Preface: autumn Shennongjia, the United States in her vitality and diversity: color-rich, moist leaves, so the rocks of the shape of the angular mountains, rolling mountains and streams of gurgling sound of the majestic waterfalls, to the atmosphere lose fine, lose vigor and vitality in the thick. To see the mountains and layer upon layer of colorful leaves, this fall off is really a return to be considered.
Shennongjia beauty is only through in-depth one or only when realized.
October 8, 2003 Qing Wuhan - Yichang - Muyu town had always admired the original magic of the Shennongjia be uncharacteristically cold during the National Day of my stay in Wuhan. Waiting for a week later, finally clear of the days. Yihuang highway ride away from Wuhan, 4 hours later, arrived in Yichang (preferably Xinhua Road, Hankou station in the car, so when you do not need to arrive in Yichang city, you can get on to the sub-car Muyu town, long-distance trucks). 13:30, lucky enough to catch up with the wooden fish from Yichang to the last train. Muyu town is the latest from the Shennongjia Nature Reserve, where more than 200 kilometers away, four and a half hours, tickets 45 yuan / person.
According to practice, so at the spots can be found in the car go the same way an experienced playmate. Sometimes, the encounter is also a fun Renzailvtu. However, take a look at the car a few men, all of them have like mountain. I think it was cold a few days ago to stop the self-service bar footsteps of tourists, it seems, I had to go to the town of Staff Committee of the wooden fish.
Drove trying to get to the front seat of a boy holding an empty bottle of mineral water on board did not ask the driver trash. The driver let him throw the bottle outside the car, he was opposed, and said: Do not throw garbage out. As a result, I generally judge he is also tourists, he chatted up with him. He surnamed Chu, later trip, I do Yilaomailao Zhu sister.
Zhu is a frequent visitor to the town of wooden fish, he said that could take me to the local people with room and board, asked me if I pleased. "Can the province of province, can be free of charge on the free", I could wish for, of course, be happy. Chu Shi小朱, not deep impression of him, only shallow sense of his good intentions.
About to enter the town of wooden fish, when suddenly called小朱driver to stop, he picked one off to the roadside is still struggling up the serpent. Although he explained that this cauliflower snake non-toxic, they still put the car all scared. This hapless snake straying into residential areas of rough beaten dying thrown on the roadside,小朱talking about which saved to the Letting Them Go. Photo with the snake incident, we, the estimates of this snake is more than there is 1.65 meters.
Shennongjia Muyu snake infestation is the town gave me the initial impression, I have come to remind the world of wild animals, the door. Another thing I do is a little surprised at how many tourists do not Muyu town, full of quiet rural life.
October 9, 2003 Qing Shen Nong altar, Xiangxi early in the morning to go Shennong altar. Into the area, a thing you see is the millennium of ancient fir trees 1,200 years. Ancient cedar high 36 meters, diameter of 2 meters long, five or six in order to encircle. Ancient cedar on the disorder to have a red string wound, it is the pious wish to write on paper hung on the ropes. Along the 300 steps Padaoshanding, we saw a giant statue of Shen Nong cattle in the first person to overlook high above the mountains. Statue eyes Wei Bi, two 10-meter high totem poles stand in the altar of the left and right sides. Column one of the major shows two small Ngau Tau blending meaning for future generations to live and reproduce. There will between the two reliefs, and 9 for the eight-ting come to worship the ancient ancestors to seek asylum.
After all, is man-made attractions, for us, not attractive enough.
However, the Shen Nong's altar in the park is extremely tall buildings and ancient, and only look up was able to find it all.
In contrast, the source on the Xiuqiao Xiangxi much.
Xiangxi source of the town is only 2 km away from the wooden fish. I and Zhu via tea plantations, and on foot to Xiangxi source. According to legend, the source was Xiangxi Shennong herbs medicine when the washing pool, pool water was the essence of a hundred herbs.
Originally sunny today, can be a source of access to Xiangxi area, first thing that strikes a while Liang Qi rushing toward us, and ancient green silence. Our upstream along the springs, the streams will be a flow murmur, a Pentium would be splashed down, see the green water used to elsewhere, the source river inside the Seafoam Xiangxi was particularly personality, crystal clear, in particular the ice-.
