Legend of Phoenix Terrace Scenic Spot in Zhengzhou

In the Qing dynasty, the servant country was called the city lake, and the Records of Zhengzhou in Kangxi said: "The city lake, that is, the servant country, is located in the south of Wulibao in the east of the state, with a vast land of more than ten hectares and beautiful water. In front of the Phoenix Tower, the screen is like a screen. The lotus flowers in Xia Yue are in full bloom, and the fragrant wind attacks people. A county's victory is similar. Li Chong was named after the servant of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Tang Xuanzong was renamed Guangrenchi. Today, Jinshui is injected into the east of the city. Every time it overflows into the lake, it becomes shallow. " "Phoenix Tower is located two miles outside the east gate of the state, named after the Phoenix Collection." After the war in the late Ming Dynasty, the former residence of the Yin family no longer exists, but the Phoenix Tower still stands tall and the gentleman pavilion is still intact. In the twenty-ninth year of Kangxi, Xu Du, the founder of Zhengzhou School, wrote in "Zhengzhou Range Rover Fu": "There is a lake in the eastern suburbs, which is feasible for ten miles. Clear as a mirror, a clear water. " "Kingfisher Xiang Apollo, brocade scales swim at the bottom of Yu Yuan. The other side of the willow is weak, and the pool is full of whip. Rice is separated, as if it were planted in the south; The fishing boat is average, and it is suspected that the waves have stopped. Next to the gentleman's pavilion, you can enjoy the cool; On Dongshanling, you can have a look. " It is still the best place for Zhengzhou people to travel for leisure.

Zhang Chang, a participant in Zhengzhou Shunzhi, once went to the East Lake to enjoy the lotus with his friends. Poets and friends sat in the pavilion, imitated the appearance of the ancients, made a blue cup with lotus leaves, and drank tea with peeled lotus handles as straws, which had a unique fragrance and taste. The spring water around the pavilion is clear and blue, fish jump and birds fly, lotus flowers are in full bloom, and the fragrance attacks people; Green willow promenade, Bihe Water Hall, this cicada is like a sheng spring, and this frog is like drum music, which is a natural accompaniment and a movement to persuade wine. He wrote a poem and said, "The water palace fairy overflowed and sat opposite the sparkling fish and birds. The wine is fragrant and the tea is light and fragrant. The cicada is full of trees, and the frog is drunk. Ran Ran's new makeup is rewarded, and Dong Jun is behind Suixi. "

Shi Honghua, another Zhengzhou poet, saw that the water in the middle of the lake was as clear as a mirror, the hills near the lake were as bright as screens, the newly grown lotus leaves were as small as coins, and the flag leaves of calamus in the water were bright green, so everything seemed so open, bright and vivid. He wrote a poem saying: "The lake is as bright as a mirror, and the mountains are as bright as a screen. The water is green and the money is green, and the wind is clear. " At that time, there were cruise ships on the lake in Hu Cheng for tourists to enjoy. Wu Jun, a native of Baofeng who was the instructor of Zhengzhou's Chinese studies in the twentieth year of Kangxi (168 1), once wrote the ancient poem "boating on a lake": "Let it flow, and the breeze will come slowly. The sky is empty and Qiu Guang is full. The meaning is complete and the ship turns. " Described the intoxication of boating on Lake Hu Cheng. Shi Honghua also wrote an ancient poem "East Lake": "There are many smoke scenes near the servants, and the clouds are ten miles away. Facing the high mountain, the tent is opened and Pinghu looks blue and rippling. The pavilion is famous for its elegance, and it seems that it is necessary to trade geese for mountains. Walking through the moss, I found that the small building was straight up, and I saw only a few dustpans, and the mountains in the distance were like snails. " It can be seen that during the lake tour, you can climb the mountain and overlook it, walk through the path covered with moss and radish, step on the pavilions at the top of the mountain, and look around the surrounding peaks.

