20 17 Guishan Village, Laozishan Town, Hongze District, Huai 'an City, and Pengcheng Village, Jiangba Town were both selected as the "Most Beautiful Villages in Jiangsu" in the "Most Beautiful Villages in Jiangsu" selection activity jointly organized by the Civilization Office of Jiangsu Province, the Provincial Agriculture Committee, the Provincial Housing and Construction Department, the Provincial Department of Culture and the Provincial Radio and Television General Station.
In 20 19, Guishan Village, Laozishan Town, Hongze District was successfully selected as "the first batch of recommended units of national key rural tourism villages", and only 13 villages in China were able to enter this list, which is also the only recommended village in Huai 'an.
Recently, I passed Guishan Village, Laozishan Town, Hongze District, Huai 'an City, and caught a glimpse of the beautiful ancient village left by this ancient Guishan Town on the bank of Huaihe River.
The bus we took passed Guantan Town, Xuyi County, and arrived at a newly built cement road leading to Guishan Village around 1 1: 20. This road is not wide, only one car can drive in one direction. Looking southeast in the car, we saw a small mountain range stretching for miles. It looked like a turtle crawling on the ground, with its head sticking out of the Huaihe River. It is probably Kameyama.
When we drove to the head of Guishan village, the name of the ancient village of Guishan village appeared before our eyes. There is a new parking lot at the head of the village. There is a hill next to the parking lot, and there is a clock pavilion on the hill, which immediately caught our attention. However, as it was time for lunch, we got off the bus and found a farmhouse to sit down.
In the process of Guishan Village being built into "the most beautiful village in Jiangsu" and "the first batch of key rural tourism villages in China in 20 19", the farmhouse dishes of this ancient village also contributed, and now the farmhouse dishes of Guishan Village are also a highlight of Guishan Village tourism. With the increasing number of tourists in this ancient village, there are 20 or 30 large and small farmhouses, which have won the appreciation and love of tourists for their authentic and affordable fisherman's meals.
At noon, we tasted the fishermen's specialties here, such as fish balls in sour soup, fish cakes freshly baked in the lake, cinnabar in red sauce, fried rice with water chestnut, fried chicken head restaurant, roasted goose in straw pot, roasted chicken in straw pot and so on. The staple food with fish is authentic grass pot stickers, and of course delicious rice. Fisherman's food is not only delicious, but also full of weight, which is really good and cheap. How can people not leave a good reputation? !
After dinner, we have a rest time of about 20 minutes. At this time, we were all very busy, so I climbed the mountain with the big clock while everyone was buying agricultural products.
This is the imitation of the night bell of Guishan Temple by later generations. The big clock hangs in the night bell pavilion. The two little guys who walked with me couldn't help itching. No matter during the lunch break of others, they all pushed the rotating wood of the bell and hit it again and again, so the crisp and loud bell spread from the top of this hill to the surrounding areas in an instant.
There is a stone tablet on the north side of the late bell pavilion. Close shot, there is a poem by Mi Fei, one of the "Four Great Calligraphers of Northern Song Dynasty" on the tablet. As can be seen from this inscription, there once stood a Kameyama Temple, and there was indeed a night clock of Kameyama Temple. The calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty once climbed to the top of Guishan Mountain and listened to the night bell of Guishan growling at the iron cow.
There are two ancient stone tablets beside the house on the south side of the late bell pavilion. I looked at the one covered with glass first.
Judging from the introduction of the stone tablet, it was originally an imperial tablet of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the present position of this imperial tablet is not the original site. The monument body and pedestal were salvaged in the water in front of Hu Mingjiang's house in Guishan Village. The tablet body and the tablet base are now in two positions. The monument is located on the grass in front of Hu Mingjiang's house, and the monument is located at the current site.
This monument is 2.15m high, 0.94m wide and 0.22m thick. It has an arc-shaped stone tablet made of basalt. The inscription is in regular script, which is seriously corroded and illegible. The content of the inscription is probably that the emperor issued a letter to strengthen the protection of environmental vegetation in Guishan area of Huaihe River.
