The ancient town started from Yan 1: Zizhong luoquan.

One year, I went to Zizhong County, Sichuan Province to see an old friend. When I came back, I went to Luoquan Ancient Town.

I chose to go to luoquan because I read an article published in the third issue of National Geographic (20 1 1): A city born of salt-the crystallization of salt civilization. In one section, "Luocheng and Luoquan-a city in the name of salt", not only Luocheng, a boat-shaped ancient town located in the southeast of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is mentioned, but also Luoquan, known as "the first dragon city in Sichuan". I wanted to go to Luocheng originally, but decided to go to Zizhong, so I finally chose to go to luoquan by the way.

There are several reasons: first, my ancestors made a fortune from salt wells, and second, my first job was to go to Xinjiang to collect and transport salt for Sichuan industry (I used to work in Chengdu Salt Industry Transportation and Marketing Station). Also, these two ancient towns, which started with salt, have the same surname as me! This is also a good time for the Year of the Loong to go to Longzhen.

All right, stop gossiping. The following is a photo story I took and wrote when I visited the ancient town of Luoquan. I want to use the lens to interpret the parts and details of the ancient town, so that bloggers have different feelings:

1. Unfortunately, there are two intersections between Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway and luoquan town. One is from Chengdu to Qiuxi, 22km to luoquan town. The other is from Chongqing Jingzhong to Yuxi Gorge, Zizhong 1 1 km, and Longjie Town is 39 km from luoquan town. From Yuxi Town to Longjie Town and then to luoquan town, the road is indescribable; From luoquan town to Qiuxi Town, the journey is terrible, and I hate it. Especially in Longjie Town and Yuxi Town, the main roads are rotten roads. The road block in the middle is like a fish-scale bulge, with concave sides and muddy water everywhere, making it difficult for cars to pass. Fortunately, my car is a quasi-off-road vehicle with a high chassis, but it is very bumpy and jumping. Sometimes driving in 1 gear will shake like a boat and the steering wheel will shake violently. What I am most afraid of is that the wheel is stuck or punctured or the car breaks down, which makes my wife feel scared and makes me feel nervous after the first experience of cross-country stimulation. It is said that a truck (such as a truck from a cement factory) crushed the road surface and never rebuilt it. It seems that this area was relatively backward at that time. Under such circumstances, there would be no investment. The ancient town has not been well developed, and it is completely different from the online propaganda (of course, if you have a special purpose and complex, it is another matter).

However, I also have a sincere word to comfort myself: I have experienced a real cross-country ride! This gives me the pleasure of conquest and the sense of accomplishment of control. Value!

Of course, it is a pity to "experience" off-road on the country roads in China. ...

2. The ancient town of Luoquan is located in the deep mountain at the junction of Renshou, Weiyuan and Zizhong counties in Sichuan, and is hidden by Zhuxi River, a tributary of Tuojiang River.

3. It is famous for the discovery of salt wells in the middle of Qing Dynasty. At that time, luoquan town businessmen gathered and were very lively. Now, only a well-preserved salt temple remains, revealing the ancient desolation.

4. Zizhong luoquan town is a famous historical and cultural town in Sichuan Province and one of the 100 ancient towns in China. Luoquan is also called "Luoquanjing". According to Zizhong County Records, Luoquan Ancient Town has a history of 1700 years.

5. It is 50 kilometers west of Zizhong and 17 kilometers away from Qiuxi Station of Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway. The shuttle bus is convenient, and the go on road trip train is fast.

6. The rise of luoquan is closely related to the mining and salt industry in luoquan. According to the Salt Law, "Luoquan Well is in Zizhou, and the ancient factory was also founded in Qin." It can be seen that luoquan town has a long history. After the expansion of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty to Song and Yuan Dynasties, luoquan town had begun to take shape in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and in the eighth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, luoquan was established as the capital.

7. The origin of luoquan town.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Kong Ming, the prime minister of Shu, camped in Yingpanshan, luoquan town. Due to the continuous drought and no rain, the mountains are short of water. So Zhuge Liang sent troops to dig wells along the bamboo stream to get water. After only a few days of hard work, the well was dug successfully and spring water gushed out from the bottom of the well. Kong Ming was overjoyed when he received the news of the soldier. He personally went to the well and saw that the spring water in the well was clear and transparent. He ordered the Wei Palace to take water for trial, and it felt good to drink water. It was tasted by Kong Ming, and after drinking it, his spirit came. He saw the spring water gushing out of the well, which was as big as a laundry list, so he named it Luoquanjing. Then in the Qing Dynasty, there was an official named Luo, who was dissatisfied with the fact that the state official named Zhu in Zizhou was heavier than his official, so he removed the bamboo head on the reed as a place name, and then removed the word "well", commonly known as luoquan. At that time, Kong Mingjun dug four big wells. Namely; Guihuajing (opposite to luoquan Primary School), Dabajing (under Lianxin Bridge), Huayuanjing (on the short bridge) and Guanyinjing (opposite to Guanyintao).

