Almost everyone who has studied in China knows the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's seven-fold "Qingming" poem:
During the Qingming Festival, the rain is pouring, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls, so they ask where the restaurant is, and the shepherd boy refers to the apricot blossom village.
The Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's poem "Qingming" won the apricot blossom village and also attracted endless controversy. This is also understandable. In the era when everything is centered on economic benefits, who has a loud voice and who can take the ownership of the name of Xinghua Village can easily use a single investment to stimulate the local economy, contribute to the local finance with tourism income, add luster to the hats of local officials, and increase jobs.
For the above purposes, as long as a certain local official or scholar can justify himself, even if he is full of nonsense, full of nonsense, and nonsense, it is not a strange thing.
The battle for the ownership of the "Apricot Blossom Village" has also been around for a long time, and every annual Qingming season, there will be a fierce war of words. In fact, which is just the annual Qingming Festival? This war of words seems to have never stopped in the folk.
The battle for apricot blossom village is by no means an isolated case. There are many battles for similar place names, such as the dispute over the ownership of the address of Zhuge Liang's cultivated land and the hermitage; the "Huaguo Mountain" place name battle of Sun Wukong in the novel "Journey to the West"; after the TV series "Langya List" was broadcast, Anhui Chuzhou, Jiangsu Nanjing, Shandong coastal areas and other places were competing for "Langya Mountain"; there was also a "Li Bai Former Residence" battle------
But there is no doubt that no matter how many places compete for these place names, and no matter what means they use to compete everywhere, there is only one truth. Take the name of "Xinghua Village", there are many places involved in the competition, but there are three places with sufficient reasons: Fenyang in Shanxi, Chizhou in Anhui, and Macheng in Hubei.
It's kind of interesting, like three unfilial sons and daughters vying for a huge inheritance left by their parents, not hesitating to break the blood. I even heard that they once went to court for this, and each of them hired a strong team of lawyers to talk about it and go to court.
To tell the truth, the author intellectually appreciates the behavior of local officials who tear their faces in order to improve the local economy. We have no right to criticize their thinking. Morally, though, I despise this behavior. If these local officials really have the ability, should they not base themselves on the local area, face the local reality, and operate and plan the local economy? This kind of indiscriminate scrambling behavior is indeed a bit worthless, and it also has a bit of a taste of "eating fiercely". With so much time, why can't we make a big effort to put in a good job? The apricot blossom village that Du Mu refers to must be only one, so if there are three families competing, two of them must be talking about it and using strong words.
In any case, the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's "Qingming" poem is indeed popular with "Apricot Blossom Village", there is no doubt about it. Some people say that due to the long age and no way to verify it, it has triggered a battle for the ownership of Xinghua Village in many places. Because there is no answer to the question, the argument can only continue. This argument, which is just a family statement, is obviously untenable.
There can be many people competing, but There is only one Mr. Du Mulao, and there is only one "Apricot Blossom Village" he refers to, which is the biggest entry point.
So, does the "apricot blossom village" really exist? If there really was such a village, this place, or this tavern in history, where should the place of belonging be today? It's okay today, let's take a look at it. Because Mr. Du Mu only said a name "Apricot Blossom Village", and did not explain clearly whether it was the name of the place, the name of the tavern, or the place where there were apricot blossoms, so we preset a few topics that may be related to "Apricot Blossom Village" and slowly pushed down.
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If Xinghua Village refers specifically to a certain village, in the place names of our country, the place name called Xinghua Village is too much. Among them, there are Xinghua Village in Chizhou, Anhui Province, Xinghua Village in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, Xinghua Village in Qiting Town, Macheng, Hubei Province, Xinghua Village in Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Xinghua Village in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Xinghua Village in Dongxiang County, Gansu Province, Xinghua Village in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, Xinghua Village in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Xinghua Village in Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province, and Xinghua Village in Qingpu District, Shanghai------ Of course, there are many places called Xinghua Village throughout the country, so I will not list them all.
However, although there are many places called Xinghua Village, Mr. Du Mu's experience is limited, it is impossible to have set foot in it, and there can only be one truth.
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If it is an apricot blossom village that refers to hotels and taverns, there are many of them. In order to avoid the platform misunderstanding that I advertise some hotels and restaurants privately, we can only briefly say some place names.
Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Hunan Hengyang City, Shaanxi Xi'an City, Shanxi City, Heilongjiang Harbin City, Anhui Chuzhou City------ and other places have restaurants and hotels called Xinghua Village. Probably, if not thousands, at least a few hundred.
