Introduction
The reason why I first brought out an "old Qin person" here is not because I am relying on the old and selling the old, but because I am reminded of the TV series "The Great Qin Empire." Isn't it the Qin people in that drama that they all like to take a bite of the "old Qin people"! Besides, I am also for the favor of our Shaanxi people, and no matter where Shaanxi people go, they like to take a "Lao Shaanxi" one by one, and do some of them call themselves "Xiao Shaanxi"? No, this has aroused such a self-title or joking name for our team members. However, there are old and young, there are men and women, and here, the issue of age is not a fundamental problem, even those older team members, as soon as they get into our car, their mentality has become younger. I am referring only here to the official members of the delegation in which we are seated. In fact, we are four-way people, and we are marching towards Luyi separately, such as President Tao Liming, such as Chairman Li Jihe and Assistant Lu Zhonghong, such as Chairman Li Liangfeng, although the soldiers are divided into four routes, they are all unified in the Luyi convergence center. Speaking of eastward travel, from Chang'an in Shaanxi Province to Luyi in Henan Province, isn't it all the way from east to west, and there is also learning from the scriptures, which comes from our leading figure in this event, Li Jihe, in his speech at the 2595th anniversary of the birth of Laozi in Luyi.
His message put it this way:
Today, with great reverence, we come to the hometown of Lao Tzu in Luyi, Henan Province, to pay homage to Lao Tzu, a world-renowned thinker, philosopher, and founder of the Chinese Taoist school, to commemorate the 2595th anniversary of his birth. Here, on behalf of the Chinese Farming Civilization Museum, the Chinese Surname Culture Federation, the Shaanxi Provincial Public Relations Association and the China Origin New Town, I would like to express my warm congratulations on the success of the event, and express my heartfelt thanks to the Li Culture Research Association in Luyi, the hometown of Lao Tzu, and the representatives of the Li clan from all over the country!
In the course of human historical development, Chinese civilization has a long history, which is closely related to the deep roots and endless growth of many family members. Therefore, it is of great significance to study and discuss the Chinese surname culture, strengthen the sense of root-seeking, stimulate family affection, inherit the national culture, and build a spiritual homeland together, so as to realize the complete reunification of the motherland, achieve the strength of the country and the prosperity of the people, promote the glorious and prosperous era, and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
Li culture is an important part of Chinese surname culture, and there are hundreds of millions of people with the surname Li in the world, accounting for one-fourteenth of the total number of Chinese in the world. The root of Li's culture is Laozi culture, which is a treasure of China's excellent traditional culture. Because of this, Chinese people all over the world come to Luyi every year to find their roots and ask their ancestors and worship Lao Tzu. As a descendant of Lao Tzu, in the name of the Chinese World Li Clan Federation, in Xi'an, Shaanxi, the starting point of the Silk Road, I held the "Tang Zhenguan Cultural Pilgrimage Ceremony and International Li Culture Seminar". At the same time, I also donated 1.5 million yuan to build the "Chinese Li Ancestral Hall" in Luyi, and I will do my best to do my little bit to the descendants of the Li family, which is also our responsibility and obligation.
It is worth pointing out that at the 2011 Tang Zhenguan Cultural Pilgrimage Ceremony and International Li Culture Symposium, our global Li family passed the "Xi'an Declaration" of "the surname Li in the world, the root is in Luyi, the county looks at Longxi, and the glory is in Xi'an". This declaration was read by Mr. Li Changsheng, then chairman of the World Li Clan Association and chairman of HSBC in Hong Kong, and it was jointly recognized by the majority of Li clansmen.
Lee's "Xi'an Declaration" marks a new starting point for the research and development of Li culture in the Chinese world, with a common ground recognized by the Li clan. The global Lee family originated from China and has the same roots and lineage. From the Laozi culture in Luyi, Henan Province, to the Junwang culture surnamed Li in Longxi, Gansu Province, and then to the Tang Zhenguan culture in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, the development trajectory of Li culture has been formed for thousands of years, which is the core connotation and important part of international Li culture research in the world today. It represents and reflects not only the lineage of kinship, but also a symbol of the development of the Chinese nation. Laozi culture is not only the spiritual wealth shared by our Li clan at home and abroad, but also the common spiritual wealth of human civilization.
Everyone knows that in "Journey to the West", there is a legendary story of "Tang Seng learning scriptures", Tang Seng traveled west to learn scriptures, and he retrieved Buddhist scriptures from India; today we are traveling east to learn scriptures, from Chang'an to Luyi, to retrieve the cultural treasure of the Chinese nation "Tao Te Ching", which is the root of our Chinese surname culture and the soul of Chinese culture. I believe that as long as we have the magic weapon of "Tao Te Ching", as long as we can make good use of the law of "Taoism and Nature", our Li culture will definitely prosper, our Chinese country will be strong, and our Chinese nation will be rejuvenated!
Since there is such a thing as "going east to learn from the scriptures" in Chairman Li's speech, I think the title of my side note has a certain basis.
Also, on the way, in the car, Mr. Quan announced that after this trip, I will write a documentary literary work, which is prose or side notes, and I also agreed. As for whether I write well or not, it's a matter of level, but whether I write or not is a matter of attitude, and it will rise to credibility.
Generally speaking, it can be called "introduction" or "introduction", so let me change it here and call it "introduction"!
Part I: Eastbound, eastbound, to Luyi for pilgrimage
Here, I have to talk about the "old Qin people" again: If we want to talk about being old, they are indeed old, how can a gray-haired person not be old? Look at that hair, snow-white and snow-white, as white as cotton, and as white as silver, can this not be white! This person's surname is Jia Mingbing, and he is a cultural scholar and editor-in-chief of the "Shaanxi Forestry Chronicle." Although he is not the oldest person in our car, he is the whitest haired person among us. To say, Chinese people like white for skin, but for hair, but like black for beauty, looking at our teacher Jia's pear-like white hair, but it can't be a beautiful landscape of our team! Looking at other people's hair, but also white self-confession, gray self-ash, black self-black, in fact, most of them are not natural black, maybe it is because of what kind of special processing. In this way, I am less worried about the accuracy of my term "old Qinren". Because, among us, there will certainly be middle Qin people or small Qin people, but there are also old Qin people.
He is the "head" of our car, surnamed Quan Yu, the honorary director of the Chinese Farming Civilization Museum, the consultant of the Chinese Surname Culture Federation, and the vice president of the Fifth Council of the China Public Relations Association. She is not only the vice president of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Relations Association, but also the secretary general of the Chinese surname culture, and is a very mature and capable woman; her surname is Han Jianzhang, and she is the director of the Chinese Farming Civilization Museum and the chairman of the Hubei Rice Wine Group; her surname is Xu Mingyaping, and she is a veteran newspaperman and editor-in-chief of the magazine "Northwest Construction"; her surname is Wang Mingyankui, and she is a retired veteran cadre. He is the secretary of the Party Committee of the Xi'an Federation of Industry and Commerce and Xi'an Peking University Enterprise Chamber of Commerce; his surname is Xie Mingqun, former deputy director of the Xi'an Municipal Government Administration Bureau and consultant of the Xi'an Federation of Industry and Commerce of Peking University. Others, as well as drivers Hou Gang and Sun Yuwu, and staff members Yang Meixia, Wei Xuerun and Wu Yage, of course, are mostly young people. I once told a young friend about the composition of our team and the age group, and he sent a WeChat message saying, "You are old men and you have ambitions. I replied: "It's not a thousand miles, but three thousand miles, because our round trip this time is a full three thousand miles!" His reply turned out to be such a poem: "Three thousand miles rain or shine, Henan Luyi sacrifices to Laozi, and returns to Luoyang to worship Banchao, Qindi Lao Ji has strong ambitions." ”
If we say that our car people are "old Qin people", we can also say that we are "old Qin people". That's why an "old diligent person" has emerged, and that's because we, as individuals, are indeed diligent enough. It was the morning of March 23 this year, just after half past six o'clock, and we, the old Qin people, all gathered at a certain place at the east gate of the Xi'an Provincial Stadium, and for this moment, most of us got up at four or five o'clock and slept all night! That's why we all got up early in the morning because of an online notice on our mobile phones.
