Take the cruise ship from Yichang to the river, soon into the three gorges of the Yangtze River, you can see a peak rising to the sky stands on the north bank of the Yangtze River, rising from the water surface, straight into the sky, the water ripples at the bottom of the mountain, the clouds and mist on the top of the mountain, this is the famous goddess peak, the highest peak of the twelve peaks of Wushan.
Legend has it that Emperor Yan's unmarried daughter Yao Ji died and rested here, slowly growing up as beautiful peaks as her figure, like a fair lady, guarding the safety of passing ships and pedestrians day and night, and dedicating her gentle and kind side to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River that is full of dangers and speeds for thousands of years.
There is a tributary on the south bank of Wu Gorge, which is facing the goddess peak and flows with green and green water, which is naturally stained with the light of the goddess peak, and is called the beautiful name goddess stream.
The stream is larger than the ditch and smaller than the river, and the stream that resembles a small river is called a stream, so it is undoubtedly appropriate to define the stream of the goddess as a small river.
In the past, when there was no Three Gorges Dam, it was shaded by trees and inaccessible, and boats could not be traveled during the dry season, and the beauty of Shennu Creek was hidden deep in the mountains and little was known.
After the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, Shennu Creek has become a tourist attraction like the Daning River (Little Three Gorges) not far away, attracting the attention of countless tourists.
We sat on the Wushan Tourism Company's yellow fiberglass tile-roofed cruise ship, not too spacious cabin (about less than 4 meters wide), demarcated by a middle passage, symmetrically arranged on both sides of the wooden benches with reliable backs, the larger boat was full of 24 people, the smaller one was full of 18 people (we took this boat), when the seats were full, the diesel engine started to set off, heading to the depth of the 32-kilometer-long Shennu Creek, which is the beginning of the Shennu Creek tour.
The tour guide is a post-80s girl, petite, beautiful face, born and raised in Wushan, her family lives in the mountains not far from the Goddess Creek, and has been a tour guide for 10 years (senior in Wushan), practicing a relatively standard Mandarin, the voice is crisp and magnetic, very good. After a burst of opening remarks, he was followed by a brief introduction to the situation of the Goddess Creek, speaking in a mouth-like manner without hiccup, giving people the feeling of fluent language expression.
The cruise ship is almost walking at the speed of walking in the Goddess Creek, in order to pass the loneliness of our boat sightseeing, the tour guide Lele generously sang a popular mountain song in Wushan, the sound is good, the local flavor of the mountain song is strong, although we can not understand the pure dialect lyrics, but can understand what she expresses is the people who have lived in the goddess stream and mountain for generations, and the love and affection for this green mountain and green water, especially the drag sound that is as long as a comet's tail, vividly embodies the characteristics of folk songs.
After the tour guide sang and told us that this is a mountain song that everyone here will sing, we praised her in unison for singing so beautifully, accompanied by quarping applause, and asked her to sing another cappella to listen, she met our requirements.
As we sang and sang, we saw that the girl's face was flushed with shyness, and after singing, she covered her eyes with her hands, and said embarrassedly: I just sang the wrong song, this song is not suitable to sing in front of uncles and aunts, it is a song for our young partners here to express their love.
We asked her what the name of this song wasShe replied a little shyly: "This song is called "When is Lang coming", it's not appropriate for me to sing it in front of you, right?"”
The cabin was lively, the laughter was endless, and an uncle from Nanjing who came with him said to the tour guide girl: "What you sing is so much to our taste, we just want to listen to your love songs in the mountains, what a good expression of true feelings, I hope that when the ship turns back, sing "Ask Lang when is coming" again, and we also want to be the groom in the goddess Xishan." ”
At this time, the tour guide girl was not shy, and returned to her previous normal in an instant, Lele smiled generously and said to us: "How do you know that the uncles and aunts in Nanjing are more open than us young people, and they are worthy of being fashionistas in the metropolis." ”
The tour guide amused us with a boatload of people, and she laughed with us, and the laughter echoed in the valley of the Goddess Creek, as if to amaze the Goddess Peak in the distance.