Let's put it this way, there are apricot blossom village hotels and restaurants almost all over the country. However, some hotels and restaurants originally existed, and the history may be relatively long, while some restaurants and hotels have emerged from the heat in recent decades. In any case, the name of this apricot blossom village is indeed beautiful and bright, giving people a warm and pleasant feeling, even if it is rubbed hot, it is understandable. After all, the good name, everyone likes. If it is an indecent and disgusting name such as stinky, I am afraid that people will not be able to avoid it, and who is willing to fight and grab it.
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If it is an apricot blossom village that specifically refers to the winery, there are not many, only three places: Chizhou in Anhui, Fenyang in Shanxi, and Lüliang in Shanxi. There do not seem to be any wineries in other regions that are specifically named after the three words "apricot blossom village".
This scope has suddenly narrowed, but it is still difficult for us to understand where Mr. Du Mu is referring to this apricot blossom village.
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This range is undoubtedly a bit large, and it is estimated that there are apricot blossoms cultivated and grown throughout the country.
Almond trees, deciduous trees. Ground-grown, plant hairless. The leaves are alternate, broadly ovate or roundly oval leaves with blunt serrations at the edges; diadenodes at the tip of the petiole; pale red flowers are solitary or 2-3 synphytic, white or reddish. Round, oblong or flat round fruit core, the peel is mostly white, yellow to yellowish red, the sunny part often has a red halo and spots; dark yellow flesh, sweet and juicy; the core surface is smooth without spots, and the nuclear margin is thick and grooved. The kernels in the core are bitter or sweet. The flowering period is from March to April, and the fruit period is from June to July.
A few areas belong to the wild, in the Ili area of Xinjiang into pure forests or mixed with the xinjiang wild apple forest, up to 3000 meters above sea level. It is also cultivated all over the world. Apricot is an important economic fruit tree species, one of the common fruits, extremely rich in nutrients, containing more sugar, protein and minerals such as calcium and phosphorus, as well as provitamin A, vitamin C and B vitamins.
From the above introduction, it can be seen that in China, in addition to Tibet and Qinghai, which cannot grow normally at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, the planting distribution throughout the country should be very extensive.
That said, there are too many places to grow almond trees or have wild almond trees. But Mr. Du Mulao's "Qingming" poem cannot point to so many places, he refers to only one place.
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From the above four situations, we still cannot draw correct conclusions. It seems that there is only one way now, that is, to find the truth from Mr. Du Mu's life experience and address.
Du Mu (杜牧), a native of Tang Dynasty (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi), was a Chinese poet. Tang Dynasty literary scholar, Yamato Jinshi. In his later years, he lived in Fanchuan Beiye, known as Du Fanchuan.
Du Mu has a straight temperament, is informal, is not good at and does not like to meet the powerful. He considered himself to have a talent for strategy, and his poetry and literature were well-known. His prose is most famous in "A Fang Gong Fu"; his poems are bright and timeless, and his poems are especially praised by the world, known as Xiao Du. Du Mu and Li Shangyin are equally named and collectively called "Little Li Du" to distinguish them from Li Bai and Du Fu's "Big Li Du".
He has held the following positions and places of service:
1, Huainan Jiedu envoy to the secretary. The address of the office was in present-day Anhui Province.
2. Supervise the imperial history. The capital of the Tang Dynasty had two, one was Chang'an and the other was Luoyang. However, according to Du Mu's birth and death years, the era in which he lived, the capital of the Tang Dynasty was still in Chang'an.
3, Xuanzhou regiment training judge. Ancient Xuanzhou, now also known as Xuancheng and Xuancheng, was governed by present-day Anhui Province.
4, The Imperial Attendant in the Temple. The Tang Dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty officials. The attaché was six people, from seven pins down. The seat of government was Chang'an, in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi.
5. Inner offerings. The official name of the Tang Dynasty, the monks and officials enshrined in the inner dojo in the palace were called "inner offerings". The address of the seat was in Chang'an, in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi.
6. Left fill-in. The address of the seat was in Chang'an, in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi.
7. Compiled by the History Museum. The address was in Chang'an, which is now Xi'an, Shaanxi.
8, Si Xun Ren Wai Lang. The address of the seat was in Chang'an, in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi.
9, Huangzhou Thorn History. The seat of government was in present-day Huanggang City, Hubei Province, on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
10, Chizhou Thorn History. The seat of government was in present-day Anhui Province.
11, Muzhou Thorn History. The seat of government was in present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
12, Huzhou Thorn History. The seat of government was in present-day Zhejiang Province.
13, Fan Chuan, now belongs to xi'an region. This is Du Mu's birthplace, hometown, and the place where he spent his old age after retirement.
From the above Resume of Du Mu, we know that the places he walked through were: Xi'an in Shaanxi, Huainan (now central Jiangsu Province, central Anhui Province, northeast Hubei Province and southeast corner of Henan Province), Huanggang and Huangzhou in Hubei, Chizhou and Xuancheng in Anhui, Muzhou and Huzhou in Zhejiang. Then he retired, returned to Xi'an, and lived in Fanchuan Beiye.