Shaanxi went to Luyi to participate in the commemoration of the 2595th anniversary of Lao Tzu's birth:
At 6:45 a.m. on March 23, 2024 (Saturday), everyone gathered at the southwest exit of the "Provincial Stadium" station of Xi'an Metro Line 2 and went to Luyi, Henan Province to participate in the public memorial ceremony for the 2595th anniversary of Lao Tzu's birth. On March 25, he returned to Xi'an. On the return journey through Luoyang, we will visit the Banchao Memorial Hall and hold a memorial event. On the bus, drinking water and Yuanqi Forest drinks are prepared, and delegates are requested to bring their ID cards, daily necessities, water cups and medicines.
Lunch time 11:00-12:00, the location will be arranged according to the road conditions, to the service area for a unified meal, due to the long distance, time is tight, everyone should be prepared for a long time in the car, must arrive in Luyi before 6:00 pm, to attend the welcome dinner.
Conference registration: Luyi County Lanou Shangpin Hotel, our Shaanxi delegation of 18 people collectively registered. After all the delegates arrived at the hotel, Secretary-General Jin Hui issued room cards, representative cards and sacrificial scarves to everyone.
What can be said about this just one notice? It is enough to show that our President Tao, Mr. Quan, and Secretary-General Jin have considered carefully, arranged carefully, and demanded strictly, and the work has been refined and strict, and the humanization of life is enough to reflect here.
At seven o'clock, the light gray Coaster luxury sedan we took had started, and after leaving Xi'an, it went east and east...... We have been heading to the east where the sun is rising, but unfortunately there is no sun today. When we set out, there was already a light rain in the sky, and when we left, it began to rain lightly, and after we galloped for a while, the light rain in the sky turned into moderate rain...... Outside the car, dark clouds, dense fog, heavy rain, hazy scenes, inside the car, fog, heating, laughter, ...... There are both dull and dignified, but also peaceful and relaxed, walking in the rain, walking in the rain, we spent the whole morning of this day in such an environment and atmosphere. Fortunately, Mr. Quan and Secretary General Jin thought about it thoughtfully, and everything they ate and drank was ready, as long as they were not hungry, let it be blistered, although we were sitting in the car, the car was always running eastward. At this time, Mr. Quan spoke, he said: "Today, the place we are going to is Luyi, Henan. It's almost the equivalent of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was born, so it's the holiest place in Islam, and even though it's a narrow valley, sparsely populated and surrounded by mountains, millions of Muslims gather here every year for the pilgrimage. Luyi is the hometown of Lao Tzu Li Er, the founder of the Taoist school, and it is also a holy place for Chinese people in the world to worship, and it is also the ancestral court of the Chinese Li family. To say, Luyi is also relatively remote, there is no airport here, there is no high-speed rail, but, in recent years, Luyi has played a brand of 'China Luyi, Lao Tzu's hometown, the world surnamed Li, rooted in Luyi', and has received a good social effect, every year, thousands of people surnamed Li and other surnames from many countries come to Luyi to seek their roots and ask their ancestors, learn from the scriptures and search for treasures. We are all members of the Chinese Surname Culture Federation, and now we are going to Luyi to learn from the scriptures and to hunt for treasures. The scripture we want to take is the Tao Te Ching, and the treasure we want to find is the Taoist culture and the Li family culture. At the same time, we also want to retrieve how the people of Luyi have activated the Li culture and developed the cultural and tourism industry, so that our culture in Shaanxi will be more prosperous, tourism will be more developed, and the economy will be more developed, which is the purpose of our trip. Only when we retrieve this scripture and find this treasure can we truly do a good job in the Chinese surname culture and make a certain contribution and contribute to the promotion of our national culture!"
I remember that it was almost when we arrived in Xuchang that we had a meal in the service area, then got in the car again and drove east. I see, Weinan in Shaanxi has passed, Huashan has passed, Lingbao in Henan has passed, Sanmenxia has passed, Luoyang has passed, and Xuchang has passed...... Luyi, Luyi, Luyi has finally arrived. At the Luyi Lan Auchanpin Hotel, we registered, registered, arranged accommodation, and then took the No. 2 car arranged by the organizing committee of the conference to go to the Mingpai Hotel. There, we ate and participated in activities. At this time, the theatrical performances, the introduction of guests, the welcome speech of the county leader, and the speech of the representative of the Li family have ended, but the donation activity is setting off a climax. It was in such an atmosphere that was a little uncoordinated that the organizing committee of the conference also arranged for me to temporarily insert and donate books to the Luyi County Li Culture Research Association. The books I donated include "Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms", "Ban's Romance", "Eagle Soul", etc., as well as 10 volumes of the second issue of "Chang'an Culture" magazine in 2020. Mr. Quan's recommendation is written like this:
On March 20, 2019, I was entrusted by Mr. Li Jihe, then Chairman of the China World Li Clan Federation and Chairman of China Origin New Town Pearl International Group, to lead a delegation to Luyi, Henan Province to attend the 2590th anniversary of Lao Tzu's birth and the Lao Tzu Culture International Forum. Senior researcher Yu Shuo and eight others. After participating in this event, Yuan Yinbo wrote an essay on "Mude Purple Qi Luyi Xing". This prose is beautifully written, the language is fluent, the artistic conception is far-reaching, and the meaning is endless, which is a rare good prose. The key is that through a short article, it vividly depicts that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, a team of Japanese invading troops shelled Laojuntai in Luyi, firing a total of 13 shells, but none of them exploded, which is not only a legendary story, but also a real event. After this essay was published in the second issue of Chang'an Culture magazine in 2020, it did not attract attention because the author Yuan Yinbo signed it under the pen name Ban Gu. Now, the author has included this article in the prose volume of the seventh volume of "Yuan Yinbo's Collected Works", "Spring Willow New Green". Today, on the occasion of the 2595th anniversary of Lao Tzu's birth and the Lao Tzu Cultural Forum, I would like to recommend Yuan Yinbo's beautiful article "Mude Purple Qi Luyi Xing" to your organizing committee to serve the relatives and friends attending the meeting.
Still, in this car, due to Mr. Quan's proposal, I introduced the relevant content of this article to you and read the ending part:
The next day, we left Luyi and left the Xingfuli Hotel.
On the occasion of my return, the sun was rising and the morning glow was red, and I was sitting in the co-pilot's seat. But what, I saw that in the sky in front of me, the glow was ten thousand ways, the purple gas was steaming, and in the thick purple gas, an old man dressed in a plain robe, holding a whisk, eyebrows drooping, eyes blazing, crane hair and childish face, fairy wind bones. He was riding a green ox and running in front of our cart: we are fast, he is fast, we are slow, he is slow, we are not fast, he is not fast, he is not slow...... Isn't that Lao Tzu! Isn't that Li Er! Back then, Lao Tzu rode a green ox westward to Hangu Pass, and Guan ordered Yin Xi to see Ziqi and know Lao Tzu to Zhi, and to keep him and write the Tao Te Ching, which laid the theoretical foundation of Taoist thought of "doing nothing without doing anything" and laid an important position for Lao Tzu as a great philosopher and thinker in ancient China, making him the founder of the Taoist school and a famous Chinese sage and sage through the ages......
