Qin Tie's eight scenic mountains are very refreshing.
The Tianshan Mountain in Gaoyou was originally named Shangshan. One is that it looks like "earth" from a distance, and the other is that its stony surface is covered with a layer of earth, hence the name.
Gaoyou is totally different from Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang in terms of height and scope. On the endless water plain, a mountain suddenly stands, which is really different from Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang. According to geologists' investigation, the Tianshan Mountains in Gaoyou were originally volcanoes, which erupted in Cenozoic about120,000 years ago. The magma burst, the flames soared and ashes flew everywhere. The circular crater is still clearly visible. The rock is basalt, dark in color and with holes. Locals call it "Ma Shi", which is a good building material in Gaoyou area.
Tu Shan area was once a part of the battlefield of the famous battle of fertilizer and water in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his younger general and nephew Xie Xuan defeated the former Qin generals and Fu Jian, and then recovered Luoyang, Qingdao, Yanzhou, Xu and Yuzhou, so there are still military-related names such as "Cao Bingba" in this area.
When Hui Ji was in power, Wang Sima Daozi drove Xie An out of Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu) and was very dissatisfied. Xie An wants to train an alchemist. There is no stone mountain in Guangling, and even the famous Guanyin Mountain is just a hill. Tianshan Mountain is 30 kilometers away from Yangzhou. There are more than 100 kinds of medicinal materials produced on the mountain, which is famous in Guangling, so Xie An came to Tu Shan to practice Dan medicine. Taoist alchemy, the more times, the greater the power. The elixir that was tempered once became immortal three years later, and the elixir that was tempered nine times became immortal three days later. Soon, Xie An was depressed because of frustration. Once the elixir of life was not refined, he went home and died.
Xie An lived in a heaped-up mountain, but Dan didn't make it until he went. In Nanqi, an old man came to Tushan to build a temple and make an alchemy. It was refined for about nine times, and after taking the pill, it became a fairy in three days. His Shijing, mortar and amusement chessboard still exist in Tianshan Mountain. The water in Shijing is crystal clear, and the drought will not dry. Since then, people have called this earthen mountain "the mountain where immortals live".
Liu Yuxi's "Humble Room Inscription" in the Tang Dynasty said: "The mountain is not high, and there are immortals to be famous; The water is not deep, and the dragon has spirit. " The news spread like wildfire, so people called Shenju Mountain "the first mountain in Huainan" and "the mother of all the mountains in Huainan". Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, Shenju Mountain is full of incense, and there is an endless stream of believers from far and near. The mountains and plains are filled with smoke and the aroma is tangy, adding a bit of "god" flavor to Shenju Mountain.
Shenju Mountain also produces a kind of dental calculus. It is recorded in "The Jade Ring of Taiping" written by the music history of the Song Dynasty: The god of Gaoyou arranges teeth, living in the mountains, and the number of teeth is like a row of teeth. From beginning to end, its number will increase, and from beginning to end, it will increase more, so it is impossible to know its number. The legend of dental calculus makes Shenju Mountain a bit more "god".
At the top of Shenju Mountain, there is an ancient Wukong Temple with 99 temples, which was rebuilt in the Song Dynasty, so it must have been built earlier. There are two ginkgo trees beside the temple, which can accommodate more than ten people. They are older than the new branches and their leaves are swaying. Ginkgo trees are unintentional and taste particularly good, adding a bit of "god" flavor to Shenju Mountain.
Every August, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the autumn wind is rustling. It is comfortable and pleasant to climb to the top of the mountain. Looking from the east, the lake is vast, the sun is shining in autumn, and the golden waves are strange and beautiful: from a distance, the levels of Zhenguo Temple Tower are clear and numerous, and the tall buildings are clearly identifiable. This is also one of the eight scenic spots in Gaoyou, which is called "the double enlightenment of mountains and mountains". When the weather is favorable, literati often go hand in hand in twos and threes, picking fragrant medicines with wine, burning purple crabs, crossing gaoyou lake, enjoying immortals, drinking and singing poems, and singing with each other. The fact that God lives in the mountains adds a little rhyme to "God".
1958, Xiaoxiao Shenju Mountain was renamed Tianshan Mountain. At the foot of the mountain is Tianshan commune, and now it is Tianshan township. Today's Tianshan villagers are really ambitious. There is a Nancha village in Tianshan Township, and there is a Red Star Plastic Products Factory in the village, which produces all kinds of artificial leather boxes, bags and clothes. They are fashionable, beautiful and applicable, and sell well in major cities all over the country. The produced sneakers are also exported to some European countries. This factory can be said to be a striking hill on the plain of northern Jiangsu, where there are township-run industries and village-run industries everywhere.