水帘峡游记

    天高气爽，北雁南飞，正是出游好时节。2013年10月19日的晨曦中，秦工全体家人踏上的秋游的旅途，奔向传说中“泉城之巅，趵突之源”——水帘峡。

    盘山公路旁的白桦像标兵一样又高又直，小溪在树行后面潺潺流动，漫过清清冷冷的草石滩，消失于神秘的石桥下。

    心情放松、平稳、宁静、空灵。主持人在主持对歌，歌声也是那么随意又得意，偶尔一个高音，仿佛一只鸟雀惊醒酣睡的丛林，引起笑声一阵阵，恰似风吹叶片，或者翅羽的扑棱。

    在歌声中，巴士到达水帘峡的正门。大家兴奋地下了车，走过高高的台阶，穿过仿古的牌坊，便看到一处人工瀑布。

    两方巨木，一块大石，摆成大门的形状。充当门楣的石头上书“水帘峡”三个字，下面跟着一副对联：龙吟凤鸣天峪清籁诚迎九州客，泉涌溪转水帘灵姿缘结四海情。

    水声哗哗，清潭红鲤，两边石径通幽，诗情画意顿时就透出来了。

    随着导游的吆喝，一行人沿着右侧的小路上山而去。初时平缓，两边各色菊花团团簇簇，硬把这清秋拗出个初春的意思。这段路边，一侧是一阶一阶的水潭，建着滑道、栈桥、吊板、水车等娱乐设施。两位男士跑上水车，踩动竹筒，翻板滚起，水就哗哗地排了出去。古人的智慧果然令人叹服。小路的另一侧，则是怪石展览，这些灰色的石块上，白色的经络勾勒出舞女、仙鹤、大象、奔牛等图案，不禁令人感叹造化之神奇。

    走了有二十分钟，又一栋牌坊立在眼前，上书：天然石画园。

    石阶蜿蜒穿过牌坊，后面的山谷林木森森，石崖嶙峋，显得深不测。阳光透过树梢，点点光明像千万颗钻石一样，镶嵌在墨绿的底板上。然而随着人群钻进树丛，那耀眼的感觉立刻消失，只剩下清凉的树荫与崎岖的石路。山不高，但自有险峻之处。石路曲折窄小，有的地方坡度挺大，触手唯衰草可攀。两边的石头，可比之前的那些要大得多，约有卡车大小，有的如石龟背经书禅法自然，有的如雄狮踞崖顶威风八面，有的如老子讲经冠带翩飞。大家伙儿一路攀爬，一路赞叹。

    由于水帘峡大部分路线为荒野探险的范畴，所以，我们在到达无人区的边缘时，就开始下山。泉城高峰梯子山就在对面，可惜此次不能成行。
恋恋不舍地挥别梯子山高大的背影，我们沿着石阶往下走，不一会儿就到了一处寺庙。此处寺庙处于群山环绕之中，成聚灵之势，供奉着三位神仙：观音、药王和月老，颇具中国本土的宗教互融风格。

    院子里的树木上，系满了红色的丝带，寄托着善男信女的祈愿。国人似乎特别热衷于在寺庙的树木上放置石头、丝带等来表达愿望，此举并无不妥，只是可怜那些古木，被缠又被压有些可怜了。

    这寺庙里，吸引眼球的，莫过于水帘洞了。到了水帘峡，怎么能不看看水帘洞呢？只见一处约三米落差的瀑布，透过水帘，果能看到一处洞穴。倒不太深，里面放着一个小石像，却不知是不是孙悟空了。同事小冯活泼且有身手，踏着潭水里的石块就跳了进去，并做出了一番齐天大圣的动作，引得观众一阵欢笑。这水帘洞顶，立着观世音菩萨端庄宏伟的雕像，慈眉善目，怜惜地注视着芸芸众生。

    水帘洞的流水通过院子下的洞穴流进峡谷，因此院子的一旁像石桥一般设有栏杆。凭栏眺望，一棵柿子树孤独地横斜于峡谷之上，红彤彤的果实，遒劲干枯的枝条，足以独立成画。

    我们在寺庙里拍了许多照片，才慢悠悠地继续向下走。我们沿着溪水蜿蜒前行，比上山时轻松多了。沿途菊花不绝，色彩如锦，真是招人喜欢。

    走着走着，大家开始分散寻找乐趣，有的奔向附近山头的关公像，为此开开心心地爬了一千多级台阶；有的走近据说盛产淡水水母“桃花水母”的小湖，为湖上的吊桥倾倒，争先恐后要试一下——调皮的男生又跳又摇，娇俏女生又怕又笑，听着他们的笑声和喊叫，彭祖也要年轻八十岁了；有的则热爱山脚的娱乐设施，走一走独木桥，摇一摇秋千，坐一坐跷跷板，欢声笑语之间，似乎一下子回到了童年。

    与我们去过的众多景点相比，水帘峡不是美的。但它的美在于偶然的一瞥，在于随意中的一点刻意，在于一点也不逼迫人的放松感觉。它清清淡淡，温温柔柔，付深奥于浅白。所有的家人，在此处放下尘嚣，只余下干净明快的本我，于青山秀水中快乐徜徉。

    饭后，玩累的家人们要回去了。停车场边的树荫里，有山民在卖野果、野菌和各色小玩意。一时起意买了些柿子，而今唯余其一在案头，不腐而有余香，似乎在提醒我那段放松的好时光。

Autumn Journey To Waterfall Gorge
International Trade Dept 11 Donna Bao

It was a good weather on Oct 19, 2013. In that day, we started an Autumn journey in the morning, toward Waterfall Gorge, the legendary source of Botu Spring.

The birches stood on both sides of the road, straight and tall, like soldiers. Gurgling creek flew behind the tree line, diffused through the cold rocky beach and grass, and disappeared under the mysterious stone bridge.

Inside my soul, peace and relaxation were wandering, like free birds.

With such a feeling, we arrived in Waterfall Gorge. Through the ticket office, an artificial waterfall could be seen. It was designed as a big gate, with two wooden pillars holding a boulder, and the water flew under the boulder, and fell down to a small lake, where some red fishes were swimming.

We went up along the path on the right side. So many nice chrysanthemum blossomed besides the path! It seemed like spring was coming! There were also some strange stones. On the gray stones, white lines made up a variety of patterns, some looked like a dancer, some like birds and some like a cow. Nature was a great painter!

After viewing stones and chrysanthemums, we began to climb the mount. The mount was not big, but it’s covered with green plants and strange stones. These stones were much bigger than previous ones, with the similar size as trucks. Some stone looked like angry lion, some like a turtle burdened with scriptures, and some like Lao-tzu lecturing for his students.
When we came to a temple, we finally saw the real waterfall, which had three or four meters high, and under the waterfall, there was a cave. My colleague Feng was active, and he got into the cave by stepping stones in the pools, and made monkey action, just like Sunwukong. We all laughed due to this.

The temple had three Gods: Marriage God Yuelao, Health God Yaowang and the mercy Buddha-GuanYin. They belonged to different religion, but now shared the same temple. This arrangement was of Chinese characteristics. On the tree in the middle of the temple, red ribbons fluttered in the breeze, and they were the wishes from the visitors.

We took many photos in the temple. Then we started to enjoy the good time separately. Some persons chose to climb a small hill, some tried the suspension bridge, and some entered the amusement park. We had a fun time there!