探奇揽胜梵净山

WONDER SIGHTS IN FANJINGSHAN

贵州山水,閟养无数世纪,一朝为世所知,无不充溢着现代人所向往的大自然之野趣。野是其共性,而又野得各有个性。比如,花溪野得秀逸,龙宫野得神秘,黄果树野得雄浑,小七孔野得清奇。那么黔东北的梵净山呢?我觉得它野得恢宏。像是造物主忽发奇想,将画笔饱蘸五颜六色,逞着兴致,泼洒出这处恣肆豪宕的奇景。红云金顶是梵净山的标志,高逾百米、中间一道缺口的石柱顶上竟建有两座庙及一架天仙桥从盘溪入山,沿径盘旋而上,活活的溪水声总在身畔相随,忽前忽后,忽左忽右。随着海拔的上升,我们经过山脚的参天杉枫林,钻过山腰的茂密冷箭竹林,进入杜鹃林的世界——这些全是原始森林。两三个小时后,仰头见一根拔地擎天的石柱,颤巍巍矗立在万山之巅。

t. Fanjingshan, peak of the Wulingshan Mountains, stands between the counties of Jiangkou, Yinjing and Songtao in Guizhou Province. It is 2,500 metres above sea level and covers an area of 500 km^2. As there are quite a lot of Buddhist temples (Fanyu), hence the name Fanjingshan. In 1978 Fanjingshan was designated 'National Conservation Region'. Here is 150, 000 mu of subtropical forests in primitive conditions, with 1,800 species of plants (among which 500 herbal)and 800 species of animals, the Guizhou Golden Monkey, salamander, tragopan, leopard being the most distinctive, Rocks, cliffs and caves, plus the Buddhism ritual sites (it became the venue of Buddhism in the ming Dynasty) have attrcted tourists from Sichuan, Hunan and Guizhou Provinces. In the past 10 years overseas tourists have been pouring in as well.