Bitter water impression

Bitter water is a place in Gansu, a small town. Bitter water is most famous for its place names, Rose and Pig Camel Mountain. First of all, the name of that place is bitter. It is hard to imagine whether the local water quality is poor, the water is bitter or something else. Many outsiders heard the name bitter water and asked what it was, so everyone's memory of bitter water was particularly profound.

I have been to Bitter Water before, but I have only been there for less than half a day. Walk together on Zhuanglang River at the foot of Zhutuo Mountain, overlooking the majestic Zhutuo Mountain, and feel the majesty of the local folk Buddhist holy land.

My understanding of bitter water is that when I was young, I often heard adults say that bitter water has a long history and produces talents. Now I understand that it is actually a profound cultural heritage. Why deep? First, many families around us originated from bitter water. Second, before the bitter water, culture and education were developed (there were many literate people, many masters of Shaanxi opera, and good social fire). Third, the level of bitter craftsmen (carpenters, masons, paper workers, etc.). ) is well known.

? Later, bitter rose became more and more famous and bitter water became more and more familiar. This bitter rose is not an ornamental plant, but an economic crop, which mainly produces rose essential oil and rose food (tea, sauce and medicine). This bitter rose has a short life after cutting and will wither after a few hours, so it can't be used as an ornamental flower, let alone an object representing love. In life, what represents love is actually the cut roses. They all look alike (all belong to Rosaceae). Bitter rose has been planted for more than 200 years, and the local red soil and alkaline earth are very suitable for the growth of roses. Over the years, bitter rose has become one of the four largest rose varieties in China because of its leafy calyx, thick leaves, rich oil and rich fragrance. With the increase in the value of roses, bitter water roses were later planted in several nearby counties.

? This time I came to Bitter Water on business and lived in the Rose Institute next to Stan Village. For a long time, I learned about the bitter water closely and seriously.

? From Yongdeng County to the south, from Datong to Bitter Water to Hekou, it is nearly 40 kilometers. It is a valley with two mountains and one ditch, forming one mountain and one river. Sichuan runs from north to south, with a width of 500 meters to 600 meters and a width of 300 meters, commonly known as the Kushui River. The bitter water Zhuanglang River flows along the valley to the estuary and flows into the Yellow River. This river divides Kushuichuan into Hedong and Hexi. National Highway 3 12 and Lan Xin Railway are built along the river, and villagers live on both sides of the river. Zhuanglang River is a small river that gathers from a small tributary of Tianzhu. The water is small and mild, and sometimes it dries up due to the rainy season. The limited river nourishes the bitter river bank. The mountains on the east and west sides of Kushuichuan belong to Danxia landform, barren and bare. This mountain soil contains stones, and the lack of soil is not conducive to plant growth. The same is true in the ravine, resulting in less bitter river land and less cultivated land. Hard-working people have cultivated the land very carefully since ancient times. When I came to bitter water, I finally understood that because of the lack of land resources and low grain output, people suffering from bitter water should study hard, mainly to go out to make a living and support others. The ancestral home of my hometown belongs to the bitter people, in fact, it is the bitter version of the westward journey, and I survived by craft.

? There is a saying that one side of the soil and water will support one side. Although the land is tight, the Zhuanglang River flows through, and the soil on both sides is relatively fertile and the plants are dense. The people in Kushuichuan carefully cultivated the land on both sides of the strait, mainly planting crops such as wheat and corn, and planting roses on the edge of the ridge. Roses adapt to the soil here very well, grow luxuriantly and have good quality, and gradually become marketable commodities, which are increasingly welcomed by the market.

As the economic income of roses gradually exceeded that of grain, farmers began to plant roses in large quantities. In the flowering period, roses have become a special scenery in Kushuichuan, and the fragrance of roses entering Kushuichuan is fragrant. It is painless to pick flowers and bones. Picking is picking flowers before they bloom and when they are ready to bloom. The picked roses are collected and processed into various products by manufacturers. In the local rural families, they also have their own processing methods, brewing some rose food.

