In the hinterland of Qianzhong, there is a thousand-year-old town called Caotang. Around the ancient town, there are dozens of natural ponds and artificial ponds, due to the 1970s farming movement, many ponds are landfilled, contrary to the laws of nature, the filling of ponds and fields that violates the laws of nature causes frequent long-term dry days and easy droughts, short-term waterfalls and rains also become floods, for decades the people have said "good three hundred waterlogging, ten years nine do not rely on" "good three hundred waterlogging, three years two do not rely on", dozens of natural ponds and artificial ponds, especially ancient grass ponds, Longmi ponds, Malu ponds, Yejiatang, Pu'an pond, Longma pond, Jinzhu pond, pearl pond, Tianxin pond, redemption pearl pond Lotus Pond and Niuwang Pond are the most famous, and are known as twelve grass ponds. The thousand-year-old town is famous for its grass pond, and the Caotang Pingyi Xuanfu Division of the Tusi regime in the early Song Dynasty was also named after the ancient grass pond. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Caotang has been used by people to this day, and the legendary story of Caotang has also been passed down from generation to generation by the people of Guzhen.
The ancient grass pond is located in the three hundred noisy datian dam in Monkey Farm Town, and the site is now a flood pond with a length of 12 meters and a width of 10 meters. According to the "Sangzi Narrative" and the Republic of China's "Records of Wong'an County", the ancient grass pond was several miles long, and the wetland water and grass stretched out.
The Ming Dynasty scholar Fu Yi's "Buju Caotang" poem praised Caotang as "the mountains are deep and the cars and horses are rare, and the soil is beautiful." Yulu leans on Tooka, kaixuan linqu water. The sun oblique cattle and sheep return, the moon out of the fishing silk" beautiful pastoral scenery.
The "Qin and Han Memory" area of the ancient caotang project covers an area of 400 acres, including the Qin Dynasty Garden, Han Dynasty Garden, Bagua Labyrinth, Caotang Ghost Square Boardwalk, Caotang Postal Pavilion, Qingfeng Tea Xuan, Ancient Water Culture Display Wall, Ancient Caotang Old Site Pavilion, Mu Mu Cultural Totem Pole, Ancient Law Health Garden and other projects, the project is under planning and construction.
Passing through the TianxingTang in the core area of Guyi ("Toast Memory Area" and "Ming and Qing Dynasty Memory Area") on both sides of the Theater Building, it is located at the entrance of Mao Zedong's residence. The original TianxinTang tells the story of the martyr Akin, but after studying its story is biased towards ghosts and monsters, it is not suitable for tourism development, so its name is used, but its meaning, according to its position in the ancient yi, takes the meaning of "Tianxin Sage".
Malutang is located in the lower reaches of Yejiatang (Xiasi Reservoir), and the center is located on the edge of the Malu Villagers' Village. Legend has it that in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Jingyang, the general of Wuchang Commandery Zhaowu, marched south to Caotang, when it was hit by a drought. When surveying the water source, due to the guidance of the buzzard, the Ma Ta Lu Spring converged into a pond. After a stone horse surfaced on the surface of the pond, people believed that the heavens descended on Xiangrui, burned incense and sacrificed, and named the pond Malutang.
Pu'an Tang is located in Caotang Xiasi Community Barrel Well Bay Group, located on the southeast side of Caotang Guyi Scenic Area Visitor Reception Center. There are many natural dew points of groundwater in Pu'an Pond, and the amount of water is abundant, and the pond water overflows into a stream and flows into the Caotang River.
Yejiatang is now known as Xiasi Reservoir. As early as before the construction of the Xiasi Reservoir, there was a pond named Yejiatang, and most of the households on the side of Yejiatang were surnamed Ye. Ye people like to grow tea, in front of the house, behind the house, tea trees are planted around the village, so this place is also called tea forest. Yejiatang rebuilt the Xiasi Reservoir for up to 8 years. In 2011, the dam was re-transformed and reinforced, and the reservoir area of the Xiasi Reservoir was surrounded by pine forests except for the dam side, with curved banks and many fork ports. The edge of the warehouse is full of forests, the environment is quiet, water birds are flying, fishermen casting nets, the sunset is setting, and the water and sky are colorful.
