It is said that the word Tianya first appeared in the Han Dynasty Lefu poem "Xingxing And Re-xingxing": "Xingxing re-walking, separating from Junsheng." More than 10,000 miles apart, each in the sky. ”
Stone carvings at the end of the world
The two words Tianya and Haijiao (earth corner), the first time they appeared in the same frame was in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Xu Ling's "When Emperor Wu Made a Portrait and the Book of Lingnan Chieftains": "Tianya is contemptuous, and the earth corner is leisurely." There is no reason to say it, but it is emotional. ”
Since then, some people have successively used the words tianya and haijiao in their poetry works. But the first to use the end of the world was the great poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty. He is featured in "Three Songs of Xunyang Spring. In the "Spring Life", it is said that "where the spring life travels in the dark, the cape is full of rest." Advance and wind report the news, continue to call the chirping bird to say the reason."
According to modern statistics, there are more than 1500 poems by poets of past generations with the words "Tianya" and "Cape".
Like what:
Yan Shu's "Go up to the tall building alone, look at the end of the world";
Ge Changgeng's "How many winds before the moon, the ends of the earth, the soul dreams are also desolate";
Wang Bo's "Confidant in the Sea, If the End of the World is Nearby";
Zhang Songlao's "Holding the violin flutters in the wind and was once the head of the end of the world";
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Cape stone carvings
It seems that the ancients still loved the word "end of the world". They pinned all kinds of emotions on this word, and they also used it in a mysterious way! For thousands of years, the word "the end of the world" has gradually evolved into an idiom with the unique emotions of the Chinese nation.
The term "end of the world" was originally used to refer specifically to distant places.
All kinds of people who have been degraded, or who have been prosecuted, or who have violated the law and committed crimes, etc., have often been exiled to the land of "the ends of the earth". Meaning: you roll me farther away, don't want to see you, see it is annoying!
Shu Dao
Du Shaofu was once demoted to Shudi as an official, which was the "end of heaven" that people knew at that time, and if he went there, it meant that he could not return.
At that time, the "end of the world" did not have a specific place name location, which was generally used to refer to remote and barbaric places.
In the fifty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty (1714), when the first national mapping in Chinese history was carried out, the stone on the seashore of Yazhou (present-day Sanya) was inscribed with the inscription "Sea Judgment Of the Southern Heavens" as a landmark commemoration.
Sea judgment Nantian stone carving
It was chosen as the southernmost sea-sky confluence of land, and is the Antarctic landmark of China's land map.
Later, in the eleventh year of Qing Yongzheng (1733), Cheng Zhe, the prefect of Yazhou, visited the seaside and inscribed the words "Tianya" on a boulder.
At this point, the "end of the world", which has never had a specific destination, has been circled on the coast of the South China Sea where sea and sky intersect. The emotions of the world that miss people, miss the past, etc., have finally found a foothold.
Legend has it that as long as a couple goes to the ends of the earth together, they can have each other for a lifetime. What a legend! Then again, will this also be a place where some scumbags and scumbags don't dare to go? After all, going is a lifetime!
It seems that the end of the world stone is also a "touchstone".
The end of the world is here?
As for the word "cape" on the other stone, although the "Chronicle of Yazhou" does not record who carved it when. However, it is clear that when the "Tianya" stone carving appeared, the "Cape" stone carving had not yet appeared, otherwise there was no reason for the "Yazhou Chronicle" to record "Tianya" alone and not the "Cape".
China has a vast land and a long history and culture, and there are different theories about where the ends of the earth are. Some people have verified that there was a Tianya Pavilion in Qinzhou (present-day Lingshan, Guangxi) and a Cape Pavilion in Lianzhou (present-day Hepu, Guangxi).
This is not nonsense. Zhou Zhifei's "Lingwai Dai answer" has this record: as early as the Song Dynasty, there were Tianya Pavilion and Haijiao Pavilion in Qinlian Erzhou, and they were preserved until the Ming and Qing dynasties.
This time period is nearly 700 years earlier than the name of "The End of the World" in Sanya, Hainan, separated by two or three dynasties.
Then, to ask where the real end of the world is, it is up to you to judge for yourself.
North Sea Seashore
Regarding Qinlian Erzhou, there is not only the Tianya Haijiao Pavilion here, but also the seaside of Beihai City in the ancient Qinzhou region, and there is also a scenic spot called "Sea Dry Stone Rot".
The specific location is at the westernmost end of Beihai City, a place called "GuantouLing". This is one of the most iconic local attractions and a must-see to the North Sea.
At this point in the story, I suddenly remember the verse commonly used by people to comfort men who have lost love, and I quote it here as the end of this story:
"There are few willows blowing on the branches, and there is no grass at the end of the world."
The words of encouragement are also very interesting: two-legged frogs cannot be found, and two-legged beauties are more.
Reading history wisely, learning history progress. The above is based on the original historical materials, if there is a similarity, it is expected.
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