The first time I heard about the ancient town of Baiyi was from a woman in white. At that time, I just graduated from college and just joined the work, and I was still unfamiliar with Pyeongchang.
Later, I learned that the ancient town of Baiyi has a history of more than two thousand years since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Jin Dynasty was "Liuzhou City", named after the green willows on both sides of the river. It was still relatively prosperous at that time. Suddenly one day, an old man appeared in the street, dressed in rags, dragging a burning wooden stick behind him, shouting: "Whoever gives me two pence, I will burn him!" " For three days, every day, but no one paid attention to him. On the third morning, I passed by the door of a frying factory owner. Luo's master took a few pence from there and said, "I'll burn, but you won't!" " . On the third day after leaving, a fire broke out in the whole city and could not be put out. When I arrived at Boss Luo's house, a white fairy fell from the sky and the fire on the sleeve was extinguished. Since then, people have molded a white Guanyin statue in the old street, formerly known as "White Temple". This burnt-out Liuzhou city, about three kilometers long, is also called "White".
White clothes are beautiful in Zhongshan. The water in white clothes is clear and sweet, refreshing and nourishing the skin. One side of the soil and water raises one side, and the girls in white are all watery. According to legend, this is a beautiful town. "The sun shines in Liuzhou City, and there are beautiful women in Liuzhou City" and "I forget my wife when I am white" are talking about this place. Every time I hear someone talking about a beautiful woman in white, the speaker is always very happy and excited, and the listener listens with infinite admiration and yearning.
"Festivals encourage cream to be passed from family to mother; Lighting, the sun, the moon and the world inspire mankind ","Mao Dian granted this deficiency from a distance; The emblem of fragrance will never fade from the Xijiang River. "The woman in white is not only beautiful, but also diligent in housekeeping, loyal and filial. The existing memorial archway of filial piety is the best praise and evidence. "Bahe river winding, a bend to the White House. "White clothes make many ink merchants and pawns linger.
Baiyi ancient town is also the birthplace of the Wu family. The ancestors Wu and Zhang Taimu moved from Jiangxi to Baiyi because of the decline of their family, and made a living by snacks and helping people wash clothes. Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Wu are famous for their kindness. A fairy named Mei passed by, and Mrs. Zhang treated her to tea and rice for a week. The fairy was very grateful and wanted to go back. She was asked to go back to her hometown in Jiangxi, put her ancestors' bones in porcelain jars, transported them to white clothes, and chose a land of geomantic omen for resettlement. It is said that lotus flowers often bloom in this land. They are colorful and illuminate the mountains with sunlight. After the descendants of Wu stood out, talents came forth in large numbers, and everyone learned something. There have been three Hanlin Jinshi and more than a dozen officials with more than seven grades, many of whom are outstanding. Jinshi Wu Dehuan was one of the founders of the Shanghai Strong Society of the "Reform Movement of 1898" and was later killed. Wu Tieqiao, the son of Wu De, was also a radical of the Reform Movement of 1898. He was invited by Chen Baozhen, the governor of Hunan Province, to go from Shanghai to Hankou, where he died at the age of 32 with a fever and no sweat, becoming one of the youngest figures of the Reformists. Wu Renyungui has made great contributions to the construction of the frontier. After Emperor Guangxu summoned him to talk loudly, he gave Huang Ma a divination and three cups of royal wine, and gave him the reputation of "taking Batulu". Emperor Guangxu asked where the Wu family lived, and how many people stepped into their official career and hometown scenery. He answered them one by one, and made four humorous sentences casually: "The small attic platform is white, the phoenix spreads its wings, and the carp board climbs up the ladder step by step." During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, the ancient town of Baiyi, Wu's hometown, was burned down, and the emperor ordered it to be rebuilt, allowing sampling to go to the palace, using the river tax of Zhou and Ba rivers for thirteen years, and raising 202,000 silver in various provinces to mobilize skilled craftsmen all over the country. It took ten years to build a large-scale construction project with extraordinary weather and built six temples and three palaces, a huge Wu palace. The majestic memorial archway of filial piety and the struggle between the stars and the stars form a unique ancient architectural complex with elegant style. Civil and military officials, celebrities gathered in Mo Bao, and the ancient town was resplendent and magnificent.
