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Recently, I read Mr. Jiang Houqi's "Daolin Iron Soul" by Mr. Jiang Houqi, a Daolin man in Ningxiang, and recalled the "Nine Chapters of Daolin" made by Mr. Yang Luoxian last year, and I couldn't help but have the impulse to do the Daolin line again. One weekend in October 2021, when the weather was fine, I went on a trip with my lover. From Yuelu Avenue Municipal Government to Daolin Ancient Town is only more than 40 kilometers. The Republic of China's "Ningxiang County Chronicle" also contains: Daolin City, in the north of the Jin River, ninety miles away from the county (Ningxiang County). It can be seen that Daolin should be almost the same as the urban area of Changsha and the urban area of Ningxiang.
The first time I heard about Dowling was in the 1990s. After being transferred to the Changsha municipal government office in 1996, his colleague Qi Yi was a Daolin person and talked about Daolin many times. Until April 2018, it was also a weekend, the first Dowling trip. Unfortunately, when you leave, it is like the weather forecast is "cloudy", and soon after arrival, it is drizzling, although visiting and visiting in the rain is a fun, but in the end it is not possible to return home.
It's been a few days since Dowling's return. During this time, I wondered from time to time, what kind of image and style does Daolin Ancient Town show to the world?
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Many places of interest are yearning for a long history
Dowling has a long history. Tongzhi's "Ningxiang County Chronicle" contains: Daolin, the Song virgin Xie Ying lived here in seclusion, and was buried when he died, and Lin hugged the Road. The name of the land is named after a person, and the name of Dowling has been passed down to this day. Some experts also believe that Daolin, because the ancient state of Daoguo in the Spring and Autumn Period was destroyed by the State of Chu in 529 BC, some people of daoguo moved south to this place, because of the "forest of Daoren" and named. According to this argument, Dowling's history is even older. However, this theory and most people think that "Daolin is an ancient town with a history of more than 1100 years", the gap between time and space seems to be larger. But in any case, calling Daolin a "thousand-year-old town" should be worthy of the name.
Daolin mountains and rivers are beautiful, picturesque scenery, Tang Dynasty poet Saint Du Fuliu lived in Changsha, once left behind the "Yuquan south of the foothills of the mountain special, Daolin forest valley controversy" through the ages. The first beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers is Huangmao Daling, Qilin Mountain, and Lion Mountain. Jiaqing's "Ningxiang County Chronicle" contains: Huangmao Daling, with boulders towering dozens of feet, commonly known as Eagle's Mouth Ridge. In the east, there is a waterfall that hangs about two meters and falls into the stone pond. In front of the pond, the rocks are staggered, the spring is woven through it, the collision is like a roar, and the rush is also a good scene. Also loaded: the mountain stone wall is standing, resembling the unicorn head horn towering, overlooking the Jin River; Dozens of feet high, it confronts the Lion Mountain across the river, which is the key upstream. The Republic of China's "Ningxiang County Chronicle" contains: Lion Mountain and Qilin Mountain are opposite, daolin Shuikou Mountain, and are mountains between Lion Mountain and Leopard Ridge. It starts from Shihutang in the south, reaches the Jin River in the north and west, and the Zhushan Dam in the southwest. Eight miles from east to west, slightly the same as north and south. Also loaded: There are stones in the south of Qilin Mountain, yellow in color, as pure as a mirror, leaning on the side of the mirror, cloud shadow in front of the mirror, mountain light, willow embankment, Mai Long, such as into the picture.
There are also Jinhua Mountain, Leper Mountain, Huabiao Mountain, Shamao Mountain, Tangshan Ridge, Dajie Ridge, Gorge Water and so on. Only Tongzhi's "Ningxiang County Chronicle" contains: Jinhua Mountain, the mountain out of the bluestone, bright and lovely, the clear spring gushing out between the stones, the two wells trickling endlessly. Leper Mountain, two peaks of stone, mottled moss, looking like a head of leprosy in the distance. Huabiao Mountain, shaped like Huabiao, has Huabiao'an underneath. Dajie Ridge, also known as Yuping Mountain, crosses the ridge for the Xiangtan Realm, the five bodies are prepared, the front circumference is flat, and the Jade Screen is standing. Shamao Mountain, the west bank of Daolin Jianshui is the proximal vein of Qilin Mountain, with a round top and a left and right ridge, like a soft winged yarn hat. Winding the mountains, dividing the water in front of the gorge, the right tends to the Daolin, the left comes out of the Burning Tang River, and the same will build the river. Gorge water, Daolin on the side of the Gorge Pass Yamagaku Bridge. The water flows out of the mountains along the creek by the bridge, babbling, and the drought is endless, flowing into the Yellow Silk Dam. The city people take it with sake sake, which has a good aroma and taste.