I couldn't help but ask Lao Tzu: "Sage! We went to your hometown this time, saw the Lao Juntai, and witnessed the miraculous thing that the Japanese army bombarded Lao Juntai and fired 13 shells in a row but did not explode. Good is only fruitful, and I dare not take advantage of it. Don't be cautious, don't cut down, don't be arrogant, don't be strong. If things are strong, they are old, and they are not Tao, and they are not Tao. When I heard this, I couldn't help but be surprised, and the sage Lao Tzu clearly said: "Haven't you read the Tao Te Ching? Those who are good at using troops can do so as long as they achieve the purpose of using them, and they do not become strong and aggressive because they are strong. When the goal is achieved, do not be self-reserved, do not boast of pride when the goal is achieved, do not be self-righteous when the goal is achieved, achieve the goal but out of necessity, and achieve the goal but do not be strong. If something is strong in the past, it will decay, which means that it does not conform to the 'Tao', and what does not conform to the 'Tao' will die quickly. "Then, that is to say, strong force is only a deterrent rather than a means of forcible seizure, and it is an immutable natural law that a teacher will inevitably fail if there is no way to do so, and a reckless force will surely perish. However, he did not say that he played a role as a god in the incident of "thirteen shells did not explode", but only let us think for ourselves.
Now we are from Qin to Korea, from Shaanxi to Henan, to Henan to learn scriptures, to Luyi pilgrimage, return, there is a sage Lao Tzu personally sent off, and can talk to him, how can we not be satisfied with the benefits and auspiciousness!
Actually, as a person, I think this is just writing an essay, but in Luyi, the judges were very surprised to see this article and wanted to see this essay, because of this, I brought these informational magazines, which are also counted as a small gift from me and our Shaanxi team to Luyi.
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After the banquet, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and we drove back to the Lan Ou Luxury Hotel and began the first night's rest after arriving in Luyi. Because, the notice sent by our Shaanxi team group clearly reads: "All note, on the morning of March 24, everyone should get up at 5 o'clock, have breakfast at 5:30 a.m., and take a bus to the Taiqing Palace and the Chinese Li Cultural Park to participate in the public memorial ceremony at 6 o'clock in the morning." "Ah! 5 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 5 o'clock again! I wanted to say yes, but my eyes didn't, because it had been sleepy since yesterday, and it couldn't open its eyes. It was at this time that a good friend of mine, Wu Guangli, came to look for me. Wu Guangli is the general manager of a book publishing and distribution company in Beijing, and we have just co-published my book "The Romance of Ban", although we know his name but have not seen him, and he just published a book of "Tao Te Ching" for this event, so we have a rare opportunity to meet. Imagine, we are all people who play with books, I write books and he publishes books, and after we meet, they naturally give each other books, he gives me a copy of the "Tao Te Ching" recitation version, and I give him a copy of my new "Ma's Romance" sample book, which is also to ask him to help publish and distribute. Because we have had successful cooperation, there will be more cooperation and better cooperation in the future. Seeing each other in a hurry and separating in a hurry, although some of them can't live with friends, the concept of "cooperation" is the consensus we reached after meeting in a hurry.
Oh, by the way, I have to write a few words to my roommate Han Jianzhang: Like me, he also worked as a farmer and a soldier, but I have been working in literature since then, but he has been making wine, and he has been making delicious rice wine. People often say that three sentences do not leave the bank, living with Mr. Han, he will always chatter to tell you the history, origin, brewing, requirements, benefits, and cases of rice wine...... I don't say it to him, I am a person who doesn't drink a drop of alcohol, but I have been stained with Mr. Han's rice wine, and I have been stained many times. Drinking it can indeed hypnotize, nourish the stomach, harmonize blood, dispel stasis, clear the liver, and brighten the eyes...... Because I don't drink much, I haven't seen the special effects of rice wine fully manifested, and this may only be later. But I also found that Mr. Han has a great advantage, that is, he is very simple and does things very solidly. Let's not talk about anything else, just two banners. When we set off from Xi'an, Mr. Quan specially arranged for Mr. Han to make two banners, one is: China Farming Civilization Museum, Chinese Surname Culture Federation, Shaanxi Provincial Public Relations Association to commemorate the 2595th anniversary of Lao Tzu's birth, and the other is: China Farming Civilization Museum, Chinese Surname Culture Federation, Shaanxi Provincial Public Relations Association to commemorate the Silk Road restoration and extension of the extension of the development of Ban Chao. For these two banners, Mr. Han has always regarded them as love objects on the way, as treasures, where he goes, where he takes them, where he uses them, and where he loves them...... If it were me, I'm afraid I would have forgotten it a long time ago, if I want to say it, our teacher Quan will really use people!
In this way, until Mr. Han opened and rolled the precious, beloved, and necessary banner, and then opened and rolled it again, the two of us went to bed, and while talking, we gradually fell asleep. Or maybe I had a dream that I had completely forgotten what it was. However, Mr. Han must be in a wine dream, I only heard him say in the dream: "This drinking rice wine, it does have a lot of benefits, it can not only eliminate food, nourish the stomach, and blood, and dissolve blood stasis, but also beautify and lose weight! You don't want to, put a large piece of raw meat in the rice wine can melt away, why can't it lose the fat on people! The key is that you have to love to drink rice wine, often drink rice wine, do not drink it, do not lose it, and lose ...... as soon as you drink it" In this way, the two of us made our own sleepiness, each had our own dreams, although we slept very late, but still fell asleep.
Novella Pilgrimage, pilgrimage, Luyi is seeing purple spirit
Everyone was very punctual: 5:30 a.m. - breakfast, 6 a.m. - boarding the bus, 6:30 a.m. - arriving at Taiqing Palace, and the 2595th anniversary of Lao Tzu's birth officially began.
Taiqing, Taoism is called the way of heaven, also known as the sky, it is said that the gods live, Taoism is often used to name its palace view. This Taiqing Palace in Luyi is a monumental building in Lao Tzu's hometown, which was originally Lao Tzu Temple, built in the eighth year of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty (165), and later changed to Lao Tzu Temple. Tang Liyuan posthumously recognized Lao Tzu as the ancestor, took Lao Tzu Temple as the Tai Temple, and built the palace and the palace. In the first year of Qianfeng (666), Tang Gaozong Li Zhi posthumously named Laozi as "Emperor Xuanyuan of Taishang", and added "Ziji Palace" and "Taiqing Building", and changed the name of the temple to "Xuanyuan Temple". In the first year of Wu Zetianguang Mansion (684), the old son and mother were canonized as the "congenital queen mother", and on the basis of the Han Li Mother Temple, it was expanded into Dongxiao Palace, which was located in the north of Taiqing Palace. When Xuanzong Li Longji, the scale of Taiqing Palace reached its peak, covering an area of 8 hectares and 72 acres, around 40 miles, the palace buildings were arranged in an orderly manner, Qionglou Yuyu, golden and brilliant. The Taiqing Palace is called the front palace, and the Dongxiao Palace is called the harem. The front palace worships Lao Tzu, and the harem worships Mother Li. The two palaces are separated by a river, and there is a bridge on the river. The name of the river is "Jinshui", and the bridge is called "Huixian". The two palaces cover an area of 872 acres, more than 600 buildings of various kinds, the palace pavilions are all over the place, majestic and magnificent, and extremely prosperous for a while. "Front Palace" takes Taiji Hall as the center, there are Laozi cattle ranch ruins in the east, there are Yinyang Mountain ruins in the west, and there are nine step wells still existing. There is a statue of Lao Tzu in the main hall, there is a tall iron pillar on the side of the hall, people call it "the whip of the mountain", it is actually the symbol of Lao Tzu's position of "history under the pillar". Since the "difficulty of Jingkang", the Taiqing Palace has been repeatedly destroyed, and then rebuilt several times. Fortunately, the buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties have still been preserved.
