During the Republic of China period, on the Songhua River in the northeast region, a kind of work that has now disappeared was popular - the release, that is, the timber drifted all the way downstream along the Songhua River. People who are engaged in rehearsals are called headflowers, and they are usually young and experienced, but the process of discharging is also full of hardships and dangers. For example, when the row was yellow, many heads did not dare to go, and later a young head did not dare to go with 20 pounds of dates... What's going on here? The following Xiaobian will reveal the secret to you.
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In the northeast region, the release of rows was once a popular industry, and every season when the rows were released, the Songhua River was full of people who put out rows. In general, there are two main roads, one is the north flowing water, from the South River of the Songhua River to the Jilin Shipyard, the total mileage is about 350 kilometers; the other is the south flowing water, from changbai mountain to the Yalu River, the mileage is about 700 kilometers, which is the longest route in the northeast, and it takes at least 8 months to complete the journey. Whether it is north water or south water, almost all head trees have run countless times.
It is worth mentioning that there are some big whistles on the waterways, that is, those more dangerous sections, and some are even called ghost gates by the platooners, such as tiger whistles and children and so on. Among the many big whistles, there is a place called Neck Yellow that is the most frightening, because almost all the people who have been discharged have suffered losses here. The yellow section of the neck is about 3.5 kilometers long, and the shore is covered with dense yellow stone stones, and once the wooden row drifts here, it is easy to be hit and lose its direction.
Although the yellow neck makes people talk about the color change, there are also some newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, and they want to challenge the danger of neck yellow, such as the young head Li Zhiyi is one of them. Li Zhiyi was only 16 years old when he followed the master to release the platoon, after several years of exercise, he began to work alone, every year when he went through the neck yellow is very smooth, so over time his fame also rose, although he was only in his early 20s at that time, but he had already become the master of other people in the row.
However, things will not always go smoothly, and this year Li Zhiyi encountered trouble when he released the platoon. That night, Li Zhiyi and several people walked together to pinch the neck yellow, and the others said that it was safe to go again the next morning, but Li Zhiyi did not listen to the advice, and insisted on spending the night with his superb discharge technology. Therefore, when Li Zhiyi's wooden row had just entered the neck yellow, he suddenly jumped from the stone cliff next to him to several strong men on the wooden row, and threatened Li Zhiyi and others with a large knife in their hands to hand over their belongings. At that time, the situation was critical, and Li Zhiyi and others did not dare to resist, so they had to do so. After they handed over their belongings, they were not killed by beards.
Li Zhiyi inquired later and found that in those days, more than a dozen people in the platoon had been robbed by the beard, so many of the heads also had the idea of striking, because the row itself was very dangerous, and the beard was robbed, and they were not the opponents of the beard. However, young Li Zhiyi could not swallow this breath, he thought about it and decided to put it in the row again, and he also thought of a trick that could fight against the beard.
A few days later, Li Zhiyi, like the last time, still arrived near The Neck Yellow in the evening. This time, Li Zhiyi did not rush to the neck of the yellow at once, but stopped for half an hour, because he was preparing a secret weapon. First of all, Li Zhiyi grabbed the jujube core nails from the bag, the jujube core nails were pointed at both ends, and then densely laid the jujube core nails on the front end of the wooden row, accumulating a total of about 20 kilograms of jujube core nails. After laying the jujube core nails, Li Zhiyi laid a layer of moss and covered the jujube core nails.
After everything was ready, Li Zhiyi entered the Yellow River Road of pinching the neck, walked about 1 kilometer, and jumped several people from the stone cliff. This time, Li Zhiyi and the others had already prepared in their hearts, and they could vaguely identify that it was the beard that had robbed them last time. However, this time the beard did not take advantage, they jumped on the wooden row and then stepped on the date core nails, one of the bearded feet was pierced with blood, and one fell into the river without noticing. Other beards were also pricked, and they all covered their feet and screamed. Li Zhiyi and others also saw the opportunity, pulled out the wooden stick prepared in advance, and slammed a few beards, and finally the beard could not resist and immediately fell into the river.
Since then, no beard has dared to rob the wooden row at the neck whistle, and Li Zhiyi has become the bravest head of the platoon. Many years later, Li Zhiyi left his hometown to make a living, although he was no longer engaged in rehearsals, but his legendary story has been widely circulated, until now there is no rehearsal, Li Zhiyi is still not forgotten. All in all, the release is an indelible memory of a generation, and their spirit and quality are still there, inspiring us to keep forging ahead and growing.
Resources:
"Changbai Mountain Logging Customs" by Cao Baoming, Publisher: Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's