Introduction: ten years in Xi'an, surprisingly no one told me such a beautiful place to go!
Lake ripple pattern travelogue
-The recluse
Strange to say, in Xi'an for almost 10 years, I didn't know that Xi'an has such a beautiful place--Lake ripple pattern mei pei bei. I was watching the spring flowers bloom and couldn't hold back my desire to go out and walk around. So I searched for day trip around Xi'an on the internet, and I saw this picture of Maymei Pei Bei Lake.
I live near Longshou village, ripple lake is only 48 kilometers away from me. When I left, it was already past 12 noon. But the weather was nice and warm, and I rode my motorcycle with the wind blowing all the way.
I said at the beginning that, strangely enough, this is not an exaggeration. Because I have been to almost all the parks around Xi'an. Daming Palace Park, which is close to me, I still often go running. There is the Seoul Lake, Xingqing Palace, Ci'en Temple, Peony Garden, Yu Hua Lake, Qujiang South Lake, Labor Park, Kunming Pond ...... not that, these parks lake view is not beautiful, but always feel that there is a little something missing. This time to go to the ripple lake, I finally found out what these parks lack, lack of mountains!
Including ripple lake, you don't look at the introduction. Said ripple ripple lake is located in xian city shuangyi district flood river west, is the qin and han on the forest garden, tang dynasty excursion, humanities and historical relics, dufu, cen sen, su shi, cheng haoi and other writers and writers have been in the boat, poems, so there is a "guanzhong mountains and water the best place" the reputation. The lake originates from the ripple water in the valley of Zhanshan Mountain, which combines the water of Hu Gongquan and Baishaquan and flows northward, and then accumulates into a lake through the Jinxiu ditch.
Lake ripple pattern area is rich in cultural relics, long time span, Qin Huiwen Wang set up on the forest garden, ripple pattern for one of the forest garden, the lake area within the scope of the Zhou Ji Wang's mausoleum, the Qin nine female mound, empty Cui Hall and other attractions more than 10 remains.
Why I say don't look at the introduction is because all the parks and lakes I mentioned above are restored artificially. So it is unknown how different the look we can see now is from the scale and environment of that time.
But I think the ripple pattern lake is the best restoration, is the most unique conditions. I said above, went to so many parks, all very beautiful, but all feel beautiful in the lack of. The inadequacy lies in the fact that these parks are not attached, just like a beautiful maiden, she is beautiful, but she does not have the underlying and immortal charm. Without this kind of immortal charm or divine charm does not affect her beauty, but as if we can see her at a glance. The beauty of ripple pattern lake is full of the beauty of charm.
This trip, I get a should have been early to get to know, that is, the mountain is the attachment of water, water is the soul of the mountain. No mountain of water, is no potential of water; no water of the mountain, is dry, no Hua of the mountain. More commonly, the relationship between men and women is also so. And then the strong woman, behind no man, is a big regret; Similarly, and then the successful man, alone, also let a person feel pity. All parks and lakes are flat water, but if there is a mountain in the distance, the flat wave is also a moving wave, a thick wave.
I don't often travel, but I've had the pleasure of going to West Lake. Why is the West Lake known as the most beautiful lake in the world? I went to the West Lake when it was late fall, the lake floating with dead leaves, the shore of the red maple trees when red, many photographers surrounded by taking pictures. The sun was gorgeous that day, but the wind was strong, blowing the water of the lake, are fast surging up the bank. So standing next to the West Lake, I actually feel a sense of magnificence, as if I saw a "small ocean". I grew up in the north of the Loess Plateau, the first time to see such a lake, nature is extremely beautiful.
In the afternoon, the wind was stronger, the sun hid in the clouds. The clouds were baked like incandescent lamps. The sky is actually floating a little rain, really have "mountain color empty rain also strange" feeling. I walked around the lake for half a circle, it is tired. The two pavilions are also in the period of time, too long, I forget the name.
Now I know, the reason why the West Lake is beautiful, not only the West Lake is beautiful, but also the West Lake around the mountains, there are towers. In other words, the beauty of West Lake is not something you can see to the end at a glance. You also need to search along the West Lake. From near, from far, from high ...... This is the reason why the West Lake is known as the most beautiful lake in the world.