In Taiqing Palace, it was the opening ceremony of the 9th China Luyi Henan Province Intangible Cultural Heritage (Traditional Drama) Exhibition and the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project "Lao Tzu Sacrifice" Exhibition. The event was an unprecedented event, attended by more than 500 delegates from 30 countries and regions around the world.
Guo Juntao, head of Luyi County People's Government, delivered a welcome speech and announced the opening of the exhibition. Zhang Guoqing, the chief master of ceremonies and chairman of the Luyi County CPPCC, presided over the "Lao Tzu Festival" activity, after the 9 fires of the salute in the prosperous era, the guests from all walks of life presented flower baskets, burned incense and worshipped, and offered wine to the sage Lao Tzu. Li Bo, a well-known cultural scholar and professor of Nanjing Normal University, read the memorial text, and all the guests bowed three times to pay homage. After the music and dance worship "Good as Water", the ceremony was completed.
Here, I would like to mention that Tao Liming, the leader of our delegation, the director of China E-commerce and the president of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Relations Association, was invited to stand on the golden carpet symbolizing the imperial power and the descendants of Yan and Huang, and was the most central, and burned incense and worshiped with other distinguished guests.
At the blessing ceremony, a magnificent picture of the prosperous era of the dragon slowly unfolded in the center of the square, and the blessing guests held auspicious blessing seals to stamp on the scroll. Accompanied by the singing of children's chorus, the prayer balloon slowly lifted into the air to release the wish and pray for the prosperity of China.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, we moved to the Chinese Li Cultural Park, and the Li clan commemorated the 2595th anniversary of Lao Tzu's birth ceremony. It is a Chinese cultural park surnamed Li, which began to be planned and broke ground in 2004, and will be basically completed in 2022, which took 18 years. In the past 18 years, the three major leadership groups of Luyi County have changed several times, and the leaders of the Li Cultural Research Association of Luyi County have changed several times, but their goal of building the Chinese Li Cultural Park has not changed. So, when the harvest season comes, what will the leaders and people of Luyi County, especially the Li clan, harvest? That is, the completion of the front area of the Chinese Cultural Park surnamed Li, the basic completion of the ancestral ancestral hall area, and the waiting to be completed of the ancestral source area. The square in front of the Chinese Li Cultural Park has a huge Bagua Taiji shape, which is about a special symbol of the Taoist ancestral garden, and the square building mainly has a stone archway and a gate. Of course, the front area is only a part of this park, its center is the ancestral temple area, there is also the ancestral source area, the design of the park composed of these three parts, just because of Lao Tzu's "Tao gives birth to one, life to two, two to three, three to all things" such a concept. Of course, some of their projects are still to be built, such as the ancestral source area in the form of a garden, which is located behind the main hall, where plum trees will be widely planted, with Wuyue stones, Ruyi Pond, and then paved with Shouxing Road, which is built to commemorate the root of the surname Li, it symbolizes that the descendants of the surname Li can be auspicious, it can be described as well-intentioned, and the meaning is profound.
The gate is called the sect gate, also called the main gate, and it is composed of a five-bay mountain building and two gates. On the wall in the sect, there is the famous painter Wang Dianju from Luyi painted the "Tang King Ancestor Worship Map", on the picture, there is Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, there is the queen Wu Zetian, there are guards, there are ministers, there are concubines, there are palace maids, they all come to Luyi very devout to worship Lao Tzu, pray for the country and the people...... This painting truly reproduces the grand occasion when Emperor Li solemnly worshiped his ancestors during the Tang Empire: seeing this painting, we, the old Qin people from Chang'an, can't help but feel sincerely proud.
Behind the sect is the door of the ceremony, which is the meaning of the door of the ceremony, but there is no door to this door, only a building that resembles the pavilion of the archway and the fusion together. However, although it has no door to win a door, it means that there is no barrier to the culture of the surname Li, not limited to one family and one surname, and it is open to everyone, which is probably an important reason why those of us with foreign surnames can come to Luyi and step into the gate of the Chinese Li Cultural Park, and can be fortunate to participate in the Lao Tzu Gong Festival.
There is a worship hall in the instrument door, the worship hall is also called the middle hall, it is wide and five, and it is deep and five, it contains the meaning of the five elements of "gold, wood, water, fire and earth", and also conforms to the moment of the ancient calendar of "five days and one marquis". There is a worship platform in front of the worship hall, and there is a huge stone carved incense burner displayed on the worship platform, which is the place where tens of billions of descendants of the Li family and Chinese people come to burn incense and light candles to worship the saint Lao Tzu. To the north of Baitai is the Hall of the Ancestors, which adopts the structure of heavy eaves resting on the top of the mountain, which is the highest level of architectural style adopted by Chinese folk in the past. In the hall, there are three huge bronze statues of the ancestors of the Li family in the front, from right to left respectively: Li surname ancestor Li Lizhen, according to legend, after the name Gao Tao, after the name of Gao Tao, he served as a magistrate in the Yin Dynasty, because of the disobedience to the King of Yin Dynasty to attract the disaster of killing, so, his wife and young son Li Zhen fled to the ruins of Yihou, because of hunger and thirst, they picked the plums on the roadside trees to satisfy their hunger, so they were able to survive. Later, they fled to Kuxian (now Luyi), where they lived and multiplied, which is the origin of today's Chinese surname Li; in the middle is Li Er, the eleventh grandson of Li Lizhen, who is a great thinker, philosopher, writer and historian in ancient China, and is respected as the ancestor by Taoists, called "Taishang Laojun", and the Tang Dynasty posthumously recognized him as "the ancestor of the surname Li"; on the left is the eighth grandson of Lao Tzu, Li Tan is a famous general of Zhao during the Warring States Period, because of his repeated miraculous achievements, he was named the Marquis of Bairen, the imperial envoy, and one of the three princes of Zhao. The golden statues of these three people can stand in the ancestral hall of the Chinese surname Li Cultural Park, not for no reason, because they are the greatest distant ancestors of the Chinese surname Li. And today, our public memorial ceremony is held in front of the hall of these three ancestors surnamed Li.
After the rumbling ceremony of the prosperous salute was fired nine times, the worship ceremony began, starting with the speeches of the guests, and then burning incense to worship, offering flower baskets and sacrificial wine...... Li Lanming, former vice chairman of the Luyi County CPPCC, read the memorial text, and all the guests bowed down. As an old Qin person, what I care about is naturally the words and deeds of all members of our Shaanxi team: I saw that the first person who was invited to incense was our chairman Li Jihe; then, Li Liangfeng, vice chairman of the Chinese Surname Culture Federation and chairman of Nanyang Group, presented a flower basket, he is not only a famous entrepreneur, but also a ingenious artist, and a large donor of the construction of the Chinese ancestral hall surnamed Li; and then the flower basket was presented by Li Hong, secretary general of the World Laozi Association...... Fortunately, yesterday was still stormy, and the organizing committee of the conference specially gave each participant a raincoat, but today it was only cloudy, and occasionally it was drizzling, which did not affect the progress of the public memorial ceremony at all. The most is cigarettes, the thick and high lit incense, high incense and cigarettes, cigarettes will be lingering, and the magic will be magical......
So, in my eyes, the cigarette turned purple gas again, and Lao Tzu appeared again in the purple qi: Ah! Lao Tzu, the sage admired by all eternity! Today, in your hometown of Luyi, so many people have gathered to worship you, don't you say something? Don't you protect us? I know that although you don't say anything, you must let us recite the Tao Te Ching, read the Tao Te Ching intensively, and study the Tao Te Ching deeply. If you really read and read through, you will use your divine power to protect us pious worshippers, that's for sure!
