, so King Mu ordered the people of Xingguo to mine jade, take the jade version of the three vehicles, jade clothing [the genus of Huanpei], and carry ten thousand jade [only jade for (version), half (jade) for only]. King Mu happily rested for four days in the Jade Mountain, and ordered Xing Hou to take charge of the jade mining.

On the second day of the seventh month (Mengqiu Ding Youri), King Mu turned northward and arrived at the land of Xing's (Jingyuan County, Guyuan, Ningxia), and Xing's son Qianshi presented good horses, cattle and sheep to King Mu in Yuling. Because the people of the Xing clan are mining jade, King Mu does not accept gifts from the hidden time. The accompanying Hezong Baiyao introduced: Xing, after being a sinner (probably a previous enemy of Zhou), came to ask for forgiveness from King Mu. Eighteen golden babies were given by King Mu, and three hundred wrapped in gold. When you dive, you worship and receive.

Note: Xing and Xing are not the same thing, Xing is the son of the Duke of Zhou's feudal state, the location is in Xingtai, Hebei, and the land of the Xing clan should be north of Jingchuan, according to the geographical location, and the way of travel, judging by the geographical location, and the way of travel, King Mu may want to explore the upper reaches of the Jing River, so the most likely place to reach is Jingyuan (the source of the Jing River) County, which belongs to Ningxia Guyuan.

On the third day of the seventh month (Wuxu Day), King Mu continued his westward journey.

On the sixth day of the seventh month (Xin Chou Day), King Mu and his entourage came to the Lu clan [Yinyi]. King Mu ordered the Lu clan to prepare food and other logistical matters for the Sixth Division under the Iron Mountain.

Delong County, which is also Guyuan City, Ningxia, has a mountain named Liupan Mountain, which is also the second highest peak of Liupan Mountain, that is, the Iron Mountain that King Mu wants to worship, the general peak is not enough to impress King Mu, only the peak of Liupan Mountain can arouse his interest.

On the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh month (Renyin Day), King Mu climbed the Iron Mountain, sacrificed to the mountain god (the mountain god of Kunlun) at the suburban gate (the mountain god of Kunlun), and then gave the used sacrificial vessel to the Lu clan, and the leader of the Lu clan, Wen Guinai, worshipped and received. After the sacrifice of King Mu was completed, he continued to the west.

On July 11 (Bingwu Day), King Mu and his entourage arrived at Juanhanshi (which should be the area of Baiyin City, Gansu). It is rich in products, prosperous plants and trees, abundant in wheat, extremely large in dogs, horses, cattle and sheep, and rich in jade.

Although only silver is produced in the area of Baiyin City today, jade may have been produced in history.

Today's jade production areas are mostly in inaccessible places, in fact, jade will not be avoided because of the existence of people, because the formation of jade long before the emergence of human beings, the reason why there is no jade in crowded places, most of them is because it has been taken away by nearby humans in history. Therefore, it is also possible that jade was produced in ancient times in the land of Lanzhou.

On the 12th day of July (Ding Wei Day), King Mu held a great court meeting in Pingyan, the land of the Han clan, and ordered the six divisions accompanying him to rest and camp.

On the 14th day of the seventh month, the leader of the Han clan, Wu Yan, whose lord was a viscount, prepared rich gifts for the courtiers and the princes from all walks of life who came to the court, and placed the seven elites of King Mu's personal guards in Pingyan. He offered to King Mu a hundred good horses, three hundred tamed bison, seventy tamed dogs, two hundred cows, three hundred wild horses, two thousand cattle and sheep, and three hundred carts of wheat. King Mu gave the Han family twenty-eight gold and silver babies, fifty shell belts, and three hundred wraps. There is no need to worship again and again.

On July 15 (Gengxu Day), King Mu and his entourage continued westward and arrived at Xuanchi (Mengda Tianchi, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Haidong City, Qinghai). King Mu visited the Xuanchi Pond and played Guang music, and it took three days to finish, and it was called the orchestra pit. King Mu planted bamboo next to Xuanchi and called this place a bamboo forest.

