Chapter 395 Winter is about to return, and it’s snowing in Gaoligong
"The Gaoli family is so powerful, isn't it? It's actually their mountain!"
He Huan said with a smile: "There are many strange place names in Yunzhou, which are often the transliteration of ethnic minorities plus Chinese. Strictly speaking, Gaoligong Mountain should be called Gaolishan Mountain."
“Gaolishan Mountain is so cute!”
"More than a dozen ethnic groups, including the Jingpo, Lisu, Achang, and Nu, live in the Gaoli Mountains and the Nu River Gorge. After immigrants occupied Pingba, many ethnic minorities moved into the mountains.
Heavy snow closed the mountains for half a year, and until the road was built, they were isolated from the outside world, so many original ethnic minorities were preserved."
The tourists followed the little white dragon with their heads down.
"The straight-line distance from Tengchong to Nujiang is very short. However, due to the obstruction of Gaoligong Mountain, until the Republic of China, before the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway was built, people had to cross Gaoligong and cross the Nujiang Grand Canyon. Now that the road has been built, Gaoligong
The ancient roads in Li Gong have become a paradise for tourists and hikers.”
As we climbed all the way up, everyone began to breathe heavily.
He Huan looked back at them. Fortunately, Master Zhou was guarding the team.
"After the Shushendu Road entered Dali, it was called Yongchang Road, which was the area under the jurisdiction of Yongchang County established in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The state capital Baoshan was originally named Yongchang.
The Yongchang section is the last section of the domestic section of Shushendu Road. Because the Tengyue Ancient Road is located in the primeval forest of Gaoligong Mountain, it has been still intact for more than two thousand years."
The higher you go up, the more difficult the mountain road becomes. Looking back, some tourists are starting to fall behind.
He Huan stopped and asked everyone to take a rest on the side of the road to wait for those who were left behind.
Several female tourists were holding water bottles, looking like they wanted to drink but didn't.
"Aren't you thirsty?" He Huan looked at them.
"Is there no place to go to the toilet on this mountain?" the female tourists asked worriedly.
"It's okay. I need to go to the toilet in this deep mountain wilderness. Please help me."
A group of people laughed and drank water.
Let them watch and help each other for a while, and then continue to climb up.
"There are three ancient roads in Gaoligong. The northern route is the earliest. It was built before the Western Han Dynasty, around 400 BC, which is about the same time that the Ailao Kingdom was established.
At that time, the Shushen Poison Road had been formed, with Baoshan, the oldest country in the Ailao Kingdom, as the center. Because this ancient road had been abandoned for a long time, the northern route was also the most difficult to walk.
The apex of the route we are walking today is Nanzhai Gongfang, which was formed during the Eastern Han Dynasty after the Han Dynasty established Yongchang County. The middle line was formed in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.
But the southern route is the most traveled and used the longest. Before the Baoteng Highway was built, people still mainly relied on this road to cross Gaoligong. So the route we chose today is also the most mature and best route."
Everyone, take a deep breath, the most mature and best way to go! The ancient road with bumps under your feet is full of traces of history, it is indeed very mature!
Look at the little white dragon, I’m really impressed! He’s talking while walking!
Seeing that everyone was getting more and more tired, a few female tourists began to drag them away.
He Huan looked around, trying to find some monster to divert their attention.
After walking for a while, He Huan suddenly pointed to the woods and shouted in surprise: "Look!"
"Wow! So cute!" Everyone looked over and saw a super cute little monkey sitting among the yellow branches and leaves looking at them.
"Philippe's langur! Wearing a pair of white glasses and a white mask, he is a gentleman among monkeys and is a first-level protected animal in my country!"
"Sure enough, the first level and the second level are different! They look much better than yesterday's short-tailed macaque!"
He Huan looked at them speechlessly and smiled again.
Everyone was busy taking photos of the national treasure, and the Philip's langurs also looked at them curiously and did not run away.
"Can we feed it?"
"Don't feed them!" He Huan said, "Gaoligong is the gene pool of species. They mainly feed on wild fruits. Just don't disturb them! Oh my God!"
The tour guide is excited and so are the tourists.
After discovering the national treasure, everyone was full of motivation and continued climbing up.
The further you go up, the more the forest turns yellow, and the road is covered with yellow leaves. From time to time, a green stream jumps out from under your feet and disappears quietly into the distance.
