Please arrange a trip to Mount Emei!

1996 12.7, Mount Emei is listed as a world natural and cultural heritage by UNESCO, which shows that the culture and natural landscape of Mount Emei have special and worldwide value.

On August 2, 2003, my husband and I set off from Guiyang by train and went to Emei Mountain, which we have been longing for for for for a long time. On the morning of August 3, I arrived in Chengdu. In the afternoon, I arrived at the Guobao Temple Tourist Center under Emei Mountain by bus, found a hotel to stay, and then visited the nearby scenery and temples.

This area belongs to the low mountain area of Emei Mountain Scenic Area, with an altitude of 450 meters. The air is humid, the climate is hot, the temperature is about 35 degrees, the fog is filled, the sun can't be seen overhead, and the plants are very lush. Most of the plants we can recognize are thick and tall, and the trees are undoubtedly very old, with lush foliage and dark colors like clouds. Koji in the forest is paved with non-slip slate, and you can reach the temple all the way from Emei Mountain by bus. The main temples in this area are Guobao Temple, Khufu Temple, Shanjue Temple and Luo Feng Temple.

Guobao Temple was built in Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty (after 1644), and it was not completed until 1928. Plus the 50-fold hall at the entrance of the mountain, the buildings are built on the mountain, layered on top of each other. The main hall is magnificent and spacious, with natural structure and exquisite and elegant accessories, which is in harmony with Buddhist gardens. In the 42nd year of Kangxi (1703), Michelle Ye in Qing Dynasty was given the name "National Security Temple". The temples in the temple are dedicated to tall statues such as Maitreya Buddha, Tathagata, seven buddha and Pu Xian. And people who burn incense and worship Buddha are in an endless stream. There are many plaques in the temple, most of which express Buddhist thoughts. The moral code of being strict with oneself in Buddhism is very inspiring, and calligraphy is also very good. The temple has left the profound thoughts and artistic essence of its predecessors everywhere. Opposite the National Security Temple, there is a tall building called Phoenix Castle, where stands a gorgeous hexagonal pavilion with a large plaque on the forehead of the door. There is the largest bronze bell in Emei Mountain in the pavilion. This clock was cast in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 400 years. The clock is about three meters high and weighs 25 thousand Jin. There are words and patterns inside and outside the clock. Among the cypress trees under the pavilion, more than 100 inscriptions in Wei and Jin dynasties are particularly eye-catching.

Khufu Temple, not far from Guobao Temple, is said to have been built in the late Jin Dynasty. There are three characters of "Bujinlin" hanging on the wooden Fang in front of the temple, which shows that the garden here is as beautiful as the "Bujinlin" mentioned in Buddhist scriptures. We feel that it is simply a kingdom of plants, towering old trees and overwhelming green. Now all the people living in the temple are nuns (female monks), and the buddhas and bodhisattvas worshipped are similar to those in other places. There is a big Luohan Hall behind the temple, in the middle of which is dedicated to the tall Maitreya Buddha and Guanyin. There are 500 Luohan statues around, each with its own name, different shapes and different postures, all of which are lifelike and have high artistic ornamental value. It is said that anyone can find a statue that is predestined friends with him here. We will see worshippers on the mountain and ask the monks to crack it for them. Here, religious worship and tourism are mutually inclusive, tourism is rich and colorful because of religion, and religion is also publicized because of tourism. In a place like this, people usually look with their eyes and feel with their hearts, and never talk nonsense with their mouths.