Sitting on a cruise ship to visit the Goddess Creek, the pure water like emeralds, reflecting the peaks and peaks surrounded by the mountains, especially extending the towering and steep figure of the mountain, feeling that the strange peaks and different mountains are lovingly surrounded by the Goddess Creek, making it beautiful and cheerful into the arms of Wuxia, thus contributing to the formation of the Three Gorges Swirl.
As soon as the boat we took entered the Goddess Creek, the tour guide asked, "Have you noticed that the mountain in front of us looks like a beautiful woman lying down?"So graceful and elegant sweet asleep. ”
We all say that it is too similar, like very much, it is simply a complete beauty sleeping on the top of the mountain, and we have to make people admire the miracle created by nature, anthropomorphize the shape of the mountain, intoxicated our appreciative gaze, and have taken this rare picture with the lens, and they are busy collecting this precious ** into the gallery.
In the middle of the continuous peaks and peaks on both sides of the Goddess Creek, there are three peaks of the twelve peaks of Wuxia hidden, which can not be seen in Wuxia, they are respectively "Qiyun Peak, Feifeng Peak, Juhe Peak" three charming fronts.
In particular, Qiyun Peak is quite distinctive, although it is only 720 meters above sea level, much lower than the highest peak of Wuxia Goddess Peak 1120 meters above sea level, but it is full of clouds and mist all year round, the clouds are steaming and the clouds are endless. Wuxia Mountain, which has become the peak of Wuxia Mountain with the most poems described by ancient and modern literati: "The extreme eyes of the smoke are about to burn out, the stone wall of the brain is suspicious of turning over the water, and the ground looks at the clouds and peaks, and the change is unprovoked." "The spectacular scene of Qiyun Peak is vividly reproduced.
The tour guide was born in Si and grew up in Si, and is naturally very familiar with the mountains and rivers here, she pointed to the place halfway up the mountain of Juhe Peak and told us: "There is a family living there, and the two daughters went to your Nanjing to work, and returned to the mountains to reunite with their parents and celebrate the New Year before the Spring Festival every year. ”
We looked in the direction of the guide's finger, and we could vaguely see a small house (it may be much bigger to see on the spot), sitting alone on the cliff and rocky mountainside, I really can't imagine how the house was built, and how people dare to live there
There are many wild animals in the mountains, and the ground reptile snake alone is very frightening, and it is said that the family has lived here for generations, and no one has ever been attacked by a wild beast or bitten by a poisonous snake. Harmony between man and nature may be a guarantee of tranquility, and people do not actively attack animals, and animals do not attack people.
We sit on the cruise ship to watch the beautiful scenery of the Goddess Creek, feel so comfortable and comfortable, but the sisters who live in the mountains come back every year to go up and down the mountain, how hard and laborious it is, the Goddess Creek in front of them is not a beautiful landscape in their eyes, but a barrier that cannot be crossed, and the mountain is a dangerous road that they need to conquer again and again.
To adapt to such a life, it is all about will and perseverance, and the sisters and all the people who live in the mountains on both sides of the Goddess Creek (including the guide in front of them) are people whom we admire immensely, and they have integrated their feelings for the mountains into their blood, and many of them are still reluctant to leave the mountains.
There is no mountain road on the cliff cliff, the goddess creek is like a flat passage to view the mountains and enjoy the mountains, the cruise ship walks in the meantime, sees countless peaks of different forms, and slowly passes the towering figure in front of you: or the peaks and peaks are stacked, or the two peaks confront each other, or stand side by side, or stand in a staggered manner, plus the red leaves of the deep winter are all over the mountains, the layers of forests are dyed, the peaks and mountains are embellished and beautified, it is much richer and better looking than the simple forest shade and lush in summer, this is the best time to visit the goddess stream.
The rocks on the bank of the Goddess Creek are surprisingly beautiful, different from the shore stones of the Three Gorges, and its texture and shape have their own rich characteristics, like artificial accumulation so delicate and delicate, showing its unique and even incredible existence.
