On March 26, I went to Mount Wutai with a group. This trip was not just a whim, I have been yearning for that place for a long time.
As soon as I learned that it was safe to go back and forth from Taiyuan to Xinzhou, I immediately placed an order. My friend asked me why I was in such a hurry because the Qingming Festival holiday would be coming in two days. I said that I felt that if I didn't go this time, I would never go again.
There are too many things. Talking about next time and next time becomes the next life. For example, the text you are reading almost made me live in the next life.
The night before departure, the tour guide sent me a text message to remind me to wear thicker clothes. The weather in the mountains is changeable, so it is best to bring an umbrella. The next morning, while I was putting on layers of clothes, I was thinking about whether I could put on my hat immediately if it rained.
During the epidemic, very few people traveled, and they were all stubborn people like me. I leaned against the window to catch up on my sleep, the sun dancing on my face. I was half asleep and half awake along the way, the sky was blue, the music in my headphones was great, everything was beautiful, except for the countless intimate collisions between my head and the car window on the way into the mountains.
At around 10 o'clock in the morning, I finally got off the bus. I couldn't wait to raise my head to greet my first meeting with Mount Wutai. The other person was equally enthusiastic. The wind rushed over my face and covered my face. This feeling was not unfamiliar. The Great Wall also welcomed me in this way.
The first stop on the itinerary is Wuye Temple, which is also the most popular place in Mount Wutai. It's so prosperous that you don't have to look for its location. Wherever there is a row of people standing with their hands holding incense and bending down to worship, that's the Wuye Temple.
If you ask other people who have been to Mount Wutai for tips, they may tell you which temple you can go to to pray for marriage and which temple to pray for career. As for me, I will tell you that there are two cute little yellows on the top of Dailuo. As for dogs, you can see many cats in Guanghua Temple. In the square directly opposite Wuye Temple, there are pigeons circling back and forth.
It’s not that I’m stingy about not sharing information, it’s just that this is all I know.
While everyone who was traveling with me devoutly knelt before the Buddha and made wishes with their palms together, I stood on the railing of the square and prayed that the pigeon brothers in front of me would fly higher and give me a good face.
While following the tour guide through various monasteries, I met many monks. Some were young and high-spirited. They gathered under the eaves to discuss the different tea sets in their free time. Some were ragged and covered in dust. They walked slowly down the stairs. The wind blew up his mottled monk's robe, and the patches were filled with the passing years.
I like to wander around in the temple and be in a daze, waiting for the sound of wind chimes to rush through my eardrums. I think that the wind that covered my face when I first entered the mountain may have passed through the wind chimes under the eaves, making the sound of jingling bells. By rushing in my direction, I can ignore its reckless enthusiasm.
If you come to Mount Wutai, you must spend the night here and see the night view of Guanghua Temple. In addition to the illustrated guide of animals, this is another guide I use to ensure quality.
On the way to see me there, the owner of the B&B said that Guanghua Temple was very lively because it was the only temple open at night in Mount Wutai. I became even more excited when I heard it, it’s fun, I like the excitement. I hurriedly got out of the car and scanned the QR code to take my temperature. I went in and saw that it was really lively. There were cloud tour guides running live broadcasts everywhere. I didn’t know how many family members I was going to break into this night.
There were monks doing evening classes in the Main Hall. It was the first time I passed by and listened at the door, but did not go in. The second time I turned around, the young master who greeted me at the door said I could go in to pay homage, so I went in. Standing among the monks, listening to the Buddhist music played live, accompanied by the torrential chanting of sutras, and the thumping of the drums seemed to hit my heart, I felt thousands of shocks, but I stopped expressing myself silently.
After I finished praying and stepped out of the hall, I didn't go down the stairs immediately. I turned back and glanced at the Buddha statue again. Suddenly my eyes became hot and I wanted to cry for no reason. I went around to the door again and asked the little master: Can I go in to listen to the class?
The sound of Buddha is lingering around the beams. I followed the example of the monks and sat cross-legged on the side. Close your eyes and start to relax, as if you are not thinking about anything, and then as if you have thought about everything, and finally you will become calm.