8. Kongming's division has been stationed in Yingpanshan for more than two years, and needs to buy a lot of daily necessities, but there is no market. Kong Ming used to send troops in turn to help the people build the market. At first, only about 50 households moved into the market. Later, in the prosperous period, there were more than 100 households. People named this market "Luoquanjing".

9. The only salt temple in China is located in luoquan town, Zizhong County, a famous historical and cultural city at the provincial level in Sichuan. Walk into Wulichang Street paved with bluestone, cross the antique Zilai Bridge, and turn the corner to the Salt Temple in Hedong Street. Salt Temple is the only temple in China that commemorates and worships Salt god. As early as the Qin Dynasty, there were many masts and salt stoves at the bottom of the mountain stream in luoquan town, which was one of the salt-producing bases in the land of abundance.

10, its salt-making history is more than 500 years earlier than that of Zigong, the salt capital. The development of salt industry in luoquan town experienced the Han, Three Kingdoms, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and continued to develop through the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. By the Qing Dynasty, the development of salt industry in luoquan town reached its peak. During the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, there were a total of salt wells 15 15 in luoquan town, and the salt produced won the gold medal of 1925 Paris World Expo, with the highest quality in the world. At that time, merchants gathered in Luoquan, and mules in Ma Si kept barking, which was very lively. The local salt temple is the best witness.

1 1, more than ten thick wooden pillars support the ancient temple.

12, salt temple covers an area of more than 2700 square meters. Built in the seventh year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, the main hall was built in Taoist style. The stage was built in the seventh year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, and it was built according to the Buddhist style. Box houses are built in the Confucian style. Salt Temple combines three architectural styles. It is the best preserved temple at present. In the middle of the Salt Temple is a play dam of more than 600 square meters, all paved with green slate, which can accommodate thousands of people to watch the play. There are thirteen stone ladders from the drama dam to the main hall, and the past glory of the Salt Temple is also recorded on the stone ladders on this barge.

13. The main hall of the temple is dedicated to Guan Zhong as Salt god, while Guan Yu and Vulcan are accompanied by Guan Zhong. Quanyan Temple has three-story double eaves with high wing angles, and it is carved and painted, either playing with pearls in Shuanglong or playing with phoenix in gold. Temples, wooden buildings, flower windows, or beams are all ingenious. The roof of the main hall is the essence of the whole temple, which has the magical effect of "finishing the touch". Four colorful dragons, each with a length of 10 m, wound around the main ridge. Two colorful dragons in the middle, bearded and wide-eyed, ran towards the treasure gourd with their mouths like pots.

14. On the front of the main ridge, the four corners are dense, and a tinkling bell is hung on each corner. The wind blew all night, and the jingle was melodious, just like a sweet and moving piece of music, which attracted many birds and animals such as dragons, phoenixes, tigers and leopards of different shapes on the ridge to stop and listen. The whole temple roof is like a paradise for good animals and birds, like a paradise for birds and animals in spring. With high wing angle, the dragon on the roof of the main hall plays and grabs the treasure map. Although it has gone through a hundred years of wind and rain, it is still vivid.

15, Salt Temple was built in the seventh year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1868), which is an important symbol of the glory of the ancient town.

16, salt temple with triple eaves and high wing angle is a large quadrangle with an area of 1964 square meters and a construction area of 2,700 square meters. Weeds on the eaves, swaying with the wind, seem to tell the long history of the ancient town.

17, the entrance door drilled through the old stage and came to the empty square in front of the temple. The surrounding wing rooms, wings and corridors have lost their old colors after years of erosion.

18. Now the Salt Temple has become a gathering place for people in the ancient town. People are sitting on the stone steps of the main hall of the Salt Temple, lazily basking in the sun.

19, climb the steps to the main hall and cross the courtyard of the main hall. You can clearly see white clouds floating in the blue sky.

20. Wanshou Palace is located in Laojiezi Street.

2 1, built in Qing dynasty, with a building area of 7 10 square meter. It consists of a theater, a wing and a hall.

22. In order to wear the wooden house, I carved the interior into a hollow, exquisite workmanship and colorful carving contents. Now, but now it's intact.

