Chaoshan folk stories

There is a story about eight scenic spots in Chaoshan.

1, Xiangqiao spring

Outside the east gate of Chaozhou ancient city, it spans the vast Han River and lives in the traffic hub of Fujian and Guangdong. With its unique style of "eighteen boats and twenty-four continents", it is also known as the four ancient bridges in China with Zhao Zhouqiao, Luoyang Bridge and Lugou Bridge, and is praised as "the earliest opening and closing bridge in the world" by the famous bridge expert Mao Yisheng.

Guangji Bridge, commonly known as Xiangzi Bridge, was built by Zeng Wang, the satrap of the Song trunk road (11) in the seventh year. It was originally a pontoon bridge, connected by 86 giant ships, named "Ji Kang". In the first year of Xichun (1 174), the pontoon bridge was washed away by the flood, and the magistrate Changwei rebuilt it, and the construction of the wharf on the west bank began. During the fifty-four years from the first year of Shaoding (1228), the number of magistrates such as Wang, Ding Yunyuan and Sun increased one after another. Among them, in the year of Chun +6 (1 189), the construction scale of the Taishou Ding Yunyuan was the largest and most prominent, and the west bridge was renamed as "Dinggong Bridge". In the year of 5 (1 194), the Taishou Shen built the "East Coast Stone". After the completion of the East-West Bridge, the middle is still connected by columns, forming the basic pattern of the combination of beam bridge and pontoon bridge. From the end of Song Dynasty to Yuan Dynasty, Guangji Bridge was revived and abolished many times. In the tenth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (1435), the magistrate Roy presided over the unprecedented "rockfill reconstruction". After completion, "there are ten piers and nine holes in the west bank, with a total length of 49 feet and five; On the east coast are thirteen exciting twelve tung trees with a total length of 86 feet; Hollow is twenty-six feet and three feet, and four boats are pontoons. There are 126 pavilions on the bridge, renamed Guangji Bridge. In the eighth year of Zheng De (15 13), Tan Lun, the magistrate, added another wharf and reduced six Upright boats, which became the unique style of "eighteen shuttles and four holes". In the second year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1724), Zhang Ziqian, the magistrate, built Guangji Bridge to save the town bridge from the water, and cast two cows, which were divided into eight piers on the west bridge and twelve piers on the east bridge. In the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842), Dongdun cattle fell into the river. Therefore, there is a folk saying: "Chaozhou Xiangqiao is so romantic, with 24 continents 18 shuttles, 4 platforms on the 24th floor and 2 shuttles in Niu Yi. ".

2. Oaks in Hantz

After crossing the Guangji Bridge, you can see the winding Bijia Mountain, where the strange rocks are green and the pines and cypresses are shaded. You can go straight up the mountainside along the stone steps of Zhongfeng, and the solemn Korean Temple stands in front of you. This is the resort of Hantz Oak.

Bijiashan, formerly known as Shuangjing, is named after the shape of a pen. Han Wen Gong Temple is located at the foot of Shuangfeng Shuangjing Stone in Bijia Mountain. According to legend, when Han Yu was demoted as the secretariat of Chaozhou, he often climbed this mountain, built pavilions for sightseeing, and personally planted oak trees. Later generations praised the Han Palace, calling Bijia Mountain "Cold Mountain" and the pavilion "Langzhong Pavilion". In the 16th year of Song Dynasty (1 189), Ding Yunyuan, the magistrate of Zhijun County, thought that the Han Palace had swam here and planted oak trees with his own hands, so the Han Palace Temple should be moved here, so he moved the Han Wengong Temple seven miles south of the city to this address. The architecture of the Chinese temple is simple and elegant, and the walls are all made of water mill bricks. The temple is divided into front and back, two corridors, and seven feet again. There are stone steps to climb, and the statue of Han Yu is in the middle. The stone pillars in the temple are engraved with couplets, and the four walls are surrounded by 40 inscriptions of past dynasties, which record in detail the historical sites of Han Yu's ebb tide and the rise and fall of the temple.

According to legend, the oak tree planted by Han Yu was in front of the shrine. According to Wang, Minister of Miscellaneous Affairs of Song Dynasty, in Han Muzan, the oak tree is shaped like a canopy, covered with eaves, with scales-like skin, thin and long leaves, convex and angular veins, and it blooms in spring and summer, red and white, which is very beautiful. But the flowers don't bloom very often. chaozhou people admired Han Yu so much that he became better on this oak tree planted by himself. "The name of a branch rises and falls because of the abundance of flowers", and even "Chaozhou Prefecture Records" records that "it took nine years for tussah flowers to make the name of a branch flourish". As a result, the ancestral temple, the name of Mubuke and the "Han Temple Oak" have become one of the eight scenic spots in Chaozhou.

3. Jinshan Gu Song

Jinshan stands on the bank of the Han River in the north of the city, about 40 meters high and shaped like a kettle. It is the back pillow of Chaozhou ancient city, and forms three barriers with Hulu Mountain in the west and Bijia Mountain in the east.

