Does anyone know that Henan fell into Linhe City a long time ago?

In the Song, Liao and Jin dynasties, that is, on the eve of the Yellow River cutting off its flow in Junxian County, the people of Junxian County were still fighting arduously against Yellow River floods. During this period, there were more than 10 Yellow River floods recorded in documents. . In the more than 50 years from the second year of Jin Tianjuan (1139 AD) when "the Yellow River burst and flooded Junzhou City" to the fifth year of Jin Mingchang (1194 AD), the people of Junxian County fought two major life-and-death struggles with the Yellow River. Among them, the great breach of the Yellow River in 1189 turned Linhe County (the administrative seat of which is now Baimao Xingfang Village, Shantang Town, Jun County) into a land of marshes, and Linhe City completely disappeared from the land of Liyang.

The Yellow River bursts and the floods are ruthless. Thinking about the tragic scene of raging floods, ruins of houses, and drifting of people and animals in Linhe County, people still feel scared.

"General Zhenhe" failed to protect Linhe City

There used to be a Linhe County in Junxian County, and this Linhe County was completely engulfed by a sudden Yellow River flood—— This is something that the reporter had never heard of before this interview along the old Yellow River route in Junxian County. According to Zhang Fumin, deputy director of the Junxian County Cultural Relics and Tourism Bureau, Linhe County was formerly known as Dongli County. As early as the second year of Yong'an in the Northern Wei Dynasty (529 AD), the original Liyang County was divided into two counties, Liyang and Dongli. Both counties belong to Liyang County. Jurisdiction. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, the establishment of Dongli County was abolished. In the sixth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (586), Linhe County was established at the location of the original Dongli County. In the 29th year of Dading of the Jin Dynasty (1189 AD), the Yellow River flooded Linhe County, and the raging flood swept away the county seat of Linhe County on the north bank of the Yellow River. ?

The book introduces that the Yellow River’s frequent diversions and degree of damage are unique in the world. From the historical records, in the fifth year of King Ding of Zhou Dynasty (602 BC), the Yellow River stopped at Suxukou (today’s Hebi City). Since the Qixian South) breached and changed its course, the lower reaches of the Yellow River has been like a giant dragon swinging its tail back and forth from north to south and from south to north in its 2,600-year history, with countless breaches and changes. The scope of river course changes starts from near Zhengzhou in the west, reaches Tianjin in the north, and reaches Jianghuai in the south, spanning 250,000 square kilometers. During this period, the Yellow River first entered the sea from the Bohai Sea, then changed its course and flowed into the Yellow Sea, and then changed its course from the Yellow Sea back to the Bohai Sea and entered the sea.

The trauma caused by the frequent breaches and diversions of the Yellow River to the land of Liyang, as well as the struggle of the people of Junxian County against the Yellow River floods, have been recorded in the annals of history time and time again. The old embankment of the Yellow River in Junxian County was formerly known as the Wannian Embankment or the Dajin Embankment, which meant it was indestructible to inspire people's confidence in overcoming the Yellow River floods. In order to prevent water hazards, the people of Junxian County once "strengthened the embankment with the help of forest trees at Wannian Dike (Dajin Dike), and planted them extensively to strengthen the terrain." Moreover, they "carved a large stone Buddha to stabilize the river" on Dagong Mountain. , praying that the Yellow River will always be safe and sound.

The famous Big Stone Buddha on Dagong Mountain in Junxian County is also known as the "General Zhenhe". It was built and built by the royal family using treasury silver in the Later Zhao Dynasty to control floods in the Yellow River. It has a history of more than 1,600 years. . The feet of "General Zhenhe" used to be the rolling Yellow River. Floods in the Yellow River were frequent at that time, which made the people of Liyang in the ancient land miserable. Shi Le of the Later Zhao Dynasty accepted the advice of the eminent monk Fo Tucheng and used financial and material resources to build a large stone Buddha on Dagong Mountain in Junxian County in an attempt to obtain blessings from the gods and suppress the Yellow River floods.

However, although the big stone Buddha was named "General Zhenhe", it did not bring good news to people. The Yellow River continued to overflow, and later even swallowed up the entire Linhe County. During the raging flood, the sediment from the upper reaches rolled in with the flood and accumulated on the land near the river. Therefore, the people of Junxian County called the flood that year "sand pressing on Linhe".

The "General Zhenhe" was "at a loss" in the face of the Yellow River floods, and could only watch Linhe County disappear in the floods. This flood occurred in the twenty-ninth year of Jin Dading (1189). Five years later, in the fifth year of Jin Mingchang (1194), the Jin soldiers went south. Du Chong of the Southern Song Dynasty dug up the Yellow River embankment to block the Jin soldiers with floods, causing the Yellow River to change its course southward and stop flowing in Junxian County. This human-induced diversion of the Yellow River was considered by the people of Junxian County at that time as the "General of Zhenhe" finally appeared.