There are more rocks by the stream like stacks of books, stacks of layers of layers due to each other, ranging from tens of meters to hundreds of meters above the riverbed, extending upwards to connect with the main peak of the mountain, like a solid foundation supporting the majestic towering of the whole mountain, giving people the impression that thousands of years will not lose the slightest centimeter, 10,000 years will not be damaged and withered, the unusual steepness and majesty, forever stand on both sides of the Goddess Creek, solidify and freeze the convergence of time and space, in the Bashan Chu water between the obvious, become the sight of the visitors to touch the feelings, Beautiful and magnificent landscape.
Because these rocks are delicate and tight, the vegetation does not grow all year round, and the unobstructed bare shadows of a thousand strange and delicate bones are exposed, which forms a sharp contrast with the lush greenery of the mainstream peaks, and the wonderful layering of the mountains and rocks, as if only unique to the banks of the Goddess Creek, makes the mountains and rivers in other places dwarf in comparison, which makes people connect the boundless reverie to the distant time and space.
According to the answers given by geologists, the formation of the Shennu Creek and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is the same
Millions of years ago, during the Earth's orogeny, the surface of the earth was collided and squeezed by the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate, causing its crust to rise and rise, forming irregular, uneven mountains of different heights and sizes. At the same time, it was sheared by the cross section, which caused the local surface to subside, and gullies and grooves appeared, which is what we can see today in the Three Gorges and the Goddess Creek.
The cruise ship is slowly moving in the Goddess Creek, and the peaks are still slowly passing in the sight, I was thinking and watching like this, and suddenly heard the voice of the beautiful female tour guide ringing in my ears: "Dear Jiangsu tour guests, turn over the mountain peak in front of you, is the mountain village of about 20 families where my home is located, should be the friendship of the landlord, please come to my house as a guest, taste the delicious wild vegetables grown in our mountains, but can not stop the boat, it is really a pity, can only have the opportunity to make up for it in the future." ”
The cabin immediately burst into our sincere applause to the tour guide, only to see her beautiful face and said with a smile: "Jiangsu people are so good, this enthusiastic applause gave me a good mood for the day, I want to tell you the story of the Goddess Creek that you have not heard, so that you can not forget the Goddess Creek, and want to revisit the old place in the future, this is my wish as an ordinary tour guide." ”
The stacked green peaks are beautiful and the clear water is beautiful, and the Lingshan Scenic Spot is in the middle of the painting.
Goddess Creek is not only a scenic place, but also a place with a story, according to the narration of the beautiful tour guide, the story is unveiled:
Why walk with your hands behind your back
Wushan is the distribution center and residence of the Tujia people, whether it is a man or a woman, they always walk with their hands behind their backs, like a leader inspecting the work, and look at the front with their heads held high.
Just when we were feeling confused, the tour guide talked about it on the cruise, which was very shocking. It turns out that it is closely related to the history of the suffering of the Tujia people who live here.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, there were two waves of immigration in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Tujia people who had lived there for generations were forcibly moved north to today's Wushan. No one wants to leave their homeland, and everyone has expressed dissatisfaction and resistance to the government's approach, and as a result, they were brutally backhanded and forced to emigrate, leaving eternal pain in the hearts of the Tujia people.
Looking at the homeland thousands of miles away, the Tujia people who were forcibly immigrated here wanted to cry without tears, filled with grief and indignation, and in order to reproduce, they had to build nests on both sides of the Shennu Creek and among the mountains, open up wasteland and farm, and make a living with difficulty, and survived luckily in the mountains, which can not but be said to be a miracle.
The Tujia people living in Wushan today, in order not to forget the sad experience of their ancestors when they encountered ** immigrants, as long as they travel, most of them walk with their hands behind their backs, which has become a habit over time.
This is the Tujia people's confession in the face of the shame of the past, neither humble nor arrogant, which is an unforgettable commemoration.
The young man who can climb the mountain with weights has become the first choice for choosing a son-in-law.
Before the Three Gorges Dam was built, the water level was very low, and the water level was even lower during the dry season (winter), and the pebbles were clearly visible in some areas, even small wooden boats and bamboo rafts could not pass, and the shallow water could be rolled up to walk to the other side of the stream.
At that time, there were many families living on the tidal flats on both sides of the Goddess Creek, the evening cooking smoke curled, the twilight fell, the starry lights reflected the murmuring stream, and the night was accompanied by the sound of apes when the people were quiet, and the mountain village became a veritable post station in nature, although it made people have a primitive and desolate feeling, but it was also a place with fireworks in the world.
