Previously, I passed Shiyan. Weir, dam also. If you look down from the air, what kind of scenery should the "ten weirs and dams" be? The last time I passed Shiyan, the lacquered car passed leisurely through the sunny old city of Shiyan, feeling like a painting written by Monet. So, does it have the flavor of a mountain city? Since last year, my impression is really vague.



When a stranger comes to a strange place by car, by boat, on foot, by mountain or by water, you will think, oh, this is about some scenes that many ancestors and sages have experienced. When you see the first person in a foreign land, you will naturally stop and ask him where there are hotels and B & B. If the other party is kind and welcoming, you will then ask, what kind of customs do you have here?



This time it was people in Liupi. Liu PI, Liu Fu slope also. Its territory connects Yunyang in the East, Wufeng in the west, Han River in the north and Shiyan in the south. At present, it is early summer. Watching the misty mountains and overlooking the Han River winding from the sky, my heart said, this is clearly poetry.



Because you are old, people will call you "teacher". In fact, this is not polite, it is just a kind of gentle local folk custom. Villagers will ask, where are you from? What was the scene there? Speaking of it, this must be the arrangement of heaven. In all dynasties, no matter where you go or which village you go to, there will be such a person. He is a man of culture and a natural narrator of "small history". He will take the initiative to accompany you. In fact, before you entered their village, he heard your footsteps from a distance and knew that you were coming. It seemed that he was also waiting for this day. When you meet each other, the way he regards you as an elder and a wise man makes you unnatural. He even knows that you must ask, where does the current Han River flow here and where will it flow from here? He will also tell you that the mountain across the river is full of oranges, pines, tung trees, willows, gingko and plum. It is said that Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought here for dozens of miles when they competed for hegemony. He said that when I was a baby, I could find arrow clusters, daggers and pottery pots everywhere on the mountain. The naughty child kicked the big pottery pot to pieces with one kick. I asked hungrily, "is there any more now?"? He said, it's long gone. Do you see the raised earth bag on the top of the mountain? That is the tomb of Han Xin's mother. He also stressed that he was not the one who "Xiao he chased Han Xin under the moon". He was the last king of South Korea. I said, it's very ancient. He said, really. In ancient times, there were two walls on the mountain. There were bricks made by the king of Han Dynasty and Qin Dynasty everywhere



Yes, the historical story of a village unfolds naturally. His narration is so intoxicating and emotional. This simple narrator is not a pedantic scholar, let alone a specialist in the study of history. He is an ordinary villager. He likes collecting and telling. This is precisely the biggest weakness of many historians who call themselves high ancient.



He said that it was the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May every year. People in the village hold sacrificial activities as usual. I asked, what was the situation? He said, it's from my ancestors. It's too vague. The sacrifice began one night. We will serve pig heads, bacon, zongzi, and so on. I said, so it's a sacrifice to Quyuan. He said, yes, yes, you know, Qu Yuan once lived here. Seeing my confused appearance, he said, Qu Yuan was self exile. It is recorded that he came to us. Can't you think of it? Quyuan's Poems "Fisherman", "Ode to orange" and "Guan Ju" were written here. I smiled generously. He was so clever that he immediately said that you are a literate, and you must know the first chapter of the bookofsongs, "Guan Guan Ju Jiu, on the island of the river", so the question came out. This is clearly the Han River. Where is the river? However, people here have called the "Han River" the "Han River" for generations. The "River" in "Guanju" refers to the "Han River". He explained that a few years ago, an archaeologist came here. He told me this. The first poem in the bookofsongs is written here.



If you open the chatterbox, you can't stop it. He said that Quyuan heard that the king of Chu was dead here and rushed back immediately. He came back to us after the funeral. On the way back, the great poet who "pondered deeply and held high" and did not want to "go with the world" wrote the famous poem "summoning souls". Although I am not qualified to confirm it, I cannot refute this honest and simple statement out of thin air. So, I changed my words and asked, what was the scene of the sacrifice in the village? Is it by the Han River? Will everyone in the village come? He said, yes, our sacrifices here are completely folk. Every year, we have to turn the earth one by one. This year is your family, and next year is his family. As long as this man is 16 years old, he will be in line. In the evening, there will be a bonfire, and there will be a banquet next to the bonfire. I said, what about the dragon boat race? He said, of course, it's going to race, but it's the next day.



Then, pointing to the huge artificial "Lake" in front of him, he said that previously, this was all crop land. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project has flooded here. Now, what Beijingers drink is our water. Teacher, this is the purest water in the world. I asked, how are those villagers who moved out of here now? He said, hometown is hard to leave. But this is ecological migration and a good thing to accumulate virtue and benefit. Besides, it was not far away, so new houses were built on the highlands. They were all moved by the whole village, and the old neighbors in the past lived together, not separated. I asked, are the villagers really satisfied? He said, as the old saying goes, this worldly thing is reasonable only when it is reasonable. Reasonable comes first, reasonable comes later. is it? Besides, water flows to the lower place, and people go to the higher place. satisfied. Teacher, in the past, people used to say, "who doesn't say my hometown is good", "beautiful, hometown water, kiss or not, hometown people", but they still didn't say to their bones, "who doesn't want our hometown to be good?".



After that, he pointed to the river and said that in ancient times, there were five stone gates on the stone cliff of the Han River, which was the so-called "five gates lock the river", and it was a defensive fortification. Now, all the big stone doors have been opened. Isn't there a saying, "generally, there is no pain, and pain is impassable".



"It's sunny and windless when the sky enters Pinghu, and the evening sails and geese are floating in the air." I said with emotion, beautiful scenery. (Acheng)