When I arrived at Riye, it was already half past four in the afternoon. President Wu Ping asked everyone to leave Hino at 5: 30, leaving me only one hour. It is obviously impossible to travel around Hino in an hour; It is obviously impossible to understand Hino. I have to choose to walk around the old city and the flood control dam along the river, have a look and pick up something I dream of. So, accompanied by Wang Zubao, I started my career journey.
Before that, I only occasionally read articles about Hino from newspapers and books, and my memory was poor. I am like a monkey who has lost one thing and another, unlike some people who never forget anything, so all I leave in my heart are fragmentary fragments, not even close. In this way, my understanding of Liye can only be regarded as half a jar of water, only knowing that Liye "is located in the south of Longshan County, close to the Youshui River and backed by Bamian Mountain; Historically, it is an important passage for the Central Plains to move southwest, known as the' Golden Boy of Chu and Shu', and it is an important town in Hunan and Sichuan. Then there is Li Ye's "In April 2002, a large number of Qin bamboo slips were discovered, adding heavy cultural connotation and lasting mysterious charm to the ancient town". But I like Hino very much, and I always hope to have the opportunity to go there and connect those fragmentary pieces together.
That day, it was raining in Mao Mao, and the sun leaves were shrouded in rain and fog. Brother Wang and I walked along the slate street into the old city. There are seven streets paved with bluestone slabs and 10 alleys in Liye, which are criss-crossed by longitude and latitude in the southeast and northwest, which are very neat. Rain washes the streets clean, and bluestones can reflect people's shadows. Ancient is a kind of capital, and the long green slate street leads me to its depths step by step, as if walking in ancient history. Brother Wang temporarily acted as a commentator for me and explained it to me all the way. Brother Wang has been here. He is eager to learn and has a good memory. He knows the history of his career like the back of his hand. Wang Ge said, Liye, as early as the Neolithic Age, human ancestors lived and multiplied here. "Liye" is a Tujia language, that is, the consciousness of "mopping the soil", which means cultivating the land. It was named after Tujia ancestors changed from fishing and hunting to farming in this land.
The buildings of slate street, embankment wall and old house are all very old. How old is the history of the old street? I asked an old man who looked over 80 years old. He shook his head and couldn't make it clear. Turn an alley and come to a two-story wooden house. Brown wooden boards have experienced many generations of ups and downs, emitting an enduring atmosphere. The sign "The Eighth Route Army Office in Chongqing" is hung on the door. Next to it is a stone house with high walls. Standing in the street, I looked up and felt an ancient feeling. The sign of "Eighth Route Army Office in Hunan" is hung in front of the door. In order to keep a souvenir, I took a photo in these two places.
We continued to stroll in the ancient city. We walked street by street and looked street by street. The houses on both sides of the street are mostly overhanging roofs, with plain walls and wide platforms, which are suitable for business at home; Along the river is the same diaojiao building, antique, simple and generous, patchwork, which still maintains the architectural characteristics and interests of the ancestors of the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty; And those tall blue brick barrel houses sandwiched in the middle are the homes of a few rich people. Walking in the green bluestone alley, passing through the rows of quaint diaojiao buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, stroking the cracked carved pavement, I boldly imagined the magnificence of "a thousand red lights stack thousands of people, and a moving wave".
When the land traffic was blocked, Liye became a prosperous place because of the steep terrain, inconvenient transportation and the benefits of water transportation in Wuling Mountain area. It was once known as "Little Nanjing". According to local records, 1729 (the seventh year of Yongzheng, Qing Dynasty), when Longshan changed its land to flow, Liye had already formed a trade market; During the Kangxi period, Hino began to build streets and docks. Later, it gradually became the trade center of Hunan-Sichuan border. 1934, there are 423 merchants and more than 750 employees in Liye Town. At that time, there was a saying that "Hunan, which can't be bought, is sold everywhere", which revealed the prosperity of the establishment trade market. Riye is a pier, representing the old transportation hub. Due to the development of commerce and water transportation, the entertainment industry in the town is also very prosperous, forming a dock culture. The so-called dock culture is inseparable from prostitutes. Shen Congwen once wrote an affectionate sailor and an affectionate woman in his prose. Since Liye is known as "Little Nanjing", there must be prostitutes, not only there, but also many, as a local limerick wrote: "The smoke cage is full of sand in the cold month, and there are nearly ten thousand lanterns on the water; Aika, the boatman, plays the tune of a brothel, and the piano sings female fireworks. " War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, reached its peak. A large number of exiles from all walks of life gathered here, and units such as "Sichuan-Hunan Grain Transportation Office", "Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Anhui Grain Transportation Company" and "China Merchants" appeared one after another. The Kuomintang and the Eighth Route Army also set up offices here. I stayed for a long time in front of the five-story building with a flat head and forehead in Youshui Inn, and gently sang "Flowers and laughter all over the city, a river and a boat". This old inn is a modern hotel. The so-called hotel is not only accommodation, dining, but also entertainment, which shows the noise and glitz of the "Youshui Inn" at that time.
