There is a beautiful large county in Shehong County in the hilly area of ??central Sichuan, my poetic hometown!
There are two rivers in my hometown: Zijiang River and Fujiang River. The Fujiang River is a tributary of the Jialing River, running from north to south in the county, with a total length of 88 kilometers. It is the mother river of the hometown, and was called Wushui in the Tang Dynasty. The two sides of the Fujiang River have a mild climate, flat terrain, convenient irrigation, convenient transportation, and dense population. They have been Shehong's natural cultural and economic corridor from ancient times to the present.
There is Tianbao Village to the east of Wushui, which belongs to the branch of Minshan Mountain. It has high mountains, dense forests, and luxuriant vegetation. It has an altitude of 677m. At the foot of the mountain, a courtyard is built against the mountain. This is the great poet Chen Ziang of the Tang Dynasty. ’s former residence.
This courtyard is surrounded by green trees, pine and bamboo trees fill the courtyard, the tall house has large rafters, the buildings are parallel to each other, the houses face green cens, the courtyard is close to the green mountains, and in front of the door you can see a jade-belt-like stream flowing through it. The wide road extends into the depths of the clouds. Although this is not a fairyland on earth, it is a good place for poetic residence, purification of body and mind. When Chen Ziang was born here in 659 AD, his father Chen Yuanjing had been seeking immortality and learning Taoism for ten years.
Chen Yuanjing not only studied Confucianism, but also learned from hundreds of schools of thought, causing Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and other ideas to envelope the entire Chen family. The Chen family is both a rich man in the township and a prominent family in the county. Like Chen Yuanjing, the family members are heroic and generous, and have a very good reputation in the township. In a feudal society where the self-sufficient natural economy dominated, in the remote Shehong Wudong Mountains, family education and social environment left a deep imprint on Chen Ziang's soul, coupled with the aura and simple folk customs given by the mountains and rivers of his hometown. Cultivation must have given birth to his generous and forthright personality, and laid a solid foundation for the formation of his later vigorous and solemn poetic style and hearty and bright writing style.
To the west of Wushui and 20 kilometers north of present-day Shehong County, there is a very beautiful mountain, Jinhua Mountain, which was called Yandunling in ancient times. It is the natural barrier of Jinhua Ancient Town (Shehong Ancient County). According to the "Shehong County Chronicles": "Gold means preciousness; Hua means beauty." At the foot of Jinhua Mountain, the Fujiang River surrounds, the cliffs are like cut, the water shines on the green mountains, and the mountains and rivers depend on each other, which is so beautiful. The woodcutter is singing in the clear sky, the green cliff is beside the water and the clouds are coming out; the fishermen are singing in the evening, and the day is coming from the mountain painting.
The mountains are lined with ancient cypresses, green and fragrant, with fragrant flowers and plants, and numerous steles and stones. The buildings on the mountain are mainly in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with cleverness hidden in the clumsiness. Since Chen Xun studied Taoism here during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty built the large-scale Jinhua Mountain Taoist Temple in the second year of Tianjian (509), which is ranked among the Sichuan Provinces along with Qingcheng Mountain Taoist Temple, Dayi Heming Mountain Taoist Temple, and Santai County Yuntai Mountain Taoist Temple. Four famous sights. In the second year of Song Zhiping (1065), Emperor Yingzong named Jinhuashan Taoist Temple "Yujing Temple". During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhuang Dachun, the magistrate of the county, presided over the reconstruction and expansion. He took advantage of the mountain and went up layer by layer. Finally, what we see today are the Shanmen, Nantianmen, Lingzu Hall, Hades Hall, Dongyue Hall, Yaowang Hall, Zushi Hall, and the Jade Emperor. Building (Yuxu Pavilion), Sutra Pavilion, the third floor of Shanmen Archway Building, Tianshi Cave, Ksitigarbha Cave, Laojun Cave, Chunyang Pavilion and Taoist Courtyard.
The Nantian Gate couplet "Unparalleled Scenery in the World, the First Mountain in the World" is an inscription in the handwriting of Mi Fu, a famous calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, and the words "Blue Cave Sky" on both sides of the couplet are inscriptions in the handwriting of Huang Tingjian in the Song Dynasty. There are also handwriting engravings of Du Fu's poems such as "Winter Arrives at Jinhua Mountain Viewing the Remains of Chen Gong's School", and a stele of poems written in dragon and snake style that I have never tired of reading.
