I originally planned not to rewrite Gezhu in my series of nine songs in Mingxi.
In my article introducing Dong Jiayan, the source of Mingxi, I revealed the special investigation plan of Mingxi Jiuqu. At the end of the article, Mr. Wang Jianping, a netizen, left a message saying:
Teacher Ying wrote about Gezhu, and had better work hard to see these extinct natural villages, such as Changting Bay, Panjiakeng and Fangyan. Our hometown Changting Bay, the whole family moved to Fenghua Fangqiao, almost 3 years ago, but the old house is still there. Although it has not been weathered by wind and rain, this feeling is getting deeper and deeper, and the persimmon tree at the door must have been red.
entrusted by Mr. Wang, I made a special trip to Gezhu again, and went to the extinct natural village mentioned by Mr. Wang to find out.
The water of Mingxi flows through Yiqu Yankeng, Erqu Hutan, Sanqu Mingxi, Siqu Minkeng and Wuqu Shimen, and many streams gather along the way and flow to Liuqu Gezhu. The water volume is increasing and the stream surface is getting wider and wider.
Gezhu Village, which lives on the back of a mountain, is full of picturesque landscapes and rocks.
most people in Gezhu Village are surnamed Wang, and according to records, they are also descendants of Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Wang originated in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, and moved to Langya, Shandong Province in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and then moved to Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province in the Jin Dynasty. Wang Xizhi was one of them.
In the 11th year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in 355 AD, Wang Xizhi served as the internal history of Huiji County, which was located in Shaoxing. At that time, Wang Shu, the secretariat of Huiji County, was jealous of Wang Xizhi's talent and repeatedly rejected Wang Xizhi.
Wang Xizhi resigned angrily, stayed away from the officialdom, and moved from Shaoxing, the county town, to Jinting, which is now Jinting Town, Shengzhou City, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, and lived in seclusion in the mountains.
Wang Xizhi once set up another business, writing and herding geese, in Wanxiangling, Wuyuan, which is dozens of miles away from Jinting, which made the story of Six Letters Missing and the place name of Six Letters Village in Xikou Town, Fenghua District.
Wang Xizhi has seven sons and one daughter, which can be described as prosperous. His family has been multiplying and expanding for hundreds of years. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, his descendants separated to Fenghua.
in the late Tang dynasty, Wang jinggui, a descendant of Wang Xizhi, was appointed as the secretariat of Mingzhou, ranking as Dr. Yinqing Guanglu. In the late Tang dynasty, Wang jinggui lived in seclusion in Wanzhu, Fenghua, which is now Dayan Town.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Shuangshuang, the fifth grandson of Wang Jingwen, took rice bags to Gexi to sell them. By noon, the rice bags were still hot, and he knew it was a hot place, so he moved here.
At that time, this place was nameless, and Wang Shuang thought of Wan Zhu, his hometown, so he replaced it with the word "Ge" which looks like the word "Wan" and named it Gezhu, which has been more than a thousand years.
This naming method is similar to Shimen Village in Xikou Town, Fenghua District. The Mao Shi family in Shimen Village moved from Shimen Village in Quzhou, so it was named Shimen Village after its ancestral home. There is also Dongwu Town in Yinzhou District, the name of Dongwu, which originated from Yu Shao, the righteous son of Dongwu Sun Quan in the Three Kingdoms period. After Dongwu perished and returned to Jin, he lived in seclusion under Taibai Mountain and did not forget his old country, so he was named Dongwu.
Wang lived in Gezhu for thousands of years and became a big village.
In 1863, the second year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, a daughter named Wang Caiyu was born in Wang Youze's family in the village.
in 1886, in the 12th year of Guangxu reign, Wang Caiyu, who had lost her husband and children and brought her to practice, went secular and married 45-year-old Jiang Zhaocong in Xikou town.
In 1887, Wang Caiyu gave birth to a son named Chiang Kai-shek, who later became a man of the hour in the modern history of China.
When Chiang Kai-shek was a child, he often went to his grandmother's house to play happily, and Gezhu left a deep memory for him.
In 1913, Song Jiaoren was assassinated, and Chiang Kai-shek participated in the Yuan War. After his defeat, Chiang Kai-shek was wanted.
Chiang Kai-shek fled back to his hometown, went to his grandmother's house, led the way through the ladder of his cousin Wang, and took refuge in Sichuangyan.
