Nihongxia Valley is located on the east side of the southern end of Taihang Mountain. The whole canyon is high in the west and low in the east. It goes down the cliff from Dongsitou, Hongtiguan and Yanglaoyan to the foot of Taihang Mountain. The South Mountain of the canyon is closely connected with the Shibanyan Scenic Area and Lv Lin Scenic Area in Linzhou City, and the Zhangzhuo River in Taihang Water Town is connected to the north.
Transportation:
1, Shanxi direction: Ruzhou takes the expressway and goes along Erguang Expressway to Changzhi Expressway (let's talk about the karst cave group composed of dozens of karst caves at the junction of Shanxi and Henan, which is spectacular, but the high-speed charge is high). In the direction of Lucheng and Pingshun, you can go from Lucheng to Pingshun or directly to Pingshun, and the road is not easy. This time, because of the traffic jam on the straight section, I took S325 highway from Lucheng. There is a fork in the road (Zhanghe Highway) and turn left when there are still 2 or 3 kilometers from Pingshun (you should turn right when you go to Pingshun). The name of the village here is Zhangjing Village. Cross the bridge and go east 12 km to Hongtiguan Township. This section is a dirt road, without asphalt and cement. It is not easy to walk. The roads from Hongtiguan to Nihong Village are basically Panshan dirt roads. Cars with less than 20 seats can turn in, but cars with more than 20 seats can't get in. This time, if the driver's hand is high, he can't get in. There is a small fork in the road about 3 miles east of Hongtiguan Village (there is a bus stop sign for Choushui Village south of the road). See a village in a few miles, that is, smelly water _, reach the back of smelly water _ village on the dirt road in the country, and then abandon the car and take the ancient commercial road. It is the ancient commercial road of Hongtiguan. Because of the time, we drove directly to Nihong Village. There is no danger of experiencing the ancient road. It takes seven and a half hours from Ruzhou to Nihong Village.
2. Henan direction: from Dengfeng to Zhengzhou-Zhengzhou Southwest Ring Road-Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway-to Anyang to anlin Expressway s 30 1- Linzhou, then take the road to the village, pass through Yaocun and Rencun, turn left at a fork in the road not far from the outgoing village, and follow the road to a village called Yang Er Zhuang Village, and there is another fork in the road. The road below has always been Panshan Road. If we go, we will go downhill more (we will go back this time, but go up more), pass through Yang Er Zhuang-Youpu Village-Shiguan Village-Majiayan, and enter the Shanxi boundary. The cement road became a dirt road, and the carts could not meet, and then passed through Longbai Temple-Jiaolanyan-Huaishuping-to Ni Hong. It will take nearly seven hours.
Traffic characteristics: Shanxi is expensive, but the distance is short, the road condition is poor in the later period, and the dirt road is long; Henan is a long way and consumes a lot of oil.
Features of Rainbow Canyon:
1. Canyon is a semi-developed scenic spot, which means that it will stop working in the middle of development. It is mainly distributed in five natural villages: Huaishuping, Nihong Village, north beach Village, Tiegen Village, Tihou Village and Choushui Village.
2. Aspect 1: Nihong Grand Canyon and Nihong Village, the largest waterfall in Taihang Mountain, start from Nihong Village. At the eastern end of Nihong Village, from west to east, there is a Ma Pingchuan, but from east to west, it is a 100-meter waterfall on the cliff. Down to the bottom of the valley, you can see a waterfall with a drop of more than 100 meters. Because of the high speed above, the water is small, but it is still there. The destination is Huaishuping, which should take less than 2 hours.
3. Aspect 2: Minghui Master Tower, a state-level cultural relics protection unit, is located in Nihong Village, Hongtiguan Township. The original temple here was called Haihui Temple. Minghui Master Tower is the tomb tower of Minghui, a Buddhist monk in the late Tang Dynasty. After the death of Master Minghui, the emperor awarded the title of "Master", and the tower was named after this title. Because the statue of King Kong Luohan in the tower was stolen, there is a wall around the tower now, so tourists can't get in.
