8, Yungang Grottoes
National Day holiday in Beijing, after reading the lively, October 8 in Beijing riding the bus to go to Datong. Chose the car because in the afternoon arrival, time to see Yungang Grottoes, the train arrival time is inappropriate, although the price much cheaper. After a very lonely holiday passenger on board on a few passengers.
15:00 minutes to reach common ground later than scheduled, bus stops in the suburbs, near the train station by car to a hotel stay there has been spent looking for an hour. Knew before he came to the Yungang Grottoes to be transferred by bus to get to one, bought a map and found that poor quality, in addition to entire are very difficult to see with the light colored, the most appalling is that there is not even marked on Bus site, only the line, which I would like to take this road map to find people who are almost meaningless, in particular but also interchange. However, minibus heard all the way through, where on the map to find a bus route do not know what will be another time-critical circumstances, sit around passing from the second part of the CMB. I had to go out there is a bus not Quzuo private CMB, and know that cars do not abide by the CMB, in order to close off often circulate on the streets, not even a passing fool would say that you are passing on the train. Fruit Otherwise, minibus all the way open and people walking about, but fortunately, did not circulate on the streets make every effort to whinny conductor shouted, halfway is also on the a small group of goods, before the inevitable to some bargaining, he opened up again to go back on a period of goods. At the time I think the driver of special hate, and that selling tickets is so special fat body of an eyesore. I keep a watch to calculate how much time is available to the caves I think my heart can not do to see the worst.
Finally come of that had me a big fat called off, and rushed to the cave to see a ticket, but fortunately do not have to go back immediately, the door sign reads 6:30 Winter 5:30 to close in the summer, I think early in October should not be regarded as the winter bar, buy a ticket, asked a cry, and gave the answer yes 6:00 closed on the grounds that it is autumn, time for a compromise, and I have an hour's time.
Yungang Grottoes is a journey to a place I have some accidents. Here a lot of huge Buddha statues keep intact the basic human statues come under upward looking up, Dungan their own small, meaning arises spontaneously worship. The Buddha statue forms differ, most of them buxom generous spirit Hunxiong awesome, beautiful lines, a smoother, expression and peaceful quiet, his face there was a trace of a smile without if it has, and that mysterious smile, should be through the time and space, beyond life and death. A number of caves inside the stone walls and the top has a very beautiful ornate painting, I never thought of rock above can also paint a picture, then patted his hand, buckle the buckle to prove that what they saw are real stones, but this more kinds of loose stones, I think this may also be here to dig a hole in one of the reasons Moon Buddha bar, but also so many traces of weathered statues obvious. Weathering should be broken Yungang Grottoes and the protection of the main reasons for the biggest problems, with the Longmen Grottoes is subject to vandalism completely different, in fact, the Longmen Grottoes of basic good and could not find a Buddha, a single from this point of Yungang Grottoes than its high ornamental value. Most of the caves where there are intact anterior wall, and now in order to protect cultural relics, are isolated and not allowed to enter inside the caves to see, so many statues can not be seen as a whole. As time is not enough, you go a bit hasty, there are some small caves and a large cave did not watch, and some regret.
Out of the road, the sky is already dark down. Could also have a direct minibus ride back, but I would like to know about the bus situation, take the bus in the accident, the bus was too slow to open hard to believe, because in the suburbs can be waved to stop and pick up passengers in the country to go so many cities, is the first time encountered. In the urban areas turn a car around in a circle back to the railway station even more than an hour, slower than the minibus! Think of the afternoon to see a national outstanding tourist city of Datong City, the big banner and the Datong extremely turbid air, the city's dilapidated mess, really want to criticize those judges, I really do not know how much "work" only to enable them to vote , now the country is everywhere excellent tourist city, so that the selection make sense? To the railway station square, the distance you see a big-screen release Asian Games China soccer battle with the Japanese team the second half, and soon the Japanese team scored board Heiichi ball, although the nights have been cold in October Datong pressing, but also very vigilant eye on the wandering back and forth around people, but it has been seen standing injury-time, when I know the Chinese team has to lose, train stations, where those who control the TV, and I seemed to have the same thoughts, but good-hearted hard, simply switch to something else on the platform of the.
Attachment: Beijing Ba Wangfen coach stations are there between 9:30 am and 5:30 pm to Datong two classes of luxury train (91 million), most of the route was a high-speed, high-speed roads is not the middle of a poor, very bumpy. Many trains from Beijing to Datong (20-odd each). The car stopped in the new South Lane Bus Station, mostly in rural areas, there are buses to the train station. To the Yungang Grottoes (50 million) can be at the train station before the 4-way bus ride to the finish 3-way switch to newly opened Lane car arrived in Pakistani Train Station went to the Swallow Hill is also passing through there, you can sit. There is also Datong Nine Dragon Wall, good Temple, Huayan Monastery and other attractions, there is time to walk around. Train station, a major road had been walking a short distance home Tianhe Hotel, the scale is not a small price is not high, more formal and suitable for backpacker.
9 Xuan Kongsi
According to plan the next day (9 days) to the Hengshan hunyuan see Xuan Kongsi. Long-distance gas station just near the train station from the place we live in close proximity. The previous night at the station to see written on the wall 7 o'clock in the morning the car, while the map is written 7:30 that evening in the hotel there are several points I asked also said the clock was not clear, for fear ride the bus, had been think 7 o'clock got up early to catch the car, then a thought, Hengshan such a famous tourist area should not have a train to go or sleep your fill Zaiqu, and later proved to be very wise decision.
