Taurus Ancient Road Daan Yi
Author | Tang Yongzhong
Da'an Town is located in the northeast of Ningqiang, looking north to the South of Qinling Mountain, the source of the Han River stream babbling, the Da'an River and the Daoling River pass through the town, there is the East Gate of Ningqiang and the "first town at the source of the ancient Han River". Historically, the Tang Dynasty set up Jinniu County, and in the Yuan Dynasty, it was the seat of da'an Prefecture and county, and there was a Golden Bull Road after the Tang Dynasty. Ming Hongwu set up Da'an Town for thirty years and set up Da'an Yi in the Qing Dynasty. According to the Qing Yi Tongzhi Da'an Yi (大安驿) "is ninety miles southwest of Chu County. Its real name is Taurus". The Golden Bull Ancient Road is an important road from the Bashu region to the Central Plains more than 2,000 years ago, starting from Chengdu in the south, passing through Guanghan, Deyang, Zitong, Dada and Xiaojian Mountains, passing through Guangyuan and out of the river, through the Qinling Mountains, out of the Xie Valley, and directly through the Qinchuan River for 800 miles. The total length is about 2,000 miles, and the territory of Guangyuan is more than 200 miles, the boardwalk is connected, the ravines are longitudinal, and the snakes are rugged and rugged, which is the most dangerous. The story of the Golden Bull Road has been circulating for 2,000 years, and it is said that during the Warring States period, the Qin State wanted to conquer the Shu Kingdom, but the mountains were thousands of miles away, and the roads were dangerous. The King of Qin ordered five stone cattle to be given to the King of Shu, saying that the stone cattle could excrete thousands of gold per day. The greedy king of Shu ordered the five strong men to open the way, and their hearts met the stone cattle. The road was built, and the king of Shu ushered in not a stone ox that could dung and gold, but a thousand iron horses of the Qin state, so the Shu kingdom perished, and later people called this road the Golden Bull Road. Qing Dynasty poet Zhang Wentao once gave the poem "Da'an Yi": the ground is open in Sanquan County, and the peaks are around the painting screen. The smoke floats and the trees are white, and the rain stops the rice. The trees are poisonous, and the sound of the stream is walking turtle spirits. Who can say, lift the wine to the mountain court. The poem depicts the beautiful pastoral landscape of Da'an Yi.
The mountains and rivers of Da'an Yi are beautiful. There are many scenic spots and monuments in Da'an, including the remnants of the "Yu Monument", the Dayu Cave, the White Rock Cave, the Yuguan Hangui, the Panzhu Spring, the Woyun Mountain Villa, the Xiufeng Temple and other landscapes. 10 kilometers north of Da'an Town, the YuWang Monument contains the source of the Han Water that guides the Mountains and flows east for the Han Dynasty, and can't help but think of the famous mountain Weigen, the source of the Heavenly Han Dynasty. The Great An Karst Cave Group includes: Dayu Cave, Tibetan Immortal Cave, Canopy Cave, Snake Fairy Cave, Wall Cave, Xianglong Cave, Ring Cave, Wind Cave, etc., the cave entrance green vine curtain, the cave stalactites in a variety of forms, dazzling, beautiful. Among them, the famous big fishing cave leans on the mountain, the stone steps are naturally interesting, and the stone doors, stalagmites, stone mantles, and stone forests in the cave are scattered and elegant. Stalactites have different shapes, large stone trees rise from the sky, intertwined, a pillar of the sky; small stalagmites drip from the water, and the "Dragon Palace" under the sea is colorful and gorgeous. The scenery in the cave is absolutely beautiful, warm in winter and cool in summer, the caves are connected by caves, the caves are covered with caves, and the waterfalls at the bottom of the cave are jade curtains; the underground river is clear to the bottom, the strange stones are exquisite, and the silver sand is dotted like jade, as beautiful as the Dragon Palace Wonderland.
Daan is rich in mineral resources. The Polymetallic Mineral Deposits in the Mianliuning region are very rich, and the geologist Li Siguang praised it as the "Ural" of the Golden Triangle and China. In the early 1950s, in the Ningqiang'an Blackwood Forest, asbestos mines in southern Shaanxi with large reserves, high grades and easy mining were discovered. Asbestos is a silicate mineral with high resistance to chemical and thermal attack, electrical insulation and spinability. Asbestos is composed of slender fiber crystals, which have high temperature corrosion resistance and are an excellent insulation building material. During the Zhou Dynasty in China, it was possible to make fabrics of asbestos fibers, which was known as fire raccoon cloth. Asbestos mine in southern Shaanxi was developed in the early 1950s, after the establishment of New China, a hundred wastes to be lifted, began large-scale industrialization construction, building materials industry has become the forerunner of industrial development, because infrastructure needs a lot of cement, steel, asbestos is widely used in various fields. In 1953, accompanied by Lai Jifa, then minister of national building materials, Soviet expert Krebin rode a donkey to the Black Wood Forest for field investigation, and soon decided to develop and build a mine, and the asbestos mine in southern Shaanxi became one of the eight major asbestos mines in China.