During the period of refuge, my cousin Wang Yunti and his sons took good care of Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek later repaid him. This is another story.
in June 1921, Wang Caiyu, who had a rough life, died at the age of 58. Before Wang Caiyu died, he repeatedly urged Chiang Kai-shek to set up schools, cultivate children in his hometown and repay the kindness of his close relatives and friends.
Chiang Kai-shek followed the instructions and realized them one by one.
In 1924, Chiang Kai-shek served as the president of Whampoa Military Academy, and called Wang Zhenna, the son of Wang Yunti, a cousin, to Guangzhou to help build the military academy.
Wang Zhenna later served as a military judge in the Military Law Department of the Political Department of Whampoa Military Academy, and was later awarded the rank of Major General of the Army, ranking as the director of the Military Law Department of the Kuomintang, the director of the Military Law Department of the Military and Political Department, and the president of the special court specializing in the trial of Japanese war criminals.
What is the relationship between Wang Zhenna and Chiang Kai-shek?
Wang Youze, the father of Jiang's mother Wang Caiyu, has three brothers. The third brother's name is Wang Youjin, and the son of Wang Youjin is Wang Yunti.
Wang Caiyu and Wang Yunti are cousins, and Wang Yunti is Chiang Kai-shek's cousin.
Wang Yunti has six sons. The sixth son is Wang Lianghan, also known as Wang Zhenna.
Wang Zhenna is Wang Caiyu's cousin, which is also Chiang Kai-shek's cousin.
Wang Zhenna was born on September 15th, 1892, five years younger than Chiang Kai-shek. When Chiang Kai-shek came to visit his grandmother's house in Gezhu as a child, Wang Zhenna was his playmate.
after graduating from Zhejiang legislative and political school, Wang Zhenna worked as a clerk in shengxian government. Since he went to Guangzhou to follow Chiang Kai-shek in 1924, he has been of great help to Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek is grateful to his cousin's family and respectfully calls his cousin Wang Yunti a "virtuous man".
In 193, Wang Yunti celebrated his eightieth birthday, and Chiang Kai-shek personally wrote the title "Looking Back at the Country", with the title "In Memory of the Mother and Uncle of Xian Jia".
Shao Lizi wrote the preface to Mr. Wang Yunti's eightieth birthday, which was engraved on the screen.
In 1936, Wang Yunti and Wang Zhenna and his son rebuilt the royal residence, which was built on the edge of the mountain and was quite large in scale. When Chiang Kai-shek came to Gezhu, he usually stayed at his cousin's house.
Wang Zhenna's former residence is a major attraction in Gezhu Village. Chiang Kai-shek's title "Hometown and Country Regard Hope" is hung above nave.
gezhu village was originally under the jurisdiction of Shaoxing shengxian county, and was subordinate to Huixi township of shengxian county.
In 1931, at the behest of Chiang Kai-shek, Huixi Township was placed under the jurisdiction of Fenghua, and Gezhu Village was therefore attached to Fenghua.
In 1934, Chiang Kai-shek established the Gezhu Branch of Wuling School in Gezhu, where Gezhu and its surrounding students could attend school.
After liberation, Gezhu Branch became Gezhu Primary School. Now all the students are studying in Xikou Town, and the school has long been deserted.
The former site of Gezhu Branch of Wuling School is still there, looking back at the changes in drive of life.
Wang Caiyu's former residence has also fallen into disrepair.
Wang Shihe, Wang Xicun and others in the village have all held important positions in the National Government, and there are also some old houses in the village to visit.
In 1956, Huixi Township and Banzhu Township merged to form Gezhu Township, and in 1958 it was renamed Gezhu Commune. In 196, it belonged to Yuyao County, and in 1983, it was re-zoned to Fenghua as Banzhu Township.
In 21, Banzhu Township was abolished and merged into Xikou Town, and Gezhu was attached to Xikou Town in Fenghua.
All the young people in Gezhu have bought houses in towns, and only the old people stay in the village. Only on weekends and holidays, young people go back to the village for vacation and tourists come to visit, and the village will be lively again.
This paper introduces the past and present of Gezhu, and then goes to see several extinct natural villages mentioned by the netizen "Wang Jianping".
from the back of Gezhu village to the southwest, there are two ancient roads, which pass through Changting Bay and Panjiakeng respectively, and meet at the peak of Longtan, forming a big loop, collectively known as Baibujie Ancient Road.
gezhu village was under the jurisdiction of shengxian county before 1931, and the ancient road used to be the only road leading to shengxian county.
