The azalea blooms and the soul of Shu is promoted
—Written when the statue of Julie was completed
Zhang Boling
A friend earnestly advised me: "You are over 90 years old, and the candle in the wind is fluttering, so why bother to make a statue of Julie?"
I replied, "Thanks to God, I have the fate to have infinite respect for Julie, and it has been my longing for forty years to make a statue of a divine eagle for her." Now that I am like the setting sun, I must realize this dream before the mountain sets. "Therefore, I have a poem lamenting:
Knowing that death is empty, it is difficult to help the mother of the country linger in her chest.
I hope that the breath is dying, and the Condor of Julie has been completed!
Statue of Julie
Why should there be a statue of Julie standing on the land of Chongzhou?
Records in ancient books show that there was a "Jiangyuan woman" in ancient Shu who was the chief of the Zhuting tribe on the bank of the Wenjing River. She resolutely reached out to help, and the Du Yu tribe who was difficult to continue with animal husbandry and survived from the Minshan alpine region to the south to build a state, dominating one side, the ancient Shu country was born from then on, Du Yu became the first person to be called the emperor of ancient Shu "Emperor Wang", and his reputation was far and wide. And his wife is this Zhu Li, as the first wife of the ancient Shu Emperor, she should be called the "mother of the country", and it is right. It was she who guided Du Yu to "teach the people to farm" with the farming civilization pioneered by the Zhuting tribe, making the land of ancient Shu a warehouse of rice and grain in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and honoring her as the "goddess of farming", which is the desire of the people.
Mr. Cheung Pak Ling (second from right), a scholar of the Chronicles, tells the story of Zhu Li to the public
Since ancient times, there is a beautiful legend in the western Sichuan Plain: the couple turned into a pair of cuckoo birds, chanting "cuckoo cuckoo" every spring and March, and the blood flowed from the mouth every time they screamed. The sound of blood dripping on the ground, growing bright red and bright red rhododendrons, blooming all over the mountains and fields to welcome spring. People also call it "Yingshan Hong", which brings people infinite joy and infinite hope. It turns out that the cuckoo bird and the rhododendron are the incarnations of Du Yu and his wife, and Li Bai, Du Fu and other poets and poets have written a lot of poems praising the Zigui cuckoo. The Yuan Dynasty poet Cao Boqi wrote in his poem "Zigui" (the cuckoo bird is also called "Zigui", "Shu Soul", "Shu Spirit" and so on) by later generations:
The soul of Shu was once an ancient emperor, and thousands of blood were sent to the New Year.
The greedy man bowed his head when he heard the air, and the distant guest had broken his bowels when he first heard it.
Jinshui spring flowers are like rain, and Chutian dreams of the moon like frost.
Urging to return to urge whoever returns, only the eastern suburbs are busy with farming.
Today's Chongzhou, with infinite scenery and tracing back to its origins, is the place where Juli Du Yu Xingnong is strong. Why is there a "Longmen Street" in Chongzhou? Because there was once an emperor here. Why is there a "Zhu's Street" in Chongzhou? Because this is Zhu Li's hometown. Later, they moved the capital to Pidi (now Pidu District) in order to be more conducive to the prosperity of Shu.
The place name is a mirror of history, and the original name of Chongzhou today is "Shuzhou", just because it is the heart of the ancient Shu Kingdom. The source of Shu, the heart of Shu, the ancient capital of Shu, the Shu of Shu, has a long history!
Zhu Li, Zhu Li, you are the ancestor of our Chongzhou people, and we have your genes flowing in our veins. Today, you stand on the land that gave birth to you, raised you, and achieved your great cause, we see that you have a kind face and a heroic posture, and everyone's heart has added cultural self-confidence, integrity and innovative spiritual strength.
Back then, the two tribes helped each other and fused into one, what courage it took to be the ancestors! Looking back on the past, the two tribes were harmonious and inclusive, and shared a common fate, what an open-minded and broad, beautiful and beautiful chest!
Inventory of the treasure house of Chongzhou's history and culture, beautiful, full of dazzling, only you are the treasure of the treasure with the highest gold content, and you can compare with heaven and earth! Through the starry sky of Chongzhou's historical figures, the stars are shining, dizzying, only you are the Beidou who can guide people in the direction, and you can shine with the sun and the moon!
Sculptor Han Deya made a statue of Julie
Today, looking at your statue, we praise you for your noble sentiments and boundless love! More than 700,000 people in Chongzhou are sucking the milk of wisdom from you, and the ancient Shu capital created by you and Emperor Wangdi is icing on the cake and is thriving. Your children and grandchildren from generation to generation, the happy life under the sunshine and rain is like the azalea on the Rooster Crown Mountain, red every day; Just like the long flowing water in the Wenjing River, wave after wave!
What a Zhu's street, because of the statue of Zhu Li and know the origin of its name, because of the statue of Zhu Li and highlight the glory of history. On the ever-changing new journey, standing at the peak of the history and culture of Shu, it will not take much time here, and it will spread to the end of the world in all directions if it is adjacent to each other, and the future is promising!
The azaleas bloom, and the soul of Shu is promoted; Chongzhou roots, the earth is long! How can we not applaud, how can we not sing!
Source: Shi Zhi Chongzhou
Author: Zhang Boling
Photo: Yukiko Nakiyo