Jinshan Gu Song, formerly known as Maqiu Songcui. At the end of the Song Dynasty, Fengzhai was destroyed to make horses, which led chaozhou people to rise up and resist the invasion of Yuan soldiers. Later, Yuan bought Huang, the governor of the South Gate, as an inside man to capture Chaozhou City. Ma Wufa "gathered more than 100 disabled people and entered Baozi City (namely Jinshan). I couldn't do it, so my wife hanged herself, which came from a scorpion. " Full of martyrdom, the whole city was killed several times during the Yuan Bing Massacre. Later, in order to commemorate Mafa and Chaoshan people's resistance to Yuan Dynasty, Mafa's mausoleum was built on Jinshan, and pine trees and cypresses were planted to symbolize noble morality and bright festivals. Zheng Youshi shout:

To the north of Jinshan Pillow Peak, there is a pine tree in the shade for a long time. Lingyun hangs a hundred feet, and the green is resistant to clouds for three winters.

The phoenix pavilion is paved with green flying buildings, and the tiger stones attack the waves at night. Changzhi Haibang standard strength festival, the forest mid-autumn festival is full of color.

The secretariat of the Tang Dynasty and the state government of the Song Dynasty are both located at the foot of Jinshan Mountain. During the period of Song Dazhongxiang (1008-1kloc-0/6), William Wang, the state official of Chaozhou Zhijun, saw that "the shape of mountains is better than all things". So cut thorns, promote civil construction, open paths, build litchi pavilions, Phoenix pavilions, Chuyang pavilions and Xihui pavilions, and build Duxiufeng, Chuyangfeng and Wangxianshi, so as to have a panoramic view of the scenery of Shigang. Throughout the dynasties, poems and notes were constantly restored and engraved on cliff stone carvings, making Jinshan a tourist attraction.

4. It rains during the Phoenix.

Phoenix Terrace is located on the sandbar of Hanjiang River south of Wenji Bridge, which was built in the second year of the Dragon (1568). Shazhou, formerly known as Laoyazhou, is deserted. Hou Bideng, the magistrate of Chaozhou, cherished his elegance and changed his name to "Phoenix Island". He built this stone platform more than ten feet high and named it "Phoenix Platform". "Phoenix when it rains" describes the ever-changing wonders here when it rains and clears up in summer. Every day, the air is fresh, tourists come here, look out from the platform and see the blue sky and white clouds in Wan Li. Choose the phoenix peaks, which are continuous and towering into the sky; Near Jinshan, Hulu Mountain, Bijia Mountain, Three Mountains and Five Cities; The river crossing the bridge from the south to the platform is divided into two streams, just like the scene of "three mountains and a half falling into the sky, two waters in Egret Island" in Tang poetry. Every time the Hanjiang River rises, the torrent rushes to Guangzu Bridge and impacts the abutment. The waves splashed like snowflakes. When the water falls flat, you can see the villages far and near in the south, with continuous smoke, green fields and drooping fruit trees, and a scene of bumper harvest. The stage in summer is another scenery. The breeze blows gently and the summer heat is gone. It is sunny and rainy, the wonders on the river are ever-changing, and sometimes the rain is sparse. The light smoke on the Hanjiang River is faint and the sails are slow. Overlooking Guangji Bridge, it is misty and rainy, and the traffic is like a mirage; Looking up at the top of Bijia Mountain, the clouds are lingering. Tall buildings stand tall, just like Penglai Fairy Mountain. The sun is shining high, the sun is like fire, and when the rain drops suddenly, it looks like ten thousand silver beads, falling from the sky, and the sunlight reflects the raindrops, and it looks like ten thousand bead curtains swaying out of thin air, which makes people linger and feel relaxed and happy.

5 Long Ta

Originally, it refers to a stone pagoda built in Song Dynasty on a small continent near Hanjiang River in the north of Chaozhou. There are lush forests and quiet temples under the tower, which are in harmony with the surrounding scenery and form a wonderful and beautiful scenery.

Originally named "Tayuan Weizhou", it was named after the yacht Changxi mooring line. Because there is "Longqiu Spring" next to the tower, it is also called "Longqiu Tower". Once upon a time, watching this scene, we could see the ancient pagoda standing in the middle of the river, far away from the Yixi River, which surrounded the small continent. If you climb the tower and overlook it, you can see Xiangqiao crossing the river like Changhong, followed by Phoenix Mountain, towering into the clouds, the downtown area with smoke curling on the right and the endless green countryside on the left. When you enter the temple, you will see monks burning incense and worshiping Buddha, ringing bells and drums, which has a unique flavor. At night, the yacht is like a shuttle, staying up all night. Whenever there is a moonlit night, tourists or boatmen will drink tea to express their feelings. Or lying on your back on the boat, silently counting the stars all over the sky, listening to the gurgling sound of water or opening the curtains and watching the floating waves on the river, it is really leisurely and enjoyable.

