Shaoxing is located in the Jiangnan region. It has been home to a large number of talented people since ancient times. Many great figures in Chinese history have appeared here. It is full of stories and appreciation for literati, and it is something that everyone has learned from primary school textbooks. topic, let me share with you a two-day self-driving tour guide to Shaoxing.
Self-driving tour route:
Lu Xun’s ancestral home—Shenyuan—Shaoxing East Lake—Lanting
I went to Shaoxing last Saturday. Shaoxing was the capital of the Yue Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. When Wu and Yue fought for hegemony, this place has already been recorded in history.
On the way to Shaoxing, the tour guide told us that this trip can be summarized in four sentences: "get to know a person", "understand a relationship", "appreciate a lake" and "read an article" "Article", I secretly wrote it down, to get to know a person, to understand the impact of his childhood family environment on his character; to understand a relationship, and ask what love is in the world; to appreciate a relationship Lake, see what kind of lake and mountain scenery can get so much praise; read an article to understand the precious wealth left here by the Kuaiji governor more than 1,000 years ago.
In the car, there was an aunt sitting next to me. She was with the aunt behind me. When I listened to them chatting, I felt that their accent was very familiar, but I just couldn’t remember where it came from. Then I suddenly realized that this must be a Hunan accent, so I asked my aunt, and sure enough, it was from Hunan.
So I had a brief chat with the aunt next to me and found out that they came from Changsha specifically to play. They had already been to several places, such as Shanghai, Suzhou and other places, and Shaoxing was their last stop. Stop at a tourist destination and then return to Changsha.
Xintaimen
1: Lu Xun’s ancestral home
After taking a nap in the car, we arrived at our destination - Shaoxing. The first stop was the ancestral home of Lu Xun. My impression of Mr. Lu Xun was that of a warrior who used his pen as a sword. "A true warrior dares to face the bleak life and faces the dripping blood." "No longer breaks out in silence." "Perish in Silence", the work is full of thoughts about human nature, the destiny of the country and the nation.
After getting off the car, I looked up and saw a high wall on the right side of the street. The print style depicts Mr. Lu Xun's smoking head with firm eyes and the deep Jiangnan water town.
We visited through Xintaimen, which is where the Zhou family has lived together for many years. The house faces north and faces south. After entering the bamboo silk gate and passing through the patio paved with stone slabs, there is a place called " In the hall of "Deshou Hall", under the tall plaque, there is a picture of a crane, and next to it is a pair of dark-colored hugs. It says: "Detailed conduct, firm virtue, understanding of affairs, and calm mind." The pillars on both sides There is also a couplet engraved on it, which reads, "Keep your ambitions and don't be angry, be sensitive to things but be cautious in your words." This all shows the Zhou family’s tradition of putting morality first.
Deshou Hall
Then we walked into the Incense Hall, which tells the story of the rise and fall of the Lu Xun family. There is also a portrait of Lu Xun's grandfather, which shows his noble status. However, an examination fraud case brought the Zhou family into decline. From then on, the young Lu Xun no longer had the joy of childhood. Instead, he fled everywhere and studied and lived under pressure.
Xianghuotang
After his grandfather was imprisoned for examination fraud, Lu Xun also experienced the ups and downs of human relationships and the instability of the world. One day, the elders of the Zhou family held a meeting in Deshou Hall to discuss the redistribution of real estate. As the eldest son of the family, Lu Xun attended the meeting. The result of the discussion was that the house Lu Xun was allocated was both small and poor. He could have refused to sign, but But he couldn't refuse such a powerful stimulation to his soul. He knew that people in society were far from being as simple as he imagined, and he knew that human nature was complex, hypocritical and terrible. This childhood experience also made Lu Xun as strong and serious as we know him.
After passing through an alley, walking past the kitchen, crossing several thresholds, and opening an ancient small platform door, I found a bright scene in front of me. This is the "Baicao Garden" described by the teacher. It It brought great joy to Lu Xun in his childhood. On the way, the tour guide kept emphasizing to us, “Baicao Garden is just an abandoned vegetable garden, so don’t have high expectations.