Zhang Bao, a scholar in Shunzhi and a former magistrate of Ansai County, Shaanxi Province, wrote a poem in praise of Phoenix Terrace after returning to his hometown in his later years: "There was a phoenix playing here, so that this place was named after it, and the wall was fragrant and windy. After the rain, the lotus leaves are beaded, and the mountain dock is suspicious of Dan Qiu. The cicadas are singing in the green trees, and the seagulls are rippling in the waves. This is eternal happiness, and I am willing to be full of leisure. " The poem said: "According to legend, there is a phoenix on the phoenix terrace, and the fragrant wind bursts by the terrace, and gentle ripples appear on the water surface. After the new rain, water drops rolled in the lotus leaves of rhombic leaves, and the hills in the sun seemed to be fairy buildings in the sea city. Cicada chirps in the depths of Maolin, and gulls swim in the lake waves. Facing the pleasant scenery, you can be intoxicated with it every day. Who wants to spend a good time dealing with leisure! " The Phoenix Terrace written by the poet is clear and sparkling, sunny after the rain and picturesque.

The records of eight scenic spots in Zhengzhou were first found in Zhengzhou Records (published in the 13th year of Qianlong). In the annals of Zhengzhou, which he majored in, eight scenes of Zhengzhou are engraved at the front, and each scene is accompanied by his seven-character quatrains, namely, spring grass in Putian, willow in Bianhe, lotus fragrance in Fengtai, overlooking Mei Feng, ancient pagoda and clear clouds, morning bell in Hayes and fairy scenery in Guatai. Volume 12 of Yiwenzhi contains his eight five-character poems, which have the same topic as Eight Scenes. Zhang Yue was born in Qingyuan County (now Hebei Province), Baoding Prefecture, Zhili. He worked for three to six years (1738- 174 1) and eight to twelve years (1743- 1738). His seven-character quatrain "Phoenix Lotus Fragrance" is: "Taiwan is barren, and the road turns into a cloister. Ten miles of wind and three feet of water, red clouds come out of Cui Yun Township. " His five-character poem "Phoenix Lotus Fragrance" is: "The servant shoots vicious water, and the snail marks in the mirror are blue. The phoenix is hard to get out of the hole, but the gentleman is still in the pavilion. Across the air, pulling the pipe around the heron pavilion. Avoiding inflammation is the first, and the majestic thinking is heavy. " This five-rhythm poem is about the vast number of servants shooting vicious water, reflecting the green mountains. There is no phoenix in the Phoenix Tower, only the gentleman's pavilion is left. Holding a bamboo tube, playing with water in the breath of lotus, boating beside Zhu Ting where egrets live late. Throughout the poem, there are many overtones: he saw the reflection of the distant mountain in the middle of the servant shooting, which is just an illusory "green in the mirror"; Before arriving in Fengtai, he first expressed his feelings: "Who has seen Phoenix? Where is the gentleman? " Seems to be absent-minded about the tour; It seems insincere to say "avoid inflammation first" only when the sentence "think solemnly and sink ghosts" is meaningless. Contact Zhang Yue. He worked as an official in Zhengzhou for two years, but one of them failed to transfer to another state and failed to be promoted for life, which is obviously not a "spring breeze". Therefore, we can speculate that Zhang Yue was in a bad mood when he wrote this poem, and the "inflammation" he avoided may not only refer to the hot weather, but also refer to some kind of power of Xuanhe. He has a profound understanding of the social reality that "the phoenix is hard to get out of the hole, but the gentleman is still in the pavilion", but he can only show his resentment against the lakes and mountains.