The long history has left many scenic spots and splendid culture for Daolin. There are dozens of temples, temples, halls, ancestral halls, squares, and nunneries recorded in the historical records, as well as ancient libraries, reading halls, old houses, big houses, stone bridges, boat ports, beach crossings, docks and other scenic spots and sites. Such as temples, temples, halls, represented by the Grandmaster Temple, Linghui Temple, and Zushi Hall. The "Tongzhi County Chronicle" contains: Grandmaster is a place name, which was already there in the early Ming Dynasty. In the third year of the Ming Dynasty (1623), Huang Ting dedicated it. At the end of Chongzhen (1643), Inspector Liu Xizuo was martyred here, and it is said that Liu got his name. Linghui Temple, in the southern part of the county seventy miles Qilin Mountain, Jiang yilongzi Shilun built. During the Kangxi Dynasty, Jiang Rihuan read among them. In the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong (1793), the Jiang clan rebuilt. The Ancestral Hall, that is, the old "Daolin Mansion", one of the old "Eight Views of Daolin". In the second year of Jiajing (1523), Hu Mingshan of Zhixian County withdrew longfu temple and built it. In the fifty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1714), the people along the base of the museum created a temple and recruited monks to guard it; Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguangnian, the surnames have been repeatedly repaired...
Dowlingdi is a brilliant and talented person. Xie Ying, a famous general and scholar of the Song Dynasty, Huang Benji, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, Tang Jian, a qing dynasty scholar, Tang Jian, a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, Zhou Dawu, a famous general of the Xiang Army, Lu Diping, chairman of the "Three Provinces" of the Republic of China, and Lu Weiping, a famous anti-Japanese general of his clan, Cheng Bangjie, Xu Wendao, xu Baofan, a revolutionary hero, and Luo Yuting, a famous Xiang opera artist... There are also philosophical masters born in modern times, such as Li Zehou, the famous writer Cui Hemei, and the famous scholar Jiang Peichang, who are all outstanding representatives of Daolin figures.
Xie Ying (1103-1192), a Song priest with the name of Yue Fei, after hearing of Yue Fei's murder, lamented that "time should not be done", and from then on he lived in seclusion in the Daolin Mountains, refused to leave the army several times, concentrated on reading and writing, and taught his disciples. He is the author of "ZhiYiLu", "White Cloud Yangsu Draft", "XunGuan Guijian" and other works. In order to commemorate Xie Ying, later generations built Xie Ying's tomb on Qilin Mountain and built the Xie Priest Ancestral Hall. Tang Jian (1778-1861), a jinshi in the fourteenth year of Jiaqing (1809), changed to Shu Jishi of Hanlin Yuan, and later successively served as an official of the Review, Imperial History, Fu, Dao, Zhen, and Clan, and was summoned as the secretary of Taichang Temple within the twentieth year of Daoguang (1840), one of the giants of the Yili School at that time, and was well-known as Jingmen. In Xinxing Village, Daolin Town, there is a tomb of Tang Jian. Huang Benji (1781-1854), a Qing Dao Guangju, studied the history of scripture, geography, and bibliography. His works include more than 30 kinds of 218 volumes, such as "Narrative of the Sacred Domain", "Three Rites from now on", "Mencius Chronicle", and "Hunan Wuzhi", which are collected into the "Three Long Things Zhai Series", and are listed as one of the eight writers of Huxiang in the Qing Dynasty. Lu Diping (1887~1935), who entered the Hunan Army Military Academy in November 1903, was a senior general of the Kuomintang in the Northern Expedition, and successively served as the chairman of Hunan Province, the chairman of Jiangxi Province, and the vice president of the Military Senate of the National Government.
Witnessing the many scenic spots and monuments in Daolin, you can't help but stop here for a long time, carefully taste, see things and think of people, read the present and nostalgia, and make people have infinite nostalgia and reverie - in those long-lost years, all kinds of stories and timeless legends that happened in the ancient land of Daolin deeply admired the "Daolin under the heavens", "Debei Heaven and Earth", "Daoguan Ancient and Modern".
