What about the ancient city of Malinqiao?

Maqiao ancient city is an ancient town with a long history. There are too many historical times and allusions here, leaving unlimited imagination and imagination space for future generations. This is a good place for sightseeing. I would like to share a detailed introduction with you.

Malinqiao Town, dongxiang county, Changsha City, is located in the northeast of Changsha City, about 5 kilometers away from the urban area. From the national map, it is difficult to find this place. Only the provincial map has its location.

The relationship between Qiao Lin and Changsha

Although it is not too long, Maqiao is the center of Malin River. In ancient times, merchants gathered and radiated the surrounding villages and towns. Known as "Little Changsha".

The town is surrounded by water on three sides, with only two or three square kilometers around. Horses and rivers flow from the east of the town. Four streams flow from west to east into Mahe, then westward to yangsi Temple (namely Guoyuan Township, Changsha County) which is more than 3 miles away from the county seat, then into Liuyang River and finally into Xiangjiang River. Around the town, an earth wall was built along the river, and the river bank was fenced with a tail bamboo. There are many kinds of trees along the river, including Robinia pseudoacacia, mulberry, camphor tree, camellia oleifera, melia azedarach and so on. Looking from a distance, it is lush all around.

Maqiao was originally called "Man Zi Bridge"

Maqiao Old Shadow Source/Chen Xianshu

Maqiao was called a town in ancient times, with seven bridges, eight bridges, two temples, one bay and one villa. The first town is Malin Ancient Town; Seven bridges, namely Malin Bridge, Zhuhua Bridge, Qian Miao Bridge, Babeiqiao Street, Xijiekou Double Bridge and Backstreet Arch Bridge; The eighth section refers to the Yu, Lu and Shuikou section, the section, the connection section and the section; One Bay and One Villa is Yu Xia Villa in Dawuwan, and there are two temples: Baima Temple and Sugong Temple.

Malin Bridge has a long history. Jiaqing's Changsha County Records was named "Malin Bridge, 8 miles northeast of the city" in. Yun: Marin Bridge, which has been in disrepair for a long time, is extremely inconvenient. It is said that a Hercules carried a stone and put it on a bridge called Man Zi Bridge. Later, it was nicknamed Marin Bridge.

Malin Bridge is located in the foothills of Zhu Ying in the northeast of Hunan. Since ancient times, it has been said that Zhu Ying stands on the banks of the Xiangjiang River, with a vast expanse of smoke and waves in the 8-mile Dongting in the south, independent of the Yuelu Mountain peaks. Malin Bridge was born in the east of Baishi Mountain in the middle section of Changyue Ancient Road, with Liuyang River upstream, the two banks where four tributaries meet, and the fertile soil between flowing streams. Since the development of Huguang by Zhang Zhidong in Qing Dynasty, the agriculture here has been developed, with increasingly rich products and developed trade.

according to historical research, most of the villagers here migrated from the north and Jiangxi during the Ming and Qing dynasties. There is little difference between Maqiao dialect and Changsha dialect. The only difference is the difference between two words: one is the negative word "no", which means "um" in Malin dialect, and the other is the structural auxiliary word "de", which means "burp" in Malin dialect. It means that if you ask Malin people where they come from, they will definitely say "I am a horse". Therefore, the characteristic of Malin dialect is to express between affirmation and negation. If you master "Hiccup" and "Hiccup", you will master the dialect slang of Malinqiao.

The only place for the older generation to go to town

Photo courtesy of Malinqiao today

It is only seven or eight kilometers east of Changliu and Changping Highway, and only over 1 kilometers north of Yueyang City, an important town in northern Hunan. It is the hub of Changyue Ancient Road and the only way from Changsha to Yueyang.

In the 193s and 194s, the road had not been completed, so we could only walk from here to Changsha. When people of the older generation enter the city (Changsha), they always go west from Malinqiao, pass through Qingshanpu and Tangtian Temple, go up Changyue Ancient Road (now National Highway 17), and then go south through Kuzhu 'ao, Ansha and Shuidu River to Hongshan Temple. After crossing Heishidu River, take Deya Village, Simaochong and Yanwachi to enter Changsha. It usually takes a day to get to this city.

In p>1944, our family moved from Malinqiao to Changsha.

There are beautiful mountains and rivers, lush bamboos, fragrant flowers in Lin Jing, criss-crossing river networks, and thousands of layers of rice, which have the natural conditions of drought and flood to ensure the harvest. This is a land of fish and rice in eastern Hunan. In 1968, the educated youth went to the countryside to Malinqiao area, where the salary of each labor force could reach about one yuan, which was not much better than the salary of a few cents a day in those remote areas.

