The rainy night moistens the long-term drought-stricken town, and the thunderous thunder rolled from a distance, which was as pleasant as a lullaby and made people fall asleep. In the morning, the rain has stopped. The sky is washed, the refreshing east wind is chasing the scattered clouds, the fresh sunshine is sprinkled on the wet land, and the air is filled with cool breath, sweet and fragrant.
such a beautiful weekend, it's too disappointing to stay away from the close contact with nature. The old couple decided to go to Rizhao Reservoir to enjoy the simple rural scenery.
Rizhao Reservoir is more than 2 miles away from the old city. Because it is located in Xihu Town, we are used to calling it Xihu Reservoir, also known as Divination Pool (or Jianggutan). Driving westward along the provincial highway, and obliquely southwest from the intersection of Shenmazhuang, the green crops on both sides of the road are even more green because of the rain at night. Tall and strong corn gradually blooms and bears ears, large tracts of peanuts are full of vitality, yellow flowers quietly bloom on neat ridges, and many little flowers bloom in the open space of gully and gully, which are colorful and lively. A few small pink butterflies are playing among the flowers, and the cries of birds and frogs are coming from the trees by the water. The fresh air in the country is fascinating.
Just in the storage area, a stone tower with mottled skin stands on the right side of the highway, and the words "Hongqi Electric Irrigation Station" are carved on the tower. I got off the bus and looked at it. It turned out to be built in June 1973, hidden in a clump of green plants. If you don't look closely, you will ignore the past.
The acacia trees on the roadside are already in full bloom. Under the acacia trees, a solid dam straddles the southeast of the reservoir, and a majestic spillway squats over the broad spillway. The operation room is hidden in the rich shade.
Go ahead and you will find the Reservoir Memorial Tower. Stop at the square in front of the tower and walk along the aisle. The lush pines and cypresses, like two rows of solemn soldiers, guide people to look up to the Memorial Tower against the background of blue sky and white clouds. The tower body of the memorial tower has been somewhat mottled due to the erosion of years. The characters "Rizhao Reservoir" were written by a famous calligrapher, Mr. Shu Tong. There are beautiful stone carvings on the base, and the words "Dragon Down and Tiger Down" on the front base are awe-inspiring, showing the heroic spirit of people's belief that "man can conquer nature" during the Great Leap Forward. The back of the tower is engraved with a brief introduction of Rizhao Reservoir, which is somewhat blurred after the wind and rain. Next to the tower, there are several newly-built monuments of Rizhao City and Donggang District People's Government. The wind blows through the branches, with the unique fragrance of pine and cypress, telling the vicissitudes of the past.
Walking around the memorial tower, the quiet and fresh scenery of the reservoir is amazing. Rizhao Reservoir is actually a beautiful lake. The lake is quiet and quiet, and the green hills on the other side are rolling, quiet and charming. There is a small green island in the middle of the lake, which is exquisite and lovely. A group of white waterfowl hover and rise on the island. The lake is blue and transparent, and fish jump naughty from time to time. At the other end of the dam is the beautiful Gushan Mountain, with exquisite mountains and lush green plants, which is quite charming in the south of the Yangtze River. The cliff is near the water, and an antique pavilion stands in the water at the foot of the mountain. I don't know if the cliff was artificially chiseled when the reservoir was built, and there are traces of axe chisels on the wall.
Rizhao city records that Rizhao reservoir was built in October 1958, and the main project was completed in June 1959. On March 8, 196, the south main canal of the reservoir irrigation area was completed and opened for irrigation. Rizhao Reservoir is a large-scale reservoir with comprehensive utilization on the Futuan River, with a basin area of 548 square kilometers. It is the main flood control hub and water source in the urban area. The flood control capacity of the reservoir reaches the design standard of 1-year return flood and the check standard of 5-year return flood. In mid-August, 1974, the precipitation in the upper reaches of the reservoir was 452 mm in three months, with the maximum precipitation of 227 mm in 2 hours. The Man Ku was flooded, with the highest water level of 43.83 meters. The main and auxiliary dams of the reservoir have withstood the test of the once-in-a-century flood.
In 1958, during the Great Leap Forward Movement, water conservancy construction rose in Rizhao County, and ten thousand people fought a battle. All of them relied on the flesh and blood to pick up axes and cut off mountains to store water. In less than a year, the main project of the reservoir was completed. How can it not make people excited to think about the hot labor scene in those years? In order to build Rizhao Reservoir, farmers in nearly 2 villages were relocated in the reservoir area. At that time, in order to build a new socialist countryside, farmers in the reservoir area sacrificed their own interests, abandoned their beautiful homes, left their homes and moved to the surrounding commune villages to take root.