The beauty of the mountains is overwhelming, but what is more colorful than the leaves are the individual birds.
"Oh my God! This is like a mountain spirit!"
"The species gene pool is not called it for nothing. Gaoligong is also called Noah's Ark of the Ice Age," He Huan said.
"Oh my God! I never knew there were such beautiful birds in the world!"
"I thought there were only sparrows in the world!"
"It's hard to see sparrows in the city, okay?"
The little birds are not afraid of humans, as if they know this is their kingdom and don't care at all about a group of humans passing by. They fly around and sing gracefully.
Fortunately, there is a little white dragon, so everyone knows the names of these beautiful elves. Although they can’t tell them apart, they are still very happy.
Along the way, the ancient roads were covered with moss and the fortresses were covered by grass, making it a paradise for mountain elves.
"Ah! Is that a leopard?" A tourist suddenly stopped.
Everyone also stopped and looked over nervously.
He Huan saw a group of leopard-print guys emerging from the grass and looked at them. He Huan breathed a sigh of relief, "It also has the word leopard, but it is a cat! Leopard cat!"
"Ah...so cute!"
He Huan also quickly picked up his camera. He didn't take pictures of anyone today, just these mountain elves.
Compared with the cuteness of pet cats, leopard cats are indeed worthy of the word leopard. They are very powerful and wild. What is even more rare is that they appear with a family. There are kittens responsible for cuteness.
Everyone was so excited that they resisted the urge to masturbate and left silently.
The climb to the lower ground was tiring at first, but when we climbed to the higher ground and saw so many mountain spirits and wild monsters, we were not tired at all.
He Huan looked at the tourists and said, "You are so awesome! We are almost reaching the top!"
"Wow!"
“During the Nanzhao period, caravans composed songs:
When I want to return in winter, it snows in Gaoligong.
Autumn and summer are about to return, without the heat in the sky.
I want to come back in spring, but I have no money left in my pocket."
"What's the meaning?"
"This means that merchants who go to a foreign country to do business want to come back in winter. It snows in Gaoligong Mountain, the snow is slippery, and it's cold. How can they come back?
If I want to come back in autumn and summer, how can I come back when the Gaoligong Mountain Valley is humid and hot, full of poisonous snakes, and dense with miasma? I want to come back in spring, when the weather is better, but I don’t have any money in my pocket anymore.”
"oh!"
"This ballad describes the hard work of the caravan crossing Gaoligong Mountain!"
The tourists looked at the ancient road with lots of potholes under their feet and felt that they were really awesome!
"Qiongfeng is the Nujiang Dam at the foot of the east slope of Gaoligong Mountain, and the Tengchong Dam at the foot of the west slope of Gaoligong Mountain. There was Tanglang in ancient times."
"Ah! Yunlang! Isn't this the hotel where we are staying?"
"Yes! That's the name of the hotel we're staying in!"
Only then did everyone realize that the hotel Xiao Bailong chose was also very cultural.
"They are all place names during the Nanzhao period. Luopi means money. Qiongfu and Luopi are both Bai dialects. And this ballad is called Heyuan Jia Ke ballad, and Heyuan is in Dali. That is to say, this song was sung by merchants in Dali
Ballad."
"oh!"
"This song was sung by Bai merchants who were detained in the Jingpo and Achang areas. The Jingpo and Achang peoples also live in the Nu River Basin.
This is like arriving at the foot of Gaoligong, but unable to return home. Yongchang Road starts from Dali, and the most difficult section is Gaoligong Mountain and Nujiang River. As the old saying goes: Cross the Nujiang River in the morning and reach the top of the mountain in the evening."
The tourists looked at the deep horse hoof prints on the stone and said, "There is really no road in the world. When there are more people walking, it becomes a road."
It is easy to get tired when walking with your head down, but if you listen to stories and watch the elves in the mountains, every step is a story and every step is a beautiful scenery, you will not feel tired at all.
After walking past the bunker left by the expeditionary force, we could already see Xuechong Pass.
"It doesn't feel difficult! We reached the top of the mountain so quickly!"
He Huan looked back at them and said, "You climbed up from halfway, and there is no blockage from the Nu River. Besides, people have been walking on this road until the road was built. Generation after generation, there have been many road constructions.