4. Aspect 3: The starting point of the Grand Canyon behind the ladder. There is a canyon 2 km west of Tihou Village, which goes up 1 km, and there is a small waterfall. Along the artificial steps, you can see a large flat area and an abandoned red house (camping there this time). This is the starting point of Tiehou Canyon, which is divided into two scenic spots. I call it Tiehou Canyon and Tiehou Ancient Road (I personally think it should be a part of Hongtiguan ancient commercial road).
5. Aspect 4; Walking up from the starting point, you can see a stone trough-shaped pool. Walking into it is a typical Taihang Canyon. After walking for 40 minutes, the canyon is getting narrower and narrower, and the narrowest place must go down to the stream to cross the river. Because the stream is too cold (about 5 degrees at the end of 10) and too deep (about 80CM at a place), we have no past and don't know the mystery of the deep canyon! You should be able to walk barefoot when it rains less in summer. For safety reasons, it is not recommended to go in the rainy season. )
6. Aspect 5: The ancient road behind the ladder has a serrated iron ladder in the middle, which is more exciting. There is a small temple halfway up the mountain, which was rebuilt during the Republic of China. The contents of the monument were not carefully examined. It took 2 hours to reach the Panshan Highway at the top of the mountain. There is a small village with 3 or 4 families. The name of the village was asked for fellow villagers, but it has been forgotten now. What a pity!
7. Aspect 6: Diversion channel in the canyon. There is a dam in the South Canyon behind the steps. There is a diversion canal along the cliff of the canyon. After four tunnels, you can reach the red house at the beginning of the canyon. These four tunnels are called Yuejin Cave and Guangming Cave respectively. The first hole is the longest, about 600 meters. This time without headlights, walking in the dark, walking alone is a bit embarrassing.
8. Aspect 7: Title of Hongti. This is a very big stone tablet (during the reign of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty), located in Beitan Village, and it is the largest stone tablet I have ever seen. It seems that the name of the village is also named after this stone tablet beside the small river beach.
9. Aspect 8: Wall-hung highway, there is a section from Hongtiguan Township to Tihou Village. This time, I didn't stop there because I couldn't touch the bus, but it was similar to the expressway in Guo Liang.
10, Aspect 9: Hongtiguan, one of the top ten ancient customs in China. It should be in the north of Tihou Village and the west of north beach Village. I didn't see it this time because of the tight time. What a pity!
1 1, Aspect 10: Hongti Ancient Commercial Road. Located on the cliff of Shanxi Pingshun Unicom Linxian County, Henan Province, it has been the traffic artery between southeastern Shanxi and North China Plain since ancient times. Hongti Han Tong has been one of the eight scenic spots of Shangdang since ancient times. However, since the opening of the wall-hung highway in the 1970s, the ancient road has changed its meaning of existence. For 30 years, no one has walked except a few donkey friends. Nowadays, many parts of the ancient road are covered with weeds, but it has attracted donkey friends from all over the world to explore the mystery. Through the full version, starting from stinky water village. Go up through the village along the ditch, turn right in the village and go up the hill. The field path at the foot is an ancient road. It takes more than 20 minutes to climb the ridge and cross an artificially dug pass. The road is divided into two parts, one part goes up slightly over another pass, and the other part goes down slightly and then is cut flat. Take the following road, make a big turn, walk past several vertical poles (don't turn the beam here, keep walking along the ridge), and then keep walking. You can also see a flat land with a height of 10 mu from the top of a ridge (flat with the highway) nearly 20 miles in front of the smelly water, and then continue to take the bus, which is where the ancient road from the smelly water meets the avenue, and there is a descending path on the right. This is the starting point of the miniature version of the crossing. Take a path through the terraced fields, and the bottom of the ditch is a small step ditch. You can see a small temple at the end of the small ladder ditch. The inscription in front of the temple shows that the temple is very old and was rebuilt during the Daoguang period. Coming down from the mountain temple, the edge of the mountain road and the cliff are advancing. It's dangerous, but it's gentle. Stone houses are everywhere along the road, most of the roofs have collapsed, and the walls and vouchers still exist. According to fellow villagers, thirty or forty years ago, all these places were inhabited. They sold "yellow pimple" (a kind of dry food steamed with corn flour, which is resistant to hunger and difficult to dry) to past businessmen, which is equivalent to the roadside shops now. In addition, there are stone troughs, stone millstones and other relics on the road. The stone road under the cliff is four or five feet wide and very flat, and there are anti-slip stripes on the road. "Li San Bridge, Wuli Temple and Shili Street", the ancient road is also the "street" in folk songs. Since then, there has been no fork in the road, and the road conditions are much better than those above the small ladder ditch. It's basically a smooth cut and a safe walk. Only a few places washed away by water need to be careful when passing. "Street" has been around the cliff. In the middle of this relatively flat mountain road, there is a group of three-way stone tablets, which records the grand occasion of various places donating money to broaden the commercial road in the 55 th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. From the two stone tablets on both sides, it can be seen that the geographical distribution of donors is very extensive: from Pingshun, Changzhi and Huguan in Shanxi today to Linzhou, Shui Ye and Anyang in Henan today, it can be seen that the scope of benefit and the number of users of this commercial route on that day are large.