The bottom of Rizhao Reservoir is the former sinking area, and the reservoir is surrounded by continuous shallow mountains and hills. The mountain torrents rushing down from the upper reaches of Futuan River rushed all the way here, and turned back when they were blocked by the cliffs of Gushan Mountain. The water was fierce and turbulent, and the impact accumulated over time. Every turn formed a deep pool, (Divination Pool, Jianggu Pool, Baogutan, Dashiwangtan, Xiaoshiwantan, etc.). There are villages along the reservoir called Zhangguzhuang and Zhanbuton, which are probably homophonic. According to the old custom, the local people call Rizhao Reservoir Zhanbu Lake (divination lake, also called Jianggutan, Zhanggutan, which is difficult to distinguish in Rizhao dialect).
a long time ago, it used to be the only place for businessmen to pass through Rizhao city in the east, Huangdun in the west and Juxian in the west. There are many shops, mule shops and oil mills in the villages on both sides of the road, which is a very prosperous dry dock. Businessmen from all walks of life stopped here to make a point, which was very lively. Businessmen from all over the world get together, bringing a lot of interesting stories and business information. Jianggutan is also famous for this.
Under the cliff of Gushan Mountain in the southeast of the reservoir is the famous divination pool, the deepest part of the reservoir. When there is a flood, there are many eddies, and the locals call them "submerged children". According to legend, there is a very delicious fish in the pond, and the fish is rich in oil. If the tail of this fish is lit on fire, it can burn all the way down to the head of the fish. Up to now, the fish in the Divination Pond are very attractive delicacies. There used to be many restaurants around the reservoir that used reservoir fish as their specialty to attract guests who came to seek peace and quiet.
In the early years, people were killed when the divination pool was flooded. Some people walked on the flat road and were somehow sucked into the flooded pool. Every year people die in the pool, and the ghosts come out to find body double. In order to suppress these ghosts from doing evil, the people, under the guidance of the gods, built a Taoist temple at the foot of Gushan Mountain and invited Taoist priests to live there. The former site is where the reservoir memorial tower is now located. When a villager came to ask the Taoist priest to help him out of trouble, the Taoist priest prayed to God before drowning the child, and used his magical powers to predict good and bad luck. Divination pool got its name from this.
It is said that the divination pool leads to the East China Sea, and there is a fairy cave in the pool. The third prince of the Dragon King was imprisoned here because of his mistakes, and a thousand-year-old turtle guarded the third prince here. Legend has it that someone once had the privilege of visiting the immortals' abode of fairies and immortals, only to see the splendor in the abode of fairies and immortals, and Linlin Lang Lang, a rare thing, are all treasures hard to find in the world. The immortals in the Divination Pool are also very generous. The surrounding farmers build houses to marry their daughters-in-law, and put on a banquet. If they need to borrow some dishes and cups, they just need to burn some toilet paper at the edge of the pool and ask for it from the drowning child. The dishes and cups will gush out of the pool, and the farmers will send them back when they are finished. Once, a greedy man secretly smothered a jade bowl while returning the dishes. Later, when someone came to borrow something, it didn't work, and the fairy family stopped borrowing it. People who don't keep their promises are also very disgusting.
This thousand-year-old turtle is very kind. It is said that an old man came home late to catch the sunshine gathering, and it gradually became dark when he approached the divination pool. Tired of walking, the old man sat on a smooth threshing floor and smoked a bag of cigarettes. When he got up, he knocked on the pot of the cigarette bag, cleaned up and continued on his way. Not far away, I met an old man with a white beard, and the old man complained to him, "You little brother, you are not careful when you knock ash. Look, you burned a hole in my white coat."
The old turtle often goes to the shore to bask in the sun, and every time he comes out, it will bring windy and rainy weather. Over time, the local people regard whether the old turtle comes out to bask in the sun as a barometer. In the past, it was hard work for cultivators to farm and water by shouldering. If there happens to be a timely rain on the ground, the crops will emerge together and the survival rate will be high, which will save a lot of effort. It is said that a family near the pond saw the old turtle coming out to bask in the sun, thinking that it was going to rain soon, and they quickly picked ditches to plant sweet potatoes. The locals called this farm work "seedling sweet potatoes". After planting sweet potato seedlings, they left the soil nest without watering, just waiting for the old turtle to rain, but it didn't rain for several days, and the sweet potato seedlings died because of the sun exposure. It seems that immortals are sometimes unreliable.
there is a story among the people that an old turtle in a divination pool angrily drowned yai. Legend has it that the county magistrate of Baya County had a son who came to the Divination Pond to visit the mountains and waters. He saw pavilions and pavilions in the Pond, and there was an embroidered building carved with beams and flowers. A stunning beauty in the embroidered building embroidered shoes, and the embroidered one was placed on the windowsill, which made the teenager look crazy. He quietly took this embroidered shoe and went home. The teenager was frivolous, and when he got home, he took out embroidered shoes and showed them off with his companions, who were shocked by the exquisite and beautiful embroidered shoes. The big guy encouraged him to steal another one so that he could pair up. As soon as the boy's mind was hot, he went to the divination pool to steal another one. Who knows that this time I was not so lucky and drowned in the pool. When the county magistrate lost his beloved son, he had the heart of revenge. He collected a lot of quicklime and poured it into the divination pool. At that time, all the fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs suffered, and all the turtles and grandchildren in the pool were choked to death. In this way, the old turtle in the divination pool and the county magistrate of Baya forged a hatred.
