Appreciation of Luo Zhengkui's Prose Pond in My Hometown

There is no vertical and horizontal water network in Yiwu, my hometown, and there are few swift rivers except the Yiwu River which runs through the county seat. But between the green hills, there are "chess" quiet ponds. The water is crystal clear, and you can see the floating grass and the fish swimming suddenly at the bottom of the pond. Under the scorching sun, like a blue mirror, it reflects the sky and clouds. I asked my father, "Is it artificial or natural?" "Nature is a gift from God," Dad replied with a smile.

Needless to say, the beautiful scenery of the pond, "moonlight on the lotus pond, boating in the Lingchi", the ordinary scenery is enough to make you ecstatic. In spring, the green willows on the pond shore are drunk with light smoke, and the peach blossoms laugh. The soil on the ground is wet, and Malantou and shepherd's purse have also emerged, leading you to pick them. "A clear snail is worth a goose", and snails are plump. We often carry small bamboo baskets and touch snails with adults. On the grass, beside the roots, I touched it. Dad, good wine and snails are excellent dining tables. In autumn, beancurd flowers are fragrant in the fields, and crucian carp bite the most. Those who crouch or stand by the pond are like Jiang Taigong in those days, quiet and distant. When the weather is fine, I will also invite some friends to play and throw "Shui Piao" by the pond. Pick up a small piece of broken tile, bend over and aim with one eye, and throw it near the water with a whoosh. The tile will jump forward on the water like flying, leaving a shiny waterline and jump to the other side like an elf. This thing is quite skillful. It takes a long time to practice, otherwise it will sink into the water.

In the hot summer, we will take advantage of the opportunity of mowing cattle with grass baskets on our backs to take a bath, swim and plunge into the pond. As soon as the nose was pinched, a fierce man went down and leaned forward at the bottom of the water. While people were waiting in a hurry, people drilled a dripping gourd head on the other side, just like "Xiaojieyu" in the textbook. Swimming can really exercise people's tenacious physique and will.

Hometown people have always cherished the water environment and revered the pond. Think of the "pond" as the "gas field" for feng shui. Cloth lives in the water and near the pond. Man and nature are in harmony and intimacy. Some villages are also named after "Menkoutang". Tang Zong (hometown of Zong Ze), Litang (descendants of Wang Bin once lived in the world), Li Antang, Qingtang and Shitang. It is roughly estimated that nearly half of all ancient villages have the word "Tang" in their names, but with the change of time, some "Tang" have evolved into homophonic "altar" or "Tang".

There is a small village called Luojiatang in the east of Guxian County. The entrance pond is rectangular, "long pond with ancient village". According to legend, Luo, one of the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty who wrote Please, was born in Sri Lanka. His grandfather is a learned scholar who knows the way of education well. I often accompany Xiao Ke Wang to play by the pond and observe the geese and ducks playing in the pond. After a long time, it is imperceptible, and the young mind is deeply affected. When Wang Bin was seven years old, his grandfather once sent a guest by the pond. When the guest heard that young Wang Bin was clever, he asked Wang Bin to give a word to the white goose in the pond. Wang Bin stared for a moment, thought for a moment, and blurted out: "Goose, Goose, Goose, Xiang Tiange, white hair floating in the green water, and red palms clearing the waves." Its guests are amazed and known as "prodigies". Now that the village has been abandoned, the pond is still there. Later generations built a temple statue by the pond and turned it into a park to commemorate King Robin.

The lingering wind, modernity, and the pond in my hometown are more colorful and open a new chapter. Divided into ponds, bitter bamboo ponds, ancestral halls (ponds) and three villages, commonly known as "Yiwu three ponds", educator Chen Wangdao, historian Wu Han and poet Feng Xuefeng, three famous figures in modern history, are well-known in China.

"When the half-acre square pond opens, it is full of clouds." . The ancients called the pond a "book" with vivid images. The "pond" in my hometown is rich in "flowing water from the source". It is indeed a philosophical book that I have never tired of reading for thousands of years. It is dedicated to people, is it just a "thousand bell millet" and a "golden house"!