Scenery Prose: Xiangyang Ancient Rhyme

A long time ago, I wanted to write something about the ancient city of Xiangyang, but I never dared to write. For the 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. With rare passion, I started my trip to Xiangyang ancient city. In those early mornings and evenings, I wandered around the streets of Xiangyang, the ancient city with my bag, 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 features 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, prosperity and vicissitudes, it is like a long Hanshui River, which has accumulated a long history and splendid culture. Witness the glory of Xiangyang ancient city, including the Green Shadow Wall, Zhong Xuan Tower, Zhaomingtai, the ancient city wall near the mountains and rivers, and Gulongzhong and Jiaqianchi. No wonder Xiangyang City and Xiangyang Ancient City Wall are listed as provincial and national key cultural relics protection units.

Xiangyang, located 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 Tang and Song Dynasties, and rebuilt in Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, which has been preserved to this day. I'm walking on the east wall, bow my head? China first pool? Xiangyang moat, as its name suggests, passes through the whirling trees, just like a tunnel through time and space. When I climbed up the crib of the city wall carefully and looked at the roads extending in all directions and the cars, buses, motorcycles and people in a hurry, ancient times came into my eyes? Xiangyang city, the city has eight gates, and the gates compete; Nine rivers in Hanshui, and 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. In the sunset, lotus ponds, weeping willows, boats, arch bridges and pavilions form a beautiful landscape in Xiangyang, the ancient city.

The green shadow wall was originally the shadow wall in front of the palace, which was built with the palace around 1440. 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 war 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.

Once a quaint old city, it is putting on new clothes because of its great material richness; The unreserved confession in the past due to the limitation of living standards is fading out. Because the world and the city we live in are constantly changing quietly. While feeling the changes in the world, we have to admit that this is a kind of social progress. In the end, it 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 are circulated in the memory, such as Binjiang Avenue decorated with gorgeous street lamps and marble, various docks in name only, bustling street garden, Gulou Cultural Square, Nanhu Cultural Square and Xiangyang Market, which have already merged into a strong modern atmosphere.

However, the small east gate still retains some ancient flavors. There is a stone lion squatting on both sides of the door, and four vigorous characters are engraved on the mottled door eyebrows? Xiangyang ancient city? . On the left is Seoul, and on the right is Mingcheng. Walk past the quiet door, suddenly look up, 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 of the past. I stroked the gray walls, many of which have been eroded by wind, frost, rain and snow. Some have cracks, some show 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 and stubbornly grow new rings.

Xiangyang North Street is a major landscape in Xiangyang City. Strolling through this antique cultural street, I saw many archways, merchants and customers. High eaves and rich antique shops are full of fashionable goods. A modern woman with a bare chest and a bare back is walking in the crowd with a puppy, and pop songs are heard from time to time in the boutique in the bar. Shopping and sightseeing from south to north, bustling, shoulder to shoulder. Is there a couplet on the back of the second archway in North Street? Hub driving Yun Ni fortress, riding the sun and the moon through the famous city? It can be seen that ancient Xiangyang is true? South ship north horse? 、? Seven provinces thoroughfare? 、? A battleground for military strategists? .

I stood at the Guanting pier, looking up to the north. The first Hanjiang Bridge and the Changhong Bridge are like rainbows lying across the river, and the Wolong Bridge (the third Hanjiang Bridge) has been closed. Fancheng's tall buildings are row upon row, reaching into the sky; 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 got together and 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 at the foot of the northern city wall with the amorous feelings of Sanqin Jingchu. Every step and scene of Xiangyang, the ancient city, is full of the 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 handmaids and women in the city to build a 20-foot city. Pi Fu attacked the northwest corner of the city. Due to the completion of the new city, it was impossible to attack for a long time, so he had to retreat at his rate. Xiangyang calls 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 magnificent.

I stopped at? Liberation of Xiangyang Ximen Dengcheng broke through the scene? Try to imagine that Li Zicheng? One hundred thousand soldiers took Xiangyang, and the standard was loud. What about Zhang? A small test of sharpening Xiangyang sword and flattening Bashu sword? The heroic scene, as if the ears rang with the fierce gunfire and rumble of the liberation of Xiangyang, smelled the thick smoke. Suddenly I thought of war, division and closure, and found that the city wall that resisted foreign aggression and bathed in the spring breeze of reform and opening up had already been opened wildly. People enjoy a happy and healthy life in a peaceful and peaceful environment, and they no longer need its protection.

