Translation of Xu Xiake s Travels: Diary of Wandering Yantang Mountain .

Translation:

On the 11th, he walked 20 miles and climbed the mountain range. Looking at the peaks of Yandang Mountain from afar, it is like a wood hibiscus sticking into the blue sky, and the petal-like scenery rushes into people's eyes. Twenty miles ahead, we had dinner at Dajingyi.

After the meal, I crossed a stream to the south, and I saw a round stone dotted with the western peak, which the servants thought was a two-headed rock, and I suspected that it was an old monk's rock, but it was not very similar.

After walking five miles and passing through Zhangjialou, I saw the true face of the old monk rock clearly: it was dressed in a raid suit, with a bald head, and it stood upright lifelikely, about 100 feet high. There was also a rock beside it, which followed like a child bending over and following behind, but it was usually hidden by the old monk.

Walk out of Erli Road from Zhangjialou and find Shiliang Cave halfway up the mountain. The door of the cave is facing east, there is a stone bridge at the entrance of the cave, which is obliquely inserted into the ground from the top of the cave, like a flying rainbow drooping.

From the side of the stone bridge, the corpse crevices climbed up one by one, and the top was high, spacious, and empty. I sat down and rested for a while before heading down the mountain. Cross Xie Gongling from the foothills on the right, cross a stream, and walk west along the bank of the stream, which is the road to Lingfeng.

As soon as I turned the armpit of the mountain, I saw that the rock walls on both sides were steep and erect.

Introduction to "Xu Xiake's Travels".

Xu Xiake's travels are mainly diary-based geographical works, the late Ming Dynasty geographer Xu Hongzu (a Hongzu, number Xiake) after 34 years of travel, wrote Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain, Huangshan, Lushan and other famous mountain travel notes 17 articles and "Zhejiang Travel Diary", "Jiangyou Diary", "Chu Travel Diary", "Guangdong West Travel Diary", "Qianyou Diary", "Yunnan Travel Diary" and other works, in addition to the scattered, there are more than 60 thousand words of travel information, after his death by others into "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes".

Xu XiakeThe original text and translation of the travelogue are as follows:

Original text: On the fourth day of the first month, fifteen miles, to the mouth of the soup. Five miles, to the soup temple, bathed in the soup pool.

The cane looks at the cinnabar hermitage and climbs. Ten miles, on the yellow mud gang. The peaks in the clouds gradually revealed and gradually fell to the bottom of my staff.

Turning into the stone gate, the more the Tiandu threatens to go down, then the Tiandu, the lotus two tops, all show the sky and a half. On the side of the road, one went east, but it was the one who had not been there in the past, and then it went straight up, almost to the side of Tiandu.

Go north and go to the rocks. The pinnacle is clamped up piece by piece; The road is like a stone, the plug is chiseled, the steep is leveled, and the broken is erected.

of them, the hanging ones are connected to the ladder. Looking down at the craggy ravine, the maple and pine are intertwined, the five colors are draped, and the picture is embroidered. Because of the reading of Huangshan when the life of the wonders, and there is a strange like this, before the exploration, here to travel fast and ashamed!

Translation: On the fourth day of the first month, travel fifteen miles to Tangkou. Walk another five miles to the Tang Temple and bathe in the soup pool.

With a cane in hand, he watched the cinnabar hermitage climb from afar. Ten miles, ascend the Huangnigang. The peaks that had been shrouded in mist just now gradually revealed themselves and gradually fell under my crutches.

Turn into the stone gate, from Tiandu Peak.

The side crosses down, so the two peaks of Tiandu and Lotus are beautifully protruding in the sky.

There was a fork in the road to the east, which I had never walked before, so I went straight up the fork road, almost up to the side of Tiandu Peak. He went north again, and walked through the crevices of the stones. Patches of pinnacles rise between the pinnacles, the road twists and turns, the blocked places are chiseled, the steep places are built with steps, the broken places are crossed by wood, and the overhangs are connected by ladders.

Looking down, the valley is steep and gloomy, and the maple and pine trees are mixed with each other, colorful, like pictures and splendid splendor; So I thought that the Yellow Mountain should be a wonder in my lifetime, but there is such a strange scenery that I have not explored before, and this time I am really happy and ashamed to visit again!

The original text and translation of Xu Xiake's travels are as follows:

Original text: The March of the Ugly Ugly, from Ninghai out of the West Gate. The clouds are scattered and the sun is bright, and the people are happy. Thirty miles, to Lianghuang Mountain. Hearing that this place is in the middle of the road, dozens of people were injured every month, so they stopped.

The first day of April Early rain. Fifteen miles of travel, the road is divergent, the horse's head is west to Taishan, and the sky is gradually darkening. Another ten miles, arrive at Songmen Ridge, the mountain road is slippery, and the horse rides on foot.

Since Fenghua, although there are several heavy mountains, they all follow the foothills; So far, the detour is in the ridge. And after the rain, the new glow, the sound of the spring and the mountains, back and forth, the green grove of the mountain cuckoo reflects, which makes people climb and forget the suffering. Another fifteen miles, rice in the bamboo hermitage.

Wheat is planted everywhere on the top of the mountain.