Why did Zhang Yue, who succeeded him as the magistrate of Zhengzhou, write the same topic in different styles? The whole poem is full of high-spirited and enterprising emotions. His "Lotus Fragrance on the Phoenix Platform" is: "The servant shoots the road ahead, and the lotus fragrance is far away. Green invades marsh water, and red wants to go to the pavilion. A gentleman lives in the wild for a long time, and an Iraqi runs back and forth. Jade rice is a new tribute and cultivated hard. " The reason why the first pair of couplets got down to business and wrote about the trip to Phoenix Terrace is because "lotus fragrance attracts far away" and the word "far away" is wonderful. When I was intoxicated with the lotus fragrance before I arrived in Fengtai, I saw that the lotus fragrance in Fengtai was rich. When the second couplet wrote about what I saw and heard when I first arrived at Phoenix Station, the first thing that caught my eye was "green" and "red", and only these two words showed the vitality of the lotus. "Total Invasion" and "Upward Desire" depict the vitality and aggressive image of the lotus in anthropomorphic ways. In order to compete for living space, lotus leaves completely cover the lake, and lotus flowers even open to the gentleman's pavilion and Phoenix Terrace. In the third part, I wrote my idea of visiting Phoenix Terrace. The poet thought that ancient gentlemen lived in seclusion among the people because of the gentleman's pavilion, and also thought of the yearning for "Iraqis" in the Book of Songs because of his servant's shooting, expressing the poet's hope for folk sages and ideal monarchs, as well as his pursuit of Qingming politics. Tail couplet is associated with the fragrance of lotus flowers on Phoenix Terrace to the fragrance of rice on Phoenix Terrace. From the perspective of understanding the situation in Zhengzhou, it is expected that farmers here will "cultivate" the rice in Phoenix Terrace. Although the rice in Phoenix Terrace has just been paid tribute, it should have a better harvest in the future. The whole poem is used freely from beginning to end, and its meaning is broken. Relying on the peculiar "fragrance" of Phoenix Lotus Taoxiang, the natural scenery is linked with the national land tax, and the ideological connotation of the works is pushed to the height of feudal society and national politics.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the scenery of Servant Shooting Pool remained the same, which was more than 50 years different from the creation time of Zhang Yue's eight scenic poems. Up to now, it is still one of the eight scenic spots in Zhengzhou, and it is called "lotus fragrance on the Phoenix Tower". In the fifth year of the Republic of China, the Records of Zheng County also included eight seven-character poems by Yanzhao Zhu, a scholar from Zhengzhou during Guangxu period: "After the Phoenix left, the platform was empty and the pond under the stage opened. Hit the water with a seedling needle at random and hold the lotus to meet the sky together. Idle gulls sleep full of fragrance, while solitary gulls fly into the sunset. Its own boat is as small as a lotus petal, and the fragrant wind shakes Lv Yun. " Yanzhao Zhu, a native of Luyi County, Guidefu in Qing Dynasty, was a juren in Tongzhi for six years (1867), a yeti Zheng in Guangxu for twenty years (1894), and a professor in Weihuifu, Xuan Tong for three years. He is good at calligraphy and painting, and writes poems in Caixiangge. In his works, he wrote the stage first, then the lotus, then the incense, and finally the lotus boat, describing the scenery from beginning to end, which seemed leisurely. The first couplet only wrote Fengtai and Bitang. Although it is empty, the bitter water is like a mirror. Due to the influence of different conditions, the lotus grows first and then grows low, and the late one just pierces the water surface, and the early one has covered the sky. The words "disorderly handling" and "Zhu Qi" show the infinite vitality of lotus to the extreme, which is a hymn of life. The third part is about lotus fragrance, pure and fragrant, which intoxicated the sleeping gull and attracted loneliness. The canoe written in the couplet is as small as a lotus petal, swaying in the depths of green with the fragrant wind, leaving a lasting appeal to readers.

As one of the eight scenic spots in Zhengzhou, "Fengtai Hexiang" has lost its original appearance due to river alluvial, sand erosion, long history, vicissitudes, gradually flattened mountains and blocked lakes, and before the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China and the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Zhengzhou became the capital of Henan Province, and its population increased dramatically, gradually being razed to farmland. After the 1980s, with the expansion of Zhengzhou's urban development framework, it quickly entered the urban area. Servant Shooting Pit, Phoenix Terrace and Gentleman Pavilion have all become historical relics, buried under modern skyscrapers and modern garden buildings. However, the efforts of Zhengzhou ancients to attach importance to cultural attractions, love natural scenery and beautify the urban environment still have reference significance in our modernization today.