I remember that just after the worship ceremony ended, it was Mr. Quan who commanded us, opened the banner of "Luyi Worship Lao Tzu", occupied the best place in front of the stage, and carried out a number of activities, such as individual photos, group photos, etc., and the most important activity was to issue a letter of appointment: first by the fourth session of the China Public Relations Association, The fifth vice president, the lifelong honorary president of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Relations Association, Quan Yu, issued a letter of appointment to Tao Liming as the director of the Ecological Product Value Realization Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Relations Association; Li Deshen, a professor at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, issued a letter of appointment as a consultant of the Chinese Surname Culture Federation; President Tao Liming issued a letter of appointment as the chief consultant of the Association's Ecological Product Value Realization Committee to Sun Jian, head of the National Agricultural Ecological Products Regional Brand Expert Group; Lu Shipeng, executive editor-in-chief of the Public Relations World Magazine, issued a letter of appointment as an advisor to the Association's Ecological Product Value Realization Committee; Han Jianzhang, chairman of Xi'an Dakou Liquor Group, issued a letter of appointment to the president of the Chinese Farming Civilization Museum, a letter of appointment to Yuan Yinbo as the director of the Editorial Committee of the Chinese Surname Culture Federation, Li Liangfeng, chairman of Shaanxi Nanyang Construction Group, Li Fenglin, president of Dalian Laozi Research Association, Li Shoubo, president of Guizhou Li Cultural Research Institute and chairman of Dongzang Moutai, and a letter of appointment to the director of the Chinese Surname Culture Federation to Comrade Li Lang, a senior reporter of Jilin TV Station...... It's really busy looking for space, and I'm getting stitches. Here, we can't help but sigh at the maturity and sophistication, flexibility and changeability, calmness and assertiveness of Mr. Quan, the "old man". This is how public relations should be.
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As always, at noon, it's luncheon. The luncheon was extremely sumptuous, chicken, duck, fish, delicacies, drinks and wine, everything, but because of the large number of people, the meal was served slowly. After the wine and food were full, it was already about two o'clock, according to the arrangement, half of us went to visit the Mingdao Palace, and half of us went to Laozi College to participate in the Li Cultural Forum. Originally, I also wanted to visit Mingdao Palace, because, although I came to Luyi in 2019 and also visited Mingdao Palace, I did not come to Laojuntai, and I didn't want to lose this opportunity this time. However, because the Li Cultural Forum arranged for me to speak, I had no choice but to attend the forum and speak on a public or private basis. Unlike others, most of them are people with the surname Li, and most of their speeches talk about the importance and great significance of Li's culture.
The Li culture is an important aspect of the Chinese surname culture: because there are hundreds of millions of Chinese Li people, and there are many famous and virtuous people in history, such as the thinker and philosopher Lao Tzu in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and the pioneer of Legalism Li Kui, who we are commemorating; Li Bing, a water conservancy expert who presided over the construction of the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project in the Qin Dynasty; Li Guang, the "flying general" who was known for his courage and good fighting, Li Shimin, the model of the Ming monarch, Li Shimin, the model of the Ming Dynasty, Li Longji of the Tang Xuanzong who created the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Li Jing, the famous military strategist, Li Bai, the "poet immortal", and the "poet ghost" Li He, novelist Li Gongzuo, politician strategist Li Mi, calligrapher Li Yong, Southern Song Dynasty female lyricist Li Qingzhao, Southern Tang poet Li Zhong, Ming Dynasty cabinet chief assistant writer Li Dongyang, medical scientist Li Shizhen, peasant uprising leader Li Zicheng, late Qing Dynasty minister Li Hongzhang, etc. Lee's celebrities can really be said to be numerous, countless. Because of this, as one of the major surnames in China, the Li family has many characters and stories that can be interpreted, which is also a very important and vast cultural project.
We say that the function of the surname romance novel: it is actually to artistize the genealogy and genealogy, visualize the historical sages, and turn historical events into stories. Here, to make an analogy, the things recorded in the genealogy, such as rice, noodles, meat and vegetables, from the perspective of writing, are the materials. The writer is like a chef, only through the serious and skillful processing of the writer and chef, these ingredients can be turned into food, and the things recorded in the family genealogy are like wood, and only after the processing of woodworking or the carving of a sculptor can it become furniture or a work of art, that is to say, only through the artistic processing of the writer, the things recorded in the family tree can be transformed into a novel that people like to see, and become a mature work of art. This is also like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the history of the Three Kingdoms, the characters of the Three Kingdoms, and the events of the Three Kingdoms are passed down and disseminated not by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Many people only watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" after watching "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and looked for the answers to their doubts in the official history.
The process of the birth and evolution of surname romance novels: genealogy - genealogy - romance novels - picture books - film and television dramas - dramas and other forms of literary and artistic works. The history of these literary and artistic works, the characters portrayed, and the stories they tell are basically true and credible, and they will not distort history, scandalize the sages, or create absurdity, and it can make the experience of each of us, the history of the family, and the history of the family very well passed down and preserved, and widely disseminated and propagated, precisely because the history of each of our families is a part of the history of the nation, so that the history of the nation can be passed down and preserved well.
Here, I want to talk about the role of romance novels:
1. Diversification of surname culture publicity.
2. Popularization of family and clan history.
3. The typification of the clan sages.
4. The ingenious solution of the dispute over the hometown of celebrities.
5. The typification of clan sages.
6. Skillfully solve historical unsolved cases.
I think that for a family as big as the Li family, it can have multiple romances, such as "The Romance of Laozi", "The Romance of Taizong", "The Romance of Li Jing", "The Romance of Li Bai" and so on.
I knew that my speech was not in line with the requirements of this event and the needs of the Li clan, but I thought so, so I must say it. I think it's a pity that there is such a big surname, so many descendants, and such an important culture as the Chinese Li family, if there is no one or several romance novels, and one or several TV series?
Although I participated in the Li Cultural Forum, listened to a lot of wonderful speeches, and learned a lot of Li cultural knowledge, I missed the visit to the Ming Taoist Temple, and even missed the discussion between our team and the leaders of the Luyi government. Afterwards, listening to Mr. Quan, at the symposium, President Tao Liming's speech was very wonderful. Inspired by President Tao's speech, the leaders of the Luyi Li Culture Research Association first said that now, since the Luyi Li Culture Research Association is changing, after the change, they will definitely make a special trip to Xi'an, Longxi and other places to study and investigate, visit and discuss, and study how to strengthen the Li cultural activities. They also had the idea of intensifying the research of the Li culture, taking the genealogy and family motto as the starting point, and jointly with universities and social science departments to conduct horizontal research, and clarify the ways and context of the various clans of the Li family, so as to increase the blood ties of the roots, inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional culture, and enhance cultural self-confidence. They also hoped that if the Li clan members across the country could work together to seriously revise a genealogy that was basically recognized by the Li clan, it would be meaningless. For those Li celebrities who have made great contributions to the country, the nation, and the clan, they can also be used as the main line to create and publish a series of Li cultural celebrity books, which will be a matter of great merit.
Later, the main leaders of the Luyi government also met with our team, and they introduced the basic situation of Luyi to our team, and President Tao and Mr. Quan also introduced our resources, contacts, and academic achievements to them. They are also ready to organize Luyi's vegetables, dandelions, tail hairs and other products into detailed materials, and then combine our social resources to explore the path of cooperation, break out of the way of cooperation, and truly contribute to rural revitalization and economic development.
Of course, each has its own perspective, each has its own content, and each has its own gains. What I want to say here is that although our trip to Luyi was short, we saw a lot, made a lot of friends, and gained a lot. The real character is worth the trip, the real character is to go east to learn the scriptures, and the real character is to return with honor.