The more you know about the ancient town of Baiyi, the more you yearn for the magical land there. The beauty of white clothes and the grandeur of Wu's ancestral hall tempt my soul all the time, and finally I found the opportunity to get it in June this year.
A wooden boat was carrying me and my dreams to the ancient town, and the oars beat against the water and made a loud noise. The river wind was blowing head-on, and I stood at the bow with my head held high, my left hand drooping naturally, my right hand holding the camera tightly, my eyes focused, and I didn't want to miss any scenery.
? As the sun sets, the pebbles by the river are still warm and emitting golden light, and several couples are leaving a happy shadow in the afterglow of the sunset. On the beach, a group of urchins were naked, chasing each other and throwing sand at each other, but they couldn't get rid of them. They simply jumped into the water, jerked out of the water, wiped the water drops on their faces with one hand and continued to play. Rows of willows on the banks of the river, cicadas in the distance are calling tirelessly. Under the tree are reeds with soaring sword leaves, and reed flowers are still emerging. Suddenly, an egret flew into the sky, circled several times and stopped on a willow tree not far away.
Stepping on the green slate, I came to the entrance of the ancient town. On both sides are houses washed away by a 9.8-magnitude flood. The soil on the wall has fallen off, revealing the bamboo ridge inside. Firewood and rape stalks were piled under the house, and a hen was looking for them in the soil with a group of chickens. After walking 50 meters, I came to a corner, and several official script characters in Baiyi ancient town stood out, next to a tall stone mast, which was the former site of Lingguan Pavilion. The stage in front of me was also destroyed in the Wenchuan earthquake. Think of the audience full of people, cheers, strings swaying around the beam, sleeves flying. Now I am devastated, things have changed, and my heart is quite difficult to calm down. On the left is a canteen. An old man set up a bench and shook the cattail leaf fan leisurely. On the right is a low old house. Several grandmothers are chatting and sewing. Opposite Lingguan Pavilion is Ziyun Palace, now Baiyi Temple. There is a long couplet of official script on the stone pillar, with fair and dignified brushwork and moderate relaxation.
? Enter the center of the ancient town through an alley full of murals. On the left are Dacheng Hall and Wenchang Palace archway. Behind Wenchang Palace archway is Kuixingge, which is now Baiyi Primary School. Standing at the gate of the primary school, the huge "Kui" on the opposite mountain comes into view, which is one of the legendary "Kui Xing Dian Dou". During the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, after the white robe was burned, the emperor allowed the construction of Kuixing Pavilion and printing room because the Wu family had the best writing style. Under the guidance of experts and careful design, on the Yuntai Mountain across the river, Wu paved the ground with one load and two buckets (about 1000 Jin) of rice, and wrote a huge word "Kui", which was engraved on the cliff boulder, and matched with the Kuixing Building and the printing room, forming a unique wonderful landscape of "Kui Xing Dian Dou" and prospering the powerful Wu. The most amazing thing is that whenever the sun rises from Ran Ran in Longxiang Mountain, thousands of golden lights illuminate the top of Ziyun Palace and project on the glazed tiles of Kuixing Pavilion. Suddenly, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, colorful, hand in hand, interwoven into a gorgeous glow, and then reflected on the opposite cliff on the word "Kui", shine brilliantly, and finally projected on the river, forming a huge beam, soaring into the sky, so the whole ancient town was shrouded in auspicious light.
An open space at the school gate has been used as a basketball court, with white walls on the left and scarlet walls on the left. Although the color of the wall is mottled, the style is still the same. The wall is patchy and the eaves are towering until the sky. Back to the street, less than 50 meters ahead, you will see a delicate archway. There is the word "filial piety" in the middle of the book, and there are hollowed-out carvings below. Animals, flowers, birds and insects are lifelike, lifelike. Below the sculpture is a narrative of the characters' deeds. There is a couplet on each side. Below the couplet are four stone lions, with eight before and after. Lions on both sides are deeply out of the mud wall.
