Where is Wangwu Mountain where Yu Gong moved the mountains now?
Wangwushan is the hometown of Foolish Old Man. The story of Yugong digging the mountain is well-known because of the record in Liezi and the quotation by Mao Zedong in "Yugong Moves the Mountain".
The majestic and beautiful Wangwu Mountain is located in Jiyuan City in the northwest of Henan, bordering Taihang to the east, Zhongtiao to the west, Taiyue to the north, and the Yellow River to the south. Because "the mountain shape is like the hood of a king's car", it is called Wangwu Mountain. The summit of Wangwu Mountain is 1,715.7 meters above sea level. It is said to be the place where Emperor Xuanyuan prayed to heaven, and is called the "Temple of Heaven".
The place where the legendary "Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains" is located in the Yang of Wangwu Mountain. This is a large north-south ridge extending from the main peak of Wangwu Mountain. To the west of the mountain ridge is Yugong Village and to the east is Xiaoyou River. People in Yugong Village have to go to Xiaoyou River to fetch water every day. It is this Yugong Liang that brings them a lot of inconvenience, so Yugong wants to lead His descendants dug it up. Now we can see that there is indeed a large mountain pass in the middle of this large mountain ridge. From a distance, it really looks like it was excavated manually. Today's Wangwu Mountain is a mountain with strange caves and secluded scenery, and the main tourist attractions include Balcony Palace, Ziwei Palace, Temple of Heaven and Queen Mother Cave. Climbing Tiantan Peak is the main part of the "Wangwu" tour, and the entire tourist route is 50 kilometers long.
The Balcony Palace is located on the west side of Yugong Village at the foot of Wangwu Mountain and is the starting point of the Wangwu Mountain tourist route. The existing buildings are arranged from south to north, close to the mountains, from low to high, well-proportioned and magnificent, showing the ingenuity of ancient Chinese craftsmen. Balcony Palace was first built in the Tang Dynasty, and the existing main buildings Sanqing Hall and Yuhuang Pavilion were rebuilt during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. The most eye-catching thing among tourists is the Jade Emperor Pavilion, a triple-eaves pavilion-style building, which is astonishing with its graceful and graceful appearance. Dozens of pairs of stone-carved pillars on the main building make this religious holy place a palace of stone carving art; the pillars are engraved with rolling cloud dragons, birds facing the wind, magpies making plum blossoms, and Su Wu shepherding sheep; the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, and the war Chiyou's Huangdi and others are all in their early stages of life, ready to come out. The verdant pines and cypresses in the Balcony Palace are lush. Among them is a seven-leaf bodhi tree, which is nearly 3 meters in circumference and 14 meters high. It is said that it was left in the Tang Dynasty.
What’s even more interesting is that if you stand on the stone steps in front of the Balcony Palace and give high-fives, you will hear the bird’s call of “DA Gong”, which the locals say is the “Crying of the Phoenix”. The reason why the Balcony Palace has the sound of phoenix is that it is said that the palace was built at the root of the phoenix tail. If you climb up and look forward, you will find that the Temple of Heaven Peak behind the Balcony Palace is shaped like a phoenix head, ringing towards the sky. The nine large mountains in front of the palace are collectively called Jiuzhi Ridge, which spread out in a fan shape from north to south, shaped like the tail of a wind. Several nearby hills resemble the shoulders, back, waist, wings and heart of a phoenix. The mountain people call this strange terrain "Danfeng Chaoyang". The Balcony Palace is built here, which can be said to be a "feng shui treasure land".
The Huanshan Canal on the hillside of Wangwu Mountain is the pride of the people of Wangwu Mountain and a monument to the descendants of Foolish Old Man who moved mountains to control floods. You can wander along the canal to the mountains, and then follow a small river up to reach Ziwei Palace. Ziwei Palace is the starting point for climbing the Temple of Heaven. Legend has it that Li Shimin's uncle Li Daozong once lived in seclusion here, and later Sima Chengzhen also lived here. There is a large ginkgo tree in Ziwei Palace, which can only be hugged by eight people. It is known as the "Eight Walking Sticks on the Seventh Floor". The tree is covered with curtains dedicated by believers from all walks of life.