嶧山子孫石

聽朋友講:黃山奇，峨眉秀，比不上嶧山的大石頭。

嶧山是一座歷史文化名山，號稱“小泰山”。她雄峙于歷史文化名城——孟子故鄉山東鄒城東南10公里處，因山中怪石萬迭，絡繹如絲，故名嶧山。

她北衍泰山之靈秀，東引沂蒙山系之諸峰，西瞰微山湖之銀波。海拔僅582.8米，占地僅6平方公里，和五岳的巨大存在相比，守護于孟子故鄉的嶧山只能算作天地間的一個盆景了。雖然因其小，有時會被忽略，但她本身所具有的靈秀與智慧，無不匯聚成一個美的巨大存在，卓立于名山之林。

嶧山自然風光奇特，人文資源豐富，是著名的風景名勝區。以奇石疊壘，洞幽玲瓏，集泰山之雄，黃山之秀，華山之險于一身的獨特個性，與五岳之首的泰山斗美，更以“奇、秀、靈、險”而名揚四海，故有“岱南奇觀”之稱。

乍睹嶧山風采，不禁目瞪口呆:嶧山雖然仰視既可見頂，但滿山皆石，雄骨盡露。沿著中路上山，游人不多，古跡亦不多。極目所見盡是石，或大如樓，或小如斗，或獨立獨臥，或成群結隊，且喜石上刻字的不多，像人像仙，皆由心出，真如天書一般。

突然羨慕起古人:若獨坐石上，一壺獨斟，看湖光山色，聽風吟鳥唱，青石為伍，白云為伴，該是何等地逍遙!難怪孔子博學而謙遜，孟子多才而仁慈，山川所鐘，靈氣使然也。蒼天寬宏地擁抱著人們，仿佛伸手可摘頭頂那朵漂浮的云。

滿山遍野的石頭，像林似海。“山如壘卵，大小億萬，以堆石為奇功。”嶧山如石堆成，闊者里許，高者數丈，小者如大屋，大者如小山，望之風光一抹，幾無隙地。更有奇者，如作為嶧山象征的子孫石、形似夫妻離別的夫妻石、大張血口、怒睜雙目一幅兇煞面目的海豹石、抿著雙翅、昂首天外的企鵝石、變幻多姿的五巧石、躍躍欲飛的鸚鵡石等等，都被中外地理學家和旅游者嘆為觀止。

子孫石挺立在嶧山山門北不遠，高4米許，周圍凸凹奇異，石上面較平整，原有元、明兩朝所建子孫堂，清代又多次重修，均有記，后被毀。陽面腰凹處刻“子孫石”三個字，為元人所題。其它三面亦有歷代游人題記石刻。古子孫堂內原塑云霄娘娘，肩背褡褳，呈登山朝拜狀，褡褳前后口袋內裝童子數人，意為世上增添子子孫孫。欲生兒育女者可將一石子投其堂內即可，當然這只是有美好希望的舉動罷了。

行至山頂，有一巨石如臺，四周有些亂石聳立，靜默如千年坐化的老僧。躺在峰頂，整個人仿佛都已融化于天地之間。

一塊古老的石碑見證著一段歷史:孟子生于斯、長于斯。孔子誕生于鄒，后遷于魯。鄒城孕育了兩位世界文化巨人。

每年的農歷二月二都要舉辦嶧山古會活動，便捷的交通，直達的觀光客車專用線方便了游客，目前已形成了一處吃、住、行、游、購、娛的全方位游覽景區。嶧山以她自然的神工造化和奇特美麗的景觀，吸引著人們來此觀光。

Posterity Rock on Mount Yi

Yishan (Mount Yi) is a famous mountain with a time-honored history and culture and is reputed to be “Little Mount Tai.” Yishan is located at the place， 10 kilometers to the southeast of Zoucheng， Shandong， which is the hometown of Mencius.

On Yishan there are many rocks of diversified peculiar shapes， which integrate the essence of the characteristics of Mount Tai， Mount Huang， and Mount Hua.

Posterity Rock is located near the northern gate of Yishan. With a height of four meters， the appearance around the rock is rough. The upper side of the rock is flat， on which previously there was a posterity temple constructed during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties and renovated during the Qing Dynasty. Later， the temple was demolished. On the southern side of the rock， three Chinese characters “Zi Sun Shi”—posterity rock—were inscribed during the Yuan Dynasty. On the sides of the rock there are also inscriptions carved by visitors from successive dynasties. Previously， there stood in the temple a statue of the goddess Yunxiao， who carried a shoulder-bag and seemed to render homage to the mountain. In both the front and back pocket of the bag， there were several children， meaning adding posterity for human beings. If one wished to have children， he (she) could throw a piece of stone into the temple. Of course， this only signified a good wish.