About 8 o'clock to the bus stations, the stations have no ticket, only a consultation window, in fact, this long-distance bus station Datong is only this advisory function, adding that it's ambiguous! No wonder the night before the station waiting room to see a lot of people dancing, in fact, has been changed to a dance hall. Consultation window woman told me, to the original 8:00 minutes Hengshan has a group of day trips by car, not knowing drove off not, few people may also be no open, go to Xuan Kongsi car parking lot also, she can Take me to also go to my own, I found that she said took me to the price if they seek for themselves than I was a bit higher. To the parking lot a look, go to hunyuan car lot, I found only one line card also comes with the above read, "Taiyuan - Hengshan luxury bus" on the last car, and to have seen before in Shanxi better online friends warned doing here car to be patient, I also do a good job waiting for a train preparation, almost an hour later the car had to stand out, and my heart glad that they are in luck, do not wait that long, or at least more than online friends Fortunately, the situation is not they described the terrible. Automotive Ring opened the circle and found that the direction is not the right track, then back downtown to the horse stopped at the roadside, the driver of the vehicle owner and his assistant conductor there is a group of people who look like they have made cars, they could not understand talking about, after a while they left to go an and dropped us a car passenger, where BS-ing, it was just fight gone. We've been waiting a long time, came a staff holding a camera to shoot a few phase front of cars, vehicle was back on the road, when already 10 more!
Car out of Datong, the face is a good school of the North scenery, flat road on both sides of half-green half-yellow poplar (my guess) the trunk straight to the fast speed along behind, both sides of the boundless wilderness of marginal on the left after harvest from time to time a small piece of yellow could not utter the name of the northern crops, more places are yellow weeds and bare loess, autumn after floating in the earth over the remains are those yellow soil dust. Yellow, I have not seen in a land so clear-cut and uniform, single color, it reminded me that autumn is now in the Loess Plateau. On the road, cars to flip over a hill, with the altitude increases, the roadside poplar leaves less and less, and the mountains, under the noon sun's shining face, the glittering trees on both sides, people seemed into the volumes, see the dream of trees covered with gold pages, and then looked at the valley, where the red and green and yellow shrubs co-exist is another bright-colored world. Can not help but want to get off to a real touch it, bring home gold Zhai Unfortunately, we do not stop the opportunity to feel it can not be more beautiful.
Hunyuan County, close to the time of arrival at noon, the county seat is not, relatively old. Here, I called off, and then a taxi without a license me pulling the county is not very far inside Xuankong Si, although eventually be sold, but such a sale method will not cause too much psychological discomfort . By Xuan Kongsi following that kept the driver said to me in the following can also see the temple, which no, dozens of quick money, tickets went to see a place so not worth so little, and then he could pull me to Hengshan (which is refers to the main peak scenic area), where tickets for little money, you can also look at the eight sites. Xuan Kongsi is the screen name I come to run so far, which place no matter how much money I tickets are to go in the. As for the Hengshan, originally planned plenty of time when the climb about, because I know that in Shanxi Province in this way actually less to climb, although the Hengshan is not known for its natural scenery, but also miss the opportunity arises, there are also looking for what I like the feeling of journey tired, but was delayed due to Datong too much time, I was already aware of the plan is to be abandoned.
Xuan Kongsi built right on Hengshan Xifeng Ping peak valley side of the cliff, where the mountain is named Jade is really almost not see the trees in the gorge in looking, solitary Xuankong Si embedded in a steep, as is the Red Cliff, the reminds me of the cliff nest. Climbed the Temple Diange connecting corridor wrapping, the temple is very small, due to carrying all the belongings with the luggage, and up and down stairs often I get stuck export only sideways by. But here is also a lot of halls, and which enshrines Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism three of the statues, is the only existing temple of three religions. Xuan Kongsi where a large number of sculptures have left me a very deep impression, which were copper, iron, stone, mud in various categories and vivid, dizzying. Xuan Kongsi ancient flutter is my favorite, although there are some buildings and a statue of a little broken, but it made me feel very real, it is kind of old-fashioned to satisfy my desire to Probe into Xun Gu!
Xuankong Si face of Hengshan, perched Ping, upload cliff, overlooking the deep valley, 1500 would not fall steeply over the years, I can not help feeling creative builders of bold, sophisticated design. Of course, the so-called vacant, only about one-third of the building, but also many ancillary parts for the Pavilion, the following wood with long vertical top, stack wood Heng Jia, the feeling is very strong. Xuan Kongsi is said to be able to keep so long, simply asked the site is a great relationship, in the valley of the wind erosion in the Loess Plateau can be avoided in high valley walls can prevent flash floods abuse, built in the west wall on the morning could be dawn of the shine, but also will not be prolonged sun exposure at noon the sun. Brainstorms really admire the ancients, almost taking into account all the factors that affect construction, but also to such a bold vision into reality, I think it should also concluded a number of failures come on the basis of it, right Today, we broaden our thinking and the modern vision should also be very enlightening.
From Xuan Kongsi out the door there are a lot of cars waiting for passengers, business seems poor. Take me to the taxi driver is still the gate, to 10 county money to pull me back, I think the more expensive, they said I came here by car from the Datong 15 yuan minibus before they can get 5 yuan, they pulled up from the county 10 yuan is the pricing, of course I do not believe it. Because in the scenic area have heard about a bus back to town, I decided to speak later. However, there has not been trying to get both cars to, it seems not quite reliable, and heard him say that the car is also a private, only many people from work when it opened, and perhaps is true. See a motorcycle in the open to say the money should be four after pulling me back, then a taxi also "reluctantly" dropped by half the price pulled me back, but had just met a few people down, when hailed in the street To the Xuan Kongsi, he actually threw me half way and told me to pull those few people waiting for him to pull me back up again.
