In Xinghua Village, people talk about good harvests. When I write, I also say "Xinghua Village"

Qingming Festival Du Mu It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road feel like losing their souls. May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village. Qijue "Qingming" by Du Mu, a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty, is a poem with a blend of scenes and beautiful artistic conception that has been recited for thousands of years. However, it is this famous sentence that has caused a public case for hundreds of years - where is the Xinghua Village in the poem? Roughly speaking, there are more than 20 "Xinghua Villages" of various sizes in the country today. , where is the "Xinghua Village" that the shepherd boy "points to" in Du Mu's poems all over the country? There are several concentrated theories as follows.

The aroma of wine overflows and the flowers bloom all over the village

When it comes to "Xinghua Village" nowadays, in addition to Du Mu's seven-character quatrain, the apricot flowers from the Xinghua Village Winery in Fenyang, the wine capital of Shanxi, Hanamura Sake is also well known to the world. Not only was Xinghuacun Fenjiu brewing technology listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2007, but the value of the "Xinghuacun" brand has reached nearly 5 billion yuan.

The history of winemaking in Xinghua Village began in the Northern Wei Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,500 years. There is also a legend about Xinghua Village’s wine-making: There was an old Taoist immortal, dressed in rags, who drank at the “Zui Xianju” hotel in Xinghua Village three times. He skillfully exhaled the aroma, turned the water into wine, and turned the ancient well into a sacred well. Regardless of whether the legend is true or false, the well water here does taste like wine, sweet and clear, and the water used to make wine is fragrant and fragrant. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, "there were springs of wine in Xinghua Village" and "green curtains were unveiled on every street". This place became the ancient capital of wine culture, which continues to this day.

What’s even more coincidental is that the apricot flowers here bloom during the Qingming Festival. According to records, the average opening date of the apricot flowers here is April 6. As we all know, the blooming time of apricot flowers is directly related to temperature and precipitation. Although China's climate experienced a rapid cooling process around the 11th century AD, data shows that the average temperature in the late Tang Dynasty was higher than the current average temperature. It can be inferred from this that in the late Tang Dynasty, the apricot flowers bloomed a few days earlier than now. In the south, "apricot blossoms bloom in February and laurel blooms in August." The blooming time of apricot blossoms is far away from the Qingming Festival.

With wine and flowers, this place seems to be completely consistent with the "Xinghua Village" in Du Mu's poem. Not only that, although Xinghua Village is now located on the Loess Plateau with less precipitation, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the climate here was humid, with dense forests and abundant precipitation. There is a high possibility of heavy rain during the Qingming Festival. Therefore, in the minds of many people, Xinghua Village in Shanxi is the one that "shepherd boys point to".

The relics are famous all over the world

"The county tower is higher than the beautiful mountain gate, and the historical relics cannot be discussed today. Du Mu had a famous line back then, singing solo in Xinghua Village outside the city." It was recorded in "Xinghua Village outside the city" in the Qing Dynasty. Xinghua Village in "Xinghua Village Chronicles" is located outside the Xiushan Gate of Chizhou, Anhui (ancient name is Guichi).

“The poem is beautiful because of the scenery, and the scenery is famous because of the poem.” Xinghua Village in Guichi was originally just a few wine shops that had "reduced themselves to the smoke and weeds" and had no reputation at all. It is said that during the Huichang period of the Tang Dynasty, Du Mu was appointed as the assassin of Chizhou. He visited Xinghua Village in the west of Fucheng in the spring and wrote this artistic masterpiece with Jiangnan style. It was Du Mu's eternal masterpiece that made Chizhou famous throughout history and famous all over the world. After that, the Xinghua Village in Chizhou, which is known as “the color of smoke in the village is red, and the flowers in the village and the wine village,” has been continuously built. In the village, the thatched wine curtains, pavilions and pavilions, and the apricot blossoms in the ten miles are as bright as red clouds. It has become a favorite of officials and literati in the past dynasties. The place where flowers and wine are sold. By the Qing Dynasty, the entire Xinghua Village had formed an quaint and picturesque area of ??scenic spots and historic sites with a radius of more than 10 miles. There are the famous ancient "Twelve Scenes of Xinghua Village", namely: Pingtian Chunzhang, Tiefo Zen Forest, Baipu Lotus Wind, Huanggong Jiulong, Santai Sunset, Sangtuo Danfeng, Qiyun Songyue, Xixiang Misty Rain, Zhaoming Academy, Tea Field Mailang, Duwu Fishing Song and Meizhou Xiaoxue.

Many people think that this Xinghua Village is the other Xinghua Village. The main reason is that there are a large number of historical records. According to "Guangyu Ji": "Chizhou's historic site is called 'Xinghua Village', outside the Xiushan Gate of Fucheng. Du Mu's poem 'referring to Xinghua Village in the distance' is here." "Jiangnan General Chronicles" records: "Xinghua Village is in (Chizhou) Prefecture Xiushan is so beautiful both outside and inside, it was named after Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty who said, "The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village from afar." Not only that, in our country, people who have aspirations for the village are very rare, but "Xinghua Village Chronicles" has been included in the largest book series in the history of our country. ——"Sikuquanshu" shows its literary and historical value.