Strolling through the ancient town, those old eaves are still there, those wind and fire walls are still there, those old shops are still there, and buildings are next to each other. From those old shops of ancient merchants, I felt the prosperity of old streets in past dynasties. Somehow, I found the prosperous shadow of that year, saw the pink woman of that year, and heard the strings of the silk and bamboo. In the rain and wind film, "Jinling beauty flutes, and spring mud greets Yan; Swallows build their nests in Liu Di, and there are smiles and whispers from the depths of Liu Yin. Spring in the south of the Yangtze River is rainy and not wet. Qinhuai water heating and smoke waves, there are affectionate men and women in the continuous spring rain. Singing a prosperous and peaceful sky is satisfactory, and listening to the melodious orchestral disease of silk and bamboo; It is satisfying to sing the sky of prosperity and praise peace, and to hear the melodious orchestral disease of silk and bamboo. " Jame's "Yan Yan Mud" gently echoed in my ears. Just as Jame's "Swallowing Mud" echoed gently, I went to an old house and touched the carving on it. From those mottled traces, I feel that the vicissitudes of life seem to flow in my hands bit by bit, carefully and stubbornly infiltrating into my heart.
I didn't see Qin bamboo slips that day, and I didn't see the "first well in China", which is very regrettable. As there is no opening, we can only wander outside the wall of Qin bamboo slips. I stroked Qin's bamboo wall over and over again. "There are Xi 'an Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the north and Liye Qin Bamboo Slips in the south. "Because the Qin Dynasty has only a short history of 15 years, there are not many documents and few preserved sites, and the discovery of the ancient city of Liye is very precious. Therefore, Qin bamboo slips, as the official archives of the Qin Dynasty, not only saved Liye, but also saved the history of the Qin Dynasty in China! Before that, only a few thousand words about the Qin Dynasty made people in China and even the world know that China had the A Qin Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty had the A Qin Emperor. People imagined the Qin Dynasty by only a few thousand words. Now that there are 36,000 Qin bamboo slips, how big a wave will it cause? Just as I was stroking the wall of Qin bamboo slips, several foreign devils were stroking the wall of Qin bamboo slips like me, twittering something. This gesture and eyes seem to be a compliment. Yes, we all belong to a global village. In a sense, culture knows no borders, and all excellent cultures should belong to all mankind.
Brother Wang and I walked slowly along the still-preserved old streets and lanes, came to the flood control dam by the river, climbed the stone steps and walked slowly on it. At this time, I felt that I stepped on the remains of historical beacon smoke. I looked at the Youshui River under the dam. Because Wanmipo Hydropower Station was built downstream, it became Pinghu. The low dusk hangs over the Youshui River, and the river is quiet, just like a weather-beaten old man squatting there, unwilling to tell his past; The ripples on the river are deep wrinkles on the old man's forehead. There are several Wu Peng boats moored on the dock, several waterfowl hovering on the river, a village girl washing clothes by the river ... A Wu Peng boat approached the dock, and before the boat stopped, several people came out of the warehouse and jumped on the dock.
Youshui, the mother river of Xiangxi, originates from Youyuan Mountain in Xuan 'en County, Hubei Province, flows through Laifeng in Hubei, Youyang in Chongqing, Xiushan in Sichuan, Longshan in Xiangxi, Baojing, Huayuan, Yongshun and Guzhang, and finally flows into Yuanjiang River and into Dongting Lake in 800 miles. Since ancient times, Youshui has been an important waterway leading to the southwest. For example, it is recorded in Gong Yunan's Notes on Waterway Textual Research: "Borrow Dachuan from top to bottom to make a series of ships." You Shui 1 100 is more than a mile, and there are hundreds of large and small docks, and Liye Wharf is one of them. Then, Wang Ge recalled to me a passage written by Liye in Shen Congwen's essay "Several Wharfs in the White River Valley": "The commercial wharf in the upper reaches of the White River is called Liye. Sichuan Salt entered Hunan and paid taxes in this place. Many tung oils in the border areas are concentrated in this place. ..... Standing at the height of the Liye River, Bamian Mountain, which is bordered by Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei, is widely expected ... "At that time, there were 150 ships sailing on the Youshui River all the year round. In the season of concentrated berthing, wooden boats can be seen everywhere along the river, stretching for nearly 4 miles, which is in harmony with the establishment market, forming a beautiful picture of "the town is full of shops and people, and the river is full of green water and boats".
I stood on the dam and silently watched the unitary water flow eastward; Staring at Bamian Mountain in the rain and fog behind the sun leaves.
A river is the soul of a place. As the saying goes: there are mountains without water and aura, and there is water without mountains without heroism. It is precisely because of the nourishment of water and the protection of Bamian Mountain that Liye has become the pillar of many countries. For example, Qu, a modern democratic revolutionary and educator, Zhang, a professor in Tsinghua University, Li Tongfa, an enlightened gentleman who donated planes to the Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Hu, a contemporary Taiwan Province writer, Yang, former secretary of Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and Professor of College of Literature of Hunan Normal University. ...
At 5: 40, I reluctantly left my career.
Li Ye, that was the first time I walked into you, and you carved it in my heart. When the car pulled out of Hino, I stuck my head out of the window and looked back at Hino again in the dusk. At this time, Sun Ye is like an old man, staring at my departure; And expect me to come again. Yes, Li Ye, I will definitely come again if I have the chance. I want to feel your distant and strange stories and your profound culture.