Monte Wuyi

They tell that in the antiquity called wise person Peng Zhu lived in China who along with his family moved to the Southeast where he settled down in a very beautiful place. But, just a short time later, that place suffered of great floods and the inhabitants were themselves forced to take a miserable life. In order to turn aside the waters that the flood had let and improve the conditions of the place, the children of Peng Zhu, calls Peng Wu and Peng Yi, they directed to the villagers in the works of opening and construction of a channel. At present this channel is known with the name Jiuquxi - the Stream the Nine Curves. In order to remember the feats of these brothers, the town called to the mount “ Wuyi ", word composed by the names of them and his father it was clear to him like king Wuyi. In honor to them a commemorative palace was constructed to borders of the Jiuquxi.

The Wuyi mount is part of the Wuyi mountain range that is the north of the province of Fujian. This colorful, historical and cultural mount is under the state protection and is one of the first zones developed throughout the coast of the Southeast of China. During the neolithic period, it was lived by old the Yue. If the Jiuquxi is crossed in raft, still they are possible to be seen in the walls of cliffs some of its tombs of which they excel ataédes like boats hanging in the precipice. According to the archeologists who have studied the zone, these are historical testimonies of the funeral rites of the first inhabitants of the zone.

By its landscapes, a surprising beauty, this mount enjoys fame, and emperors, of diverse times, have granted to honorary titles and engraving to him tribute inscriptions on stone wakes. For example, Wudi emperor of the dynasty Has (140-87 a.n.e.) ordered to make an altar of sacrifices for king Wuyi; Xuanzong emperor of the Tang dynasty (712-755) declared the Wuyi mount like one of famous mountains under the sky; to the beginnings of the Five Dynasties (907-980), the Wuyi mount was considered like a sacred place by the taoísmo of the region of Southeast and also one of the 36 paradises of the Immortal ones in China.

The beginning of the century I SAW, some lawyers settled down in this mount to dedicate itself to education, was so during a time it was an important center of the diffusion of the doctrine of Confucius. Zhu XI (1130-1200), outstanding philosopher of the Song dynasty dictated classes to its disciples in that mount, and developed the Minxue doctrine, that was the most influential and one of the cuatros greater confucianas schools of China.

Known geographically as a sample of the Danxia topography (red color), the Wuyi mount stands out by its individuals and beautiful characteristics: strange summits and uneven hills formed by superposed red arenaceous stone layers and. In the landscaping zone, that has a circuit of 60 km, a clear and limpid water river runs that it winds on the foot of steep mountains. Of its numerous summits they excel by its beauty and its fame more than 36. The one of Dawang (Great King), in the mouth of the Stream of the Nine Curves, she is most imposing and majestic; the one of Yun (Maid of Jade), symbol of the Wuyi mount; the one of Jiesun (Rotoño de Bambú), that rises next to the river. There are in addition numerous rocks to exotic forms with suggestive names like the rock of the Immortal one, the Sonorous rock, the terrace where the immortal ones fish, etc., that they still more embellish to the natural landscape. To take a walk in that place gives the sensation to be in the paradise.

Jiuquxi is the most attractive zone of the Wuyi mount, its landscapes were described by poet Li Gang, (1083-1140) of the Song dynasty. And it is the place more concurred by the tourists. The trip in raft of bamboo from the wharf of Jiuqu, in the course superior of the river, to the Yiqu terminal - the first curve is an unforgettable experience. Throughout 9 km of route an pleasant sensation is lived and to pass each curve natural is to be, to both borders, with other wonderful landscapes. In addition, it is possible to be listened to stirring stories narrated by the boatmen. This trip is worth the pain, is as if a pictorial gallery was crossed.

Each one of the scenes that are seen both borders of the Stream of the Nine Curves would be recorded for always in our memory. The Tianyou summit (it travels by the sky), to the north of Liuqu (sixth curve), is most beautiful and highest between mountains of the zone. She is well-known as “ first colorful place of the Wuyi mount ". When walking envelope she has the sensation to be taking a walk by the sky. Also it is possible to be adored, in the Tianyou Temple, to the seated statues of king Wuyi and his two children, Peng Wu and Peng Yi. For that reason they say that “ if you have not crowned the summit of the Tianyou, you have not arrived at Wuyi ".

In the depth of a calm valley, to the north of the Stream of the Sixth Curve, is the Taoyuan cave, surrounded by waved hills. Following the river that runs between mountains there is a full stone sector that apparently interrupts the route. Nevertheless, when it is seen at great length, a cave underneath an enormous rock is discovered. When crossing it and passing through a bridge and a door of stone, we see in front of us an ample earth extension where some huts disperse and felt the aroma of the peach flowers. It is a true calm refuge.

The Academy of Libro de Ziyang (Mulberry Sun), on the fifth curve of the stream, was founded on 1183, under the Song of the South, by Zhu XI, that was dedicated to education and during ten years it worked in the writing of a book. Very it was appreciated by the feudal governors, even, the emperor Kang XI (1662-1722) of the Qing dynasty granted a table to him with horizontal inscription in his honor.

On the feet of the Dawang mountain, to the north of the first curve of the stream, is the Temple of Wuyi, constructed in the Tianbao years (774-756) of the Tang dynasty. In this temple the emperors paid tribute to king Wuyi and was one of the most important centers of the taoísmo in antig – age. For that reason, many scholars of the Song dynasty like Lu You (1125-1210), XI Qiji (1140-1207) and Zhu XI were, successively, their administrators. On the ruins of the palaces and temples of the Qing dynasty, the Commemorative Room to Zhu XI, the Institute has been constructed now the Lanting International. and to its environs a street to the Song style, museums and other cultural and tourist facilities.

To 40 km of the mount, is the famous natural reserve Wuyi, of a surface of 56,000 hectares. Greatest and better it is conserved between the subtropical forests of the Southeast of China and has been declared by the UN like zone of natural protection of category To and of the program “ the Man and the Biosphere ". As one extends on the Huanggang mountain to an altitude of 2,158 m on the level of the sea is highest of the Southeast of China. At present, thanks to its rich resources of fauna and flora, this natural reserve has been recognized by the Chinese and foreign biologists like one of the places where the species of organic beings were developed and “ biological display cabinet of the world " and as much constitutes a particular natural and ecological landscape in China as in the world.