Until the end of the evening class, I stood up on crutches and tried hard to move towards the door. The little master saw me and laughed at me: You have only been listening for half an hour. I think she should have seen her past self in my embarrassed figure.
The first day of the trip ended with my mind filled with thoughts that it was a worthwhile trip. There is another important task on the second day: to climb Dailuoding.
The tour guide explained that there were too few tourists during the epidemic and the ropeway was closed. If you want to reach the top, you have to climb the more than a thousand steps by yourself. I laughed. I am a hero who climbed down the Great Wall. There are only more than a thousand steps. But I ignored the extent of my sense of direction. I walked to the north, where there was only an endless slope.
Just as I was immersed in crawling, an uncle carrying a bag passed by me. I quickened my pace, and following the principle of taking action when it was time to take action, I held the bag on my uncle's shoulder and said, "I'll help you carry it." Uncle." My uncle was more polite than I thought. He avoided my hand and repeatedly emphasized that he could do it himself. I had no choice but to give up, and the moment I gave up, we both breathed a sigh of relief. My uncle was probably relieved that he didn't have to feel uncomfortable with help from a stranger, and I was relieved that I had saved my hands.
The moment I held the bag, I realized that my hand was a little impulsive this time. I finally met a climbing friend who was traveling with me. I followed my uncle and talked to him all the way, and then I fell further and further away, so far that I had to shout when chatting. My uncle couldn't stand it anymore. He told me not to worry and to rest for a while before climbing again. He said that he had to climb uphill with things on his back every day, which was different from me. I sat on the slope and watched my uncle walking on flat ground, gradually drifting away, and began to reflect on whether I was the one in his forties.
I am really tired, and the scenery is really beautiful. The last time I saw snow-capped mountains was a picture Xiaoqi sent from Xinjiang. This time, thanks to the top of Beitai, I could look directly at the snow-capped mountains when I raised my head.
When I was about to reach the top, two little yellow dogs ran behind me. They looked exactly the same. They stopped and waited for me after running for two steps. Those who didn't know it thought the three of us came together.
There were not many tourists on the top of Dailuo. They gathered together in groups of three or two and took photos of each other. I also took photos as a souvenir for my Ah Huang brothers.
Before coming to Mount Wutai, a friend chatted with me and said that he felt like he had no energy left, living alone and living alone. I said that I did the same, living alone and living alone, going to the park alone, traveling alone, and occasionally feeling lonely. , but more importantly, I enjoy this freedom. Especially when I was overlooking the temples at the foot of the mountain from the top of Dailuo Mountain, feeling the cool breeze blowing through the snow-capped mountains, and hearing the tinkling wind chimes again in my ears, all my worries disappeared, and I just felt that the world was infinitely beautiful.
By the way, I met Uncle Climbing Friends who I met by chance again. He was setting up a stall on top of Dailuo. The heavy sack contained the Buddha's Heart Fruit and the tools to open the Buddha's Heart Fruit. My uncle told me that this is fate. I will bump into you when I go up the mountain, and I will bump into you again when I go down the mountain. I completely agreed, and asked my uncle to open a fruit to express my double agreement.
There is another very interesting thing that I would like to share with you. I was in Guanghua Temple and saw tourists bringing their pet dogs to worship Buddha. I was shocked at the time. I wondered why a Buddhist holy place would allow pets to enter the main hall. Later, It occurred to me that Buddhism emphasizes the equality of all living beings, and dogs and humans are the same.
Mount Wutai lived up to my long-planned plans. The weather was surprisingly good for both days. Thank you Mount Wutai for your hospitality, thank you for the blue sky, white clouds and wind chimes, thank you for the monks, snow-capped mountains and creatures.
I'm not free and easy enough. I want to go back to every place I've been. Every time I leave, I don't think that this life is enough. I just shout like a gray wolf: I will definitely come back!
I mentioned at the beginning of the article that I placed the order in a hurry because I thought I would never go again if I didn’t go this time. It became a prophecy. The next week after returning to Taiyuan, which was the first day of the Qingming holiday, the epidemic hit. Home isolation and countless nucleic acid tests followed. At that time, let alone going to Wutai Mountain, it was very difficult for me to go downstairs.
Some words will never become outdated no matter how many times you say them. Dear friends, please live in the moment, every minute and every second.