Chen Zi'anggu in the back mountain. The reading desk is a national key cultural relic protection unit. "The scenery of thousands of mountains is here, but the eternal reading desk is nowhere else." Chen Ziang studied in Jinhua Mountain when he was young. A few years later, he went to Beijing for scientific examination. After returning to his hometown after failing, he climbed Jinhua Mountain again. There are many poems left, such as "Climbing the Jinhua View in Spring": "The white jade Xiantai is ancient, and the Danqiu is far away. The mountains and rivers are surrounded by clouds, and the pavilions are rising into the misty sky. Cranes dance over thousand-year-old trees, and rainbows fly over hundred-foot bridges. Still suspicious of red pine nuts, I sat down on the road to heaven and invited each other. "There is not a word or sentence in the poem that reveals the frustration and melancholy of ordinary scholars after they fail. Instead, natural and simple scenery such as Baiyu Terrace, Danqiu, mountains, rivers, clouds, pavilions, and mist are selected to set off the scene of the crane dancing and the rainbow flying. , a scene full of immortal energy. The poet imagined Chisongzi sitting on the road leading to Tianjie and inviting himself to visit the immortal palace. His wonderful writing expresses his broad-minded and elegant mind and the influence of Taoism.
Jinhua. Although the most lively event in the mountain is the Chao Shan Festival on the birthday of Emperor Zhenwu on March 3rd every year, it is Chen Ziang's ancient reading desk that is really famous for creating a new style of poetry in the Tang Dynasty and pioneering the sound of metal and stone, which swept away the delicate atmosphere. The ancestor of poetry in the Tang Dynasty made special contributions in the history of Chinese literature, and the Jinhua Mountain Ancient Reading Desk is famous for highlighting his achievements.
The courtyard of the ancient reading desk is not wide. It is adjacent to a hanging rock and overlooks the Fujiang River. The cliffs are high, the water is green, the distant mountains are green, and the island in the center of the river is unobstructed. Strolling in the courtyard, surrounded by trees and pavilions, it is quiet and pleasant. The existing ancient reading desk was moved from the Jade Palace to the back mountain around the 10th year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty. It was built with stone walls and a high platform. On the forehead of the platform gate are four large characters inlaid with broken porcelain: Ancient Reading Desk, and the door couplet is the famous couplet written by Ma Tianqu, "The pavilion does not fall behind Kuangshan Mountain, and the staff once came from the Ministry of Industry." The corridors on both sides of the courtyard inside the platform hang calligraphy and paintings about famous people praising Ziang. The middle passage leads directly to the "Gan Yu Hall", which was built by Guo Boring in the Ming Dynasty. The three characters "Gan Yu Hall" are strong and solemn, and were added by Lin Lin, a famous contemporary calligrapher. In the center of the hall is a full-length white jade statue of young Chen Zi'ang, with a crown and a broad belt, a dignified expression, and a long scroll in his hand, showing extraordinary magnanimity. On the inner wall of the hall are engraved 38 "Poems of Encounter" by Zi'ang, and on the outer wall are engraved "A Farewell Biography of Mr. Chen Boyu" written by Lu Zangyong, a friend of Chen Ziang during his lifetime.
After Chen Ziang, sages from all dynasties came in droves to pay their respects. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu left calligraphy treasures on the mountain, Niu Qiao wrote poems on Jinhua Mountain, Yang Cheng and his son Yang Zui, a fellow countryman of Debo Jiuzhou in the Ming Dynasty, paid a visit to the site, Zhang Chuanshan's reading desk on poetry in the late Qing Dynasty, and Zhang Lan, the former vice president of the country and vice chairman of the National People's Congress, wrote poems in Chen Gongxuetang Qian Weichang, former Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Doctor of All-Purpose Sciences, once visited the reading desk. Guo Moruo, a famous writer and cultural master, heard that Jinhua Middle School was the famous hometown of Chen Zi'ang, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, and happily inscribed the name of the school. In 1988 and 1992, two international academic symposiums on Chen Ziang were held in Ziang's hometown. Foreign friends also wrote poems in memory of him: The two rivers were unwilling to be left alone and sang loudly about Chen Ziang. He was very unfortunate in his life, but people admire him after his death.
At present, the ancient reading desk is still being upgraded and improved. It is estimated that in one year’s time, the Shilian Cultural Base of “A Generation of Wen Zong, Incorruptible and Incorruptible” will be fully open to the outside world and welcome tourists from all walks of life.