I once wrote in an article: When you stand on the fenshuiguan of Gaoligong Mountain, take one step to the east, you will set foot on Eurasia, and one step to the west, you will set foot on the Indian subcontinent.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, there was a Wang Yang, between the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate. Scientists call it "Tengchong Ancient Sea". In Miocene, the two continents drifted towards each other and collided and squeezed, so Gaoligong Mountain rose from the seabed and formed a mountain range.

It originates from Nyainqentanglha Mountain, runs through the north and south, stretches for more than 600 kilometers, spans five latitudes, and becomes a barrier to the southwest plateau. To the east of Gaoligong Mountain is Nujiang Grand Canyon, the second largest canyon in the world.

To the west of Gaoligong Mountain, there is a branch from Pianmayakou to the south, called Sister Mountain. The large and small mountain systems originating from Sister Mountain run through Tengchong and reach Lianghe, Longchuan, Yingjiang and Ruili in Dehong Prefecture, forming three major water systems: Longchuan River, Quanyingting River and Binglang River.

Gaoligong Mountain, a huge barrier, blocked the wind and rain in the Indian Ocean and nourished this paradise. As early as the Neolithic Age, our ancestors cultivated this beautiful land with knives and axes. Later, an ancient Pu people "Puman" entered Gaoligong Mountain and took it as a home to rest.

On the east side of Gaoligong Mountain, the place name "Puman Manshao" is still preserved, which was left by ordinary people thousands of years ago. De 'ang nationality is a branch of ordinary people. In the south of Pumanshao, there is a site of De 'ang village and a large tea forest covered with moss. The oldest tea king is over 1000 years old.

The origin of the name "Gaoligongshan" is because Jingpo nationality, a powerful descendant of Qiang nationality, came through the snow and turned it into their territory. "Gaoligong" is a place name in Jingpo language. "Koryo", also called "Gaori", is a surname of Jingpo nationality, and the surname of China people is Pai. "Gong" is also called "* * *", which means "mountain". "Gaoligong" is the mountain where Gao Rijia lives.

More than two thousand years ago, the opening of the Southern Silk Road left a footprint of civilization in Gaoligong Mountain. Because of its precipitous magic, it has left a lingering impression in people's hearts.

Schumann has such a record: Gaoligong Mountain, in Yongchang West. Next to the Nujiang River, it is called dome, tanglang and Jiamengju. The vegetation is not dead, and there is miasma. From the crossing of Yongchang (Tengchong), through this mountain, one post is halfway up the mountain and the other is at the top of the mountain. Climb the mountain in the direction of Nujiang River and reach the top at dusk.

The snow on the mountain is bitter and cold in winter, bitter in autumn and summer, and the soup is poisonous and hot. Yellow crane Jia Ke wanted to find a detained person, so he said, "If you want to come back in winter, it will snow in Gaoligong. Autumn is crisp, summer wants to return, and there is no heat. If you want to come back in spring, you will never win peace.

The ancient Silk Road in the south is still coiled between the cliffs and cangteng ancient trees in Gaoligong Mountain. The ruins of the ancient post station still record the distant and incomplete memory of this commercial passage. Walking on the ancient road, it seems that there is a half-naked man walking with me in western Yunnan. He carried a heavy burden and sang the ancient "Gaoligong Mountain Ballad", which was rough and desolate and came through time and space.

In the Tang Dynasty, Luo Feng of Nanzhao Wang Ge "marched westward", crossed Gaoligong Mountain and attacked and plundered Tengchong, Dehong, Myanmar and other places. After Ge Luofeng's grandson Yi sought Xun's succession, in the first year of Xingyuan (784), he followed the example of the Central Plains dynasty and sealed the "Five Mountains" and "Four Disgraces". Among them, Gaoligong Mountain was named "Xiyue" and Nujiang River was named as one of the "four blasphemies".

On Gaoligong Mountain, the most complete beacon tower is preserved, telling the story of war. Gaoligong Mountain, a natural barrier in the southwest of China, is closely related to previous wars. The Burmese army of the Yuan Dynasty passed through here, as evidenced by the "Rebuilding Lun Gao Mountain Monument".

In the Ming Dynasty, more than 100,000 troops marched through the foothills of Sichuan, as evidenced by the poem Gaoligong Mountain written by the assistant minister of the Ministry of War: "Gaoligong Mountain blooms, clouds roll and clouds are comfortable ..." During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, counter-insurgency troops from Liu Ge and Deng Zilong passed through here, and Deng Zilong's Crossing the Watershed made Nosaru sad and Shan Gui tired. "

Zhu Youlang, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, passed by here. In Mopanshi, east of Gaoligong Mountain, the last battle of Ming and Qing Dynasties took place, ending the small court in Nanming. During the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, Fu Heng led tens of thousands of troops to levy Burma from here. Zhao Yi, a great poet who fought with the army, wrote in his poem "Gaoligong Mountain": "The genius fills the sea to delimit the world, and the strange mountain is driven out of the Central Plains."

During the Second World War, 60,000 troops from 20 armies of the Expeditionary Force counterattacked Tengchong and fought a decisive battle with the Japanese invaders who insisted on natural hazards in Gaoligong Mountain.

