Gossip About Li Guzhai
In March 1968, on the eve of graduating from high school, I came with my classmates to Liguzhai, which was famous at that time, to receive re-education. Thirty years later, in March 1998, I accompanied the writer Comrade Zhao Defa and visited LiGuzhai again. In April 2002, at the invitation of the leaders of Jiejie Town (formerly Dujiagou Township), I visited Ligu Village again, saw things and thoughts, looked back at the past, and couldn't help but sigh and sigh.
Ben was a nun's village
Liguzhai was an administrative village with only 11 households in Dujiagou Township at that time, and Dujiagou Township was one of the small townships in Wulian County. More than 50 square kilometers of land are all pure mountainous areas, and 19 administrative villages are all hidden in the folds of the mountains. However, its brilliant spirit, its popularity, but you have to look at it. In the last century alone, half of the villages in the township had officials at or above the county or regimental level. There are good people and bad people in them, but they are all capable people. During the Republic of China, Lin Shanchu, a large merchant who graduated from Tsinghua University and later monopolized the silkworm cocoon distribution industry in Shandong, was a member of the Duanjiazhuang clan of the township. According to folklore, the "mountain carving" written in the "Forest Sea Snow Field" is also the lugou in the countryside. He became a bandit when his family was poor in Kanto. If you don't know much about these details, you should always know about Li Guzhai, who once caused a sensation in China and even the world (New Zealand and Albania have sent missions here to "study"). It once created the wonders of that era. His presiding family, Liu Taizhen, was elected as a deputy to the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a deputy to the Fourth National People's Congress.
In fact, Li Guzhai's fame has not been since then. As early as the Qing Dynasty, there were nuns who were optimistic about the feng shui here, and built a nunnery here, so it was called nunnery. Successively, monks came here to build temples to worship the Buddha, and the incense was long, making the nun village famous. Later, the Taoist priest surnamed Li came here to cultivate, and carried the nest head of the inner chestnut and the outer chaff on his back, and fought a lawsuit with the surrounding landlords for 5 years, and finally won the case, consolidated the Taoist property, and further enhanced the reputation of the place. The nun village was also renamed Li Gu Zhai, which in turn evolved into Li Gu Zhai. However, what really pushed Li Guzhai's reputation to the extreme was Liu Taizhen and his "members".
A gentleman's dream
That year, my classmates and I came to Liguzhai for re-education, and we saw with our own eyes that there was an endless stream of people who came to learn from the scriptures. Friends from all over the country and even from abroad are bustling like marquees overcrowded in a seven-mile-long ravine. We had to live in a small village near Liguzhai and line up to study.
What surprised us even more was that there was an "unmanned shop" in Liguzhai: "The members of the company paid for it themselves and picked up the goods themselves." Every time the salesman clears the capital and checks out, he is not bad at all. Moreover, the remaining goods are still good. Once, the salesman bought a part of the green onion, and when Liu Taizhen finally went to buy it, he saw that the net was a large one. "More than that," here, the team's warehouse is not guarded, the key to the door is in the office, no one has the right to open the door, and not a grain of grain or grass can be lost. It is fashionable to do 'duty' here. What obligatory health care worker, obligated salesman, obligated hairdresser, obligated loan officer, obligated postman... Everyone strives to be a 'person who is not selfish and specializes in benefiting others', and whoever has a 'selfish' heart here will immediately be criticized.
The 53-year-old old sheep Shouji collected pine cages from the mountain while herding sheep, and the little girl Fang Baohong criticized him: "Every day when you herd sheep home, you bring back a basket of pine cages, which is the word 'private'." The second daughter Bao Rong also said: "You can carry loose cages when herding sheep, and are you also allowed to carry your own work by cutting sweet potatoes and harvesting peanuts?" If you think about your own business, how can socialism still be built? Everyone's analysis helped Fang Shouji realize: "Picking a pine cage is the right thing to do, the question is for the collective, or for the individual." This is a matter of taking the socialist road or the capitalist road. Since then, he has still carried a basket every day to pick up loose cages, and when he picks them up, he gives them to the collective. ”
The selflessness of the people of Liguzhai stems from their love for socialism, their hatred of capitalism, and even more from their deep feelings for Chairman Mao Zedong. They believe that "loyalty to Chairman Mao's revolutionary line is the greatest public." Every day, the "they" ask chairman Mao for instructions and report back in the evening, and before each meal, they first wish Chairman Mao a long and boundless life! (The above quotations are all seen in the front page headline of the "Dazhong Daily" on February 26, 1968, "Gongzigou") They felt panicked when they did not see chairman Mao's portrait for a moment. There are portraits of Chairman Mao in the homes, portraits of Chairman Mao on the street walls, and portraits of Chairman Mao on the construction sites. Duan Youfu, 54, poured water on the ground and pasted a stamp with a portrait of Chairman Mao on the stone weir he passed, so that he could see his old man's home back and forth. The old poor peasant Ma Taipu was seriously ill in bed, and he still insisted on lying on the side of the wall with chairman Mao's portrait on it, not eating or drinking until he swallowed...
Today, 32 years later, we come to Liguzhai, and the traces of the "revolution" of that year are within reach. The ruins of "unmanned shops", the "Gongzigou Deeds Exhibition Room", "Primary School", "Zhiqingdian", and the slogans of "Fighting Private criticism and repairing" on the walls of the village street are all faintly visible. After the Cultural Revolution, no one here asked for attention. Nearly half of the 12 families at that time had moved to the outer village, and the remaining families had lived a nearly isolated life. In recent years, the municipal, county, and township governments have spent 50,000 yuan to set up a line, sent them electricity, and spent another 100,000 yuan to set up a line and installed a program-controlled telephone for them. The "light" that falls from the sky and the communication with the outside world make them rekindle the hope of life. With the old man cheering up "that year", the expression on their faces was a little confused, as if they had just woken up from a dream...