When visiting the scenery of Xinghua Village in Chizhou, I saw that the bamboo fence is intact, the bridge is still there, and the sailboats are sailing slowly on the river, sailing north, you can enter the Yangtze River.

Huanggong Ancient Well, engraved with the six characters "Huanggong Guangrun Yuquan", is located in the lush woods, with drizzle like smoke but not smoke, red apricot branches picking out wine flags fluttering in the wind, and the fragrance of flowers mixed with the fragrance of wine. It is really a scene. If you are not intoxicated, wine will be intoxicating, but if you are not intoxicated, everyone will be intoxicated!

Thousands of years of past history are like smoke and dreams

Willows lingering, small bridges and flowing water, woodcutter songs and pastoral songs are particularly attractive. Su Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty, who was demoted to Huangzhou, passed by here and unexpectedly met his friend Chen Jichang who lived in seclusion here. After that, he came to Xinghua Village three times to drink and compose poems, especially in the "Biography of Fang Shanzi" he wrote, which recorded this place in it, which was popular and passed down through the ages. Ming and Qing poets also wrote many poems. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty once gave a huge plaque "Xinghua Ancient Temple" to the village temple. This place favored by literary giants and emperors was Qiting, which was located on the main road from Luoyang to Huangzhou.

Actually, there is another person who makes this place famous. "I am a man who bends my bow and fights with my sword. In my dream, I had a strong relationship with a thrush. I thought about returning the wine several times, pointing to the clouds to congratulate the concubine Ming." Du Mu's "Inscription on the Mulan Temple" refers to the time when he was the governor of Huangzhou and he climbed Mulan Mountain to build the Mulan Temple. The title. From Huangzhou to Mulan Mountain, you must pass through Xinghua Village in Qiting. I encountered rain on the way, and it was Qingming Festival. I felt depressed, and wanted to drink to relieve my sorrow, so I wrote a poem... All of this is so reasonable.

So, is there "wine" in Xinghua Village in Qiting? There is a saying here: "There are peach blossom shops in Sanli and Xinghua Village in Sili. There are fine wines at the end of the village and beauties in the shops." The wine here is known as "wine". It is called "yellow wine" and is named after its yellow color. There is a record saying: "When brewed purely from glutinous rice, there is no flesh or blood in the wine, so the wine tastes the most mellow. Drain off the remaining residue, seal it in a porcelain urn, and store it. It will turn yellow over time and taste particularly delicious."

“In Xinghua Village, the wine and flags are winding, the smoke is heavy, the water is soluble, the wild boats are crossing, and the willows are shaded...” What is even more worth mentioning is that the poems written by the Song Dynasty poet Xie Wuyi when he passed by Xinghua Village are similar to those of Du Mu How similar it is to "Qingming"! Thousands of years have passed since the past, when Chen Sui lived in seclusion in the apricot forest, Su Zi visited and chanted four times...like smoke and a dream. The dried calligraphy and ink are still fragrant. A shepherd boy riding an ox, Du Mu's poem Fenyang

In addition to Fenyang in Shanxi, Chizhou in Anhui, and Qiting in Hubei, the more famous Xinghua Villages include Nanjing's "Jinling Xinghua Village" and the "Water Margin" at the foot of Liangshan Mountain. Xinghua Village, Xinghua Village, etc. once had 99 wineries in Feng County, Xuzhou, but most of them are not as famous as the first three.

The three Xinghua Villages are very similar to those in the poem, and they are also supported by other poems and documents. Which one is the real shepherd boy? The difficulty is comparable to that in "Journey to the West" "The True and False Monkey King". But if we carefully analyze the poem "Qingming", it is not difficult to find clues in it.

Most of the first two sentences of the poem are not objectionable, but the last two sentences of the poem are the "key" to Xinghua Village.

"May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village." Due to the limitation of the number of words in poems, poets often shorten the things they refer to. Du Mu, who was wet from the rain, may have heard about the delicious wine of Xinghua Village before he asked, so he asked the shepherd boy on the street: "Excuse me, where is the Xinghua Village Restaurant?" The shepherd boy pointed to the distance: "Over there." It is inferred that because Chizhou, Anhui Province was not well-known before, the possibility of being a real "Xinghua Village" is very small.

Because this poem by Du Mu has a very graphic feel, it has become a subject for many painters to draw. In many paintings, most of the shepherd boys ride buffaloes and point into the distance to the poet Du Mu on the side. As we all know, buffalo are mostly found in the south, while cattle are mostly found in the north. As a result, Shanxi Fenyang seems to have lost the qualification to compete. But is this really the case?