Fengling is clear and cloudy, present and past
Hu Jiayin
In the Spring Festival of Jiachen Year, Ziyang appeared on CCTV's "Little Spring Festival Gala" "2024 East, West, South, North and South New Year" broadcast on CCTV-3 variety channel. Among them, one of the exterior scenes is laid out in Ziyang Fengling Park, and unique Ziyang elements such as intangible cultural heritage skills, Sichuan opera Ziyang River, Ziyang cuisine, and traditional culture are also unveiled on the CCTV screen, showing in front of the national audience, highlighting the urban construction of Ziyang, which blends tradition and modernity, and the rapid changes and style.
Ziyang Fengling Park was also once popular out of the circle, and tourists brought their relatives and friends to check in, look for spring, enjoy the beautiful scenery, and feel the unique cultural charm of Fengling Park.
What is the past and present life of Fengling Park, and what kind of historical and cultural heritage does it have? These may be little known to most tourists. To sum it up in one sentence: here is a fertile soil soaked in a long history, and it is a historical corridor that carries a heavy culture.
To talk about Fengling Park, let's start with the long history of Yanjiang River, where it is located.
Yanjiang, Yao is the land of Ziguo, Xia belongs to Liangzhou, Zhou enters Yongzhou for the land of Shu, in 135 BC (Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty founded the sixth year) to place the county, because the city is in the north of Zishui (now Tuojiang), so it is called "Ziyang". The ecology of Tuojiang River is perfect, and the golden geese live permanently, so the river is called Yanjiang, and the city is called Yancheng. This is the hometown of the early Chinese Homo sapiens "Ziyang Man".
Ziyang Man skull fossil excavation site (Source: Cover News)
"Ziyang Man" skull fossil replica (Source: Cover News)
Through the time and space tunnel, here, you can see a group of hard-working and brave "Bashu newcomers" 35,000 years ago who created the great "Ziyang civilization"; Here, you can listen to the ancient "three sages" such as Chang Hong, an astronomer of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and a teacher of Confucius, Wang Bao, a doctor of the Western Han Dynasty and the originator of Cifu, and Dong Jun, a scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Here, you can feel the dedication of the modern "four heroes" such as Cao Diqiu, mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, Shao Zinan, modern writer, Rao Guohua, a famous anti-Japanese general, and Yu Guozhen, a revolutionary martyr; Here, you can leisurely enjoy the rich and colorful historical and cultural landscapes such as the Liyuqiao culture, the high-pitched "Ziyang River" genre of Sichuan opera, and the Giant Buddha of Banyue Mountain.
"Lianshan Tuoshui surrounds the east city, and the golden geese reflect the river. "Yancheng, by the mountains and rivers, Tuojiang River, Jiuqu River through the city, surrounded by five mountains containing the word "Taiwan", and called Wutai, respectively, Baotai, Tiantai, Shutai, Fengtai, Lotus. There are quite a lot of landscapes here, and since the Song Dynasty, there are gradually records of the scenery of Yongcheng Zhou. Zhang Fang, a county person, has a good sentence in the poem of "Zishui right hand river converges, Tiantai west straight hexagram civilization". In the Ming Dynasty, there are Yanjiang Gudu, Baosha Morning Bell, Fengling Qingyun, Lotus Pond Night Moon, Shutai Spring Dawn, Tiantai Sunset, Fertile Twin Peaks, Zixi Jiuqu and other "Ziyang Eight Scenes" formed. He Yuan, the servant of the county people, has seven laws and eight songs of singing eight scenes. And the scholar Zhang Shengzang sighed in "Ziyang Wutai Fu": "Although it is five bare mounds, it is the epitome of Ziyang civilization!"
Wutai Gongxiu is the pride of the ancients of Ziyang. In 1951, when the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway was built, human fossils from 35,000 years ago were found by the Zixi River at the foot of Dongyue Mountain, and a large number of paleolithic remains were unearthed in 1981. Here, there is not only a splendid ancient civilization, but also the modern civilization of Ziyang people.
Today, we only talk about Fengtai Mountain, which carries one of the eight views of "Fengling Clear Clouds", which is today's Fengling Park and Dongyue Mountain in the mouth of citizens. She turned out to be the earliest park in the Tuojiang River Basin.
From the west pass of Yancheng to about a mile outside, there is a mountain from the north, stretching its wings, just like a phoenix bird flying, so it is named Fengtai Mountain, there is a beautiful meaning of "phoenix dance for nine days". This is the highest mountain in Ziyang, with an altitude of 432 meters. The mountains and forests are towering to the sky, the mountains are connected with the clear sky, the clouds and shadows are returned, the red walls and green trees are contrasting with each other, that is, the "Fengling Clear Clouds", one of the eight ancient landscapes of Ziyang.
Legend has it that there is a remnant of the Tang Dynasty painting saint Wu Daozi on Fengtai Mountain, but now there is no trace of it. In 1466, Dongyue Temple was built on the mountain, also known as Dongyue Mountain. Plays are performed every March, and the crowd of tourists. In 1857, the Sanxian Temple was built next to the avenue at the west foot of Dongyue Mountain.
During the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shunan, a scholar who studied both China and the West, was a county governor in Ziyang, and built the earliest park in the Tuojiang River basin on the mountain, named "Zhang Garden".
