曲洪亮
“巍巍昆崳山,風物頗壯觀。怪石嶙峋立,疊彩峰嶺間”。昆崳山,方圓百里,諸峰綿延,群嶺逶迤,層巒疊嶂。其主峰泰礴頂海拔923米,巍峨壯麗,為膠東半島東部最高峰。登其頂,“一覽眾山小,風光眼底收”。老虎臥則是隸屬昆崳山的一座奇石山,海拔只有300米,然“山不在高,臥虎而名”,因之也成為昆崳眾多風景區(qū)的一處獨特“亮點”小景觀。
此景觀位于牟平區(qū)莒格莊鎮(zhèn)馬家莊村與北宋家口村交界山處,其右鄰“江北小北寨”之稱的無染寺風景區(qū)?!袄匣⑴P”顧名思義,山似臥虎。
來往行人于山南公路道上北眺望之,整座山體渾似一只老虎橫臥于此。整只虎,頭西尾東,聳起的巨塊崚嶒山石構(gòu)成虎頭。正面可微辨前額上的虎“王”字,一對虎目炯炯有神,虎鼻和虎嘴輪廓分明,神態(tài)安詳可親。右虎爪稍探起,左虎爪則依一小山梁順勢而下。虎背微微隆起,虎尾一直向東。遍布全山的松樹桲欏山林則構(gòu)成了老虎皮毛,密密匝匝,給人以毛絨絨的感覺。夏季看全是綠色,到了深秋,山中樹葉漸轉(zhuǎn)焜黃,就會有黃棕等顏色夾雜期間。此際望去,老虎形象更加逼真。其身體形狀被大山刻畫得栩栩如生,真是越看越品越悟越有“虎”韻味。其實,這里面還有著一段神話故事傳說呢。
傳說遠古時期,東海有九條龍,因觸犯天條,被玉帝逐出大海,貶出仙班,被鎮(zhèn)居于昆崳山川,九龍由太上老君的護院神虎看管。林中王看管水中王,此即名之曰“龍虎斗”。一日,趁神虎跑進山林偷懶游玩,九條龍趁機掙脫了縛索羈絆,結(jié)伴而逃。倉惶間,其爪劃過之處,留下九處深坎,這就是昆崳山著名的景點之一“九龍池”。九龍池九瀑飛掛,九泉相連,清澈長流,經(jīng)年不息。春時細流涓涓,夏季飛瀑奔濺,秋天碧波蕩漾,嚴冬則冰筍倒掛,實蔚為一大奇觀。
玉帝問責神虎失職之過,罰其永遠鎮(zhèn)守昆崳,貶居凡塵。神虎本就通悟太上德經(jīng)大道,又自知理無可恕,心中無怨無艾,遂安然俯身臥倒,化為昆崳一道山脊,盡力護佑著這座天賜名山之風水?!袄匣⑴P”也因此而“山不在高,有虎則名”。
國人深愛虎,稱其為百獸之王。作為中國傳統(tǒng)文化的重要組成部分,虎亦是中國古老的崇拜圖騰之一,是英雄,權(quán)威,辟邪,吉祥的象征。成語中有“虎虎生風”,“虎踞龍蟠”,“龍行虎步”,“將門虎子”,“如虎添翼”等等。名著《三國演義》有五虎將之說,大詩人李白在《夢游天姥吟留別》中嘗詩云“霓為衣兮風為馬,云之君兮紛紛而來下。虎鼓瑟兮鸞回車,仙之人兮列如麻”。梁啟超在《少年中國說》中也寫到“ 乳虎嘯谷,百獸震惶,鷹隼試翼,風塵吸張”。著名武俠小說家大俠金庸也在其著作里有“書中風緊云動,劍下虎嘯龍吟”之豪嘆。
看此連綿山脈如虎橫臥,不禁令人悠然而生豪邁之情懷,有感于斯,遂作一小詩以記:
昆崳奇石傳千古,靜臥于莒大道悟。
往來諸君遠端詳,栩栩如生鎮(zhèn)山虎。
“In the towering Kunyu Mountain lie spectacular sceneries. Amid colorful sights in the peaks and ridges stand grotesque stones.” Covering an area of 100 li (50 kilometers), Kunyu Mountain boasts winding and rising peaks and ridges, Taibo Summit, its lofty and magnificent main peak at an altitude of 923 meters, is the highest peak in the east of Jiaodong Peninsula. When you ascend its summit, you will “overlook the tops of all surrounding mountains and take in all the sceneries in the view.” The Crouching Tiger, a grotesque stone mountain affiliated to Kunyu Mountain, is at an altitude of no more than 300 meters. However, small as it is, it becomes famous for being like a crouching tiger. Therefore, it becomes a unique spotlight among numerous scenic areas in Kunyu Mountain.
This sight is located in the intersection of mountains between Majiazhuang Village and North Songjiakou Village in Jugezhuang Town, Muping District, next to Wuran Temple Scenic Area in the right, which is called a “Minor Northern Village in the North of Yangtze River.” Just as the name implies, the “Crouching Tiger” is a mountain shaped like a crouching tiger.