Yichang Dongshan Thatched Cottage, where famous generals’ monuments are buried in the secluded path

Ancient stone sculptures placed in Dongshan Park

Looping around the left side of the Yangtze River, facing the Sichuan Gorge and facing the Jingmen Gate on the back. "Dongshan, located in the main urban area of ??Yichang, is shaped like a jade pillow and is the back garden of Yichang people. In the Tang Dynasty, a temple was built here named Dongshan Temple. It later became a must-see place for literati and poets passing through Yiling in the past dynasties. During the Anti-Japanese War, Dongshan Temple was destroyed by Japanese artillery fire. Now, a "Monument to the People's Heroes" has been erected here. Turning into Dongshan Park along Bailongjing Road, the noise is immediately blocked by the trees blocking the sky. When I saw it, the air became much fresher. “There are three thousand people in Sichuan and Sichuan. ""Donghu County Chronicle" records the topography of Yiling, among which the mountains in the urban area are mainly Dongshan. "Looking at the terrain from here, Dongshan Park is on the left, with the Heroes Monument as the highest peak; Bailonggang Park is on the right, with the Meteorological Observatory as the highest peak, and in the middle It's a pond. In the past, this was the boundary of Dongshan Park. The county chronicle described "(Dongshan) Mountain as the county pillow", which refers to the terrain with high sides and low middle.

Zhang Zizhong’s inscription on the stele

The altitude of Dongshan Park is only over 127.8 meters. In the Tang Dynasty, a temple was built on the top of the mountain, "to match Gedao Mountain (Moji Mountain) in the south of the river." After that, Dongshan Temple became Yiling With this victory, the Dongshan painting became the first of the eight scenic spots in ancient Yiling. Literati of all ages would definitely pay a visit to Dongshan Temple when they visited Yiling. There is also a pavilion outside Dongshan Temple. This small pavilion is called Lansheng Tower. The poem describes it as "near a small pool, with mountains like a screen, and a good surrounding." Walking along the mountain road on the left, you can see shabby amusement parks everywhere, and the bustling business hours can be vaguely glimpsed in the scattered posters. But now, having been abandoned for so long, some of the equipment has collapsed. "Green moss, green cliffs and ancient trees, green roses and rocks, dark deep streams." Ouyang Xiu, in his poem "Accompanying Ding Yuanzhen on a Visit to Dongshan Temple Three Days After the Winter Solstice", describes the most primitive scenery of Dongshan - green moss ancient trees, green roses and clear springs, which is breathtaking. The secret realm of forgetfulness. The stream here is the Luluo River originating from Dongshan. The west side of Luluo Creek is connected to Liujia Weir.

Double Pavilions in the Lake

It is said that when Liu Yiru, a scholar in Yiling and minister of the Ministry of Justice of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, was alive, he made it convenient for tourists to visit Dongshan and have food and accommodation. , Dongshan Thatched Cottage was built at the foot of Dongshan Mountain. In the Bingshen year of Wanli, Tong Shiyan, the magistrate of Yiling, rebuilt Dongshan Temple. Wang Zhuan, a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty who was also a native of Yiling, wrote a "Record of Dongshan Temple" specifically for this purpose. After the death of these two high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, they were both buried on Dongshan. In 1958, agricultural co-operation was implemented, and Dongshan was transformed into "Huaguo Mountain". During the renovation period, Wang Zhuan's tomb was "destroyed". There was also a batch of books inside. After opening the tomb, the color of the clothes changed quickly. Today, the tombstone and stone statues (stone figures and stone beasts installed in front of the tomb) of this "Wang Tianguan" have moved to his hometown of Dianjun ***. In the quiet forest, at the foot of Dongshan Martyrs Cemetery, we came across Liu Yiru’s tombstone and stone statue. The stone tablet more than 2 meters high, the base of the turtle tablet more than one foot high, and the hat of the tablet nearly one meter high stand quietly by the roadside, accompanied by majestic stone warriors and stone beasts. The complicated decorations fully reflect the life of the tomb owner. of prominence. On the stone tablet, the words "Liu Yiru" and "Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment" are clearly legible. These stone steles and statues were moved here from Wugui Stele more than 30 years ago. It is adjacent to Liujia Dayan and belongs to the remaining veins of Dongshan Mountain. In fact, as early as the Western Jin Dynasty, Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty who lived in Yiling recorded the scenery of Luluo River in "Poetry of Traveling Immortals": "The Luluo River is tied with high forests, and the mountain is covered with a blanket. There are silent men in it, quietly whistling and stroking the clear strings. "In addition to Guo Pu and Ouyang Xiu, the Southern Song Dynasty poet Lu You, the Ming Dynasty Yiling celebrity Lei Sipei, the Qing Dynasty Yan Sijun and others also visited Dongshan Temple and wrote poems.

Dongshan Thatched Cottage

Halfway up the mountainside of the park, a silver "Meiling" special plane attracts attention. After consulting the information, we learned that on the eve of the Great Retreat, the three sisters Soong Ching Ling, Soong Meiling, and Soong Ailing flew to Yichang to visit the wounded soldiers in the Anti-Japanese War. This special plane was sent to Yichang Dongshan Park (former Martyrs Cemetery) by the Dangyang Air Force in 1986 for display. In 1936, two years before the "Three Song Sisters" came to Yichang, Chiang Kai-shek inspected Dongshan in Yichang and proposed to build Dongshan Park, retaining Dongshan Temple, Zhaozhong Temple and Dongshan Thatched Cottage. In 1940, Zhang Zizhong, a senior general of the Communist Party of China, established the country's After the death, the coffin was transported to Chongqing, the wartime capital, and held in public for three days at Dongshan Thatched Cottage. After that, both Dongshan Thatched Cottage and Dongshan Temple were destroyed by Japanese artillery fire. There are more than 100,000 people in Dongshan Temple. At night, thousands of fires are glowing, mourning wild sacrifices are held, and lamentations are heard all night long on the mountain tops and corners. "The song "Yichang Mourning Journey" records the grand occasion of people in Yichang paying homage to the general. In the 1970s, when Gezhouba was about to start construction, I felt that many heroes died for the country and were buried in Yichang, but there was no place to pay their respects. People from all walks of life in Yichang proposed to open a martyrs cemetery in Dongshan, Yichang. In 2003, the Dongshan Thatched Cottage was rebuilt and a public memorial to the famous anti-Japanese general Zhang Zizhong was erected.

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