This was the highest altitude battlefield during World War II. On Gaoligong Mountain, green grass hides the battle bones, flowers surround the barren trenches, and ivy climbs the fortress. Walking on the ancient road of Gaoligong Mountain, I seem to see the ethereal battle flag and hear the historical echo of Jinge Iron Horse.

Gaoligong Mountain is the only area on our planet where a large area of moist tropical forest has been preserved to transition to temperate forest, and it is also an area with outstanding diversity of rare species in the world. Nature gave birth to the miracle of life in this unique land. More than 4,800 kinds of plants compete for beauty, and more than 2,300 kinds of animals thrive.

Therefore, Gaoligong Mountain has been awarded various titles and honorary titles, such as Biological North-South Corridor, Life Passage, Rare Animal and Plant Shelter, Species Gene Bank, Animal and Plant Kingdom and National Nature Reserve. It is listed as a class A nature reserve by the World Wildlife Fund and accepted as a member of the biosphere reserve network by UNESCO.

With the bearing and demeanor of a king, Gaoligong Mountain has a striking hanging garden among the blue sky and white clouds, which some writers call "the garden of God".

There was a popular saying in European horticulture: "Without Yunnan Rhododendron, European gardens would be eclipsed." At the beginning of the 20th century, George frist, a British biologist, went to western Yunnan for collection activities from 1904- 1932, which lasted for 28 years. He died of a heart attack in Tengchong and was buried in the "foreigner's grave" on Laifeng Mountain.

He collected more than100000 animal and plant specimens and a large number of plant seeds for the Royal Botanical Garden, calling Gaoligong Mountain "the kingdom of azaleas" and "the paradise of birds". And was awarded the first certificate of transporting back the 280-year-old Rhododendron King specimen. The Royal Botanical Garden in Attenborough said that "we now have the best species in the world" caused a sensation all over the world.

However, the British did not expect that the real-world cuckoo king was still standing on Gaoligong Mountain. More than 60 years later, scientists from China visited the hinterland of Gaoligong Mountain for many times, and in April 1982, they discovered a rare rhododendron community in the world.

There are more than 40 giant rhododendrons in an area of 0.25 square kilometers. The largest one, with a base diameter of 3.07 meters and a height of 28 meters, has a crown of 6 1 square meter and is over 500 years old.

Feng, a famous botanist, entered the deep forest for the second time and finally met the king who suddenly appeared after going through all kinds of hardships. Gray-haired, nearly eighty years old, he was the first to rush to the cuckoo's side, stroking and hugging the huge moss-covered trunk. He couldn't help crying and felt a lot. The true gentleman can survive, and Gao ligong is lucky!

Aric, a big tree cuckoo, holds more than 40,000 flaming flowers, and candles shine on the vast sky, showing the world the grace of a king. Guangming Daily published a long reportage by Gao Ying, a famous writer, about finding the cuckoo king, which caused a sensation in the whole country. Then, reports and pictures about the cuckoo king can be found in major newspapers and TV screens. The whole world is paying attention to it and marveling at it.

Rhododendron is a natural creation, while Taiwania flousiana forest at the top of Gaoligong Mountain is an artificial miracle. Taiwania flousiana, also with the majesty of the king, dominates the forest of plants. There are "living fossils" all over the world beside the rock crevice flow in Tiantai Mountain. This Taiwania flousiana forest covers an area of 33 hectares, and its volume per mu is 1 154 cubic meters. It is the largest Taiwania flousiana plantation in the world.

This wonder of the world was created by Taoist priests who lived in seclusion in the mountains. The Taoist temple in Tiantai Mountain has been passed down from generation to generation, and the tradition of planting Taiwania flousiana has been passed down from generation to generation, which makes this ancient species in the dinosaur era glow with vitality in this geomantic treasure land.

Gaoligong Mountain is the origin of Yunnan Camellia, and any cultivated Camellia can find its original variety here.

George frist described Yunnan Camellia in the upper reaches of Longchuan River as follows: "These shrubs are the most conspicuous within 30-40 miles. In the valley, miles and miles are covered with patches of Yunnan camellia, which are 2-3 feet short and 65,438+00-20 feet high. Blooming flowers range from the shallowest shell pink and almost white to the deepest rose.

Today, it is difficult for us to find the exact location of the camellia that George frist saw. There is no doubt that Gaoligong Mountain is the Camellia Kingdom in Yunnan.

Gaoligong Mountain is the birthplace of cherry blossoms in Yunnan. In Sakura Valley, a famous eco-tourism scenic spot, there are many kinds of primitive sakura that open in different seasons.

1992, botanist Feng visited Tengchong again. Based on the results of many years' investigation on Gaoligong Mountain, he wrote the inscription: "Taiwania flousiana, yew, camellia oleifera, radish and rhododendron are the best in the world." Perhaps, the world's crown nurtured by Gaoligong Mountain is more than that. In this mysterious and vast biological corridor, there are many mysteries of nature and life waiting for us to explore and interpret.

On this planet, Gaoligong Mountain shows the world a magnificent picture of the unity of man and nature. She is the cradle of life, our paradise and a king. In front of this mountain of kings, we, like all living things here, are her people and will always worship her.