Residents pass under the arch from time to time. A man is carrying a backpack, a shovel on his shoulder and an old cow in his right hand. A girl is wearing a white skirt and pushing a red bicycle, and the ponytail behind her head is floating in the alley; Two cats are lying under the bench, one motionless and the other stretched; A white-haired old man came with a child, and the little boy looked at the camera in my hand curiously. It's dark, and there are dim lights on both sides. A man was eating naked under the eaves, his youngest son was playing with a motorcycle, his eldest daughter was walking on stilts on waste bricks, and a woman came out with a bowl. She scolded two children for going to dinner, and a rhubarb dog was around the house.
Everything was so quiet and serene that I suddenly felt a little flustered. It happened that my friend called to meet me at the entrance of the town, so I flew back the same way. I feel a little down-to-earth after meeting my friends. I thought I knew the ancient town of Baiyi very well, but I found myself a lonely stranger.
My friend's car is parked on the road behind the ancient town. As we walked along the path, we saw a huge chestnut tree covering the sun and revealing a huge ancient well under it. It turns out that this is the "ancient well Longquan". According to legend, an imperial envoy who knew the folk customs came in white. When he saw the beautiful scenery surrounded by mountains and rivers, the river was crystal clear, like a quiet and gentle lady. The river winds are Xu Lai, the blue waves are rippling, the beaches are lush and inaccessible, and a group of white cranes are flying, swimming or perching, which is extremely comfortable. Such a kind of natural beauty among the empty clouds makes people feel at home in the world. In Linger's room, I saw two old people catching dragonflies and playing on the grassy beach. I don't know why they quarrel. An old man muttered, "If you bully me, I will sue you and let grandpa beat you." An imperial envoy was surprised. I thought to myself, these two are at this age. How old should Grandpa be? I want to ask the truth. When I came to the palace with two old people, I saw an old man in the hall with a white beard and a handsome face. The heaven was like a pot, much like an Antarctic fairy. An imperial envoy wanted to solve the mystery of longevity, making unannounced visits and paying attention everywhere. One morning, an imperial envoy came to Longquan well for a walk. Occasionally, he saw two chubby children playing by the well and having a good time. Suddenly, he saw someone peeping and plopped into the well. The imperial envoy was taken aback and wanted to come forward to help, but he was silent. Just when I was surprised, I suddenly found two huge Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Squeezed out from the gap in the shaft wall, their vines wound around the old cotinus coggygria tree by the well and staggered. Between the green leaves of the vine, there are small yellow flowers, bees and butterflies are buzzing and dancing on them, and occasionally a wisp of morning wind, the stamens fall into the well one after another, emitting bursts of fragrance. Suddenly wake up, alas, so that's it. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Has the effects of beauty beauty, strengthening body constitution and prolonging life. It can be refined on Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. For a century or two. So he told the local authorities to build a delicious restaurant here. For a time, business travel was like a cloud. I smelled good, so I dismounted and went ashore. I'm glad to ask for sales.
After the friend finished the story, he said boldly, "Come on, let's go to the fragrant restaurant tonight and try some white fish." . At that time, Xiang winery had already developed and grown, and now it has become a small corner winery, which enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. White fish is also a special food in white clothes. Anyone who removes white clothes does not eat white fish. White fish soup is milky white in color, fresh, tender, smooth and not fishy, and rich in nutrition. Boiled fish, spicy and catchy, spicy; Steamed fish is reddish and moist in color, rich in aroma, tender and sour; Fried fish, crisp and tender, spicy and refreshing.
Go to Luojiaba, Ma Pingchuan, thousands of miles away, where frogs croak, crickets croak and loofah vines are tightly tied with corn stalks, and the corn cobs are thick and long. Loud music and neon flashing from the bridge, a group of residents are happily dancing fitness dance. I seem to have made a crossing from Baiyi Ancient Town to Baiyi New Street.
Lying quietly in the hotel bed at night, I can't sleep for a long time. Is this the ancient town of Baiyi that I expected? Perhaps this is the real ancient town in white! Finally, I fell asleep. In the dream, the bells of Xiaoge Temple rang at the beginning, followed by the bells of Longxiang Temple, Ziyun Palace and Guangfu Temple. At that time, Qianshan echoed, and Jiang Tao patted the shore; Opened the window, Kannonji lights flashing, a bright moon rose slowly from the courtyard.