Back to the hunyuan county is already more than two in the afternoon, and bought a block of bread in the street look at the first top belly, special unsavory. Look at the map Hengshan and Wutai Mountain is relatively close, to finish here before the program directly in the past, but check the information has not been recognized without a car, asked that the driver is only the morning, but I think there may be a passing, if indeed can not even go to, and directly to Taiyuan, or else additional day upset all my plans. Heard that afternoon, however, does not necessarily go to Taiyuan. In the county asked local people to confirm there is no car to Wutai Mountain in the afternoon, when a Pakistani to be the county conductor told me that the car had Datong to Wutai Mountain have been here, now, because the tunnel expansion of Hengshan unreasonable, and changed to go to be County He wanted me to take their car to be county transfer. Tunnel expansion I have heard the taxi driver talked about, so from the peak to around Hengshan Xuan Kongsi go a long way, I think this should be true, but then too late, to the county is also likely to be no car to Mount Wutai , because I am the person minibus words are discounted, he said, in order to be able to move I was sitting in his car entirely possible to fool me. Then see the next to the car to be written by the county to go to Taiyuan, I would like to be county seat if the car can not go to Wutai Mountain, it can also be upgrades to this car or the car to Taiyuan, Datong departure, because it is evidently will not open so early. Then check maps learned, though late Datong to Taiyuan, the car has, but not by the Ying County. If there is not one night in the county there is a pagoda should look better than wasting an afternoon at the hunyuan strong.
An hour later, I called a road intersection off. The road is also prend episode, not long out of hunyuan China and Pakistan on the selling of votes of the brothers, opened the car on his own, to take so many of our passengers would Peilian, he drove more than a small tractor, encountered along the way slow, but still at a junction nearly hit a large truck parked on the roadside. Let us scared into a cold sweat. I find it very strange, and I seem to hurry to hurry to go out when the time is always encountered on the drive particularly slow. Here is the county seat should be a road outside the mouth, one side is a petrol filling stations, while there are several Shop and stall, some locals might be too boring idle, and gathered together to curious eyes looked past pedestrians and vehicles, voluntary When the vacuum cleaner. I decided at the junction and so an hour, stopped less than a car on a whim to go to Mount Wutai, Taiyuan. But one hour only see the cars go to Wutai Mountain to the Taiyuan not see a car. Looked at the sun and its own progressive West Ramp increasingly long shadow, feeling a bit bad, bought a boiled eggs that, after asking a roadside stand selling grass jelly of the fat woman there did not go to Taiyuan, the car, when I was go to Wutai Mountain already lost any hope The answer was not after 4:00, and now too late (I think she should be referring to where the county town of origin, and that intersection should always failed to Taiyuan, the car passes ), my heart has been cold, ready to find place to live, and then casually asked a then go to Wutai Mountain are not, she pointed parked in front of a Pakistani said, "you go to Wutai Mountain, that does not is it? "remark as if the night suddenly lit a beacon! I have seen that car, I did not write the above to go there, just a moment ago, when we stopped a lot of people above the noise down to eat grass jelly. Then just pass through the car, that person may be the driver or travel agent who said he could take their car. That is a chartered tourist on board a group header with a unit of visitors, they are very warm and hospitable to me chat to me like an unaccompanied travelers expressed a great deal of curiosity, admiration, including difficult to understand. But that owners are not so polite to me 40 yuan, and said Xiangui other up, and then only submit to humiliation. Those days car experience tells me that in Shanxi toll is still very cheap, and they want that price is certainly an opportunity to fleece the.
Finally went into the Wutai Mountain, and I grow a deep breath. That afternoon, a little bit of experience of the taste of Yau Yat Tsuen Liu floral names, so maybe I sincerely touched by the Buddha, maybe I was destined with Manjusri bar, to the Wutai Mountain, I left the whole of the four major Buddhist mountains in China.
19:00 With that many tour groups to Taiwan Wye town of Red House Hotel, the role of lighting the outside looks as if getting bigger, but also tour live, which is a look at small hotel, the disadvantaged, too late and too lazy to look for asking price, the manager of Mo Yang who solemnly told me that here, more expensive, could be introduced cheaper to me and ask only that 60 yuan a night, in my mind, almost laugh out loud, perhaps because they were the eyes of people like me is certainly very poor can not afford to tour with only one person out of the Rangers. Results night live, where the price is the same with that group, lower than at the beginning says a lot. However, stay there a bit later regretted it, conditions to be very bad, cold, so I suddenly feel a bit sad in the morning brings a tour group that has long been awakened. Wutai Mountain in autumn has been very cold, and covered with little stiff little quilt I did not warm the frozen middle of the night kept awake, and later to another also brought a blanket cover only fall asleep.
Attachment: forward near the railway station is a coach station, there are going Xuan Kongsi of Pakistan (15 million) must be psychologically prepared for such a long time, the actual journey time is about a half an hour, to the minibus will pass on your hunyuan sell a taxi, minibus if more people might be open to the Hengshan go, in fact, not far, but such a well-known scenic spots and there were no buses or cars to go green. Xuan Kongsi (45 million) out of the door of a taxi (the driver will pull you to wait for you, because passenger vehicles less) or a motorcycle ride back to bargain a few dollars Gao Ding. If the Hengshan tunnel repaired another time earlier, perhaps would go to Wutai Mountain where the car passes can go. Otherwise, you can choose to go to Hengshan afternoon peak hiking, stay there, you can choose to be the county (one hour drive) to see or directly to the pagoda in Taiyuan, as I did in Ying County, Wutai Mountain to the car to sit the afternoon there may be relatively large contingency .
