Scenery prose: the ancient rhyme of Xiangyang

A long time ago, I wanted to write something about the ancient city of Xiangyang, but I was afraid to start writing. For this ancient city, although I live or stay here as a guest, I am just a passer-by, and I have never settled down to observe and appreciate her carefully.

In September, autumn is crisp. I started my trip to Xiangyang ancient city with rare passion. In those early mornings and evenings, I wandered around the streets of Xiangyang, the ancient city with my bag in my hand, and made some strange noises from time to time, which was almost mistaken for mental illness. I devoted myself to her scenery and enjoyed her beautiful scenery. I wandered in this 2800-year-long river, hoping to appreciate all her characteristics and cultural details, and to interpret the ancient battlefield literati who once competed for seclusion, and finally left a deep and shallow impression in my mind.

Xiangyang ancient city? Take scenery from outside and win humanity from inside? After dynasties change, prosperity evolution and vicissitudes, it is like a long Hanshui River, which has accumulated a long history and splendid culture. In order to witness the glory of Xiangyang ancient city, there are green shadow walls, Zhong Xuan Tower, Zhaomingtai, ancient city walls near mountains and rivers, Gulongzhong and Jia Xi Pond. No wonder, Xiangyang City and Xiangyang Ancient City Wall are listed as provincial and national key cultural relics protection units.

Xiangyang City, which lives in the south of Hanshui River, is one of the most intact ancient cities in China. Xiangyang city wall was built in the Western Han Dynasty, changed to brick city in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and rebuilt in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, which has been preserved to this day. I'm walking on the east wall, bow my head? China first pool? Xiangyang moat, just like its name, passes through whirling trees, just like a tunnel through time and space. When I climbed up the battlements carefully and looked at the roads extending in all directions and the cars, buses, motorcycles and people in a hurry on the streets, ancient times came into my eyes? Xiangyang city, there are eight gates in the city, and the gates are all horse racing; Hanshui River, Jiuzhi River, boating? A bustling scene.

Nowadays, Huiyuan, Xiangyang Park and Yangzhongmen Park, which are integrated with the moat, have become places for people to relax and entertain. In the morning, the balcony pavilion is reflected on the mirror-like moat; On the bank of the moat, green willows are dancing, Metasequoia glyptostroboides is towering, Holly, cypress and oleander are lush, and the majestic ancient city wall is hidden; People who do morning exercises, boxing, dancing or running, and even dogs follow their owners all the way; Couples snuggle up on the zigzag bridge, groups of children are playing, and the whole family is happy in Le Taotao. At sunset, lotus ponds, weeping willows, boats, arch bridges and pavilions constitute the beautiful landscape of Xiangyang, the ancient city.

The green shadow wall was originally the shadow wall in front of the palace, and it was built around 1440 together with the palace. Because it is a green stone carving, it is called a green shadow wall. It is the most complete stone wall in China. Although the past wars burned down the luxurious Ming Palace, the green shadow wall was safe and sound. When I witnessed this magnificent artistic treasure, I couldn't help admiring the wisdom and outstanding talents of the great working people.

This once quaint old city is putting on new clothes because of its great material richness; In the past, due to the limitation of living standards, unreserved confession was fading out. Because the world and city we live in are constantly changing quietly. While feeling the changes in the world, I have to admit that this is a kind of social progress. In the end, we failed to dig out more places of interest in Xiangyang ancient city, and some historical sites handed down from generation to generation became less and less. With the construction of cities, they disappear in time and no longer become a landscape of modern cities. The city is striding forward, and only the regrets about yesterday and today circulate in memories, such as Binjiang Avenue decorated with gorgeous street lamps and marble, various docks in name only, and the bustling street garden, Drum Tower Cultural Square, Nanhu Cultural Square and Xiangyang Market, which have long been integrated with a strong modern atmosphere.

However, the small east gate still retains some ancient flavors. On both sides of the door, a stone lion crouched, and four vigorous Chinese characters were engraved on the mottled door eyebrows? Xiangyang ancient city? . On the left is Seoul, and on the right is Mingcheng. Walking through the quiet door, suddenly looking up, the threshold? Iron key Xiang Jing? Four big characters stand out.

The heavy wooden door of the north gate, which has not been opened for a long time, is covered by the wall at the door, as if several idle old people were talking about the eventful years in the past. I stroked the gray walls, many of which have been eroded by wind, frost, rain and snow. Some of them have cracks, some have exposed potholes, and some places are covered with moss. Grass and small trees soak in the wind and rain in the cracks of the ancient city wall, stubbornly growing new rings.