In April 1892, Wang Shunan, the county governor, found 5 acres of vacant land like a phoenix tail in Laijiapo, Dongyue Mountain (the mountain behind the current Ziyang Railway Station), opened up as a garden, and completed it on August 12 of that year. The couplet at the gate of the garden is "the river city is picturesque, and the plum willow recognizes the front of the village", and the good painter is invited to draw a picture, and Wang Shunan personally inscribed two seven laws. One of them is: "Bamboo Door Songxuan faces in all directions, and you don't get tired of seeing the mountains hundreds of times." Fight Lao Du's remnants and pay Liu Ling's turbid wine glass. The smoke and rain are full of autumn pools, and the wind and frost are on stage. The floating clouds are all old, and the name flowers are planted everywhere. The second is: "Gongjun Wuyuan dissolves at night, and a drunk Rongcheng is in the clouds." The bright moon and breeze are the guests, and there are warblers and flowers. The water on the side of the piano is thousands of years, and the new frost in the mirror is full of temples. Where is there no lovesickness, the country is everywhere that is my home. ”
There is a platform to see the cloud step in the park, the right side has built a pool that can be used for boating and playing, named "Wild Voyage", the thatched pavilion on the left is named "Qiuyan Hall", the middle is "across the Fengshan House", the back is the "Rest Pavilion" that rests and plays chess, the west end is the temple of Mrs. Flower, the statue of Mrs. Mold, the monument of the Holy Queen Mother. The garden not only has the function of leisure, but also has a lot of cultural accumulation and inheritance.
Among them, when it comes to Fengling in ancient times, its soul is Mrs. Stamen.
Mrs. Hua Rui, the concubine of Meng Chang, the lord of Later Shu, the court poet, and a native of Wangjiaba in Ziyang. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Wangjiaba was changed to Xujiaba, which is in the area of the current city government and the foot of Huangniba Mountain. Mrs. Xu's surname is superhuman, she was selected by the imperial court for beauty when she was a girl, and was selected as her concubine by Meng Chang, the lord of Hou Shu. Because she saw that she was light and danced like a flower, she was named Mrs. Flower.
Mrs. Hua Rui (Pengzhou Xianshi in Chengdu Donghuamen Ruins Park, photo: Sichuan Fangzhi Gallery)
But Meng Chang later ignored the government and was attacked by the Song Dynasty, Meng Chang did not resist, so he surrendered with the coffin, and Mrs. Hua Rui was also captured and taken to Kaifeng Mansion, the capital of the Song Dynasty. Song Taizu saw Mrs. Hua Rui's appearance and talent, and asked her to write a poem in court to describe the reason for the death of the country, and Mrs. Hua Rui blurted out: "The flag was erected on the king's city, and the concubine learned in the deep palace that 140,000 people were disarmed, and none of them were men." Song Taizu saw that his answer was exquisite and decent, and praised his daughter for her boldness.
Soon after, Mrs. Hua Rui died and was buried in front of the Liantai Temple in Lianhua Mountain, and her grave is still preserved today, specifically located in a large mound near the Lotus Mountain Martyrs Monument. In 1951, the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Southwest Bureau sent Professor Zhang Shengzang, a scholar, to Ziyang and made a special trip to inspect the tomb of Mrs. Hua Rui.
After Wang Shunan built the temple of Mrs. Hua Rui in the park, on the day of welcoming the gods, the clouds opened and the sun rose, the colorful flags flew away, the drums sounded in unison, and the house was full of light, as if he saw the soul of Mrs. Hua Rui. The people of the county solemnly wrote poems to praise Mrs. Hua Rui: "The spirit is colorful, the beauty is to be squinting, and the sorrow is sad. Folded Yao calyx Xi Yan Chen, the table is independent Xi Mountain. It means that Fengling Mountain ushered in the soul of Mrs. Hua Rui, dancing in the mountains, which is very beautiful. It was as if I saw Madame Hua Rui appear in front of the world with a sad expression: "What should I do? I miss my dear husband and burst into tears, to whom do I dedicate the fairy flowers I pick?" Wang Shunan was very sad when he heard it, mourned Mrs. Gao Zhiliang, and felt that the country was in turmoil and was allowed to be slaughtered by foreign powers, so he wrote the prose "Zhang Yuanji" and six poems to express his heart.
During the Republic of China, local warlords were stationed in "Zhangyuan". In 1941, the garden collapsed, and iron pots, copper swords, and five-baht coins from the Han Dynasty were unearthed on the mountain. In March 1942, there were more than 80 dragon and phoenix money bricks in the land temple on the east side of the garden. In the spring of 1944, when farmers in the eastern foothills were plowing the soil, they found a pot sword. In the summer of 1988, Fengling Park bulldozed the tomb and cleaned up the five baht and terracotta figurines, and the tomb bricks were all wedge-shaped, all of which had been excavated by tomb robbers. Those tomb bricks with peculiar textures, thick and dignified, reflect the progress of the ancient pottery industry, and later unearthed the iron sword of the Western Han Dynasty. It can be said that these cultural relics are the witnesses of the civilization of the ancient Ziyang period.
Dongyue Mountain, also known as Fengtai Mountain in ancient times, has now been built into a park that pushes the window to see the green, changes the scenery step by step, and is open to visitors. "Let the city integrate into the park, let the park embrace the city", Fengling Park fully interprets the natural ecological environment in the bustling city, and has become a good place for citizens to relax, exercise and entertain.
Today, Fengtai, one of the five Taiwans, is still sought after and loved by the citizens of Ziyang. Through the broadcast of CCTV, the ancient scenery such as "Phoenix Dance Nine Days" and "Fengling Clear Clouds" shined again. As far as the eye can see, the mountains are full of lush trees and beautiful colors. Autumn goes to spring, the forests are dyed, and they contrast with each other, like an old man who has read all the vicissitudes of life, witnessing the passage and changes of the years.
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Source: Sichuan Provincial Office of Local Chronicles
Author: Hu Jiayin (Ziyang Rong Media Center)
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