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@ 41319 Going to Wudang Mountain
A: 老公，去年我們把四大佛山都逛了一圈，今年的自駕遊準備去哪兒啊？
lǎogōng, qùnián wǒmen bǎ sì dà fóshān dōu guàng le yī quān, jīnnián de zìjiàyóu zhǔnbèi qù nǎr a?
Hubby, last year we took a trip to each of the 4 great Buddhist mountains. Where are we planning to go on our road-trip this year?
B: 去年看了佛教名山，今年要不去感受一下道教，比如湖北的武當山，四大道教名山之首。
qùnián kàn le fójiào míngshān, jīntiān yàobu qù gǎnshòu yīxià Dàojiào, bǐrú Húběi de Wǔdāngshān, sìdà Dàojiào míngshān zhī shǒu.
Last year we saw the famous Buddhist mountains. How about this year we experience a bit of Taoism? For example, Wudang Mountain in Hubei; the principle mountain of the four Taoist mountains.
A: 什麼道教名山，沒意思。我想去迪斯尼。
shénme Dàojiào míngshān, méi yìsi. wǒ xiǎng qù Dísīní.
Famous Taoist mountains? That's so boring. I want to go to Disneyland.
B: 上海的迪斯尼還沒造好呢。去香港的話，那消費可高了。武當山很有意思的，那可是我做夢都想去的地方。
Shànghǎi de Dísīní hái méi zào hǎo ne. qù Xiānggǎng dehuà, nà xiāofèi kě gāo le. Wǔdāngshān hěn yǒu yìsi de, nà kě shì wǒ zuòmèng dōu xiǎng qù de dìfang.
Shanghai's Disneyland hasn't finished construction yet. If we go to the Hong Kong Disneyland, the cost will be really high. Wudang mountain is really interesting. It's a place I've always dreamed of going to.
A: 為什麼啊？
wèishénme a?
Why is that?
B: 那裡可是武當派的老家，祖師爺是我最崇拜的張三丰。
nàlǐ kěshì Wǔdāngpài de lǎojiā, zǔshīyé shì wǒ zuì chóngbài de Zhāng Sānfēng.
It's the home of the Wudang kung-fu clan. That grand master is the one I worship the most, Zhang Sanfeng.
A: 我看是你老爸最崇拜的地方吧，怪不得給你起個名字叫陳三豐。
wǒ kàn shì nǐ lǎobà zuì chóngbài de dìfang ba, guàibude gěi nǐ qǐ ge míngzi jiào Chén Sānfēng.
I see, it's the place your father worships the most. No wonder he gave you the name Chen Sanfeng.
B: 當然，這個是有遺傳的嘛。武當山不僅自然景觀非常獨特，而且人文景觀也非常豐富。
dāngrán, zhè ge shì yǒu yíchuán de ma. Wǔdāngshān bùjǐn zìrán jǐngguān fēicháng dútè, érqiě rénwén jǐngguān yě fēicháng fēngfù.
Of course. It's been passed on through the generations. Not only is Wudang mountain's natural landscape very distinctive, it has a rich cultural landscape as well.
A: 那和國內其他地方的山山水水應該差不多的。
nà hé guónèi qítā dìfang de shānshānshuǐshuǐ yīnggāi chàbuduō de.
Then compared to the other beautiful places in China it's probably more or less the same.
B: 誰說的，武當山上有兩萬多間道觀呢。而且像太和宮，紫霄宮等建築，氣勢很宏大的。最重要的是可以看到武當派的武功，那可是數一數二的。
shéi shuō de, Wǔdāngshān shàng yǒu liǎng wàn duō jiān dàoguàn ne. érqiě xiàng Tàihégōng, Zǐxiāogōng děng jiànzhù, qìshì hěn hóngdà de. zuì zhòngyào de shì kěyǐ kàndào Wǔdāngpài de wǔgōng, nà kě shì shǔyīshǔèr de.
Says who? On Wudang mountain there are more than 20,000 Taoist shrines. Also, there's Taihe Palace, Zixiao Palace, etc. The air of the architecture is really grand. Most importantly, you can see Wu style kung-fu. That's what really counts.
A: 瞧你說的，像是去過了一樣。
qiáo nǐ shuō de, xiàng shì qù guo le yīyàng.
Listen to yourself. It's like you've been there before.
B: 我老爸告訴我的嘛，他每年都去的。聽說他在那邊跟了個道長，學太極拳。
wǒ lǎobà gàosù wǒ de ma, tā měinián dōu qù de. tīngshuō tā zài nàbiān gēn le ge dàozhǎng, xué tàijíquán.
My father told me all about it. He went there every year. I heard he studied Tai-chi there with a Taoist priest.
A: 怪不得他老說抱球啊，雲手啊，還說要養氣煉丹什麼的。
guàibude tā lǎo shuō bàoqiú a, yúnshǒu a, hái shuō yào yǎngqì liàndān shénmede.
No wonder he was always talking about 'chi energy balls' and 'tai-chi cloud hand'. He also talked about cultivating his chi, Taoist alchemy, among other things.
B: 呵呵，他那是老有所樂嘛。
hēhē, tā nà shì lǎoyǒusuòlè ma.
Hehe, that was his way of finding things to do in his old age.
A: 那我今年跟你一起去武當山，明年咱們去迪斯尼吧。
nà wǒ jīnnián gēn nǐ yīqǐ qù Wǔdāngshān, míngnián zánmen qù Dísīní ba.
Okay then, this year I'll go with you to Wudang Mountain and next year we'll go to Disneyland.
B: 你怎麼老忘不了迪斯尼啊。
nǐ zěnme lǎo wàngbuliǎo Dísīní a.
How is that you just can't seem to forget Disneyland?
Key Vocabulary
自駕遊 zìjiàyóu
佛教 fójiào
道教 Dàojiào
湖北 Húběi
武當山 Wǔdāngshān
首 shǒu
武當派 Wǔdāngpài
祖師爺 zǔshīyé
崇拜 chóngbài
張三丰 Zhāng Sānfēng
遺傳 yíchuán
自然景觀 zìrán jǐngguān
獨特 dútè
人文景觀 rénwén jǐngguān
山山水水 shānshānshuǐshuǐ
道觀 dàoguàn
太和宮 Tàihégōng
紫霄宮 Zǐxiāogōng
氣勢 qìshì
宏大 hóngdà
武功 wǔgōng
數一數二 shǔyīshǔèr
道長 dàozhǎng
抱球 bàoqiú
雲手 yúnshǒu
養氣 yǎngqì
煉丹 liàndān
老有所樂 lǎoyǒusuǒlè
Supplementary Vocabulary
道士 dàoshì
修煉 xiūliàn
壯觀 zhuàngguān
以柔克剛 yǐróukègāng
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