The young man left home to go to the revolution, and in his twilight years he missed his hometown even more.
In a few days, it will be the 97th birthday of the poet and playwright Mr. He Jingzhi, who is homesick for the elderly.
Mr. Liu Yong came to Huanglou Village, Yanzibu Town, Pizhou City
A few days ago, Mr. He Jingzhi's secretary, Mr. Liu Yong, went to Taierzhuang, Shandong Province, to attend the memorial meeting for the tenth anniversary of the death of writer Ke Yan, and entrusted him to take more photos of the ruins of the Huangjia Compound in Huanglou Village, Yanzibu Town, Pizhou City, and the Grandma Temple in Zhaishan To find out the memories of his childhood.
Mr. Liu Yong inspected the ruins of huang's manor in Huanglou Village
In April 1940, 16-year-old He Jingzhi and three classmates threw their pens into Rong, went through hardships and dangers to go to Yan'an, the holy land of revolution, and later he will take the story of the "White Haired Fairy" that occurred in the Jizhong region, integrate it into scenes such as the Grandmother Temple in zhaishan, his hometown, and collectively create China's first revolutionary realist new opera "White Haired Girl", the work successfully shaped the image of "White Haired Girl", profoundly expressing the theme of the old society turning people into "ghosts", and the new society turned "ghosts" into the theme of people, the play has been performed in China for a long time, and has been staged in many countries. He won an international reputation, and in 1951 He Jingzhi received the Stalin Medal of Literature.
Mr. He Jingzhi watched the performance at the "White Haired Girl" Theater in Taierzhuang
He Jingzhi's hometown of Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, Taierzhuang District, Jiantou Ji Town, He Yao Village, more than ten miles southeast of huanglou village is his grandmother's home, not far to the west of the village there is a hill nearly 200 meters high, because Emperor Liangwu built the Que Zhai Zhai here and named Zhai Mountain, the northeast side of the mountain peak there is a grandmother temple built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there is a deep cave behind the temple. When he was a child, He Jingzhi liked to play here every time he went to his grandmother's house.
Mr. He Jingzhi took a group photo with the actors
On the morning of October 20th, Accompanied by friends from Taierzhuang, Mr. Liu Yong came to Huanglou Village, Yanzibu Town, Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province. The bucket turns to the stars, things are not people, and only part of the ruins and broken walls of the magnificent Huang's Manor remain. Mr. Liu shot from different angles.
Located in the northwest of Yanzibu Town, Pizhou City, the whole view of Zhaishan Mountain
Although the village is not high, it is rocky and extremely steep, and there is no road, thorns, and it is very difficult to climb.
Climb hard, go hard
Although Mr. Liu is physically fit, after all, his age is not spared, he is still tired and breathless in his 60s, and every time he walks more than 20 meters, he has to sit down and rest, and he almost falls down several times.
Mr. Liu Yong was looking for the best shooting spot despite his tiredness
Send the photo to Elder He in Beijing in time
With mutual encouragement, it was not long before everyone reached the top safely. There is a large stone slab flat to the northeast of the mountain, and there are three ancient monuments not far to the north, and the handwriting is difficult to read by wind and rain erosion. The main buildings of the stone "Water Moon Pavilion" and "Bixia Palace" still exist, and there is a protective pavilion on the west side between the two buildings, and the stone carvings on the stone wall that record the Tancheng earthquake in the seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty are still clear.
Mr. Liu Yong is photographing the rock carvings of the great earthquake
Tancheng earthquake cliff carvings
In the face of many relics carrying historical and cultural information, Mr. Liu Yong kept shooting, busy and happy, and sent it to Elder He with his mobile phone in time, so that he could regain as many fragments of these memories as possible to relieve his deep homesickness.
(Huang Zhenwen photo)