10, Mount Wutai
The morning, first to see farther away from the town of Bristol Taihuai Temple, in the road, wearing a body cast Bai Nayi three foot five to gift a young monk did not know that he came from, how much of it has gone way, but his I truly feel the piety of the Wutai Mountain Buddhism atmosphere. Walking in the Hill Road, on a look to both sides of the hill, suddenly an autumn day on the heart. Qiu Qing Hui Pu morning sun sprinkling Buddha on the ground, the slopes are Piaomiao mist into the film was akishimo dyed yellow cedar and the meadow, the trees may be some nostalgia that is more lively and vibrant summer, may be ignorant not know how Summer Autumn has come to carry on, the body Lvshan also reluctant to take off, which points in a rare mixture of golden green, there is one, there are a small piece, there are dark green, with light green, there is a tree half yellow half green, has become a beautiful decoration.
After the National Day holiday tourists may have been less, it may be because in the morning, known as Bishan Temple Mount Wutai monks gave me the most empty feeling, almost without encountering other visitors. No throngs of the crowd looked solemn and solemn Bishan Temple, that is now mostly a quiet and peaceful tourist area where the temple can not be found, that is Kiyonaga should be a good place to stand in hall where all of a sudden feeling of people and Buddha is speechless dialogue. Bristol Temple has a very large Jie Tan Temple, which is also not seen in other temples. We are moving in, the front of palace on end to see a small card, read the sentence should be "forbidden beat instruments used in" and then when I look down a little help laughing, when hearts are being recited "Offenders are fined", but this time My mindset went wrong, Here are the words "Offenders have gone." This is a short line of words to make Bristol Temple I walked into the monastery in one of the best I feel, I have never, and the other temples in the Wutai Mountain no longer see this warning is full of Buddhist taste card.
Bi reading Temple, return to Taiwan to see the town of Huai monastery complex are linked. Advanced west of the town of Lo Hou Temple, the rear has a wooden structure, "bloom is Buddha", where the next disc rotation, the petals of the four seated Buddha inside, when it will fade out. We are certainly not ordinary tourists, opened temple authorities to see, can only see static. Luo Hou Temple out of the side door, left front is the significant pass Temple, here are five mountains only national conservation units in monasteries, large-scale, Buddhism came to China, one of the earliest monasteries built, Wutai Temple is a red, yellow, protesting, And this temple is the same red, yellow, home, inside Tibetan Buddhist architectural style of the immeasurable hall, quite special, as well as bronze of Buddha Hall, is worth closer look. Pass out the remarkable temple hill walking all the way there Enshoji and Guanzong Temple, the latter one is not received tickets, and go quickly turn full circle, said temple of Chi Jian, the small but luxurious decoration, hall for Copper tile covered roof, but I looked towards the top, do not see the copper strange light, like other not unlike the hall roof. And then walk a few steps forward to turn a corner facing a trellis of the 108 stone steps, here is the Pusa Ding, 108 steps a symbol of Buddha's life circles said 108 troubles, board means that all of the steps to eliminate all the troubles, when you are on to a spiritual chubong, the temple can be seen of Kangxi and Qianlong of the Yu Bei. Of course, these have a lot of similar temple of Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat statues, is no longer a long-winded. Here you can picture the town overlooking the Wye Taiwan. Just across the Wye town, opposite a small mountain above is Dai Luoding to Wutai Mountain followers usually go up to worship. Wutai Mountain in Taiwan because of the top five are dedicated to the one in charge of different things Monju, however, sets the distance, climbing and difficult, all five visits to the Yasukuni finished very difficult to achieve, so someone Dai Luoding plastic five stations on the Monju like to visit here, can also be replaced by the top five five-Monju. This does not know whether it is to provide people a convenient opportunity, or lazy. Taiwan Huai town in the middle of a flat on the Wutai Mountain, the five sets points out four weeks, are very far away, I heard that had not particularly scenic view, I have decided not to, but there are many temples in the mountains, I chose to look at this Several are unique and representative, which contains five Wutai Mountain Zen Department and 3.
Pusa Ding watch it probably, I would look at the watch quickly drive back to the hotel just 12 o'clock, back of the room, opposite the Wutai Mountain in the hotel restaurant to eat a small entrance. Very clean and tidy here, pack up, which will do business with people who greet customers, the night before I came out trying to make time to see a feel good, but was found sitting inside one foreigner was my dinner that night in Datong at a restaurant fight over the table and thought it was destined to enter there. But that day at noon I called a ? ? piece of meat, there are a lot of congestion that point, people still guaranteed the restaurant is clean, it seems as good faith on the Wutai Mountain, the Buddha has just contributed to my vegetarian.
After dinner went to the town of the east, where there was Zenzai hole legendary emperor, who lived in this, the unofficial Shunzhi in the legend of a monk can not stand the research, not credible, but then could not help but want to take a look Wei Xiaobao "wildly" off place, went to the door, I discovered that Temple did not open the rebuilt. Walking around in a circle back to see the last one I am going to look at Temple House Temple, this temple in Romania Hou Temple, the following, if not back to the check-out, even together, look no turning back, and more convenient. Wutai Mountain marks a big Baita temple, towering stalwart, the following Buddha's relic to see a young woman Wai Tower OK first three steps of a deduction gift, do not know what is in prayer, but the face of the written excitement and happiness.
