Explore the beautiful scenery of the night photos of Mount Li.
At a certain time, when the sun goes down, Mount Li will be reflected in the golden sunset, and the scenery is particularly beautiful, so it has the reputation of "the sunset glow of Mount Li". It is also a wonderful process to go to Mount Li to explore the evening photos of Mount Li. Standing in the mountains, waiting for the sun to set, it seems that Li Shangyin's unique voice of "seeing the sun, all proud" sounded in his ear in the Tang Dynasty.
"Horse" Running in Qinling Mountains
With regard to the name of Mount Li, it is explained that this mountain looks like a fine horse from a distance, hence the name "Mount Li", which means a dark horse. This horse is handsome, but not very tall. As a branch of the majestic Qinling Mountains in Lintong District of Xi City, its highest point is only1.300m.. Even if you don't take the cable car, you can go back and forth every two or three hours. Because the purpose is to explore the evening photos of Mount Li, I deliberately chose to climb the mountain in the afternoon. At this time, many tourists have enjoyed themselves and returned home.
Through time and space, through ancient times, through modern times, through legends, through history, the process of climbing Mount Li rolled in an instant, and I heard such a story: Nu Wa fills the sky here; Zhou Youwang lost the world by fire; The touching love between Tang and Yang Guifei: a gunshot in the Xi incident ... Although the Historical Records of the Qing Dynasty said that Mount Li was "not as noble as Taihua, not as long as the south, not as remote as Taibai, not as strange as Longmen", it later used another passage to make Mount Li's status soar, "Huang San was passed down as the former residence and a holy place."
In addition to the beautiful and elegant lush natural scenery and the advantage of being located in the hinterland of Guanzhong, emperors of past dynasties favored Mount Li, mostly because they loved the hot spring water here.
Although many people have heard that Lishan Hot Spring is the Huaqing Pool where the imperial concubine bathed in the Tang Dynasty, it has actually become a "royal bathing place" since the Zhou Dynasty: Wang You built a detached palace here, and there is an open-air Tang Chi named "Star Soup"; When Qin Shihuang became the first emperor of China, he rebuilt his palace in Lishan Mountain, which was renamed "Lishan Hall" to treat his wounds. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the detached palace was expanded again in Yiquan. In the Tang Dynasty, the pattern of soup bath here tended to be perfect. Tang Chi is connected by winding cloisters, shaded by ancient trees, dotted with exotic flowers and rocks, and surrounded by lakes and streams. Formerly known as "Tangquan Palace", it was later renamed "Hot Spring Palace". During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, it was officially renamed Huaqing Palace, and Tang Chi in the palace was also called Huaqing Pool by later generations. Although Huaqing Palace was later destroyed by war, the name of Huaqing Pool in Tang Dynasty was a household name.
The geographical location of Mount Li, which is favored by emperors, is still unique today: looking west at Chang 'an ancient city, the ancient capital of a big country, the past events of Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, stretching for thousands of years; Looking at Xinfeng in the East, it seems that the dispute between the sword shadow and Chu Han at the Hongmen banquet is still vivid; Looking at the Weihe River in the north, the Emperor of Qin swept across Liuhe, and the soldiers in the mausoleum behind him amazed the world.
Did the "Prince of Bonfire Play" really exist?
In addition to Huaqing Pool, there are beacon towers in the famous Mount Li scenic spot.
The allusion of "bonfire drama princes" makes the beacon tower located at the highest point of Xixiuling in Lishan Mountain unusual. According to historical records, Zhou Youwang was a tyrant in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. He sent someone to light the beacon tower when there was no war, in order to make his favorite princess smile. The governors of all walks of life thought that the emperor was in trouble and quickly led the troops to Haojing. Zance smiled when he saw the princes appear on the tower. The princes were very dissatisfied when they learned that they had been teased. Later, the dog invaded Haojing, and the king lit a bonfire. The governors thought that King Wang You had teased them again and ignored the warning of the bonfire. As a result, Zhou Youwang was killed by a dog and the Western Zhou Dynasty perished.
