爱华网QiYunMountain:
Goodmorning!Ladiesandgentlemen!Today,withsuchgreatjoy,onbehalfofAnhuiTravelAgency.I’dliketoextendourwarmwelcometoallofyou,ourdistinguishedguestfromtheothersideofthePacific.Pleaseallowmetointroducemyself.MynameisLiXinandIworkforAnhuiTravelAgency.DuringyourshortstayinHuangshan,I’llbeyourlocalguide.It’smyhonortobeofyourservice.Ifyouhaveanyrequest,goahead!I’lltrymybesttohelpyouandmakeyourstaycomfortable!
Ok,now,we’reheadingforQiyunMount.It’sabout30minutes’busride.OnthewayyoucanenjoythebeautifulsceneryandI’dliketogiveyouabriefintroductionaboutMt.Qiyun.Mt.QiyunissituatedinXiuningCountyofsouthernAnhui,formerlyknownas“WhiteMountain”.It’snowcalled“QiYun”,whichmeans“asmuchhighastheclouds”withapeakpokingintothesky.
Mt.Qiyun,togetherwiththeYellowMountainandJiuhuaMountain,hasalwaysenjoyedthereputationof“ThreeFamousMountainsinSouthernAnhui”.Overabout500yearsago,oneemperorinChinesehistorypraiseditasthefirstmountaininsouthofYangtzeRiver.Andsince1,300yearsago,ithasbeenchosenasoneofthe“FourTaoismHolyLands”inChina.
Mt.Qiyuncoversascenicareaof110squarekilometers.ItistherisingpartoftheYellowMountainextendingsouthwesttotheedgeofSouthernAnhuiBasin.Themountainrangesfromnortheasttosouthwest,withhighestpeakof585metersabovesealevel.Composedbypurplishanderinaceousrockandgrit,themountainhasbeenshapedintotheunique“RedCloudLandForm”bylong-timeweatheringanderosion.Atpresent,therehasbeen300scenicspotsinQiyunMount,amongwhichare50wonderfulpeaks,49oddrocks,16deepcaves,46nicestreamand25placesofridges,stairsandterraces.Allthesegointothemakingofthenaturalbeautyhere.Thethreemajorscenicareasare:YuehuaStreet,YunyanLakeandLongshangLou.
Ok,IhavesaidtoomuchaboutMt.Qiyun.Iexpectyouhavegotageneralideaaboutit.Seeingisbelieving.Let’sgetoffthebusandbringsyourcamera,Iwillshowyouaroundthemountain!
Look!ThefirstsightthatcomestousisDengfengBridge,whichleadstothemountainpassage.Comeon!Let’scloseit!Doyouknowwhyitcalled“Dengfeng”Bridge,and“Dengfeng”wh ichmeans“beingpromoted”.Itissaidthatthebridgecanbringpeoplegookluckandlongevity.Todayyoucamehereandyoucanhavegoodluckandlongevity.Longlongago,thereisalocalgovernor,whowouldbuildbridgesforthegoodofthepeople,haswontheirrespectandlove.Justasthebridgewasgoingtobenamed,theimperialedictcameannouncingthepromotionofthegovernor.Thus,thecrowedcongratulatedthegovernorandgavethebridgethename“Dengfeng”.Ok!Let’sgoonvisiting!Thenwewillpasssixpavilionsonebyoneonourwayupthemountain.Eachhasitsnamesanddifferentpicturespaintingontheceilings.TheyareBuyunPavilions,DenggaoPavilions,YingfengPavilions,SongyuePavilions,HaitianyiwangPavilionsandWangxianPavilions.
Now,hereisWangxianTerracewhichmeansexpectingthefairyistheleadingscenicspotoftheFairyPasswithFeiyunPaviliononit.YouseethisbridgecalledMengzhenBridgemeansdreamcomestrue.Let’spassitandmaybeourdreamswillcometrue!Now,thisisShouziCliff,andthathugecharacter“Shou”meanslongevityisengraved.Youcantakeapicture!It’s230cmindiameter.Areyouok?Afewstepsaheadarethefirstheavengate.Youseethepeakisintheshapeofanelephant,andthecavelooksjustlikethehugetrunkofit.Thus,itisalsocalledTrunkhill.Comeon!Eyesfront!Atremendousstoneinscriptionhighuponthecliffs!StonecarvingisadistinctivefeatureofQiyunMountain.Here,youseefourChinesecharactors“TianKaiShenXiu”whichmeansheavencreatedthebeautyistheFairy’sCaves,whichisoneofthebestspotsofthemountain.Andyoucanseesomanycarvedfigureshere!Wecantakeashortresthereandthenwe’llgetuptothesecondheavengateandthethirdheavengate,thenwe’llarriveatthehinterlandofQiyunMount—YuehuaStreet.TheStreetusedtobeplaceforTaoiststopracticemartialartandmakeimmortalitypills.TherehadbeenanumberofmagnificentTaoistShinesandbuildings,butmostofthemweredamagedasthetimepassesbyonly8templeshavebeenwell-preserved,andseveralothershavebeenrebuilt.SuchasYuxuTempleandZhenxuHall.Alsowe’llvisitFanglaZhaiaheadofYuehuaStreet,andthehighestpeakofQiyunMount,--Guoyan,whichisanotherwonderfulspotwithitsstoneinscription.
