In the long history of China, the five most famous mountains are collectively called the "Five Mountains": Mount Tai in the east, Mount Hua in the west, Mount Heng in the south, Mount Heng in the north, and Mount Song in the middle.
Mount Tai is among the five mountains, and the natural scenery is actually not outstanding, but why can it become the first of the five mountains?
This is reminiscent of an old saying: the mountain is not high, but the immortal is famous; The water is not deep, there is a dragon, it is spiritual! China's famous mountains are all over the place, and the scenery of Huangshan and Sanqing Mountain is more beautiful than that of the "Five Mountains", but the influence is not the same.
In 1913, there were no tourists in the "Fuhu Gate" at the foot of Mount Tai, only Tai'an grandmother and a local dog.
Dongyue Taishan is a sacred place for ancient emperors to seal Zen! Moreover, in the concept of the five elements, Mount Tai is located in the east, which is the first place to see the sun rise. Nanyue and Beiyue have changed in history, but Dongyue has always remained the same as Mount Tai!
Today's Mount Tai is already a national scenic spot, and it is full of people all year round. But more than 100 years ago, in 1913, it was a different story entirely.
In 1913, just after the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of **, a foreigner named Albert Kahn came to the famous Mount Tai with a classical camera to take pictures.
In 1913, the "One Day Gate" at the foot of Mount Tai had a quaint scenery, but there were no tourists. In 1913, life was very difficult for the people of Tai'an. The four of them are dressed in very shabby clothes and their houses are thatched.
In 1913, a beautiful girl at the foot of Mount Tai was very confused. And she had bound her feet, a poor "old society" woman with small feet.
As the first of the five mountains, Mount Tai is extremely well-known, but the natural scenery is not beautiful. **This place is a better natural landscape. Still no tourists in sight.
In 1913, the Guandi Temple at the foot of Mount Tai. Although the stone pavement looks very quaint, there is not a single tourist. The Guandi Temple is to commemorate Guan Yu during the Three Kingdoms period, which is a generation of famous generals who are loyal and brave.
Although it has fallen into disrepair for a long time, the grandeur of the architecture of the Bixia Temple Incense Pavilion can still be felt. Inside the pavilion are two Taoist priests, not tourists.
In the village on the mountain climbing road of Mount Tai, you can see the "Taishan Stone Dare to Dang" on the foundation of the house, which is a kind of mascot that protects the safety of the people, and is found all over the north.
The style of Taishan Wanxian Building, which is simple, is in disrepair for a long time, and it looks very dilapidated. Also due to the absence of tourists, pilgrims are sparse and overgrown with weeds.
This is the most famous fairy of Mount Tai - Grandma Taishan, in fact, her official name is "Bixia Yuanjun". Bixia Yuanjun "blesses all living beings, Lingying Kyushu" and "commands the gods of Yuefu, and observes the good and evil in the world", and is an important goddess in Taoism. In 1913, although there were no tourists in Taishan, there were still local rich men in Tai'an, who went up to the mountain to burn incense and worship the Buddha, in order to prosper in a year. It's just that there are too few pilgrims, and it is difficult for the sedan chair driver to attract business.
Taishan Red Gate Palace, invited by foreign photographers, nearby monks and Taoists all ran out and photographed the only ** in their lives. At the time, they didn't even know what a camera was.
Located at the end of the eighteen pans of Mount Tai, the South Heavenly Gate, when you get here, you will climb the mountain to the end, because this is the gateway to the top of Mount Tai.
Mount Tai, taken from the halfway point of the mountain, is not a beautiful scenery, but it is still majestic. Halfway down the way, not a single tourist noticed a foreign photographer. At that time, people did not have enough to eat, and they did not have the strength to climb the mountain.
In 1913, 99% of Chinese had no photographic experience. **The three young men in ** can meet foreigners to take pictures of them, which is also a fortunate thing for Sansheng. More than 100 years ago, Mount Tai, although the popularity has long gone abroad, is very famous all over the world! But at that time, there was still a shortage of soldiers, the living standards of ordinary people were not high, and there was no money to travel to other places, so in the ** taken by Kahn, there were no tourists at all, only poor and backward local mountain people.