The story of Ganzhou stone moving

As early as mid-September 2010, netizens were discussing this matter on Baidu’s Gulang County Tieba. The online post wrote in a very "literary" way: "September 12, 2010 AD, was a day with clear sky and clear clouds. Ganzhou has been sleeping in Gulang Gorge for thousands of years. The stone was awakened, and several Taoist priests pretended to knelt down and knelt down to worship the Ganzhou Stone... A group of people tied up the Ganzhou Stone with ropes and chains wrapped in red satin, and hung them up on two sides. There were 320 stones. Enter the round-legged guy.” The “round-legged” post refers to the wheels of the two carts carrying the boulders.

Online posts said that someone was holding a red flag high in front of the Ganzhou Stone, and slogans were hung on all sides of the Ganzhou Stone. Along the way, police cars honked their horns to clear the way and marched towards Gulang County. The county town was crowded with people, many of whom set off firecrackers and burned paper money to welcome them. Four hours later, the huge Ganzhou stone was placed in a square called the Golden Triangle in the north of Gulang County, euphemistically called the "City Sign."

Online posts said that the move cost 5 million yuan, but some people said that it actually cost 13 million yuan, but it was said to be 3 million yuan. According to an online post, it is said that in order to move this stone, which symbolizes "the movement of time (stone)", "the county leaders invited many Feng Shui masters" and "the head of Gulang County kowtowed three steps at a time and kowtowed 99 meters to welcome it." Moving the boulder also "set a new Guinness record". Official data shows that Gulang County is one of the key counties for the country's new round of poverty alleviation and development. From January to October 2009, the county's large-scale fiscal revenue was only 70.44 million yuan. Some netizens said, "Gulang is a poor county, and many families can't even fill their stomachs, but they spent more than 10 million yuan on something that shocked the world. Where did this huge sum of money come from? Who gave it to They have such great power..."

Some netizens questioned: The huge boulders have been "swimming" in the clear water of Gulang Gorge for thousands of years, integrating with the breeze and the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, and the huge boulders have been removed from it. Moving it to a city square in the midst of natural beauty spoils the beauty. Some netizens also said that the government's actions "have destroyed the local feng shui from a certain perspective."

But some people support this approach. "There are reasons for decision-makers to move stones. At least they can promote Gulang. If it really breaks the Guinness record, Gulang will be famous. From another perspective, let the world know about Gulang." A person from the Propaganda Department of Gulang County Party Committee A staff member who claimed to be surnamed Cui told a reporter from the Yangcheng Evening News that he was unclear about the specific circumstances of the stone removal. He asked reporters to ask the county construction bureau. A staff member at the county construction bureau office said that the work of moving the stones was undertaken by the municipal office under the construction bureau, and he did not know how much it cost. But when the reporter asked for the telephone number of the Municipal Office and asked him to provide information on expenses, he said that he had to contact the Propaganda Department before he could provide relevant information.

On the afternoon of the 12th, Wuwei City’s “114” directory inquiry desk has been in an “unreachable” state, and the Gulang County Government portal has been unable to be opened. The reporter then contacted the Gulang County Party Committee Propaganda Department again, and a staff member named Cui asked the leader to reply to the reporter's mobile phone. Soon, a person who claimed to be Team Leader Li of the Propaganda Department's reporting team told reporters on the phone that he had seen relevant posts and that the county did indeed move rocks on September 12, but superstitious matters such as the county magistrate kowtowing to greet him "are "No," and it's far from spending that much money. Faced with repeated questioning by reporters, he said that the government had issued a document to invite bids for the moving project, but he did not see the bidding amount on the document; the County Construction Bureau told him that the project had not yet been settled, and it was not known how much it would cost to move the rocks.

As to why the stone was moved, this person said it was to "better protect the Ganzhou Stone." The reporter asked, this stone has been fine in Gulang Gorge for thousands of years, so why must it be moved? His answer was, "If the stone is placed in the square, many people will pass by, so it can be better cared for."

According to him, the move of the huge stone has not yet been confirmed to "refresh the Guinness World Record." Some people in Gulang County believe that the lack of talents in Gulang County means bad feng shui. When Gulang people run out, there is no stone to block the opening, so this big stone must be moved. Finally, it was moved to a square called the Golden Triangle in the north of the county seat, where its status rose to another level and became the "city icon" of the city.

It is said that officials also want to find a "stone to make things work". This stone is the stone of stones. To put it bluntly, officials hope to rely on the homophony of fortune to gain some luck for their official fortunes.

It is said that this stone weighs nearly 400 tons. The local authorities specially hired a moving company in Shanghai and specially used the advanced crane Wang Cai to lift it onto the truck. It took 4 hours to walk the 9 kilometers. The moving fee is as high as 5 million, and another saying is more than 10 million. Don't think that Gulang County is so lavish and wealthy. In fact, Gulang County is a national-level poverty-stricken county. From January to October 2009, the county's large-scale fiscal revenue was only 70.44 million yuan. Many families still couldn't put enough food on the table, and the people in the county cried out that they were distressed when they heard that Shitou had spent so much money moving. Why does the county do this?