Jinzhu Pond was formerly known as Jinzhu Water, which is a few ponds near the residence of the Jinzhu Village Committee of Monkey Farm Town. Originating from the geological wonder Pearl Spring, the Jinzhu Pond has a large influx of water, and the local people block the water into a pond to feed fish and shrimp. Jinzhu Water has three springs, which converge into ponds and are also a major source of the Caotang River.
Pearl Pond, also known as Pearl Spring, is located in the farmland side of the field dam next to the Bayi Primary School in Monkey Farm Town, Wong'an County, with a width of about 2 meters and a length of about 3 meters, which is still in a primitive state. The water output of pearl pond is large, and the spring water continues to gush out from the bottom of the pond, with the gushing water accompanied by uninterrupted pearls one after another, some large and some small. If you clap your hands or jump on the edge of the pond, the pearl will increase the number and frequency of gushing, the heavier the clapping and jumping, the more and faster the surge, so it is also called "XikeTang", also known as "water flower".
Longma Pond is located in the Caotang community double well, Longma Pond has two springs, the spring water overflows, the water is abundant, forming a swampy wetland, water and grass flourishing. This was once the main water source of Caotang tap water, due to the expansion of the town and the increase in population, it was abandoned because of the small water transmission distance of the pumping station pipeline, and the Yejiatang (Xiasi Reservoir) was used as a source of drinking water. The spring wells of Longmatang also emit "pearls", and the pearl springs such as golden bamboo water and water flowers form the Grass Pond Pearl Spring Community. In general, Pearl Springs are relatively independent, but this area has become a group of Pearl Springs, which is a very rare geological wonder and tourism resource.
There are three spring wells gushing out of The Redemption Zhutang, the spring water is cool and sweet, and it is the source of drinking water for the residents of Caotang Town. The "bubble and herbal tea" of the large and small tea houses in Caotang Ancient Town must be said to be clear that the water comes from the redemption pearl pond. There are two rivers, one large and one small, flowing through the thousand-year-old ancient grass pond. The big one is called the Caotang River, and its source is the golden bamboo water under Gaitou Mountain. The small one is called the Papaya River, which is not a river in the strict sense, but can only be counted as a stream, and the source comes from Wang Jiachong. The amount of water flowing through Ranzhu Pond is greatly replenished, so Ransom Zhutang can be said to be the main source of the Papaya River.
Lotus Pond is located in the eastern suburbs of Caotang and is the nostalgic memory of Caotang. Lotus Pond is named after the beauty of the lotus flowers in the pond, and the pond is famous for its grass pond middle school. Lotus Pond is not only a lotus pond scenery, but also a good place for people in the ancient town to kiss the water, in order to protect peace, some people have erected a "Amitabha Buddha" stone stele next to the deep water, one is to play the role of "Buddha Town", the other is to play a warning role. Later, people called "Amitabha Buddha" a nickname for the lotus pond.
Niuwangtang is located in the Chenjiawan Villagers Group on the northern outskirts of Caotang, backed by a large slope and facing a mound, which is a local feng shui treasure land. Locals call this mound "Dangmenbao", and "Dangmenbao" is covered with ancient cypress trees. Ahead, there is an endless dam of three hundred noisy dams. Behind the ancient spring, a mountain range gradually lowers its height from high to low, in several steps, all the way to the spring. The history books record that there is a Tianchi in Caotang, which is located in the back mountain of Chenjiawan, and there is a pond at the top of the mountain, "more than a hundred meters, unfathomable." Long rain will be clear, long clear water will be rainy. This Tianchi echoes the Qingyu Stone and became a famous scene in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Caotang, which has witnessed the shadow of the sword and light and the beacon of the southern country several times, accompanied by the rise and fall of the thousand-year-old town, flows with dreams and legends, smoke and waves, wind and rain, and accumulates the rich and colorful culture and history of the thousand-year-old yi.
Editor/Wang Wenzhu
Proofreading/Xu Ting
First Instance / Liao Xun
Second Instance/Xia Jin
Third Trial/Wu Qian