"Jiming Listening to Three Counties" is an ancient name of Xiaoyi Town in Linwei District, because it is located at the junction of Wei, Hua and Tong counties on the bank of Weihe River in the west of Shayuan. As early as the Song Dynasty, this was a village called Qiucun. It is bounded by a pond, with Qiudong Village in the east and Xiqiao Village in the west. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was built around the city and was a town, belonging to Li Xiaoyi.
In order to explore the ancient and modern legends of Xiaoyi Town, on February 2 1 day, 2007, the reporter came to Xiaoyi Town to search for historical materials of Xiaoyi and visit local celebrities, gradually making the hazy outline of Xiaoyi Town clear.
Shilaochi witnessed the changes of the ancient town.
In the past, there were waterlogging pools in the middle of most villages in the north, mostly mud pits dug by soil. However, in Xiaoyi Town, Linwei District, there is a large waterlogged pool carved with stone, which is one of the witnesses of Xiaoyi in the ancient town.
This famous stone waterlogging pool is square. Now, although the stone fence is dim and charming, it has dried up to the bottom and is full of domestic garbage. According to the information collected by Li Tianshou, a local retired veteran cadre, the Shilaochi is 5 feet deep and about 1.26 meters in circumference, made of gray stones. There are 25 layers, 12 layers and 12 layers of stone strips on the wall from the foundation. The exposed part of the pool wall is surrounded by colored relief stone walls, and no iron is applied. The stone fence on the north wall has two passages, which extend to East Street and West Street respectively. The whole building looks neat, concise, exquisite and generous.
Shilaochi was probably built between Qianlong and Jiaqing years. The 75-year-old Wang also likes to collect folk information. He told reporters: Xiaoyi used to be called Qiucun, and Qiucun came from the waterlogged pool in the city, also called "Tian Quan". At that time, the pond was very clear and there were many small fish in it. The stone pond is very high around. When it rains, the rainwater flows along the street to the waterlogging pond (from the water inlets in the northeast and northwest of the pond), and the water inlet in the northwest is also a drainage channel. When the pond is full, it will flow back along the drainage tunnel and enter the moat. Every summer, people in the town like to enjoy the cool by the pond, listen to books and sing songs. Fish swim around in the pool, frogs burst, cicadas sing sweetly on the willows beside the pool, and the scenery of Jiangnan water town adds endless fun to the ancient town.
Wang and some local old people recalled that one night in the summer of 1946, frogs suddenly sounded everywhere. The next morning, people accidentally found thousands of toads floating on the water, rushing to East Street and West Street from the east and west exits of the waterlogging pond. Frogs crawled all over the streets and crowded out of the city. For a while, the car was difficult to drive and people were difficult to step on, and it gradually disappeared in the afternoon.
The old people said that since then, the water in the waterlogged pool has been less and less every day, and it has never been full. This may also be related to 1944, when the pseudo-mayor of the town ordered the removal of the silt in the waterlogged pool. At that time, he organized manpower to dig out the silt in the waterlogged pool, which was 3-4 meters deeper than in the past, but since then, the water in the waterlogged pool has slowly dried up. The locals said that filial piety is over.
Speaking of luck, the old people talked endlessly about the monument of "Zhao's first visit" standing in the north of the city, from the relief waterlogging pool in the center of the street to the ruins of Xiaoyibao village in the south of the city, which led to a legend that lamas stole treasures.
Legend has it that the waterlogging pool in Xiaoyi Town Street is called "Tian Quan" because there is a well in the middle of the waterlogging pool that leads to the ocean. Therefore, even in dry days, Tian Quan is full of waves. Legend has it that there is a golden toad living in Tian Quan. Whenever it is dead of night, it will float to the surface. In Shitang, the sun is shining, frogs are everywhere, and Xiaoyi Town is getting more and more prosperous. One day a few years later, a Lama in a cassock suddenly appeared in xiaoyi city, wandering around Tian Quan. In the middle of the third day, the Lama stole the golden toad while people were unprepared. Since then, Tian Quan has dried up and his filial piety has declined.
A beautiful city.
Speaking of the origin of filial piety, the old people say it may be related to "filial piety to dogs"! In the early Ming Dynasty, Yan Bangzuo's mother died in Qiudong Village and was buried on the bank of the dry river in the east of the village. Yan Bangzuo lived in front of his mother's grave for three years, which was called the "land tomb". Yan Bangzuo has a dog. Every day, Yan Bangzuo puts money in a bamboo basket and hangs it around the dog's neck. Dogs go to the market to buy food and go shopping. Dogs stay in bed at night, and people and dogs are inseparable. This dog helped Yan Bangzuo achieve filial piety. People say it is a "filial dog"
Xiaoyi city was built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and has only been seen in folk records. It is said that Xiaoyi Town reached its peak in more than 100 years after Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. Xiaoyi, an ancient town at that time, was the main waterway and distribution center. There are Sanjin coal salt in the east, Bashu rock tea and Jiangnan seafood in the west; Mountain products, Weibei's grain, cotton, fruit and local products are concentrated in the South Pier. On the Weihe River, Qian Fan is in full swing, which is a busy scene. There are many shops in more than three miles of East-West Street and North-South Alley. Every market day, hundreds of merchants gather, and all kinds of handicrafts, mountain products and agricultural and sideline products are available. Cars of all sizes come here to trade in an endless stream, and the trade is prosperous and lasting.