“The sun fades behind the mountains, and the Yellow River flows into the sea.” Today, the roaring Yellow River and the ancient city near the river no longer exist, but the “General Zhenhe” stone Buddha still exudes the charm of ancient religious culture.

"Jun County Chronicles" records: "Linhe County was also the ancient Dongli County." It also records: "Linhe City, the seat of Liyang County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu granted the title of Prince Xian to Linhe Marquis, Yi It faces the Yellow River to the south, so it was named Linhe. In the 29th year of Jin Dynasty, the city was flooded by the Yellow River and the city was destroyed."

The ruins of the old city are full of antiques?

The ruins of Linhe County. It is located in the north of Baimao Xingfang Village, Shantang Town, Junxian County. On the way to the Linhe Ancient City ruins for an interview, Deputy Director Zhang Fumin, who has been engaged in cultural relics work, said: "When you pick up a brick there, it has thousands of years of history."

Zhang Fumin said that the Linhe City ruins are now It has become an open farmland, and the farmland is full of bricks and tiles from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Over the years, villagers have discarded the bricks and tiles picked out during the farming process in the fields, and piles can be seen everywhere.

“The field ridges are also padded with old antiques picked out from the fields.” When they came to the ruins of Linhe Ancient City, the villagers who were watering the wheat seedlings called the bricks and tiles here old antiques. Villagers told reporters that the locals now call the Linhe City site Linhe Slope. They all know that it used to be the county seat of Linhe County, and the county seat was later washed away by the Yellow River.

The elders often say that "Linhe City appears only once in sixty years", but no one today has ever seen it.

Zhang Fumin said that the so-called "Linhe City appears once every 60 years" refers to the mirage spectacle that appeared on the site of Linhe City in the past. Legend has it that this spectacle only appeared once every 60 years.

Walking on the field path of the Linhe City ruins, Zhang Fumin bent down from time to time to pick up some pottery and porcelain fragments from the rubble. He said that these ceramic fragments also came from the Tang and Song Dynasties.

The Linhe City ruins located in this open field are about 2,000 meters long from north to south and 1,000 meters wide from east to west. The ruins are occupied by Baimao Xingfang Village, Linhe Village, Guojiaying Village, and Hewan Village in Shantang Town. Sub-villages and other villages are surrounded in the middle. A few years ago, when villagers were leveling the land on the riverside slope, they dug out "Kaiyuan Tongbao" from the Tang Dynasty, jade Buddha statues from the Song Dynasty, white porcelain bowls, jade incense burners, etc.

In December last year, a villager in Guojiaying Village discovered an ancient tomb 10 meters below the ground while digging a well. The unearthed epitaph showed that the owner of the tomb was from Linhe County at that time. Previously, villagers had discovered ancient tombs many times when digging wells or digging the land. In the 1970s, there was a piece of land on the Linhe City site that had not been able to grow crops for many years. When the villagers of Guojiaying Village dug up the land, they dug out an eight-sided prayer building. The prayer building was made of bluestone and was about 1.3 meters high. , about 0.5 meters in diameter, was incomplete when unearthed. Two stone beasts were unearthed at the same time as the Jing Zhuan. The stone beasts and the Jing Zhuang had been abandoned in a corner of a villager's courtyard since they were unearthed. The strange thing is that among the two stone beasts that the reporter saw, one had a head but no legs, while the other had legs but no head.

Deputy Director Zhang Fumin inferred based on the text on the scripture pillars and the shape and craftsmanship of the stone beasts that they were all products of the middle and late Tang Dynasty. He said that during the Five Dynasties period, Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty promoted the extermination of Buddhism. The sutra pillars and stone animals unearthed at the Linhe City site were incomplete and may have been destroyed in that era. ?

There are a lot of mahjong dice scattered on the Linhe City ruins. They are slightly larger than corn kernels and are all made of white porcelain. In the past, when it rained, the white mahjong dice washed away by the rain were exposed on the slope facing the river. Villagers said that according to legend, people in Linhe County loved gambling in those days, and these mahjong dice may have been left over from the casinos of that year. Some villagers also told reporters that no matter how big the casino is, it cannot use so many dice. Maybe there used to be a workshop here for processing dice.

