Character Cemetery in Song Ne

Go out of Song Wenke Gong's Ancestral Hall, follow Songlin Village South Street and exit the village entrance to 500 meters west of the village. There is an ancient cemetery on the north of the road. Buried here are the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty, Duke Wen Ke of the Song Dynasty who offered sacrifices to the Imperial Academy, his father Chonglu, his grandfather Xuan, his great-grandfather Deren and their family descendants. The cemetery covers an area of ??more than 60 acres, surrounded by green cypresses and evergreen all year round. Among the numerous steles, the most prominent ones are two huge stone steles: one is a stele in praise of Song Gong’s virtues in Dongjun County, written by Kang Lixixi, a great calligrapher of the Yuan Dynasty, and the other is a stele in praise of Song Dynasty’s virtues in Dongjun County. Wang Yi Shudan, a calligrapher of the dynasty. In the past, the various stone carvings around the cemetery and on both sides of the Shinto were spectacular. There are eight stone men and eight stone horses, eight horse tethering posts, and twenty-four stone sheep with earrings. The tombs are centered on Songne Cemetery. About 200 meters south of the Shinto, there is a stone arch house with a giant lion guarding the left and right, and a giant stone drum on each side. Standing in the cemetery and looking around, the evergreen cypresses, the giant stone tablets, and the lifelike stone carvings make people feel that they are in the artistic treasure house of Chinese national culture. They sigh for my ancestors of the Song family. Song Neji and his family won the royal authority for their glorious achievements, and lamented that the wisdom of the ancient working people was perfectly reflected here.

However, the cemetery of Duke Wen Ke of Song Ne and his family has gone through ups and downs just like the Song Ne Ancestral Hall. In addition to the giant stone tablets of Liangtong, which are rare in the country, the Liangtong stele of Ming Dynasty scholar Wen Kegong and his brother Song Qian, and the Song Yifu stele, other precious stone cultural relics were hammered and disintegrated during the Great Leap Forward period of the last century, and the stones were burned to ashes. , gone. Since 1985, the descendants of the Song family have successively made corresponding remedial measures to their ancestors' graves, carving stones and erecting monuments for Song Ne's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and also burying and protecting those who took risks during the Cultural Revolution. The two huge stone monuments were erected, erected and reinforced, allowing the precious stone cultural relics to see the sun and the moon again. The Song Neji family cemetery was listed as a key cultural relics protection unit at the county level in 1985, a key cultural relics protection unit at the municipal level in 2004, and a key cultural relics protection unit at the provincial level in 2006.

Song Ne Ancestral Hall and family cemetery, "Imperial Portrait" is a true portrayal of the historical contribution of Song Newen Kegong, the ancestor of the Song family in Huayu. It is a precious historical property that shines with the wisdom of the ancient working people. It is an important part of the treasure house of Chinese history, culture and art. It is a historical and cultural heritage that not only the descendants of the Song family are proud of, but also all descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties.

The descendants of the Song family appeal to all walks of life and even the descendants of the Song family at home and abroad: Song Ne and his family’s cemetery are part of the motherland’s historical, cultural and artistic treasure house. From the perspective of history, our generation should be responsible for history. , responsible for future generations, with enthusiasm and generous dedication, to restore the old look of the cemetery as soon as possible, so that the precious historical, cultural and artistic treasures of the motherland can regain their glory.

Lin of the Southern Song Dynasty in Huaxian County——Newly written by Song Chong