Passed a small bridge, flowing water, mountain flowers and waterfalls, see a letter to a boulder, "Xiangxi source" words, it is a small stone next to the pool, if not stone tips, really can not imagine Here is the source of Xiangxi . Steady flow of spring water gush from the ground, forming a breed of Qu Yuan and Wang Zhaojun's Xiangxi source. Pool, the surface no longer see the big beach water, it seems that is the end of Xiangxi be小朱that this is not the real source. He looked visit about it, lying on the floor listening to for a while, and then conclude that the source does not come from Xiangxi Falls, but from the underground. So Wolia along the direction of groundwater flow sound while on the way traceability, high kick low kick to tread, large and small stones, ground to the end of the road on three sides are the boulders to block the avenue. 小朱will be posted on the boulder on the ear to listen carefully, this is the real source other than a dead end.
Return trip, I noticed that小朱brother along the way picking up visitors at random throwing of garbage into plastic bags to carry, concentrated and then placed in a scenic area of the garbage.
October 10, 2003 heavy rains Muyu town - duck mouth last night, cold laden with heavy rain again hit Muyu town. Throughout the morning, rain, dense rain without a break. We stayed in Muyu town, can not go anywhere. Mountain climate variability become increasingly volatile, and we hesitated on whether a wind and rain to the Shennongjia Nature Reserve. 小朱looked at the sky cloud said: "The clouds and thin clouds connected between the sparse, indicating these two days will be rain."
What is often the way, how do you choose are unsatisfactory, but you have to choose. Since a few days still have not fine, you might as well rain into the mountains to the mountains become available. Own rain rainy landscape.
Noon, starting from the town of wooden fish, a half-hour's drive came to a duck mouth, where elevation of 1800m, is the Shennongjia biosphere reserve entrance.
In the duck mouth,小朱into the mountains to find a guide. Wizard named Zhou Jun, grow solidly. I spoke with him, he has smiling eyes quietly looked at me, I like this magnanimous. 小朱told me that little Monday may back six individual equipment, can withstand 1.5 times its own weight of heavy loads, and I listened to was very admirable. Xiao Zhou said that if it does not rain, giant salamander in the ditch beside the playing field.
Chinese giant salamander species of Chinese giant salamander is the country's two protected species, because sounds like a child crying, it was this name. It is rare and drenched with its fate and become adventures, and the greedy who harm the object.
Resident in primary forest next to where the color of each tree are different. Although it is yellow green, yellow may be the extent of the depth of the green completely inconsistent. Pine forest fir forest showed a dark green to pale yellow from a variety of gradient between the yellow-green, red maple, born between random yellow and green colors of the trees in the main.
A tree, I am surprised to find a pile of "sub-Lian Peng", dazzling, and the summer we eat exactly the same sub-Lian Peng,小朱correcting said it was the fruit of oak trees. Tall and straight along the trunk robust look up, the first insight of the stalwart oak. Occasionally there are mushrooms on the lawn,小朱that there are non-toxic mushrooms is very simple to determine, as long as the insect eye to see whether the mushroom can be, not necessarily in order to look beautiful as a standard. I asked if the grass does not bug how to do,小朱A: It is not possible, there is grass where there is life.
In the evening, Woliang to Shennongjia Biosphere door look and found the gate there is cotton-padded clothes rent. The periphery of the park service's pretty thoughtful.
The maximum temperature today is only 11, second time, cold even the bones by the inside to the outside reveals a cold, no matter how warm infiltration of bone marrow can not dispel cold.
October 11, 2003 in the rain across the Hanyu refused to rest a moment, stretching night. Departure time is up, that I can not see signs of rain have fallen silent. Had a good talk yesterday, and wizards, first walk to the Shen Nong's monument at the top, and then over the mountains to the board Shen Nong utterly, and then camping in the mountains. Now, guides and小朱discretion a long time, decided to retain only part of the cross, and the rain, climb to the top.
