The humanistic environment of Shaxian County

Shaxian has a prominent historical position, and its advantages and characteristics are as follows:

First, the cradle of Fujian culture. According to archaeological research, humans lived here as early as 200 thousand years ago. The cultural relics unearthed underground prove that the humanities were richer 10 thousand years ago. There are 75 cultural sites in the late Neolithic Age and Bronze Age, and a large number of production tools such as pottery pieces, axes, spears and arrows have been found, which proves that the ancestors living in the depths of the dense forests on both sides of Shaxi River engaged in productive labor and promoted social progress.

Second, the land of sage culture, with many historical celebrities. In the Tang Dynasty, a famous monk (common name Pan Lequan) who influenced Guangdong and Southeast Asia felt ashamed of his ancestors. Han Wozeng, a poet at the end of the Tang Dynasty, said that "the little phoenix is clearer than the old one" and settled in Shaxian County. Culture and education flourished in the Song Dynasty, and there was a grand occasion of "five steps and one school, ten steps and one itch". There are 129 Jinshi in the county, accounting for 86% of the total number of Jinshi in previous dynasties, including Luo Congyan, one of the four saints of Fujian studies, Chen Gou, who initiated the establishment of an institution specializing in foreign business activities in Quanzhou, and Chen Kui and Deng Su, Beijing officials who are famous for their direct admonition and poetry. And Li Gang was demoted to Shaxian County to compile national history, and later came back as a photo. Chen Shan, a veteran of the Three Dynasties in Ming Dynasty and a senior minister of the household department, was praised by later generations for his incorruptibility. The flower-and-bird paintings by Bian, a court painter in the Ming Dynasty, are called "Three Musts" and "One Man after Song and Yuan Dynasties".

The third is a political and military town, which has been a political and military town in Fujian Province since the establishment of the military institution Shaqi in the first 379 years. When Shaxian County was first established, its jurisdiction reached Huangtianling (now Longyan city boundary) in the south and Ling Zhan (now Shicheng county boundary in Jiangxi province) in the west, covering Shaxian County, Sanming, Yong 'an, Mingxi, Liu Qing, Ninghua and other counties (cities). During the Southern Tang Dynasty, Shaxian County was as far away as Wuping County in southwest Fujian. In the Ming Dynasty, Deng, the King of Flat Land, occupied this place and led the famous peasant uprising in the history of China, which became a glorious banner for the people in southeast provinces to resist feudal rule. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Luo Nansheng supported the descendants of the Ming royal family to build a number in Xiamao, in order to resist the Qing Dynasty and regain its sight, and became a place besieged by the Qing army. During the Republic of China, Shaxian was a battleground for the northern and southern warlords. Lu Xingbang, a local warlord, occupied Shaxian 10 for many years. 1934, Peng and Yang led the Red Army of Workers, Peasants and China to establish a Soviet government in Shaxian. He entered Shaxian for the second time, conquered the county seat, and established the Chinese Soviet Shaxian Revolutionary Committee. After liberation, Shaxian is still a political and military town in Fujian Province and an important base of the Science, Technology and Industry Committee for National Defense. 65438+June 65438+June 0949 liberation, belonging to Nanping Special Zone, Sanming Special Zone (region) and Sanming City. In the long history, Shaxian county is different from other places in geographical names and proverbs. At present, the author has collected some proverbs about Shaxian place names and made a concise interpretation of each phrase, so that readers and friends can understand the meaning of the sentence carefully.

Jinsha County, Yin Jian Ou, Tong Yanping (Nanping) and Tie Shaowu: In the old days, Shaxian had fertile land, rich products and convenient land and water transportation, which attracted many merchants to gather here. Shaxian County, for example, was overshadowed by other places, and was then called "City of Thousands of Households" and "Jinsha County".

Sha Yi (Shaxian), Youer (Youxi) and Sanqingliu: Women in Shaxian are more beautiful than women in other counties.

Yanping Pillow (Nanping Pillow), Gongchuan Mat (Yong 'an Gongchuan Straw Mat) and Shaxian Yang Juan (daughter) need not be selected: Shaxian girls are all beautiful.

Xiamao (the place name of a township in Shaxian) has three treasures (sow, flower and tobacco), which is better than grain and grass: in the old days, Xiamao farmers in Shaxian relied on the "three treasures" to support their families.

Langkou (the place name of a township in Shaxian County) has nine bends in the city, and a hot bowl of pasta (wonton) is hard to swallow: it is not easy for rural people to go to town once, and they are reluctant to eat a bowl of wonton.

Money but no money shows that Langkou people are hospitable. Laoshaxian is on the other side of Langkou. At that time, Langkou Wharf was noisy, with a thoroughfare of land and water, numerous masts, bustling streets and merchants. It's the end of the year, and a year will pass. In many "red light districts", victorious businessmen came here and were welcomed; Frustrated businessmen, when they come here, also have a place to stay and are welcomed by their old lovers.

Langkou street is very long, with red wine and crystal sugar stewed eggs: it refers to the hospitality of Langkou people.