On the morning of the 4th, we took a bus to Wuxiangang at Guobao Temple Visitor Center. It is planned to hike from Wuxiangang to Dongleiping under Jinding, passing through Hongchunping, Xianfeng Temple and Xixiangchi Scenic Area. , the total distance is 42. It's 5 kilometers, and I plan to walk for two days. At 7: 30, we bought tickets from Wuxiangang to enter the mountain, and each of us went to 80 yuan. If we have a senior citizen card, a teacher card or a student card, we can have half price. We are both old people and teachers, of course, at half price. After buying the tickets, the staff immediately took photos of us with the computer and printed them on the ticket face. Everyone who enters the mountain has information, which is beneficial to management. If anything happens on the way, you can use your mobile phone for help. The mobile communication signal in the mountains is not bad. We began to carry backpacks full of necessities into the mountains, each weighing more than ten kilograms. The mountain road is winding, all paved with stone slabs, surrounded by full of green, with good scenery and good mood, and I arrived at the Yin Qing Pavilion unconsciously. Sakyamuni Buddha is enshrined in the pavilion, with Manjusri Bodhisattva on the left and right. Manjusri gives wisdom, Pu Xian gives wishes to all beings, and Sakyamuni is omnipotent. For those who don't want to climb the mountain hard, it is very good to worship Buddha here. Black and white water meet under the Yin Qing Pavilion, and the water hits the big stone below, making a crisp and pleasant sound. Go ahead and come to the first sight. This is a unique spring gorge landscape in Emei Mountain Scenic Area. Below is the flowing water of Heilongjiang, and cliffs on both sides are obliquely inserted into the sky. A path in the middle is two or three meters wide, and a plank road with a length of 100 meters is built in the dead end. Looking up at the top of your head, there is a glimmer of daylight. How do you know the width of the world unless you come out?

Glanced at the sky and walked into the ecological monkey area. There are many kinds of wild animals, especially monkeys, which are elves. They will stop on the road and ask tourists for food. Today, there are many tourists and pilgrims here, about 100, but some locals come to Doby to see monkeys. Going further inside, passers-by are becoming more and more scarce, and sometimes you can't meet anyone after walking three or four miles, which is very different from Huangshan Mountain and Mount Tai. When no one is around, we will shout at the distant mountains, and the echo will shake the valley. On the way, I met several foreign girls who hurried past us with towering backpacks and said hello, knowing that they were Norwegian. There are also young couples who come to climb mountains with middle school students or college students. However, this section of the road is not a test time. We walked 9 kilometers in more than two hours and arrived at Hongchunping at 9: 40. Hongchunping is an ancient temple, built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, formerly known as Qianfo Temple. It is located among the peaks in Zhongshan District, surrounded by lush trees and fresh air. In the morning at the turn of spring and summer, the mountain is filled with mist that is not easy to dissipate, so it has become one of the ten scenic spots in Emei Mountain. Walking into the temple, we went upstairs from the wooden ladder on the side of the Hall of Great Heroes and watched the thousand Buddha lanterns.

Listen, it's still early. It's no problem to get to Xianfeng Temple today, so I took a rest and continued on my way. All the way downhill, uphill, downhill, and finally down to a relative valley bottom, a mountain spring jumped from a height and then disappeared in the distance along the valley. There are many springs and waterfalls in Emei Mountain. There is a saying: water is as high as mountains. There is water at any height. A bridge named Shouxing Bridge was built above this spring. I think the meaning of that name is probably: the person who can walk here and climb the mountain in front must have a long life, and suddenly he has increased a lot of courage. There is a couplet on the pavilion on the bridge, which is very philosophical and intriguing: the benevolent Leshan wise man enjoys water, while the soft one reads history. After crossing the bridge, you will take the ninety-ninth turn. The mountain peaks stand steep, the roads turn left and right, and the trees around cover the sky. As long as you turn a corner, the people behind you can't see the people in front. We stopped to see that the opposite peaks were all under our feet, and only the clouds fluttered with the mountain wind. The green peaks appeared and disappeared from time to time, just like Penglai Fairy Island, and the real valley bottom was unfathomable. We stop and go, stop and go, panting and sweating. Sometimes a porter comes forward and asks him if he wants to slide, but we all refuse. Take a rest when you are tired, while enjoying the wild flowers and plants you have never seen before, while listening to the tinkling and birdsong of mountain springs, and of course, don't forget to take pictures of the beautiful scenery along the way. Two young men with backpacks came up behind them. They probably admire us a little and want to praise us, so they ask how old we are. According to the habit of foreigners, you should answer him that it is a secret! However, China people are introverted, and his answer made him a little embarrassed. The young man was bored and hurried in front of us. After the tea shed, there was a vendor selling water and vegetables in the shed. Five or six tourists stayed there for a short time, and we also wanted to have a rest here. As soon as I sat down, several little monkeys approached me tentatively. I opened my backpack and took out the food prepared for them in advance-peanuts. The monkeys boldly came over and scared me to throw the food out quickly for fear of being scratched by them. Everyone is happy to watch the monkey eat. Suddenly, the stall owner shouted loudly and we were scared again. Looking back, a big female monkey was approaching my backpack. I quickly moved my backpack to the front. It seems that monkeys are very clever. They know how to deal with people. We set out on the road, and several monkeys squatted on the road more than ten meters ahead to see us off. Sometimes we pat a pedestrian on the calf, but we ignore them and walk past them carefully. When I arrived at Xianfeng Temple, the road was gentle and I finally arrived at Xianfeng Temple at two o'clock in the afternoon. We are 22 years old today. 5 kilometers, the altitude here is 1752 meters, which is more than 1200 meters higher than Wuxiangang. The results are not bad, but I can't be too tired, so I decided to stay in Xianfeng Temple and continue climbing the mountain the next day.