The next part Luoyang, Luoyang, the Qinren Township Party worships the Township Party
Whether it's a good idea or a bad idea, I came up with the idea anyway, and they adopted it anyway. The idea is: when we return to Xi'an from Luyi, we can turn around Luoyang, visit the newly built Ban Chao Memorial Hall, and then go to the tomb of Ban Chao to pay homage to Ban Chao. There are many reasons why I want to visit the Ban Chao Memorial Hall and pay tribute to Ban Chao: first, we old Qin people and Ban Chao are both township parties, because Ban Chao is my hometown of Shaanxi Fufeng Banjiagu; second, through the efforts of me and many literary friends, with the approval of the Shaanxi Writers Association, the "Shaanxi Writers Association Literature College Bangu Academy" was established, and I served as the executive vice president, so I naturally wanted to do something for the development of Ban's culture and Hanshu culture; third, I just published the long historical novel "Ban's Romance" online bookstore Fourth, it is precisely because of Ban Chao's recovery and extension of the Silk Road that his bravery, patriotism and unity should be studied by each of us. I think this is also the reason why President Tao and Mr. Quan fully support our trip to Luoyang.
At this time, I can't help but think of the "learning from the scriptures": the old Qin people have always been arrogant, they think that they can unify the six countries, they look down on the people of the six countries, and they are always the first in the world, and the new Qin people have also inherited the mantle of the old Qin people, and always think that they live at the feet of the old emperor, so they look down on the "outsiders" (my "guan" here, used to refer to Hangu Pass, now refers to Tongguan), and they are still the first in the world, and they are still the only ones in the world...... When the wheel of history has driven to the 20 s of the 21 st century, can you still use the kind of thinking of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period? This is precisely the reason why many of our work in Shaanxi has been lagging behind. I remember that on May 2, 2014, a group of more than 100 descendants of the Ban family came to my hometown of Fufeng County to seek their roots and ask their ancestors, and according to their arrangement, they first went to the tomb of Emperor Han Cheng in Xianyang, where they paid tribute to Ban Jieyu. Because, Ban Jieyu is the concubine of Emperor Han Cheng, she has to accompany Emperor Han Cheng no matter before or after death, the difference is that the tomb of Emperor Han Cheng is large, her tomb is small, the tomb is small, but it still exists after all, and it was also protected by the Weicheng District Government of Xianyang City. Unfortunately, in order to grow a few vines, the local farmers dug up Ban Jieyu's tombstone and threw it in the garbage heap. Now it's good that the descendants of the people have come to worship their ancestors, but they can't find the tombstone. After inquiring and inquiring, the descendants of the Ban family paid 300 yuan to find the protective monument of Ban Jieyu's tomb and erect it again. At that time, I was accompanying them, and I saw that the descendants of the Ban clan were very angry, but what could I do? In contrast, in Banjiagou, Luyi, Henan, there was only a well-dressed mound of Ban Jieyu there, so the village there was called Banjia Village, the ditch there was called Banjiagou, and the mountain there was called Jieyu Mountain. Now, they have built an economic development zone there, and what is even more exciting is that with the direct investment of the Luoyang government, they have not only built a Banchao Cultural Park, but also built a Banchao Memorial Hall...... If you think about it, it is true that our hometown party is an old-timer and an old sage, and he is also "blooming inside the wall and fragrant outside the wall"! Ban Chaoxiang Party, you are so neglected in your hometown of Shaanxi, but you are so worshiped in the Central Plains, this cannot but make people sigh. But then again, it seems like this, shouldn't we go to Luyi to learn scriptures? Shouldn't we go to Luoyang to learn scriptures! Look at how much people attach importance to cultural tourism, how much they respect saints, and how many people respect them!
First go to Luyi to worship Lao Tzu, turn to Luoyang and then worship Ban Chao, this arrangement is very scientific, but the bad thing is that the Luoyang Ban Chao Memorial Hall is closed on Monday. For this reason, I was quite embarrassed, so I reported to Mr. Quan, and Mr. Quan asked President Tao for instructions. Unexpectedly, President Tao's answer was very resolute, he said: "Luoyang has to go, Banchao Cultural Park has to go, and Banchao Memorial Hall must be visited." Because, Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty created the Silk Road, but it was interrupted during the Wang Mang period. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was Dingyuan Hou Banchao who restored and extended the Silk Road. It is precisely because of Ban Chao, Ban Chao's envoy to the Western Regions, and the efforts of the Han mission led by Ban Chao that the Silk Road was extended from Chang'an to Rome to the west and to Luoyang to the east. "It can be said that President Tao's words have strengthened the confidence of Teacher Quan and me, and also strengthened the confidence of all of us: this Luoyang, this Banchao Cultural Park, and this Banchao Memorial Hall, we must go. Then, on Monday, March 25, we must let the Banchao Memorial Hall open, and we must let someone cooperate with the Banchao Cultural Park, which is crucial. Teacher Quan said to me, "Yinbo, this matter will be handed over to you, you have to think of a way." ”
I sent a WeChat message to Ban Shuzhen, secretary general of the Ban Clan Association in Kunming, Yunnan Province, and told her about the matter and asked for help. She asked me to contact Ban Huke, a descendant of the Ban clan in Luoyang, first. I contacted him, but he had something to do to go to Beijing, but he introduced me to Xu Ming, the person in charge of the Xinhai Revolution Memorial Hall in western Henan and an enthusiast of Ban culture. I informed Mr. Quan of Xu Ming's phone number, and he was personally in contact with the subsequent contact work. In this way, on the part of the Ban clan, there is Ban Shuzhen there to show Luo, and in Luoyang, there is an enthusiastic person Xu Ming who is there to handle the activities. In the Banchao Memorial Hall, they opened the door and asked for an explanation, and they were the best and most beautiful docents in their memorial hall; in the Banchao Cultural Park, they deliberately cleaned up the main scenic spots, as if they were greeting VIPs, although we were not VIPs but only visitors from Chang'an, the township party of Banchao; in front of Banchao's mausoleum, they prepared flowers, incense, fruits, and long firecrackers. Of course, the helpers in Luoyang, in addition to Mr. Xu Ming, there are also three villagers in Banjia Village, they are not descendants of Ban, but must also be enthusiastic people of Ban culture.
We first visited the Banchao Memorial Hall, the scale of this museum, the momentum of this museum, the level of this museum, it is really amazing, according to my personal opinion, it seems to be no less than any museum in Xi'an. In this regard, I am very envious, but I am also a little jealous: We in Fufeng, Shaanxi Province have "four classes," such as Ban Biao, Ban Gu, Ban Chao, and Ban Zhao, but why don't we have an ancestral hall or a memorial hall? In this regard, shouldn't we learn from the Luoyang side?
After visiting the Banchao Memorial Hall, we came to the Banchao Cultural Park. When you arrive at the Banchao Cultural Park, you will see a very magnificent gatehouse of the mountain building, that is, there is not only a tall and spacious main gate, but also a very grand and chic gate. On the top of the gatehouse, the five big characters of "Banchao Cultural Park" are very eye-catching; go inside, see a bronze statue of the horse-riding general standing on the high stone pier, that is, the Marquis Banchao, the war horse gallops with four hooves, and the Banchao is majestic, giving people a heroic and invincible In this place, there is a small square, with a big copper incense burner, small is small, but if there are hundreds of people here to worship Ban Chao, the venue is completely sufficient; the tomb of Ban Chao, just behind the bronze statue of Ban Chao riding a horse, its tomb is 13 meters high, the bottom is 40 meters wide, covers an area of 1300 square meters, it is a typical circular tomb shape of the Eastern Han Dynasty, according to Mr. Xu Ming, in accordance with the requirements of the ancient tomb protection regulations, they have sealed the soil and strengthened the main body of the Ban Chao tomb to prevent the erosion and destruction of the monument in the future. In front of the tomb, there is a stone tablet of "the tomb of the Marquis Banchao of Dingyuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty". On the top of the tomb, fill with new soil, and around the tomb, there are small trees, flowers and plants. Approximately, because the park is still newly built, these small trees and flowers have yet to grow. Looking at it again, there are red flowers and green trees, strange stones and trees, secluded paths, unique landscapes, it is not difficult for us to imagine that in a few years or a few years, this will definitely be a famous place in Luoyang.