Since the reform and opening-up, several long-distance passenger buses and minibuses have traveled between Xingsha Town and Changsha City every day. Now there are buses in Changsha county, which shuttle back and forth and the traffic is very convenient.

"Little Changsha in the East of Hunan" Malinqiao Ancient Town

The old shadow source of Maqiao Old Street/Chen Xianshu

Malinqiao Ancient Town in the 195s was based on the southern food and pastry processing workshops of Hengtai, Zheng Tai and Gantai. There are dozens of shops and profit-making shops (that is, private banks) in the old street, such as Li Hongzhang Stationery, Ye Hengxing Tofu Shop, Tuxinfu Socks Factory, Yuanyuan Restaurant, various department stores, clothing stores, grocery stores and dyeing shops. Its southern food and non-staple food are the most famous, including marin floret potato chips and marin tofu. Marin floret chips are thin, crisp and fragrant, and tofu is delicate and tender, with original bean flavor.

for decades, every time I went back to my hometown to worship my ancestors and return to the city, I always forgot to bring these two specialties. However, these two majors have disappeared in recent years. When I asked the residents in the town, I found that the profit was too low to make money. Employees change careers and go to the provincial capital to work, earning two or three hundred yuan a day. The wave of commodity economy always destroys traditional industries.

Two specialties in Magu Town: small flower slices and Malin tofu.

There is Su Gong Temple in the west of the town, and Chen Ancestral Hall in the town, which is the great ancestral hall of our Chen family. Zhenxitou Street is a Catholic church and the product of imperialist cultural aggression. Not anymore.

Photo courtesy of Gong Li Temple rebuilt in recent years

At the Dongtouhekou of this town, there is a school called "Rixin Primary School". Across the river from Gong Li Temple, the school building is a square courtyard with Cao Ping in the middle. Trees are planted around the school building, which is lush all year round. The Marin River passes through both sides of the school.

Rixin Primary School is a well-known primary school run by Dongxiang, Changsha County. At that time, the school had a strong faculty, and the principal was Yang Zijing, the director of Hunan Education Department and a famous educator. The school was founded in the early years of the Republic of China and merged into Guangfu 'an Central Primary School after liberation.

The prosperity of Magu Town in the past made it a famous town in eastern Hunan, so it is called "Little Changsha in eastern Hunan". Temple fairs are held in Spring and Autumn every year here, which is also the most active period of farmers' market. Every temple fair lasts for ten and a half months from the beginning to the end, and there are tens of thousands of people coming from all directions to attend the temple fair every year.

The ancient town Malin Bridge has another topographical feature. It is surrounded by farmland except that it is surrounded by water on three sides. According to the older generation, the ancient town is located in the middle of the levee, surrounded by thousands of acres of Dalong, and the fields are stable and high-yield farmland with drought and flood. Before liberation, all the fields in Dalong were owned by Zhu Cehuang and the Liang family.

Ma Hot Springs Create a "Longevity Village"

Ma Hot Springs Source/Chen Xianshu

A hot spring gurgled out of the ground dozens of meters north of the ancient town. It is said that this hot spring was discovered in the late Qing Dynasty, because there was a landslide near Malinqiao, which was steaming and bubbling. Every winter, the surrounding heat wave blows and the fog rolls.

The unexpected discovery of hot springs delighted the local people, and soaking their feet with it gradually became a kind of enjoyment for the local people. Over time, it has become an enviable "longevity village", and few people suffer from diseases such as skin diseases, stones and cancer.

in p>24, the year of compiling the gazetteer of Changsha County, Hunan Province: Malin Hot Spring is located in Malinqiao Township, Changsha County. There are three hot springs, and bubbles overflow endlessly, which can be smelled

At present, Marin Hot Spring has become a tourist attraction. The local government has planned the hot springs and regarded this resource as an important project to attract investment, trying to build another tourist and leisure resort in Changsha County.

one of the origins of the great revolution.

in the 192s and 193s, Maqiao area was once one of the cradles of autumn harvest riots and Pingjiang uprisings in eastern Hunan during the Great Revolution. That's where the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary struggles are most intense. This is the District 9 Farmers' Association in Changsha County, led by China's * * * production party. It is the main activity place of the township Soviet government, and a number of Sanxiang heroes have emerged.