Two motorcycles with me and小朱fled towards the top Shen Nong, the beautiful scenery along the way behind 11 flash. While everyone is armed, but the rain and humidity is still pervasive invasion of raincoat. Shennongjia Nature Reserve has just entered the door, the conductor assertion: you can not reach the summit the rain ... ...
Motorcycle driving out of ten kilometers, came at 2660 meters above sea level, which is motor vehicle can reach the top of the so-called Shen Nong, Li Shen Nong top of stone there, most people even came to this top of the Shen Nong. However, we are not "superficial and this one Tour", in the trackless circumstances, we have crossed a mountain to climb the peak of the real Shen Nong, where higher than the monument at five or six hundred meters.
Storm, half the height of alpine meadow kept nodding stoop welcomed us, I can not wait to go up, meadow is very soft, stepped up very comfortable. The distribution of a pair of dark yellow meadow grass, and makes a high, on top of a grain of small ball, Xiao Zhou readily roots of one, saying that wild onions, we tasted, spicy Chongbi, be learned, Shen Nong's the taste of wild onions. Meadow on the large tracts of arrow bamboo has died a natural death of branches showing signs of aging. Arrow bamboo grove next to the dead brown has grown pale green young bamboo bundle.
From this up is the alpine meadow zone, better go, Xiao Zhou said that there are wild boar came, they are "pioneers." Youcheng films on the meadow forest, see that our predecessors had with the mountains knifed off the road.
Shennongjia has many rare plants and herbs, Xiao Zhou walking to teach how to recognize, some of which enjoy the image of Chinese herbal medicine has strange names, such as: head a beads, riverside bowl of water, King Wen a pen, Aescin a flower .
Often walked a certain distance, Xiao Zhou told we are the altitude, almost every 10 meters higher, he informed one, and thus, over the alpine meadow, relatively easy to reach an elevation of 2880 meters. I asked why Xiao Zhou altitude is so familiar with, he said that he took a field expedition up the mountain, used satellite global positioning system (GPS), so to remember. Take us up the mountain the other motorcycle riders can not stand my slow speed, loitering in front of the forest, Xiao Zhou side close to protect me, while a Big World, from time to time to correct his direction. Xiao Zhou, today is our GPS.
After a 2880 meters above sea level, the arrow bamboo encountered more and more, more dense. Crossing, the first with both hands, poke with bamboo, homeopathic backhand pay close attention to 45 bamboo as a support and attachment, and then a step to climb up step by step, moving his legs. 小朱in front of people from time to time knifed Qudang branches, I walked the middle, Xiao Zhou bring up the rear. He kept reminding me to keep away from in front to avoid being a rebound bamboo scratch the skin; warned me to be extra careful crossing the arrow bamboo, if the roll falls down, and makes the arrow bamboo is easy to insert wounding.
Arrow through a bamboo forest, came to a cliff,小朱suggested that we stopped and went over to watch the scenery outside the cliffs. I have carefully moving pace, standing edge of a cliff, overlooking in fear. Steep cliffs, vertical down, 40 meters deep! Gently adjust the breathing, I dare not let小朱and Xiao Zhou novice to see me this tension so as not to add to the trouble everyone. Try not to think at the foot of the abyss, relax, when the scenery outside the cliff to our great returns: see, however, heaven and earth has passed, the vast Wu Hai, mobility changes; peaks looming trees, Phi layer of mystery. ... ... There is no relying on the surrounding has not blocked any view of things, Old and have nothing barriers, and we stand in isolation, high ground, carried away like arriving in heaven ... ... I am scared and excited slowly returned to the safety place.
Continue to line up. This zone of wild rhododendron forests and alpine fir forest-intensive, a clusters of clumps. The more up, more exposed rocks, uneven sizes, more and more muddy road surrounded by trees and is in addition a variety of wet moss covered rocks, almost no place at the same time to lay down two feet, hands and feet often need to and use. The rattan wrapped in the deep-rooted between trees, like the same network block our way, while drilling from the vines in the past, a moment from Fujieda step over the top. Used to climb the tree trunk covered with host plant, bark Mo Shangqu wet and rough. Prior to each tree would also like to seize the tree is thin to distinguish live trees or dead wood, can support our body weight. Shennongjia Lin vast, plants fend for themselves, rotten wood can be seen everywhere, and the vitality of the tree to stand straight like a. The stone was slippery in the rain, did not step on an inattentive steady, I took advantage of fall's head sitting on a boulder, simply take this opportunity to rest, I had already panting in sweat. Noticed a crevice with a lot of long creeping vulgaris, also known as the Millennium short, Xiao Zhou says with a laugh in this tree a thousand years less than one meter high and long, it is not surprising that Wan Qiannian history.
