After living and working in Wuli Street for twenty-five years, I didn't even know that in Sun Cuo, which is not far from our school, there are ancient cuo groups such as Golden Horn Cuo, Barn Cuo, Tulou Cuo and so on.
On the weekend of Qinghe, accompanied by Teacher Sun, who is enthusiastic about the restoration of the ancient town, we came to Sun Cuo to have a close contact with the silent and vicissitudes of the ancient house, and visited the corners and corners of the ancient house.
Teacher Sun said that the pattern of Sun Cuo is like a loom, with seven floors from top to bottom. It is said that the most authentic Ancestor of Yongchun is Sun Qingshui and Sun Bang, who live in SunCuo Tuloucuo. I asked doubtfully, "Isn't the Pungsha turtle the most famous on the other side of The Mountain?" Teacher Sun said, "The one in Yueshan is Sun Cuo's son-in-law, and he learned his craft from here."
We chatted and walked, first to tuloucuo. Tuloucuo basically maintains its original appearance, there is a spring well in the east, and a middle-aged man is washing meat skin. "The water in this well is so clear!" I exclaimed. Teacher Sun corrected me and said, "It's not a well, it's a well." The well water is sweet and clear mountain spring water, which used to be used as a turtle, and now it is used to make tea, the water quality is particularly good, and the tea brewed is more fragrant. "What a baby! I looked into the well for a while before I followed Teacher Sun into the tulou.
The tulou has two floors, the doors are much higher than other ancient houses, and the steps are three steps more than other ancient houses, with a total of six steps. Generally, the steps of the ancient house are singular, but the tulou side is even. The whole façade is also atmospheric and spacious. Teacher Sun said that more than three hundred years ago, this earthen building was a military barracks, stationed troops, so the building was built tall and spacious. The building is surrounded by walls and can be patrolled by horses. At the back of the building, there are several yellow bark fruit trees and lychee trees, all of which are more than 300 years old, but they are still leafy.
Leaving Tuloucuo and seeing the magical "Izumi Lotus" of the Golden Horn House, we came to the barn house again. It is said that the barn was originally the granary of the troops, and during the Republic of China, overseas Chinese were approved, also known as "Fengji". "What is an overseas Chinese approval?" I asked strangely. Teacher Sun said that overseas Chinese approval is a kind of financial institution run for overseas Chinese. We walked in and saw that the old house on the east side had been turned into a small three-story brick building, and the old house on the west side had collapsed several times, and the collapsed place was overgrown with weeds. What a pity, I thought to myself. However, I know that this is no way to do it, a room in the ancient house is often several people have a share, not to say that the repair is safe and uneventful, as soon as it is said that the repair is nonsense, the opinions cannot be unified. As a result, many ancient houses have decayed and collapsed due to disrepair, and many precious antiquities have been damaged.
As he was spinning around, an old man walked in. He said something magical. He said that in order to rebuild the new house, when demolishing the old house, he found more than thirty grains of about three hundred years old in the cracks in the wooden floor of the old house, and each one was well preserved. He peeled one off, and the rice skin inside was red and the heart of the rice was white. I couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so powerful to keep it for so long and not turn into ashes!" The old man said: "It is indeed very powerful, this barn house even has a natural antiseptic function." "Thinking that we often eat foods containing preservatives now, I can't help but deeply admire the wisdom of the ancients!
Wandering among the ancient houses, my heart fluctuated and I felt a lot of emotions. Every ancient house is a history of change and vicissitudes! We just looked at the skin, if we dig carefully and explore, I don't know how many touching stories and legends will emerge.
Gu Cuo, lying silently in the sun, did not speak.
Source丨Haisi Ancient Town Wuli Street