Chen, former director of the Central Logistics Department and president of the Academy of Social Sciences, Liu Keguang and Li Yong, secretaries of the nine districts of Changsha County, and Fu Guangxiang in the history of Hunan Labor Movement, all engaged in revolutionary activities here.

After the failure of the Great Revolution, Liu Keguang was arrested and died heroically on the sandbar under the bamboo slip bridge of Malin River. The old people here still remember the revolutionary struggle in full swing during the Great Revolution, and shed tears for the heroic sacrifice of Comrade Liu Keguang, secretary of the district party committee.

among these heroes of sanxiang, Li Yong, vice chairman of xiangdong township Soviet area, and fu guangxiang, chairman of Changsha dyeing and weaving trade union, are the most familiar revolutionary ancestors in our family.

Li Yong, the ancestor of Maqiao Revolution

Teacher Li Yong, whose original name was Li, was born around 1893, ranking third in the family. The locals call him Master Zhao Fan. Teacher Li Yong was a first-hand artist when he was young, and he studied tailoring skills. Locals also call him Li San tailor. The relationship between our family and teacher Li Yong's family is not only a neighbor relationship, but also a tenancy relationship.

Teacher Li Yong's home is on a hillside about one kilometer north of Malin Ancient Town, called Changpo. The descendants of the Li family have lived here for generations. His ancestors were relatively wealthy families in the late Qing Dynasty, and the whole ten acres of paddy fields on the long slope and the mountains behind the house belonged to the Li family.

Teacher Li Yong, a revolutionary martyr, was born and lived in Changpo, Malinqiao. Photo courtesy of the author

From the Li family to Teacher Li Yong's generation, due to years of warlord melee, the situation was turbulent, the people lived in poverty, and the family began to decline.

Mr. Li Yong's family has two properties, which are only 1 meters apart. This one in the west is relatively large, divided into two floors, and there are more than a dozen houses where two brothers Li Yong live. The property in the east is relatively small, with a seven-bedroom structure. It is the tomb house of the Li family, that is, the house where rich people in the old society hired long-term workers to take care of the farm work on the hills behind the house and the ancestral graves, and the houses where long-term workers lived. My mother's house is rented in the tomb of Teacher Li Yong.

in the 192s and 193s, the workers' and peasants' movements surged. Teacher Li Yong bravely joined the revolutionary movement, and was elected as the vice chairman of the township Soviet (at that time, the chairman was Liu Keguang) and the secretary general of the Changsha County Farmers Association. After the failure of the Great Revolution, Liu Keguang was arrested and sacrificed, and teacher Li Yong was wanted. He secretly went to Jinggangshan on the Hunan-Guizhou border to look for Mao Zedong's revolutionary team.

The night before Mr. Li Yong left, he stayed at my mother's house to avoid the enemy's pursuit. Before dawn, my grandmother sent him to the back mountain road behind the house. At that time, I left a big piece of red cloth and many propaganda slogans at my mother's house.

Since then, Teacher Li Yong has never been back to his hometown of Malingqiao Changpo. He changed his name from Li to Li Yong. During the Long March of the Red Army, Teacher Li Yong served as the battalion commander. It is said that he later sacrificed his life in the Long March and dedicated his life to the liberation of the people of China.

After liberation, Li Yong's widow Li Sanyi and her sons Li Zhengmin and Li Zhimin were both martyrs' families. Up to now, there is still a list and brief introduction of Teacher Li Yong in the Martyrs Memorial Tower of Hunan Martyrs Park.

Fu Guangxiang River

The land is divided into upper house and lower house. The upper house is called Yu Jia's new residence, alias Xiashan Villa, and the lower house is called Broom Temple, commonly known as Temple Bend. From the meaning of a single name, the broom temple can be regarded as the working class. Up and down more than 1 houses, together. It is a famous big house in this area, but there are many vacant rooms all the year round. This house is close to the ancient town of Malin, and shopping is very convenient.

Fu Guangxiang, a history teacher of labor movement in Hunan, was born and lived. Photo courtesy of the author of More than One New House.

During the period of warlord rule, Yu Jia's new house was the only place to travel from south to north. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, it was the barracks of a battalion of the Kuomintang Leiyang Army, and it was also one of the main battlefields of the Sino-Japanese war in northern Hunan.

the house faces east and west, facing the mountains and rivers. Not far from the front door, there is a stream gurgling from west to east. There are lush trees on the mountain behind the house, mostly maple and camphor trees, surrounded by bamboo forests. In autumn, at first glance, the maple leaf forest is dyed. The sun sets, and the afterglow of the setting sun sets off the sky of the villa. Smoke billows from the roof, birds return to their nests, and birds sing at night, presenting a unique mountain style, hence the name "Yuxia Mountain Villa".