The ancient trees of Da'an Yi are magically thousands of years old. Da'an West to 10 kilometers is the birthplace of the ancient Han River - Hanwang Mountain Stone Cow Cave, outside the cave Yu Wang Palace is said to be the Han King Liu Bang to commemorate the Great Yu Zhi Water and built, the existing palace "Yu Wang Han Gui", the millennium golden gui tree branches are leafy, every August mid-autumn, golden cinnamon incense drifted ten miles, Yu Wang Palace is a national second-level protected cultural relics. In Baiguoshu Village, 17 kilometers from Miaoba Da'an-Heimulin Road, there are two ginkgo trees that are more than 670 years old (folklore is 1,000 years old), which are like sisters. Cang Jin was tall and tall, and he could be called the King of Ning Qiang Trees. The ancient ginkgo tree has a circumference of 7-8 meters, and 4-5 people can be enclosed. In the spring, the leaves are embellished with jasper, the umbrella crown is clear, and in autumn, the yellow leaves are flying, the golden fans are swaying, and the ground is covered with gold. It is a miracle that the two ginkgo biloba plants have survived thousands of years of wind and rain to this day. One is its tenacious vitality, the other is its good living environment, and more importantly, it is due to the careful care of local villagers, advocating the principle of harmonious coexistence of heaven and earth and all things.
Miaoba Ginkgo is a beautiful landscape and a legendary story that has been passed down to this day. During the Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty, there was a field member in the black wood forest, who was kind in nature, often received help from the township, helped the needy and the poor, and was called highly respected. One night, a sudden gust of hot wind blew through, and the staff was sleepy and sleepy. In the dream, I only saw a man, dressed in white, with a handsome face and a personable demeanor, like a heavenly immortal in a painting. The officer looked frightened and asked what happened to the man in white? The man in white told him that two men were going to kill him. On the second day, the staff and his entourage went around to inquire about the man in white. Walking to the river, I suddenly saw two brothers with axes, arguing over the ownership of the two ginkgo trees. When he asked the reason, he suddenly remembered yesterday's dream and understood that it was these two trees that gave him the dream. While mediating, the staff called on the neighbors to donate money to buy these two trees and care for them together until now. 500 years of wind and rain is still there, the ginkgo tree stands proudly, shielding the people from the wind and rain, and the white fruit is blessed in all directions.
The taste of Da'an: Walking on the street of the station, the breeze blows, and the streets and alleys are full of the crispy aroma of walnut steamed buns. Daan'an traditional snack walnut bun is made by peeling the walnut kernels and making a filling with pretzels, sesame seeds, etc., and then after three fermentations, the oil noodles are rolled into a round cake with thick edges, smeared with walnut puree, and baked in a pan in a charcoal stove. The bun is as small as a porcelain cup, the color is crisp yellow, the taste is rich, the entrance is crisp, and the tongue is fragrant. The Ningqiang Royal Family "Fuxing Old" walnut bun has a history of nearly three hundred years from the Qianlong era to the present. It is said that during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi took refuge in Xi'an as a tribute to the imperial court, and Empress Dowager Cixi praised her after eating and gave her the name "Manchu Dragon and Phoenix Cake".
Touch the historical atmosphere of the ancient station. The footsteps of history are gradually fading away, and the station is slowly losing its style. Walking at the bend of National Highway 108 Da'an, the ancient alleys and old wooden buildings of the small streets come into view, and the Daan Hostel in the west is still imprinted. The ancient road and the ash tile wooden building in my childhood memories remain in my mind. The evening glow sprinkles in the alleys, a touch of afterglow to the long curved arm shape of the old street to leave the vicissitudes and tranquility of the years, from the bridge at the end of the small street, the clear Han water reflects the verdant mountains, the staggered peaks are near and far away, the desolate old streets and winding stone roads, telling the story of the past war and the prosperity and loneliness of the past. In the Da'an Ancient Brigade, I looked at the sunset and fell westward, like a traveler wading through the mountains and rivers in ancient times, touching the grass and trees in my memory, looking for the bricks and tiles that were far away; holding a cup of hot tea to warm the tired soul, after a long journey of hardship and desolation, enjoying a moment of tranquility, pillowing the sound of mountains and waters into a dream.
Da'an Yi, after thousands of years of wind and rain, the beautiful scenery of the ancient station and the atmosphere of the Golden Bull Ancient Road are still there. In March, when the spring flowers are in full bloom, I look forward to touching the thousand-year-old trees on the Taurus Ancient Road, seeing the spring waves of 100 acres of rice fields, looking at the white pear blossoms of the mountains and rivers, the red tiles and white walls of the houses and the beautiful picture of the Han River Bridge, tasting the seductive crisp fragrance of walnut buns, and smelling the golden and splendid fragrance of rape flowers.
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[Columnist] Tang Yongzhong, a native of MianXian County, Shaanxi Province, has published prose and poetry works in newspapers and online media, and now lives in Xi'an City.
Excerpt from: Reading Village, copyright belongs to the author.