Qingcheng: Why are you a living thousand-year-old city?

Thousands of years, a long time. The ancient city has a vicissitudes of history, and every plant and thing must have a profound and distant past.

I know Qingcheng and have been there several times. Qingcheng is a small town hidden deep in the remote Loess Plateau. It is not prosperous and even a little lonely, far behind the dust of first-tier cities. But it is true that Qingcheng is a living ancient city that has lasted for thousands of years. This has always been said. Outside the south gate of Qingcheng, these words were written clearly.

In 2017, the "CCTV Discovery Journey" Beautiful China Tour filmed a feature film in Qingcheng. The title read eye-catchingly: Qingcheng, a living thousand-year-old ancient city, more accurately affirms the thousand-year-old ancient city. Name.

I just have a question? Qingcheng, how can you live up to the reputation of this thousand-year-old city?

According to the history of the ancient city, search for it in the streets and alleys of Qingcheng, the ancient Tianjie roads, and the folk customs and daily sentiments.

Qingcheng: The wind and rain have changed, the mountains and rivers have changed, the inheritance of humanities has never been broken, and the people of Qingcheng have never left the ancient land

Huanjiang and Rouyuan rivers closely surround the Loess Qingcheng, which is located on a high platform, has two rivers and one city that have been dependent on each other for thousands of years. The rivers merged into the Malian River, and the city and Qing have been together for thousands of years. This loess highland has been here for thousands of years. For thousands of years, no matter how much history has faded away, the descendants of this highland have always continued uninterrupted for thousands of years. No matter the wind, rain, mountains and rivers have changed in these thousands of years, the people of Qingcheng have never left the ancient land, and their bloodline has continued for thousands of years. The cultural origin of the entire Longdong region is in Qingcheng.

Qingcheng: The fire of farming has been ignited for thousands of years.

China’s farming civilization originated here, like a spark igniting across the vast land. This is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation’s farming civilization, and it should be one of the most important. This is the birthplace of the Zhou Dynasty. Hou Ji, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, was an agricultural official during the Huangdi period. Official is of course the current title. He was mainly responsible for agricultural affairs. The son inherited his father's legacy, and Hou Ji taught his son Bucheng all his good skills. Later, in the Xia Dynasty, the monarch Taikang (Yu of Yao, Shun, and Yu, his grandson). Taikang must be the third generation official. However, when Taikang saw that he could live such a good life without any hard work, he wanted wine and wine, meat and meat, scolded anyone he wanted, and acted like a beautiful woman when he wanted to, he became even more excited. happy. Bu Cheng couldn't see it, and he cursed in his heart that I would no longer serve him, so he ran thousands of miles from Luoyang, Henan, to today's Qingcheng. Bu Cheng calmed down here, took a look at the feng shui, and felt that this place was good. So this place became the base of the Zhou Dynasty, which has the same meaning as Jinggangshan. Bucheng expanded the territory here, taught the people how to farm, live in caves, and thrive, laying the foundation of the Zhou Dynasty. He made it big, and his grandson became even more powerful later, including the famous Gong Liu, King Wen of Zhou, and King Wu of Zhou. As for how awesome he was, there were so many deeds, I didn’t remember much.

After gossiping, let’s get down to business. The splendid farming culture spread from here to the Guanzhong Plain of Shaanxi. The ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty expanded their territory from here, and finally settled in the Qishan area today. Later, they left Qishan in the west and destroyed Xia.

Qingcheng: The indissoluble bond of traditional Chinese medicine and its protection for thousands of years.

According to legend, how did it come about? Word of mouth, inscriptions on monuments, and temples built to commemorate the events are roughly the following methods. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor asked Qi Bo 1,080 questions for three days and three nights, which resulted in the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic. Traditional Chinese medicine is also known as the art of Qihuang among the people. Later generations honored Qi Bo as "the ancestor of Chinese traditional medicine" and "the sage of medicine".

According to legend, it continues to be said that the place where the Yellow Emperor and Qi Bo answered questions was in Qingcheng. It is also recorded in history that Qi Bo was from this area of ??Qingcheng. Qi Bo Temple was also built in Qingcheng County. There is also a thought record on Zhou Zu's mausoleum. But where is Qi Bo from? It is also controversial. Qishan in Shaanxi said that Qibo was there to hang a pot to help the world.

