There is a town in Tengzhou called Guanqiao, which is famous in Chinese history: the Beixin culture was born here in 7300; the Xia Dynasty Chezheng and the originator of the car, Xi Zhong, built the fiefdom of Xue Guo, which lasted for more than 2,000 years; Meng Yujun, the "Four Gentlemen of the Warring States" who recruited talents and nazards, was sealed here; Mao Sui, who dared to introduce himself; and "Guanqiao Yi" was built in the late Sui and Tang dynasties.
On March 19, this reporter met 62-year-old Sun Jingquan in the humble office of the Guanqiao Town Cultural Station, who was buried in the paper pile of his hometown and led the compilation of the "Guanqiao Town Chronicle". Sun Jingquan is the editor-in-chief of the book, as the first person in Tengzhou to study the ancient Xue civilization, he mainly writes the ancient Xue Kingdom chapter, which is the most important part of the book.
The "Guanqiao Town Chronicle" is about 700,000 words and will be completed by the end of this year. Sun Jingquan arrives in town by bus for more than 1 hour from zaozhuang new town home at more than 6 o'clock every day, and then returns by car at 5 p.m. Every day, the road takes 3 and a half hours, and the fare is 14 yuan.
People wonder, it has been 10 years since the cultural station manager retired, why is it still fighting so hard?
Sun Jingquan served as the secretary of the village league branch and the captain of the brigade. In 1982, by chance, he became the director of the cultural station in Zhangwang Town, Tengzhou City, and began to contact the ancient Xue culture.
Xue Guo's Ancient City, a key national cultural protection unit, is located between Guanqiao Town and Zhangwang Town. In 1988, Sun Jingquan was transferred to Guanqiao Town and was still the director of the cultural station. This work is 20 years, the deep ancient Xue culture attracted him and achieved him.
There are more than 70 cultural relics protection sites on the 60 square kilometers of Land of Guanqiao Town, 50 Han Dynasty ruins and Han tombs, 2 national cultural protection units, 12 provincial-level and 23 municipal-level.
Guanqiao is not only a famous cultural town, but also a large town of cultural relics. As soon as he stepped on the land of Guanqiao, Sun Jingquan felt that he had a place to play. "Gu Xue's rich cultural accumulation deeply attracted me and shocked me, and half of my energy was spent on the protection of cultural relics." He told reporters.
Sun Jingquan (left) introduces the ancient Xue State City Wall
"The station manager must have culture, really do a line, love a line, understand a line, drill a line, and become an expert." Sun Jingquan began to nibble on the ancient books of those crooked teeth, searching for the imprints of Gu Xue from between the lines.
He knows the history of the ancient Xue area very well; when it comes to the cultural relics unearthed at Guanqiao, he is like a family treasure; he can identify which era it is when he picks up a pottery piece from the ground. No matter what level of leadership and foreign delegations come to inspect and tour, he is the guide and narrator. Wherever he went, he publicized the protection of cultural relics. To this end, he held lectures on cultural relics, printed and distributed propaganda materials, and wrote propaganda wall signs. In winter and summer, he rode his bicycle to inspect the various sites.
Guanqiao's long history and rich cultural relics make him proud. As a guardian of local culture, he felt a heavy responsibility. He has participated in the exploration and excavation of the provincial Guxue archaeological team in the past two years; he has cooperated with nearly 20 archaeological excavations at the Qianzhaoda site.
Cultural relics protection, cultural inheritance, etc. must not be allowed, and it is necessary to seize time to do it. There was no fund in the town, no appropriation from the superiors, and with the support of the town party committee and government, he took the initiative. He and Ren Shigan, the former vice principal of the town center middle school, rushed to call for help, mobilized all sectors of society to raise more than 300,000 yuan, rebuilt Mao Sui's tomb, and made a special trip to Tianjin, asking the famous calligrapher Mr. Wang Xuezhong to write the inscription "Tomb of Mao Sui" and designed and built the "Stand Out" stele; then, he rebuilt the Meng Yujun Cemetery and established five "Lixian Halls"; then, he built the Double Eaves Monument Pavilion of the Beixin Ruins Memorial Hall; later, more than 10 martyrs' monuments in the Fengshan Martyrs' Cemetery were built successively, including the "Chinese Soul". The main monument is 6 meters high, the inscription is inscribed by the famous writer Wei Wei, and the current Fengshan Martyrs' Cemetery has become the patriotic education base for primary and secondary school students in the town. At the same time, it has successively restored inscriptions such as "MengyuJun Yangshi", "Ancient Yi Xie Ma Ting", "Jing De Le Ma Kan Ancient Huai", "Great Kang Liu Tang Huai", "Yuan Dynasty Libu Shangshu Renju Jing Zu Zhi" and so on. Every attraction was personally planned by him; every stele was designed by him.
"The cultural station is a poor unit, and the cultural station manager must be able to withstand loneliness, keep the poverty, and be willing to dedicate himself to do a good job." This is the experience of Sun Jingquan as the director of the cultural station for 25 years.
Guanqiao is a big museum, and there are treasures everywhere underground. When Sun Jingquan was the director of the cultural station, he collected more than 200 pieces of bronze, jade and other cultural relics from the people through his hands, all of which were handed over to the state. Not only that, so far Sun Jingquan still has more than 10,000 yuan of invoices that have not been reimbursed. This was the money that was overspended when the Beixin Ruins Monument Pavilion and the Fengshan "Chinese Soul" Monument were originally built, and he filled in the deficit with the saved private money and manuscript fees. "I don't want to find anyone to report, but I want to take it as a memorial." He said lightly.
From a junior high school student to an associate research librarian, Sun Jingquan did not feel how bitter the cultural station was, on the contrary, he felt that the thick soil of Gu Xue nourished him and made him successful, and he felt full and happy with Gu Xue culture. Over the past few years, Sun Jingquan has published many monographs: "Walking into Guanqiao to See History and Culture", "Tengzhou Folk Customs", "Zaozhuang Folk Customs" and so on.
After retiring from the cultural station in 2007, Sun Jingquan did not spare time to go home for the elderly, but continued to run for the protection and inheritance of the ancient Xue culture, and appealed to the superiors to pay attention to the protection of the ancient Xue cultural sites and the promotion of the ancient Xue culture.
Sun Jingquan is planning an expedition with friends, along the Xue River, the mother river that gave birth to the ancient Xue civilization, from the source to the end, 10 kilometers on both sides of the river, the humanistic history, ancient ruins, ancient countries, ancient cities, tombs, temples, language, customs and customs of each village must be recorded in detail, forming text and video data for future generations to refer to.
But Xue is orderly, Yu Si millennium. "The first half of his life was given to the ancient Xue civilization, and he still wanted to live for it in his lifetime, and this complex will not disappear until death." Sun Jingquan wrote the town chronicle again.
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Author: Zhang Huanze
Originally published on April 18, 2017
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