Tailors and shavers in Fuzhou

"Fuzhou Huangxiang is thinly forested, tailored, and self-dispatched with poetry. "Yong Shi" Yun: "Candle shadow axe sound thousands of years of case, pearl coix for a while wronged." "White Peach Blossom" Cloud: "Don't argue about the rhyme of the willow wind, only owe the plum blossom snow god." ’”

"There are Lin Xing people in the West Gate of Fuzhou, who have shaved their hair and also sent themselves to chant poems. "Even Feeling" Yun: "Generations of people are like puppets, who dreams of Handan?" "Night Thoughts" Cloud: "The wine is exhausted and the flowers are outside, and the poems are melancholy into the sound of rain." ’”

These are two notes from the Barnyard Banknotes. The former is also recorded in the "Chronicle of Three Lanes and Seven Alleys". If there is a question: how to prove that Fuzhou has a deep cultural heritage? These two notes are probably better than the article.

Lin Xi and Lin Xing, the tailors of the Yellow Lane of the Qing Dynasty and the barber of Ximen, have a low status, but have a "elegant" hobby, and the way to pass the time in leisure is "chanting poetry and self-dispatch", which is awe-inspiring. The level of his poetry can be passed down through history, and we can appreciate it.

"Yong Shi" Yun: "Candle shadow axe sound thousand years of case, pearl coix for a moment wrong." "Candle shadow axe sound, also known as axe sound candle shadow." In the ninth year of Song Kaibao (976 AD), at midnight in October, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was seriously ill, and after Zhao Guangyi, the King of Jin, entered the palace, the palace attendants saw Zhao Guangyi leave his seat from time to time under the shadow of the candle, and also heard the sound of an axe falling to the ground. Early the next morning, the news of Zhao Kuangyin's death came out, which was called the "Axe sound of candle shadows" in the history books. Later Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne and was known as Emperor Taizong. Whether Zhao Guangyi plotted to murder Taizu to usurp the throne, later generations have different opinions, becoming one of the outstanding cases of the Song Dynasty.

The source of "pearl coix" is "coix pearl", which is confusing whether it is true or false. "Later Han Shu Ma Yuan Biography" record: The famous Han Dynasty general Ma Yuan led the army to fight in Vietnam, often ate some coix kernels to avoid miasma and moisture, when he returned to China, he brought a cart of large coix seeds, thinking that he could do seed cultivation, but some people were hungry, and what he brought back was a car of pearl treasures.

The meaning of these two verses in the "History of Yong" is that the historical facts circulated are as suspicious as the "sound of the axe of candle shadows" and "pearl coix". We seem to hear the author asking: Where is the truth of history?

"White Peach Blossom" cloud: "Do not argue about the rhyme of the willow wind, only owe the plum blossom snow god." "This is a poem of poetry, praising the humble posture of the white peach blossom, not competing with the willows, but compared with the spirit of the plum blossom proud snow, there is a lack, less or that kind of lonely, chaste and self-loving sentiment."

The ancients liked to entrust things to speak, and on the surface they chanted things, but in fact, they pinned on some feelings. The author sees the white peach blossoms, thinks of the white willows and the plum blossoms in the white snow, and accurately grasps the demeanor and spirit of these three. Judging from the expression, the author undoubtedly admires the quality pursuit contained in the plum of the proud snow.

"Even Feeling" Yun: "Generations of people are like puppets, who dreams of Handan?" "Liezi Tang Qing records: During the reign of King Mu of Zhou, the skillful craftsman Yanshi created a puppeteer who could sing and dance, that is, a puppet." Handan Dream", also known as "Huangliang Dream". In the Tang Dynasty Shen Jieji's "Pillow Record", it is said that Lu Sheng stayed at the Handan Hotel, and after falling asleep, he had a good dream of enjoying the glory and wealth of his life. When I woke up, the small rice was not yet cooked, because I had some understanding. This story has been repeatedly rewritten and adapted, including "Nanke Ji", "Handan Ji", "Continuing Huang Liang" and so on.

The author feels: People live from generation to generation, like puppets, they can't help themselves, but how can so many people always have a good dream of enjoying prosperity.

"Night Thoughts" Cloud: "Outside the cold flowers and shadows of the wine, the poems are melancholy into the sound of rain." This is a fragment of the author's life record. This night, he drank some wine alone, and after drinking, he looked at the distant flowers and shadows, and the chill struck; the rain did not know when it fell, and the sorrow in his heart turned into verses, accompanied by the sound of rain, beating such a night.

Fuzhou Huangxiang Lin Slender, Ximen Lin xing, in the long river of cultural history, left these eight poems. However, this is enough, and the style taste, artistic expression, and appeal of these poems are not inferior to those of literati poetry. There are so many tailors and shavers in the world, but there are only tailors and shavers who can leave their names in poetry, at least I have not heard of them.

This phenomenon is amazing, but in Fuzhou, the soil of "coastal Zoulu", it seems to be "normal". "The road is full of ten guests and nine young people, and half of them are compatriots and old brothers. The most memorable city bridge is quietly lit, and the alleys are reading at the end of the alley. "Fuzhou has always been prosperous in learning, there are readers and reading voices everywhere, and the opportunity for ordinary people to contact and learn poetry is not difficult to obtain."

Take the Yellow Lane where Lin Xiaoxian is located. Huangxiang belongs to the three squares and seven lanes, the three lanes and seven lanes originated in the Jin Dynasty, formed in the late Tang Dynasty, to the ming and qing dynasties to reach its peak, has been "the settlement of celebrities in Fujian", known as the source of Fuzhou's history, the root of culture. Yellow Lane is south of Tower Lane. During the Jin Yongjia period, the People of the Central Plains surnamed Huang avoided chaos and settled here, so it was called Huang Lane. Huang Pu of the Tang Dynasty is hidden here. Huang Chao's army entered Fuzhou, and because he heard of Huang Pu's name, he ordered the soldiers to "extinguish the torch". The alley has lived in many generations, and the humanities are gathered. The Prefects of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Wenying, Lin Zhichun, Inspector Li Fu, Master Liang Zhangju, Jinshi Chen Shouqi, and Zhao Xin all lived in the alley.

Both tailors and shavers deal with people on a daily basis. It is conceivable that the reason why Lin Xixie can become a "poet" is inseparable from the profound cultural atmosphere of Huangxiang and the environment of advocating culture. When I hear it, I can't write poetry but I can also chant.

If poetry is a skill, then having poetry in the heart is an attitude towards life. Lin Xiaoxi and Lin Xing are at the lower level of society, but their hearts have a high boundary. Their lives can no longer be examined, but the few verses that have been handed down can also outline their character and life. The small people in the city need to work hard every day, and the burden of life is relatively heavy, but these do not prevent them from asking about history, touching flowers and wine, thinking about life, and carrying the feelings of poets in the gap between running. Isn't such a person and such a life touching and touching?

Isn't it fascinating and admirable that Fuzhou, which is full of poetry, full of literary brilliance and has profound cultural power, is it not fascinating and admirable?

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