Xiangyang North Street is a major landscape in Xiangyang City. When I walked along this antique cultural street, I saw archways standing, businessmen gathering and customers crowded. In the shops with high eaves and rich ancient flavor, all kinds of fashionable goods are dazzling. A topless modern woman is walking in the crowd with a puppy in her arms, and pop songs are heard from time to time in the boutique in the bar. Shopping and sightseeing come from the south to the north, bustling and shoulder to shoulder. There is a couplet on the back of the second archway in North Street? Hub driving Yun Ni fortress, riding the sun and the moon through this famous city? This shows that the ancient Xiangyang is true? South ship north horse? 、? Seven provinces thoroughfare? 、? A battleground for military strategists? .

I stood at the Guanting pier, looking up at the north. The first Hanjiang Bridge and Changhong Bridge are like rainbows lying across the river, and the Wolong Bridge (the third Hanjiang Bridge) has been closed. Fancheng's high-rise buildings are row upon row, straight into the clouds; The commercial houses on the Zhou Yuliang are one after another, blocking the distant villages and mountains. Without the small white sails of the past, Sha Ou gathered together and the fishermen sang late. The silvery white beach by the river is dotted with colorful tents. After the impoundment of Cuijiaying Water Control Project, Xiangfan section has been the scene of Gaoxia leaving Pinghu. Listen attentively, there is no longer the sound of running water coming from the foot of the northern city wall with the style of Sanqin Jingchu. Every step and scene of Xiangyang, the ancient city, is full of details of Shu Juan.

I went through Lin Hanmen and came to the ladies' door. According to legend, Zhu Xu, a famous Eastern Jin Dynasty soldier, was stationed in Xiangyang, and Pi Fu, a former Qin Dynasty general, besieged Xiangyang City. The situation is critical. His mother, Mrs. Han, inspected the city and saw that the northwest corner was weak and might be breached, so she led her handmaid and the women in the city to build a 20-foot city. Pi Fu attacked the northwest corner of the city. Because the new city had been built, it could not be occupied for a long time, so he had to lead his troops to retreat. Xiangyang people call this city a female city. Nowadays, the monument commemorating Mrs. Han is embedded in the ancient city wall, and the statue of Mrs. Han stands in the pavilion, which is magnificent and awe-inspiring

I stopped at? Jiefang Xiangyang Ximen Dengcheng Breakthrough Site? Try to imagine that Li Zicheng? One hundred thousand soldiers took Xiangyang, and the military flag was deafening. Zhang? Small test of sharpening Xiangyang sword, flattening Bashu sword and regrinding it? The heroic scene, as if the ears rang with the fierce gunfire and rumble of the liberation of Xiangyang, smelled the thick smoke. I suddenly thought of war, division and closure, and found that the wall that resisted foreign aggression in the past, bathed in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, had been opened crazily. People are enjoying a happy and healthy life in a peaceful and peaceful environment, and they no longer need its protection.

Just as I was walking along the tree-lined path near the west wall, indulging in the past and present, a heavy rain suddenly came. In the rain curtain, the city wall is hazy, the Ximen Bridge is hazy, and the moat water is hazy and looming? Xiangyang people? As ethereal as Penglai fairyland. On the Inner Ring Road, vendors create a noisy street atmosphere with symphonies of pots and pans. They bake sesame cakes, stir-fry chestnuts and kebabs. A few shirtless youths sat around the table in front of the food stall, enjoying Yicheng prawns and Yanjing beer, licking the taste that even the poet Wang Wei could not enjoy. On the inner side of the relatively complete part of the southwest city wall, the ruins of restaurants, restaurants, shops, leisure cities and beauty centers opened by people have been covered with lush trees or transformed into vegetable fields. Although the government invested in the continuous restoration of Xiangyang city wall, man-made destruction greatly destroyed the perfection of Xiangyang ancient city. So we can never. Open the box with a railing? , better appreciate? Is the wind in harmony with God? And then what? Petrochemical Ye Man? Pleasant scenery.

I walked through the streets of the ancient city, looking for it. Everywhere I went, there were institutions, schools, shopping malls, supermarkets and residential areas. Deep in the alley, an old man and his little grandson are eagerly chasing ducks as pets. Holly, pomegranate and bauhinia are planted in the courtyard of the residents, and the mottled trees are shaded by grapes. At noon, some students came back from school, some adults came back from work by bike, some luxury cars roared by, and the sound of chickens and dogs and the rumble of train sirens came from far and near.

I drove to the foot of Zhougong Mountain on a whim. Trot all the way, climb the stairs, and climb the martyrs tower, the highest place in Xiangyang. Looking back and looking down, the city that has just been washed by a heavy rain is clear and clean. Compared with Fancheng, the ancient city of Xiangyang seems a little light and quiet, lost in the buildings dotted with green. The faint sight of the ancient city makes her older and has a freehand landscape. Wang He and Meng let Xiangyang overlap behind the Tang poetry, which also added a poetic background to Xiangyang. When the twilight slowly infiltrated like a glass of sake that was inadvertently knocked over, the street lamps in the city lit up for the second time, flashing at first at one or two o'clock, and finally overwhelming.