You can't go to Xixia without rice (the place name of a town in Shaxian County): In the old society, the poor were poor and didn't want to make a living in Xixia. Legend has it that this place was one of the "Naman Shiba Inu Villages" in ancient times. When pedestrians cross the international crossing, they only see two peaks facing each other, which is awe-inspiring. There are more than 500 stone steps leading to the top of the mountain. Bandits often haunt here, and outsiders are afraid to pass by.

Stone Street (a street name in Shaxian County) sells human flesh: it means that the weather is very cold and people are frozen.

In front of the city (the west gate of Shaxian County), move to the bottom of the city (the pedestrian street in Shaxian County to the east gate), and stew glutinous rice with mung beans: something moves around. Indiscriminate cooking means something inexplicable.

Shaxian snack inherits the food culture of Han nationality in ancient Central Plains, and is famous for its unique flavor, fine workmanship, variety and economy. Variety 162, with more than 47 kinds listed all the year round, such as flat meat, taro jiaozi, bean jelly, bean curd balls, taro cake, fairy grass, etc. Flat meat, which can be used as both a snack and a dish, is the most common and popular snack in Shaxian County. During the period of 1997, at the "National Commendation Conference of Famous Chinese Snacks" held by China Cuisine Association in Hangzhou, the wonton made by Shaxian Miaomen Flat Meat Shop was recognized as "Famous Chinese Snacks".

Sixty-three Shaxian snack varieties, such as Emerald Dumplings and Fruit Pagoda, were identified as "Fujian Famous Snacks", and 43 varieties, such as Flat Meat, Steamed Dumplings, Yubao, Baoxin Tofu Pills and Taro Dumplings, were identified as "Chinese Famous Snacks". In 2003, Shaxian was awarded the title of "China Snack Town" by China Hotel Association. On June165438+1October14th, 2006, China Cuisine Association recognized Shaxian as "the famous snack cultural city in China".

"Niu series" is a traditional dish and snack in Xiaju Town, Shaxian County. There are more than a dozen varieties, the most famous ones are braised beef brisket and beef tendon, the most economical ones are scalded cowhide and tripe, and the earliest ones are beef jerky, minced beef and cooked viscera. Street snacks include rice paste beef intestines, rice paste beef lungs and rice paste beef blood. At the same time, Xia Mao also has a unique folk custom of "spring outing cattle". Flower-drum lantern escorting, a man and a female wind behind the spring cow, and a pair of rectangular light boxes behind the house.

Shaxian is a grain-producing area, and there are many snacks with rice as raw material, which can be roughly divided into two categories: one is to cook rice first, and then the finished product is Ciba, which is the oldest snack in Shaxian, and there are a series of customs and habits around it, such as family cakes in beginning of winter, inviting wine when moving to a new house, eating Ciba when opening a banquet, and on the second day of the first month. The second is to grind rice into pulp, and then make food through frying, steaming and cooking. These snacks mainly include fried sauce, rice paste, loach dry powder, pot stickers and so on. , full of color, smell and taste.

The main specialty snacks are: steamed dumplings, flat meat, taro jiaozi, dried loach powder, fish balls, sincere tofu balls, rice frozen skin, rice frozen cake, dried bean curd, crystal steamed dumplings and mixed noodles. Shaxian has the 38-meter-long Tao Jin China No.1 Stone Carving Lying Buddha, Qixian Cave, a provincial-level scenic spot, Luobu Rock, a provincial-level Nanmulin Nature Reserve, and other natural landscapes such as "Ten Li Advection", "Seven Peaks Green", "Cave Waterfall" and "Twenty-eight Songs". In addition, there are xingguo temple, ancient city walls, Xiaozifang dwellings, the largest existing Town God Temple in the southeast coast, and other historical sites.

Taojinshan

Tao Jin is located 3 kilometers west of Shaxian County, with an altitude of 50 1 m and a total area of 6 square kilometers. Scenic spots began in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Li Gang, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Luo Congyan, a Dali scholar, and Deng, the leader of the peasant uprising army, all left footprints here, and there are more than 30 cliff stone carvings. There are lush trees in the scenic spot, which are the only rare tree species in China, such as wild Millennium Cycas, Song Guihua and Plum Blossom Hexagonal Dan. The Yuanbaoguang reclining Buddha in the scenic spot is 38m long,10m wide and1m high. It is the largest stone reclining Buddha in China at present. There is a green reclining Buddha in the mountain behind the reclining Buddha, which is about 4 kilometers long. The mountain and the Buddha are integrated, such as "the Buddha is in the Buddha and the Buddha is in the heart of the Buddha". Pan Lequan, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, was enlightened by Suoguang Buddhist Temple and Foguang Cave.