At that time, the most famous people in the town were Zhao Yan and four businessmen, of whom Zhao was the richest. It is said that the Zhao family owns ten salt wells in eastern Sichuan and also runs ten enterprises, which are called "Top Ten". Some people trace back to the origin of the Zhao family and think that there was an official history in the ancestors of the Zhao family in the early Ming Dynasty. Because of his meritorious service, he retired in old age and had little savings. The emperor built a mansion for him at the western end of Xiaoyi Zhao Jiaxiang, commonly known as "Seven Rooms". He also got a saltworks, namely "Ganyuan Ladder" of Wu Tong Bridge in Sichuan. One year, Zhao brought back Xiaoyi's silver coins from other places, unloaded the ship from Cangdu Wharf, and pulled a mule to carry a 14-mile journey. Some people say that this is two barrels of silver water coming in. There is a folk saying that "Chishui mosquitoes are filial piety", which means that there are many filial piety businessmen and people have money. Xiaoyi Cai Dong is not only rich, but also has done some good things for the local people, such as helping the victims and building roads and city walls in disaster years. The most widely known thing is that Zhao invested heavily in building a large stone waterlogging pool in the center of the town to store water and prevent disasters; The Zhao family hired more than 300 people, spent huge sums of money and built it in three years. At that time, there was a monument in Chibei, which described the construction situation at that time, but unfortunately it had already been destroyed. In order to keep the water in the pool clean, the Zhao family paved a stone road more than 500 meters long on Dongxi Street, with stone steps on both sides. When it rains, people walk on the stone steps on both sides After the rain, the streets are very clean, so the water in the pool can be kept clean, drinkable for people and animals, flood control and irrigation during drought, which brings convenience to the lives of local residents.
Xiaoyi City in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China was rebuilt on the site of Tongzhi for four years. According to folk records, the city wall is made of blue bricks, about 3 feet high, 5 feet wide and 8 miles around. On the city gate, the watchtower soars into the sky, and the steeple is majestic. There is an inscription on the forehead of the four city gates: "East Road welcomes back, West Mountain is cool, Invivoron, Beidou is round and bright". The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, and it is the ink of Zhao, an ancient town calligrapher. On the wall, there are three steps and one stack, and a hundred stacks and one pavilion. There is a moat under the horse wall outside the city, which is five feet wide and stores water around the city.
Entering the city gate, there is a spacious east-west street, and the pavement paved with gray stone strips is neat. From the main street to both sides, there are four alleys: Yan Jia Lane, Zhao Jia Lane, Qiaojia Lane and Wang Jia Lane. There are alley doors, such as city gates. In the chaotic times, the streets are impassable when it closes at midnight. "Tian Quan" is in the middle of the ancient town, which is the intersection of East and West Streets.
Correspondingly, the residents, businesses and cities of Xiaoyi Ancient Town are prosperous. It is said that the houses, houses and decorative buildings in the ancient town are exquisite. Wood carving and stone carving are rich in shapes and exquisite in craftsmanship, and there are about 20 places that can be called the top grade of art, such as "Dafudi", "Lianfangdi" and "Wenchang Pavilion" stone arches, private gardens in Song Dynasty, temples, stages, Shinto, stone carvings, Wufeng Pagoda, tied horse piles and so on. Like bright stars, they are embedded between streets and battlements.
The ancient town is in the center of the city, concentrated in East and West Streets, with many department stores, 10 many cotton shops and millet shops. There are dozens of inns, restaurants and pubs here, most of which are famous chefs from Qin and Shu. The most famous ones are "DuJiPing's gourd ladle and John Zhang's steamed meat". De Maoyuan, Wan Yuanchang, Ji Yixie and other stores. In front of and behind the store, bamboo shoots with sauce, side dishes and Chili sauce are sold well both inside and outside the province. Dim sum, sugar, exquisite workmanship, assorted sugar, a box of multicolor. Sesame rolls, honey-coated sugar, douban sugar, blown sugar and tanker in Zhao Jia Sugar Factory are crisp and delicious, and sell well all over Weibei. Most snacks are handed down from family, such as jiaozi, steamed buns, roasted meat, yellow wine and fermented grains. The experience accumulated by several generations, although it is an ordinary product, tastes so good that some people have made a fortune by tricks. Now, on the streets of the ancient town, you can still eat snacks from the past.