This tablet during the Qianlong period is engraved with the following words: "Since ancient times, the Party has lived in the mountains of the world, half a day like a dark cloud, half a day like a rainbow, and even more in the mountains of the Party. During the Jiaqing period, Xia Yanping and Chen Kou went to Yu Xia Pass, which was built on the top of Wanshan Mountain and stretched for more than ten miles. And one person guards it, and ten thousand people can't force it to be very dangerous. The words "business travel, without exception" vividly describe the origin and extraordinary momentum of ancient customs. After walking more than ten miles on the flat road, you reach the famous Hongtiguan. Hongtiguan is located at the corner from Cliff Mountain Road to the steep foot of the mountain. Go ahead as soon as you close the door. It's a hand-built stone step. This is called "rainbow ladder"-a kind of "ladder" that doesn't connect to the door. A total of 54 flights of stairs go down hundreds of meters to the foot of the mountain, thus reaching Henan eastward. If it is guarded by the customs, it is really "one guard, ten thousand people can't force it."
There was no pass on the ancient commercial road, and the Ming government set up the crack pass in Jiajing eight years. The purpose is to prevent farmers from complaining to the government.
Zhu Houzhao, the Emperor of Zheng De, was a man who was indifferent to state affairs. He is now located in 16 years, central and local-extreme-. _ Pleasing the people, harming the public and enriching the private, and people's grievances are boiling. In the tenth year of Zheng De (15 15), he was a native of Shibutou Village, Pingshun County, who worked as an official in Lucheng County. His father (riding on the cliff carving in Hongtiguan), uncles, brothers, villagers Wang Luting and so on. , together with the nearby Yuan Guang and Qin. In the first month of the following year, Andy Chen's rebellion was exposed.
Wang was arrested. Andy Chen and others made full preparations and contacted in many ways. The peasant army of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan entered the customs one after another, and the uprising broke out in the first year of Jiajing (1522).
In the third year of Jiajing, Luzhou government sent Licheng county magistrate Yang Shangshan to woo the rebel army. Rebel leader Chen Qi was deceived and captured, and Andy Chen was sentenced to death. But in September of the same year, Andy Chen escaped during the escort. After returning to Qingyang Mountain, Chen Qing became the leader of the rebel army. At this time, the ranks of the peasant army grew unprecedentedly, reaching 20 thousand. Andy Chen led the insurgents to conquer Changzhi, Jincheng, Zuo Quan, Qinxian and other counties in succession, and the soldiers were directed at Zhongzhou. In the seventh year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the court ordered the suppression of the capitals of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces. On the fifth day of October, 50,000 loyal ministers from three provinces attacked the rebel army, outnumbered and finally failed. After putting out the rebels, the court sent Xia Yan to the local area to clear up. Xia Yan played the role of a quasi-emperor and strengthened his rule in southeastern Shanxi. Lu' an satrap was promoted to the government and Changzhi County was established. In the eighth year of Jiajing (1529), Pingshun County was newly established and its administration was strengthened. Militarily, Xia Yan has set up two passes, namely, Hongtiguan Pass and Yu Xia Pass, and set up four inspection departments in Yudouya, Baiyun Valley, Hongtiguan Pass and Panxi Peak, where troops are stationed for defense.