? The mountain is not high, and the fairy is named; The water is not deep, and the dragon is the spirit. ? It is said that Xiangyang is famous for its scenic spots, and the revitalization of the ancient city depends more on talents. The legend of Princess Zhu Huan and the condor hero made ancient Xiangyang famous in the world. In the ancient dragon surrounded by mountains, I visited Zhu Gekongming, a peerless genius, and learned that the old-timers trained Long Mu to sing Fu Liang, visited the hall in the middle of the dragon, and set a good example by waving feather fans. In the pond bearing the tranquility of the blue waves in the east of Xian Mountain, I saw Yu chiseling clear water, the waves washing the ordinary heart and listening to the poet Li Baiyin. There is also a drunken Jia Xi pond. Don't you look at the monument that shed tears? A night-mooring near maple bridge by Zhang Ji, Meng Haoran? Wei Yunguang, a river man, and a phoenix tree? The lingering wind seems to have brought me back to ancient times, and I have a feeling of forgetting the humiliation of wine. I'm sorry, I'm afraid it's too late to inquire about Du Fu's cenotaph, Liu Bei's Ma Yue Tanxi site, Guan Yu's ancient battlefield flooded by the Seventh Army, Migong Temple and Lumen Temple.

? Will the beautiful scenery of Xiangyang be recorded? This is apt. Xiangyang's outstanding people are far more worthy of praise than Xiangyang's landscape. After visiting almost half the ancient city of Xiangyang, I began to meditate: Now, there seems to be only one ancient city of Xiangyang? Shells? The existence of. If we are in Xiangyang, we can have more beautiful Xiangyang, Meng Haoran, the head of Tang poetry, and Xiao Tong, the head of eight talents. How much more? Family heirlooms bring happiness and a thousand-year career, but friends solve the odd generations of sages? Pang Degong, how many more in the late Tang Dynasty? The brilliance and sharpness in the muddy pond? Pi Rixiu, can more than a few "Seven Wounded Poems", "Ode to the Building", "Spring and Autumn, Han and Jin Dynasties" and so on. Where will Zhuge Liang be born in Xiangyang and Nanyang, and Song Yu's hometown is Yicheng Zhongxiang? History has left us many historic sites, classics and glories. Is it okay? Treat guests with Meng Haoran's poems and do business with Zhuge Liang's strategy? But what can we leave for future generations? Is it a well-known brand, a spirit of the times, or a chapter handed down from generation to generation! We can't treat Xiangyang kohlrabi as a treasure forever, and we can't have mountains of garbage and sewage everywhere. If we have some innovations, some achievements, some world-famous or China first, what is it to give it a few Song Yu and Zhu Gekongming? ! Now, what we should think about is how to inherit the ancient civilization and traditional culture and create a more brilliant new era.

After a long meditation, my heart is getting heavier and heavier. My idea of trying to present a historical, realistic and perfect ancient city Xiangyang to everyone is somewhat humble and abrupt.

While I was hesitating, I found a huge inscription carved with marble on the left side of the west gate of Xiangyang. I read it word by word: the water winds like a dragon and the mountains rise like tigers. Hey, there is a lot of atmosphere and passion here! It turns out that this is Xiangyang's preface to the Spring and Autumn Annals. The excerpts are as follows:

? Clouds are rolling, rivers are getting worse, and countless strong people are coming one after another. In order to compete for this springboard for the Central Plains and this barrier for the South of the Yangtze River, the swords and soldiers met each other.

The dragon and tiger fought, the soldiers went through disasters, the war destroyed the civilization, and the civilization was reborn tenaciously. The war that sowed the seeds of disaster gave birth to a large number of talents. How can a strong hard crossbow gain great talent? Zhuge Liang's feather fan shook out the pattern of the Three Kingdoms; The sword shadow finally turned into a poem "Spring Dawn" by Meng Haoran, which shocked the poetry circles in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

These beautiful days in Xiangyang have fascinated my old mountain! . When the electrons overflow the crib of the ancient city wall, and when the tidal sound of the commercial sea weaves into the history of bird singing in Yanghu Mountain, Xiangfan will reap more charming scenery. ?

I think this is obviously not an epic or an elegy of the ancient city of Xiangyang, but it summarizes the changes of the ancient city of Xiangyang for more than two thousand years in simple words and outlines the more charming scenery of the ancient city of Xiangyang.

What am I talking about? As a famous mountain and water city in the hinterland of China, Xiangyang, an ancient city, is a veritable city. Whether it is her historical civilization or her modern glory, whether it is her past or her present, I can't fully summarize and describe it in short words.

I can only silently pray and bless her again with an ancient poem:

These beautiful days in Xiangyang have fascinated my old mountain! !

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