The guard house we just passed was set up in Nanzhao to protect passing merchants. After escorting one section, ringing a gong, the caravan will come to the mountain, and people will come to pick up the next section. But there is a fee, which is called official protection fee.
.”
The tourists laughed.
"It gradually became what we see today."
Everyone looked at the winding ancient road and climbed up in one breath.
It's still a little hot down the mountain, but there's also an autumn scene in the mountains.
When we arrived at Xuechong Pass, there were actually snowflakes falling.
I really saw the four seasons along the way.
The tourists were pleasantly surprised!
From the pass, you can overlook Tengchong Bazi and the volcanoes, which are all green.
"I can't imagine it wasn't coming up. I was wearing a skirt down there yesterday!"
"Put on your cold-proof clothes quickly!" He Huan reminded.
Everyone opened their backpacks, put on cold-proof clothes, braved the snow and crossed the Xuechong Pass, and stood on the top of Gaoligong Mountain.
"This area is the anti-Japanese battlefield and the location of the Battle of Yuntian."
"Ah!" Looking at the dense snow clouds and the hazy mountains in the distance, everyone also felt the hardship of the battle between the sky and the sky.
"That's Nanzhai Public House." He Huan pointed to a stone house below, "It's snowing heavily, let's go down and take shelter."
Everyone walked down a short distance and entered the stone house.
There are benches, firewood, pots and bowls, and some seasonings in the public house.
Master Zhou went to light the fire, and He Huan took the pot to the well to fetch water. The guide led the horse to the eaves and took down the lunch.
When they got inside, the fire was already burning, so He Huan put the pot on the fire pit.
Everyone gathered around the fire pit to warm themselves up, "Little White Dragon! Why are these things here? You couldn't have put them here in advance?"
"These are all left by people who passed by. But there were people in the past. It was Nanzhao's Piro Pavilion that first set up a post station here and sent troops to guard it. It is an important strategic barrier. We have said before that Gaoligong Mountain is the Xishan Mountain of Nanzhao.
.”
The tourists nodded.
"After the official road was changed in the Yuan Dynasty, the garrison withdrew, and the place was managed by the people again. Some monks built a temple here, which became a resting place for passers-by.
Didn’t I say it before? It gets dark when you climb up from the Nujiang River to Gaoligong. You have to cook here and spend the night. So it’s called Zhai Gongfang. In addition to Nanzhai Gongfang, there is also Beizhai Gongfang at the highest point of the northern line, which is also the same
mean."
He Huan added a piece of wood to the fire pond, "In the Ming Dynasty, it was an important pass and station during the conquest of Burma and the suppression of rebellion. During the Anti-Japanese War, this place was first garrisoned by our army and then occupied by the Japanese army.
The enemy occupies high ground and the Nujiang Dam is clearly visible. How difficult will it be for the expeditionary force to attack it? So it is called attacking Gaoligong Mountain from above."
Along the way, we saw so many bunkers and Anti-Japanese War relics, and everyone truly felt that fierce battles had taken place in this high mountain and dense forest.
Boil water and let everyone make noodles.
The guide took out chicken fungus and beef jerky, and each person put a chopstick into the bowl.
A group of people were eating noodles while snoring.
“This is truly the most delicious instant noodles I have ever tasted!”
After eating the noodles, everyone consciously drank all the soup to avoid contamination.
Snowflakes were falling outside the house, and everyone gathered around the fire pit to warm themselves up and rest. He Huan talked about the battle between the sky and the sky in detail.
"Gaoligong Nanzhai Gongfang is the Anti-Japanese War battlefield with the highest altitude and the worst weather conditions in China. It climbed up from the Nu River and entered the Tengchong Dam.
Back then, our country's expeditionary force won the battle between the sky and the sky at a huge cost of casualties, and dyed this ancient road red with blood."
The tourists nodded and said, "It was really a profound experience walking along the way! Although it only took half a day, it felt like I had walked two thousand years!"
He Huan stood up and said, "Let's go. Don't wait for the snow to fall heavily. It will be more difficult to walk down the mountain."
Seeing that He Huan had collected the garbage left by other tourists in the house, everyone went to help.
Leave Nanzhai Public House, go to the top of the mountain, and look back again.
Mountains line the horizon, the Nu River flows southward, and white snow is flying on the top of the mountain. Everyone can better understand the saying - Winter is about to return, and it is snowing in Gaoligong!