Xianfeng Temple is a mixed temple of Buddhism and Taoism. Its front hall is dedicated to the god of wealth, with the hall of the Great Hero in the middle and the temple of the relic in the back. The stupa it worships is the only magic weapon of Emei Mountain. There are five or six monks living in the temple, aged between 20 and 40; Two handyman, responsible for cooking and so on; Two waiters are responsible for accommodation and so on; There are also several security guards in police uniforms. We'll get a room in the temple service, for two 120 yuan. It's no use bargaining. The waiter took us through the temple of God of Wealth, walked to the back, and went upstairs to enter the wing of the Hall of Ursa Major. There are more than ten rooms on both sides of the tall Sakyamuni, including single rooms, double rooms and rooms with more than ten people. When we walked into our room, we saw nothing but two beds. The bedding was wet and smelled musty. The humidity in the mountains is too heavy.

Put down your backpack and wash your face. We went downstairs and out of the hall. The incense in the big incense burner in front of the temple is flourishing. People come to burn incense from time to time, bow down and kowtow in front of the tall god of wealth in the front hall, and pray for prosperity. There are fewer people entering the Hall of Ursa Major. And some tourists just take a short rest here and then continue on their way. Not long after, a foreigner came and he also opened a room. This is the first traveling companion who stayed in Xianfeng Temple today. We greeted him and knew that he was from Sri Lanka. He seems to be particularly interested in Buddhism. He walks around the temple and keeps taking pictures. It's still early after dinner. He found a seat in the opposite snack bar and sat down to write something. I guess this is a travel enthusiast. When it was getting dark, a group of people came down from the mountain, including farmers, men and women, and some were carrying a pot of vegetable oil weighing two or three pounds. They also stayed in the temple. Upon inquiry, when they stay in the hotel, they can eat in 5 yuan only 10 yuan. We are unbalanced. Why are we so unfair? One of the middle-aged women told me that they are laymen with preferential treatment and don't have to buy tickets to enter the mountain. She looks very proud. The so-called layman is the person who believes in Buddhism at home. It is said that there are many such laymen in Sichuan. I told her that I should also be a layman. She said no, I want to study. Then, a group of students, about a dozen people, came, and the temple was very lively.

It's getting dark and the mountains are getting dark. The temple uses a diesel engine to generate electricity, and the faint light illuminates the ancient temple in the dense forest. It was impossible to read and write, and there was no TV to watch, so we went to bed early. Although the lights in the Hall of the Great Hero are dim, they don't go out all night, and Sakyamuni, who is almost as high as the top of the Hall, sits there forever. I slept next to the Buddha and Bodhisattva for the first time in my life, separated by a partition, very close, very close. How does it feel? I think I made a bhikshuni myself. Sleeping until midnight, my husband suddenly said that he was not feeling well and his pulse was a little fast. I think he may have a fever. There is no hospital, no road, and no one to carry poles when going out at night. Even if we can find someone to carry it, it will take five or six hours to get out of the mountain. Really anxious. Fortunately, we brought our own medicine, drank a lot of water and went to the toilet several times to get better. No wonder most people dare not climb Mount Emei on foot, and the special landform of Mount Emei makes it far away from the world, and its original natural resources are well preserved.

