Into Suide

Suide is located in the north of Shaanxi and the southeast of Yulin. It is located at the intersection of Wuding River and Dali River, two mother rivers in northern Shaanxi. It faces Luliang, Shanxi across the Yellow River. It is known as "famous in the world". It has the reputation of "state", "famous state of Qin and Han Dynasties", and "dry dock of northwest China". Standing on the stone bridge of the Dali River in Suide County, you can see the four large official characters of "Famous State in the World" when you look up. It has been standing on the cliff since Daoguang Year of the Qing Dynasty and has been standing for about a century and a half.

? Ancient Suizhou is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is surrounded by clear sunshine and green trees in autumn. Suide City meanders among mountains such as Shushu Mountain, Saga Mountain, and Diaoyin Mountain. Historical records record that Suide's "mountains run from south to north, and the water flows from north to south." Therefore, the entire city has "mountains surrounding the city, water surrounding the mountains, and cave doors opening next to the two creeks and bays." Suide County has a long history and culture, and "Sui De people are based on virtue" is the spiritual soul of the county. Generation after generation, the fine tradition of "taking Sui as the tie and putting morality first" has been passed down from generation to generation. During the revolutionary war years, it was revived It is one of the earliest revolutionary base areas and is extremely rich in historical relics and revolutionary relics.

Historically, the Qin Prince Fusu and General Meng Tian, ??and the famous Han Dynasty general Li Guang once led their troops to garrison. The famous Zhaojun's departure from the fortress, Wenji's return to the Han Dynasty, and Han Wu's border patrol all passed through here. It is the hometown of Han Shizhong, the famous anti-Jin Dynasty general. . In 1924, the earliest party and league organization in northern Shaanxi was established at Suide Normal University. During the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation, the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, the Garrison Area and the 359th Brigade Headquarters were stationed in Sui. The older generation of proletarian revolutionaries once fought and lived in Suide, and many revolutionary predecessors have worked in Suide. During the Republic of China and before the 1950s, it was the seat of the Administrative Commissioner's Office and played an important role in the politics, economy, military, transportation and other aspects of northern Shaanxi. It is an old revolutionary base, the hometown of Yangko, the hometown of suona, the hometown of paper-cutting and the hometown of stone carvings.

Suide Zhong is a beautiful place with a gathering of humanities. Human beings thrive here. The unearthed cultural relics are colorful, including rare Shang and Zhou bronzes, national treasures such as Eastern Han Dynasty portrait stones, and unique pottery, bone, and bronze wares. , lifelike stone carvings, and the distinctive Loess Plateau landscape, Haojiaqiao, Revolutionary History Museum, and Shuangshui Village are even more famous. A famous saying "Aunt Mizhi Sui Dehan", a folk song "Thirty Mile Pu", a Yangge opera "Aunt Mizhi Sui Dehan", and a TV series "The Ordinary World" are even more famous at home and abroad.

"Thirty Mile Pu", an immortal work of folk songs in northern Shaanxi, is a love song born in Suide folk. It is sung in the ditches and mountains of northern Shaanxi and has become the most classic piece of folk songs in northern Shaanxi. one. Northern Shaanxi is vast and barren, and has always been plagued by wars and disputes. This has created a strong sense of survival and a spirit of sacrifice in life and death among the people of Northern Shaanxi. Folk songs are often surprisingly bold and touching. The folk songs of northern Shaanxi, represented mainly by Xintianyou, are not bound by rhythm and can be sung impromptu anytime and anywhere. The style of music is high-pitched, loud, and unrestrained. The tragic and infinitely long high notes are as vast as the desert, and the ups and downs, melancholy and melodies are like the thousands of folds of the northern Shaanxi Plateau. For thousands of years, common people, objects and things in the Loess Plateau such as mountains, ditches, grass, sand, mules and porters have become classic symbols of folk songs in northern Shaanxi, among which Suide folk songs are quite representative. The voice of the sheep echoes the sound of the cow, and the wild tune hums the sound of nature. Suide folk songs are mostly improvised and sung by the masses in various life scenes such as plowing, traveling, and grazing. Lyric creation often uses techniques such as fubixing, parallelism, and exaggeration to directly express their feelings, and a large number of ancient and original songs are also commonly used. The overlapping words and heavy words in the northern Shaanxi dialect, such as Maoyanyan, Junlianlian, Baiyaya, Qiaoshoushou, Yingying in blue grid, Yanyan in red grid, Shengsheng in white grid, Zhengzheng in green grid, etc., are combined with the tunes. It sounds beautiful, pretty and affectionate. The folk songs of northern Shaanxi make good use of the expression technique of "Fu Bixing", which may be the continuation of the "Book of Songs".

? Suide County is known as the "hometown of stone sculptures". Stone lions can be seen everywhere and have become a local symbol. In Suide there are Thousand Lions Bridge, the best stone archway in the world, Yongle Avenue lithographs in the world, the best lion in the world and other stone sculptures. Suide stone carving art is a kind of catharsis of the emotions of Suide Han people, and it is also an art of Suide men. It embodies the straightforward, honest and tenacious fighting spirit of Suide men. From ancient times to the present, the bold and casual ideas and natural and skillful carving art of Suide stone carving craftsmen have carved out the colorful emotional world of Suide men. "Stone Soul Square" is the most representative stone sculpture building and the gateway to loess culture in northern Shaanxi. In the Stone Soul Square in Suide County, Shaanxi Province, there is a pair of giant stone lions. The two stone lions are 19.5 meters high and 11 meters in diameter. They look majestic. This pair of stone lions is the largest stone sculpture in northern Shaanxi in recent years. The lion's mouth alone can accommodate more than ten people. The stone lion is tall and mighty and is known as "the best stone lion in the world". The Suide Stone Lions use local stones as construction materials to form a magnificent lineup of stone lions, which reflects the unique regionality and uniqueness of Suide County in northern Shaanxi and is dominated by the stone lion styles of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

? Suide Ancient City’s long history and rich culture have made it famous far and wide. The inscriptions on the cliff stone carvings include ancient and modern emperors, generals, officials, revolutionary leaders, and high-ranking party, government, and military officials. Leaders as well as writers, calligraphers, artists and celebrities from all walks of life. Suide's "Moon in the Qin Dynasty and the Pass in the Han Dynasty" cliff carving landscape uses ordinary stone walls, but after clever use, it becomes a beautiful scenery. It not only enhances the cultural taste of Suide, but also serves as a cultural landscape for people to appreciate.