Photo of Shuifumiao Wetland Park ③ ~ Longguyun

The beautiful scenery and profound cultural heritage of Shuifumiao Wetland Park attracted the attention of Loudi TV station. They sent a four-person film crew headed by Yan to apricot. In order to cooperate with the reporter's shooting, I was sent to assist in the relevant security work. So, I was lucky enough to participate in the whole process of shooting.

Traditional culture is the bearer and witness of historical accumulation here, and it is also the cultural memory here, and it is also a visible homesickness. These old streets, such as Gu Xiang, bluestone pavement, fire dragon bodhisattva and ancient temples, not only constitute a harmonious and beautiful picture in ancient culture, but also epitomize the profound historical and cultural heritage here. Its humanistic connotation and historical memory are the charm of apricots.

One? Vicissitudes of Shuifu Temple

? Shuifu Temple, formerly known as Narcissus Palace, is located in Shuifu Temple Village, Xingzipu Town, with brick and wood structure, facing northeast. At present, only the temple gate and the main hall are preserved in this temple, and other buildings have been demolished when 1958 built the highway along the Xikou reservoir dam. From 65438 to 0996, the local people raised funds for maintenance, but it was difficult to restore the old appearance due to insufficient funds. The original docks and ferries along the adjacent Lianshui River have been rebuilt and expanded, which is very spectacular.

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Lianshui River is vast, connecting Lianyuan Lantian, Qiaotou River, Loushi and Yangjiatan, and connecting Xiangtan, Changsha and Wuhan. It flows all the way into the Xiangjiang River, through Dongting and into the Yangtze River; Year after year, dozens of dangerous beaches have been washed away within hundreds of kilometers of Lianshui River. The current is very fast and the ship is afraid. It is not uncommon for ships to turn over goods, and even countless people drown.

According to legend, in the early years of Kangxi, two wood carving bodhisattvas drifted here with the flood, which made people feel very strange; So some shipowners on Lianshui River generously donated money to build Shuifu Temple. People come to this temple to pay homage, which is smooth and effective. Therefore, every time the boatman sails, he must burn incense in advance to worship God and pray for the water god, so the incense of Shuifu Temple is getting more and more prosperous.

When we came to Shuifu Temple to shoot, it happened to be dusk and afterglow. A ray of setting sun fell on the lonely temple, as if infected with a touch of Buddha light. Although the temple has been ruined, it still stands proudly in the wind and frost of the years, telling the vicissitudes of the years. ...

? Two? Guyunlao Pu Jie

? The development of water transport once caused the prosperity of Xingzipu Old Street, Xikou Old Street and Shui Mei River Old Street in Shuifumiao Wetland Park.

? Xingzipu Old Street is the most typical representative of water transport prosperity since Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more than 0/00 shops in the street, large and small/kloc, which are bustling and lively. The Pan Shi family's "Xiesheng" still exists today, and the glory of that year is still visible. Now there are more than 1000 square meters of big shops, granite walls, iron-covered doors and riveted doors with nails. Although rusty, traces of luxury are still visible. Wang's barber shop is still in an ancient state, still antique. The bluestone tablets left on the street are still shiny, with traces left by businessmen after hundreds of years, while the crumbling Longjia ancestral hall is mottled with historical traces. ...

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At sunset, a hemp fiber, a brown hat, a bamboo pole, and a row of straw sandals, a string of footprints scattered on the bluestone board, casting an oblique shadow.

The film crew came to the old street, stepped on the smooth slate, stared at the mottled shops, opened the shutter and fixed the eternity of history.

Xikou Old Street also had a glorious history. There are fifty or sixty shops, wholesale and retail processing, everything is complete. Only Song Xilian's father has ever run three shops in Xikou Old Street. Due to the construction of 1958 Shuifumiao Reservoir, Xikou Old Street has been submerged in deep water. Now, all that remains is the Hushixi inkstone with strong ancient charm (now inherited by Guofanxi inkstone) and the pen shop with a glorious history. In retrospect, Liu Ji's brush was famous all over the country. In the early years of the Republic of China, the Huangpu Military Academy in Guangzhou required special use. Both Chiang Kai-shek and Zhou Enlai used the brush of this shop. It is said that Liu Pingbo, secretary of the branch of Yan Dou Village, also cherishes the wealth of his ancestors.

? As for Shuishui Old Street, it has a history of 600 years, and the remaining old pavement is still telling the prosperity of the past. At that time, ships were woven, people were constantly flowing, business was prosperous and financial resources were abundant. Silk satin village in Taihe township, Yuguang Guangbu village, Guangsheng Department Store, Xiongwanquan Pharmacy, Keming Bookstore, Antique Bookstore, Dengmingyuan Hall, Yaomingtang, candle making, as well as miscellaneous food, grain and oil, slaughter, snacks, haircuts, etc., have everything, and their prosperity is comparable to that of Xingzipu Old Street.

There is also a magnificent "Jiang's Ancestral Hall" next to the old Jianshui Street, with three entrances and four horizontal directions. There is also a picture of "four flowers are high and small" in the ancestral hall. Jiang Yinghu, a strong gentleman, first built Guanyin Pavilion in Luoyang Bay, which shows the prosperity of Laojianshui Street.

The old street is a thing of the past, and the green slate is also the remnant of Liao Liao. The once prosperity has become the smooth and brilliant roads and railways today. Things have changed, times have changed dramatically, and new glory has replaced the past.

