Chapter 43 The Taoist

Laoshan is the blessed land of the fairy mountain of Taoist legend, the mountain is full of big trees such as old cypress pine and cypress terriers, lush forests, towering to the sky and covering the sun, strange flowers and flowers, everywhere. In addition, the valley is strange, the rock ravines are deep and beautiful, rare birds and beasts, and the cranes are flying, and people are not surprised to see them. At the end is a spiritual mountain resort, which is extraordinary. Walk into Laoshan Mountain, you will see this Shangqing Palace jade wall crystal wall, thousands of households, many places have immortal law forbidden protection, it is to the four seasons of Changchun, there are strange flowers everywhere, there are often waterfalls and flowing springs outside the four sides, there is no rain all year round, everywhere.

Walking in Laoshan is a kind of enjoyment, as if walking into a painting.

It seems to be poetic and picturesque, like a fairy cave house.

There are crape myrtle, ginkgo, peony, winter-resistant and other flowers and trees in the courtyard of the Qing Palace on Laoshan Mountain, Qionglin Yushu, and I don't know how many elixirs are wonderful. All generations of Laoshan Dao people have taken advantage of this and transplanted from the major famous mountains to add color to this place. In particular, the two dry and thick camellia trees in the front yard of the main hall, one with red flowers and the other with white flowers, when winter is over and spring is approaching, the fist flowers are full of branches, the red is fiery red, and the white is snow-white, and the flowering period lasts for three months. In the cold winter season, the green leaves of the trees are dripping green, and the red flowers are delicate, like falling a layer of snow. It is said that these two winter-resistant, more than 400-year-old trees, were transplanted here by Wudang patriarch Zhang Sanfeng from the island.

In the Three Emperors Hall of Taiqing Palace, there is a juniper tree more than 2,000 years old, which is the cypress cypress of the Han Dynasty (this tree has parasitized a Lingxiao tree, like a dragon, wrapped around the trunk, and is called "Hanbai Lingxiao") The three trees are one, co-prosperity and symbiosis, which is planted by Zhang Lianfu, a real person in Laoshan in the Han Dynasty.

A 1,000-year-old Tang Dynasty rough-leaved tree (because the trunk is curved like a dragon's head, also known as "dragon head elm", the real person Liu Ruozhuo once met an immortal who lit him below, so it is called "Tang Yu Feng Xian"), which was planted by Li Zhexuan, a real person in the Tang Dynasty. Legend has it that this tree has already become an immortal manifestation, Shangqing Palace has a surname 'Yu' old Tao, in the view of perennial orders but nowhere to be seen, a person at meal time a chopsticks and a bowl in front of it.

Outside the Taiping Palace, there are two red pines of more than 300 years old, with a dragon with branches, and a verdant crown, and because of the attack on Liu Ruozhuo, the founding head of the Taiping Palace, "Huagai Zhenren" road number, it is one of the twelve views of Laoshan Mountain.

Liao Chan followed Zhou Yunhe for a long time, and he didn't know where he was going, so he heard him say: "There is a Baiyun Cave in front of the little monk, which is my senior brother's place of cultivation, I will take you over to find my senior brother to ask." ”

Zen Wenyan was shocked in his heart, the name of the first of the two immortals of Laoshan Kaiyangzi, he had heard of it a long time ago, this is to be able to see the real person, it is really nervous.

The Baiyun Cave where Kaiyangzi lives is located in the Yang of Maoling Mountain at the eastern foot of Laoshan Mountain, it is a natural stone cave, it is stacked by four huge stones on the left and right sides of the front and back, and the three words of "Baiyun Cave" in the cave amount are mentioned by the real person Tian Baiyun of Laoshan in the old days. Before I came here, I smelled a burst of fragrance, and the fragrance was mixed with the smell of pine trees, faint, natural and quiet, refreshing, and very comfortable.

Zen came to the Baiyun Cave outside, only to see the cave outside the door, the flowers and plants are like a show; the green cypress and green pine are new in color, it is the place where the fairy family comes and goes; next to the cave is a view, also known as "Baiyun Cave", the source of the name of Baiyun Cave is because Baiyun Cave is located in the high mountain and near the sea, often clouds and mist so it gets its name. Legend that the building materials of the Baiyun Temple are transported by sea overnight, so there is the saying of "Shengong Baiyun Cave, artificial Huayan Temple"; the green dragon pavilion is built in front of the green dragon stone on the left side of the cave, the bronze statue of Sanqing is enshrined inside, the incense is vigorous; there was an ancient pine behind the hole, named "Huagai pine", the old dry pan is curved, the branches are dense and the leaves are dense, the swaying is like a cover, covering the top of the cave, the small branch is oblique out, probe out of the hole, look at it from below, it is very like a flying dragon with teeth and claws, the scenery is called "Cloud Cave Pan Song"; there are lying cloud caves, Bodhisattva holes, Qingxu holes in front of the green dragon stones. The Bodhisattva cave is for an iron Buddha, which is the Laoshan Taoist priest Zhao Tishun from the sea to pick up. There is a white bone pine next to it, in front of the Baiyun Cave, the pine waves are sassy, and the bamboo rhyme is Xiaoxiao. Go east along the mountain road on the side of the cave, climb through the Erxian Gate, pass through a stone gap, climb the "ladder", cross the "three steps", and you can reach the magical "Huisendai". The table is like a seat, and the back is engraved with the word "immortal", which can accommodate three or four people. Looking at the stage from the stage, the sea is clear, the smoke is vast, and the cliff is overlooked, which is thrilling.