At 5: 30 in the morning on the 5th, the bell rang in the temple, and then the drum sounded. A young monk sat in front of Sakyamuni and sang Brahma to the rhythm of the drum. This is a ceremony to pay homage to the Buddha, with a solemn tone, and the life of all the monks in the temple begins. This is what people often say. Tourists pilgrims quickly got up to wash clothes, had breakfast in the express hall and started a new journey. Ordinary tourists like to ride up the hill from the back hill and then walk down the hill through the front hill, thinking that this is very labor-saving, but we are just the opposite. So most of the people who live here go down the mountain, and there are not many people with us, so we deliberately linger for a long time and set off from Xianfeng Temple at 8 o'clock. All the way down the mountain and then up the mountain, surrounded by endless forests, fir stands tall and straight, azaleas sway in the wind, pine trees surge, monkeys jump on the trees, and sometimes make strange calls, and all kinds of birds show off their euphemistic voices. We walked briskly, pointing and laughing all the way, and came to two restaurants on Jiugangzi. This is the meeting point of Qian Shan Line A and Line B, so there are more tourists. A middle-aged monk wearing gray leggings bowed forward: Amitabha, how to get to Wannian Temple? I thought it was funny, so I answered him, Amitabha, just go. He said thank you and soon disappeared in front of my fingers. Emei Mountain is one of the four Buddhist shrines in China, and it is also the Dojo of Samantabhadra. Monks from all over the country often come here to exchange and study. The person who asked the way just now is probably not a local monk. I had a rest, walked on, walked a flat road and went up the slope. There is a very steep slope here, called Diamond Tianpo. As the name implies, it is to climb the ladder of diamond sky. However, with the experience of the first 99 turns, my heart is very calm. Up to the middle of the slope, some tourists came down opposite, warning us that the road up the mountain was extremely steep, and we just smiled. A young couple came down from the mountain, empty-handed, cautious and trudging. A worker walked briskly in front of them with a backpack, and his little daughter rode on his shoulder. We just shook our heads. It is false to say that climbing Mount Emei is not tiring. The local people told us that you will get tracheitis when you go up Mount Emei and arthritis when you go down Mount Emei. No matter whether you go up or down, there is no doubt that you are tired. However, the infinite scenery is on the dangerous peak, and the scenery is always in no one's place. It is worthwhile to repay you.

12: 20 boarded Xixiangchi Scenic Area, and 12 walked for more than four hours. 5 kilometers, where the altitude is 2070, entering the high mountain area, the temperature drops a lot, and there is no sultry heat at the foot of the mountain. When we arrived, the lay man we met in Xianfeng Temple had already arrived there before us. In addition, several Taoist priests wearing green hats in Tsing Yi were also resting there. One man and one woman were very young and became Taoist priests in Wudang. We asked them how they came to worship Buddha in the mountains, and their answer was that Buddhism and Taoism were originally a family. Two monks in this temple are playing chess leisurely on a half-moon stone platform, surrounded by many tourists watching the battle. From time to time, people come out of the hall with bags on their backs. I thought it was the people who lived in Xixiangchi Scenic Area who set off down the mountain. Let's go in and have a look. It turns out that the only traffic artery goes through the temple. It can be said that one person's strength is above ten thousand people.

Xixiangchi Scenic Area is a key temple, and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas enshrined in the temple are similar to those in other places. It is backed by mountains and dense forests, with an open front, tall and straight fir trees, overlapping peaks below and beautiful colors everywhere. On a moonlit night, Shan Ye is quiet and breezy, with a wide field of vision. Watching the moon here is the most pleasant. Therefore, "Xiangchi jathyapple" is called one of the ten scenic spots in Emei Mountain.

