昆嵛山上“升仙台”

吕以泮

昆嵛山“升仙台”又称棋盘石，是全真教的祖庭神清观西南面的一块巨石，高约20多米，当地人说，八仙中的铁拐李和吕洞宾曾来过这里。

为什么叫升仙台呢？其中有一段传说故事。

据传，在很久很久以前，昆嵛山下住着一位以打柴为生的李姓青年，有一天他来到了烟霞洞附近砍柴。

当他来到这块巨石下的时候，忽然上面扔下一个刚被吃过的桃核。他想春节刚过，桃树怎么会有果子呢？

疑惑间，他听到上面有人说话，便爬上了岩石，只见有两位老者正在下棋，一位身边放着无底升，一位背着个大葫芦，地上还有没吃过的鲜桃，两人边吃边下棋。

其中一位老人见了他，便拿起一个鲜桃给他吃，并说，他俩乃是吕洞宾和铁拐李，在此练棋以迎接仙界棋赛。

李姓说不敢打扰两位仙人，先走一步。临别时，吕洞宾拿来两个仙桃送给他，说这吃后可返老还童，你在这里呆了好几个时辰，地上也是几十年了，你的妻子应该变成老太婆了。

这位青年告别神仙，顺着原路回到了村里，村里的很多人他都不认识，心里觉得很奇怪。他向一位老人问道：“老大爷，咱村有沒有李解（他自己的名字）这个人？”这位老人想很久，告诉他说，“好像有这么一个人，不过在好多年以前他到烟霞洞去砍柴再也没有回来。”

他听后，恍然大悟，原来人间已过去了几十年了。他又找到自己的妻子，发现她已经是白发苍苍的老太婆了。他对妻子说了自己的经历后，妻子似信非信地望着他。于是，他便从怀中取出蟠桃让她吃下，此时奇迹出现了，妻子立马返老还童，相貌回到了几十年前的样子。

从此，这里的人都把这块巨石称做“升仙台”。此后的几百年，人们把这个吃桃成仙的李姓青年也搬到了昆嵛山的神清观里，当年在神清观里除了有王重阳和七个弟子的塑像外，旁边还有一个手持斧头的神仙塑像，那就是这个李姓青年。

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.