It's really hard to describe a good word, and there is a poem that praises: "Baiyun Cave in the depths of Baiyun, and Baiyun is sealed at the entrance of the cave every day." Shocked to see the dragon in the clouds, a hundred years of pine after a hole. ”

Zen was looking at the scenery, then he saw a boy come out, looked at Zen, and saw that Zhou Yunhe recognized it, so he saluted Zhou Yunhe respectfully and shouted: "Uncle." ”

Zhou Yunhe stepped forward and asked casually, "Is your master in the cave?"

Tong'er replied, "Master is watering the flowers inside." ”

Zhou Yunhe nodded, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Senior brother, I'm here." There was no need to report it, and he didn't stop, Da Lu smiled and walked straight to the Baiyun Cave. The boy seemed to be used to it, and he didn't stop him and let Zen and Zhou Yunhe in. Zen will see that this Baiyun Cave is square, wide and empty, the top of the cave is flat, the ground is paved with stones, and it is relatively dry.

At this time, a person in the cave was playing with a white magnolia flower, and Zen suddenly realized in his heart, only to know the source of the fragrance of Lu Dao just now. This person has always been Cheng Siming, watching Zhou Yunhe come in with Zen, he greeted him with a smile on his face, and was invited to salute inside, and sat down on the futon, then he asked Zhou Yunhe, "Senior brother, who is this?"

Zhou Yunhe said: "This is a junior I met on the road, and the Dharma name is Zen. ”

Liao Chan hurriedly saluted and said, "I've seen my predecessors." ”

Cheng Siming said with a smile: "No need to be polite, taste the tea in my cave." At this time, the boy brewed the tea, Cheng Siming invited a guest to drink tea, and then said to Zhou Yunhe: "Senior brother, is the idle gust of wind blowing you here today?"

Zhou Yunhe said: "I don't want to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, but I have something to ask my senior brother." ”

Cheng Siming said: "What's the matter?"

Zhou Yunhe told the Zen request, Cheng Siming groaned when he heard this, shook his head and said: "I don't know this way, I'll take you to Mingxia Cave and ask the master about it." ”

Seeing that the two of them were busy with themselves, Zen was overjoyed and said very gratefully: "Thank you seniors." ”

Xuan Lingzi lives in Mingxia Cave, legend has it that Sun Ziyang, the patriarch of the Jinshan faction, really looks at the lotus flowers, thinks that the temperature drops in winter, but the flowers are so delicate, this place must be a treasure of feng shui, there must be aura, so every day to the lotus pond, pick the aura of heaven and earth, absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, such as drunk and infatuated, do not think about the samovar. Later, Sun Ziyang became an immortal and left.

Mingxia Cave is on the Kunlun mountainside in the south of Laoshan Mountain, and the two of them go up from the trail, and they will reach the entrance of the cave for a while. This hole is Sun Ziyang real person with a flying sword chiseled out, the hole has Qiu Changchun written "Mingxia Cave" three words.

Outside the Mingxia Cave, the smoke curls, and the pines and cypresses are sensen. The smoke and mist curl up the Ruiying Gate, the pine and cypress forests and green households, the bridge steps on the withered wood, and the peak surrounds the dill. The bird's rank red stamen comes to the clouds, and the deer tramples on the stone moss;

The cave is tall and spacious, and the Tao is because Sun Ziyang and other Taoists have all been cultivated in this cave, and there is a stone carving "Sun Ziyang Shu", which is that there are many stone carvings in the cave. There are more than 30 Taoist buildings such as Sanqing Palace, Doumu Palace and so on next to the cave, and the huge stone in the east of the cave is inscribed with "Tianban Zhuxia". The flat cliff in front of the cave is like a platform, so you can look at the sea from afar, the sky is vast, and look down on the cliff, the ravines are vertical and horizontal. Climb up from the trail behind the hole, through the Xuanzhen Cave to the top of Kunlun, there is a heavenly pool.