Gulian Spring

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It is said that (note that it is only said) Lu Yu, known as the tea saint of the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Tea Sutra", and the world famous spring has 20. Now the second most popular name is Wuxi World's Second Spring, which is widely known as "Erquan Yingyue". So where is the legendary Lu Yu's evaluation of the first best spring water in China? Many people don't know, it is in Lushan, called "Gulian Spring", the sixth is also in Lushan, the so-called world famous spring, only Lushan occupies two. Gulian Spring is in the south of Lushan Kangwang Valley. This is a long valley, at the foot of Hanyang Peak, the highest peak of Lushan. Kangwang Valley is now a scenic spot, and there is no fame around Lushan. Although it is a scenic spot, there are not many tourists. I met one or two, and they are all local. In fact, the scenery of Kangwang Valley is not bad, but in places like Lushan, where there are mountains and water everywhere, it seems normal. Follow the mountain road next to the creek between the valleys, the last section is slightly steep, and the end is the Gulian Spring, which is famous in the world during the Song and Yuan Dynasty. A steep wall, the water dripping down, because it is autumn, not seen how spectacular, this "curtain" word is very image, paved landscape like a curtain. Why is it called a curtain? Later, I checked the source, but the original text is "the water curtain of the king of the mountain, the water curtain of the water first", it turned out to be the water curtain of the water curtain hole. The later people put together the place name and water name and became a curtain of valley. Standing in front of this curtain, I think the most difficult thing to imagine is that more than a thousand years ago, how could the spring water in such a deserted valley be famous? Legend has it that Wang Anshi, Zhu Ying, Bai Yuting and others have tasted it and given great praise. In the transportation conditions of that year, the Sao Ke official residence can taste the first spring is a great honor. Compared with the expensive cherishment of the time, what is Evian in France now? Walking under the water curtain, sip up and drink, wow... is it mountain spring water, what is special? Song Dynasty Lu toured Lushan, evaluating the first spring "really excellent, Ganzi is cold, has the beauty", so-called "gu curtain Zhuoran, not Huishan". Huishan is Wuxi's second spring. Later, I understood that the gap between people and people was too big, and I could only find the reason for it. There are also traces of tea ceremony and meeting near the water curtain spring, but it is also a wasteful scene. The first spring more than a thousand years ago has long been forgotten by the world, and even the locals in Jiujiang do not come to fetch water.