Yan Ermei, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, wrote in his poem, "Ci'en Temple overlooks the Qujiang Pond, and the Goose Pagoda floors are high enough to look at the ripple pattern." On the wild goose tower, can you really see the ripple lake? Obviously not. But it is enough to see ripple pattern in Guanzhong landscape humanities in the important position.
We specifically look at the Tang Dynasty poet Cen Sen wrote "with the Shore County group of officials pan ripple pattern", the title of the Shore County, is now the county. However, the county is now set up as a district, called Shuangyi District. The poem is as follows: Ten thousand hectares of sky are drenched in color, and a thousand searches are made for the roots of the poor land. The boat moves into the trees, and the water floats in the village. Idle herons startle the pipers and pipes, and gnarls and dragons are near the bottles of wine. All night long, I called out to the small officials, and the fire was just like a return.
The first four lines are simply perfect, and I feel the same way when I stand in ripple pattern lake. But I don't have the ability to give a poem to the world, I can only say a good beautiful thing. But obviously now the lake scenery and Cen Sen saw a difference, obviously now the scenery is not enough. But for me, it is already very satisfying.
If I don't tell you the title of this poem, probably everyone will think it is describing the beauty of Jiangnan. Who would have thought it was about the beauty of Guanzhong?
No one told me about this kind of beauty in Xi'an for nearly 10 years. When I saw one of Du Fu's poems "ripple ripple walk" in ripple lake scenic area, I knew he was lucky. Because after Cen Sen went to visit, he thought it was beautiful. So he took Du Fu there.
So Dufu came back and wrote a poem "ripple pattern", and he wrote: "Cen Sen's brothers are all curious, and they brought me far away to visit ripple pattern." Called brother and brother, obviously a good relationship. Both Cen Sen and Du Fu mentioned "ten thousand hectares" of scenery in their poems, which is obviously much better than now.
The original poem is as follows:
Line of ripple pattern
Cen Sen's brothers were curious, and they brought me far to visit ripple pattern.
The sky and the earth are in a different color, and the waves are piled up with glaze.
The glaze is so sweaty that I can enter the boat, and I am very worried about the matter.
The alligator Tuó is a whale of a man, and the wind and the white waves are all too strong for him.
The master's sail was opened for the boat, and the boat was happy to have no atmosphere.
Eider fú ducks scattered hawking, silk pipe chirping zhōu jiū empty cui to.
Shengan and then Aman were so deep, and the leaves of the lotus were so clean that they were like wipes.
We are in the middle of the flow of the Bohai Creek, and the bottom is the blackness of the endless final South.
South of Half Pei is purely immersed in the mountains, and the shadows are curling up and down between the rushes.
The ship's side all night long to the temple of cloud intersection, the surface of the moon out of the Lantian Pass.
This is the time when the LIXIL dragon also spits out pearls, Feng Yi beat the drum and the dragons tend to.
The Xiangfei and the Han women sang and danced, and the gold and green flags were shining.
There is no doubt about the arrival of thunderstorms at our doorstep, and we do not know what the gods are up to.
The young and the strong will never get old, and there will always be a lot of sadness and joy.
Many of my friends should need a translation to understand more clearly how beautiful ripple lake is in Du Fu's writing. I found a translation, you can refer to read.
Cen Shen Brothers all like to find the secluded and explore the strange,
Bring me a long way to visit the ripple pattern place together.
Suddenly the sky and the earth were darkened and took on a strange color,
and the waves came in for miles and miles, clear as a glazed jewel.
The water was so vast that the waves rose up like glaze, and to float a boat into it at this time
The matter was by no means trivial, but they (meaning the Cen-Sen brothers) were in such high spirits that it was really a cause for worrying thoughts to be condensed. By that time, we will no longer know how the alligator is angry, how it is swallowed by the whale,
How can we express our feelings in the face of the stormy and treacherous white waves?
The master instructed the sails to be opened one after the other,
and the boatman liked the weather very much when the wind and waves were calm and there was no dust and fog.
Songs were sung in unison, scattering the ducks and gulls in the water,
and the silk pipes sang in unison, calling in the green grass and trees, a clear sky.
It is difficult to gauge the depth of the water even if you put a bamboo pole into the water or link silk threads together,
The water is as clean as the diamond leaves and lotus flowers on the surface of the water have been scrubbed.
The boat to the center of the lake as if to the empty clear Bohai Sea,
The final South Mountain peaks reflected in the boundless lake also turned black.
