Thoughts of Yinping Ancient City (Original)

Some people say that as long as the history is, the culture should be as splendid. If history is compared to a long river that never dries up, then culture should be a long song of boating on this long river. If history is compared to a big tree rooted in reality, then culture should be the flowers of the heart smiling and blooming on this big tree.

The memories of the years are like water, and I have a diary. I have approached you more than once, but turned a blind eye. The field where you exist is my distant poetry. Wandering in the natural version of the oxygen bar, the moon has been around for a long time, and the sun also wants to open up another journey. I want to go out of the sky and discover another piece of land. The hike was really kind and it lived up to my expectations.

That day, walking along the asphalt road in front of the Countryside Love Theme Park, walking westward and climbing over a hillside, I unexpectedly discovered your good looks. I couldn't help but tremble. Could it be that the Columbus immigrants were reincarnated? Did Magellan sail around the world again? Otherwise, I am traveling through time. Otherwise, how could I have the honor to read your mystery?

The west gate of Yinping Ancient City caught my eye. When I touch your ancient color, I seem to smell a wisp of ancient fragrance, and even the charm is like fine wine, intoxicating you with real dreams for a long time.

The ancient Yinping Kingdom was located behind the current Yinping Town Health Center. Today, it is a wheat field. Under the winter sunshine, the green horizon seems to be elegantly looking for the prosperity of the past. Who would have thought that an ancient city is sleeping here! Who would have thought that an ancient city once lived here!

Every city has a gate. I didn't feel disappointed when I couldn't find the other three gates. After all, Zi Qi comes from the east, and if I can enter your territory from the east gate, I will consider myself a "rare guest". Wu Chengen wrote "Journey to the West". I also want to embrace my "Journey to the West", but not with the fingers outside the pen and ink, but with the thoughts in the heart of my feet. I then headed west to obtain the true scripture of love in the ancient city. Although there were some circuitous episodes, I finally heard the main theme of searching up and down.

Since the terrain is not very familiar, I took some detours on the surface, but it has a lot of depth of field. Navigating the winding paths, I harvested huge spiritual treasures one after another.

There is a stone building in Zhuangdongtou of Shitoulou Village. This is the landmark building of the village and can be called the signature of the village. People have names. I think villages should be no exception. The surname of this village must be "Shitou", and its single name is the character "lou". Shitou is a compound surname, and perhaps only this village has the right to enjoy such a distinguished surname. Passing through the main road in the middle of the village, there is a thousand-year-old tree next to the road. This ancient tree turns heads and is easy to photograph. I still don’t know whether it’s the trees that want to look at people twice more, or the people who want to look at trees twice more.

I seem to see its passion. After thousands of years of wind and rain, the waist is still full of fighting vitality. It's also labeled. The label is not affixed to its face, but carved into a stone beneath its knees. Taking a closer look, it says "Good Luck" written clearly on it. Oh, this is a locust tree. "槐" is a homophonic word for "huai". The villagers are imbued with the aura of this ancient tree and are associated with good luck. I saw several old ladies in their 80s and 90s sitting under a tree chatting. From their voices, what I hear is not aging and bitterness, but youth and happiness. On this day, there is no need to supplement calcium, how can it be called "sweet"!

Change the scene as you move. Walking north from Hezhuang Village (located to the west of Shitoulou Village), I came to a small square. On the four upright millstones, there are four big characters written "Yin Uranium Shines" respectively. Unlearned, how terrible! After carefully reading the words on the rock, I had a preliminary understanding of "yin uranium".

This is a currency circulated in the country of Yinpinghou during the Western Han Dynasty. Because currency is made of bronze or brass, it is also called copper coin. It is said that the newly unearthed yin and uranium shine in the sun, and people euphemistically call it: "The yin and uranium shines." The yin and uranium can only be found in Yinping, so it has naturally become the exclusive symbol of Yinping Town.

The water and soil of one place nourishes one person. Among all water resources, mineral water is the most attractive drink. It does not require production, only human handling. Moving is not a wasteful way, but a concept of consumption.

To the west of "The Yin and Uranium Shine", there is a clear spring named: "Xiaolian Spring." This is a small spring, but it is related to a big shot. According to historical records, Yuan An, a famous minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, once served as the chief of Yinping here. Because he was honest and loved the people, the people used the name "Xiaolianquan" to commemorate him. Thoughts welled up. I like the smell of the spring water and the virtuous character in the story of "Yuan An trapped in the snow" next to the spring water.