There has always been a legend about Qibo among the people in Qingcheng. As for where Qibo is from, it is not important anymore. What is important is that questions about traditional Chinese medicine and 1080 are spread here, and the mountains and rivers here are all here. It is engraved here that Chinese medicine and this city once had an indissoluble bond, and thousands of years have passed by. The clear spring of traditional Chinese medicine has been nourishing for thousands of years.

Qingcheng: The story of a historical site, a Zhou ancestral mausoleum that has been with us for thousands of years, and is still majestic after thousands of years of wind and frost

After Buxi’s death, his son Ju Tao buried Buxi with Qingcheng On Dongshan Mountain, later generations built the Mausoleum of Zhou Zu. Although it is located deep in the Loess Plateau and in the little-known Qingcheng City, this mausoleum is known as the first mausoleum of Zhou Zu in China. For thousands of years, Zhou Zuling and Qingcheng, located on Dongshan Mountain, have been dependent on each other and have never left. In the southeast of Qingcheng County, there is Echi Cave, which was not built back then. Time has washed away the calligraphy and written descriptions engraved in Echi Cave, but the memory remains for thousands of years.

Qingcheng: Looking back on the Qingming Festival, there is still a trace of smoke.

Regarding the origin of Qingming Festival, no definite evidence can be found. It is recorded in the Mausoleum of the Zhou Ancestors that the descendants of Bucheng have migrated to Qishan, Shaanxi. Today, the fifth day of the third lunar month is chosen to pay homage to their ancestors Bulu, make pottery, and pray for good harvests. This is the source of the formation of "Li of Zhou". It is also the inheritance and origin of the later Qingming Festival. According to legend, the Qing Festival led the tribe to hold a worship ceremony with great momentum from today onwards in Qishan, Shaanxi Province. Who would have thought that Qingming Festival would be inextricably linked to this city.

However, the glory of history and culture for thousands of years has not illuminated and illuminated the ancient city of today. It is a Gyeongju city and half of it is filled with oil people. Gingcheng should not be immersed in the historical past. If it is immersed for too long, it will become of dust.

The Huanjiang River and Rouyuan River met in Qingcheng and turned into the Malian River. The city became silent and turned into an unknown city that has long bid farewell to its past. History has not been extra kind to Qingcheng for thousands of years. Today, Qingcheng is in some decline. Without half of the oil people in the city, Qingcheng may not be able to celebrate, and it will be deserted and lonely.

The loudspeakers on the bustling streets of Qingcheng screamed at the top of their lungs. I had severe bleeding due to kidney transplantation. I left and stopped working. Everything was discounted. The original 500 or 5,000 yuan was gone. 10 yuan. I haven't seen such a scene for a long time, so I decided to take some time to join in the fun and feel the atmosphere of miserable merchants and happy customers. But the large store was almost empty, and the promotional horns were still blaring, but there were very few customers, and there was no lively buying scene, so the sound of the horns became increasingly pale and feeble. Slogans saying "Farewell to Qingcheng" and "Bye to Qingcheng" were hung in several places. Such slogans have appeared in countless cities, but in Qingcheng, they seem so abrupt.

Why should we pay so much attention to Qingcheng? Because we have deeply encountered this land, been here, seen it, and been touched by it.

Qingcheng County took off the name Qingyang, and Qingyang left and became Qingyang City, leaving Qingcheng struggling, but the figure seemed a little less powerful and was far away. Left behind, but he is not alone, does not give up, chases and struggles. Not every flower is a peony, a beautiful and fragrant flower. A small flower with a delicate fragrance is also a gorgeous color in the brilliant spring.

Don’t look at it from the perspective of a big city. The idle pedestrians on the streets are just as if they are still chasing the ancient customs of the past. The crowds and bustle of the small streets are the hot, lively atmosphere, and the tall, brightly lit shopping malls are there. This is a place where you can get close to the land and smell the fragrance of the land.

2019-03-15