Sword soul casts fatherly prose.

Mount Ye Fu is not high above sea level, but it is the highest mountain in the world in my mind, where I was born and raised.

Half a century ago, I was born in a small mountain village called Miaomen. As the name implies, there is a famous temple there, namely "Shichan Temple" built in the Tang Dynasty, that is, "Ye Fu Temple". The village is only a hundred steps away from the temple gate, which is a veritable temple gate. For thousands of years, the spring water flowing from Ye Fu has moistened the monks and my ancestors in the temple, and I am naturally familiar with the legend handed down from generation to generation in Ye Fu for thousands of years.

The picture of history slowly unfolded to about 2500 years ago. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Ou Yezi, a famous sword-casting master, traveled all over the country, casting swords in more than 20 places, casting ten famous swords: Ganjiang, Mo Xie, Long Yuan, Chunjun, Yuchang, Juque, Taiya, Ministry of Industry, Zhan Lu and Xuanyuan. Among them, Ganjiang, Mo Xie and Longyuan are produced here.

The highest peak in Ye Fu is Oufeng, also known as Dou Feng. The top of the mountain is misty all the year round, with beautiful scenery and Longquan on top. When Ou Yezi traveled here, he found ancient trees towering in the mountains, so he chopped wood and cast the first iron sword in China with Longquan water, creating a precedent for cold weapons in China. In the Song Dynasty, there was a poem about Ye Fu: There was a quiet stream near the temple, and the hall was hollow. Outstanding people, the Mid-Autumn Festival Buddha and the United States. So the dragon and tiger hide, and the bullfight shoots at the corner. Thinking about the swordsman, Ling will be out of the princes. The poem praises the long sword-casting culture in Ye Fu Mountain, where there are still sword-testing stones and sword-casting pools. The sword-testing stone and the sword-casting pool face each other like a huge flying stone, and the sword marks on the stone are faintly visible. The water in the sword casting pool is cold and has been dry for a long time. The most surprising thing is that the two Pu Shu trees in front of the pool are tied together, and the trees are inseparable. The world calls them Ganjiang Mo Xie Tree. There is a poem praising: General Mo Xie casts an Excalibur, and a pair of mandarin ducks fall by the pool. Into two lover trees, a thousand years of rain. There are two ponds in the middle of our village, which come down in one continuous line and are separated by a ridge. When flash floods break out in spring, it is like a pond. After the water faded, the two were very different. One pond is muddy and the other is crystal clear. The water temperature of turbid water is moderate, and the water temperature of clear water is biting. Surprisingly, it has been passed down from generation to generation. According to legend, Mo Xie, the lieutenant, once cast a large number of iron swords for the prince of Wu in this village, quenched them in turbid pools and cooled them in clear water pools, and made them, leaving Mo Xie Pool as the lieutenant, and the beautiful love story about Mo Xie, the lieutenant, has been handed down from generation to generation and has been passed down to this day.

Legend has it that Mo Xie, the lieutenant, cast a sword for the prince of Wu for several days on Ye Fu Mountain. The molten iron in the sword-casting furnace could not be melted, and the sword could not be cast. Lieutenant Mo Xie knows that swords can't be made in a day, and the prince won't let the couple go. Lieutenant Mo Xie jumped into the furnace and cast a sword, hence the name Mo Xiejian.

Sword was first made of bronze, which was always a symbol of rights, status and identity in ancient times, and was also an important weapon in ancient China. Ye Fu is located in Lujiang County, Hefei City, where there is the famous Lunan Iron Mine in China. Ye Fu's long sword-casting culture can't be separated from its rich iron ore resources.