"So before I saw Baicao Garden, I always thought that Baicao Garden was a very small vegetable garden. Now that I saw it, I realized the gap between imagination and reality. It is about 100 square meters, and there are still some vegetables, rapeseed flowers, etc. planted there. , no wonder Lu Xun had so much fun in his childhood. He caught crickets here, pulled Polygonum multiflorum, etc. Now the stone well column is still there, the acacia tree is there, and the mulberry tree is also sprouting new buds, full of life. I feel that everything is the same as what Mr. Wang wrote. There is no difference in Baicao Garden, the only thing is that instead of the young man who is full of curiosity about things, there is a warrior who fights for the nation, freedom and truth.
Baicao Garden
Ishii. Column
Mulberry Tree
After that, we went to Sanwei Bookstore, which was the place where Lu Xun’s knowledge was enlightened. Although my mother did not learn much knowledge, she attached great importance to the education of Lu Xun’s three brothers and sent them Go to the school to study. Here, Lu Xun learned knowledge. The most inspiring story here is Lu Xun's "Zhao" story.
It was almost time when we came out of Sanwei Bookstore. Hurry to the scenic spot opposite - Shen Garden!
Two: Shen Garden (formerly Jinghong Zhaoying)
After passing a road, we came to the "Shen's Garden". There is a statue of Lu You and a portrait of Tang Wan. The two are staggered in space, which seems to indicate that they are just destined to have no connection.
A short walk in front of "Shen's Garden"
After the meeting, we arrived at the Shen Garden Scenic Area. At the entrance of the scenic area is the "Shen Garden" inscribed by Mr. Guo Moruo. The love story of Lu You and Tang Wan also made Shen Garden a love garden. As soon as we entered, we noticed some couples coming here to hang out. The wish card carries their beautiful expectations and wishes for love.
The two families of Lu You and Tang Wan were destined to get married through an exquisite phoenix hairpin when they were young. Like in Li Bai's "Changgan Xing"
"The man came riding a bamboo horse and went around the bed to make green plums. As described in the description of "living together in Changqianli, the childhood sweethearts guess". But after the marriage, Lu's mother thought Tang Wan was hindering Lu You's studies and future, so she separated the two and made Lu You marry another woman named Wang. In Shenyuan You can see a lot of plum blossoms. It is said that Lu You came to this plum blossom every year after Tang Wan's death.
The architectural layout of Shen Garden is centered on "Guhexuan", where Weng Aihe was born. Lu You was 82 years old. , wrote a poem "Chengnan", which used the word "lone crane" as a self-description, so the pavilion was called "Lone Crane Pavilion". Many great poets also loved cranes and wrote many poems about cranes. Lotte has a poem: "Everyone has his own preferences, but things are not always suitable." Who says you can dance? It's better to stand idle. "It expresses the nobility of the crane. Liu Yuxi's poem "A crane lining up on the clouds in the clear sky brings poetry to the blue sky", which sweeps away the sorrow of autumn and brings infinite vitality. But those who love love are alone in love. What is most striking is the loneliness of the crane.
Guhexuan
Then we came to the monument of "The Hairpin Head Phoenix". One of them was "Although the mountain alliance is here, it is difficult to trust the brocade book." The other one is “Afraid of being asked, so he swallows his tears and pretends to be happy. "Perhaps only they themselves know how they feel about this sadness.
I once read a retrospective essay "Unnamed Autumn Rain" written by Mr. Cui Daoyi. It was a recall of a relationship he had with a friend when he was a student at Peking University. The love story of a girl. At the beginning of the essay, he said, "In my experience, at that time and in such a place, where could there be true love? But after that, I calmed down and thought about it, maybe it was love? That's love - you can't get it when you pursue it, but you've lost it when you get it."
