In the southeast direction of Taocheng District, there is a village called Wujiazhuang that belongs to Dengzhuang Town, which is 9 kilometers away from the center of the city, and the south of the village is close to the North Trunk Canal. Historically, the village's handicraft industry has been very developed, especially winemaking and pen making are the most prominent: modern rubber enterprises are more prominent, and their achievements are remarkable. There are many celebrities and celebrities, and the heroes of the War of Resistance can sing and cry; Rich in cultural heritage, opera and drumming are win-win; in the new era, the development vitality is sufficient.
A brief description of the village
According to the "Dictionary of Villages and Towns in Hebei Province", the original village of Wujiazhuang was called Qianjiadian, which is a well-known ancient village, the plague epidemic at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the extinction of the population in the village, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, from Shanxi moved to Zhao, An, Yu, Hu, Zhang five households, in the west of the old village to establish a new home, the name of the village was "Wujiazhuang", and later because of the harmonic sound, the village was gradually changed to "Wujiazhuang", which has been used ever since. There is also a legend that after the plague in history, most of the families in the village died of the plague, and only five families were left to trade with fire: some made tofu, some steamed steamed steamed buns, some bacon, some made burnt cakes, and some made sesame oil.
The village now has a total of 699 households, 2096 people, the village is higher, 26 meters above sea level, two meters higher than the urban area, as the saying goes, "flooded the city gate tower of Hengshui, can not flood the depression of Wujiazhuang", legend is that due to the high terrain, once the Ming Dynasty Yongle years when the county moved to become a candidate village. In the past, there were eight ditches leading to villages in all directions of Wujiazhuang, the deepest of which was the ditch of Tongjingguan Village 50 years ago, with a depth of more than 2 meters; the existing ditch of TongdanTuo Village is still 1.6 meters deep. These ditches seem to confirm the past of Wujiazhuang, people from all directions rode in wooden wheeled carriages, came here every three or five minutes to catch up with the theater, go to relatives and friends, and many years later, the traffic turned the flat ground into a deep ditch avenue. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, because of these numerous ditches, Wujiazhuang became an important barrier and passageway for the Eighth Route Army to maneuver with the devils and traitors, and the Eighth Route Army often gathered in this village to meet and disperse and hide.
Relics of the wind
The centuries-old cypress of Wujiazhuang forms a landscape (pictured). In the north of the road more than 200 meters east of the village, there is a brick platform with an area of 100 square meters from the ground, where a green and robust cypress tree grows. The perimeter of the trunk is 186 cm, and the branching point is 1.5 meters from the ground of the high platform. The huge canopy resembles an umbrella canopy, with 8 meters of north and south branches and 11 meters of east and west branches. According to the 82-year-old Zhang Qingdong in the village, it is not clear who planted it, but it is estimated that the age of the tree is more than 200 years. This cooper originally grew in a koendo, but now there is no trace of the kofun. Amazingly, after all these years, the trunk is still intact and smooth, without insect moths. Today, the village protects the tree, lays a ten-sided brick wall, installs an iron fence, and draws water to water it several times a year during drought.
Wujiazhuang originally had many temples, and now in addition to a sanguan temple built later, there is also a 10-acre kaiyuan temple site in the east of the village, and the stone stele of the kaiyuan temple is buried in an earthen well of the landlord of Zhao Changyi's family. There are also two stone tablets in the south of the village, namely Yu Yunxiang and Yu Boxian. Yu Yunxiang was a popular teacher during the Daoguang years, and most of the students he taught were above the level of merit. After his husband's death, his students erected a monument to him. Yu Boxian was a celebrity in the Republic of China, who managed in good faith, lived in harmony with neighbors, helped the needy, and won praise from people.