The mysterious legend about Ye Fu's sword has been tormenting my childhood. The game we played the most in childhood was looking for Excalibur on Ye Fu Mountain. At that time, Ye Fu Mountain was under the jurisdiction of the state-owned nursery of the county. There are high fences and high circular arches around the nursery. The monkeys and children in our village can easily climb over the wall. They always thought that people at that time were kind, and there was no glass slag on the wall. All the older children in the village can imitate Liangshan heroes and behave like flies on the fence. Only a few kids and I looked at the wall and sighed. We just went in through the dripping culvert like dogs. There is a large area of Cunninghamia lanceolata forest on Ye Fu Mountain, and all the Cunninghamia lanceolata towering into the sky, hugging each other. Nursery workers collect Chinese fir seeds every year, so the Chinese fir forest is particularly clean, which happens to be our childhood paradise. Heavy hair and Xiao Lin are the leaders of the children. Everyone has a wood blade or a bamboo sword in his hand. He takes a large group of children to the mountains to look for swords every day. Naturally, the mysterious sword has never appeared, but occasionally shines in my dreams. In fact, I have never returned empty-handed. In that era of material scarcity, Ye Fushan gave us greedy children endless delicious food, and now it makes my mouth water. That wild strawberry with agate luster is sweet and sour. The beep of the purple mulberry is purple and black, full of saliva; Handfuls of red hawthorn are appetizing and healthy; The most abundant is the mountain chestnuts in that area, which are delicious raw and sweet cooked; There is also a wild persimmon with more seeds and less meat, and its skin is thick and astringent. It is twisted every year, but it works every time. The worst thing to eat is a tree full of sugar pears, which are astringent. Playing games naturally becomes a reward for losers. This is probably the worst thing I have ever eaten. I gloated at my partner's ugly eating.

Ye Fu is known as the scenic spot of Xiaojiuhua Scenic in the north of the Yangtze River, and its long Buddhist culture enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. According to legend, Song Taizu once endowed the "Real Zen Temple" at the foot of the mountain, and the "Khufu Temple" at the top of the mountain was built in the first year of Guanghua in Tang Zhaozong (898). According to legend, in ancient times, in Huangtun area of Lujiang County, a family gave birth to a child who was blind and had a strange appearance. His parents thought it was a monster, so they abandoned it. A tiger happened to pass by, put it in a hole, and dug a spring with Tiger Claw. This spring water improved the eyesight and cured the child's eyes. When the child grew up, he was inseparable from the tiger and built a temple on Ye Fu Mountain to teach scriptures. This matter was known to Tang Zhaozong Ye Li, and it was named "Xiao Khufu Zen Master", hence the name "Khufu Temple". Up to now, there are still places of interest on the mountain, such as Khufu Cave, Tiger Planing Spring, Tiger Pier and He Shen. Buddhism believes that the monk Dade can get a relic after his death, which refers to those who are durable and lifelike. However, this is a great miracle. Several masters from Miaoshan and Guoan Mountain in Ye Fu have finally made a positive result, and now they have turned gold into Buddha. The poet Zanye Fushan in Qing Dynasty said: The first man is the first peak, and the wild mountain is half hidden with hibiscus. You should leave the forbidden soil to the monks, and smoke from the kitchen will catch up with the night bell indefinitely. The clock in the ancient temple is full of tigers, and the empty pool reflects the moon and hides the dragon. The pine and bamboo beside the temple are so green that you can't see the smiling faces of flowers.

There are many myths and stories circulating in Ye Fu, which adds to the mystery of Ye Fu. Legend has it that Goddess Guanyin once devoted herself to the cultivation of Buddhism here, and pilgrims often come here to beg for children. Every time she asks for a man, she asks for a woman, and her reputation spreads far and wide. The number of pilgrims has increased greatly, and it is very popular, and it is called Guanyin. According to legend, the goddess Guanyin lives in a cave at the top of the mountain, and the cave door can be opened and closed freely every day, just like being born. It is merciful to give God water before the cave to cure eye diseases and save people's livelihood from the quagmire. Seeing that the people in the lower world were poor, Guanyin set up a big copper pot in front of the actual Zen temple at the foot of the mountain to send porridge to all beings. According to grandpa, the porridge in the pot will never be finished. When I was a teenager, I was short of food and didn't have enough to eat. Naturally, I am very concerned about the whereabouts of that magical copper pot. I often ask grandpa where the copper pot is. Grandpa kept shaking his head and said that the big copper pot had flown to Chaohu Lake. It is said that because the porridge in the copper pot is inexhaustible, people from all directions don't think about crops, and more and more people are holding porridge. One day, a young monk was squeezed into the pot. Guanyin was furious and dared not close the door. Up to now, there is Guanyin Gate on the mountain, and the big copper pot is gone. Grandpa warned us not to be lazy and greedy. A happy life can only be created by our hardworking hands. It is said that there is a gobbledygook on Ye Fu Mountain, and there is still a huge carved gobbledygook on the Mid-Levels Pavilion, but no one can open it again.