Mr. Xu Ming is an "old priest" , very familiar with the memorial work, and then under his guidance, first by the villagers of Banjiagou to light the cannon, which seems to wake up Ban Chao, inform the other township party to come to the memorial meaning; the next by President Tao on behalf of our team to deliver a speech, to express respect for Ban Chao; and then, we all lined up, one by one to the tombstone of Ban Chao to offer flowers and bow, in order to express our remembrance and respect for him; Mr. Han in the presentation of flowers to Ban Chao at the same time, but also opened a bottle of rice wine, poured on the side of the tombstone, so that the township party Ban Chao can taste his own rice wine. As for fruit offerings and the like, Xu Ming has already prepared them and put them aside, so naturally we don't have to worry about it. This time, under the command of Mr. Quan, in front of the equestrian statue of Ban Chao, in the small square in front of Ban Chao's tomb, we stood in a row, showing the banner that Mr. Han brought all the way to Luoyang, and held an event to commemorate the "Ban Chao, the restoration and extension of the Silk Road". According to the arrangement of the event, I was also unceremonious, playing the protagonist of this activity, and after donating books to the Banchao Memorial Hall, I began to speak:
In October last year, I published a full-length historical novel, The Romance of Ban, in an online bookstore. This novel focuses on how Ban Biao, Ban Gu, and Ban Zhao inherited their father's business, and how their sisters and stepbrothers completed the writing of the "Book of Han", and how Ban Chao led 36 people to pacify more than 50 countries in the Western Regions, and restored, extended, and expanded the Silk Road, so the Silk Road can "connect Luoyang in the east and Rome in the west", which is the credit of Ban Chao. Some critics said that "The Romance of Ban" was the first novel of the romance of the surname. Whether it is the first or not, I dare not say, but I have not seen other surname romance novels so far. Following the completion of "The Romance of Ban", my more than 500,000-word "The Romance of Ma" has also been completed. At the same time, the data collection of "The Romance of Geng's Family" and "The Romance of Dou's Family" has also been basically completed.
The preface to "The Romance of the Ban Family" was written by Ban Chengnong, a former vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Guizhou Province and a famous writer of the Buyi nationality, who began to write: This is an epoch-making book, and the history it describes is the glorious history of the Ban family in the Eastern Han Dynasty of China; the characters it portrays are the most famous Ban sages in the Eastern Han Dynasty of China; and the spirit it expresses is the strong patriotic spirit of the heroes and heroes of the Chinese nation.
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The great ups and downs, great ups and downs, great joys and sorrows of the ancient history of imperial power are all inevitable. The sages of the Ban family during the Eastern Han Dynasty made great contributions to the glory and prosperity of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Watching "The Romance of Ban" and the family history of Ban in the Eastern Han Dynasty is like looking at a very typical family tree with a relatively complete surname, through which you can see the rise and fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which can at least have the effect of seeing the whole leopard. In this book, in terms of writing techniques, the author "seven points of fact, three points of romance", in which the major historical events and characters are all real and credible.
After the publication of "The Romance of the Ban Family", Mr. Ban Yunxu, a descendant of the Ban family, who specializes in collecting historical materials of the Ban family, wrote in the "2023 Ban Memorabilia": "On November 2, Beijing Thread Binding Book Co., Ltd. published "The Romance of Ban", with a first circulation of 3,000 copies. "The Romance of Ban" is the first of the series of novels by Shaanxi writer Yuan Yinbo "The Romance of Banma Gengdou". Yuan Yinbo was born in the old house of the Ban family in Fufeng, and has a strong and deep affection for the Ban family, for many years, he has been doing the protection of the ancient house of the Ban family, and is doing the creation of the Bangu Academy. In order to express their gratitude to Mr. Yuan Yinbo for what he has done for the Ban family over the years, this time the Ban clan people made a special donation to publish "Ban's Romance" under the advocacy of Ban Shuzhen. "The Romance of Ban's" is more than 60 thousand words long, but Yuan Yinbo did not ask for a share of the manuscript fee. "The Romance of the Ban's Family" uses the writing technique of reasonable interpretation on the basis of real history, tells the tortuous history of the Ban family's change of surname Ban, tells the great achievements of the Ban family's son inheriting his father's business, and his sister stepbrother's chronicle to write the "Book of Han", as well as the real historical stories such as redress for his brother's grievances, kneeling on the horse, throwing pen from Rong, passing through the Western Regions, marrying Shule, continuing to write the "Book of Han", Anbian and consolidating Xinjiang, sealing the marquis Dingyuan, and returning to Luoyang. Zak's enlistment in the army, Ban Xiong's farewell to friends, the face of his father, rebirth in distress, the princess in command, and the love between teachers and students. The story of the whole book is full of ups and downs, plot twists, thrilling and fascinating. The advantage of him in doing this is that he not only recorded the major events of the Ban clan's activities, but also distinguished the historical facts of the content written in "The Romance of the Ban Clan" from the Romance. ”
It was also during the creation of "The Romance of the Ban", that is, on the eve of the Qingming Festival in 2023, that the Ban clan association in eastern Henan held a Luoyang memorial to Ban Chao activity, at that time, I was writing in Qiandao Lake in Hangzhou, although I was invited but could not attend the meeting, I wrote a congratulatory letter, I wrote in the congratulatory letter: "Ban culture is a typical clan culture, a dazzling local culture, a wonderful traditional culture, and excellent Chinese culture. Its typical lies in a surname, a family, only in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were so many historical celebrities, especially the 'four classes' are the most representative; its dazzling is because these Ban sages, not only 'the son inherits the father's business, the sister steps the brother' to complete the writing of the "Book of Han", but also shocks the Western Regions, secures the border and strengthens the frontier, extends and expands the Silk Road; its brilliance lies in the history of this family, in fact, it is a very tortuous and bizarre tragicomedy, is a family style education, It is a living textbook for education on patriotism and heroism, and its excellence lies in the fact that it can have representatives of Chinese celebrities, can gather the essence of national history, and is the quintessence of Chinese culture, and it is not inferior to the family history of any emperor or general. It is precisely because it is typical, excellent, and ethnic, that it should not be narrow or limited, which is why I, as a person with a different surname, must want to join the research team of Banshi culture and Hanshu culture. "Such a knowledge and understanding of Ban's culture is also my knowledge and understanding of all surname cultures, that is, we can't be limited to people surnamed Zhang engaging in Zhang's culture, people surnamed Wang engaging in Wang's culture, people surnamed Li engaging in Li's culture, and people surnamed Zhao engaging in Zhao's culture. All the collation and research, publicity and promotion, processing and dissemination of surname culture need the participation of the majority of surname culture research enthusiasts.
At present, we have established a "Chinese Surname Culture Federation", which will be divided into several institutions, such as the editorial board, the board of directors, the academic association, and the editorial committee, and we will compile and create the "Romance of 100 Family Names". I hope that in such a surname romance creation activity, Li, as one of the largest surnames in China, will not be left behind, let alone absent. Of course, this is a huge cultural project, and it cannot be completed by one person or a few people, but we must take the lead in this way, be the pioneers of this cultural project, and rely on the efforts of several generations of us to complete this cultural project.
Personally, I believe that every family should have its own genealogy, every clan should have its own genealogy, and every genealogy should have its own interpretation. This kind of surname romance novel based on genealogy is the new genealogy and genealogy that most of us have been destroyed and rewritten, which will survive longer, spread more widely, and have a more far-reaching impact. And we should be proud of being the first person to engage in this business, "the first to eat crabs", "the first to eat tomatoes".