Opera culture and folk drumming
Zhang Erkui
Zhang Erkui, a famous Peking Opera performance artist in China, is home to Wujiazhuang. Zhang Erkui, Yu Sansheng and Cheng Changgeng were active on the Beijing opera stage, and were also known as "Lao Sheng Sanjie" also known as "Three DingJia", making outstanding contributions to the initial period of Peking Opera. Zhang Erkui's representative repertoire includes: "Jinshui Bridge", "Playing Gold Bricks", "Returning Pigeon", "Taking Xingyang", "Five Thunder Arrays" and "Silang Visiting Mother".
In Zhang Erkui's hometown, many of his stories related to drama are circulated. Wujiazhuang Village has a tradition of acting since ancient times, and the love of drama is as fateful, and there are drama classes established by Zhao Xishun and others in the Qing Dynasty, and Zhao Qingzhang, a folk Huqin artist who is well-known in the two provinces of Hebei and Luzhou, has emerged. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Chongshan, Zhao Yinjiang, and An Ergao set up a popular theater troupe in the village, initially Hebei Zizi, and then invited teachers from the city to change the type of drama to commentary. At the beginning, it was self-amusement, from the twenty-ninth day of the waxing moon to the sixteenth day of the first month, the performance in the village, not repeated for ten days, and the people from all over the world came to watch. Later, his fame grew, and he began to perform in the village, and also performed in the Hengshui Auditorium, and there were more than 50 people in the troupe at most, and the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law were all competing for the role. In the early days of the founding of New China, more than a dozen plays such as "Little Son-in-Law", "Willow Well" and "Bean Juice" were rehearsed. At one time, a fixed stage was set up, and there were performances on the first day of every month. There are also a number of actors and violinists from Wujiazhuang who have been hired to perform in the Betsumura Theater Troupe. In 1958, the village sent seven or eight backbone artistic talents to the newly established Hengshui Critics Troupe, which was not disbanded until the early 1960s. This style of drama has a deep relationship with Zhang Erkui.
In the history of Wujiazhuang Village, every major traditional festival, there will be a stage, the local people commonly known as "meeting". As soon as the gong and drum sounded, people from eight villages in ten miles, and even people in the county town flocked to the theater and near the temple, setting up stalls and starting business. At the market, the goods are dazzling, the people come and go, and the grandeur is unprecedented.
The folk culture of Wujiazhuang - drumming, is famous in all directions. Drums are used as instruments for a long time. The sound of drums stirred people's hearts and made people excited, so the ancient battlefields were all aided by big drums, and before the land reform, there was a drum team in the village, there were more than thirty drums, and many people would do it. Every year, we enter the free time of the Waxing Moon, and until the end of the first month of the following year, we carry out drumming activities every day. In 2001, the village set up a Wujiazhuang drum team, absorbing young people who love drumming as the backbone, the drum teacher Fu invited as a coach, after a period of practice, the Wujiazhuang drum team officially debuted, in 2002 in the leisure square held in the district "Ten Thousand Drums Spring" drum competition won the championship. Now, during the New Year's Festival, or the opening ceremony, the drumming team will always appear to perform. The characteristics of the Wujiazhuang drum team are first, there are many kinds of drums, there are seven or eight kinds; the second is that the dance posture is beautiful, dancing while knocking, not only enjoying the drumming, but also showing the dance posture, and exercising; The third is to be neat and consistent, and the lines are not chaotic. The township government later awarded the village a six-sided drum. Now, the drums of Wujiazhuang have become the beautiful business card of the village.
The heroic story of the anti-Japanese celebrities
Since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, 10 martyrs in the village have sacrificed their lives for the country, namely An Jiuchang, Zhao Xingang, Zhang Bingsuo, Xiao Xingui, Hu Xinnian, Hu Yutian, Zhang Guangdou, An Haipo, Zhang Changling, and Wang Fuchang. There are also many benevolent people who show their feelings for the country, and staged a heroic story that is full of anger and intestines, which is still praised today, inspiring people not to forget their original intentions and make unremitting efforts for the interests of the people.