The girl's name is Cui Xiaoying. Like her husband, she is a 52-year-old student of the Department of Literature and History at Peking University. "Handsome, pure, and smiling. "A talented girl from Chang'an who looks like a junior high school student" was my husband's first impression of her. She was dignified and generous, so many classmates gave her the nickname "Cui Yingying". She was the Communist Youth League secretary and often looked for him, hoping that he would join He said he would think about it again. At that party, he recited the Russian poet Pushkin's "To the Sea", borrowing the last line of the poem "My heart is filled with you, and I also bring your flash, your shadow, and the waves." "Bringing the noise into the forest and into the silent wilderness", he expressed his love for her. His heart was filled with her, but she was the league secretary - a cadre responsible for doing ideological work for all the students, which made There was some gap between the two. At that time, he often went to the library to study. Under his instigation, many people also came to the library to study, and she was one of them. However, she was sometimes busy with work and allowed him to take advantage of it. Although they were interested in each other at that time, they were in a special era at that time. Love was prohibited on campus and they were afraid of being discovered.
Once he found out that she was his contact person for joining the group, which was why she had so many contacts with him, so he found some time to find out. Then he knew the origin of his name, "Xiaoying", what a good name, "Welcome the Spring with a Smiling Face", but who would have thought that his origin would be so tragic. Her nickname is Xiaoying. When she was in high school in the border area, her father gave her this name after escaping from the enemy's prison. It meant that the Japanese invaders were about to collapse, and they should welcome liberation and new life with a smile. My husband likes "Dream of Red Mansions". Whenever Mr. Wu Zuxiang lectures on "Dream of Red Mansions", he rushes to the teacher early and grabs a seat in the front row. At that time, society had criticized literature and art. She kindly reminded him, but he refused to listen and insisted on studying "A Dream of Red Mansions". One day, she was waiting for him in the cafeteria and wanted to go to Weiming Lake for a walk and talk together. She said that she had already submitted her application for party membership, so she hoped that he could join the party. He felt that it was not time yet, so she murmured , "I've been waiting, waiting for you, for three years." He wanted to wait some more. Then they talked about graduation. She wanted to be a teacher in the frontier, while he wanted to stay in Beijing and study.
At the graduate appraisal meeting, she said a lot of good things for him, which enabled him to stay in Beijing smoothly, while she was about to go to the frontier. After learning the news that she was leaving, he rushed to the train station eagerly just to see her off, but he arrived late and could only see her face, "a pair of big bright eyes filled with tears", and the two separated. . A year later, amid the political turmoil, she defended her father and Ma Yinchu's "New Theory of Population" and was labeled a "rightist". From then on, she had no contact with all her classmates. In the early days of the Cultural Revolution, She was beaten to death by her fellow students. When I saw the ending, I felt particularly heavy. The vigorous anti-rightist movement at that time, coupled with the rule that no romance was allowed on campus, broke up many couples and killed many love affairs that were too shy to express in the bud. I also wonder if Mr. Liang Yusheng can be braver and insist that both of them stay in Beijing after graduation. Will Cui Xiaoying's fate change?
As for martial arts novels, I have always believed that Mr. Liang Yusheng has a strong influence on men and women. The description of love is superior to that of Mr. Jin Yong. In "The Jade Bow in the Sea of ??Clouds", Li Shengnan loves Jin Shiyi deeply, but Jin Shiyi does not love her. He thinks that he loves Gu Zhihua, even if he only did one thing. Late "fake couple". At the end of the novel, Li Shengnan was willing to let Jin Shiyi misunderstand and sacrifice his own life just to have an honorable wedding with him. In the end, Li Shengnan died, and Jin Shiyi realized that what he really loved was Li Shengnan and not Gu Zhihua. It was a pity that the beauty was no longer there, and he was left alone with his love. The poem quoted by Mr. Liang at the end
"This love can be recalled, but it was already lost at the time" is the best explanation of this love. Because the description of love in this book is very touching, "Yunhai Jade Gong Yuan" and "Ping Zong Xia Lu" are considered by many to be the two best novels written by Mr. There are similarities in Mr. Sir's other novels. I remember when I was reading "Seven Swordsmen", when I saw the ending, I had a similar feeling to reading "Yunhai Jade Gong Yuan". What was that feeling? Ling Weifeng He and Liu Yufang were originally a talented and beautiful couple, the man was in love with the woman, but unfortunately things changed and they couldn't be together in the end, which became a big regret.
