The history of Qinglinkou

Historically, this place was once a transportation thoroughfare, and later it gradually developed into an ancient town with developed commerce, with merchants gathering, guild halls and temples everywhere. Walking into Qinglinkou, the streets look very shabby. The old houses lined on both sides of the ancient stone road and the tall wooden buildings with exquisite carvings make the ancient town still look like it.

At the end of the new street is a stone arch bridge built in the Qing Dynasty. It was originally called "Heyi Bridge" and is now the famous Red Army Bridge. In 1935, the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army forcibly crossed the Jialing River and defeated the 28th Army and the 29th Army mobilized by the Kuomintang. The Ninth Red Army and the Red Thirty Army entered Jiangyou Qinglinkou via Jiange and established the Soviet regime here. The Red Army only lived in Qinglinkou for more than a month before being ordered to move. Among them, a female Red Army soldier named Liu was unable to move with the team due to serious injuries. She was placed in the home of a silversmith named Yang in the town. Unfortunately, she was "purged" by the Kuomintang. Team” found out. The female Red Army soldier surnamed Liu chose to die rather than give in under the severe torture of the enemy, and died heroically on the wooden pillar at the head of Heyi Bridge. In order to commemorate the female Red Army soldier, after the bridge was officially renamed, a plaque with the name "Red Army Bridge" was hung on the wind and rain building on the bridge. Today, slogans and stone carvings such as "Support the Red Army", "Resolutely Anti-imperialist and Resistance against Japan", "The Red Army is the Savior of the Poor" are still clearly visible on the bridge. The vicissitudes of the Red Army Bridge and those simple Red Army monuments are silently telling future generations That period of bloody history. The Red Army Bridge not only carries the history of Qinglinkou, but also connects the new street and the old street, giving the town a T-shaped structure. The houses on the old street are lined up along the nameless river. Compared with the new street, they appear low and shabby. When you walk in, you will find that the structure of the houses is very unique. The house that looks only four or five meters high from the outside is divided into three floors inside, and the space on each floor is spacious enough. It turns out that the foundation of the house on the river side is more than 1 meter lower than the gate, and is used for feeding pigs or stacking firewood. The main house is divided into upper and lower floors with wooden boards. People live on the upper floor, and receive guests or cook on the lower floor. The life of the family It all unfolds in this small space.

The southernmost end of the old street is the Fire Temple built in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The small temple consists of the Fire Temple, Wenchang Hall, and Jade Emperor Hall. The Taoist Jade Emperor and Fire God are enshrined inside. , Wenchangjun, there is also the Buddha Lord Sakyamuni. From the old street, walk north along a bluestone road and turn around an ancient Bodhi tree to reach Banbian Street. The so-called Banbian Street is just a row of sparse houses, but this is the earliest center of Qinglinkou. The one-kilometer-long street was deserted and deserted, with not a single person in sight. It was difficult for people to imagine the splendor of this place at that time.