During interviews in villages around the Linhe City ruins, many people told reporters that it is said that a large amount of silver was buried under the Linhe slope. The silver was buried by the county magistrate of Linhe County before the flood. . At that time, the floods in the upper reaches of the Yellow River were fierce and the river water surged. Linhe County is close to the north bank of the Yellow River. The county magistrate saw that the floods were overflowing from the Yellow River to Linhe City. He expected that Linhe County City would be difficult to save, so he ordered everyone in the city to flee for their lives. Due to time constraints and no time to transfer the silver in the bank, the county magistrate ordered people to bury all the silver underground and dig it out for use after the flood receded the next day. Unexpectedly, the flood did not subside for a long time, Linhe County was completely destroyed, and the hope of rebuilding Linhe County was shattered. All those who participated in burying the silver died when the flood came. After the flood receded, no one knew where the silver was buried. According to legend, the silver was put into 9 large vats and 18 large pots and buried on both sides of a road to make it easier to find it in the future.

Li Baoxiang, a villager in Wanzi Village, said that it has been said from generation to generation that the silver buried in Linhe County is "nine jars and eighteen pots, and there is not as much money to the east as there is to the west", but no one knows which road it is talking about. ?

Guo Xintian, a 66-year-old veteran water conservancy worker, was born in Guojiaying Village, east of the Linhe City ruins. Guo Xintian said that the Linhe City site is now called Linhe Slope, but more than 20 years ago people called it Linhe Po. When he was a child, he often swam and caught fish in Linhe Po. At that time, there were large areas of reed marshes near the river, and there were flocks of wild birds on the water. The scenery was beautiful. Linhebo is a deep ditch washed out on the site of Linhe City when the Yellow River burst. The locals used to call this deep ditch "Changkeng". As time passed, the groundwater level of Laihebo gradually decreased year by year. Around 1975, Linhebo completely dried up. Local villagers leveled it into cultivated land, so everyone renamed it Linhepo. In the past, Linhebo had abundant rainfall and high air humidity. When the temperature changed drastically, it was easy to form a lens effect over the Linhe City ruins, resulting in a mirage, which the elders often said "Linhe City appears once in sixty years."

While standing at the ruins of Linhe Ancient City and talking with the locals about the past and present, the reporter felt that their words revealed their deep nostalgia for Linhe City and Linhebo.

Zhang Gong carries Zhang Po on his back? The Yellow River floods Linhe

There is a traditional Shehuo performance in Jun County called "Zhang Gong carries Zhang Po on his back". The story in the program is based on local There is a folk legend about Linhe County being flooded (Linhe Slope). ?

According to legend, the people in Linhe City back then were rather mean and unkind. As time passed, people within dozens of miles around said that there were no good people in Linhe City. One day, a Taoist disguised himself as an oil seller and came to Linhe City to sell sesame oil. When someone came to buy oil, he deliberately pretended to be confused and always gave people a few more ounces of sesame oil. After the news spread, those who loved to take advantage of him rushed to buy sesame oil from him. When the oil buyers saw that they had extra sesame oil, they also pretended to be confused. No one said anything, and they returned happily carrying sesame oil. Home. There was an old man named Zhang Gong who also bought a pound of sesame oil. When he returned home and weighed the scale, he found that there were two taels more sesame oil. When his wife heard about it, she immediately asked Mr. Zhang to find the oil seller with her and sell the extra sesame oil. Backed away.

Seeing that Mr. Zhang and his wife were real people, the oil seller pointed to the Dragon King Temple not far away and said to Mr. Zhang: "Linhe City is about to be in disaster. Once you see the bleeding eyes of the stone lion in front of the Dragon King Temple, you will Run out of the city quickly, or you will die if you run too late."

After the oil seller left, Mr. Zhang went to the Dragon King Temple every day to look at the stone lions and told everyone what the oil seller said. But after others heard this, they all thought that there was something wrong with Zhang Gong's mind, and no one took his words to heart. A scoundrel saw Mr. Zhang visiting the stone lion every day. In order to trick Mr. Zhang, he found pig blood and smeared it on the stone lion's eyes. When Zhang Gong saw it, he thought the stone lion's eyes were really bleeding. He hurriedly ran home and asked his wife to flee with him outside the city. As he ran home, he shouted to the villagers: "The disaster is coming, hurry up." Run!" Others thought Mr. Zhang was crazy, and even Mr. Zhang's wife didn't want to leave home. In desperation, Mr. Zhang picked up his wife and ran out of the city. When he ran out of Linhe City with his wife on his back, he turned around and saw that Linhe City had turned into a vast ocean.

This is the popular story of "Zhang Gong carried Zhang Po on his back, and the Yellow River flooded the river".

According to legend, the honest Mr. Zhang and his wife were saved, but how many people were lucky enough to escape the devastating disaster that Linhe County suffered that year?