? Three? Footprints of famous Confucian scholars

? The TV crew came to the ancestral temple of Jia Zhu in Jiangkou Village and was shocked by the majestic momentum of the ancient buildings. Ancestral hall with blue tiles and white walls, tall buildings and carved rafters. When I walked into the hall, I saw the celebrity plaque and sighed that the pen was vigorous, rigorous and dignified, and naturally I thought of the fifteenth master of Yaojie.

Zhu Yaojie was the first famous Neo-Confucianist in Hunan in the late Qing Dynasty. He was born in Chuntou Bay, Jiangkou Village. He is smart and wise, eager to learn since childhood, and won the top spot in the senior high school entrance examination. Legend has it that he walked indecent because he broke his leg on horseback, so he gave up the idea of going to Beijing for the imperial examination, and set up a museum to teach in the countryside, indifferent to fame and fortune and not seeking Wen Da. Zhu Xiaoshan's Li Datang, Shuangfeng Academy and the Lotus Leaf Zeng Guofan's home in Hongshantang are all places where he teaches and educates people. Xiang famous Zeng, Zeng, Zeng, Zeng Guofan's eldest son, nephew Zeng, Liu Rong, etc. , have become his disciples. These disciples later became famous ministers of the Qing Dynasty. He had a deep personal relationship with Zeng Guofan, and even recruited and transported military supplies for Zeng Guofan. Finally, I married Zeng Guofan's children and parents-in-law, two generations of parents-in-law, and later generations passed it down as a much-told story.

The great scholars have gone by yellow crane, leaving a big ancestral temple in the estuary. Jiangkou Zhujiajian Island Ancestral Temple was built by Mr. Zhu Yaojie, with a history of nearly 200 years. He left Mo Bao in the ancestral temple admired by later generations. Zeng Guofan personally inscribed the exquisite and magnificent plaque of "Zhu Ancestral Hall", and he also copied the four characters of "loyalty, filial piety and honesty" in Yuelu Academy on the two walls of the lobby of "Zhu Ancestral Hall".

? During the Republic of China, Cheng Qian General Zhu (a native of Dashu Village) invited the President of the Republic of China, Minister of National Defense Bai Chongxi, Chairman of Hunan Province Cheng Qian and other military and political dignitaries to write inscriptions for Zhu Ancestral Hall.

Walking into Zhu's ancestral hall, we feel the profound historical and cultural heritage, and the ancient culture hundreds of years ago has invaded our hearts. Let people remember, let people daydream ...

Four? Xilian Temple in Ancient Temple

Xilian Temple (once known as Lotus Temple) is an ancient temple, located in the village of Chongsanjiao in the middle of the river. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming and Qing Dynasties with a long history. It was late autumn evening when our film crew rushed to shoot.

Standing on the lawn in the front yard of Xilian Temple, the tiny twilight rays obliquely shoot down from the opposite tile eaves in the meditation room, like a pile of old things that have stood on the wall. Looking up at Xilian Temple, we are also looking for the Buddha's light shining between temples and the ancient rhyme sinking in the streamer.

The sound of wooden fish winding around towering trees still can't hide the gas field accumulated in Xilian Temple, and neither can the halls and pavilions hide the gas field of Tianzhu. The temple is shrouded in this pure air and light, with clocks hanging in the east building and drums beating in the west building. The sound of the morning bell and the evening drum is soaring and melodious on the blue tiles. It wants to send this pure Sanskrit sound to the world and awaken the truth, goodness and beauty.

The wizards are having an afternoon class. They recited Buddhist scriptures, folded their hands devoutly, and walked slowly from the main hall along the steps. Hui Jin in the sunset falls on temples, galleries and wizards, as if covered with a shining Buddha's light. It makes people feel that they are sitting in the clouds and traveling in fairyland, which is full of magic.

If you can't understand the troubled world, plant bodhi in your heart. You don't need to blossom and bear fruit, but you will always have a calm Zen mind in the spiritual realm. It can repel the impetuousness of the soul, wash away people's goodness, resist secular impetuousness and wash away social harmony.

Farewell to Master Gao Cheng, we went home in the twilight. The car has gone far, and through the rearview mirror, you can still see the master standing in the Buddha's light of the sunset glow, looking at us and chanting "Amitabha" in his mouth. ...

Five? Legend of the dragon lantern

? The film crew came to the fire dragon hall in Quanba village, and there happened to be five or six good men and women worshipping God in the hall. The main hall is dedicated to the dragon and bodhisattva, and the cigarettes are curled up and solemn.

Chunba Fire Dragon is well-known and has many followers. People say that dragons show great power, and those who wish get what they want. On the third day of the first month, the fire dragon swam out, 15 rounds of lights, and hundreds of families did not rest day and night. At ordinary times, people who come to Lailongtang to worship incense are in an endless stream, and incense is curling up.

There are magical legends about the spring dam fire dragon, and there are also many touching stories about the ancient well spring water.

As an ancient dragon dance culture, Quanba Fire Dragon is just one of its representatives. It is said that the nearby Oolong Bodhisattva and the Dragon Bodhisattva in Xintangwan Pavilion are also gods.

Dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation, which embodies people's good wishes. The people hope that the Dragon and Bodhisattva can protect the country and benefit the people, enrich the country and strengthen the people, make everyone safe and have all the best.

(The picture of the fire dragon is partly from Brother Xiang)