There is a mountain to the west of my house - (one of the Three Dreams of Life)
It is really strange to say that I was born in a small city in northwest Anhui. In addition to the Dasha River, a main tributary of the Huaihe River, winding eastward, looking around, there is the endless Huaibei Plain, which is difficult to see even a mound of 10 or 20 meters high.
But in my childhood, I dreamed countless times that there was a mountain west of my house - the mountain was continuous, high and steep, with large stone platforms on the side of the mountain and trees thickly wrapped around me. I often climbed over mountains after mountain... Whenever I woke up from the dream of climbing, I was always confused in reality and dream for a long time: Where is this mountain?
This dream has been bothering me for a long time. First, my childhood family was in trouble and I had never traveled far away, let alone a clear path. Second, this kind of dream appeared repeatedly, with a time span of several years.
Perhaps it is the repeated stimulation of the scene in my dream. I have always longed for mountains. Even whenever I read words related to mountains, such as words in the depths of mountains, mountains, and mountain villages, it will make me excited. Therefore, this type of article is also my favorite.
The first time I saw the mountain was in the summer of 1973. I was ordered by my mother to go to Huoqiu to visit my aunt who had never seen since I parted with my mother before liberation. When you set out, you will take a boat from 天店 to 天店 to 年2年2年 , and then take a boat from the Huaihe Bay next to my uncle's house in Angang. At that time, the transportation was extremely inconvenient, so I walked on the road for three days just by going there. When
returns, he takes a bus from Huoqiu to travel westward. When the car reached an unknown place, my eyes suddenly lit up: Mountain! On the horizon in front of the highway, there is a real mountain! I straightened my body and looked at the mountain getting closer and closer - to be precise, it was actually just a small mountain bag less than a hundred meters, but this was enough to make me excited.
After the car drove past the foot of the mountain, I kept looking back until the mountain disappeared from the horizon again. Naturally, with my excitement, my neck hurt for several days. This is perhaps the most exciting and unforgettable thing that I was when I was a teenager.
The first mountain climb was two years later. Xiangshan has Eastern Jin ancient temples, which is very famous in Northern Anhui . Xiangshan is not high, but the mountain tops are continuous and connected, with about ten of them big and small. I ran all over the place in one go, so I was so tired that I almost couldn't get down the mountain. Because I always want to see - what is on the other side of the mountain?
Since then, I have more encounters with the mountains, especially the two places where I have lived in other places for the longest time. There are mountains in the west of the city. I really don’t know if it is a coincidence or destined.
It can be said that I have reached a level of almost obsessed with the mountains. Sometimes when I am on a business trip, I always open the car window and breathe the fresh mountain wind hard. If possible, I will stand on the mountain, watch the strange waterfalls flying, and the mist and rain surround me; listen to the birds singing among the forests and the beasts roaring deep in the clouds.
It can be said that whether it is the quaint and desolate nature of the wilderness in the north, or the green mountains and green peaks of the south, the different flowers of the flowers are deeply attracted and touched me.
I was amazed at how high the mountain is and how long the water is. I lamented the magical craftsmanship of a thousand feet of cliffs and a pillar of the sky. I lingered on the path of gurgling streams. I was immersed in the songs of the shepherd boys in the forest. The folk houses in the mountain, known as green mountains and white paintings, and the curling smoke in the cooking fires surround the deep white clouds made me feel energetic and thoughtful...
In this life, I climbed the towering Taishan , the extremely dangerous Xiyue Huashan and other famous mountains and rivers. But what I can't forget the most is the nameless small mountain bun I saw for the first time.
Now, a knee injury prevents me from climbing mountains, but the emotion I have never let go of the mountains has always made me unable to let go. When I finally decided to buy a house and settle down, I settled my home in the west direction of the city without thinking.
Because, I want to fulfill the dream of my childhood that I cannot explain - there is a mountain to the west of my house.
Because, I still want to know - what is on the other side of the mountain?