The next day, there is an episode of Xiaoyi Ancient Town. Businessmen from Shanghai, Taiyuan, Hankou and Chengdu poured in. The iron unicycle loaded with red dates and fresh peanuts was 100 as soon as it came up, and it rumbled through the slate street, which was deafening. There are twenty or thirty carts of sugar, cotton, charcoal and salt from Pu, Bai, Cheng and He, and the transaction is very prosperous. At midnight, the shops, business halls and municipal industrial bureaus in the main streets are still noisy and colorful. ...
New learning has activated the ancient town.
Talent is the source of revitalization. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were many private schools in Xiaoyi ancient town. After the Revolution of 1911, everything was in ruins, and young people in ancient towns left one after another to learn new things and learn from the West in order to develop. Li Zhiying, Yan Chengzhai and Wang Yiming are among them.
Li Zhiying, who studied in a private school since childhood, is knowledgeable and open-minded. 19 19, studying in Sanyuan Middle School. Influenced by western culture and new ideological trend, he graduated from Sanyuan Middle School with excellent results. Politely declined the invitation to occupy an important position, but returned to my hometown and decided to revitalize my hometown. During the Spring Festival, Yan Chengzhai just graduated from the Institute of Technology of Jinling University, and also has the desire to open a new school and revitalize his hometown. Like-minded, they began to advocate donating money to run a new school. Guzhen Xue Xin was the only new school in the eastern part of Weibei at that time. It is also one of the best girls' schools in the county.
The old people recalled that the students in the new girls' school wore school uniforms, haircut, white shirts and black skirts; Bigfoot pieces, foreign socks, and biased shoes, as soon as they stepped onto the streets where people were still wearing robes, jackets, and ancient costumes, strongly impacted outdated consciousness and traditional concepts, and filled with the spirit of the times of revival, struggle, democracy, and ambition.
The representative of Xiaoyi Ancient Town, which was activated by new learning, is Zhuang Yan, who has achieved success in learning.
Zhuang Yan, the word Jing Zhai. Feng Shumin, one of the "Three Masters of Ma History", studied under Ma in his childhood. When western learning spread to the east, Zhuang Yan gave up his private school and entered a new school in Xi 'an. Later, he joined the revolution and joined the League Party. 191/kloc-0 participated in the Xi' an uprising after the Wuchang uprising in.
After the establishment of the government of the Republic of China, some Communist Youth League members thought that world events had been decided. In order to change customs, they set up "Yi Sushe" troupe and theater with the support of Shaanxi military government, and devoted themselves to turning old habits into culture and art. Zhuang Yan, who is in her early twenties, deeply felt that she could not do without modern knowledge and skills. It happened that the Shaanxi military government allocated four places to study in the United States, so in 19 13, Zhuang Yan, Zhang Xiruo and others went to the United States together to study in the Geology Department of Columbia University. A year later, Shaanxi regime had fallen into the hands of Beiyang government, many members of the League were excluded and persecuted, and the scholarship for studying in Zhuang Yan was interrupted. Zhuang Yan is trapped in the streets of the United States. Feng Shumin, his teacher, quickly collected 20 pieces of silver dollars and sent them to the emergency, and immediately informed Yan Jipeng, a fellow villager. At that time, Yan Jipeng was the head of Shaanxi 17 Army, and he undertook the expenses of studying in Zhuang Yan, which enabled him to return to China as scheduled. After Zhuang Yan returned to China, he first served as a miner and manager of Tongchuan Mine, then as the director of Shaanxi Provincial Construction Department and Labor Department, and attended the Geneva International Labor Conference. He has served as the Ombudsman of Gan Ningqing, the Ombudsman of Jiangsu Province and the Standing Committee of the Supervisory Institute. During her tenure, Zhuang Yan was praised for her integrity and honesty. He upholds justice and is not afraid of power. He once impeached Zhu Shaoliang, chairman of Gansu provincial government.
Zhuang Yan has repeatedly asked for leave to return to filial piety. In his words and deeds, he influenced his hometown children with his upright and upright style, not afraid of powerful people, honest and clean, and his beautiful sentiments of caring for the country and the people, respecting the old and loving the young, which made the folk culture of the ancient town by going up one flight of stairs.
Long ups and downs, many spring and autumn. The ancient town has experienced many ups and downs, although it is a "beautiful day", or people or things are long gone; Whether it's goodwill or resentment, it's gone. However, the bright moon is always there and the water is always flowing. Xiaoyi people miss the beautiful scenery and strive to stay, continuing the thousand-year-old civilization inheritance of the ancient town.