In the morning, from the bank of Stan village, I went upstream along the bank, and the river was singing. The river bank is green. The fields along the river mainly grow roses and corn. Along the banks of willows and elms, you can see lush vegetation at a glance. Near the west bank of Kushui Street, is the famous Pig Camel Mountain. There is a temple of Lord Li Buddha on the mountain, and a tall Buddha statue stands. Zhutuo Mountain, formerly known as Xuanmaoshan, is located on the west bank of Kushuicun River. There has been a temple on the mountain since the Song Dynasty, called Xishan Temple. Xuanmaoshan became a pig camel mountain, which was related to the emergence of a crazy monk similar to Jigong in Kushui Village below the mountain. Li Fu, a bitter street in the early Qing Dynasty, became a monk in Tongji since he was a child. /kloc-When he was 0/8 years old, he volunteered to learn from the scriptures to enlighten his family and practice in Xishan Temple. When he saw the temple destroyed, he vowed to repair it. Due to the high mountains and steep roads, it is difficult to transport materials. Monk Li Fu used bricks to drive the pig camel up the mountain. He carried six pigs, camels and four, and his piety attracted the active participation of nearby villagers. A few years later, the restoration was finally completed. Li Fu is also called a crazy monk because of his madness. When the wind blows, monks help the poor, cure diseases, build bridges and control water, do good deeds and accumulate virtue, and eventually become immortals. He is called Lord Li Buddha by the world. Various rumors about him, such as "sacrificing my life for rain", "cooking to help the poor", "I can't blame for my long illness", "turning over sand" and "skillfully building bridges", were widely circulated, and later generations carved the gods on the mountains. In order to commemorate the spirit pig carrying bricks and tiles, Xuanmaoshan was also renamed Zhu Tuoshan. Since the new century, the temple fair in Zhutuoshan has become more and more lively, and the well-meaning believers have further expanded Zhutuoshan and re-established the statue of Lord Li Fo. The temple fair in Zhutuoshan has also become a bitter culture, and the temple fair, bitter rose picking and social fire performance in Zhutuoshan have become new local characteristics and also become the traction belt of tourism economy.

Bitter water has a long history, and the traces of Qingming history left in the villages of Bitter Water River are still there. In Zhoujiazhuang, I walked into the village road and crossed the alley. Zhoujiazhuang in the new era is a clean and tidy village. Some historic houses were found in the street. I saw a blue brick gatehouse when I marched before liberation. Judging from the brick carving and lettering of the building, this blue brick gatehouse should be in the late Qing Dynasty, probably during the Guangxu period. The gate wall of the gatehouse is made of blue bricks, which is a hanging door. The door leaf in the center of the gate has been replaced with a new iron gate. Above the lintel is a bucket arch structure, and the carving is still clear. The wood is still good, but the decay of the years has spread all over the doorframes. The original color is definitely not wood rust, maybe it is China red, or the colored paintings on the woodcut flowers. It's all rusty now

? The brick of the hanging door is blue brick, and the size of the brick is obviously not what it is now. Thick and vicissitudes, brick joints fit perfectly, horizontal and vertical. Bricks washed away by rain are gray, and those with less sunshine are blue, which looks like old people's hair. There are all kinds of gray, blue and brown, and each color seems to have many stories running through it. At the lintel above the brick wall, there is a layer of brick carving, which is engraved with words on all sides, with the words "show kindness" and "holy ze" on the front, and the words on the inner wall are only "Qing X", and some words have fallen off. Above the words, a lotus flower vomited on a square brick. ? There is a narrow woodcut decoration above the lintel of the gate, carved with bats, and above the carved board are three groups of bucket arches. It is still rare to see a bucket arch in the gate. Judging from the previous classification, the family with this door should be a big family or a noble family. The roof of the gatehouse is hung with tiles on the ridge of Qingshui. This family only kept the gate and didn't see the house in the yard.

? Fortunately, I found another yard, so I went to take pictures. The old woman sitting under a nearby tree said, go in and have a look. The door of this house seems to have a long history, but the style of the door is obviously lower than that of the previous one. The door wall is made of clods, with a great drop. When you enter the gate, you will see three rooms with eaves. The key is that the room has a second floor. In the late Qing dynasty, it was rare for a hall to build a second floor, at least I haven't seen it yet. Living in the yard are two old people, the old man is 88 years old and the old lady is 86 years old. Grandma told me the history of this yard, and I can't tell how many years it has been. She only said that she had this hall when she got married. Anyway, this house has been around for five lifetimes. This quadrangle has a history of 100 years, but it still shows the momentum of that year. In the past, the yard was very big, but later the number of houses demolished decreased, and even the wooden building on the second floor did not have stairs. On the way, you must go outside and get a ladder. Into the old man's house, neat and simple, a pair of plush chairs in the middle of the living room, a hundred-year-old coat and hat box hanging on the wall. The wardrobe on the kang exudes a lasting earthy smell and is exquisitely made. Carved by a pair of kang walls? The woodcut patterns on the wardrobe and Kang photos are clearly identifiable, and the five-bat (volt) longevity pattern has rich meanings.

Seeing this, the legacy of the Ming and Qing dynasties came face to face, and the profound plot of ancient culture produced leisurely.

Leave the old house and continue to walk in the narrow alley. There is a small canal in front of every household, and the water is gurgling. Canal water comes from Zhuanglang River. Alleys are clean and tidy everywhere. Most people who come back from busy farming are open at the gate, some are quiet and some are laughing, and there is a quiet peasant atmosphere everywhere. Many families have cars parked in front of them, which shows that family life is happy.

? Zhoujiazhuang is a microcosm of the bitter river. Hard-working bitter people keep pace with the times in the tide of history and improve their sources. The new atmosphere and environment make people linger. Our country is like this little Zhoujiazhuang everywhere, changing with each passing day, harmonious and quiet.