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In this way, after Luyi participated in the 2595th anniversary of Lao Tzu's birth, when we returned, we went to Luoyang to hold a commemorative class super event, killing two birds with one stone, and there were many benefits, how could this not be a beautiful thing!
Epilogue
Originally, this side note of mine was intended to be written in four parts of "ABCD", but the terrible article was too long and too annoying, so it was compressed into three articles of "upper, middle and lower". So, here, I have to disclose my original plan of "Part D Return to the West, Return to the West, Talk and Laugh Back to Chang'an" here. Because, when I went, everyone was still alive, it was raining again, everyone was gloomy, and they were worried about whether the eastbound mission could be successfully completed, so it was a rather serious atmosphere, but when I came back, it was very different, everyone was familiar, the sky was clear, everyone was smiling, and the task of learning from the eastward journey was successfully completed, so who still had a strained face to do anything. So, everyone talked, laughed, played, sang, danced...... There are all kinds of things, that is, they are not "old naughty boys", but also "old naughty women". Using the professional term "evaluating good people and good deeds" commonly used in the era of "learning from Lei Feng", I can list a lot of good people and good deeds: Teacher Quan arranged tasks for us one by one, such as asking Xu Ya to comment on the news and ask me to write a side note of the event; Secretary General Jin Hui still had some bread, dates and walnuts, soda, and Mineral water or something, just ask this one if he is thirsty, that one is hungry, not only ask about the cold and warmth, but also send food and drink; Xu Ya commented that he was very obedient, sitting in the car, typing the manuscript, he was carrying a laptop, and when he had time, he would peel an apple and send it to a person's mouth; Mr. Han asked vigorously: "Who drinks rice wine?" Who drinks rice wine?" He did not have to let people drink in the car, but asked everyone to give wine when we parted...... What about Wang Yankui? He was originally the highest administrative officer in the Central Plains (and the tallest) in our group, and he was a leader at the level of a bureau chief, but when he arrived in our car, he became like an "old naughty boy" and a "primary school student." At everyone's repeated requests, he told everyone about health care knowledge and his own health care experience.
And Xie Qun, another retired veteran cadre of our team, returned and wrote a poem, specially selected a few lines for everyone to enjoy:
The saint's birthday sacrifice, I was fortunate to be invited to accompany him,
Drive 3,000 miles, the Central Plains gallop.
Mu the purple air Luyi, bow to Lao Tzu's hometown,
To commemorate Dingyuan Banchao, the Silk Road stretches.
On the way back to Shaanxi across Henan, when I walked to the area of Huashan, I first found that in the afterglow of the sunset, under the first night, the mountains of Huashan actually constituted a supine statue of a great man of different shapes. I pointed out this situation, this scene, and this picture to you, and everyone was deeply surprised when they saw it. This evoked a memory of Mr. Wang Yankui, who deliberately flipped out an article on his mobile phone about the media published on December 26, 2018 "Huazhou District: Maojiagou in Daming Town Held an Event to Commemorate the 125th Anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's Birth". According to this article, we in Maojiagou, Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province, also have a deep relationship with the great man, which of course also needs to be carefully verified.
From Maojiagou, Huaxian County, we talked about Beiyuan Banfang Village, Wuli Village, Shishui Town, Huayin County, where there was also a Banchao tomb. However, in 1960, Banfang Village was occupied by the Qinling Power Plant, and Banchao's tomb was buried by the ash discharge pond of the Qinling Power Plant. This class of super tombs is also recorded in the "Huayin County Chronicles". Of course, we also need to research and study the tomb of this class. Based on this, it is not difficult for us to see that there is a clear gap between Shaanxi and Henan in their attitudes towards places of interest and historical sages.
If you want to say, the people who ride in the car love to speak, to the east, to the west, to the south, to the north, to the five horses and spears, the sea and the sky, everyone knows everything...... In this way, everyone is idle, unconsciously, Chang'an will arrive, Xi'an will arrive, although there is a "return to the heart like an arrow" such a saying, but I see everyone separated, it seems that their hearts are not in a hurry to go home, all slowly can not bear to separate...... What's the matter? There's a friendship.
Is this the end of today's article? No, there is another good person and good deed, which I will definitely write about after the article. You haven't seen our teacher Xu Yaping, he wrote "Shaanxi delegation was invited to participate in the 2595th anniversary of the birth of Laozi in Luyi, Henan" and "Shaanxi Provincial Public Relations Association went to Luoyang, the eastern capital to pay homage to Dingyuan Marquis Banchao", two news, almost all over the country's network media, such as: Today's China Network, Jindun Culture Network, Party Building Pioneer Theme Education Official Website, Front-line Gathering, City News Network, Rule of Law Morning News Network, Today's Headline Legal Culture Media, etc. I counted dozens of them! However, many newspapers and periodicals are still forwarding, many media are still forwarding, and many networks are still forwarding, and in the end, I can't tell how many media networks it can publish. From this point alone, Xu Ya commented that he had made great contributions. When asked Xu Yaping, he said: "I just did my duty and responsibility to write and publish these media reports, big or small, high or low, in order to share and disseminate, learn and learn, especially the report of 'Luoyang Worship Banchao', which has hundreds of likes, which is very rare, and it is naturally an encouragement to me." ”
Even if there is no merit, there will definitely be hard work, because isn't there this "Old Qin People's Eastward Journey to Learn Scriptures -- "Shaanxi Public Relations" Participated in the 2595th Anniversary of the Birth of Laozi in Luyi? Even if this is not a merit, it doesn't matter, and it is just a record of our group's trip to Luyi and Luoyang.
Completed on March 31, 2024
About the Author
Yuan Yinbo, male, Han nationality. He was born in December 1951 in Fufeng Banjiagu, Shaanxi Province (the former residence of Ban Gu). He joined the army in 1969, served in the Airborne Forces and engaged in literary and artistic creation, and received many awards for meritorious service. He was demobilized in 1976 and worked in the Shaanxi Writers Association at first, and later worked at the Shaanxi Provincial Art Research Institute. He has founded and edited the magazines "Treasure Gourd", "Prodigy" and "Art World". He has published more than 40 million words of literary works, including more than 10 novels, more than 30 short stories, 53 monographs, and many awards. He has published novels "The Secret History of the Qin Palace" (adapted into a 29-episode TV series "Heroes of the Troubled Times" Lü Buwei), "Remnant Autumn", "Mei Butterfly", "Eagle Soul" (supported by the China Writers Association), "Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms" (three versions), "Yuan Yinbo Children's Literature Collection: Seven Seven Forty-Nine Nights" (3 volumes), etc. "Yuan Yinbo's Collected Works" (12 volumes, more than 600,000 words) has been supported by government funds and will be officially published soon. He is writing a long historical novel "The Romance of Ban Ma Geng Dou" about Fufeng's "Ban Ma Geng Dou Four Families", of which more than 60 million words of "Ban's Romance" has been officially published by Thread Binding Books, "Ma's Romance" of more than 50 million words has been completed, and "Geng's Romance" and "Dou's Romance" have been completed in the past two years. He is a member of the Chinese Writers Association, a member of the Chinese Prose Literature Association, a member of the Chinese Prose Poetry Society, a member of the Chinese Children's Literature Research Association, the executive vice president of Bangu Academy of the Shaanxi Writers Association, a member of the Children's Literature Committee of the Shaanxi Writers Association, and the executive deputy director of the Children's Literature and Art Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He used to be the secretary-general of the Chinese Pear Garden Research Association and the secretary-general of the Shaanxi Children's Literature Research Association. His biography has been included in more than 50 dictionaries such as the Dictionary of Chinese Writers.
(Text/Yuan Yinbo, Photo/Xu Yaping, Li Lang, etc.)