Lanshan misty rain in Gaolan Mountain

Various vegetables are planted on the irregular terraces on the top of Gaolan Mountain. Because it has just rained, the mountains are surrounded by clouds, which is a bit like "misty rain in the mountains".

Qian Tonghe, editor-in-chief of the History of Chengguan District in Lanzhou, said: "Whenever it rains and winds, or at the beginning of the rain, there are clouds in the mountains, and pavilions on the mountains are looming, which is suspected to be palaces in the sky. Sometimes there are white clouds and light smoke in the morning and evening, winding the mountainside and forming misty rain in the countryside. " Lanshan misty rain was called "Gaolan Mountain Color" in Ming Dynasty and "Lanshan misty rain" in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. It is also one of the few ancient scenic spots in Lanzhou.

The terrain around Santaige on the top of Gaolan Mountain is open, which is a good place to overlook the scenery of Lanzhou City from the commanding heights. Nowadays, standing near the big gap at the top of Gaolan Mountain, the city scenery is unobstructed, and the city full of high-rise buildings and traffic is no longer antique.

Ming Dynasty is the foundation period of Lanzhou culture today. In the early Ming Dynasty, in order to consolidate the northwest frontier defense, the Ming government moved in a large number from Jiangnan and Shanxi to enrich Lanzhou. A large number of immigrants brought their own different customs and cultures, which promoted the formation of local literati in Lanzhou. In the early Ming Dynasty, the scholar culture in Guanlong gradually declined, while the scholar culture in Lanzhou miraculously developed. Many literati, or near the present Santai Pavilion (built in the early Ming Dynasty, originally Kuixing Pavilion), or sipping tea on Wuquan Mountain on the northern slope of Gaolan Mountain, or standing on the wall overlooking Gaolan Mountain, chanted and sang, leaving a lot of poems.

Huang Jian, a flower explorer in the Ming Dynasty, wrote in "Visit to Wuquan Mountain": Water is connected with Zen forest, and rustling old trees bring cold smoke. * * * Kwai Ruo outside Newland is a small empty world. It can be seen that the Wuquanshan area in Lanzhou was under construction at that time. Song Wan, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote "Send Sima Lanzhou to Ziyuan": "The north of the city is high, and Yazhai's face is blue. Thousands of accounts are in the snow, and five springs are flying trees. ..... "Song Wan is from Shandong. He is an official in Longxi and other places. Lanzhou is a must, and Gaolan Mountain left a very deep impression on him.

People not only recite Gaolan Mountain, but also regard Gaolan Mountain as a secluded place. Duan Jian, a famous scholar in Ming Dynasty, and Qin Dou, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty, lived in seclusion at the foot of Gaolan Mountain. Duan Jian is a famous neo-Confucian, who once served as an official in Shandong and Henan. It has created a large number of talents such as Peng Ze, the minister of the Ministry of War.

"Duan Jian chiseled stones and made holes in Wuquanshan in his later years, built villas in Dongyuan Nancun, and studied and gave lectures. After his death, he was buried in Taziping between Donglongkou and Hongnigou in Wuquan Mountain. In the 1970 s, there was a three-way monument, which has now become a residential building. "

Qin, a famous scholar, is a native of Houwuquan in Lanzhou. He advocated the establishment of Wuquan Academy. He used to be a political envoy, a provincial judge, etc., and later revised the "Gaolan County Records" and served as the head of Wuquan Academy for a long time. In his later years, Qin lived in seclusion in Houwuquan Mountain House, and his collection of poems, Poems on Mountain House.

Reading Qin's poems today, it seems that I can still vaguely see a lonely figure, immersed in a small quadrangle in Houwuquan Mountain in Lanzhou, with occasional recitations in the night rain, dotted with the night of Gaolan Mountain.

Liu Er, who presided over the construction of Wuquan Mountain, is a well-known celebrity.