Heard of two in the afternoon after the kinds of Taiyuan, the car and got back very little, and I counted a good time, about two minutes from the temple out of mind, this time back to Taiyuan, the car should be a lot of laps around the town, a customer collected almost bar, fruit Otherwise, just stand in the road of a small number will be, there is a basic full of passengers over the CMB, an ask price, only 30 yuan, more than I have seen the lowest on the Internet can be referred to 35 yuan in prices lower, feeling how his luck suddenly become so well together, and the car in the town only to be opened around in a circle on the left, all the way to Le Zizi heart, but also save time and money. Unfortunately, I was happy too early, and cars not out of Wutai County, several of us go to Taiyuan, the passengers were back up to an Iveco sold, but also give five dollars a person, the car told next time we go to Taiyuan to identify Iveco, CMB cars do not, and I thought I will have the next chance? I do not know if there is a certain number of years, and then we will not find is also the case at! Like me, have been sold an elderly couple, said the day before they come to Mount Wutai from Taiyuan did not sell out the station once, halfway and sell once, two to three points at eight o'clock the afternoon before the ride. We Taiyuan railway station that night to almost 20:00 o'clock.
Attachment: Wutai Mountains (90 million) Taihuai town many small hotels, very cheap, it has a more advanced south of hotel group, to go some way to sit on motorcycles. Most of the mountain monasteries also received tickets for a few dollars. Wutai Mountain to Taiyuan vehicle (bargaining 35 yuan) many, the journey of 5-6 hours.
11, Pingyao
Jin told a little bit fabled words, there is no plan to. For me, Taiyuan is mainly a transit point, has endured a minibus ride a lot of hardship I have decided not to sit as long as the train cars, and the Internet found a 9:45 train to Pingyao, leaving cars also There was a time, I heard that the twin towers twin towers Temple is a symbol of Taiyuan, worth a visit in the morning up a search map, it far from the railway station, there are direct buses and decided to go and see. In the temple entrance you can see the twin towers inside the walls, and felt they had never heard of the majestic, beautiful part of refinement of a category. Look at time, I can only stay for half an hour, decided not to enter there. Have heard that side of the martyrs cemetery can be seen more clearly went around the wall, halfway through a shabby residence was a few intimidating bluster of the vicious dog and dare not risk running checkpoints, only halfway to withdraw. The square at the door to find a different perspective on the ruthless read slower to catch back to the railway station after the twin towers. To the ticket hall had come to realize that times a vehicle has been changed to 10:20, and alas!
Taiyuan left me the deepest impression, perhaps, is that the black misty days of stifling sense of air, in fact, the entire Shanxi, a process, I could barely see the blue sky, I want to read the textbooks of primary school students here, the sky is blue description When will certainly be very confused. Abundant coal resources in Shanxi wealth, we are here is also very easy to see that no traces of black wealth, including ground, air and all the buildings.
Noon to reach Pingyao, a train station a few minutes to reach the city take the 10, there is Moldova's sitting, but I chose to walk. Into the old town core area of the 85 yuan to buy the joint ticket, including the ancient city where more than 10 attractions, this is simply robbery, if the freedom to choose who would go to so many similar attractions! Is the person who bought a joint ticket have a few who have the interest and time to finish all of the attractions? Ticket office next to the local people in front of the conductor's face, you can take me free of charge in, but I know to visit the inside of each point is also to recount, and did not go with them, in fact, I look at the map can also be estimated their own small alley around the the outset. To the Ming and Qing Street, the first days of the web is quite reputable Corey Yuen to find somewhere to live and bargaining to 50 yuan boss will not let it go out walking a few steps in front of North Korea to see the ancient city of the map in addition to Corey Yuen days only marked out another hotel Yunyang Station Hotel, price was more than 100 rooms boss asking price 60 yuan, in my patience to persuade the next 40 yuan actually be able to stay there, but here the room can not see any difference with Corey Yuen days, as very small, but have TV air conditioning bathroom, which is basically a space you can sleep like family of Tai Kang, the kang is a small table, the above stands a small cup, the kang is still stuck on the wall opposite the door a Zhang chic red paper, the words "payable to see the happy", the whole room while the local characteristics of simplicity and intensity, furniture and supplies neat and clean, I can not help out his camera to take pictures. Qing-night visit to the collaborative exhausted (where some of the ancient city to visit Point also turned into the inn, at night you can go to see) with the gate to explain Miss chatting, and she took me to see, and feel almost front two hotels, and she told me able to do the price of living was very surprised Yunyang Station, it seems this time I am really in luck, of course, the courage of bargaining is also very necessary.
Settle down after the first out of the Ming and Qing or streets located in the southeast of the City God Temple to see the past, if not yet seen how seriously the city god temple, let alone such a large scale has. Along the axis line, there are arches, Mountain Gate, Peking Opera Theater, Hsien-floor hall and chambers in pavilions and other buildings on both sides and there's also Kitchen God Temple and Cai Shenmiao, wind-room, bell tower, veranda on both sides of the side is an imitation of netherworld sculpture one side there is the ancient city of murals and statues of the land God. I was there to spend a lot of time, but is not a particularly deep impression, and later I discovered that inside the building are mostly new. On the contrary the same street for me the county Yashu left a deep impression, into which you seem to enter the feudal society, a bureaucratic system of the museum, walked into an authoritarian rule books China, here is a microcosm of the feudal political system. Ancient Pingyao County Yamen preserved largely intact, building the size of County Yamen agency personnel office to a large set of Bahrain, moreover, the strict regulation are very sound, which is also Peiyoutailiang text information on, so I am a big eye-opener, an increase of a lot of insight than reading history books for so many years of good results in far more than 100 paternity. The magistrate then, where to eat, sleep, pick up passengers, major trial, sentenced to a small case, and so there are provisions, if strictly followed, I think they official career than many of today's laws and regulations, as public servants for the paper also must suffer a lot. There have also seen a county Grand Master Shengtang performances, realistic humorous, worth a visit.