Generations of Tujia people live on the banks of the Goddess Creek and thrive, and naturally the custom of men getting married and women getting married is indispensable. Parents give their daughters a good look, not demanding the size of the boy, or whether he is handsome or not, that is a secondary condition, and the main consideration is the boy's ability to climb the mountain with weightsTherefore, mountain climbing is the embodiment of the survival ability of mountain people.
In that era of relying on manual labor, the mountain people who lived in Shennu Creek took the plants on the mountain to the market to sell for money, or brought the things they needed at home to the mountain, they all needed to use a basket to transport, as little as dozens of catties, as much as hundreds of catties, all relying on their shoulders to fight the world, how difficult it was.
In the face of such difficult geographical conditions, there are daughters here, so it is natural to choose a strong young man who can climb the mountain with a heavy load for his daughter to be a fast son-in-law, so that her daughter can rely on her for a lifetime and not suffer and be tired.
The cruise continues to drive slowly in the Goddess Creek, the peaks and mountains slowly pass in front of our eyes, and at this moment, the tour guide tells us an interesting story about choosing a son-in-law, and we listen to it with relish:
In the sixties and seventies of the last century, there was a family surnamed Ran (one of the eight surnames of the Tujia family "Peng Bai Li Tian Ran Yang Qin Xiang" on the mountain of Shennu Creek, and the ethnic group changed to a Han surname from the Yuan and Ming dynasties), and there was a beautiful daughter to be married, and at the same time was fallen in love with three young men in the mountain village, the girl's parents did not reject any of them, and adopted the method of choosing a son-in-law who climbed the mountain with a weight, and invited a neighbor to be a referee to see who was the best. A steep mountain road climbed down, two panting and unable to sit on the ground, and one was still moving forward as if nothing had happened.
As a result, the young man surnamed Xiang was selected as the son-in-law by the Ran family, although the two young men were more handsome than the winning son of the Xiang family, but the girl's parents resolutely chose him, and then the life of the daughter of the Ran family was really happy.
Entering the new era, the Goddess Creek has gradually integrated into the new fashion, and there has never been a similar choice of son-in-law, but this matter is still circulated among the old people of the Goddess Creek who are still alive today.
There are treasures on the mountain for the people of the mountain
Every mountain peak seen on the Goddess Creek cruise, all of them are masterpieces of heavenly creation, majestic and beautiful, can be described as a group of peaks charming and fairy, since ancient times the spiritual mountains are legendary, but Wushan is not a desolate mountain, there are mountain treasures hidden all over the mountains for the mountain people to enjoy, and there will be harvest for hard work.
The tour guide told us that as long as we have the strength to climb the steep mountain of the cliff, we can pick Ganoderma lucidum, crispy plum, Polygonum multiflori, Cordyceps flowers, Temple Codonopsis and other God-given wild treasures, among which wild Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflori, Cordyceps and other wild treasures are more precious.
It is no wonder that people who have lived in the Goddess Creek Mountain for generations should regard mountain climbing as the first condition for choosing a son-in-law, because it is not only a skill, but also a need for survival.
The tour guide said that there is something that is also said to be many years ago. There is a family surnamed Yang in Shennu Creek, and one year is about to reach the end of the Lunar New Year, because there is no money to buy New Year's goods, the whole family sighs endlessly, and the scene is bleak. At this moment, the man suddenly came up with a plan and pinned his hope for changing the predicament on the opposite mountain.
One afternoon in the yellow sky of the lunar month, there were snowflakes floating in the cold wind, this man surnamed Yang, who was close to the year of the destiny of heaven, hid from his family, ventured up the mountain, searched for treasures everywhere intently, and finally collected the waxy yellow wild Ganoderma lucidum in a stone crevice, dug up He Shou Wu next to a stone wall, and picked treasures such as cordyceps flowers and temple codonopsis.
These are very valuable Chinese medicinal materials, the man surnamed Yang couldn't help but be overjoyed, carried the treasures picked in the mountains, went to the Chinese medicine shop in Wushan City, sold a lot of money, changed the status quo, and the family had a happy New Year.
