南宁的不少地方也很值得一游,特别是去一些大家还不熟悉的地方,既可以避开高峰人群,又能慢慢欣赏大自然风光的美。马山县金钗镇龙塘村石林就是这么一个好去处。
金钗镇所在地是一个宽阔的盆地(basin),处于马山、都安、忻城三县交界的黄金三角地带。在金钗,除了红水河沿线的美丽风光,还有一处养在深闺的美景有待开发,那就是金钗石林。The scenery along the Hongshui Riverin Jinchai Town is very beautiful. Beside this, there is undeveloped wonderfulscenery. It is Jinchai Stone Forest.
记者从南宁市马山县人民政府网政务信息栏获悉,金钗石林城堡形成于2.8亿年前,是广西至今发现的最大石林城堡。It is said that the castle in Jinchai StoneForest had been formed 280000000 years ago. It is the biggest stone castlewhich has been discovered in Guangxi Province. 这里的石头千奇百怪all sorts of strange shapes,似柱非柱、类兽非兽,有天然的石门,有宏伟的“城墙”,有如观虎跃,有如见龙腾……徜徉其间,仿佛穿行于迷宫(maze)之中,不同的角度,不同的心情,看到的石头形状也各有不同。When you look at it with different angles ofview or different mood, the shapes of these stones look different. 正应了一句古诗“横看成岭侧成峰,远近高低各不同”。
金钗是马山县东部5个乡镇之一,马山东部地区都是石山区Karst region,典型的喀斯特地貌Karst landform造就了奇峰异洞独特的自然景观,加之植被繁茂、空气清新,非常宜人且迷人。所以说,去金钗镇,你欣赏到的不仅仅是石林城堡,沿路都是喀斯特地貌造就的风景。If you go to Jinchai Town, you canenjoy not only the stone forest and castle but also the Karst scenery.
这么美丽的景观,当然不会少了美丽的传说beautiful legend。在这里,一个发生在明朝洪武年间(Ming dynasty, during the reign of Emperor ZhuYuanzhang, 1368—1398)的爱情故事,与石林连接在一起。
相传,忻城土司知县有名小女叫翠屏。翠屏聪明伶俐,尤喜吟诗习字,舞刀弄剑,天性飞扬,狂放不羁。Cuiping was smart and bright. Sheliked poems, writing and practicing swords. She was cool, fascinating anduninhibited. 十六岁时父母将其许配给都安土司知县的三少爷。除了十大箱嫁妆(dowry),还把金钗镇的地界当做一把“发钗”划赠翠屏。In addition to the ten boxed ofdowry, Jinchai Town boundaries was given to Cuiping as a part of her dowry.
出嫁那天,花轿抬到“金钗”地界一个名叫夷江里的小屯子时,翠屏提出要看一看她的领地“金钗”,这一看,就看出“才子佳人”(gifted scholar and beautiful lady)的故事。在春笋山脚下的竹林深处,一座柴门虚掩的茅舍四合院中传出琅琅读书声。于是,书生与小姐便就诗词开始了对话,越谈兴越浓,都有相见恨晚之感。They talked about the poetry andthey were both regretted that they couldn’t meet each other earlier. 简单的晚饭后,二人继续探讨唐诗宋词,毫无倦意。得知书生父母双亡,卖竹为生,读书为务而已,敢作敢为的翠屏决定,要跟书生过一生。
再说那边管家(housekeeper)及轿夫(chair carrier)、挑夫们(bearer),在里长之家等到天黑不见小姐归来,里长(中国春秋战国时的一里之长,唐代称里正、明代改名里长,相当于现在的村民组组长)也慌了手脚,急忙点起火把分头连夜寻找。直到天色拂晓时,翠屏的侍女巧儿才找到管家,在翠屏的刀剑恐吓下,管家把十箱嫁妆抬到书生家便飞奔回府报告去了。
管家走后,翠屏知道父亲肯定不会就此罢休,与书生、巧儿把十箱财宝移到附近的栖霞洞,在里面过起隐居生活。忻城土司爷派了一伙差役前来“金钗”抓人,找不到人后一把火将茅舍四合院及竹林烧毁,烧后的竹竿化成了今天峭拔嶙峋、鬼斧神工、千姿百态的石林。