The power of time
Wu Tiansheng
Xia Jiaguan is a small place that is unknown, but it has gradually become an internet celebrity because of the yellow guard tree . Chongqing is a mountain city and a city of yellow puerar trees. In the countryside, yellow puerar trees can be seen everywhere, but not many people really look as strange as this yellow puerar tree.
The first impression of the yellow puerar tree in Xia Jiaguan is no different from that of the ordinary yellow puerar tree. It is not an exaggeration to describe it in words such as tall and canopy like clouds. It can also bear the name of the yellow puerar tree.
What makes it strange is its roots, which embrace a stone. There is a difference between roots. Needless to mention those capillary roots, even the roots of those landscape trees in the city are much inferior to it. The roots of this tree are not one or one, but one piece, and they can even be described by a wall. The roots are connected to the roots, and they cannot tell who is the main root or the fibrous root. Only the stones it embraces can be seen from the gaps of the roots.
. There are often boulders in gardening forests and parks. Some elegant scholars also have boulders in their study and desks. There are even gardeners who specialize in cultivating boulders. The yellow noodle tree in Xiajiaguan is the best boulder, but no one can transplant it, and it is even more impossible to copy it. The huge stone is as big as three or four tile houses. The roots of the yellow cucumber tree are tightly coiled on the huge stone. You never leave me, I will never abandon you, embrace each other, and grow into the best of boulders.
This spirit of never leaving is actually a manifestation of power. Over the long years, time has given the power of the yellow tusk tree, allowing its roots to grow thicker, grow more vigorously, so vigorous that no matter how you talk or tear it, "I will remain unmoved."
The power of time can be seen everywhere and can be felt at your fingertips. If you go to Qilitan and see those irregular ice mortar , you will also feel the power in time.
The riverbed of Qilitan is a stone, very hard, and the riverbed is washed away by the gentle Longxi River . The ice mortar lay irregularly on the exposed riverbed, of varying sizes and shades, as big as a bucket, as small as a bowl, as some as wine glasses.
What force makes hard stones form these stone mortars of different sizes ? After verification, experts said that these stone mortars are Quaternary glacier relics and belong to river valley ice mortars, with a history of 2 million to 3 million years.
10,000 years What is the concept? I don’t have a clear answer, I just know that Chinese history is only five thousand years old. Five thousand years have passed, which is already a vast river of history, not to mention ten thousand years, or even 2 million years or 3 million years. In such a long river of time, after the hard glacier melted, it fell drop by drop on the hard stone and fell into the endless river of time. In this deep space and time, time gives water droplets endless power. Even if the stones under the glacier are as hard as iron, they are just pink in front of the power of time.
How long does it take for those ice mortars to form? No one can tell clearly, but what is clear is that the ancient glaciers have become fields, mountains, rivers, and rivers in front of us. The continuous Longxi River water gently caresses the riverbed and also flows gently through the ancient ice mortars, like time is "treasure in the palm".
Time gave Qilitan ice mortar a strange appearance, and also injected the charm of bouldering into the Xia family's yellow tusk tree. The fundamental reason is that time contains magical power.
The water of Longxi River flows endlessly, just like time has been endless, looking into the distance, the wave has disappeared in the past time. Looking back, my temples had white hair, which looked like the thatched flowers blooming on the shore of Qili Beach.
I think, how much power has time used to make me what I am today? Suddenly I remembered the famous poem, "Ten thousand years are too long, I have to seize the day."
(the author is a member of Chinese Prose Society )
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