"Chongqing Exploration" Issue 57

"It's great to live in the ancient city!

Leyitan'er, a geomantic treasure land, makes people proud.

Look - the towering mountains, The breeze is blowing,

The waves of Qiongjiang River and Fujiang River are surging..."

On April 2, with the sound of money boards, "Chongqing Exploration" took netizens on a journey Entered the thousand-year-old city of Tongliang and settled down.

Who said ancient cities are the same? Anju has the unique cultural symbols of ancient Chinese cities - blue bricks, wooden doors, windows, eaves and corners, as well as the irreplaceable Bayu blood. It is located at the intersection of the Qiong and Fuji rivers, on the central axis of Chengdu and Chongqing, and the Wumu River meets at the foot of the city. Hanlin culture, anti-Japanese war culture, and dragon culture blend here, and more than 5,000 aborigines spread modern life in historical monuments...

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Memory of the ancient city

The ancient city of Anju was originally named "Chishui County". It was built in the eighth year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty (588 AD) and was renamed in the 16th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1480 AD). Anju County. The small town by the river was once a well-known trading center with many guilds such as salt gangs, wine gangs, and slaughter gangs.

To this day, we can still see city walls, courtyards, ancestral halls, guilds, and palaces and temples lining the ancient city. The "Nine Palaces and Eighteen Temples" show the cultural roots of the ancient city without hesitation.

The Wang Hanlin Courtyard was built in the Ming Dynasty. It is the former residence of the Wang family, a prominent family of the Ming and Qing Dynasties who lived in the ancient city. Part of the central hall and backyard are still preserved. When local literati have nothing to do, they like to take a walk here. From the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more than 200 people passed the imperial examinations in Anju, including four in the Imperial Academy in the Qing Dynasty. Later, many literati came out of Anju. They are the pride of the town, and their stories embody the strong cultural sentiments of Anju people.

The Huguang Guild Hall on the old street is connected to the wall of Mazu Temple on the left and Qi'an Office on the right. There is a couplet on the gate: "Busy for fame and profit, take a break to have a cup of tea, work hard for clothes and food, and have fun in the hard work, bring a pot of wine." This sentence expresses the ups and downs and open-mindedness of the merchants in the ancient city.

In the long ancient street, houses and shops are adjacent to each other, restaurants and tea shops are intertwined, ancestral halls and temples are connected, guild halls and schools look at each other... The memory of the ancient city is contained in the city walls. , history is superimposed here and stories are spread here.

Life in the Ancient City

If it only had history and memory, the ancient city might only be regarded as a huge museum. But Anju has the past and the present at the same time. To this day, more than 5,000 aborigines still live in the core area of ??this 1,500-year-old ancient city. Their modern lives are crisscrossed with historical monuments, giving off a different kind of human flavor.

Xiao Gang, president of the Anju Ancient City Culture Research Association, has been committed to the collection and research of ancient city culture. "From the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the ancient city of Anju produced 4 Hanlin officials, 38 Jinshi, and 87 Juren, and even the governors of Henan, Fujian, and Anhui were famous in history..." "The sound of the pipa is heartfelt, and the tears are wet. Luo Shangtou. "Did you know that the story of the Sichuan Opera "Jasper Hairpin" takes place in our Anju?" .

Tongliang dragon is world-famous, and the skill of Zhalong comes from Anju. Li Deyu, who has more than 30 years of experience in Zhalong, has stayed in the town just to preserve the unique handicrafts of the ancient city.

In the Tongliang Dragon Lantern Colorful Exhibition Center, we saw this old man who was over 60 years old. "The shape of this dragon is the most important thing." He introduced while arranging the dragon's head. "Tonglianglong is very powerful, with its mouth wide open and beads inside. You see, it has the horns of a deer, the eyes of a shrimp, and the tail of a lion. ..."

"Dragon dances are performed wherever there are Chinese people, and my works are often sent abroad. " He said that only by understanding the dragon can you truly understand Anju.

In the bookstore at the end of the old street in the ancient city, He Daike, the inheritor of the money board, talked about Anju in his own way. Long gowns, bamboo boards, square tables, tea bowls...the small bookstore was full of guests. He Daike turned sideways, knocked on the bamboo board and sang the opening lyrics of the money board.

If you don’t meet any literati or artists in the ancient city, just by walking on the old street, you will feel the strong atmosphere of life in the ancient city - women making rice cakes and old people selling rice dumplings. , the owner guarding the second-hand bookstore will greet you warmly; there are children doing homework at the door of the house, and cats basking in the sun on the ladder...

At present, Anju Town is closely following the " "Recreate the charm of the thousand-year-old city and reshape the waterfront urban civilization" positioning, focus on the cultural tourism industry, and go all out to build Anju into a "watchman" of waterfront urban civilization, with living culture, waterfront experience, cultural and creative night markets, Four major blocks with service facilities are being laid out.

I believe that with the implementation of the plan, this thousand-year-old city will become more and more vibrant.