Among the love stories in ancient China, the most widely circulated ones are those that end in tragedy, such as Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, White Snake and Xu Xian, etc. Perhaps sad endings can touch people's tenderness more. This is the reason why it has been passed down from generation to generation.
“It is not advisable to stay in a sad place for a long time.” The tour guide’s words brought me back to reality from my meditation, a humorous yet kind reminder. Yes, no matter how touching this love story is, no matter how it arouses excitement, who would want such a poignant story to happen to them? Everyone hopes to spend a lifetime with the one they love and enjoy a family together. joy. I think the reason why such love stories are so widely circulated is not only to move everyone, but also to remind everyone that I hope everyone can cherish the people they love around them. "Life is like nothing, hug the person in front of you tightly." I also hope that I can find the right person as soon as possible.
Three: East Lake
Then we came to East Lake. The lake is about six kilometers east of the ancient city of Shaoxing. It is a famous garden with its clever combination of cliffs, caves, stone bridges and lake surfaces. It is one of the three famous lakes in Zhejiang Province. Although East Lake is small, the wonders of its strange rocks and caves make it a rare "wonder in the lake" recognized by people in the tourism industry.
Shaoxing’s East Lake is half artificial and half natural.
The location of East Lake was originally a bluestone mountain. Qin Shihuang once stopped here to drink his horses during his eastward tour, so it was called Ruozhao Mountain. After the Han Dynasty, Ruozhen Mountain became a stone quarry in Shaoxing. After thousands of years of digging and cutting, and using special stone extraction methods, half of the green mountain was removed and a cliff more than 50 meters high was formed. Workers often dig into the ground more than 20 meters underground, and some even reach forty or fifty meters. Over time, clear water ponds are formed that are more than 200 meters long and about 80 meters wide. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Tao Junxuan, a famous rural sage from Shaoxing, had a unique vision. He used the quarry to build a wall and slightly widened the water surface, forming an East Lake with mountains and rivers matching each other. After a hundred years of artificial decoration, East Lake has become a large bonsai of ingenious landscapes.
On the way to East Lake, you will pass by the Moon-Landing Bridge. Under the bridge is the East Zhejiang Grand Canal from Shaoxing to Ningbo.
The scenery here is beautiful, and several parts of the 1986 version of "Journey to the West" were shot here. When we arrived at the edge of the East Lake, the tour guide pointed to a place, "Look, this is the place where the white dragon horse crossed the lake when I took the photo." I followed it and looked there. Although the pool of water was not large, it
"The mountains are not high, if there are immortals, they are famous; if the water is not deep, if there are dragons, they are spiritual." It can also become a landscape.
The filming location of the 1986 version of "Journey to the West"
I am here to experience Shaoxing's awning boat. It is relatively small, so in order to ensure safety, one boat can seat three people, so My aunts and I were divided into two groups. After putting on the life jacket, we got on the boat. As soon as we got on, the boat shook a little, but it soon stabilized. With the superb skills of the boatman, the boat set off steadily forward. I think the most wonderful and thrilling thing this time is passing through the "Taogong Cave". The entrance to the cave is so narrow that it can only accommodate two boats. But when we entered, another boat just came out, so the two boats could not avoid collision. But don’t worry, the boatman is very skilled and can get in and out smoothly no matter how narrow the entrance is. Only then did I realize that taking a boat was really a good choice. I had a feeling of "Water Moon Cave" and found that there was another world inside the cave. When entering "Taogong Cave", you can also find Mr. Guo Moruo's inscription, "The East Lake of Ruozhao was carved manually. The walls stand thousands of feet high and the road is difficult to pass. When a big boat enters the cave, sit in the well and watch the sky. Don't say that the lake is small, but the sky is there. Among them. ”
Scenery on the way
Scenery in the cave
Photos taken by the auntie
Then we walked back, on the road. I took a few group photos for my aunts. After taking the photos, I became a little curious because the aunt said that they had been to several places before coming to Shaoxing, so I was more curious about who took the group photos of the aunts before, so I asked I asked my aunt for a moment, and she said she took photos of passers-by. Then she thought I was better, and kept taking photos of them on the road, so she joked that she would introduce me to someone, etc. At that time, she told her no. It was a joke, so the aunts stopped saying anything.