The south half of the lake in ripple pattern is full of the reflection of the South Mountain,
The reflection is gently swaying between the calm water.
At dusk, the ship's side brushes past the Dading Temple of Tianji Mountain,
the moonlight reflected on the water of ripple pattern is the moon wheel rising from Lantian Pass in the southeast.
Night ripple pattern lakeshore lights are reflected, like a dragon spitting out pearls,
music is heard from afar, like Feng Yi beating drums, and the boat is like a group of dragons tending to chase.
The beautiful women on the cruise ship are like Xiangfei Hanfu, singing and dancing for the people,
The light of the golden branch and the emerald flag flickers with the moonlight, appearing and disappearing at different times.
A few moments later, I saw the clouds were low, so I was worried that a thunderstorm was coming,
In the midst of a vast expanse, I really don't know what the gods had in mind.
This shows how long you can be young and strong in life, and what you can do when you are old.
This is how life has always been, and how many times can't be passed!
There is another poet named Wei Yingwu, wrote a poem about ripple lake, the reason why mention him. The reason why he is mentioned is because he was the magistrate of Shanshan County. This place he often visited. The original poem is as follows:
Ren Shanshi magistrate ripple ripple lake
--Wei Yingwu
Wild water ripples in the long pond, and the fireworks mess up the sunny day.
There are many dense green trees and thousands of verdant mountains.
The fish can be seen when they swim, and the new lotus is not yet dense.
It is a great honor to be a part of the world's most important event, and to be a part of the world's most important event, and to be a part of it all.
Time passes quickly, Du Fu, Su Shi, Cen Sen and other people play the place, we went again. The place is still the same, only the scenery is different. But the mood is probably the same.
The opening paragraph explains that I went there by chance. And on the way there, there were interludes. I saw the sign along the road, all write the scenic spot "Lakeside Town", also known as the town of Poetry. I was traveling without a destination. When I saw the attraction, I naturally wanted to see it.
Going into the scenic area of the town, in addition to seeing the apricot blossoms blooming well, no other features. Probably because the season is not right, the water is very little, reed swamp is also still winter. Coupled with the fact that there are fences built everywhere, it just looks like a mess. After walking for half an hour, I decided to leave the park.
Out of the garden, to go to the ripple lake. I was thinking, if the ripple lake is also like this, then today will be a waste of time. I was already a little tired when I arrived at ripple lake, so when I just entered the garden, I found a place by the lake and rested for a while. There was a place with sand, children were playing, there were ducks on the lake. The sky was as blue as a wash, and the wooden chairs around the area were empty, so I simply lay down.
When I wandered around the lake, I would always look out at the Terminal Mountain, also known as the Qinling Mountains. It was so high up in the clouds, and as far as the eye could see, it was mesmerizing. When I came to a round-arched bridge, I was attracted by the scene in front of me. The lake was sparkling, and the mountains in the distance were rolling and fairy-like. The mountains and the water, as well as the sunset, were so skillfully matched that it was like a match made in heaven. It was at that moment that I realized why I felt that the lake view of the parks in Xi'an always made me feel that something was lacking. It's the lack of mountains, which tells you all at the beginning. And this realization, I should have gotten when I visited West Lake. But at that time, did not think about it, probably because only focus on the West Lake scenery, and forget the background and human landscape that sets off the West Lake landscape.
Du Fu wrote in the above poem: "I am worried about the arrival of thunderstorms at hand, and I don't know the meaning of God's spirit." and Cen Shen's: "Ten thousand hectares are drenched in the color of the sky, and a thousand searches are made for the roots of the earth." All of them express the charm of a scene. The inspiration is endless, not generalized.
So the recovery of ripple pattern lake is successful. I stayed on the arch bridge for 20 minutes before slowly walking forward. I came across a toilet, very poetic and farmhouse toilet. Originally did not want to go to the toilet, I also went in. This time I came in and found this toilet, the most humanized toilet I have ever seen in a Chinese park.
The women's restroom is on the right hand side of the entrance, and I didn't even look at it, I went into the left hand side of the restroom. I went in and realized it was different. I rushed out to look at the sign on the door that said, "Third Restroom." I came out and realized that the men's room was only in front of the third bathroom. I went to the men's room and came out, curious about this third bathroom, full of curiosity.
