Last night the west wind withered the green trees, where are the leaves going?

I went to Nanmotianling more than ten years ago, and have been planning to revisit the place recently. The original plan was to start from Hanjialing, but considering the strict inspection of donkey trails in winter, we had to find another way: go straight to Motianling from Luohanyan. There are many tombs along the way, and there is a house to watch over the cemetery on almost every hill. People are watching the graves and dogs are watching the houses. Some dogs are barking, while others are silent and rush forward in anger. After going around in circles and unable to get through, they had no choice but to retreat to Zhongtianmen and go through Motianling.
On the 12th, I crossed Luohan Rock, Zhongxi Mountain, Longquan Peak, Nanmotianling and Hanjialing alone.
Going up from the east side of Zhongtianmen is Zhongxi Mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, looking north at Mount Tai, Aolai Peak, Longjiao Peak and Dongma Peak, with stars surrounding the moon, lush forests and springs, tourists like ants, and the cable car flying in the air. Here you can truly feel the majesty of Mount Tai.
The ridge formed by Zhongxi Mountain, Longquan Peak and Nanmotianling is called Dongshan Ridge. There is a group of wild goats in this area. With so many goats, there are naturally many ticks, so many people don't come to Dongshanliang anymore. Mount Tai has East Ridge, West Ridge, West Big Ridge, Middle Ridge, North Ridge and Ladder Ridge. The East Mountain Ridge and the North Mountain Ridge are rocky; the West Mountain Ridge and the Middle Mountain Ridge are long and undulating; the Tizishan Ridge is steep; the West Daliang is flat and looks like a grassland. I was just walking on my way when I suddenly saw a red vest in front of me and I suddenly became nervous. The man looked very kind, so I took the initiative to go up and say hello. "Hello"! "Don't touch the fireworks!" "Of course! I don't smoke and I don't have a stove"! Since we entered fire season, I really don’t carry a stove anymore.
There are mulberry trees on Longquan Peak, including southern sandalwood and northern mulberry, which are extremely precious; there are crocodile stones in Ge Tiaogou at the foot of the mountain. Motianling is not that high, and the small house on the top of the mountain still looks the same as it did more than ten years ago. That year, I went hiking from here to Hongmen via Luohanyan. Today, we were blocked from going up the mountain, and I didn’t want to take the old road, so we decided to go to Hanjialing. There is a big slope in the south of Motianling, and there is an open area down there. Oh My God! There are graves as far as the eye can see! Death is like the extinguishing of a light, and I am not afraid of it. When I was a child, there were tombs all around my hometown village. Some were huge and had stone tablets standing on them. The cemetery is a paradise for wild animals.
I remember when I was ten years old, one day, my father was about to come home from a long trip. I guessed that he might bring some delicious food, so I went to the village entrance to wait for him impatiently. I heard that the second brother next door had also gone to meet his father, so I chased him until dark. There was no village in front and no shop behind, but fortunately I caught up with him in the end. Neither of us went to meet our father. On the way back, we passed through three large cemeteries in succession. In order to give ourselves courage, my second brother sang loudly when we arrived at the cemetery.
As I was reminiscing about the past, I unknowingly walked out of the cemetery. As I was walking along the path towards the house in front, several large free-range dogs suddenly jumped out and I was forced to retreat. At this time, three people emerged from the ditch, looking back as they walked, with a look of fear, as if they were talking about something.
When we arrived at Hanjialing, a man in a red vest kept moving towards me and was right in front of me in a blink of an eye. "Where did you go up from?" "Red Gate"! "There is barbed wire on the mountain, how did you get down?" "The cemetery gate is open"! He was skeptical and seemed to want to say something, so I left in a hurry.

Post by NoraThompson83 | Dec 12, 2023