On the 18th day of the seventh month, King Mu continued his journey westward.

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month (Bingchen day), King Mu arrived at Kushan, also known as Maoyuan. King Mu rested here to hunt and eat bitter grass, and the name of the bitter mountain originated from bitter grass.

Maoyuan should refer to the area at the foot of Laji (Ridge) Mountain at the junction of Huangzhong County, Xining City, Qinghai Province and Guide County, Hainan Prefecture, and Kushan Mountain is Laji Mountain.

Bitter grass, presumed to be barley, is a type of barley, which is native to West Asia like wheat, and the only long-lived variety of barley in China is barley on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

On the twenty-second day of the seventh month (Ding Si day), King Mu continued his westward journey.

On the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month (Jiwei Day), King Mu rested and camped on the west side of the Yellow Squirrel Mountain (Sun Moon Mountain, Huangyuan County, Xining City, Qinghai) and continued to the west.

On the twenty-eighth day of the seventh month (Guihai Day), King Mu arrived in the state of the Queen Mother of the West, whose capital was about today's Gahai Ancient City.

Yaochi should refer to a sub-lake on the east shore of Qinghai Lake, named Gǎ Sea, located 50 kilometers west of Haiyan County and 3 kilometers northeast of Qinghai Lake in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai.

The influence of the state of the Western Queen Mother spreads all over the area around Qinghai Lake, reaching Xinjiang in the west and Pingliangjingyuan County in Gansu Province in the east. Its national strength is comparable to that of Zhou, and history has always maintained goodwill with the Central Plains Dynasty, and history has sent people to the Central Plains many times to pay tribute. It is also the final destination of King Mu.

King Mu may have wanted to strengthen cooperation with the Western Queen Mother State, and the deeper reason may have been to seek the legendary elixir of immortality. Because the leader of the state of the West Queen Mother has always said that it is the West Queen Mother, but in fact this may be a misunderstanding, and the title of the leader of the West Queen Mother may be similar to the title of the emperor, and the Central Plains people mistakenly believe that the lord of the West Queen Mother State that has existed for thousands of years is the same person, so there must be an elixir of immortality, and it is not surprising that the story of Chang'e running to the moon is circulating.

Of course, King Mu has now arrived in the state of the West Queen Mother in person, and he knows that the legend of the immortal medicine is false, and the lord of the state of the West Queen Mother has been passed down for many generations, if there is an immortal medicine, it must be used by himself, how can he die!

On the twenty-ninth day of the seventh month (auspicious day Jiazi day), on an auspicious day, King Mu met with the Queen Mother of the West, and King Mu's gifts included Bai Gui Xuanbi, Jin Group Hundred Pure, and Cloth Group Three Hundred Pure [pure, Pi Duan name also. "Zhou Li" said, "Pure silk is only five taels". group, reprieve. Yin Zu], the Queen Mother of the West will worship it again.

It can be seen here that King Mu is different from the princes of other countries in the state of the Queen Mother of the West, and the other countries must first give gifts to King Mu, and then King Mu will give gifts in return, and here, King Mu will give gifts first, and the Queen Mother of the West will receive gifts, which shows that the relationship between Zhou and the Queen Mother of the West is almost equal, slightly exceeding, so the Queen Mother of the West is to worship and receive gifts, expressing her respect for the Central Plains Communists.

On the 30th day of the seventh month, King Mu and the Queen Mother of the West feasted and drank in the boat above the Yao Pond and spent the night together.

This stay is more than a month. King Mu is already happy, it can be seen that the inhuman image of the legendary Queen Mother of the West is somewhat untenable, it is obvious that the Queen Mother of the West must be a big beauty, otherwise King Mu, who has read countless people, will not be so fascinated. But happy days are always short-lived, and it is impossible for King Mu to abandon the government and stay in the kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West, and the day of parting is coming.