There were very few people in the scenic area, and this would be a bathroom with no one in it. So I went in to see. This is a bathroom for children, the elderly, or people with injuries or illnesses. Everything is divided into size and height. Big toilet, small toilet; high washbasin, low washbasin. And these facilities are equipped with guardrails.
Out of the restroom, just a few steps away. I heard the sound of music playing slowly, the kind of ancient Chinese music. Attracted by the sound of this music, I slowly approached the player on the grass and took out my cell phone to record. The music slowly entered my ears, as if it had traveled from the distant past to the present; or it was slowly flowing down from the top of Zhongnan Mountain with the streaming arrows. I sat down, listening to the song, looking at the lake in the sunset, not far from the tower, and the distant mountains ...... can not help but shed tears.
This moment, my labor today are worth it. This moment, it seems that all my past, have been understood and supported. If the player on the grass, was a soft thing, I probably would have hugged it. I lay down slowly, not caring what the slow walkers thought of me. I'm sure they can understand, and they enjoy the beauty of the moment.
The song, less than 4 minutes long, ended and I couldn't get enough of it. Waiting for the next song, the next song was still beautiful, but not as beautiful as the one just before. Back in Xi'an, it was already more than 10 o'clock in the evening, I rushed to use the software to recognize the song I heard in the ripple lake park, the name of the song is called "still water deep". I listened to it again, and it was still very beautiful. But it didn't have that kind of heart and excitement at that time. So I also realized that there are some tunes that are meant to fit the mood. Only at certain times can you appreciate how deep and heartfelt it is. From this, I think you probably also understand that to listen to music, you have to listen to the music in the scene, and to love people, you have to love the people at the moment. Maybe this is the time when I can really understand why Du Fu wrote at the end of the song, "How many times do I have to be young and strong to be old, and how many times do I have to be sad and happy!"
Walking forward again, I could see the wooden railing built up in the lake, which was about less than half a circle around the lake. I walked along the railing and was once again struck by the beauty of the lake. The setting sun at this time, in a desperate attempt to send out the last light, like on the other side of the lake, to the lake with a red cap. There were wild ducks swimming slowly in the lake, and the lake rippled after it. And there were two unknown beasts standing quietly in the lake hehe. I asked the cleaning aunt, she said it was a lion. But it didn't look like lions to me. I thought it was the Chinese character "鼍" (鼍), which is mentioned in Du Fu's poem, but at first I didn't know the character. But when I came back to look it up, I realized that an alligator is an animal that looks like a crocodile. Obviously, it is very different from the two beasts standing on the lake.
And there are several of these beasts in the garden. I remember the entrance to the garden, and there were two of them. There were two in the lake, and there was another place where two were seen. So at least 6 of them. I don't know which gentleman, gave the location, I think there is a discrepancy.
But I still can not accept that this is the lion, one because few lions are placed in the water; two because my hometown Suide, known as the home of the lion. The Stone Soul Square built in our hometown has the largest stone lions in Asia. The lions are strong and powerful, and here "lions" are "thin", belonging to the Suide stone lions "shrink mild version."
When I walked to the opposite side of the tower, the sun was setting at the root of the tower. The whole tower was like a pagoda glowing with Buddha's light, a peaceful realm. There is the dense backdrop of the distant Zhongnan Mountain, just like a fairyland. This is the charm of ripple pattern lake, is not comparable to the park lake scenery in Xi'an.
Until the sun sets, the lake from the peaceful return to silence, I slowly out of the garden. Riding on a motorcycle, all the way to the city of Xi'an. The wind blowing on your face is not cold, and even has a sense of warmth. Along the road to sell strawberry stalls, still sparsely lit, this is also a scene.
Perhaps for the strawberry vendors who sell strawberries along the ripple pattern lake, ripple pattern lake is like that. If they are used to it, they don't think it is beautiful. But when they have been to other places, they will realize that they stay in the most beautiful place. So when a person praises how beautiful his hometown is and how beautiful his snacks are, I nod my head in agreement. On the contrary, if a person belittles his hometown and won't say anything about it, I rather think there is something wrong with that person's psychology.
Lake ripple pattern and I, meet too late, but finally not too late. I do not know the next time to go, will be when. Because I'm not likely to repeat the scenery of the faraway places, also won't go to repeat the movie, I always feel that the time is not enough. But next time, no matter when, the beauty of ripple lake, I have already remembered.
Excerpted from the prose works of independent scholars, writers and recluse