Back to the Ming and Qing dynasties of ancient streets, first read Shun Chinese Biaoju Museum, hanging above a "Tongxing public" sign, but the next day I watched it all one is written with the public and the Biaoju Xing sites, but also do not know what one is true, two are small, a few houses on the long-term martial arts novels by "poisoning" and I saw disappointment in what the Chinese Biaoju the museum plan also includes the back of a large undeveloped way, I do not know the original site is occupied, or to prepare the new simulation architecture. The next morning I saw on the street in the East in what the North China first Biaoju although very old, but there are at least a little behind the martial arts field, felt a little better, at least, and imagined a closer comparison. Rishengchang Piaohao site in the afternoon to see the last one, this is also the most ancient city, another point worth a visit. "Rishengchang" ticket number is China's first ticket number, and its ancient ruins with the number of votes compared to other years, and not particularly large, but compact and exquisite architecture, three Jinyuan La, pavement, an assembly hall, rear hall , rooms, features a clear, commercial color highlights, there is a residential characteristics. There is also ticket number into a Chinese museum, to retain original architectural structure, there is no number of votes as the other sites, as most of turned into the inn, and another for commercial purposes, and the text describes the information and more richly detailed, thick-skinned is yet to add a few words of Technology you can listen to a free guide explaining to obtain more financial knowledge of modern China. After reading here, the deepest impression was these ancient modern Shanxi financial institutions, management patterns, including the separation of ownership and management, senior management staff recruitment, staff promotion system, generous treatment, lean staff, and efficient operation, etc. Many even still today strongly advocated the need to study and pursuit of the goal, I think those who are economically personnel to come here after the visit, whom should be ashamed!
Attachment: Taiyuan If you go to Jinci can take the 804 bus at the train station to take the 820 bus temple towers. There are many trains to Taiyuan Pingyao (8 million), about a half an hour, it can take the car for two hours. Pingyao (85 million) should live in the city inside. Temple of the ancient city is said outside the twin towers is worth, it is necessary to hire their own car, but I have already seen too many temples, did not go.
12, Wang's Grand Courtyard
The next morning, in the ancient city just a night of slumber and is now preparing to put a new busy day, I hasten to wandering the streets, step up in the Ming and Qing dynasties or streets拍几张照片, because the flow of people in broad daylight on the streets of vehicles troubles and the continuing spread the camera I lost the desire. Looked at the map to see nearby city of South Gate, along the Ming and Qing dynasties or streets come to an end, it was found that they are at a construction site in the original map, marked out of the ancient city gates are being built, I heard that Pingyao Several old city gate had been damaged, rebuilt in recent years a "new historical landmark."保护文物古迹，是要通过现代人的加工恢复它初始的虚假完整还是保护它记录岁月沧桑的残缺原貌，真的是难说的很。看了古城里的几个次要景点，收拾行囊沿来时的路出古城，出西门的时候上去看看城楼，登高望远。古城门城楼还有城墙都保存的完好，也不知道其中有多少砖瓦是现代人加上去上午。规模跟那些帝王之都当然不可同日而语，但也有自己的特色，它的翁城是往外突的，圆状，但正中只有城内一边有大门，城外那边只开了个小侧门。而平时人们进出通行，走的却是翁城两边城墙上开的另外两道门。