Unfortunately, the stupa collapsed in the Qing Dynasty and the temple was abandoned. The remaining tower foundation was later washed away by the flood, and Zhou Xiao was blown up because of the renovation of the Han River, leaving only underwater remnants. Now, instead of this scene, it is the scenery of "Phoenix Tower". The "Phoenix Building" was built by Guo, the magistrate in Wanli period (158 1- 1585). The tower is opposite to Phoenix Mountain, and it is named after the Phoenix Tower across the river. There is a north stream on the right side of the tower, which often dries up in severe drought, so it is called "dry stream", and the Phoenix Tower is also called "dry stream tower" for this reason. The tower is thirteen feet high, with fourteen four-foot bases, seven floors and eight sides, and is of masonry structure. The tower was built on the south side of the Hanjiang River in Chaozhou, just when two rivers were about to run, like a dam to protect the village behind the tower. Sunset afterglow or rising sun, water moving, golden light flashing, very wonderful; Whenever the autumn is crisp, the river is calm, the blue waves are like mirrors, reflecting Shui Ying, and the ancient pagodas are like giant columns, which are spectacular. Climb to the top of the tower along the escalator in the tower, overlooking the beautiful scenery in all directions, and the natural features of the ancient city protected by three mountains and one water are unobstructed.

6. Crocodiles crossing the autumn wind

In the middle section of the Hanjiang River north dike outside Chaozhou, there is an ancient ferry called crocodile ferry.

At the right time, crocodiles appeared in Chaozhou, so Hanjiang originally called it Crocodile Creek (Evil Creek). According to legend, in the 14th year of Yuanhe in Tang Xianzong (8 19), Han Yu, assistant minister of punishments, stabbed the tide. Because he heard that crocodiles infested and endangered people's lives and property, he set up an altar at the above ferry on April 24, 2008, "wishing it with a pig, a sheep and a pool of evil streams", so the influx of people called the ferry crocodile crossing. This is the widest river in the upper reaches of the Han River.

Every autumn, the scenery here is the most charming: the blue clear sky reflects the white clouds, the autumn wind wrinkles the rhythmic river, the burly kapok trees rustle on the embankment, and the yellow leaves that fall intermittently slowly float on the vast river. The boat with white sails floats slowly, and everything looks particularly comfortable and free.

7. beige Buddha lamp

Beige was originally the floorboard of a group of pavilions at the foot of the east foot of Jinshan. Here is the rapidly declining Hanjiang River in the east, pavilions in the north, the crocodile crossing the autumn wind on the embankment in the north, the Hanci Oak across the river, the Xiangqiao Spring and the Phoenix Rain in the lower reaches of the Hanjiang River. Overlooking the Han River, the river is surging and dotted with white sails. According to legend, the Buddha lamp in front of the pavilion shines at night. Lights can be seen from the Land Rover Lake fifteen miles upstream of the Han River to the emergency water tower downstream, from the South Five Cave in Raoping in the east to the floating ocean in Chaozhou in the south, which is a sign of the night flight of the Han River.

Beige Scenic Area, founded in the Song Dynasty, was formed in the Ming Dynasty. It was abolished in the past dynasties and was completely destroyed on the eve of liberation. In the new construction period, everything is thriving, and this long-lost scenic spot has been rebuilt. The whole scenic spot is surrounded by mountains and waters, starting from the bottom, with high and low levels and great momentum. The newly-built Tian Xuan Pavilion has yellow tiles, red walls and double eaves. Qin, a 98-year-old famous calligrapher, wrote an inscription for the museum and attached great importance to the couplets: "Optimus Prime is on a river, and a hundred springs are enclaves." An artistic statue of Zhenwu Emperor was rebuilt in the pavilion. A stone Buddha lamp stands beside the pavilion. Your hillside is the Hanjiang Tower, a two-story building. The upper part is for viewing, and the lower part is the statues of Guan Yu, Guan Ping and Zhou Cang. Mr. Tsung i Jao, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, wrote a plaque for the building and repeated the couplet: "Loyalty lasts forever, there is light, why not seek sunlight; Righteousness hangs on two, that is, this is heaven. "On the south side of the Hanjiang Tower, there is a Huilan Pavilion. The couplet engraved on the pavilion reads:" The river flows to the soles of the feet, falling from the peak of the sky and falling on the head of the city. "

8. West Lake Fishery Raft

The fishing raft of the West Lake is the most poetic and intoxicating scenery in the beautiful and spectacular scenery of the West Lake. It is named after the fish is discharged into the vast and empty lake. Every early summer, the lake is full of stone piles, lush trees and unique pavilions, which are reflected in the mirror-like lake. The wicker on the shore swayed with the wind, and the lotus pond in the distance exuded a fragrance. There are more than a dozen fishing rafts floating in the lake, casting nets for fishing, and then berthing at the lake. Fishermen exposed their nets on the raft, drinking and laughing, and there was a calm and happy scene everywhere.

In autumn, the scenery of the West Lake is more charming, the water is clear and you can learn, the fish swim like a shuttle, the fishing rafts float in the lake, and suddenly gather and disperse, and the mountains and rivers and trees cross the bottom of the water, and the shadows are swaying; If it rains and there is smoke, the lake will be empty. Several pairs of fishing rafts are looming, throwing nets and closing nets, just like a natural colorful painting. When autumn is thick, it is even more interesting to hide in the Liu Yin by the lake or on the fishing platform and watch the fish.