Walking on the Langya platform
Zhou Yaoquan
The four seasons are reincarnated, and as soon as you turn around, summer has become a story; When you look back, autumn becomes a landscape. When we came to the hometown of Langya in Qingdao, Shandong Province on September 15, we visited the footprints of history and listened to the echoes of history, which was not only a story that has been praised for thousands of years, but also a cultural feast that Chinese children are proud of.
Langya Terrace, the mountain is 183.4 meters high, it is neither a famous mountain nor a place of Longxing, but it is famous, has a long history, is very famous, and is more popular, full of legends.
The earliest can be traced back to Jiang Taigong, the first monarch of Qi State. In 1046 B.C., after Jiang Taigongfu Zhou destroyed the Shang, he was sealed and the capital was Yingqiu (Zibo Linzi). After becoming famous, Jiang Taigong was full of spirits, and climbed this mountain by patrolling, looking at it from a high distance, but seeing the green mountains and blue seas and blue sky, like clear jade, like a fairyland, I couldn't help but blurt out: "Lang evil!" "Lang" is beautiful jade, "evil" is the mood word, equivalent to "ah", and the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter are the main shrine on the stage. Since then, this nameless hill has had a beautiful name: Langya. Became famous in one fell swoop and went down in history.
The second is a generation of heroes and Yue Wang Goujian. After ten years of life and ten years of lessons, finally extinguished Wu's Goujian, at this time to dominate the Central Plains, full of ambition, heroic and ambitious, at a glance to see this place is a treasure of feng shui, in 472 BC the capital moved from Huiji to Langya, and built a viewing platform in this edge mountain, "ordered Qin, Jin, Qi, Chu, to respect the Zhou room, the blood alliance." Since then, Langya has lasted for 224 years as the capital of Yue, and has experienced 8 generations of monarchs.
Of course, the real fame is still due to Qin Shi Huang. In 221 B.C., the first emperor who swept Liuhe and ruled the world was divided into 36 counties, and Langya County was one of them. Qin Shi Huang made five tours to the east, three of which landed in Langyatai. In 219 B.C., the counties in the east and Langya in the south, all relied on not wanting to leave, so they stayed for three months, and personally supervised the work, "migrating the first 30,000 households in Guizhou", that is, mobilizing 30,000 civilians, pushing carts, shoulders, and carrying rammed earth to build platforms, you can imagine the huge scene at that time. Nowadays, there is a Langya Pavilion built on the top slope of the platform, and the rammed earth layer behind the pavilion is clearly visible, but it has been protected by a glass cover.
Because there is a monk Xu Fu in the book, saying that there are three immortal mountains on the sea, Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou, and there are immortals living on them, and they are willing to go to seek the elixir of immortality. Who is Xu Fu? Guiguzi's disciples also. Qin Shi Huang, who hoped that he would live forever and enjoy the wealth of the world, was overjoyed when he heard it, and couldn't help but dream of being a fairy, so he sent Xu Fu to lead 3,000 boys and girls into the sea to seek immortals, and set up a stone to carve it.
By the time we arrived, it was noon, a little hungry and thirsty, so we sat down in a pergola to replenish our energy. It happened that the anchor was talking about the history of Langya Terrace, so he sat down and listened. Later, when we were about to get up to visit, a lady pointed in front of us and said that it was the Langya Cultural Exhibition Hall.
Sure enough, there is a bronze statue standing in front of the museum, and there is a mark of "Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages" below. I saw Qin Shi Huang wearing wide sleeves, slightly tilting his head, looking into the distance, his arms stretched out, and his mind open, showing a kind of dragon majesty and great joy in the wind, as if to say: The world is big, it is not the king's land. The majestic spirit is integrated with the scenery of Langya Terrace looking up to the sky, the sea, the mountains and the islands.
Ascend the steps, there are couplets hanging on both sides of the first and second doors: Sendai has a clear eye and three mountains, and the blessed land is pure and the heart is flat at four times; The wind and clouds and sea fog are all gone, and the hometown of Langya still exists in the vast long river. At first glance, it is the feeling of the simple and elegant shape and the ancient and dignified architectural style of the Qin and Han dynasties. The exhibition inside is the Langya Terrace map, the model of the main shrine of the four seasons, the chronology of the ancient Langya area and the historical changes of Langya, etc., and also displays the statues of 12 important historical figures who toured Langya from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han Dynasty and the murals and maps that reflect their activities in Langyatai, and at the same time there are the exhibitions of cultural relics and social relics unearthed in Langyatai, as well as the poems and inscriptions of the celebrities of the past dynasties chanting Langya scenery inlaid on the corridor wall.
Walking along a slope road on the east side, under the shade of thick shade, there is a stone tablet erected, the front is engraved with "Fu" and the back is "Shou", it turns out that this Fushou Road is a bamboo forest path, and the top of the bow is hung with red cloth strips that people place good wishes on, and it continues to go down in a zigzag way. After exploring the bottom, there is a green and green swirling ravine in front of you, a small stone bridge spans both sides of the ravine, the stream at the bottom of the ditch is murmuring, the drifting weed is suspended, a koi about two feet long is leading a group of red carp to swim through it, that carefree appearance, people envy. The brook is densely covered with flowers and wild roses, and they are in full bloom. There are also tall chestnut trees growing everywhere on the slope, and from time to time there are cracked ripe fruits falling to the ground, giving people a surprise that people swim in the scenery and the fruits come from the head.