Living at the foot of the mountain for a long time, I often walk alone in the mountains and enjoy the unique and beautiful scenery of Ye Fu Mountain. Surrounded by bamboo forests, towering old trees, gurgling streams and lingering Buddhist sounds, bathed in birds and flowers, it seems to be far away from the world and getting closer and closer to yourself. There are eight scenic spots in Ye Fu: the blue hills in Ye Fu, the lakes and mountains, the reflection of Longchi, the whistling wind in the tiger's den, the rising wind, the clear thunder of drums, the pine waves with a hundred feet and the spring rain. My favorites are Rain in the Third Spring and Sunny Lan in Ye Fu. Every spring, Ye Fu is full of red azaleas, clusters and clusters, which are pleasing to the eye and unforgettable. Being in the sea of flowers, I often hate that I can't be that fluttering butterfly and stay in this beautiful mountain forever. The most beautiful scenery in Ye Fu is naturally the blue of Ye Fu. After the first rain, the clouds on Ye Fu Mountain are erratic, just like a fairyland. Climbing the Wangjiang Tower to see the mountains and rivers, full of green is beautiful. The modern poet left such a poem when he visited Ye Fu Mountain: It is the third spring again, and it is time to seek fragrance and range rover. And climb up my father's path. The cuckoo is red and the peaks are green, which is beautiful. The wind is singing in the tiger's den, and the dragon pool reflects the moon. Song Tao sings a clear rhyme. Looking for a smelter to cast a sword, the sword pool is clear. Let the beautiful scenery of Ye Fu add poetry and painting.

Ye Fu is a natural forest park with rich vegetation resources. In fact, there are three beech trees in front of the Zen Temple. After thousands of years of war, trees need three or four people to hug each other. It is said that students who are rushing to take the exam in Beijing will be able to bypass the beech tree in order to get into high school. There are many tall and winding willows beside Wangong Pool, with branches half in the water and half on the shore, which have experienced vicissitudes but are outstanding in charm. In addition to pine trees, azaleas, beech trees and acacia trees in bamboo forests, there are many tall maple trees on Ye Fu Mountain, which are full of red leaves in autumn, making them spectacular. There are many precious medicinal materials under the forest, such as Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, Schisandra chinensis, honeysuckle, mint, vine and so on, and many medicines whose names I don't know. Someone in the village was bitten by a poisonous snake, and his feet were swollen and shiny. Grandpa cured him with herbs from the mountain, but I only know simple drugs such as plantain seeds and platycodon grandiflorum, and I have forgotten the magical herbs that can cure snakes.

Ye Fu Mountain is beautiful, and so is the water. The gurgling stream keeps growing all year round, nourishing the flowers and trees in the mountains. Dense forests naturally become a paradise for birds. There are many grey magpies, Chinese Pulsatilla, woodpeckers and orioles in the mountains, especially the songs of thrush are soft and lingering, just like nature. When you go to the mountains to play, you can always meet these lovely elves jumping and singing on the branches, tirelessly. Occasionally, a colorful pheasant flies in the forest, or a rabbit comes out of nowhere and suddenly jumps into the grass and disappears without a trace, leaving only tourists disappointed to walk on the mountain road.

Although Ye Fu has experienced many vicissitudes, with the development of tourism, Ye Fu flies like a phoenix on the land of Jianghuai. The Khufu Temple and the actual Zen Temple, which have been destroyed and restored for thousands of years, are attracting guests from all over the world with their eternal charm. The newly developed scenic spot, Qifeng Valley, meanders through the entrance of the temple, with white walls and tiles, quiet and serene, just like a paradise. The water in Mo Xie is as clear as a mirror, the willows droop, and the green trees and red flowers set each other off. What's more, the blue waves on Qixing Lake are rippling, the pink lotus is in full bloom, and the small bridges and flowing water are natural, attracting countless people who come here for leisure and sightseeing to take pictures as a souvenir.

Not long ago, the third Ye Fu Sword Culture Week and the fencing invitational tournament of the eastern capital city were successfully held in Shanjian Square, Ye Fu. Fencers from all over the country danced with swords in Ye Fu Mountain Fencing Square, leaving a beautiful scenery for beautiful Ye Fu.

Although I have left my hometown and visited many famous mountains and rivers, Ye Fu is the highest mountain in my mind wherever I go. Ye Fu is the seat of my soul. In this life, I am destined to never get tired of watching it! In my dream, it has appeared thousands of times, with beautiful posture!