Judging from the huge plaque where Xia Yan's calligraphy still stands in north beach Village, Xia Yan had a great sense of accomplishment at that time. Zengzhou set up a county and changed its name everywhere. It is conceivable that he is full of enthusiasm. The word "Hongti" was also changed by Xia Yan, formerly known as "Hongti". Xia Yan's changes made it elegant and artistic, but that's all-a hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty was still in the hands of thieves.
The location of Andy Chen Uprising is Baiguo Mountain. We asked the villagers. The villagers said that they had not heard that Chen Qing was stationed at Rainbow Ladder. According to Xia Yan's inscription on the Rainbow Ladder, it is said that the rebels have been to the Rainbow Ladder and fought hard according to the risks.
Finally, explain the whereabouts of two main figures related to Hongti Pavilion: Chen Qingbing was defeated by the enemy and was taken to Beijing to be executed in the same year. Xia Yan was a later official of Zaizhi. In the famous "Hetao Discussion", Zaizhi stood on Zeng's side and urged him to recover Hetao. Slander by Yan Song, then killed. The Red Body Pass in Xia Yan has always been guarded by soldiers. According to the records in Pingshun County Records of the Republic of China, the soldiers and guards were disturbed in the late Qing Dynasty, and they were still stationed in the police after 20 years of the Republic of China (1930).
It has been nearly 480 years since Andy Chen died and Xia Yan achieved great success, but we still seem to feel a sense of heroism in the bare rocks and steep valleys. People around Hongtiguan have a saying about this place: a real son of heaven has emerged in a hundred years, but a king of grass heads has emerged-this should be a memory of the ancestors of the blood clan among the people.
Because local heroes are like "Liangshan heroes", some people came to Hongtiguan later: 1926 Tianmenhui Team of Henan and Korea, Fourth Army Division of Taihang during the Anti-Japanese War, New Brigade of the Eighth Route Army,1/5 Division 344th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, 129 Division Independent Guerrilla Detachment of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese invaders came from Rencun, Henan Province to explore the terrain, and most of them stopped. Several people who wanted to climb the mountain escaped after being hit by a rolling stone by the local militia. Hongtiguan, known as one of the eight famous passes in Shanxi, has neither a tall wall nor a related city, and even a closed door, only a symbolic doorway. Hongtiguan is located at the corner from Cliff Mountain Road to the steep foot of the mountain. Go ahead as soon as you close the door. It's a hand-built stone step. This is called "rainbow ladder"-a kind of "ladder" that doesn't connect to the door. A total of 54 flights of stairs go down hundreds of meters to the foot of the mountain, thus reaching Henan eastward. If it is guarded by the customs, it is really "one guard, ten thousand people can't force it." Hongtiguan is located at the corner from Cliff Mountain Road to the steep foot of the mountain. Go ahead as soon as you close the door. It's a hand-built stone step. This is called "rainbow ladder"-a kind of "ladder" that doesn't connect to the door. A total of 54 flights of stairs go down hundreds of meters to the foot of the mountain, thus reaching Henan eastward. Looking back at the ancient Guan Jianfeng, breaking the sky. The "rainbow ladder meets Han" here is one of the eight scenic spots of Shangdang. Legend has it that Liu Xiu came and went here in the later Han Dynasty. At the foot of the mountain in front of the ancient pass, three adjacent villages lined up in turn, all named after Hongtiguan. The name of the east side is:
Monument beach, a famous stone tablet with macro title, stands on the river beach at the head of the village. The macro-named stone monument stands on the beach at the head of the village, witnessing history and asking about the mountain situation. The village in the middle is called Tigen, the eastern starting point of Hongtiguan ancient road. The village in the west is called "the heel of Taihang Mountain" after the steps.