After reading the introduction, I realized that this place is called "stomping ditch". According to legend, Qin Shi Huang built Langya Terrace and forcibly conscripted labor, and the people were miserable and angry. As a result, there was a strange phenomenon, Qin Shi Huang drove the people to build a platform to raise one layer during the day, and the mountain on the west side of the platform also grew taller overnight. In this way, the platform is constantly being built here, and the mountain is constantly growing taller, and Langya Tai is always higher than the West Mountain. Qin Shi Huang was furious and stomped three times on the West Mountain, and the West Mountain stopped growing taller. The place where he stomped became a ravine, which was called the "Stomping Ditch". Qin Shi Huang is also really powerful!
At the north end of the stomping ditch, there is a group of building communities built on the mountain, including Xu Fu Palace, Dragon King Palace, etc. In front of the hall, there is Xu Fuzan written by Zhao Puchu, next to it is a branch beyond the top of the palace, and it is a big tree that covers the sky and the sun, and what is more interesting is a tree with three branches, does this entrust the souls of Xu Fu and three thousand boys and girls back then? !
To continue to Langya Terrace, you must climb a 336-step ladder. This ladder is also one of the three royal roads of the original Qin Shi Huang ascending Langya Terrace, made of granite stones, like a white ribbon falling from the sky. In the meantime, there are 4 platforms to take a break, and on one of the platforms stands a rather interesting sign on one side, which reads "I can't climb - hahaha......" Although I climbed all the way, all the way hard, but I couldn't help but laugh when I read such a laughing sign, and I couldn't help but laugh at the trees, shrubs, rattans and other vegetation on the slopes on both sides of the mountain, lush and vibrant, and the feeling of sore back and weak legs was suddenly thrown out of the clouds.
At the top of the ladder, there is a piece of flat land, there is a view of the dragon pavilion, there is a stone tablet erected on the corridor on both sides, the dragon character on the left side stands upright and holds its head high, and the dragon character leaps to the sky on the right side, all give people a kind of aesthetic enjoyment. There is also a stone tablet next to it, the text of "Denglangya Shu" on it is densely packed, which describes the wonder experience of Yan Yuedao in Langya Terrace in Zhucheng County of Zhucheng in the Ming Dynasty, which has gone through more than 450 years. There is also a huge round drum placed under the eaves of the corridor, which reads "One knock on one move high school, two knocks on both civil and military skills, three strikes on three yuan and first", the beautiful meaning attracts tourists to take children's hands to come to the drum.
Climb high and look at the sea, it is Longwan. At this time, the dragon bay, the autumn is high and cool, the sky is cloudless, the sea is wide and the waves are wide, and the white waves are surging one after another, constantly pushing from afar to the near shore, like the high dragon head and the dragon body looms, the sound of the waves seems to be the dragon singing, in the upcoming August 15 astronomical tide under the fuel, there is a dragon soaring dragon leap, thousands of silver dragons gather the scene.
There is an island not far in front of the sea, because "when the first emperor ascended Langya, the attendants fasted here", so it is called Zhaitang Island, more than 300 households on the island live under the red tiles and green trees, cast nets to fish, pick up snails, catch crabs, touch oysters...... The fisherman sings at night, quiet and peaceful, inherited for thousands of years, and is happy.
When Qin Shi Huang ascended Langya Terrace, in addition to the cloud ladder, there are two royal roads, the northernmost one is called Qin Yu Road, a total of 386 steps, Qin Shi Huang was sitting on a special imperial sedan chair from this road to Langya Terrace.
Walk along the cobblestone road for more than 200 meters, after crossing a Langyatai stone stele, on a platform in front, the stone carving reproduces the scene of Qin Shi Huang sending Xu Fu to the sea to seek immortals. I saw Xu Fu holding the book in his hand, bowing and standing, Qin Shi Huang holding a wine bottle in his right hand, pointing to the sea with his left hand, and standing next to Hu Hai, Li Si, Zhao Gao and civil and military officials, warriors, maids, attendants, etc., a historical scene full of legends was vividly solidified on the Langya platform, which was magnificent and natural.
When going down the mountain at the top of the platform, a glazed tile pavilion with six pillars and beams quietly appeared in front of you, which is the Langya stone carving. In the center of the pavilion is a stone that is no longer recognizable, and it is said that the original stone carving is treasured in the Chinese History Museum. After all, it has been more than 2,000 years, especially on this seaside, and the erosion of sea breeze and salt rain has made it unrecognizable. But what is incomprehensible is that the iron railings now used to protect the stone carvings, although they are painted with anti-paint, actually bulge blisters and are rusty. At the beginning, there were 13 lines of 86 words on this stone carving, all of which were written by Li Si himself, but it was a pity that Li Si had a good hand.
When you go to the stage, you see the Dragon King Palace, that is, you can visit it as a temple, and now you go down the mountain to see it from the back, it is actually a wonderful work full of Chinese Buddhist Zen, a big tree is obliquely out, the mortise and tenon structure under the eaves is simple and clear, a few red lanterns sway gently with the wind, through the sky blue sky and white clouds, there seems to be nothing, by the reddish-brown standing wall, a female tourist is stepping on the path, quiet and far-reaching!
There is always a breeze in the world, which makes you intoxicated like a dream!