The old town is looking forward to recreating the prosperity of the past
Daolin has been one of the old "Ningxiang Pu City" since ancient times, the material distribution center on the jinshui river, the mountain and the river are distributed in a strip, the shops are gathered, there are many temples, and the incense is flourishing. Jiaqing's "Ningxiang County Chronicle" contains: Daolin City, the west of the city is half of the street, there are Wang Lingguan Hall in the street, there are ancient houses, bricks and stones still exist. Tongzhi's "Ningxiang County Chronicle" contains: Daolin City, water and land are connected to Xiangtan, trade is more prosperous elsewhere, and the wine is very good. The Republic of China's "Ningxiang County Chronicle" contains: Daolin City, in the north of the Jin River, divided into upper sections, lower sections, half of the streets, more than 100 shops in the city. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the "Wenxi Fire" burned the ancient city of Changsha to the ground, and Daolin, eighty miles away, became a refuge for many high-ranking officials and nobles and poor people in Changsha.
After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, although the administrative division of Daolin has undergone several changes, its construction and development have changed with each passing day. With the opening of the entire line of the Changshaolou Expressway, the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Double Line and the Changshaolou Expressway crisscross and crisscross, and Daolin's traffic location advantages are fully highlighted. In August 2015, Ningxiang County proposed the "Construction of Daolin Ancient Town" as a leading project for tourism development, kicking off the prelude to the restoration of the old ancient town. The total land area of the project is about 3,000 mu, positioned as "seeing native China, reading Xiaoxiang stories, finding Changsha memories", divided into local China, Xiaoxiang stories, fashion styles, Daolin people's homes, pastoral pastoral songs and other functional areas, focusing on "nostalgia, ancient rhyme, crossing, style", with the theme of "the country's first real-life experience-type tourism and leisure resort ancient town", and is committed to building a first-class tourism leisure resort and rural tourism and leisure resort around the Changzhutan urban agglomeration.
The first Daolin trip is the turn of spring and summer, the season of mountain flowers, looking around, there are fields of rape flowers everywhere, pieces of, clusters of golden canola flowers, breeze blowing, golden waves are beautiful. At this time, the construction of the ancient town project was basically completed, and I did not watch more butterflies flying and listening to the bees singing, but eagerly went deep into the ancient town to visit and tour.
Entering the "native China", on the main axis of the lotus pond yingyue, antique corridor bridge, antique archway, ancient suspension bridge, ancient town gate, traditional houses and other scenic spots come into view, both sides maintain the natural style and the color of the four seasons, let people appreciate the scattered in the field of the earth brick houses, fisherman's residence, rice fragrant residence, hedge residence, banana residence, lotus pond residence, Jing Ya residence, mountain wild residence, Lu family compound, but dust house and other mud brick style residence, reproduce the rural life of living by the river and relying on the water a hundred years ago, reproducing the customs and life scenes of the ancient Daolin, Truly experience the return of Dorin in the dream.
"Xiaoxiang Story" is my most interesting and favorite section. Composed of ming and qing impressions, impressions of the Republic of China and the style buildings of the 30 years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, this section makes people truly feel the changes in Daolin culture and civilization through the restoration of the old, one street and one scene, one house and one tile, one article and one thing, as if to tell the story of life and art on the land of Xiaoxiang traveling through time and space. For example, stepping over the door of "Fraternity and Love" inscribed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the pawn shops, jewelry stores, watch shops, shopping malls, restaurants, hotels and other shops on both sides of the street, the police department, the savings association and other institutions, as well as the streets and alleys such as Iron Furnace Bay, Zehouli and Wenshan Lane, make people feel at home in the Republic of China era.
As a person born in the 1960s, I feel the most intimate scenery during the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Coming to the archway of "Serving the People", the "Chinese sons and daughters of Duoqizhi dare to teach the sun and the moon to change into a new heaven" made people suddenly return to that era. The "state-owned tea company", "people's shopping mall", "people's cinema", "people's barbershop", "Daolin Revolutionary Committee", "workers' and peasants' and soldiers' guest house" on the street side of the street were the "patents" of that era. The building has "Hold high the great banner of Mao Zedong Thought and march forward courageously!" Long live Chairman Mao, great leader, great commander- and great helmsman!" Summon up all your energy, strive to go upstream, and build socialism in the province as quickly as possible!" And other big red slogans, it is exciting. There is also "serving the people", which is the original intention that cannot be forgotten; "Conscientiously reading books and studying and understanding Marxism" is a lifelong lesson for Communists; "Self-reliance, hard work", is the inspirational saying of that generation; "Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing", is the pride and happiness of that generation; "Study hard and improve every day", we are still educating the younger generations in this way...