Another stone tablet standing next to the imperial edict tablet is Jian 'an Huaisi Temple tablet.
According to the introduction next to Jian 'an Huaisi Monument, it was built by Lin Qing, Governor of Nanhe, when Guishan moved the water artifact and Jian 'an Huaisi was completed.
This stone tablet stands on the original site, with a height of 2m, a width of1.15m, and a thickness of 0.22m. The tablet is1.30m, a height of 0.75m and a thickness of 0.4m.. The forehead is covered with relief bat auspicious clouds, and the words "Move Jian 'an Huaisi Temple Monument" are engraved in the center of the front. The pedestal is a stone turtle, 2.5m long,1.5m wide and 0.8m high. Inscription official script, the word diameter is 4.5× 3.5 cm high. It is reported that the inscription was written by Ruan Yuan, a college student of Taibao in Qing Dynasty. This monument was broken into two pieces before and was restored in 1998, and now it stands here again.
After reading these two stone tablets, I went to the site of Songta underground palace according to the road map prepared before. This is the remains of the stupa site underground palace. The top of the underground palace has been exposed, and the wooden ladder can be lowered from the ground to the basement.
Because I didn't have time to see other historical sites from the site of Songta underground palace, I hurried back and looked at the Huaihe River at the foot of the mountain and the youth outdoor camp on the shore. Tourists here are having a picnic happily.
Due to the tight time, I didn't see the historic sites in other villages. On the way home, I can only search and see Wuzhi Qigong, Royal Pier, Huaidu Monument and Stone Embankment. Comfort my heart here.
According to legend, Dayu managed water, visited Tongbai three times, and finally captured Wu, the water god of Huaihe River, and locked him at the foot of Guishan Mountain.
According to legend, it was built when Zhao Gou returned to the mountain in the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 127), and it has been used for generations. According to legend, Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty also boarded here.
The Royal Pier is 3.55 meters wide and 4.5 meters high, with 15 steps. The five steps below are curved. The wharf stone is basalt and a small amount of bluestone, which are integrated with the masonry wall.
The rebuilt Huaidu Temple monument was erected in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty and located at the original site. The monument is 2.65m high,1.15m wide and 0.23m thick. The pedestal is 1.5m long, 0.7m wide and 0.5m high. The monument is located 20 meters north of the monument, and the lower right corner of the monument is missing.
Inscription in regular script with a diameter of 6×6 cm. It has the words "Talking about the book written by Tang Long, a fish stone in Lanxi, before the right deputy of Duchayuan advised to transport grain to help Fengyang". There is an inscription on the back of the monument.
The masonry city wall was built in the Ming Dynasty and is about 100 meters long. It is made of strip stones, which are basalt and a little bluestone. The middle part of the revetment is slightly damaged and well preserved, which is connected with the Royal Pier. Its main function is to stabilize the river bank and resist the direct erosion of Huaihe River.
There are not only numerous ancient ruins of Guishan ancient town in Guishan village, but also the fishing drum of Hongze Lake, an intangible cultural heritage that has been passed down for thousands of years.
When Hongze Lake Fishing Drum performed, he held a fishing drum shaped like a sunflower fan in his left hand. The drum handle is about 17 cm long, and there is a round or diamond-shaped iron ring at the end of the handle. There are three iron rings around the ring, each of which is connected with three small iron rings in series. The left hand shakes the drum and rings; Playing drums with the right hand, knowing how to play drums, and various dance movements, is magnificent.
On the way home, from what I saw, I think that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty, Guishan was on the main road of canal water transportation. It used to be adjacent to Gusizhou City and Xuyi County, and there are many temples and businessmen in Guishan Town. The ancient town of Guishan will certainly be welcomed by fishing drums. May this ancient village once again glow with a better tomorrow in the construction of beautiful countryside in China.