There are also some scholars who question the authenticity of Zhou Youwang's famous allusion "princes in bonfires". Liu Xuyi, a doctor of literature who attended the lecture room, thought that when you were king, the forces of the Western Zhou Dynasty were thousands of miles away, so it was impossible for the armies of all countries to see the bonfire arrive at the same time. The army mobilized, assembled, prepared food, marched and finally arrived in Shaanxi. Nearly ten days and a half months, and a year or so. How can you wait by the beacon for months?
In response to this statement, the reporter interviewed Dr. Zhang Tianen, a researcher at Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology and a historian of Zhou Dynasty. He told reporters that maybe later generations added a lot of lace stories and details to the story of "the war drama princes", but this historical fact does exist. Regarding the question, dr. zhang explained that although it really takes a long time for distant troops to arrive, many small countries near Mount Li can indeed arrive within half a day. "The vassal states of the Western Zhou Dynasty have a characteristic, that is, their territory is small and their distribution density in Shaanxi is large-many small counties in Guanzhong today may be the territory carved up by two or three vassal states in those years. Therefore, when the bonfire is lit, even if the means of transportation is a carriage, many vassal soldiers can still reach the savior of Lishan within half a day. " However, dr. zhang also believes that the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty cannot be entirely attributed to the story of laughing for Bo Hongyan. "The' bonfire drama princes' were only the fuse, and the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty was caused by a series of comprehensive factors such as Shen Hou's collusion with traitors and Wang You's credit villains."
The beacon tower of the Zhou Dynasty is nowhere to be found. Today, the beacon tower at the top of Lishan Mountain is about13m high, with a base of10m square and a viewing pavilion at the top. 1985 was built in the original site with antique bricks. According to local villagers, before the construction, there was only one mound left here. "The pedestal is out of sight." The reporter circled up the stairs on the inner wall of the beacon tower in the dark cave and boarded the three-story viewing square pavilion, feeling cool and breezy. Looking around, Lintong District has a panoramic view. On the same stage, there are a group of young people, one by one carrying huge backpacks, shouting and taking pictures as a souvenir. A boy turned on the speaker of his mobile phone. Suddenly, the beacon tower was filled with the singing of "Ali Ali" by Korean singer Lee Jung Hyun. Five thousand years have passed quickly, and even the national boundaries and languages have changed. At this moment, time is broken down into stories, stories become countless images, and history passes through them, which makes people feel a little trance.
Amazing scenery.
I don't know how bright and touching the beautiful smile of that year was; I don't know whether you regret or lament your fate when you die. Everything is changing, except the purples that are hotter than fire in Qinling Mountains, which have not changed since ancient times, and have attracted the praise of many literati and poets for thousands of years. It is "the sunset glow of Mount Li".
This is a kind of scenery described by legend as almost fantastic and magnificent-every sunny evening, when the sun goes down and the jade rabbit rises, the mountains will be covered with red forests and bright. Under the mountain peaks, looking at Xia Hong in the distance, a golden dragon with its head bent upward, wearing red gauze and bared its teeth seemed to be walking on clouds. At that time, the beautiful scenery was beautiful and wonderful, which was beyond description. Some people say that it is a kind of beautiful scenery that makes people feel relaxed and happy, such as going to heaven.
Although it was the recitation of Eight Scenes of Chang 'an in the Qing Dynasty that made the sunset photos of Mount Li famous all over the world, in fact, as early as the Yuan Dynasty, the poet Diao Bai mentioned the scenic spot of "the sunset photos of Mount Li" with the poem "The autumn color of the Weihe River is white, and the sunset photos of Mount Li are red", and later the Ming Dynasty poet Liu Chuxiu also wrote in "Weishui" And Yang Dingming's poem, "Feng Dan sets off the sunset, and it is also difficult to draw a cliff. This is the true face of Mount Li, and I can see it several times in my life, which makes the afterglow seem quiet and distant.