No coincidence. To the east of "yin and uranium shine", what is enjoying is a large clear spring, named: "Ma Diquan Yong". The locals call it "Zhaima Spring", and some also say it is "White Horse Spring". What I saw was not people fetching water for drinking, but a few village girls washing clothes there. You can still find a pure land outdoors. Isn't this the happy childhood in your memory? Thank you - thoughts of rejuvenation. It was you who made me see a blooming lotus in the gentleman's emotional world.

The story of Ma Diquanyong nourishes the vision of local residents and brightens their feelings.

I think their mentality is extremely proud, as if they have been plated with a layer of gentle "gold". I think back when Li Shimin, the king of the Tang Dynasty, was fighting Wang Renze here, what a spectacular scene it must have been! The weather was hot, the terrain was unfamiliar, and there was no food or water. The situation of the king of Tang was simply "terrible." You must know that food is the life of the army and water is the soul of the army. Losing food is like losing your life, losing water is like losing your soul! The soldiers are panicked, but sometimes they are not terrible. As long as the horses are calm, the military spirit can still guard the top corner of the earth and support the bottom corner of the sky.

Drink water and remember its source. At the place where the King of Tang drank with his soldiers, the Yinping town government organized skilled craftsmen to build a pavilion for the King of Tang. There is a pair of couplets engraved on the pavilion pillars. The first couplet is "Don't forget that the king of Tang Dynasty determined the world" and the second couplet is "Should remember one meritorious service with the white horse". A great achievement, this must be it, worthy of the name, established on the verge of dying of thirst. How can this not make people applaud? Soldiers are in a place of death, and the white horse has the virtue of good health and great love. In my opinion, the white horse is transformed by gods, and it can predict things in advance. But in the dictionary of those dreaming girls, the white horse may be the "prince"! Shenma is the spiritual idol of generations. This is not a cloud, but a belief.

The army of the Tang Dynasty was like the seedlings that had been exposed to the rain for a long time. Just because they held the watery life-saving straw in their hands, their blood began to boil for the second time. It is not surprising that he was so courageous that he sent the enemy troops fleeing. The battles that turn defeat into victory always like to stay on the title page of history books and write proud words such as "excellent".

The horse plowing the springs, at a small scale, mighty an emperor; at a large scale, it saved the Tang Dynasty. In a compromise, it resurrected an invincible and invincible army. It is an attraction that hosts legendary fireworks.

We have every reason to believe that Ma Zhaoquan’s breath will always exude the vitality of youth. It doesn't stop the gushing heartbeat. It keeps gushing and flowing day and night, not only into the kind hearts of men, but also into the beautiful dreams of women. This may be the whole true meaning of "dedication of love"!

People are always good at getting close to it and use it to ward off disasters and avoid summer heat. People are always happy to drink it to replenish energy. Nutrients of more than a dozen minerals are undoubtedly the most affectionate and selfless gift from Nature. You can be happy when you are near water, but you can be wise when you are far from water. People have tried hard to retain the spring water when traveling far away, using water-washing gauze to retain it, but to no avail. It seems to be talking to the future in silent language: "I want to nourish more creatures!" The heart of benefiting mankind is as tall as heaven and earth!

How can there be no majestic figure of a white horse next to the Tangwang Pavilion? Let its front hooves that plow the spring rise into the air! Because it needs to use such a pose to revel three times and celebrate five points.

Instant success. Come early, come early, come early, come early. Zaozhuang, have you read it? Yicheng, have you visited? The history here is waiting for you with the beauty of "green and young"! The culture here is also waiting for you with the momentum of "easing my heart"! Waiting for you, a civilization that enriches cells; waiting for you, a culture that warms blood.

Water is the source of life. Two clear springs allow humans to settle here and allow ancient trees to survive. Historical house numbers are always particularly eye-catching. In Xiewu Village, I saw five king jujube trees.

These five jujube trees are more than 200 years old and were planted by Zhang Yushu himself. Who is Zhang Yushu? He was the magistrate of Yixian County during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. He was originally a martial artist from Shaanxi. Because there are many jujube trees in my hometown, many martial arts practitioners live longer. "One jujube a day makes you immortal." Zhang Yushu intends to make Yinping his second hometown and take the lead in planting jujube trees to benefit people. The scale of jujube trees continues to expand, forming the climate of today's 10,000-acre ecological park. Living in this garden, there are many jujube trees that are hundreds of years old, both in the village and in the fields. They are more than just trees, they are also an accumulated culture. Culture and civilization go hand in hand, which not only endears the hometown of dreams, but also endears the dream of hometown.

It is getting late, but my thoughts of exploring the ancient city of Yinping have just dawned, and I am still on the road...