It has been almost two months since I came to Guidong to escape the summer heat. My friends sent us WeChat messages saying: Are you having fun and not thinking about Guangdong anymore? I will tell my friends that when you come to a place where you can absorb full negative oxygen ions every day, drink spring water from the mountain, eat free-range eggs and pollution-free vegetables, don’t use air conditioning in the summer days, and sleep under a quilt at night, the temperature will be the highest in July, on average The temperature is 24 degrees; the locals are warm, polite and kind. No matter you go for a walk at the door, on the roadside or on the mountain road, everyone will say hello to everyone you meet, and sometimes they will stop to chat with each other. I believe that when you come to such a magical place, you will be as happy as I am and forget to go home.
Speaking of immortals, we actually visited a "great immortal" - Qing'e immortal. Qing'exian is actually a beautiful mountain in eastern Guangxi, with an altitude of 1882 meters. It is said that the mountain god of this mountain is the beautiful Qing'e Fairy, so the locals directly call this high mountain "Qing'e Fairy".
I mentioned in the previous article that the hostess of Mantanghong B&B, Guo Furong, is the former president of the Mountaineering Association of Guidong County. Yesterday at the end of the week, she called her husband and another friend to accompany us to climb this famous scenic mountain in East Guangxi, where "there are immortals and spiritual beings".
Starting at around one o'clock in the afternoon, we climbed up from the foot of the mountain along a mountain road that had just been repaired with blue stone strips and antiseptic heavy bamboo. Guo Furong has good physical strength. While climbing, she told us about the common sense of mountaineering and the mountain scenery of Guidong. She said: The beauty of this Qing'e Fairy also attracted Liu Chao, a landscape painter from Guangdong. Eight years ago, he came to Qing'e Fairy to sketch by chance, and was attracted by her beauty and wonder. He simply built a simple log cabin on the mountain and lived there for eight years. Our Guidong landscape is so charming!
Before we knew it, we had reached halfway up the mountain. This is the end of the stone road and the starting point of the boardwalk. The cabin of Guangdong painter Liu Chao is located here. There is a small courtyard in front of the house, with a few stone benches placed under the trees, surrounded by green mountains and green mountains, and the clouds and mist rise and disperse, much like the place where a hermit lives. We sat down to rest. Unfortunately, Teacher Liu is not here. I heard that he has moved to a place near the water and mountains on the edge of Guidong County.
Another friend who accompanied us on the mountaineering said that this stone road and plank road were invested and constructed by the Guidong County Government. Along the way, we have fully felt the builders’ humane intentions.
On the way, we also saw many public welfare boards made by the Guidong Mountaineering Association to protect the environment. Guo Furong told me that the association organizes mountain climbing every year and does charity work, picking up garbage on the mountain, so that the green mountain ecology will always be beautiful.
After more than 2 hours of climbing, we finally reached the top of the mountain.
Standing on the top of the mountain, you can see the towering mountains and the peaks are like waves, reaching to the horizon. The other side of the main peak of Qing'e Mountain is full of cliffs, which makes people feel frightened when looking down. The mountain roads between the green valleys are rugged and winding, and the sunlight reflects thousands of rays of light through the gaps in the clouds, making it as beautiful as a fairyland. There is also the ruins of the ancient temple "Qing'e Immortal" on the top of the mountain. I don't know when it was built. Only the ruins are left, as if it still protects the land and water.
I believe that the cultural, geographical and natural advantages of Guidong will definitely attract guests from all over the world like me who come to escape the summer heat, maintain health and relax.
Yu Kun in Guidong on July 5, 2021
Author's resume
Yu Kun was born in Heilongjiang, his ancestral home is Dandong, Liaoning, and holds a master's degree. In the early 1990s, he went to work in Zhuhai, Guangdong. Worked in education positions and party and government agencies for several years. Influenced by his family and parents, he is very interested in calligraphy and painting, and has been diligently cultivating inkstones to this day.