"Pastoral Pastoral" consists of four large courtyards and a central square, like a village, like a courtyard, like a big house, can be lived, can be appreciated, can be played, and strives to build a dream garden farm that integrates eating, living and shopping, and becomes a beautiful village with ecological environmental protection, organic circulation, low energy consumption and zero emissions. "Daolin People's Home" moderately transforms the original architectural style, and strives to show the quiet and comfortable life of the Daolin aborigines, so that people can "see Daolin leisurely". "Fashion Style" integrates indigenous resettlement areas with commercial real estate, combines contemporary architectural design and materials, and creates a pastoral rural base and style community that integrates farmhouses, bars, vacations and entertainment.
In April, the doughnut grass is long and flying, and the scenery is picturesque. Stroll through the stone paved passages or wooden boardwalks, flanked by mirror-like green water, sparkling and lush with trees in the distance. Walking in the small bridge flowing water, green and golden mixed fields, the fragrance of the earth and the fragrance of rape flowers fill the air, and occasionally the chickens leisurely forage in the flowers, a vivid and interesting pastoral landscape painting. Maybe it is not suitable for people to travel on rainy days, and the huge Daolin Ancient Town has few tourists, which makes me feel a little bit of a fly in the ointment...
The tide of the times calls for the construction of the most beautiful town
Thousand years of Daolin, Jin Shui passed through the town. Jin Shui was called "Waguan Shuikou" in ancient times, a tributary of the lower reaches of the Xiang River, named after the river channel passing in front of the tomb of Jin Shang, the grand master of the Chu State. Daolin Ancient Town, which is rich in materials and rich in people and has a profound heritage, has been a merchant town and a bright pearl embedded in the JinShui River since ancient times.
Just as the endless Jin River flows into the Xiang River, flows into the Dongting, leads to the Yangtze River, and runs to the sea, the immortal time has entered the 1920s, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new stage of development, the Millennium Jin River has surged with the restlessness of the new era, and the ancient town of Daolin has heard the tide of the new era. On September 28, 2021, Daolin Ancient Town ushered in a moment that attracted the attention of the world - the grand opening ceremony of the "Millennium Iron Soul • Hunan People" scenic spot was held, and with the hammer of the "golden hammer" falling and the rise of colored smoke, this rural revitalization project based on the rural countryside and featuring the integration of agricultural culture and tourism featuring the peasant performing arts cluster was officially opened to welcome guests.
The "Millennium Iron Soul Hunan People" scenic spot covers an area of 1380 acres, including three major sections of commercial blocks, happy farms and performing arts scenic spots, fully combining elements such as performing arts, research, leisure, food, commerce and entertainment, with the theme of revitalizing rural culture and inheriting the spirit of Red Huxiang, to create a cluster of scenic live performances. The commercial district features traditional handicraft workshops such as chili pepper mill, vinegar mill and blacksmith shop, combining performing arts interaction and consumer experience, and diversified the display of new rural cultural tourism formats under different historical styles. Happy Farm is a comprehensive agricultural park integrating leisure agriculture, agricultural tourism experience and pastoral life, creating a demonstration area for the integration of agriculture and tourism into rural revitalization. Taking the history and culture of Hunan as the context, the performing arts scenic spot deeply excavates the glorious deeds of Hunan cultural celebrities and revolutionary martyrs in the past and the famous ethnic spirit of "daring to be the first, bearing in mind the world", and in the form of peasant performances, it compiles, directs and performs a touching and profound real-life performance by itself, encouraging contemporary Hunan people to inherit the red gene and establish the ideal and belief of "thinking of the source of drinking water without forgetting the source, and not forgetting the people who dig wells when drinking water".