12: 40, we passed the temple in Xixiangchi Scenic Area and continued on. Today's itinerary is 7. 5 kilometers, victory is in sight. I went up two slopes, one is Luohan Slope and the other is Wang Lian Slope, both of which are steep, and it rained lightly in the middle. I took the raincoat out of my backpack and put it on. Anyway, it's well equipped. In this way, covered in rain and sweat, I finally arrived at my destination-Dong Leiping at 3 pm. There is a large open space, more than a dozen hotels along the ridge, a large parking lot and a graded highway leading to the tourist center of Guobao Temple at the foot of the mountain. If you can only make a one-day tour plan, then you can take a bus from the foot of Guobao Temple or Emei Mountain and walk along the back hill. It only takes more than two hours to get to Dong Leiping, and then you can take a five-minute cableway car to Jinding, but you will lose a lot. Wang Anshi, a writer in the Song Dynasty, said: The extraordinary world outlook often lies in the distance of danger, but what people lack is difficulty, so where there is a will, nothing can be achieved. Some people may think that the scenery of Emei Mountain is not so good, but I think it is because they have no time, or they have not worked hard.

Hotels in Dong Leiping are not expensive. We opened a standard room in 70 yuan for two days. Walking around, I feel that this place is really a good place for summer vacation. The temperature is about 20 degrees, ten degrees lower than the high temperature of 35 degrees below the mountain. It's a natural air conditioner. The surrounding mountains are very green, the trees are very green, the mountain wind is slight, and there are clouds floating around. Sitting in the chair in front of the hotel and looking up at the Jinding, it is so ethereal that it is the last place we want to go.

At 5 o'clock in the morning on the 6th, we set off from the hotel and walked along the hiking route 1. 5 kilometers to Jieyin Temple, where you have to take a cableway to Jinding. When we arrived at Jieyin Temple, there were many people at the ticket office, and everyone was scrambling for fear that we would miss the sunrise at 6: 00. 15. The conductor took his time. As usual, he didn't open the door until 6 o'clock, which made everyone want to swear. Sitting on the ropeway car, looking at the sky outside, I can't see anything clearly. Five minutes later, when they arrived at Jinding, people rushed to the east, found a place to settle down and looked at the sky unblinkingly. Some of them set up tripods, while others had already taken pictures. I saw the fog ahead and the sky was gray, which lasted until 7 o'clock. Disappointment hangs over people's hearts, but no one wants to say it. Gradually, the figure shook, and some people could not hold on. It seems that the wish to watch the sunrise on this day has come to nothing. Then, it began to rain lightly, and it became more and more heavy. People ran into Sleeping Cloud Temple to shelter from the rain and sat there for two hours before staying. After the rain cleared, there was a little light on the horizon, thinking that at least the sea of clouds could be seen, people went to the cliff and waited. Sure enough, the wind gradually rises, the whole cloud is torn, silver waves are rolling in, and the green hills at the foot are sometimes hidden. This is Penglai Fairy Island. Several young monks in yellow robes also came to join in the fun, deliberately crawling around on the edge of the cliff, as light as a swallow. Many young tourists invited them to take photos together, but they didn't refuse. I think, how can a young heart stand this boundless loneliness? It is human nature to be playful. Silver waves, green mountains, yellow robes and colorful crowds constitute the most beautiful picture today. I think this is the most beautiful scenery I have seen today.

We visited Huazang Temple, a representative temple on the Jinding. Huazang Temple, commonly known as Jinding, was built in the Ming Dynasty and burned beyond recognition. The present temple was rebuilt by 1989. The main hall is built on the mountain, and the three main halls and the surrounding affiliated halls and corridors are all decorated with gold lacquer, which is magnificent. From a distance, the whole set of typical Buddhist buildings looks like the Potala Palace in Tibet, which is very grand. There are tall bronze statues of Maitreya Buddha, Buddha and Pu Xian in the three halls, which are solemn and solemn.