Originally, the Yang family, a well-known poor household in the mountains, had a better New Year this year than anyone else, and the news spread quickly, and it came among the neighbors in an instant, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, saying everything: I don't know if it was stolen from **, otherwise, why did his family have such a good year?Could it be that he picked up gold and silver treasures and turned from poor to rich overnight?Did you find a treasure in the mountains and sell it for money?
The Yang family turned a deaf ear, never cared about what others said, went up the mountain to pick treasures a few times a year, and lived a life of abundant food and clothing, which once became a mystery that was difficult for the neighbors in the mountains to uncover, however, the Yang family's way of making money was leaked out after a few years of conservatism.
In childhood, the youngest son of the Yang family told his friends, and the friends went home to tell their families, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the neighbors in the whole mountain knew the secret - what a Yang family, make a fortune in a muffled voice, why don't you tell us earlier, and send the treasure given by the mountain treasure together?
Since then, the people who go to the opposite mountain and the nearby mountains to pick treasures are no longer a man surnamed Yang, but a group of treasure pickers who have gone to every household in the whole mountain village
Heaven and earth have spirits to bless the people here
The Goddess Creek is an extraordinary place, on her north bank there is the Goddess Peak towering, the beautiful Yao Ji transformed gods stand here day and night, guarding the peace of the mountains and waters, people and all things here;In front of her, there is a lying fairy, who is worthy of heaven and earth to bless the peace and auspiciousness of the people living here.
The female world supports the soul of the goddess Xishan River, and is willing to be the god of nature, which is both awe-inspiring and full of worship, how can people living in such a place not be blessed and favored by the gods?
The story of the local female guide's belly of the goddess Creek is always well-founded, vivid and credible. She said that there was a family living on the mountain next to Qiyun Peak before, and she married a beautiful daughter-in-law, and no one praised it, and the Tan family couldn't help but be happy.
But after a few years, the in-laws didn't see any movement from the beautiful daughter-in-law, and they muttered in their hearts, thinking about it day and night, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, and the more they thought about it, the more worried they became: Could it be that the incense of the Tan family is going to be cut off by the children?The old couple was thinking about it in such a melancholy and puzzled way, and suddenly they thought of asking for the blessing of the gods.
Sincerity is spirituality. The old couple hid from the younger couple, and every four o'clock and eight festivals they would go to the Goddess Peak and the Lying Girl Mountain to burn incense and worship the Buddha, kneel on the ground and profes, and be extremely pious.
The attentive old woman watched her daughter-in-law's every move, and one day, with the unique sensitivity of the person who came over, she discovered the secret - her daughter-in-law was pregnant, so she announced the important news of the Tan family to her wife's ear. The old couple happily blossomed, tears of excitement poured down their faces, their hands folded, and they bowed their hands in the direction of the two gods, and couldn't help shouting that the Tan family has a future, the Tan family has a future, and thanks to the gods for their help and permission.
A few months later, the daughter-in-law gave birth to a white and fat grandson for the Tan family, and the beautiful living atmosphere returned to the goddess Xitan house, the family's laughter echoed in the valley, the goddess peak heard, the fairy mountain heard, Wuxia and the goddess creek also heard, and the gods prayed for the world.
Now the son of the Tan family is the leader, he is a child of God, his goddess peak and fairy mountain complex, deeper and wider than the valley, his mind is like the display of a huge picture scroll of Bashan Chushui, he wants to use a grateful heart to act, so that the villagers and elders of Shennuxi (of course, including his parents) live a better and happier life.
It is said that the gods are myths, but it is their illusory existence that makes the mountains more mysterious and majestic. The top of the sacred mountain, ethereal, clouds and mist, as if as mysterious as Penglai Immortal Island.
On the cruise, we gazed at the heavy rocks and towering peaks on both sides of the Goddess Creek, and felt a wave of enthusiastic fairy energy, blowing in the wind, as if the soul had been purified and sublimated, which could be regarded as a travel comfort to let go of love, right?I think so, it should be!
I feel that this goddess creek, which is favored by the gods of nature and embraced by the strange peaks and mountains, is particularly desirable, and has left a deep impression on us.
Zhang Lantao.