Long, slow-moving water

There are eight scenic spots and historical sites in Shaxian named by Li Gang, a famous minister in Song Dynasty, namely Qifengqing, Shiliping, Yingzhou Sunset, Yaochi jathyapple, Pianjiao Qiuyan, Dong Tian Waterfall City, Lufeng Qing Xue and Fenggang Toona sinensis. At present, there are only two scenic spots left, namely the Shili advection from Dazhou to Langkou of Shaxi River. Most of the beaches in the upper reaches of Shaxi River are fast and winding. At this time, the river is wide and the water flow is gentle. Only the buildings on the banks of the castle peak or the riverside can be seen, and the shade is swaying. In Song Ligang's poem, he said, "The green of the day can be seen as fish swimming, but the miles are silent and the picture can be painted.".

Town God's Temple

Located in Miao Wen Road, East Gate of Chengguan, Chenghuang Temple was built during the reign of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, and it is the only well-preserved ancient architectural complex in Fujian Province. 1996 is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Ershiba district

In other words, the natural peak is located in the east of Erli Zhouxian, in the east of the city, more than 400 meters above sea level. It climbed the mountain with a stone path of more than 700 meters and turned 28 bends, so it was called "Twenty-eight Curves". The peak is old and ancient, and it is abandoned. 1984, the masses spontaneously raised more than 654.38+10,000 yuan for reconstruction, built pavilions at the top of the mountain and along the way, planted trees and planted flowers, and formed new scenic spots. Zhang Tingfa, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, wrote an inscription for the scenic spot on 1988, which read: "Fengqingxiqing".

Chenshanzhai

On the Tongcymbal Mountain in Luoda Township, it is the base camp of Deng Rebel Army in Ming Dynasty, with an altitude of about1500m. There is a happy runway and a training ground on the mountain, and a huge stone-shaped platform on the right. According to legend, it was the podium of that year. Standing on the training ground, the villages of Shaxian, Sanming and Datian were faintly visible, so it was also called "Sanwangping".

Dongtianyan

Dongtianyan is 25 miles away from the city, with rugged stone walls and lush vegetation. Turn around along the newly opened expressway and you can reach Dongtianyan Reservoir surrounded by green hills. During the rainy season, waterfalls are more than 100 meters, flying beads splash jade, and empty valleys thunder. Under the mountain spring, there are more than ten ancient Buddha Yunyan, Linqingchi, Yonghe Cave and ancient cliff stone carvings, one of which is not in the water. The 9-meter-square Chinese characters are covered by clear water, and the water is rolling, and the word "pillow flow" can be seen faintly. Cliff stone carvings were listed as provincial cultural relics protection units in early August of 1984.

Qixiandong

Qixian Cave is located in Guo Dun Village, Fukou Township. 1In August, 985, the natural resources investigation team of Nanjing University cooperated with the Environmental Protection Bureau to inspect Qixian Cave. It is preliminarily found out that there are seven holes in Qixian Cave, which are divided into upper hole, middle hole and lower hole (that is, dark hole). The upper and middle holes are connected and there are seven holes. There are two halls in the cave, which can accommodate hundreds of tourists. There are winding corridors connecting the big factories. Stalactites and stalagmites in caves have different shapes. Some of them soar like dragons, some like horns, some like fairy terraces, and some like jellyfish drifting with the flow. There is a bat hall deep in the cave, in which there are countless bats. 1September, 984, the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in the county were Tang and Deng.

Yingzhou Zhao Xi

Zhou Xian, also known as Yingzhou, is located outside the East Gate, at the junction of Dongxi and Shaxi. Whenever the sun sets, the green island is covered with Hui Jin, the river is red as agate, the high city lies in the hazy thin curtain, and the clouds and snow on the winding mountains change, which is magnificent and colorful.

xingguo temple

Xingguo temple was built in the middle of the Tang Dynasty (882) and has been renovated in all dynasties. Li Gang, a famous minister in the Song Dynasty, lived here when he was demoted to Shaxian County, calling himself "Yuxuan", so it was also called "the former site of Yuxuan". The existing temple covers an area of nearly 500 square meters. The original appearance was renovated in 1984. The wooden beams are carved with iron and gold, and the flying rubber ridges are magnificent. There are two thousand-year-old Cinnamomum camphora on the west side, which is said to be the place where Li Gang studied. 1996165438+10 was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Lvfengshan scenic spot

Lv Fengshan is located at the top of gongs and drums in Baoshan Village, Luoda Township, Shaxian County, 40 kilometers away from the county seat, with an altitude of 1.293 meters. Convenient transportation, military roads directly to the top of the mountain. "Lv Feng Qing Xue", one of the eight scenic spots in Shayang, refers to the winter snow scene of Lv Feng Mountain. The mountain has a beautiful natural ecological environment, with wild azaleas, plum blossoms and bamboo forests, which is suitable for the development of four seasons gardens in mountainous areas. The climate at high altitude makes it particularly cool in summer, and it is an excellent place to escape the heat. Cultural relics include Chenshanzhai Site in Deng Peasant Uprising Base in Ming Dynasty and "Lufeng" Monument Pavilion. Shaxian Raptors Vegetable Base has set up camp here and begun to take shape. The development of the base will promote the vigorous development of alpine green agricultural tourism and ecological summer tourism.