After experiencing the various peaks of the magnificent insurance Shennongjia show, we stumbled at its height. At this point the cold and windy, the mouth breath is white, visibility is only 35 meters, surrounded by mist-shrouded, in addition to the foot of the rock surrounding not see anything. Fortunately, the moment of incessant rain turned into drizzle, it seems that heaven would like to express our comfort and encouragement. Shen Nong standing on the peak of 3105.4 meters, we are excited one by one loud cry, cheer loudly for themselves.
Go to the mountains did not encounter any accident was wasting her strength, but it has been very safe. Down is not, is not very cost physically, but more dangerous. Guide to remind you, pay attention to the skills down: down, the heel force, Cai Chu, after a pit, and then move forward center of gravity. Step by step to want to walk at ease.
Almost fell down several times on his way out of balance, Xiao Zhou Wen Fu suddenly behind me, and shot so fast beyond my expectations, I first experienced the small-week stunt.
Back to alpine meadow Department, Xiao Zhou performing the second stunt, he asked me clinging to his neck, his Lanzhu my waist, it took some people ran down the mountain. I almost hung him, homeopathy on the rhythm of his run, with toes point ground, as if ballet ... ... After a few practice and learn to run and jump down a person's a pity that no effort at home, starting after the Shoubu Zhu foot brake do not live car. However, Xiao Zhou has been the side protection, is located next to a flat, he put me grabbed, so I will not speed up washed down the slope.
小朱brother and I have to Xiao Zhou do not have to over-protect me, I can go on their own, "training exercise, which crashed on the throw."
In the downhill run and jump when the foot did not step on a local stable, I lost control and rolled downhill to the whole person, Xiao Zhou turned a somersault down, and I threw together, physically blocking me, stop me to continue rolling down the hillside. His face anxiously小朱brother ran from the side, "how hurt do not hurt no ... ..."
He kept asking. Things happen in an instant, I have not had time scared, or even not to react. Dao Shi Xiao Zhou nothing to do, there seems very happy, very much appreciate his own improvisations - forward somersault, he smiled and explained that he and very tight, if not forward somersault, he would be a foot in the back that I , and he threw down somersault in front of me can stop me inertia. He made it so easy to wrestling as simple as merry ... ... I think he come back before the first flip a 360-degree swivel Would not a more exciting and more poetic.
Weeks of stress response so fast once again to my surprise, in situ rest, asked him what stunts, he said that numerous, will play the trap, captured in wild animals, will identify which plants to eat. It seems, I have a simple crossing route simply no way to let him have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. At a time when the temperature of less than 10 ℃, but because too much exercise, combined with wearing a raincoat rain pants airtight, I Rehan dripping. The guide and the driver was so cold that shivering - guide explained that this cross for them, were far from Campaign. I suddenly understood their feelings, then taste and we definitely walk in the cold cold rain in the same.
小朱breaking off a small section of bamboo under, lying on the ground water in situ demonstration of drinking water. I do not quite accepted, and he solemnly "taught" me: Who like you out with water, where the water is clean, drinking water is from mountain streams forever. 小朱correct to say that there is no running water throughout the Shennongjia area plant, the locals enjoy is that this flow down the mountain without any pollution of the pure natural mountain spring water.
小朱is also a skilled pass through his good nature, carrying all the luggage, but also constantly looking for garbage left behind by their predecessors camping with to go back.
A result of this scare, we are back to the starting altitude of 2660 meters at the summit.
