There is a Longdong Bay in Lizi Village, Taiji Town, Qianjiang District, where there is a remnant of a house, the main body of the house has long collapsed and decayed, and only a few remnants of decaying wood remain. Only one of the cornerstones along the steps is well preserved, and it can be seen from the size and workmanship of the cornerstone that the people here must have been large households before.
Remains of the Chan house
Walking about 100 meters from the house ruins, it is a small ravine, there is a natural cave in the ditch, a spring water gushes out of the cave, clear and sweet, the people call this cave out of the water dragon cave, the ravine is called longdong ditch, is also the most important living well of the local Chen family, after a hundred years, the amount of water is still abundant, never dry.
The dragon cave is complete
On the left side of the cave wall, there is a cliff carving, the word "Dragon Cave" is very eye-catching, the font is vigorous and powerful, the carving is exquisite, because there is no fall, who the writer is still unknown.
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Some people say that the person who wrote the inscription was Zhang Jiuzhang of Ren Qianjiang Zhi County during the Guangxu period, and he once inscribed the four words "Jian Lian Yu" on the cliffs in the territory of the Shijia family in Qianjiang.
Qianjiang County Order Zhang Jiuzhang inscription: "Forge a clean and honest corner"
It is also said that this word was inscribed by Zhang Zhidong of Sichuan Xuezheng during the Tongzhi period, and when Zhang Zhidong, a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty, was serving as a scholar of Sichuan, he left an ink treasure at the Xiangshan Temple in Shihui Town, Qianjiang. His calligraphy is vigorous, handsome and bold, with ups and downs. Natural abundance and penmanship are common styles in his book style.
Stone ladder ruins
Link the stone carvings of the Dragon Cave with the ruins of the houses, and people will feel that this place is not ordinary. According to the locals: next to the Dragon Cave, there is a Chen family, the family is prosperous, the reputation is prominent, a family for several generations, elite generations.
The 81-year-old Chen Guiwei said: The ancestor Chen Fanyuan, who was admitted as a gongsheng in the last year of the Qing Dynasty, was one of the main writers in the compilation of The Chronicle of Qianjiang County in the 20th year of Guangxu, and later served in Chengdu, Sichuan. After his death, the original coffin was transported from Chengdu back to his original hometown of Qianjiang for burial, and the guardian of the spirit spared no effort, carrying the coffin to trek thousands of miles to help the old man realize the long-cherished wish of returning to the roots of the leaves.
Chen Gui pod old man
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there were still many people in the Chen family who were on errands, such as the county magistrate as a master and the township as a security chief.
For example, Chen Qingcheng, born in 1920, is 96 years old this year, and he is still deaf and clear in his memory at nearly 100 years old. Chen Qingcheng joined the Kuomintang army in his early years, and in 1949 he went to Taiwan and served as the mayor of Fengyuan City, Taichung County.
What makes Chen Gui pod most proud is that his son is a professor at Chongqing Technology and Business University. His son, Xu Jiang, was born in 1973, studied for a doctorate after graduating from Sichuan University, and taught at Chongqing Technology and Business University after graduating with a doctorate in 2000.
From this point of view, the Chen family in Longdong Bay is full of talents, and during the Qing Dynasty, there were people in the government, and when Zhang Zhidong came to Qianjiang, inviting him to write an inscription for the Dragon Cave in his hometown should be an easy thing to do. The Longdonggou Moya stone carving is the most likely to be the handwriting of Zhang Zhidong.
In the thirteenth year of Tongzhi (December 1874), Zhang Zhidong went to Youyang Prefecture to preside over the examination, which lasted for nearly a month. At that time, there were 4 jianzhan and su stations in Qianjiang that received xuezheng. Zhang Zhidong was stranded in Qianjiang. He searched for Jasic and the famous mountain Dachuan, climbed the Wuling XianShan to worship the True Martial Temple, and left famous poems. This experience became the most important time basis for the inscription "Dragon Cave".
Chen Xuli (left)
According to Chen Xuli, the old branch secretary of Bajiao Village in Taiji Township, his grandfather once served as a master in Qianjiang County. According to his grandfather, the word "Dragon Cave" was inscribed by Zhang Zhidong, one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty.