In the territory of Ningxiang Jingpu, there is such a scenic spot, which is beautiful and green, and is a natural barrier standing in the south of Ningxiang City, which contrasts with the meandering Weijiang River and guards the tranquility of the city.
For hundreds of years, countless literati and inkers have left footprints here and sung many masterpieces, and ningxiang county records have listed it as one of the "ten scenic spots in Ningxiang", which is - Loutai Mountain
Today, let us welcome the spring light and explore the story of this historical and cultural mountain
The building is bright
Loutai Mountain is located in the south Taihu Lake community of the current Lipu Street. It is bordered by Shuishui to the west and Yuening Avenue to the north. In March, the spring light is full of greenery, and the building is full of greenery. From the eel island, the leisurely water flows into the county town from the front of the mountain, adding infinite tenderness to Loutai Mountain. Since ancient times, Loutai Mountain has been a good place for urban residents to enjoy the fun, attracting countless sages to stay here and leave beautiful poems for it.
"The mountain towers over the platform, and the dawn color belt is good. The oriental sun is shining, and the curtain foil is still fragrant. It is like Lishan Palace, vaguely On Penglai Island. If there is wine to climb, why ask the five elders. Liu Duan, the prefect of Ningxiang xi'an, was infected by the scenery in the mountains and wrote this poem "Loutai Xiaose". This is the earliest record of Loutai Mountain. Since then, the name of Loutaishan has appeared in ancient books. "A good mountain is like a pavilion, and the dawn is opened for the first time." Birds are falling in the spring, and there are rooftops everywhere in the world. "This is the Loutai Mountain written by Zheng Weinan in the History of Ningxiang in 1487." Pointing to the smoke clouds as if to open, the morning light gradually felt up the stairs. The mountains are stacked like wheels, and the birds chirp in full of spring. "It was the literati Tang Quan who felt it when he ascended the taishan; "Yuan Long lies down a hundred feet, and the goddess travels three thousand times." Bearing the cold light white, the cloud toad went down to the jade building. "This is the poet Chen Qing's fascination with Loutai Mountain... In the morning, standing on the edge of the River under the yingxun gate of the county town, looking at Loutai Mountain, the morning sun shines on the clouds, and the scenery is beautiful, so the ancients listed this heavenly beauty "Loutai Xiaose" as one of the "Ten Scenic Spots of Ningxiang". Kangxi's "Chronicle of Ningxiang County" is recorded as follows: "Loutai Xiaose, layers of mountains and mountains, mountains and towers, east arch to meet the Xuemen, Zhubi pressed the river, send green rows, every morning rises, the color of the clouds shines." ”
Xu Furong, an expert in literature and history, said: "The origin of the name of Loutai Mountain is that some people have found that the platform was built on the mountain before, and there is also a saying that the shape of the mountain is like a platform, layer by layer. Loutai Xiaose refers to the fact that every morning when the sun comes out, the surrounding fog is steaming and majestic, like the classical architecture in the court, hence the name. ”
Regarding Loutai Mountain, there are still some legends in the local area.
Zhou Jianliang, retired general secretary of the general branch who has been paving the streets, said: "Legend has it that in the Tang Dynasty, Luo Tong once had soldiers in Loutai Mountain, and there is a legend that Huang Chao also had soldiers here, so Loutai Mountain has been a place where soldiers must fight since ancient times. There is another theory that during the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qixun, the king of Ningxiang, built a terrace on Loutai Mountain, and his wife took his wife there to play the violin and watch the color, which got the name 'Loutai Xiaose'. ”
Loutai Mountain has beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery, and is known as the "back garden" of Ningxiang City. However, just by looking good, it is not enough to make Loutaishan famous. It integrates natural landscape and cultural heritage, and it is necessary to mention a family in the middle - Shuangjiang Taoshi. For hundreds of years, the Shuangjiang Tao clan has flourished near Loutai Mountain, and the children of the Tao family have studied and worked hard to become strong, and have come out of many outstanding talents, adding a lot of fame to Loutai Mountain.
Shuangjiang Tao's association with Loutai Mountain originated from Tao Peng. After Tao Peng's death, he instructed his descendants to bury him at the foot of Loutai Mountain. At this point, the Shuangjiang Tao clan lived and worked in peace and contentment near Loutai Mountain.
Tao Zilin, a descendant of the Tao clan, introduced that Tao Peng was born in Huaminglou, which was the first of the descendants of Ming Dynasty immigrants to become an official in the southeast region of Ningxiang. Tao Peng was the eighth generation of the Shuangjiang Tao clan and later served as the commander of Guiping County, Guangxi. Since his beginning, his direct descendants have been appointed as officials for 11 consecutive generations, which is a relatively rare phenomenon in the Ningxiang family.
Tao Peng is the grandfather of "Chu Tao Sanjie" Tao Ru Nai. Under the influence of Tao Peng, Tao Ru Nai once settled his residence in the Songzhu Nunnery on the other side of the River. After the change of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Tao Ru Nai's bitterness in his heart could not be relieved, and he often traveled back and forth between Songzhu Nunnery and Loutai Mountain to visit his grandfather's tomb. One spring, after Tao Ru Nai returned to Songzhu Nunnery to worship his grandfather, he wrote a poem "Sweeping the Tomb of the Great Father of The Duke of Guiping": "The white clouds under the Loutai Mountain sink, and the six generations of Song Que wan feel the heart; remember the cold food road of the past years, and the crown is wrapped around this mountain yin." The desolation and misery in the poem flow between the lines, making people unable to let go of it for a long time. Tao Ru Nai, who lived in Songzhu'an, accompanied by Loutai Mountain and The Hu River, devoted himself to creating and leaving a large number of documents such as "Records of the Ancient Secret Seal Temple of Dahu Mountain", "Rongmutang Anthology", "Hunan Tongzhi", "Ningxiang County Chronicle", "Changsha Fu Zhi" and so on, leaving valuable spiritual wealth for future generations.
More than two hundred years after Tao Ru Nai's death, a descendant of the Tao clan came out of Huolongzhou on the side of Loutai Mountain, who was the founding general and the former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference- Tao Zhiyue. On the eve of liberation, Tao Zhiyue led 100,000 Kuomintang officers and soldiers in Xinjiang to electrify and revolt, welcoming General Wang Zhen into Xinjiang, promoting the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang and preserving the integrity of the country's territory. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tao Zhiyue successively served as the commander of the 22nd Corps of the People's Liberation Army, a member of the Northwest Military and Political Committee, the deputy commander of the Xinjiang Military Region, and the commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. General Tao Zhiyue has been a warrior all his life, and he has never returned since he left Huolongzhou at the age of 19, but he has always remembered his hometown in his heart. To this day, at the foot of Loutai Mountain, there are still good stories of the general's patriotism and love for his family and his clean life.
Yang Shujun, general secretary of the south Taihu Village of The Paved Street, introduced that Tao Zhiyue's former residence had 148 rooms before, divided into 3 front and back buildings, with the main gate in the middle and the two sides communicative, which was very grand.
As a large family near Loutai Mountain, the Tao family is prosperous and prosperous. However, when we came to the former residence of Tao Zhiyue in Huolongzhou, it was difficult to find traces of his life at that time. After some inquiry, I learned that this was closely related to a decision made by Tao Zhiyue that year.
"After liberation, these houses were all inhabited by residents, and Tao Zhiyue made it clear at that time that whoever lived in the house would belong to whomever lived, and he didn't want a single one, so the house was all given to the villagers." Zhu Shunping, a researcher of literature and history in Ningxiang City, said.
Tao Zhiyue's former residence was assigned to more than 40 local villagers to live, and due to the long time, the old houses were demolished and built, showing a new look. There is only one stone stele erected by the cultural relics department, marking the location of Tao Zhiyue's former residence, recording the feelings of a founding general.
Along with Tao Zhiyue, there was also a key figure who conspired to achieve the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang, who was Tao Zhiyue's cousin, Tao Jinchu. Also a disciple of the Tao family living near Loutai Mountain, Tao Jinchu was intelligent since childhood, he went to Japan to study, successively served as an instructor at Nanjing Army University, and deputy chief of staff of the Kuomintang 11th Group Army. In 1944, Tao Jinchu secretly became friends with the communist Qiao Guanhua. In 1945, when Mao Zedong went to Chongqing for negotiations, Tao Jinchu wrote to Mao Zedong twice through Qiao Guanhua, reporting the inside story of Chiang Kai-shek's fake peace talks and real anti-communism, providing important information for the Communist Party. After the "Double Ten Agreement", Tao Jinchu, under the recommendation of Qiao Guanhua, also secretly met with Zhou Enlai.
In 1948, Tao Jinchu was invited by Tao Zhiyue to Dihua (present-day Urumqi) as the chief of staff of the Xinjiang Garrison Command. After entering Xinjiang, Tao Jinchu was instructed by Zhou Enlai to make preparations for a peaceful uprising in Xinjiang. On the eve of liberation, the internal situation in Xinjiang was complicated, and some generals stationed in Xinjiang tried to blackmail Tao Zhiyue into leading troops into Guannei to participate in the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communists. Tao Jinchu personally submitted to Tao Zhiyue the "Opinion Letter on Requesting the Uprising and Surrender to the Communist Party of China", assisting Tao Zhiyue in mediating in many ways, and finally averting the danger.
On September 25, 1949, Tao Zhiyue led 100,000 Kuomintang troops stationed in Xinjiang to declare an uprising and the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang. On December 30, 1949, the Xinjiang uprising troops officially became the 22nd Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with Wang Zhen concurrently serving as political commissar, Tao Zhiyue as the commander of the corps, and Tao Jinchu as the chief of staff of the corps. In 1950, Tao Jinchu joined the party with honor and became a model for the rebel fighters in Xinjiang. After that, he took the lead in the reclamation of the border area in Xinjiang and engaged in agricultural production and construction. When Tao Jin first served as the deputy commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, he devoted himself to the development and construction of the corps farms, not only guiding the construction of the first machine cultivation team of the 22 corps and opening up the road of agricultural mechanization in Xinjiang; he also worked with agricultural experts to create a precedent for planting cotton in northern Xinjiang.
The years do not live, the seasons are like a stream. How many years have passed through Loutai Mountain and how many people with lofty ideals have been ushered in, we have no way of knowing. It stands still on the shore of the River, guarding the tranquility of one side. Today's Loutai Mountain nearby, high-rise buildings rise from the ground, Yuening Avenue traffic is weaving, Loutai Mountain is the best witness of urban change, it is like a pair of generous hands, silently embracing everything, and people look forward to a better future...
Source: Ning Vision