In the "Chongqing Song" that was circulated in Yucheng in the old days, it was described to the East Water Gate as follows: "The East Water Gate, there is a four-square ancient, facing the Zhenwu Mountain, and the carp jumps the dragon gate."
Zhenwu Mountain, that is, the mountain on which Tushan Temple on the south bank of the Yangtze River leans, there is a Zhenwu Hall in the temple, commonly known as Zhenwu Palace, and the name of the mountain is Zhenwu Mountain, which is the top of Tushan Mountain. The dragon gate is said to be the dragon gate on the south bank, and the folk have the saying of "carp jumping the dragon gate". Only that "four-square well" is difficult for people to find today, leaving only songs and ballads, which arouse people's nostalgia for the past.
The East Water Gate is also a masterpiece of The Ming Dynasty's Chongqing Wei commander Dai Ding to build a stone city. From the Chaotian Gate upwards, past the Cuiwei Gate, the city gate adjacent to it is the quite famous East Water Gate. The East Water Gate does not have an urn city, located in the old days of Chongqing City, the city tower is built on the mountain, the city gate is diagonally open, in other words, the east water gate is parallel to the river, along the Yangtze River, facing the east. Outside the city gate, a long stone ladder ridge leads to the riverside, because of the city gate that opens to the east, it is called the East Water Gate.
Orienting towards the named East Water Gate, the city gate can go straight up to Shaanxi Street through Pingjiezi and Zhu Cross. Pingjiezi and Zhu Cross are the old names, which have been merged to form Dongzheng Street. Shaanxi Street starts from Chaotianmen in the east and reaches the daomen in the west, and the East Water Gate is at the end of Shaanxi Street. know.
▲ Old photos of the former road entrance
It is said that The East Water Gate is quite famous, not false at all, and it is well documented. First of all, here is facing the Yangtze River, the city is the noisy Khotan district, as well as the highest administrator in Chongqing City Yamen Chuan East Road Office Tiger is here, the Ming and Qing Dynasties East Water Gate is a famous ancient ferry, but at the beginning of the last century, after the demolition of the city wall, changed to Wanglongmen across the river, the hustle and bustle of the East Water Gate has gradually become cold and silent.
Another reason for the fame of Dongshuimen is the ancient battlefield formed by frequent wars. In February 1278, Zhang Jue, the deputy envoy of Sichuan and the prefect of Chongqing, known as the "General of Sichuan", led his troops out of the Fufeng Gate to fight with the Yuan general Ye Suo'er at Fusangba, and the Yuan generals attacked it from behind, and the Jue army collapsed. Zhang Jue's team fought against the Yuan soldiers, and the Yuan general Wang Liangchen was hit by four arrows, and Bald Manda'er repeatedly attacked the Xuanfeng Gate, but was still defeated, and this battle greatly promoted the prestige of the Song army.
Where are the Fufeng Gate and Fusang Dam of Zhang Jue's Great War Yuanbing? The "Biography of Song Shi Zhang Jue" records this incident, but it is not clear where the door is. Where is the dam? The Fu Feng Gate was built in the spring of the fourth year (1240) of Song Jiaxi by Peng Daya, the former prefect of Chongqing. Fusangba, Tongzhi and other documents say "in the east of the county" and "in the east of the province", and there is no real reference. Because the language is not clear and the explanation is not clear, where is the Kaoru Gate becoming a mystery of the unsolved case? Fortunately, according to the geographical location, the East Water Gate is the Kaoru Gate recorded in the literature and history books, and the open area along the river east of the East Water Gate should be the ancient battlefield Fusang Dam.
What makes Dongshuimen famous are also the cultural relics of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the "washed ink pond" full of people's literary volume, the Zhuangyuan Bridge, which symbolizes the ascension of the first place, the Yuwang Temple dedicated to the heroes of water control, the Floating Pagoda standing on the side of the temple, the statue of Kuixing god enshrined on the tower, and the towering drum tower on the edge of the city cliff... All this decorates the East Water Gate with great humanistic color. Folklore also says: Bayu No Wenzong is exactly what he sent here!
However, the heavens were not beautiful, and the merciless disaster jumped up on the flat ground and followed. On July 25, 1894, a huge fire broke out in the southeast area of Yucheng, the fire dragon jumped violently, burning for fifteen hours, the Daomen Gate, Datong Street, Zhuangyuan Bridge, and Shaanxi Street were all burned down, and the East Water Gate was tragically destroyed. On March 14, 1930, a fire broke out again in the East Water Gate area, the fire was merciless and fierce, and more than 1,000 shops were burned, and the losses reached 10 million.
Fortunately, after the two fires, the remnants of the disaster, the large Ming and Qing Dynasty building complexes of the East Water Gate and the Huguang Guild Hall were mostly preserved. Even after ten years of blood-colored catastrophe, it is a miracle that it has escaped the catastrophe.
The ancient East Water Gate and the mottled Huguang Guild Hall still stand on the Yangtze River, which is the prosperity and glory of the commercial port that Chongqing once had, which is the historical witness of the vast number of immigrants in the lake. Through the tunnel of time, after six hundred years of vicissitudes, full of history and culture, antique, frank and shallow, long years, long distance, is not it the eternal and long beauty!
The folk song "Chongqing Song" records the city gate as follows:
Chaotian Gate, large pier, greeting officials and receiving saints. Cuiwei door, hanging colored satin, five colors of vivid.
Thousand gates, flower buns, snow as silver. Hongya Gate, wide boat open, kill chickens and worship gods.
Linjiangmen, dung wharf, fertile field has this. Tai'an Gate, Taiping Cang, Ji Gu Li Min.
Pass through the far door, the gongs and drums sound, and watch the buried dead. Golden soup doors, wooden coffins, neatly sized.
Nanji Gate, cai lanzi, gushed in. Phoenix Gate, Chuandao turn, cattle and sheep flocks.
Chu Qi Men, medicinal herbs help, heals all diseases. The golden purple gate, just opposite, the town platform yamen.
Taiping Gate, Old Drum Tower, time report. People and doors, artillery sounds, the general master goes out on patrol.
Dingyuan Gate, Yard Dam, Dancing Knife Stick. Fuxing Gate, sneaking horse, as fast as a cloud.
East Water Gate, there is a four-square ancient, directly opposite, Zhenwu Mountain, carp jumping dragon gate.
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