Zhao Hongbin/Text
Qing Taizu Nur Hachi
On May Day, my classmates and my family went to the old city of New Binghetuara in Fushun to explore the ancient monuments, and I volunteered as a docent. The old town of Hetuara is a great place with beautiful mountains and beautiful scenery. In the words of Mr. Feng Shui, this place is an excellent place for feng shui.
Hetu ala, Manchu means horizontal hill, and the old city of Hetuala sits on top of the hill. The clear Suzi River flows below the mountain, the dense jungle in the distance, the fertile land below the mountain, abundant rainfall, pleasant climate, cattle and sheep everywhere, drought and flood to ensure harvests, it is no accident that a generation of heroes - Nur Hachi was born on this land.
Birthplace of Nurhachi
Walking into the hometown of King Lao Han and visiting his former residence, a sense of reverence rises. This is a typical Manchu courtyard, the main room is three brick houses facing north and south, and the east cross courtyard is three mud houses facing north and south. The pipe was built outside Fangshan Mountain, and was built separately from the ground, almost at the same height as the house. The house is built with south, west and north half circles of torch, commonly known as the 10,000-character kang, and there are lattice panels on the west kang wall, and incense plates and other objects are set up to sacrifice ancestors. There is a lacquer painting box under the lattice, with dusters, dressers and other daily necessities, and a yode hanging from the pole of the South Kang Mantle, which is used for children. The east and west houses are inhabited, the middle room is a gang room, burning a cauldron, hanging on the wall with baskets, dustpans, buckets and other objects, and the mud straw house in the east has a millstone, you can make your own tofu. The windows are made of wooden lattice, and the window paper is pasted on the outside. The characteristics of the house are exactly as it is said in passing: "Kanto City, the three monsters, the windows are pasted outside; Raise a child and hang it; The girls of seventeen and eight have a big tobacco bag." In addition, there are livestock pens, grain stacks, firewood stacks, etc. in the small courtyard, which is a solid household.
The northern and southern swastika kang with Manchu characteristics
In the southeast courtyard of the main house, there is also a tall wooden pole called "Solo Pole", which has a great origin when it comes to Solo Pole. It is the only physical evidence in the legend of the Lao Han King series.
It is said that when King Lao Han was young, he worked as a tea boy under Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, and King Lao Han looked talented, tall, white-skinned, intelligent, good personality, and could do things, which was deeply loved by Li Zongbing's family ("Records of Taizu").
One day, General Li received a secret order from the imperial court, saying that in the northeast direction, the sky was abnormal, and a true dragon Tianzi would appear, and this person had seven red scabs on his feet, and he must be arrested and solved in the capital. General Li secretly looked for this person and vowed to find him in order to make great achievements. In the evening, the little tea boy continued to serve Li Zongbing to wash his feet, and Li Zongbing nagged to the tea boy, "The reason why I can become a general soldier is because there are seven black scabs on the soles of my feet, which is the face of wealth." The tea boy said, my lord, I also have seven red dots on the center of my feet, I don't know what kind of life it is, General Li Bing looked at it and was surprised, isn't this the "key criminal" that the imperial court is looking for, but he kept quiet and waited for tomorrow at dawn to catch people. During the break, General Li told his concubine about it. The concubine could not bear the fate of the little tea boy and decided to save him in the middle of the night. In the second half of the night, General Li's concubine stole a big green horse and told the little tea boy about it, telling him to run for his life quickly. The next day, General Li found that the little tea boy was missing, and quickly sent troops to chase him.
But he said that the old king of Han ran for half the night, and the people were sleepy, so he lay down in a tree hole and fell asleep. The pursuers came over, looking at the crows full of trees, and expected that there must be no one here, otherwise they would have been alarmed, so they beat the horse and looked elsewhere. King Lao Han continued to flee in the direction of his hometown, and reached a barren land full of reeds, by which time the big green horse had long been exhausted to death, and he could no longer walk, and collapsed in the reeds. The pursuers came and searched for a long time, but found nothing, so they set fire to the wasteland, and then collected the soldiers and returned to the camp to ask for merit and rewards.
King Han was sleeping, woke up by the smoke and fire, only to see the fire around him, but his surroundings were wet and not on fire, a yellow dog was drenched, just ran from the puddle, and soon lay on the ground and died, it was the yellow dog who once again saved the life of King Han. Later, King Lao Han vowed: "In the future, for generations to come, we will never eat dog meat or wear dog skin." "This is the origin of the Manchus' taboo on eating dog meat and wearing dog skin. Later, King Lao Han fled into the mountains, and after all kinds of difficulties and dangers, he pulled up his team, unified the Manchu tribes, raised troops against the Ming, and became a generation of heroes.