Maqiao's Anti-Japanese War years

Photo courtesy of Zhu Yingshan

Qiao Lin has always been a strategic place, close to Changyue Ancient Road and backed by Zhu Ying in Changsha County, which is a battleground for military strategists. The four battles in Changsha lasted from 1939 to 1944. In the past six years, the Japanese attack route has always been the second line of defense from Xinqiang River in Yueyang to Qingshanpu, Malinqiao and Jinjing, and then the third line of defense from here to Laodao River and Dongtundu in Changsha. Therefore, for six years, almost all the villagers in Malinqiao lived in panic and misery.

As a strategic location in depth, on the day when the war started, Japanese devils from the south swept the village of Malinqiao several times, burning, killing, looting and raping women, leaving bitter memories and deep hatred for their hometown folks. An uncle in my hometown was in his twenties. After entering the village, the Japanese arrested him as a porter. After arriving at their destination, they gathered all the arrested young and middle-aged husbands in a village room and shot them all with machine guns.

my grandfather died in the 194s. According to my grandmother's memory, my grandfather died in the "marching soldiers" period of the third Changsha Battle. My grandfather's funeral was finished, the tomb of the cemetery was just erected, and the scout devils entered the village. Those who helped quickly evacuated and hid in the nearby mountains. A family in a neighboring village is also holding a funeral. After the devils entered the village, they quickly hid in the mountains. The Japanese opened the coffin of the deceased, pulled it out and turned it upside down.

The vicious Japanese devils killed lives in Malinqiao area, and even the dead were restless. I'm afraid this memory will not be forgotten for generations. According to the Records of Changsha City, 145,239 civilians were killed or injured by the Japanese army in Changsha County during the Anti-Japanese War, including https://.

In view of the brutality of the Japanese invaders, the people in Malinqiao area rose up under the leadership of the Party and fought bravely against the enemy. In four Changsha battles, the fifteen-year-old boy of Malinqiao lurked in the bushes leading to Zhong Min during the day, and killed three Japanese soldiers at night, and captured one of them. A group of Japanese cavalry fled across the river from Mopanzhou, Malinqiao. They were ambushed by local farmers and killed by hoes and sticks.

On the front line, Zhuying Mountain in Changsha County, less than 1 kilometers away from Malin Ancient Town, left many historical sites of Changsha Battle, including battle fortifications, wartime command posts, tombs of fallen soldiers and so on. Yingzhu Mountain, Changsha County, connects Qingshan Pu and Malinqiao in the south, Jinjing and Gao Qiao in the east, Miluo Renbish in the west and Kaihui in the north, covering an area of 27 square kilometers. It is not only a place where Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism coexist, but also a place where national heroes resist aggression, and it is also a mountain of heroes.

during the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Changsha soldiers and civilians stopped the invading enemy in Zhuying Mountain, killed the Japanese invaders and abandoned their armour in Zhuying Mountain. In January, 1942, the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army, which participated in the Nanjing Massacre, retreated from Changsha to the north. China soldiers and civilians defended Zhu Ying Yamada Aiguan, and the Japanese army dispatched the elite soldiers of the Ninth Huncheng Brigade to form Yamazaki Brigade to attack Zhu Yingshan's command post.

in the early morning of January 9th, the fighting started. After hand-to-hand combat from 4 am to 11 am, China army wiped out the death squads in Yaozipo, Zhu Ying with tenacious fighting spirit. At the end of the battle, 48 sacrificed anti-Japanese soldiers were carried to the top of Zhu Ying for burial, and a tombstone of "Tomb of Soldiers Killed in the Battle of Fu Lin, North Hunan, 195 Army Division" was built. The inscription on the tablet reads: the soul of the hero has blocked Changsha, and the enemy has never left a piece of armor. Such heroism shows the indomitable spirit of a nation that is not afraid of sacrifice.

Photo courtesy of the author of the tomb of the fallen soldiers in Zhu Ying

Teacher Yu Hezhen, an old man from Maqiao Changpo, climbed to the foot of Zhu Ying Mountain to visit the old battlefield where the Japanese invaders fought, and he was deeply moved. He wrote a four-character poem with deep affection: "The majestic shadow beads are famous throughout the ages, with strange peaks and strange valleys. Wushou Mountain, which stands in Fu Lin, is magnificent and stands in the east of Hunan. 194