In the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Jiyi used a song, "Wang You left the old barren platform, and cypresses, pines and cypresses embroidered in piles. At dusk, the sun is shining, rosy, and the fire is coming from the west. " Let the bonfire burn from history to the horizon of natural scenery, adding a touch of massiness and desolation to the magnificent sunset on the top of the mountain. Therefore, this poem has also become the best work to write the sunset photos of Mount Li: the princes' events in the bonfire drama in Zhou Youwang in history are linked with the sunset photos of Mount Li, which reminds readers of the scene that a beautiful woman smiles, a dog invades the East and Mount Li is reflected by the bonfire, which is both realistic and illusory, and nostalgic meditation naturally emerges.
A mysterious shadow that only people with destiny can see.
But when climbing the mountain, Xiao Wang, the tour guide, said, "The sunset photos of Mount Li are only seen by people who have a destiny." This suddenly increased the magical color of the sunset photos of Mount Li, because before this trip, I consulted a lot of information about the sunset photos on the Internet, which basically described: "Whenever the sun sets, there are clouds everywhere ..." This made reporters always think that the evening photos of Mount Li are the scenery of Mount Li every evening. But in fact, it is as rare as a mirage.
In order to solve the mystery in my heart, coming down from the beacon tower, the reporter went west to the "Night Pavilion" halfway up Lishan Mountain. The closer you get to the sunset pavilion, the more red plums and red maple there are on the roadside. Since ancient times, there have been maple trees in Mount Li. In Du Mu's poem Huaqing Palace, there are "ten thousand trees with red leaves", maple leaves in autumn are red, and with the reflection of the sunset, the whole Mount Li will also present a vibrant scene in the sunset.
The Evening View Pavilion is located in the north of the spiritual Laojun Hall and the west of Lishan Mountain. This double-eave pyramid-shaped roof pavilion, which means "the evening glow of Mount Li", was built in 198 1 and has a stone tablet inscribed by Mr. Yu Youren with the words "the evening glow of Mount Li". Xiao Wang told me that when the Evening Pavilion was first built, you could have a bird's eye view of Huaqingchi, Dongyuan, Lintong and Weishui from the north of the Pavilion. But at present, the bamboo willows around the northwest of the pavilion have already grown densely, not to mention a bird's eye view of Lintong, and even the mountain body is blocked by branches. How can you look at Xia? The first problem before climbing the mountain has not been solved, and the second problem has appeared again.
It's almost dusk and the sun is setting, but the scenery of "full of sunshine and golden red mountains" still hasn't appeared at all. In order to see Mount Li, is it really necessary to have a fate with the sunset photos of Mount Li? When I was idle, I chatted with a local villager selling drinks next to the pavilion and asked her if she had seen the evening photos of Mount Li. She said that she had set up a stall by the pavilion for so many years and had never seen it. "It is said that it can only be seen after the thunderstorm in summer. The old man who listened to the exercise on the mountain said that it was only seen in the 1980 s, and no one said it after that. Moreover, if there is a thunderstorm, I will definitely be in a hurry to close the booth, so I won't be able to look at any photos at night. " Say, ha ha ha smile.
Even Xiao Wang said that over the years, as a tour guide, he has never seen the sunset photos of Mount Li, and no one among his colleagues has seen them. "Perhaps because of this, although it is one of the eight scenic spots in Guanzhong, the sunset photos of Mount Li are rarely asked by tourists who come here, and we rarely explain them. When tourists arrive at Mount Li, they are most interested in capturing real scenes such as Jiangting and beacon towers. "
Is the night scene of Mount Li a real scene or an illusion?
Although I didn't take the evening photo, I heard the villagers tell a well-known legend in the local area, which added a bit of fantasy to the evening photo of Lishan: It is said that when Tang Gaozu Li Yuan was a minister in the Sui Dynasty, he left Beijing because of disagreement with Prince Yang Guang. No sooner had he reached the Lintong border than he was surrounded by Yang Guang. The war was urgent, but Mrs. Dou, who was embedded in the army, gave birth to Li Shimin, a little king of the Tang Dynasty, and Mrs. Dou had to stay in the King Kong Temple. One day, the maid washed the diaper and put it on the rope outside. When the sun went down, Mrs. Dou said worriedly, "I want to use diapers at night. If only the sun were a little redder! " Just then, the sunset appeared on a hill again. The golden sun shines on the red diaper, and the red light from the diaper shines on Mount Li. Suddenly, Mount Li became colorful. This is a famous night view photo of Mount Li. When the sun shines on the diaper, it dries in an instant. Soon the sun went down and the evening scenery of Mount Li disappeared. Legend has it that Li Shimin is the real dragon emperor, so when he was born, even God came to help. Since then, the beautiful scenery of "Sunset on Mount Li" has been handed down with his story.