Righteous dog savior
In order to thank the crow for the grace of the Savior, King Lao Han erected a high pole in the courtyard of his hometown, with a wooden plate on it, and put grain, animal scraps and other food in it every day to feed the crow, which also became a custom of the Manchus and has continued. Now the Qingning Palace in the Shenyang Forbidden City and the Kunning Palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing can still see this Solo pole in the southeast corner of the courtyard, which also confirms the authenticity of this ancient legend.
Solo pole
The legend about the old Han king is mysterious and ancient, he is the pride of the Manchus, and the story about him is naturally a household name among the Manchus, passed down from generation to generation, and relished. Not only that, the legend of the old Han King is also known throughout the country, and the old Han King has also become an important figure in many literary works, film and television works, and historical research, and it can be said that the story of the old Han King has formed a part of Chinese culture.
Indeed, King Lao Han was different from ordinary farmers and fishermen, he had great ambitions and great talents. Among his Eight Banner generals, at first they only knew about harassing and looting the Ming border, and then returning to divide the goods, which was no different from the bandits. Although King Lao Han was a farmer and only knew how to farm, fish, hunt in the mountains, and dig mallets when he was young, he had in his heart the ambition of unifying the tribe, and he realized it. After many years of war, he conquered the Haixi Jurchens, namely: Yehe, Ula, Hada, and Huifa, and unified the wild Jurchens, that is, the East Sea Jurchens. He also married the Mongol Horqin, united the Mongol ministries, and then established the Khan in Hetuala, establishing the Houjin regime. With the "Seven Great Hates", he openly fought against the Ming Dynasty and began the war to overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
When the team continued to grow, the old Han King established the eight-banner system and formed a steel team that could fight in battle. The Manchu script was also created, which laid a solid foundation for the further development and growth of the Manchus. Finally, King Lao Han made his capital Shenyang, bringing the Later Jin regime to a new stage, which also brought his life to a glorious peak.
Statue of Qing Taizu Nur Hachi
Stroll through the old city of Hetuala, where every grass and tree is rustic and full of life. If there were no thrilling battles later, the mountains and rivers here would be enough to live, and the food products and wild game here would be enough for people to live a comfortable life in the paradise. But there are no ifs in history. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was corrupt, the people were not able to make a living, and the people's survival could not be guaranteed. Even the Nurhachi family, the old Han king with a certain power, was not spared.
In order to strengthen the rule of ethnic minorities, the Ming Dynasty supported the Manchu Nikan Wailan as the "founder of the state", and he was bound to get rid of the more powerful Lao Han family, so in a Manchu internal struggle, Lao Han King's grandfather Jue Chang'an and father Takshi were killed. This caused the anger of King Lao Han, who vowed to take revenge, and from then on with Hetuara as a foothold, he began the struggle to unify the Jurchen Manchu tribes, and later developed into the struggle with the Ming Dynasty, so, behind the comfort, is a thrilling struggle, if you don't hit me, I will hit you, there is no permanent peace, it is the history of mankind.
After the Salhu War with the Ming Dynasty, King Lao Han took the momentum of the victor and occupied many cities such as Fushun, Tieling, Kaiyuan, Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Beizhen, and set the capital in Liaoyang and named it Tokyo, but 4 years later, King Lao Han targeted Shenyang with the unique vision of a strategist, and tried to determine Shenyang as the capital. King Lao Han is indeed extraordinary, a mountain and no villager, leading his people, unifying the Manchu tribes, subduing the Mongol forces, creating the Eight Flags Army, creating writing, learning the advanced culture of the Han people, and constantly reforming old customs, King Lao Han used his heroic strategy, through the Eastern Crusade to the West, defeated various opponents, finally became a generation of heroes, and finally established the Houjin regime. While the generals considered how to divide their fortunes, King Lao Han thought more long-term, targeting the Ming regime and formulating a long-term strategy. In the end, with the efforts of King Lao Han and his descendants, a new dynasty appeared, which lasted for nearly three hundred years, and the mystery of history is really difficult to tell.
The old city of Hetuala
Once again came to the old city of Hetuala, looking at the crowd, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion, the old city of Hetuara has gradually aroused people's interest, and more and more tourists. I myself have been here several times, each time I have new feelings, this time is still the same, for the review and tour of the history of the old Han king, I can't help but feel ups and downs, emotion, so I gave a poem, poem cloud:
The Seven Laws of the King of Khan traveled in his hometown
Suzi River Qingwo Yeping, the sound of deer on Hetu Mountain.
Raise troops and armor to serve the barbarian department, and fight the ancient city with eight flags.
The First World War drove the clear division of resistance, and the two relocation buildings formulated the names.
Out of the grass and reckless and far, determined to call Wang Wanshi astonished,