那天本来想早点过去介休的，但后来一想那边只一个王家大院也不用花那么多时间，结果却在平遥停留的太久。到了车站时已经十点多了，火车还要等比较长时间，于是在火车站前搭上去介休的中巴，好在车上人很满，马上就开了，但在享受不用绕圈等车之好处的同时，我却要忍受一个多小时的车程基本上都是站着“坐车”的痛苦。
中午到达介休，听说在火车站前面就有11路公交车去王家大院的，但问了吃面条的小饭馆里和火车站广场上的人去王家大院怎么走，都朝着火车站广场上的停车场指，我在那里又找不到，那时发现时间有点紧，乱了方寸，居然把我要去的目的地告诉了一个死缠着我的开三轮车的，他跟我说去王家大院要到汽车站坐车，这里是火车站没有，想想只要两块钱的车费于是上了他那辆电动三轮货车，当他把车停下来的时候我气的差点喷出血来，汽车站就在火车站的同一条马路上前几十米的地方，而过一会11路公交车就从火车站对面的马路转过来，被欺骗的感觉特别不好，两块钱破坏了我的心情。
大约半个小时多的车程，中午一点钟到达。早就听说过晋商大院规模之宏大，资料上这样介绍“王家大院，位于山西省灵石县城东12公里处的静升镇，总面积15万平方米，院落54座，房屋758间，被称为华夏民居第一宅。”但无论文字上的介绍是如何的详尽和具体，都未能给人真确的感受，只有直观的看到了王家大院后我的心才如此强烈的受震撼，这里使我不自觉的想到了北京的故宫。很难想象，在一望无际的黄土高坡中还隐藏着这么一座惊人的深宅大院！
走进大院那城楼式的大门，其实就是走进一座城堡，其中又分为高家崖、红门堡两组各自独立的建筑群，中间有桥相连，依山就势，气魄宏伟。高家崖有两个规模很大的主院，其中又有会客、居住、读书等各种功能院落，主人，公子、小姐、仆人居住的地方都有明确的区分，连吃饭的院落里面也按等级分成几个小院落。大院里有精美的石雕、砖雕和木雕，而且都有各种寓意，具有浓郁的封建色彩，是各种制度、道德观审美观的艺术体现。四周分布着仆人、保镖等下人居住的附属院落，如果不看路标，在里面乱逛很可能会迷路的。红门堡规模更大，布局严整，由很多大小和格局近似的小院落组成，中间一条中轴线又把城堡分成两半，前面有恢弘的门楼和照壁，后面有观景亭，四周有城墙式的围墙。前部的院落是传统的前堂后室建筑风格，后部的院落顺应地理条件，应变为前园后院的设计。红门堡很多院落都没有开发，寂寞庭院锁清秋，一扇油漆脱尽的旧门，一把锈迹斑斑的老锁，锁住了一院的冷清，也锁住了时空，然而毕竟昔日的繁华已不复在，而今剩下的是供人凭吊的残宅旧屋罢了。透过门缝，仿佛还能看到西楼上的小姐倚楼独望的孤寂落寞神情。由于时间关系，最后的不少院落我只是匆匆路过而已，也是大同小异，有些虽然有开放，但没整修，破旧而衰败。走在院里的通道上感觉就象走在市镇的道路上一样，登上围墙一望，大院前是一块山间平地，上面是一个大村落，应该就是静升镇，大院背后是黄土裸露的一片高坡，零星有几棵作物，有几个简陋的窑洞，不禁要感慨世上差别之大，感慨时空之变化，感慨这难以置信的大院！
回介休的路上有点担心赶不上火车，在网上是查过有一趟下午三点多去临汾的火车，但有了太原的经验后我都对自己手上那些资料的信心降低了很多，谁知道那时间什么时候就已经改了呢！在王家大院所在的静升镇看到有去灵石的车，灵石在介休南面，经介休去临汾的火车是要经过那里的，而且经过的时间肯定会晚一点，但想想没查过照料没绝对把握那班车一定有停的情况下还是回了介休。还好一切顺利，不过到达临汾的时候也已经是傍晚六点了。如果那班车赶不上，改下班或汽车，那就惨了，因为到了临汾还要找旅行社第二天去壶口瀑布。
由于自助去壶口非常不方便要花很多时间，山西的旅行计划开始并没有它，后来有一网友说想来山西和我汇合，考虑到多一个人做伴而对方又专程过来应该多看些地方，特别是没什么旅行经验的人看了上面这么多的人文景观会觉得枯燥，于是才把壶口列进计划。虽然那网友最终没来，但我已经放不下壶口了，特别是发现看完壶口从临汾回广州是顺路的，并不用我原来想象的那样要回太原。不过由于是一个人，为了节约开支和时间还是忍痛参加旅行社的一日游包车，如果自己坐班车去也只能到吉县，剩下的几十公里也要自己包车，太不合算，而且一天来回基本上是不可能的。
出车站时迎面就看到在一家宾馆门口中旅社的招牌，但旅社的人下班走了，宾馆的人告诉我朝马路一直走还有一家铁路的旅行社，不过我看到广场的另一面有个国旅营业处，过去一问，说先前有另外两个人来问过，还留了电话号码，还有另外单独一个人也来问过，他们的散客团是四人成行，要我留下电话等消息。那时心里想如果走不成当晚就买车票回广州了。我又找到那家铁路旅行社，也说有两个人来问过，他们是三人成行，要我晚点在来看。刚出来，电话响了，原来国旅那边已联系到那两个人，叫我去办手续。办了手续，去买第二天晚上回广州的火车票，被告知没有卧铺的，我不大信，现在在旅游淡季的火车票应该不会太难买的，出售票厅找饭吃，想找车票代售点，没找到，进去再问买软卧的，等窗里那个女营业员打了半天电话，才叫我去咨询窗口看。在山西我明显感到那些国营服务单位和企业的管理、观念和服务的落后，住临汾火车站客房部（宾馆），居然等了半天总台都不见人影，原因是那服务员回家吃饭去了；住进房间，连一壶开水都没有，服务员挺着讨债的脸色说要就来拿；标准间水龙头坏了，服务员若无其事的说洗澡去公共卫生间；没有住房卡服务员还要我把所有的住房压金单也交给她，说这是他们的规矩。咨询窗口的营业员首先是问硬卧的要不要，有一张不知道是她自己打错还是熟人的退票，要我承当那五块钱手续费，但搞了半天又说那张是当天不能改什么的，要的话只能是软卧的。那班车是没空调的，我本来就有买软卧的打算，还是很好接受的，但没想到到了车上才知道软卧车厢也是不开空调的，就从那天开始。可能正是这班车没空调便宜，在车上才知道票还是很难买的，车上的人对我能在窗口买到卧铺票感到惊讶，我想可能要感谢那张退票，可能是它的原因我才买到票，如果按我打算的如果买不到就上去补票那希望会落空的，又要象读书时出游一样练一宿禅功了。
附：平遥去介休可以乘火车或汽车，时间情况，约一个小时车程。介休火车（11元）到临汾。临汾火车站前有几家宾馆，七八十元已经住的很不错。
13日吕梁山壶口瀑布
Walked thousands of miles, the most difficult to forget is that the surging waves of the Yellow River!
Walked thousands of miles, Luliangshan's leaves everywhere fascinated me the most!
That was the last day of Shanxi travel.
Linfen drivers that day to the Hukou of the section of track too familiar, the car had been speeding on a winding mountain road, with a beginning to get a little scared of my car and a halo is said to have never been vehicles in Beijing has also repeatedly shouting STOP woman. Turned over a mountaintop and seen the Loess Plateau of the 1000 ditch Wan He does not know when, the mountains gradually more trees up. Yellow ground from time to time driver who grew up behind us that there are many beautiful leaves look like a poor family who appear before the guests home and the precious few, like, a little proud, a little showing off. However, several days journey predicaments, I was leaning against the back seat of the car of a stranger unscrupulous sleep together, so wake up and discover that I do not know how many have missed the beauty of the.