Entering the scenic spot, you will see a vertical sign with "Platform / Visitor Center / Hanfu Experience Hall", "Waiting Hall / Cow Pen Coffee", "Millennium Iron Soul Hunan People / Chen Family Style / Yamen Judgment Case", "Fisherman's Residence / Return of the Ancients / Wedding Parade / "Red Army Old Courtyard / Granary / Flower Drum Play" "Farmers Walking the Catwalk / Martial Arts Performance / Old Lady Born to Love Jealousy" Directions. The signs are flanked by "Bullpen Coffee" and "Waiting Hall" dojo buildings. "Niulan Coffee" is a cultural and leisure place with an agricultural theme, displaying traditional utensils such as oxcart sculptures, farming utensils, old wooden board coffee tables, and old-fashioned bucket hats, and the "Old Changsha Railway Station" opposite the "waiting hall". Tourists in and out of the "waiting hall" are like a group of Huxiang children full of family and country feelings boarding the train to go out to pursue their dreams, and like a group of Sanxiang sons and daughters who have achieved success in their careers, they have ideals and ambitions to embark on the return journey...
Coming out of the "waiting hall", you will see a long wooden boardwalk, and the vertical billboards on both sides of the "Millennium Iron Soul Hunan People / Dare to Be the First Hunan Feeling" are particularly eye-catching. Both sides of the boardwalk are lotus ponds, which have long passed the season when the lotus flowers are in full bloom, many lotus leaves have been yellowed or even withered, and only a few lotus leaves still hold the umbrella cover of youth, reminiscent of the pavilion and beautiful and delicate face when the pond is full of greenery. In addition to the yellow dotted with green lotus leaves, there are also thin and long grasses like pine needles that I can't name in the lotus pond, which can make people feel the exuberant vitality of life.
Walk out of the boardwalk, one side leads to the "platform", and the other side leads to the "Hanfu Experience Hall". On the "platform" is a train carrying the memory of time, which is the style of the old train of the Republic of China period, making people feel as if they have traveled to Changsha in the last century, where the story of Changsha that once happened is interpreted... I did not stay here too much, nor did I stop too much at the "Hanfu Experience Hall", and some eagerly came to the performance field of the theme play "Millennium Iron Soul Hunan People" - as a bloody Huxiang Hanzi, I seem to have been looking forward to it for a long time-
Inside the theater, on both sides of the stage are groups of sculptures cast in iron, and on each side is a huge trapezoidal sculpture lying on the side, with a sign embossed on the front, which reads, "The purpose of our revolution is to create a new world, / So that our next generation can live a happy life." "Always be prepared not to forget the original heart / Youth is always there, aiming for a thousand autumns, / A hundred years is still a teenager, and the struggle is youth!" Can't help but make people's blood boil, and the pride is sudden. According to reports, "Millennium Iron Soul • Hunan People" is a night drama, with the Ningxiang Intangible Cultural Heritage "traditional iron forging and casting skills" as the creative, more brilliant than fireworks "iron flowers" into the plot, through the dialogue through time and space and the enthusiastic iron flowers of the sky to interpret the "homeland and world feelings" of Hunan people from ancient times to the present. The whole drama is divided into seven chapters: "Prologue", "The Return of the Ancients", "The Dawn of the Revolution", "Military-Civilian Friendship", "Huxiang Heroic Martyrs", "Toward Victory" and "Youth Hunan", interspersed with magnificent iron flowers, which brilliantly describe the patriotic feelings of Hunan people who dare to be the first and are enthusiastic and radical.
Unfortunately, at this time it is the afternoon, and the lover still wants to go to the Immortal Ridge not far from here, and cannot sit here and wait for this night drama, only to wait for the right time to watch it later. It is gratifying that I don't know whether it is the pleasant climate of Daolin in October, the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, or the smell of the rice field soil and the fragrance of the straw that has not had time to plough after the late rice harvest, or the refreshing fragrance of the late blooming osmanthus flowers, which attracts guests from all over the world, this time to Daolin, the tourists have obviously increased a lot, men and women, young and old, endlessly, especially the groups of young people, I don't know whether it is the young students of the university or the young employees of the enterprise, the face full of vitality is full of joyful smiles...
Standing on the banks of the Jin River, the river water at your feet is clear and clear, and the microwave ripples in the gentle autumn wind. The slow eastward flow of the river is like a moving song sung in a low voice, and the ear seems to hear the earnest call and echo of the times to build Daolin Ancient Town into "China's best global tourism and leisure destination" and "national beautiful rural tourism destination".
About the Author:
Jiang Jizheng is the deputy secretary-general and director of the general office of Changsha Municipal Government, and a member of the Provincial Writers Association