Translation: On March 30 of the year of Guichou, he went out of the city from the west gate of Ninghai County. The sky is cloudy, the sun is shining, and the mood of people and the scenery in the mountains are full of joy.

After walking for thirty miles, we arrived at Lianghuang Mountain. I heard that the tigers here hurt dozens of people in a month, so I had to stay in a hostel.

On the first day of April, it rained in the morning. After traveling fifteen miles, the road forked, the horse's head faced west towards Taishan, and the sky gradually cleared. After walking for another ten miles, we reached Songmen Ridge, the mountain was high and the road was slippery, so I had to give up the horses and walk.

Since Fenghua, although several mountains have been crossed, they are all along the foothills; At this time, it is necessary to twist and turn on the mountain, climbing and descending, all on the ridge. After the rain, the sound of the spring water, the scenery of the mountains, change back and forth, and the flowers in the green bushes reflect the flowers, which makes people forget the hard work when they climb here. After walking another fifteen miles, I had dinner at the Bamboo Temple.

Wheat is planted everywhere on the top of the mountain.

Hope the above information is helpful to you.

1. Original text: Mountaineering Xu, Feiliu.

Gurgling down. Overlooking it, there is also a dangerous wall, the spring is half protruding from the wall, and the sparse bamboo is shaded, which is very good. However, he had already ascended, and he didn't have time to look back, so he went up half a mile from Sangu to replace the bone rock, and the rock was the back cliff of the Manting Peak.

There is an hermitage in front of the rock. From the rock back to the suspension ladder two floors, but also climb a rock. The rocks are not very deep, but surround the top of the mountain like a stacked mountain. The new natives use wooden planks to follow the rock as the room, and the straight and high rise turn with the rock. ——Excerpt from "Xu Xiake's Travels".

Note] Sangu: place name. Mantei Peak: The name of the mountain.

2. Translation: After climbing the mountain and walking for more than a mile, I saw the mountain spring gurgling down. Leaning down to get a bird's-eye view, there is also a towering rock wall, and the clear spring water rushes out from the halfway point of the rock wall, and there is a sparse bamboo forest nearby, which makes people very interested.

However, it has been climbed to Sangu Peak, and it is too late to return to patronize, so it is from Sangu Peak and go up half a mile again, and arrive at the Bone Changing Rock, which is the back cliff of the Manting Peak, and there is a nunnery in front of the Bone Changing Rock.

From the two layers of hanging ladders erected behind the bone changing rock, another hanging rock is ascended. The overhanging rocks are not very deep, and they surround the top of the mountain like a stacked peak. The locals used wooden planks to build their houses along the rock walls, some curved, some straight, some high, some low, all along the rock walls.

1. The original text is as follows:

Suddenly, on the top of the cliff, there is a hole facing east, and Yu actually climbs up. It was very sharpened, and after half a mile, the soil could not be cut enough, and it was climbed by pointing to the grass roots. And the grassroots can't be fingered, but fortunately it is a stone; However, the stone is not strong, the practice of the fall, the climb of the fall, between a little sticky, stretched feet hanging fingers, such as flat on the wall, not allowed to move a step, want to go up neither help nor the land life experienced in the danger of the life of the person who does not exceed this.

For a long time, first try to get the indestructible stone of its two hands and two feet, and then move one hand in the air, move one foot with the suspension, one hand and foot firmly, and then move one hand and foot in the air, fortunately the stone does not fall; and the hands and feet were weak and wanted to fall by themselves, and after a long time, they were fortunate to climb up. ......

2. Translation:

Suddenly, I found a cave facing east on top of the cliffs, and I climbed up with my head up. The top (of the cliff) was very steep, and after climbing half a mile, the cliff was too steep to put your feet on, so you grabbed the grass roots with your hands and climbed up. After a while, the grassroots couldn't help me, but fortunately I arrived in the rocky cliff area; But the stone is not strong, it will fall when you step on it, and it will fall when you pick it up, and occasionally you can find a slightly stronger stone, and you can tense your feet and hold your fingers, just like sticking to the cliff wall, you can't move a step, and if you want to go up without help, you can't go down and there is no place, which is the most dangerous situation I have experienced in my life.

After a long time, I first tried to find a solid stone around my hands and feet, and then I moved one hand in the air, and then I moved one foot in the air, and after grasping it with one hand and one foot, I then moved the other hand and other foot in the air, but fortunately the stone did not fall; I felt that my hands and feet didn't have the strength to fall on their own, and for a long time, I was fortunate to climb up. ......

3. Introduction to the Diary of Yunnan Travel:

Xu Xiake's Travels is a diary-based geographical work, after 34 years of travel, the late Ming Dynasty geographer Xu Xiake traveled for 34 years, wrote 17 famous mountain travel notes such as Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain, Yellow Mountain, Lushan and other famous mountains and "Zhejiang Travel Diary", "Jiangyou Diary", "Chu Travel Diary", "Guangdong West Travel Diary", "Guizhou Travel Diary", "Yunnan Travel Diary" and other works, except for the scattered, there are more than 60 million words of travel information, after his death by others to organize into "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes". There are 10 volumes, 12 volumes, 20 volumes, etc., which are mainly based on the diary's travel observations during 1613 and 1639, and have made detailed records of geographical, hydrological, geology, botanical and other phenomena, which are of great value in geography and literature.