Dream woke up, I found myself living in a colorful world of the middle, this time the car has come to Luliangshan top of the hill, and the mountains as early as autumn air near, in the brewing akishimo dye, the hill and dale in the woods are covered with colorful coat. Luliangshan the leaves of non-flower and wins flowers, is a colorful flower. Luliangshan the leaves like a huge palette of natural, on-board red, green, purple, brown, and red and there were dark red, light red, green, and there were dark green, light green, all kinds of colors you have in the there is me, I have you, there is a large the same color in groups, there are clusters of a small group, there are a solitary individual, and mottled in the see the harmony in another seamless mix. Luliangshan the leaves again like a natural to use trees on earth a giant colorful woven blankets, while the heart-ling feat autumn girl is on it to weave a beautiful pattern, so that people who really want to see lying In the above playing a few rolling! Luliangshan the leaves is more like an ocean, a sea of flowers, colorful, magnificent ocean, there are crest and troughs, but our car is like an ocean of the leaf lonely boat, with the undulating waves to the mountain top at 1:00 , 1:00 down to the bottom of the hill. When we walk through the Peak, the condescending eyes looking at the foot of the inter-ya not see the leaves in all directions when the mind share of excitement, share of pride, would the feeling, the kind of hard to own, are unable to use language to describe the!
Luliangshan of the leaves, is so beauty, so let me fascinated, your beauty will always remain in my heart, and my life go hand in hand!
Vehicles from the top of the hill down to go a very long period of decline, and leaves no trace could be found already, looking at the emergence of an open valley, although they have not seen the Yellow River water has come to know on the Yellow River.
Hukou arrived at noon, the sky is gloomy, there is no sun, do not see the blue sky, do not see a clouds, the wind's blowing kick into gear. Have seen a water-rich phase Huangguoshu and Tiger Leaping Gorge, thinking that the water Hunxiong sublime has been second to none, while in the Hukou Waterfall in front of real feel of water, stirring until photo is how the human soul of the extreme like. Hukou Waterfall has Huangguoshu Falls lofty spectacular water curtain descending from the sky, there is Tiger Leaping Gorge Water for millions of soldiers and rampage overwhelming ferocity. Perhaps the beautiful things the world offers enormous danger, but it is extremely attractive to people still can not help but to want to go near it, I walked a thin slippery mud wet sand covering the rock, drilled isolated wire, just to closer feeling the beauty of my heart, even if that is a few steps away. In fact, the bottom falls completely inspired by a strong surge of water covered by mist, I can not see anything, while the water vapor-kai, the wind blowing hit, they'll inevitably mixed with the sand of the Yellow River, with light rain is no different, as early as put my clothes, hair, face wet, and I are still not want to leave. Mist, I have fortunately had a small rainbow notice. Despite its small size, is very low, but in this weather, I have met, and perhaps also to thank my care and patience it!
Hukou, by definition, the Yellow River water to be here long riverbed extremely sudden contraction, like a pot placed upside down, as the concentration of the amount of water can be imagined, while the Hukou Waterfall is like the sky is always a person holding a There are also rolling down endless flood water bottles, kept down down, soaked down the river You Xiang a group of frightened beasts in the mad rush to forget the life-style. Following the Yellow River Hukou, after scouring the river Wan Qiannian already deep into the ground, on both sides of the replacement in the soil Juyi washed, and the remaining is that, as canines interaction as two relatively-looking rocks, rock stacked layers is obviously easy to distinguish, as a layer-cake has been cut open from the middle of two and a half, forced separation of the same, and the river from the middle of Jichong by. The Yellow River is the symbol of the Chinese nation is our mother river, is the soul, if it is a long stream of ceaseless river of blood was flowing, then it must be on both sides of the Hard Rock is a rugged steel frame of the clank!
The Yellow River Hukou above the river along the valley from the open to long, the valley on both sides of Chongshan confrontation, bare non-green, looked forward, saw two mountains at the end of days between the opening line, is the end, but also not seen at the end, but I do not know, or days, the Yellow River water that is coming to office, no wonder exclaimed predecessors, the Yellow River water heaven! The afternoon of the Yellow River, the huge valley floor did not see a few shadows, the sky is the haze, and gray on the pressure in the head, from the mountain crevices head-wind blowing over more and more intense, then the sky peaks at a blurred, I do not know where the horizon has been felt in heaven and earth has been seamless. Standing atop Yellow River, living in the wilderness, the immediate spray mist, looking at the sky runoff ears hear the sound of its roar, Leighton has Baraka, primitive sense of the universe, people like sitting at the beginning of heaven and earth to open the border, the heart as if returned to the most primitive state, or confused, or Thanks for the Memories, or the sea is just a empty heart out, and perhaps wanted to just sit on the shore a daze, listening carefully to the Yellow River for thousands of non-stop singing, or roar!
Time to return to the mountain, the sky from under intermittent drizzle, the driver stopped to give us specially in the mountains down to the leaves photographs, unfortunately not a good place to stop shooting, no special harvest, the mountain-specific chilly wind made me feel to the share of Toru body chill. Turn a mountain bend, there is a viewing kiosk stands on the hills in a convex are shooting off tourists. Suddenly, the car has also been a few hills overlooking back kiosk, in the riot of color in the towering independent, and lasting appeal, and soon became a small point pavilion, and Zhennai vessel passed thousand mountains!
那晚回广州的车是十二点开，晚上这么长的侯车时间是个问题，那晚上本来想去附近找一家正规的电影院消磨时间，但走了好远都没找到，最后是在侯车室里看《足球》报加打瞌睡度过的。
附：壶口一日游145元，只包车费。本来听网上朋友介绍只要135元，还可以讲价到最低100元的，但看到去的人那么少，都怕他们不去，把讲价的想法收回去了。
Author: cgn12