Created Zhong Shenxiu
The reason why the nuns, monks, and Taoists have all fallen in love with LiGuzhai is that the people of Liguzhai have repeatedly created "miracles" and even reached the pinnacle of the "Cultural Revolution.". In my opinion, an important factor is the creation of the mountains and rivers here. O earth spirit talent!
You see the endless stream of attractions. "Sky Ridge", "Wanzhangyuan", "Buyun Bridge", "Bathing Fairy Pond", "Harrier Eagle's Nest", "Lying Toad Palace", "Dharma Cliff", "Buddha Cave"... Each scenic spot is exquisite, just like its name, not only the scenery is beautiful, but also the cultural heritage of the two houses of monks and monks, which arouses people's reverie and enlightens people's wisdom. There are "three stacks of springs" on Lushan Mountain, but here there are "two waterfalls", in the season of abundant water, the two waterfalls are connected, and the flow is spectacular. Although it was early spring when we came, we still saw a hundred hanging ice and broken threads. The "lotus pond" under the "Erlian Waterfall" is constantly flowing all year round, even in 1992, when there was a huge drought.
The sweetness of the water is even more refreshing. The Qing people praised "the five lotuses and the nine immortals are two or two amazing, and they do not reduce the roof and the wild geese." "I think that many of the attractions in Ligu Village have a strange and beautiful posture that does not reduce the "five lotuses" and "nine immortals". What is particularly amazing is that the "Three Buddha Faces" on the upper edge of the village, the western slope of the ditch, protrude from the turf with three lone stones, shaped like Buddha faces, fat heads and large ears. On the eastern slope of the ditch, three similar-looking stone peaks suddenly rose up, as if three giants were sitting side by side. It is said that the aura of the three "Tai" generations of Daoist elders gathered, so it was called "Three Tai Shan". Further east, there are three more peaks connecting up and down, one higher than the other, like "receiving Luohan", because it is called "Luohan Peak". "Three Mountains", "Three Peaks", and "Three Buddha's Faces" are so flattering that they allude to the wise man's proverb: "Nothing is too much."
Such a beautiful scenery, such a magical mountain, there is no reason why people should not pay attention to it, so that they will leave it out here. In recent years, it has been gratifying that the county and township (town) levels have developed it as a tourist attraction. And for this reason, he has paid hard work unimaginable to ordinary people, and composed a majestic melody of contemporary foolishness and hard work, building a beautiful homeland to benefit future generations.
Humanities are naturally interesting
The enthusiasm of townships (towns) and villages to develop Liguzhai as a tourist attraction is first manifested in road construction.
Because Liguzhai is located in a deep mountain, it is very difficult to visit here without repairing the road, Mo said that motor vehicles, even on foot, are very difficult. To this end, the township leaders led the people to cut the mountains and chisel stones, and first built two roads into the mountains, so that tourists could enter Liguzhai by car from the West Road or the South Road, and no longer suffer from lack of feet. The town leaders told me that if I came to Visit Ligu Village in the spring, then I would be greeted by golden yellow flower whips and red wild azaleas. If it is late autumn visiting. The autumn leaves that fill the mountains will beckon you early. What's even more touching is that no matter when you visit here, you will feel the enthusiasm of the people in the mountains. And as soon as you approach Li Guzhai, the first thing that catches your eye is the full-body statue of Chairman Mao Zedong and the kind face.
In the exhibition room of liguzhai's "Cultural Revolution" relics and related reporting carriers. You can see that when Liu Taizhen participated in the "Ninth National Congress" of the party, he took a huge group photo with Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai and other party and state leaders. You can see photos of foreign friends in Ligu Village; You can see the historical record of the Liguzhai people's "fighting for private criticism"; You can also sigh in front of these real records.
When you walk out of the showroom, out of history and back to reality, under the bright sunshine, along the paved stone steps up the steps, you can enjoy the beautiful mountain scenery of Liguzhai: strange peaks, strange stones, herbs, Jiahui... There is also the aura of the Buddha's cave and the sweetness of the lotus pond spring water.
Rich cultural heritage and beautiful natural environment, so that the quiet in the depths of the mountains of Liguzhai in the era of reform and opening up, revitalized, has become one of the five scenic spots with the same name as Wulian Mountain, Jiuxian Mountain, Daqingshan Mountain, Qilian Mountain, attracting more and more tourists to come for sightseeing and leisure.
Standing on the village street of Liguzhai, I witnessed the ruins of that year, looked at the mountains in the distance, and seemed to see another beautiful tomorrow for Liguzhai. (The picture comes from the Internet, if it involves copyright, please contact to delete)
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Xu Minzong, a native of Wulian, Shandong. In 1986, he joined the Shandong Branch of the China Writers Association and was a high (2) level writer. After joining the work, whether it is farming, teaching, engaging in news reporting, holding leadership positions, or after leaving the post or retiring, he insists on literary creation and perseverance. At present, he has published 2.6 million words of various literary and artistic works, and many works have won awards above the city level. His representative novel "Bengen" and the novel "Good Man Alley" have won the "Rizhao City Literary and Art Award". His news works and some literary and artistic works have won many awards above the city and even the whole country.