Is the sunset glow of Mount Li just a beautiful legend? The beauty that has been handed down for thousands of years is just a mirage piled up by gorgeous poems? After going down the mountain, I found an old man from Li Junmin who had studied Lishan culture for many years. His words put the reporter's heart back in his stomach. Li Junmin once participated in the compilation of Lintong local chronicles. "I have seen the evening photos of Mount Li more than once. The earliest time, I remember very clearly, was on the ninth day of August in the lunar calendar 1984. "
At about 4 o'clock that afternoon, Li Junmin, who was walking in Lintong County, looked up after a white rain (thunderstorm) and found that Mount Li, which was 1 km away, was completely golden red. "The mountains and trees are covered with golden red, the sky is full of clouds, and the mountains are beautiful. It's just that the mountains are full of clouds and flowers, which is really not a' beauty' word. " Reaction to come over, this is the famous night view photo of Mount Li. He hurried to the unit to take pictures of this rare spectacle with his camera, only to find that Mount Li had become a green normal again. "The whole process takes less than 10 minutes."
Li Junmin said that many people saw this scene at that time. According to people's later description, this is the best place to watch the evening photos from the northwest of Lishan Mountain. "Why isn't this place a night pavilion on the mountain?" The reporter was very curious. Li Lao said with a smile, this understanding is really a big oolong. "The so-called sunset pavilion does not mean that this pavilion is the best place to watch, but that when viewing the sunset of Mount Li from other places, the scenery where the sunset pavilion is located is the most beautiful. At the same time, the pavilion was built to show the color of colored glass refracted by the evening light. " It's just that Su Like Dongpo's "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I'm only in this mountain", and the true face of the sunset on Mount Li should also be viewed from the outside.
Why does Mount Li have the wonder of taking late photos?
China is a vast country with many famous mountains and rivers. Why are the night photos of Mount Li unique? Li Junmin believes that the sunset landscape of Mount Li, which is different from other places, is closely related to its geographical environment and climatic conditions. The formation of "late photo" is the result of the interaction between natural landscape and time. "At least it includes the shape and color of the mountain, the light of the sunset, the background of the sky, the contrast of the sunset glow, etc., so not everyone has the luck to see that touching moment. It is generally believed that the best time to watch the evening photos of Lushan Mountain is summer and autumn, especially after the thunderstorm. "
In addition, Li Junmin once discussed with his old friend Xie Chen, the former secretary-general of Yumen Mining Bureau, why this unique landscape appeared in Mount Li. "My old friend analyzed that Mount Li used to be a volcano. Its rock mass is mostly gravel, mainly composed of quartzite, gneiss and schist. Its shape is mostly round and its color is particularly special-its color is in. Presumably, this is one of the reasons why the sunset will dye Mount Li golden red. "
Lei, deputy director of the Climate Center of Shaanxi Meteorological Bureau, analyzed why the natural landscape of Mount Li usually "appears" after summer showers. "Xi' an and its surrounding areas have more cloudy weather on weekdays, but usually after summer showers, the air is fresh and the visibility will be higher. At this time, not only the floating dust in the air was washed away by the rain, but the whole Mount Li was as bright as being washed away by the whole body, plus it was summer.
At this point, I have no regrets in my heart: the vicissitudes of history, the later photos still stay with the existence of Mount Li, and the scientific explanation has opened a mysterious corner of this landscape. We can still have hope, when we can become the "predestined friends" of Mount Li and witness the strange golden scenery of the mountain.