Rock resort to the wooden partition to eat expensive lunch (10 yuan a), to see the tour suits and ties, the name of an umbrella, a neat row along the fixed stone paths of the queue to walk小朱very mischievous younger brother, to say a large group of ducks. Brother is young and dynamic, with his experience, his ability, he would naturally do not have to go to Staff Committee at various attractions like the ducks have been rushed to rush.
Xiao Zhou took us to see swiftlet swiftlet hole. Along the road beside a steep stone path, and we tread carefully step by step, stone steps up OK. Stairs are narrow and can only stop one person, the right side of stone steps is the abyss, but fortunately all the iron railing along the way to live in the envelope. Climb up ladder at the end, saw the rise of a hill a big hole in the wall split open wide and 10 meters. From the wide pass to the hole looked, cave resembling a spacious hall, is a good place for tent camping. Small ZHU Xiao weeks go caving, up said: "The inside is very warm sleeping bags can be used. Look inside the hall there is access." We do not caving in advance preparation, then withdraw troops Ming Jin. Before I left, Xiao Zhou puzzled to himself: usually a lot of swiftlet cave habitat, how can one also meet again today?
Savage's shadowy, indistinct to Shennongjia adds a mystery as the "Mystery of the world's four major natural" (Savage, flying saucer with aliens, Loch Ness monster, Bermuda Delta) is one. Savage is still no real conclusion. The siding rock is said to be most haunted places Savage, complex terrain, a few days ago someone in this disappeared. Notice the garden can be seen everywhere: Visitors please click the designated routes.
Scenic spots full of strange things in the Qifengyishi soar, like scaled-down version of the Yunnan Stone Forest. Gray rocks inserted in alpine meadow, the meadow beyond is immense virgin forest. 小朱and Shilin Xiao Zhou front of a hand to discuss how to rock climbing. I found a rock, like a colt's head extremely. Nature with its devil's ax Shendao the siding rock stone forest carving out their spirituality.
Victorious return, Xiao Zhou while slowly driving a car, while a singing: Here山路十八弯, where the waterway 9 comic ... ... high Qingliang singing reverberated in the valleys.
October 12, 2003 cloudy foot gallery Hung Hung Ping Ping Gallery is located in the southern foot of Tianmen Jiangya, is a small valley basin, and stretches 15 kilometers, Canyon basins on both sides, Chi-Feng Lin. I小朱plans to come to Red Town in the mouth duck, about 24 km, so that you can cover the entire Hung Ping gallery.
God take care of us today, especially in the morning up, the rain stopped, the road has been largely dried, and exposed all around after the rain washed clean, green exceptionally clear atmosphere of Castle Peak. Smell the fragrance leaves, breathing the fresh air, walking in this weather red floor galleries, particularly physical and psychological pleasure stretch. Roadside grass, new little leaves, hairy, and his mouth Dew suffered landscapes moisture; birds in the forest, happily singing a melodious mildly minor; grass dotted with colorful flowers, open a very vigorous, open well at ease, see that they are from the joy of life. Zhai 1 inserted in the hair, I come to share their happiness. Wind before, the sound of whispering trees, some dead leaves scattered under the trees, but no decline of chlorosis of the color. Late autumn season, the branches also gives rise to new leaves.
小朱told me that the leaves will be subjected to Shuangda color, tender and vulnerable parts of the first color by the frost. Same tree, the branches from the tip of leaves the first green from yellow to red transition; a tree against the background of the dark green and light green, the top and sticks the tip of Yeer dotted with bright orange and purple, bright The yellow and red; Zhengke the whole forest of trees gradually through cream, not the same color constitute a different color tree forest, and then seamlessly with the towering rocks like unexpected bonding together, which is red floor gallery of the best in autumn expression.
Shennongjia There are enormous differences, so the season of the mountain at this time a season earlier than the foot of the mountain, two different seasons in the same mountain. In accordance with the natural plant communities and different ecological, hills and peaks in a variety of vivid colors flowing.
Hong-Ping galleries, Mustang River and the ancient rhinoceros-hole, and so beautiful scenery, as section after section of scroll painting, the same volume gradually expand.