23. Zilai Bridge. Qiaotou Li Youlong is located in Laojiezi Street, built in Ming Dynasty, with a total length of 50 meters. This is a stone arch bridge. Faucets and mythical animals symbolize auspiciousness and peace. To the east of Zilai Bridge is Salt Temple, and to the west is Chenghuang Temple. There was no "self-invited bridge" before, and the passage connecting the two banks of Zhuxi River was just a simple "treading water bridge". Treadmill Bridge was built in Jiajing forty-two years of Ming Dynasty (AD 1564). Later, due to many businessmen coming and going, mules, horses, businessmen and porters had to wade across the bridge, but they stumbled. Some mules, horses and porters on the road get here, and once they cross the bridge, they often get seriously ill.

24. At that time, Zhang Shaomu, who was engaged in a lawsuit in luoquan Well Salt Field, observed the sufferings of the people and thought about the strategy of rebuilding the treading water bridge. Due to the huge cost of rebuilding the bridge, it was difficult for the lawsuit to allocate enough money for a while, so Zhang Shaomu called salt merchants and stoves for industrial and commercial negotiations. With strong financial resources and strong strength, he raised more than 3,200 taels of silver and more than 5,000 workers, and it took half a year to build a long one. When the stone bridge was completed, Zhang Shaomu invited Zhao Gongren of Zizhou to step on the bridge (that is, cut the ribbon). When Zhao received the invitation, his wife was full-term. She dreamed that night and gave birth to a chubby son. The next day, when Zhao came to luoquan to step on the bridge, he named the stone bridge "Zilai Bridge". This day is 1796, the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

25. During the period of1985, due to the elevation of the riverbed, the piers of Zilai Bridge were large and dense, and the river channel was blocked from overflowing, which often caused the Luoquan well to be flooded. Because of the perennial erosion of the river, the bridge foundation is broken and the stone bridge may collapse. Therefore, luoquan town demolished the old bridge and rebuilt the new one. The old man came to the bridge to repair the old man, ready to hang the dragon (lion, unicorn) that fell into the river during the flood of 1934. The weather in Wan Li suddenly changed, with blue sky and white clouds and clear skies in Wan Li. There was thunder and lightning and it was raining cats and dogs. A puff of smoke rose from the head of the stone dragon. According to legend, this is the dragon god of Qiao Zhen. He went to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor and was approved to continue guarding Zilai Bridge. After receiving the imperial edict, the old dragon still sits faithfully at both ends of Zilai Bridge, carefully studying the creatures from south to north.

26. luoquan meeting site.

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Years are long and fleeting. The former site of Luoquanjing Conference, which has gone down in history, remains the same, becoming a monument for the world to watch and remember the past, and has been designated as a "provincial cultural relics protection unit" by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government.

27. Hu Fanqu Academy. Located in the first street of Laojiezi, it was built in Qing Dynasty with a building area of 900 square meters.

28. Typical quadrangle style, with one floor and one bottom structure. The front is paved, the middle is the bell tower and library building, and the back is the residence. It's well preserved now.

29. Old people who keep the college. Due to the poor development of tourism in the ancient town, almost all the "scenic spots" are closed, and the academy is no exception. When we first came in through a narrow passage, we met a big brother coming out of the cupboard with steaming leaves in his hand. We asked him to sell us some, and he said, "No". Take it and eat it. "We are hungry, and we are very grateful to him. Ye Ba 'er is very fragrant, with old bacon in it. Seeing that we really wanted to go in and see the academy, we went to get the key, but we couldn't find it. Finally, I went to find an iron tent and a hammer, trying to break the lock, but I still couldn't. We don't have the heart to do this and let big brother stop. Feeling a little ashamed, he took the initiative to take us to the "luoquan Conference Site" and opened the door for us.

30. Luoquan ancient town, Wuli long street, with ten bends and nine bends, looks like a dragon and lies by the river, so it has the reputation of "the first dragon town in Sichuan".

Women like to be busy with needlework in intimate chat, while old people drink tea and listen to opera, and the warm sunshine shines on their satisfied faces.

3 1, there are more than a dozen teahouses in the old street, only five miles long, and the business is quite prosperous. In any teahouse here, you can have a bowl of covered tea and a dragon gate array. Listen to the old people telling the glorious yesterday of the ancient town in authentic Tianfu dialect.

32. Walk through the ancient streets and temples of the ancient town and walk into the leisure of the people in the ancient town of Qingwafangli.

33. You will feel that Luoquan people who have experienced vicissitudes are hardworking, simple and generous.

Later, I went to Luoquan ancient town again, and the situation was still the same. The difference is that in order to develop the tourism of the ancient town, the old street is being rebuilt, and all the roads are paved with stones.

The residents of Luoquan ancient town in Zizhong live a quiet life.

It's rare for me to dry that old thing in the cage and reach out and try to keep it warm.

The old woman said shyly, "Don't laugh at me."

Because no one uses this now, the neighbors use electric heaters!

(The following pictures have become old photos since the second one. )

(Some illustrations are from the introduction of network and scenic spots)