Handan Folk Custom and Tile Palace

As a fairly authentic Handan person, I have heard of the Nuwa Niangniang Temple at the foot of Taihang Mountain in the west since I was a child. It is said that it is the place where Nu Wa made people, but I have never been there. I took the opportunity to visit my friend yesterday.

Tile Palace is one of the few 5A scenic spots in Handan, an ancient city with underdeveloped tourism. It is located in Shexian County, Handan City, a small town far away from the city. Wagong often plays the role of cover in various city propaganda films, and I am also looking forward to this visit.

Walking from our hotel to the bus station, we passed the old shopping center called Kant. I don't know if it has anything to do with German philosophers, but as the economic center of Handan twenty years ago, no one in Handan didn't know about it, especially the drivers, because the roads around Kant were surprisingly blocked.

Kant's yellow walls and thick columns are widely covered with large posters of various unknown businesses, as if an old man who is about to decline is trying his best to write stories to attract young people. Wanda plaza and Miracle City in Handan diverted most young people, and most middle-aged people came to Kant. In other words, they all came by car, so the road was full of cars.

Food stalls put oil smoke into the air, and middle-aged people carrying mink bags and fashionable teenagers in Aoteacted as most people's roles. There are all kinds of electric cars in snack car and the crowd, and "Di" has become a piece. Only the trash can on the roadside stood honestly with a full bamboo stick in its mouth.

At the bus stop, we got on the bus and walked west for two hours. Accompanied by the driver's vulgar jokes along the way, we arrived in Shexian County.

Shexian county has been around for many years. This is a car with only two lanes, just in time for lunch in the next year. Although it is a mountain city, it is also full of various vehicles. The poor path is like the Great Wall crowded with tourists on May Day, and no one can squeeze in. Unexpectedly, there are only five traffic lights here 13 km, so the road is entrusted to absolute freedom.

Soon after, we rode on the ring road outside the county and arrived at the Wagong Scenic Area. As far as appearance is concerned, it is one of the most developed scenic spots in Handan. By the way, booking tickets for two people and cable car online requires 134 yuan, while Shexian locals only charge 10 yuan. If you want to go, you might as well call your local friends.

At first glance, Nu Wa's propaganda is very big, but the bad point is that it is big. I guess it's where Nu Wa, as the matriarchal clan leader, is located, but even so, can such a place really be found? In fact, the legend that Nu Wa made a man's land here only rose in the year of Kangxi.

Tile Palace is a palace hanging on a cliff. We went to the mountain by cable car. It was the first time when it was warm and cold. Before the barren hills and bald trees sprouted, the bleak meaning spread all over the mountains. I turned a few corners, brushed a few foothills, smelled fireworks, and arrived at the main hall.

At this time, I caught up with a middle-aged aunt. I can see the wear and tear on her face caused by years. She is also a diligent person. She smiled and said that we two boys walked too fast to catch up, and then invited us to go to the temple to worship "grandma".

Tile Palace is an ancient building in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Our original intention is to protect cultural relics, so we will not go on stage. However, seeing my aunt chasing us for a long time, she was so enthusiastic that it was hard to refuse. After a brief self-introduction, the three began to take the stage.

There is a three-story attic in Taiwan Province with steep steps, almost leaning up and down. The pole used for climbing is made round and smooth by human hands. My aunt said that we came at a bad time, and there were a lot of people on the first day of the New Year. People always climb such steep steps. I feel sour at the thought that the building with a history of 1500 years is still in use. I am afraid that other places have offered monuments of the same age, and I am on the stage, so I am not qualified to say.

Aunt is very kind and pious. Although every floor is full of Nuwa, the locals call it "Grandma", "Second Grandma" and "Third Grandma". There is also the division of labor. My aunt prayed with a strong accent, but my friends didn't understand. But I heard her prayers on every floor, praying for both of us. I am very touched. I think this is the highest kindness of a devout person, so I bowed down in front of the "third grandmother" once, not out of faith, just to return the gift to my aunt. Actually, I never worship Buddha.

After burning incense together, we went down the mountain separately. The sun has set in the west, and we are still on the mountain, a little anxious, but at the same time we deeply feel the beauty of the sunset in the deep mountains. This is our first, and possibly last, time in a plain city.

So the journey ended.

In ancient times, there was Zhao Liefeng, but Yu Mang.

It's warm and cold at first sight, and it's desolate everywhere.

Lin Xiangru entered the car for Lian Po, Gao Yang studied Buddhism and carved a wall here, Yuanshan was threatened here, and the warrior Lan Ling was buried here.

Now the old city of Handan has been lost in the wilderness, but the tough folk customs that stick to the wall and touch the columns are still there.

Other things are different.