Judging from Du Mu's above experiences, from the three controversial families, Shanxi, he has not been. Hubei and Anhui, he has all served in office. That is to say, Shanxi Xinghua Village should be eliminated. Now it is only reduced to Anhui and Hubei.
Some friends in Shanxi may say: Du Mu is an official of the imperial court, although he has not served in Shanxi, he can not go to Shanxi Xinghua Village for a trip?
There is no reason to say that there is no truth in this. But friends who know history know that officials in ancient times could not speak the same language as officials today. Every time an official in a place of service expired, he had to hurry to the capital to hand over his post, and then wait for the official to review and decide whether to be promoted or demoted on the basis of the political achievements of the place where he left office; whether to stay in Beijing and become a Beijing official, or to be released and become a local official. They don't have much free time of their own. If you want to wander around like Li Bai and play in the mountains, you have to resign and not do it. Therefore, the whereabouts of ancient officials are well known. Coupled with the inconvenience of ancient roads, they travel once, it is not easy. Now the whereabouts of the officials cannot be grasped. Wherever they want to go, it's a matter of seconds. Trains, planes, high-speed trains, trains, the choice is yours, and it's fast.
Judging from Du Mu's representative works, there are many works, almost all of which are popular among the population. When he was young, he was particularly fond of military books, and he once annotated thirteen articles in Cao Cao's "Sun Tzu's Art of War". He is also the author of "Words of Sin", "Theory of War", "Theory of Shou", "TheOry of the Former Sixteen Guards" and other literary treatises on contemporary military affairs. In the third year of Huichang (843 AD), the Zhaoyi army was in turmoil, and Du Mu wrote to Li Deyu on the method of using soldiers, which was adopted by Li Deyu. There are "Fan Chuan Anthology".
Then, this seven-sentence poem "Qingming" about Du Mu was written in the sixth year of Emperor Wuzong of Tang (846 AD), when Du Mu was in the post of Assassin in Chizhou, Anhui. He was originally from Xi'an, Shaanxi, according to China's tradition, every Time he arrived at qingming, it was the day to remember the deceased ancestors, Du Mu belonged to "being in a foreign land as a stranger", naturally "every festive season to think of relatives". Qingming day, although it is not a good festival, but every time on this day, most people can't help but see the scene and feel sad. Du Mu is naturally no exception, he inevitably has to prepare incense candles, paper horses, at the intersection of all directions, burn some paper, pay tribute to incense, and send his ancestors from afar.
On this day, it seems that God is also very cooperative with these filial sons who remember their ancestors, and before they know it, it will rain in the sky. When it rained, whether it was a person who burned paper on the grave or a passer-by on the road, they were trying to find a place to shelter from the rain. Because Du Mu is a foreigner and is not familiar with the local area, one is to find a place to shelter from the rain, and the other is to come out for a long time, it is inevitable to be thirsty. Seeing a shepherd boy on the side of the road, he asked, "Little brother, where are the taverns here?" The shepherd boy pointed to the distance: "From here all the way, there is a tavern called Xinghua Village." ”
In the western suburbs of Guichi, Chizhou, there was indeed an apricot blossom village in ancient times. According to local records, during the Tang Dynasty, there was an old man named Huang Guangrun who once made wine and sold it here. There is a well in the xinghua village store, the water is like a sweet spring, especially delicious, known as "Huanggong Guangrun Yuquan". The store makes wine in the backyard, and in front of the shop is the Apricot Blossom Village Tavern.
Therefore, the apricot blossom village mentioned by Du Mu should refer to the apricot blossom village tavern in the western suburbs of Guichi in Chizhou, Anhui. This "apricot blossom village" is not only a small workshop where Mr. Huang Guangrun made wine, but also a tavern that ushered in the delivery.
Since he was in chizhou at that time, what he wrote was definitely also the "apricot blossom village" in the Chizhou area, and it was impossible to refer to Hubei or other places. As for the "Xinghua Village" in Shanxi, as mentioned earlier, although it has a long history and is very famous, according to research, Du Mu has no experience in Shanxi, that is to say, he has not been to Shanxi. Even if he had heard that Shanxi Xinghua Village was famous, he would certainly not write about "Xinghua Village" in Shanxi.
However, it is said that the ancient village of Xinghua Village here in Chizhou, Anhui Province, has long ceased to exist, and the current Xinghua Village was built after 2000 AD.
The above is the conclusion drawn from my limited insight, the "apricot blossom village" mentioned in the seven poems of Mr. Du Mulao's "Qingming" can only refer to the ancient apricot blossom village in Chizhou, Anhui, and cannot refer to any other place.