Zhao Xingang, who participated in the Northeast Army, joined the People's Liberation Army after the liberation of the Northeast, and went south with the troops, just passing by the side of Wujiazhuang Village, Zhao Xingang returned to the village in the middle of the night, threw a cotton robe he wore when he left home through the wall into the courtyard, and hurried to chase after the troops without entering the house. His father got up in the morning, saw the cotton robe in the courtyard, knew that his son had come, and the mother took the cotton robe and cried bitterly. He died in a battle at Dabie Mountain, and his family brought the body back and buried it in the family cemetery.
Hu Yutian, who was heroically killed when attacking Gaotang County, Shandong. At that time, he was the company commander of the army siege echelon team, he was a pioneer, led the troops bravely into the city, the follow-up troops did not follow up in time, outnumbered, was released and killed, sacrificed at the age of 26, the body was pulled back, and a solemn funeral was held.
An Yunzhou, who was the company commander of the sharp knife company of the district squad at that time, once held a meeting in the village, was surrounded by the enemy, he was witty and brave, helping his comrades to move, but when he was transferring, he happened to encounter the Imperial Allied Army, he opened his coat, revealing two grenades hanging around his neck and other shell guns in his waist, the enemy was immediately timid when he saw it, and called him over without saying a word.
Yu Yongchun, who joined the revolution at the age of 16 and joined the local armed disciples' company, was caught by the enemy while carrying out a mission in Jingguan Village, and the enemy carried him upside down and soaked him in a water tank in a vain attempt to obtain information on our party and our army from his mouth. The devils dragged him to Beijing again, ready to be transported to Japan as a laborer, he cleverly escaped and ran back, found the troops again, and gave Hu Yutian a guard. He participated in the battle to liberate Hengshui. Zhao Xiqun was a grain commissar of the Eighth Route Army at that time. Once, when he was caught by the gendarmes, the enemy beat him viciously in an attempt to get him to confess to the underground party organization, and he did not say a word. The beating left him permanently disabled, but he made no demands from the government. Zhao Xiqun and his father Zhao Bingsen also rescued an Eighth Route Army surnamed Song. One day, they were cutting grass in the courtyard, and from outside the low wall came a wounded Eighth Route Army soldier, claiming to be surnamed Song, asking for help, at first he wanted to hide in the stick straw, Zhao Bingsen felt unreliable, guided to hide in the yam cellar, made a good disguise, and quickly still cut the grass. At this time, the devil rushed to look for it, stabbed it in the stick with a bayonet a few times, and left. When the devils were far away, they picked up the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, bandaged the wounds, and cooked rice for him to eat. The father and son were glad that they did not hide the children and soldiers in the stick and straw and avoided a difficult situation.
Wujiazhuang also had a combat hero, named Zhang Lianqi, who participated in the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Dong Shuli
Wujiazhuang was an important fortress village at that time. At the beginning, Dong Shuli, a county cadre, developed two party members in the village, one was Zhao Qunsheng, who lived in the north of the village, and the other was Zhao Chunmao, who lived in the northeast corner of the village. Both families were close to the large reed pit in the north of the village, and in order to facilitate concealment and hiding, they dug tunnels in their homes to lead to the reed pit. The two fortresses played an important role in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, mobilizing the masses to actively resist Japan and covering up many Party cadres. Later, Zhao Gu, a cadre in the county, developed Zhang Binglin and Zhao Zhuangping, formed a peasant association, and planned to carry out land reform. The landlord rich peasants in the front street heard the wind and instigated the peasants who did not know the truth to smash the peasant association. In the spring of the following year, the Party organization sent a task force, developed a large number of Party members in the back and front streets, formed a militia organization, suppressed the reactionary forces, and carried out the land reform smoothly.