After Gezhu was under Fenghua's jurisdiction, especially after Jidong Line, an extension of Dongdong Line, was completed in 1998, the ancient road declined. In recent years, it has been developed as an ancient road, and occasionally donkey friends visit the ancient place to explore the secluded place.
I plan to complete the ancient road, pass through Panjiakeng and Changting Bay, and then return to Gezhu according to the circular diagram.
I started in the direction of Panjiakeng, went up the mountain, and then went down the mountain. I came to a valley between two mountains, where a stream trickled down, and there was no one on the road. I also went alone to explore the extinct village that Mr. Wang said.
a person is in an isolated valley, and there are some vague fears coming to his mind.
The ancient road goes upstream along the stream. At the junction of the two mountains, I saw the sign of Panjiakeng, which is what Mr. Wang called Panjiakeng. Now, only the place name is left, and people are deserted, and there are dense forests, and old houses are nowhere to be found.
panjiakeng has completely disappeared.
Only a bamboo forest can witness that people once lived here.
The diagram shows that Panjiakeng is 2.8km away from Gezhu Village, because it is a very long journey to go up and down the mountain, and there is no one in the four fields. At this time, I am tired and a little scared.
The whole journey of the ancient road is nearly ten kilometers. I mustered up the courage to go on, climbing from Panjiakeng to the direction of the peak Longtan.
I finally climbed to the top of the mountain, and a three-way intersection appeared. From the road sign, I didn't know which direction Changting Bay should go.
Open the mobile phone map, which is not far from Changting Bay, but it can't indicate whether I am left or right. I am very worried about getting lost in the mountains.
I have seen snakes shuttling through the forest twice on the road, and there is also a sign "Beware of Poisonous Insects" on the roadside. There is no one around, and my fear has intensified. I gave up looking for the way to Changting Bay and went back the same way.
when I returned to Gezhu, it was already past 12 noon, and I was unwilling to complete Mr. Wang's entrustment. I plan to start from Gezhu Village and go directly to Changting Bay, where Mr. Wang's hometown is located.
The signpost to Changting Bay was not obvious. I asked the villagers to find the way to Changting Bay, but I walked, and there were no signposts at several consecutive intersections. I went back to the village, asked the direction of the intersection, and went up the mountain again. Although the distance was only 2.4 kilometers, I was very tired.
I finally saw the sign of Changting Bay. Tired, I leaned against the bamboo and let my fatigue dissipate.
A house hidden in a dense forest of weeds is Mr. Wang's childhood home. There is a persimmon tree in front of the house. Mr. Wang's family has moved out of Changting Bay for nearly 3 years.
The weeds in front of the house are taller than people. When you push the weeds aside, you come to the house. The house with civil structure is left unattended, and the back part has fallen, leaving only the front part standing.
The furniture and farm tools used in the house are still there, and the once farm life scene can still be imagined.
The persimmon tree in front of the house is tall and big, and the persimmon on the tree is big and red.
Mr. Wang is right. The persimmon at the door is already red.
There is no one to pick the big and red persimmons, but let them fall into mud.
if I pick some persimmons back, I'm sure Mr. Wang won't blame me, but I don't have any tools to use. I'm exhausted, so I don't want to climb trees again and go back down the mountain.
Mr. Wang's childhood home, in the increasingly dense forest, was baptized by years and wind and rain.
The pace of human progress is getting faster and faster, cities are brilliant, and more and more villages are disappearing.
It's past three o'clock in the afternoon when I return to Gezhu Village again. I sat by the stream for a long time, eating snacks and replenishing my strength. Suddenly, I feel that it's actually quite good to be an uncontested farmer.
however, with the world of mortals rolling, how many people can make their own decisions!
Mingxi is gurgling down, with seven songs in the mountains, eight songs with bamboos and nine songs with great gloom. Infinite scenery is still ahead.
The investigation tour of Mingxi Jiuqu was originally planned to end in eight days (including the previous local investigation schedule), but this trip of Gezhu took an extra day, and Mingxi Jiuqu had to add another day.
There are nine songs in Mingxi, as well as three humanistic scenery, which are ahead and will be shared recently.
transportation strategy for Gezhu Village:
Just drive by car and navigate Gezhu Village.
by bus, take bus No.987 or No.988 from Ningbo Railway Station to bus Xikou Station, and then transfer to bus No.572 from Fenghua. The terminal is Hutan Village, passing through Gezhu Village, and you can take a tour along Mingxi Jiuqu at will.