I think the biggest gain from coming to this scenic spot is to experience the awning boat and feel the magic of nature - "incredible craftsmanship"!
Four: Orchid Pavilion
Because of Wang Xizhi "Lanting Collection Preface", Lanting has become a must-visit place for calligraphy lovers. Entering the scenic spot, I saw the four words "Favorite Orchid Pavilion" written on it. After that, I walked through a bamboo forest and felt like I was in a quiet and peaceful place. I couldn't help but think of the scene of "Lonely Yangtze Residence, with a bed of books every year" in Lu Zhaolin's "The Ancient Meaning of Chang'an". I thought about the ancient hermits. They all choose this kind of place to live in seclusion, with mountains, water, and bamboo. As we walked forward, we saw a pond with several geese in it. This was related to Wang Xizhi's love for geese. When Li Bai first entered Kuaiji, he wrote a poem titled "Wang Youjun". The poem goes: "Youjun is originally pure and innocent, and he is free and easy to live in the world. Traveling in Shanyin, I love this good goose guest. I wrote sutras in Su Su, and my writing is exquisite. I was fascinated. When I left the cage with the book, I never left the master." This is the story of Wang Xizhi exchanging words for geese. There is also a stele next to it with the words "Goose Pond" written on it. This was written by Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, their father and son. The Goose was written by Wang Xizhi, and the Pond was written by Wang Xianzhi. Looking at the style of the two characters, there is a saying "the goose is thin and the pond is fat" to describe the father and son. Then we went to the Imperial Stele Pavilion - the stele where Kangxi wrote the preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection. In "National Treasure", Qianlong, played by Wang Kai, loved cultural relics. In fact, Emperor Kangxi also loved inscriptions.
Next to the pavilion, it is said that the place where Wang Xizhi taught Wang Xianzhi to practice calligraphy is called "Linchi Eighteen Tanks". There is also a tablet with the word "Tai" next to it, which is also related to the story of Wang Xianzhi practicing calligraphy, "My son practiced three tanks of water." , only a little bit like Xizhi." A monument and a story show the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation - modesty.
"Goose Pond" Monument
Go north from the Royal Stele Pavilion and exit the north gate of the garden to the Lanting River, a shallow clear stream that gurgling around the slopes of Lanzhu Mountain. The fish and pebbles swimming at the bottom of the water are clearly visible and can be counted, and the beach is very wide.
Lanting River
On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar every year, there is the Lanting Calligraphy Festival here in Lanting. The main activities include the promotion of saints, the cultivation of women, the winding water drinking wine, calligraphy exhibitions, etc.
Postscript:
I used to think that traveling in a group was not good and would have many restrictions. But after experiencing it personally, I have a different view. When time is tight and the place is unfamiliar, In this case, traveling in a group may not be a bad choice.
Although I have only been in contact with my aunt for a few hours, I feel that the distance between us has become much closer as our communication deepens. For strangers who meet by chance, aunt said that meeting each other is fate. Yes, although it will be difficult to meet each other in the future, no contact information was left, and we don’t even know each other’s names. They call me “young man” and I call them “auntie”. I feel that the relationship in the world is so wonderful. Thank you aunties for making this trip full of fun for me.