Just as I was strolling along the tree-lined path near the city wall of Xicheng, I was addicted to the past and the present, when 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. Several shirtless youths sat around the table in front of the snack bar, 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 remains of restaurants, restaurants, shops, leisure cities and beauty centers opened by people have been covered with lush trees or turned into vegetable fields. Although the government has invested in the continuous repair of Xiangyang city wall, man-made destruction has greatly damaged the perfection of Xiangyang ancient city. So we can never. Open the box with a railing? , better appreciate? Is Fengshen harmonious? And then what? Petrochemical Ye Man? Pleasant scenery.

I traveled all over the streets of the ancient city, looking around, and everywhere I went was 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 thin shadow is hidden 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.

On a whim, I drove to the foot of Zhougong Mountain. Trot all the way, climb the stairs and climb the highest local martyrs tower in Xiangyang. Looking back, the city that has just been washed by a heavy rain is clear and clean. Compared with Fancheng, Xiangyang, an ancient city, seems a little light and quiet, lost in dotted green buildings. The faint sight of the ancient city makes her more ancient and has a freehand scenery. Wang and Meng let Xiangyang overlap behind the Tang poetry, which also gave Xiangyang a poetic background. When the twilight slowly seeped in 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 one or two points, 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 a princess from Zhu Huan and a condor hero made the ancient Xiangyang famous all over the world. In the Gulong, surrounded by mountains, I met Zhu Gekongming, a peerless genius, and learned that the old-timers cultivated Long Mu to sing Fu Liang, visited the hall in the dragon, and set an example by hand. In the east of the fairy mountain, the pond bearing the tranquility of the surging waves, I saw Yu chiseling clear water, washing the normal heart with waves and listening to the poet Li Baiyin. And drunk Jia Qianchi, don't look at the monument to tears? Zhang Ji a night-mooring near maple bridge, Meng Haoran? Wei Yunguang Hehan, rain-repellent phoenix tree? The lingering wind seems to have brought me back to ancient times, and there is a humiliating feeling of forgetting wine. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid it's too late to inquire about Du Fu's cenotaph, Liu Bei's Tanxi site in Ma Yue, the flood of Guan Yu's Seventh Army, Migong Temple and Lumen Temple.

? Scenery wins, Xiangyang beauty will be recorded? This is apt. The outstanding people in Xiangyang are far more worthy of praise than the landscape in Xiangyang. 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 were in Xiangyang, we could have a few more beautiful Xiangyang, Meng Haoran, the first poet of Tang poetry, and Xiao Tong, the eighth talent. How much more? Family heirlooms bring happiness and a thousand years' inheritance, but friends set an odd number of sages? Pang Degong, how many were there 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 Period, Han and Jin Dynasties" and so on. Where will there be a heated debate between Zhuge Liang and Xiangyang Nanyang and Song Yu's hometown Yicheng Zhongxiang? History has left us many monuments, classics and glory. 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 a well-known brand, the spirit of the times, or a chapter passed 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.

Meditation for a long time, the in the mind more and more heavy. I tried to present to you the idea of a historical, realistic and perfect ancient city Xiangyang, which was somewhat humble and abrupt.

Just as I hesitated, I found a huge inscription carved with marble on the left side of the west gate of Xiangyang. I read word for word: the water winds like a dragon and the mountains rise like tigers. Alas, there is a lot of atmosphere and passion! It turns out that this is Xiangyang's preface to the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the excerpt is as follows:

? Clouds and clouds are rolling, rivers and tides are surging, and countless strongmen are coming one after another. In order to compete for the springboard of competing for the Central Plains and the barrier of the South of the Yangtze River, they fought with swords and shadows.

Dragon and tiger struggle, the war is in chaos, the war has destroyed civilization, and civilization has been reborn tenaciously. The war that sowed the seeds of disaster gave birth to the forest of talents. How can a tough 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 of Xiangyang ancient city, nor an elegy of Xiangyang ancient city. Instead, it summarizes the changes of Xiangyang ancient city for more than 2,000 years in simple words and outlines the more charming scenery of Xiangyang ancient city.

What am I talking about? Xiangyang, an ancient city, is a real city as a famous landscape city in the hinterland of China. 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 a short text.

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

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

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