Behind the nanhedi village is the Baiyun Mountain Taoist Temple, famous for its Qinjin Plateau. Every year on the third of March, the eighth month of April and the ninth of September in the lunar calendar, the Baiyun Taoist Temple holds a grand "beating" festival.
The "Nine Nine Chongyang" festival is the day when the true martial ancestors in the Taoist faith fly into the sky and become immortals. On the Chongyang Festival in 1947, Chairman Mao was living in Nanhedi Village. Early in the morning, I saw the crowds on both sides of the west side of the river, dressed in red and green, flocking to the mountain in groups of three or five. Fellow villagers said that the mass theater troupe in Jia County still had to perform at the temple fair. Chairman Mao asked the guards around him, "Do you want to go up and have a look?" "Of course the warriors want to see the red-hot fire. But if Chairman Mao did not go, how could they leave their posts? So just a smile on your face and a word in your mouth. Chairman Mao saw everyone's thoughts and went on to say, "Let's all go and have a look!" After saying that, surrounded by guards and soldiers, he walked along the winding path at the head of the village and walked towards the mountain.
The pines and cypresses on the Shuanglong Ridge are tall and surrounded by white clouds, also known as Baiyun Mountain. Baiyun Mountain west leaning on the mountains, east of the Yellow River, magnificent, magical scenery; Baiyun Taoist Temple is built according to the mountain, from the middle of the mountainside to the top of the mountain are Ming and Qing dynasty architecture; palaces, halls, buildings, pavilions, halls, halls, corridors, squares and other layers are clear, staggered, golden and brilliant; stele arches are lined up, pine and cypress towering in the sky; there are also guild halls built around the area.
A few days ago, when Chairman Mao left Jia County for Tanjiaping, accompanied by Zhang Junxian, secretary of the county party committee, and Li Deyu, director of the United Front Work Department, he climbed Baiyun Mountain and visited the Baiyun Temple. Chairman Mao carefully looked at the structure of the temple, the architecture and the carvings, statues, murals, plaques and inscriptions inside and outside each pavilion, and was amazed. After Chairman Mao found that a very good mural had been smeared and peeled, he solemnly said to Zhang Junxian and Li Deyu: "These are all cultural heritage, and we must preserve them and not destroy them." You don't believe in God, I don't believe in God, but posterity doesn't know that this is God. You will issue a proclamation tomorrow to protect. Chairman Mao also humorously told folk legends, and after that, Chairman Mao said: "When so much effort was made to build these temples, the reactionary rulers ruled the people with the help of the power of God. However, these are all built by the working people with their blood and sweat, and they are created by the working people. ”
Zhang Junxian listened to Chairman Mao's words and nodded his head repeatedly. After Chairman Mao finished speaking, he said with shame: "The chairman is very right, because Elder Xie also criticized me because of this matter!" ”
It turned out that Zhang Junxian had accompanied Comrade Xie Jueya on a tour of Baiyun Mountain not long ago. Elder Xie saw that some of the scriptures on the Scripture Cabinet had been burned, and angrily criticized Zhang Junxian, saying, "Why don't you keep them well?" Zhang Junxian replied a little aggrievedly: "I don't understand." Elder Xie continued to criticize seriously: "You don't understand being the secretary of the county party committee!? After liberation, these things are useful, and we must use it for research! ”
Zhang Junxian reported these situations to Chairman Mao as they were, and Chairman Mao listened to them and said cordially: "When you become the secretary of the county party committee, you must not only know how to fight and produce, but this is not enough, and all aspects of work should be understood." Xie Lao's criticism was right. ”
On the winding mountain road, Chairman Mao met the instructors of the guard regiment and some soldiers, and Chairman Mao asked, "Are you all here?" ”
Instructor Du replied, "Here comes a part."
Chairman Mao then said, "Tell everyone to come and see!"
Opposite the main hall of baiyun temple, there is a theater building, and the Jiaxian Mass Theater Troupe is performing the Jin opera "Anti-Xuzhou".
When Chairman Mao walked into the theater, the small courtyard, which was only three or four square meters square, was already crowded with people watching the play. He stood quietly behind him without disturbing the crowd. The comrades of the Jiaxian County CPC Committee saw that Chairman Mao was coming, and they hurriedly invited Chairman Mao to sit in front of him, but Chairman Mao waved his hand and refused. The comrades of the county party committee moved a stool and asked Chairman Mao to sit down and watch. Chairman Mao smiled and said, "Standing and watching, don't the fellow villagers all stand and watch?" He picked up a peasant's child next to him and asked him to stand on a stool and watch. The fellow villagers standing in front of them blocked Chairman Mao's view, and the guards tried to tell them to give way, but Chairman Mao hurriedly stopped them and did not allow them to do so. After three requests and two concessions, it attracted the attention of the people around them, and some people recognized it and whispered, "This is Chairman Mao!" A woman standing in front of her heard the sound and looked back, and it was really Chairman Mao who had come, and she quickly moved her body outward, afraid of blocking Chairman Mao from watching the play. Chairman Mao smiled at her and said, "If you can't stop it, you can watch it here!" ”
Although the python robe jade belt worn by the actors on the stage is very worn, it is quite carefully performed. Chairman Mao looked very interested. It's just that because of the language accent relationship, some of the lyrics can't be understood. Chairman Mao summoned Comrade Wang Hongxing, who was familiar with Jin opera in the guard regiment, to him, handed him a cigarette, and asked him to be a "translator." Comrade Wang Hongxing stood in front of Chairman Mao, smoking a cigarette, and explained to Chairman Mao sentence by sentence, and the more Chairman Mao listened, the happier he became. At this time, the masses around them had no intention of watching the play, and they moved their eyes to Chairman Mao and looked excitedly and excitedly at the wise leader standing next to him who brought light and happiness to himself, to his own class, and to the entire Chinese nation. I don't know whose child it was, climbing on the iron flagpole on the left side of the theater building and shouting: "Look, that's Chairman Mao!" The theater was suddenly sensational, and even the people standing in front of the stage turned their bodies around. It just so happens that the folding drama of "Anti-Xuzhou" is finished. People saw Chairman Mao warmly applauding and said, "This play is fine, it is anti-feudal!" ”
Chairman Mao walked out of the theater and sat down on a stone staircase covered with pine. The guards saw that many people had recognized Chairman Mao at the temple fair, worried about the leader's safety, and suggested that they go down the mountain early. Chairman Mao did not agree, and talked affectionately with the fellow villagers who had followed him. After a while of kung fu, men, women and children surrounded a large area left and right. The common people all felt the same way, and they all wanted to see for themselves their incomparably beloved Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao understood the mood of the masses best, waved warmly and greeted warmly, and greeted him with kindness. It was not until the sun was tilted in the west that Chairman Mao bid farewell to the villagers and slowly descended the mountain; the fellow villagers gathered on the top of the mountain and watched Chairman Mao go to the bottom of the mountain, turn north, and then return to the temple fair.
Chairman Mao returned to Nanhedi Village and said to the guards and soldiers in a profound tone: "The people rushing to the temple fair is to go to the mountain to pray for blessings, and our rush to the temple fair can understand the people's feelings and investigate customs and habits, which will be of great help to us in keeping close ties with the masses." You cannot block our contact with the masses. That would be divorced from the masses, and it would be a big taboo for the ruling party to be divorced from the masses! ”