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Running in the Most Beautiful Mountain
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By: Xujun Shi

 

  Ever since I fell in love with outdoor sports, I have tried many kinds of sports such as the marathon, mountain climbing, and rock climbing. But truth to be told, running has the most significant influence on me. I had kept a habit of running when I went somewhere.

There is a saying in running circle: the marathon is the beginning of running, but trail run is the true calling of runners. Different from the marathon, you get to be closer to nature during the trial run. Every step is a new scenery which is interesting. You cant be fulfilled by running in the steel forests or running in circles on the playground.




Joining the 2018 Longji Terraces Ultra Trail Running Race is an upgraded challenge for me after the marathon. My goal this time was simple. I could give up speed and time. The most important thing was to pass every CP. I wanted to gain a trail run experience which could make impossible become possible.

Terraces trail run among a Yao village which is located on a high mountain! I ran among the canvas of terraces, listened to the voice of nature, felt the original style of the village and culture. It was excellent even thinking about it. There were breathtaking views, warmth, and fun during Longji Terraces Ultra Trail Running Race. It was safe to say that it fulfilled all my beautiful longings toward running in the mountain.



June 30th, 5 oclock in the morning, the competitors were waiting in the line on the Nation Square to check in through facial recognition. All the participants rushed out and started their journey of Longji Terraces Ultra Trail Running Race at 6 a.m.

What is the true charm of running in the mountain? Everyone understand trail run differently, you can only feel the essence of trail run when you actually do it.



I ran along the trail and kept running while enjoying the magical beauty of Longji 100. The mountain is surrounded by fog and covered in grass. There bamboos, forests, wildflowers and clear rivers. The scenery is rich. Every step is a new scenery, and it is marvelous. When you were tired, you could stop for a while and enjoy the landscape to recharge.

There are terraces everywhere, but they rarely as broad and as focused as the terraces in Longji. People started to build Longji terrace from the Yuan dynasty and accomplished in the Qing dynasty. After generations and generations of hard work, the people here build terraces everywhere around Longji as long as there is soil. The terraces reach the top of the mountain from the foot of the mountain and one layer on top of the other. There are terraces in the valley where has flowing rivers, on the top of the mountain where is covered in fog, in forests and in front of cliffs. The small mountains are like the sea snails and the big mountains are like towers. The terraces are tier upon tier. They are like stairs toward the blue sky which is breathtakingly beautiful.

One trail runner after another was running among the top of terraces in colorful trail running clothes. They went upward and downward. Every step is new scenery. They sweated the way they wanted to. There was a unique kind of passion and energy. I as a person who lived in cities for far too long was touched.



Longji 100 was a perfect route because it was the perfect combination of geography and culture. This route had a valuable charm and it was the reason why I went here to join the competition from Guangzhou. This route linked over ten Miao, Yao, Tong, Zhuang and Han nationality villages on the top of mountains. The villages are lively and have hundreds of years of history. You could enjoy nature while enjoying the historical villages and stilted buildings. You could gain warm encouragement and special supplies from the pure villagers. This trail run was extremely warm.

With the departure of routes, fewer and fewer people ran with me. It was no longer lively. The road was getting harder to walk on. There were slippery stones, rubble road created by mountain water, and there were roads covered by weed and vines. The road climbed higher and higher in circles. When I thought I reached the top but it turned out that I had to go higher. One part after another, the higher I went the less I could see. Fog covered the road in front of me and I could only see the general figure of people. I saw one person ran into the mist and disappeared soon after. We ran toward the finish line separately.

Because I was trail running for the first time so I wasnt fully prepared. I was lost accidentally during a turn. When I was running too long, I could only hear my heavy footsteps, my beating heart and the sound of the mountain wind. I didnt know where I was heading, but I couldnt stop.

Thankfully the fog disappeared, the visual was getting clear. After I had climbed over a pit, I saw a beautiful village located between a terrace. The scattered houses and mountains melted into one. It was simple. I realized I was off the route when I asked someone and I learned that this village is Huangluo Yao Village. It is the village of long hair and very famous in the local.



Huangluo Yao Village is located in the rising part of Longji Terraces. It is the only Yao village among the Longji Thirteen Villages. Because one hundred women of this village have long hairs, over sixty of them have hairs longer than one meter and the longest is 1.7 meters, they have the certificate issued by Shanghai China Records Headquarters that they are the female group with the longest hairs. The village is known as the village with the longest hairs. It is another most of Longji terraces tour site.

Red Yao women cherish their hairs. Long hair means long-lasting and flourish, and it is the symbol of a long life, prosperity and wealth. They only cut their hair twice. The first time is when they are one hundred days old and the second time is when they are eighteen years old to show that they are grown up. They will not cut their hairs from then until the day they die. The hairs which are cut will not be thrown away. Even the hair fell on the ground accidentally need to be picked up one by one carefully. All the hairs cut and fall will be tied up into updos upon their heads. The updos look like hatsm.

According to legend, the hairs of Red Yao women could not loosen and seen by strangers unless they were washing their hairs in the past. Only their husband could see and touch their hairs. But the modern society is more open now if the tourists need, they will show the charm of their hairs generously. The special cultural performance of the Red Yao womens long hairs has drawn guests from all over the world. All these vivid pictures were taken due to this opportunity, and the outsiders now know this magical small village hidden among the mountains.






Magically, the Red Yao women s hairs are not only long but also dark and shiny. Even the elderly ladies who are sixty and eighty years old have no gray hair. So, how do they keep their hair dark and smooth?

They have a special secret. They never use the shampoo that can be bought, they use the rice water to wash their hairs. Every family has a clay pot beside the fire pit and within the pot is rice water. The fire will heat the water and the water will fermentate. They use the water to wash their hairs after it cools off. They will put their hair in the special rice water every other few days to absorb nutrition, clean their hair using mountain water, then comb the hairs and let the sun dry the hairs. This is the secret why Red Yao women dont have white hairs even when they are eighty.

Why other people in other regions use rice water to wash their hair but dont have the same effect? There was a company which sent the rice of Longji terraces to authority organization to test to find out the secret of the long hair village. It turned out that the rice of Longji terraces has rich microelements and particular lactobacillus element which rice from other regions doesnt have.

When I was thinking about buying some rice to wash my hair, the villagers laughed and said that the village committee and a Guangzhou investment company came to a mutual understanding and established a brand which is called Long Hair Village. The company was raising money to build a rice water fermentate company to produce rice water shampoo. It is the only officially authorized shampoo brand. The products will be sold here and online. The outsiders can get by it anytime and have hairs as dark and smooth as the Red Yao women. They can achieve their dreams.

The water nourishes the land, the land nourishes the rice, and the rice nourishes the people. What a magical village! My sadness caused by my disorientation was gone. I met with this village because of it. You lose some and win some, right? I rested for an hour without noticing the time. I knew I must carry on.

It has been over half a month since the trail run. I can still remember the special route, beautiful scenery, lovely culture, delicious food, the mysterious long hair village and so on clearly.

You can not understand the fun of trail run by staying at home or running on real roads. This is what I feel after joining Longji Terraces Ultra Trail Running Race. King K said that you could synchronize with nature during running and use footsteps to communicate with nature. You can only understand the true meaning of what King K said by using your body to be as close as possible.

Trail run ended, but sports never end.

2019, I will join Longji Terraces Ultra Trail Running Race again and run on the top of terraces.

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