It’s actually not that far from Chongqing to Fengdu, more than a hundred kilometers, and it wasn’t even noon when I arrived at Fengdu.
However, it is raining continuously here. Although it is not a heavy rain, it is impossible to climb the mountain in the rain.
I feel a little regretful. If I had known better, I would have stayed in Chongqing. Maybe I could go see the fun with Li Na.
But now that I'm here, I feel a little more at ease. I can't climb the mountain, so I'll find a place to stay first and quickly catch up on the novels I've written in the past two days.
Should I say it or not, I was walking all the way on the streets of the legendary Fengdu County. Although this place is called Fengdu, it is not scary at all. There are tall buildings on both sides of the street. The whole county is full of people and not a single ghost. did not see it.
So I ate something simple, found a hotel to stay in, and started coding like crazy.
Taking this opportunity, I would like to introduce you to Fengdu Ghost Town.
Fengdu Ghost Town is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Fengdu County, downstream of Chongqing City. It is a world-famous tourist attraction and is also known as the "Secret Capital of the Ghost Country". It has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to legend, this place It is the location of Fengdu City, the underworld, and the place where people’s souls return after death.
Fengdu Ghost City is built on the famous mountain of Fengdu, which was originally called "Pingdu Mountain". According to legend, in the Han Dynasty, two people, Yin Changsheng and Wang Fangping, practiced Taoism on Pingdu Mountain and became immortals, ascending to the sky during the day. The Taoists listed this place as one of the "cave heaven blessed places" in the Taoist capital. By the Tang Dynasty, some people mistakenly combined the two surnames "Yin" and "Wang" as "Yin Wang", so the famous mountain was gradually attached to the legend as the place where "Yin Wang" (the king of the underworld) lived, which evolved into "Yin Cao". All the ghosts in "underworld" are gone.
Fengdu Mingshan is one of the 72 Taoist caves and blessed places. There are as many as 27 famous mountains and ancient temples. Fengdu Ghost Town is a treasure house of folk culture and art integrating Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism culture. It is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Divine Comedy".
Fengdu Ghost City imitates the judicial system of the underworld and has built many temples and palaces related to the "underworld", including Hengha Temple, Baoen Hall, Naihe Bridge, Jade Emperor Hall, Baizi Hall, Wuchang Hall, Main Hall, Guimen Pass, Huangquan Road, Wangxiang There are more than 30 towers, including the Terrace, Emperor's Hall, Erxian Tower, City God's Hall, and Nine Python Halls.
It is said that a large number of tourists come here every year just to experience this rare ghost capital culture.
Okay, the above is copied from "The Years I Was an Underworld Official", and I'm done.
But in fact, I heard that the number of tourists in Fengdu Ghost Town has been decreasing in recent years. We don’t know why. Maybe there is nothing too new?
At about eight o'clock that night, I finally finished writing the novel, stretched out a lot, then boiled some water, made myself some instant noodles, and had a meal.
While eating noodles, on a whim, I opened the people nearby on WeChat and took a casual look.
I swear, I really just took a casual look at it, because there was no Douyin or anything like that at that time, and there were few entertainment options. It was just for leisure.
After a few casual searches, I quit. I was thinking of finding a novel to read, when suddenly a message popped up on WeChat.
When I saw it, it was someone from nearby saying hello. I thought to myself, what a coincidence. I opened it and took a look, and someone came to hook up?
I also had some free time, so I added some friends and chatted for a while.
At that time, WeChat was still a very new dating tool. Just shake it, and many people nearby were playing it. Unlike now, basically no one is using it anymore.
The person greeting me was naturally a girl. She was always the one taking the initiative to talk, asking me where I was, where I was from, and what I was doing here. It was like checking my household registration.
I replied a few words while eating instant noodles. Then when she heard that I was going to Fengdu Ghost Town, she expressed that she wanted to go too and asked me if it would be convenient for me to make a mountain climbing appointment tomorrow.
I thought to myself, it’s just a date. I’m here to collect materials. Who has time to climb mountains with you? I don’t know you.
Besides, I don’t know what you look like...
So I just casually prevaricated a few words, but she became more and more proactive. Seeing that I refused to make an appointment to climb the mountain tomorrow, she told me that if she wanted to make an appointment for a midnight snack, she could come to me.
I rolled my eyes, and two consequences flashed through my mind.
First, this is a food and wine tray. She wants to trick me out. She will find a place for me to spend money, and then she will earn a commission.
Second, maybe it was a fairy who turned around and begged me to go back to the room with me, and then a few burly men broke in, beat me up, and extorted money.
Huh, I'm too smart, I won't be fooled!
So I told her, no, no, I have work to do later and can't go out. I'll go to bed after I'm done.
Unexpectedly, she pushed even further and said to me: Then I can go to where you live. I'm so lonely recently, can you stay with me?
My eyes turned into exclamation marks at that time, and I thought, "How about this!" Let me just say that this woman has no good intentions!
Of course I couldn't give her this chance, so I typed a message to her.
"Sorry, you came here in vain, I have urethritis!"
As soon as I said this, the other person didn't say anything for a long time, which probably left me speechless. After a while, he gave me a reply: Okay, you are cruel enough.
I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt, and then none of us said anything to each other. After eating the instant noodles, I told Li Na about it.
Li Na couldn't help but laugh too. She said, "Just be stupid. What if it was really an affair? Wouldn't it be in vain?"
I said you can pull her down. Such a proactive girl is either a liar or a fat person. I won’t be fooled!
Then I asked Li Na how things were going with her best friend, and was there any progress in the investigation?
Li Na was a little worried and said that it was hard to say yet, but it would definitely be very troublesome and it was not convenient to talk online. She would wait until I got back.
Well, forget it if you don't want to say it, it has nothing to do with me anyway.
That night, it rained all the time in Fengdu, and it was freezing cold in the hotel. I slept in a daze until the next morning, but when I woke up, I felt something was wrong.
His grandma seems to have a cold?
However, there was no further delay. I looked around and saw that it was still raining outside, but it was much lighter.
After struggling for a while, I decided to go hiking in the rain!
So, I left the hotel, went out with an umbrella, came to the river, and took a boat to cross the river.
Because this Fengdu ghost town is across the river from the county seat. When I got to the river, I stepped on the ferry boat across the river and felt a little nervous.
It’s not that I’m afraid of Fengdu Ghost Town, it’s mainly that I’m a bit water-sick by nature. Facing the Songhua River in Harbin is better, but the Yangtze River’s water is vast and rolling eastward, which makes me feel insignificant.
The ferry boat soon departed. Looking from the distance in the river, there was a very conspicuous building on the famous Fengdu Mountain. It looked like a statue with a ghost head. It looked huge and terrifying.
The people in the boat said that it was the symbol of the ghost town.