Old workshops and new businesses
In the Eighteen Wineries, hengyi wine-making workshop and Fuxinglong wine-making workshop both have a deeper relationship with the wujiazhuang people. Fuxinglong is one of the eighteen ancient wineries, which was created in the last year of Qianlong. Its founder is Han Jinying of Han Zhao Village. The location of the winery was Beiren Street in the county seat of Hengshui county at that time. It has been passed down through the generations and has a thriving business with many shops. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to the change of owners of the war-torn brewing workshop, Zhao Qingnian of Wujiazhuang was the treasurer of Fuxinglong Distillery, but the winemaking technology was upgraded to a higher level on the basis of the original. During the Republic of China, Fuxinglong Wine won the medal of "Second Prize of Hebei Provincial Domestic Goods Exhibition Hall".
The founder of Hengyi Winery in the Eighteenth Winery is Yu's, and the winery is located in the east of Beiren Street Road. According to the memories of the elders of Wujiazhuang, the predecessor of Hengyi Winery was a Dechang winery opened by Nangong people. In the early years of the Republic of China, Wujiazhuang Village Yu clan bought this winery and named it Hengyi Winery. After Yu's grandson Yu Baishun and Yu Baiheng brothers inherited the winery, they constantly innovated the winemaking process and gradually carried it forward and formed a scale. Yu Baishun did not forget his father and fellow villagers, he and several merchants jointly funded, for the villagers to drill a bamboo pipe well, at that time the use of the most advanced well drilling technology, more than 10 people, more than two months, into a water well more than 120 meters deep. At that time, more than two hundred people in Wujiazhuang drank the water in this well, and people from all four miles and eight townships also came here to get water.
In the pen-making industry, Wujiazhuang can also be remarkable. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, the people of Wujiazhuang had already mastered the technology of making brushes and passed it down from generation to generation. The best thing to do in the brush making process is the Niu family of Wujiazhuang. Their elders worked as errand boys in the county yamen during the Republic of China period, accumulating a lot of personal resources, which was of great benefit to their later business. There are three brothers in the Niu family, and the eldest, Niu Erchang, went to the county town as an apprentice and learned to make brushes. After leaving the school, his technique is relatively good, the quality of the brush made is superior, the pen is sharp, it is suitable for writing and painting, and it is easy to use and easy to use. But Niu Erchang is too slow to make a pen, according to his speed, even if the quality of the pen is good, he can't make much money. The three brothers discussed and decided that Niu Erchang was responsible for producing brushes at home, and Niu Laowei and Niu Laosan were responsible for selling in Qian'an, Chengde and Shenyang in Tangshan. Because the brush quality is good, it is very popular with the local people, and the brand of niujia brush has been created - "Niu Yi Zhai". Later, the Niu family moved to Qian'an County to specialize in the brush business, and further inherited the "Niu Yi Zhai" brush craft, which was carried forward and flourished throughout the country and became famous.
There is also a wujiazhuang Zhao Xixian in the production and sale of brushes is also unique, creating the brand of Zhao brushes. It is said that Zhao Xixian wrote well. When selling his own brush, he will always write a word for the customer on the spot, showing that the brand brush is full of juice, the pen is vigorous and powerful, and at the same time, he engraves the beautiful small characters that customers need on each pen shaft, and Zhao's brush was also favored by the majority of customers at that time.
After the reform and opening up, the rubber enterprises in the village once flourished, reaching more than 20 at most. At present, there are five environmental protection standards, and there are three famous rubber enterprises that have moved to the city, namely Hebei Baoli Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd., Hengshui Zhentai Seismic Isolation Equipment Co., Ltd. and Hengshui Jianda Engineering Rubber Co., Ltd. These companies not only arrange for many villagers to find employment, but also provide support for public utilities such as power distribution and well drilling in the village, inheriting a modern entrepreneurial spirit of valuing quality, keeping good faith, and not forgetting the villagers when they get rich.
Today, a wide new asphalt road connects to Wu ge Road from National Highway 106. In Wujiazhuang Village, every home is connected to water, electricity, gas, and optical fiber, and many households have transformed sanitary toilets. Streets and alleys have been hardened, and the main streets of the village are regularly cleaned every day. The village has a new look.
Source: Taocheng District Literature and History Materials, Vol. 4