Ping galleries along the red, yellow, red, green, orange, brown, purple, all kinds of colors at your fingertips. Background green background, from the evergreen pines and cypresses, etc. composed of red, yellow and purple is the tulip tree, chestnut, persimmon tree, eucalyptus, birch, red maple leaves, golden ginkgo leaves, layer upon layer of mountain color. To see these colorful leaves, the fall off is really a return to be considered.
Hong-Ping Gallery not only the colorful leaves, as well as bare rock, Shilin-Song days. By the end of October happens to the Fragrant Hills Autumn Leaves Festival in Beijing, the event, compared to realize that: Red Ping Gallery America wins in her vitality and diversity: color-rich, moist leaves, so the rocks of the shape of the angular mountains, mountain range stretching and streams of gurgling sound of the majestic waterfalls, to lose the atmosphere refined without losing its vitality in the thick. Hong-Ping Gallery demonstrated abundance Shuiling spotless clean and fresh and bright, even in cloudy days, still letting the sky appears to suddenly see the light.
Fruits of various trees along the way,小朱pick some fresh berries taste from time to time, Shen Nong bananas, a small persimmon, bitter plum, chestnut, kiwi fruit, wild fruit of all small and exquisite. Shen Nong purple bananas, crooked as if crescent, a bunch of red berries, fruits red, shiny, rounded transparent reddish moist sheen. A forest, everywhere among ancient pines. 小朱tree picked off a few pine cone, fresh pine nuts fullness lubricants, bite mouth accompanied by a slight crackling sound, a hint of fragrance oils flavor, fragrance overflowing. Can be seen everywhere on the road and down mature walnut shell walnut and steel. Walnut shell solved, take two on the hands of the pinch, the shell will break opened. Not be so easy to deal with walnut steel, hard shell is very difficult to handle,小朱brother took after breaking open rocks, asked me to eat only the outermost layer, the remaining animals left to eat.
Think of the Shennongjia for small animals or pieces of the legendary Yeti is beautiful thing, wild animals thrive in this paradise, the food fresh and pollution-free fresh fruit, breathing the fresh air without impurities and watching Red Ping Gallery Volume ten-mile landscape, listening to birds singing merry streams, waiting for everlasting life Shennongjia.
17:00 Red Town in the destination, the whole red floor galleries have been Wolia a step by step walk.
The evening, back to the ducks beak flagon Ping, Xiao Zhou took us to live in his mountain house.
Long-lost live in the house who lit the kerosene lamps not seen for many years. 小朱brother, a flashlight in every room from top to bottom about every corner carefully examined again, for his actions I am very surprised, Does it make the cold barren hills and remote places there are not a bandit?
October 13, 2003 Warrington to see giant salamander, back to Yichang to get up the morning after the小朱asked me last night whether the fear, I asked him what to fear. Then he talked about his room last night was to examine whether the snakes and poisonous insects. Fortunately I was careless, can not think there will be these two things, the risk of possible lack of response, so a good sense of Meimeideshui.
That is up late, only to miss the secret of the mountain in the morning. 小朱that morning exercise, he saw two serow ran, "a freshman small, good and beautiful movements."小朱gasped in admiration. Also said that traces of their activities around the wild boar, and took me to see poppy.
After breakfast, mountain guide to take us away from the ducks I walk back to Muyu town.
A guide with me, today, eat more fresh berries, go to the river, close contact with the giant salamander, close contact with the result, an encounter giant salamander that darkened creamy tired of trickle-stained body fluids, they can not suppress to scream incessantly.
Noon, arriving Muyu town, in a Turkish restaurant to eat chicken pot house, a chicken with potatoes and rice, Shen Nong. Four well fed, a total of only 40 yuan, very cheap. Here is a real chicken and farm vegetables, due to the use of feed or fertilizer in the Shennongjia the cost will be higher. Chiba Yichang after lunch no longer return to the shuttle. Younger brother to go with the小朱Xingshan transfer. When the clock reaches 6:00 Xingshan just missed the last train in Yichang, after pointing and learned that Santana to the nearby bus station in Yichang, 40 yuan / person, we are very fortunate to have just the two of space.
Later than 8:00, returned to Yichang.
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