昆崳山上“升仙臺”

呂以泮

昆崳山“升仙臺”又稱棋盤石，是全真教的祖庭神清觀西南面的一塊巨石，高約20多米，當地人說，八仙中的鐵拐李和呂洞賓曾來過這里。

為什么叫升仙臺呢？其中有一段傳說故事。

據傳，在很久很久以前，昆崳山下住著一位以打柴為生的李姓青年，有一天他來到了煙霞洞附近砍柴。

當他來到這塊巨石下的時候，忽然上面扔下一個剛被吃過的桃核。他想春節剛過，桃樹怎么會有果子呢？

疑惑間，他聽到上面有人說話，便爬上了巖石，只見有兩位老者正在下棋，一位身邊放著無底升，一位背著個大葫蘆，地上還有沒吃過的鮮桃，兩人邊吃邊下棋。

其中一位老人見了他，便拿起一個鮮桃給他吃，并說，他倆乃是呂洞賓和鐵拐李，在此練棋以迎接仙界棋賽。

李姓說不敢打擾兩位仙人，先走一步。臨別時，呂洞賓拿來兩個仙桃送給他，說這吃后可返老還童，你在這里呆了好幾個時辰，地上也是幾十年了，你的妻子應該變成老太婆了。

這位青年告別神仙，順著原路回到了村里，村里的很多人他都不認識，心里覺得很奇怪。他向一位老人問道：“老大爺，咱村有沒有李解（他自己的名字）這個人？”這位老人想很久，告訴他說，“好像有這么一個人，不過在好多年以前他到煙霞洞去砍柴再也沒有回來。”

他聽后，恍然大悟，原來人間已過去了幾十年了。他又找到自己的妻子，發現她已經是白發蒼蒼的老太婆了。他對妻子說了自己的經歷后，妻子似信非信地望著他。于是，他便從懷中取出蟠桃讓她吃下，此時奇跡出現了，妻子立馬返老還童，相貌回到了幾十年前的樣子。

從此，這里的人都把這塊巨石稱做“升仙臺”。此后的幾百年，人們把這個吃桃成仙的李姓青年也搬到了昆崳山的神清觀里，當年在神清觀里除了有王重陽和七個弟子的塑像外，旁邊還有一個手持斧頭的神仙塑像，那就是這個李姓青年。

Immortal Presence Terrace in Kunyu Mountain is also called the Chessboard Stone. It is an over-20-meter boulder in the southwestern side of Shenqing Temple， home to the Quanzhen Sect. According to the locals， Tieguai Li and LyuDongbin among the Eight Immortals had been here.

Why is it called the Immoral Presence Terrace？ Behind it there is a legendary story.

Allegedly， a very long time ago， there lived a youngster called Li in the family name below Kunyu Mountain， who made his life by gathering firewood. One day he came to the vicinity of Yanxia Cave to gather firewood.

When he went below the boulder， a newly stripped peace-pit was thrown from above all of a sudden. He wondered why the peach tree could have fruits after the Spring Festival.

As he was thinking confusedly， he heard people talking from above and climbed on the boulder， seeing two elders playing chess with a bottomless utensil by the side of one person and a big gourd on the back of the other person. On the ground lay uneaten fresh peaches for they two to eat as they played chess.

One of them picked a peach for him to eat when he caught sight of him and said they， LyuDongbin and Tieguai Li， were doing exercise here to make preparation for the chess competition in the fairyland.