It's said that one day, an eight-ya businessman was doing business through Rizhao, and when he reached the divination pool, it was getting late, so he stayed at Shen Tuan's inn. In the shop, I met an old man with a sage like style who came to stay. When the businessman saw that the old man was extraordinary in appearance and was interested in making friends, he made an appointment with the old man to eat and live together. At dinner, the old man asked for five Jin of noodles, a big bowl full. The businessman couldn't help secretly surprised the old man's appetite. The old man told the businessman that he liked to eat alone. The merchant was in doubt, so he quietly broke the enough paper outside the window and peeped into the house. This look was shocking, and he saw an old turtle putting his head into the basin and eating it with a swish! Knowing that the truth had been revealed, the old turtle told the businessman the truth, because the county magistrate had hurt his descendants, and the old turtle was going to flood Baya County to avenge his death. Businessmen are kind at heart, so they plead for the people of Baya. The old turtle was moved by the kindness of the businessman, so he told the businessman to stay at home at a certain time and don't come out to see anything outside. The merchant remembered the old turtle's words and told the villagers in Baya when he got home. That night, the people of Baya only heard the wind and rain outside the door and the flood surged. Looking forward to the dawn, the businessman walked out of the house and saw the county gate closed from a distance. The flood in the city was already shining on the wall, but it didn't overflow outside the city at all.
The grotesque story about the Divination Pond was spread by folk artists and brought to all directions by businessmen coming and going, and it became famous. The turtles in the pond are regarded as gods by local people, so no one dares to touch them easily.
how many spring and autumn cycles have the legendary immortals lived in the divination pool? I saw that flowers bloom and flowers fall, and Yan went back to Yan. The flood in the divination pool flooded every year, and the residents by the pool suffered greatly. The gods failed to manage this great river and mountain. Until the founding of New China, the Party and the government cared about the people's sufferings, borrowed the strength of the people's commune and the east wind of the Great Leap Forward, and the people of Rizhao carried forward the revolutionary spirit of not being afraid of hardship and fatigue, and dared to call the sun and the moon for a new day, and just dug a divination pool into a large reservoir to ensure the harvest of drought and flood. Where have the Dragon Prince and the turtle guards moved?
In a blink of an eye, 6 years have passed, and the young people who shed blood and sweat for the great socialist construction during the Great Leap Forward period are now dying. The great mountains and rivers that they have transformed with painstaking efforts have become old and new, and Wan Li is splendid. A few years ago, the water level in the divination pool once showed a downward trend due to the drought and lack of rain in Rizhao City and the increasing water consumption in the city. The production and management of villages around the reservoir area often pollute the reservoir. Fortunately, the government departments have begun to control the pollution in the reservoir area and strengthen the wetland protection in the water source area. Now, a road around the lake has been built, and the surrounding areas of the reservoir area have been returned to forests, and various seedlings, flowers and fruits have been planted along the way to beautify and purify the environment in the reservoir area. Today, the reservoir area has taken on a brand-new look. The upstream of the reservoir area is a scenic spot of Flower Fairy, a wetland park that has begun to take shape. The green hills and beautiful waters are lined with blue sky and white clouds, and every landscape falls into the eyes with a strong poetic feeling. Driving on the road around the lake in a hundred miles, the lake is sparkling and clear, there are gloomy flowers and trees on the shore, gulls and herons play in the water, and clouds surround the mountains. The beautiful West Lake Reservoir is like a pure pearl, embedded among the verdant mountains.
Jiangchengzi/Yongxihu Reservoir (New Rhyme)
The bank of Gutan is lush.
the mountains are beautiful and the clouds are light.
where did fangdao come from? Half in the blue lake.
As soon as you turn off the floodgate, the beast will shine on the gull warbler.
sixty years ago.
the sweat is fishy and the blood is red.
change the moon and move the stars, and unite as one to train the dragon.
Yesterday, the hero is getting old, and the monument stands tall, writing Danqing.
(This article refers to the Records of Rizhao City and the series of Rizhao in My Hometown by Teacher Tian Wenge-talking about ancient ponds and the information about divination ponds. It's so rude to write an article about Zhu Yu, a master who used to insult him. I'm afraid of it, so I'd like to express my gratitude. )