In the Kuanzhai Alley, which is only two to three hundred meters away from the center of Rongcheng City, Beijing courtyard buildings that combine the style of Western Sichuan are still well preserved. I strolled there leisurely, with the sunlight dappled through the overlapping leaves. Although I could no longer feel the strict hierarchy of that distant era, and I couldn't find the figures of the dignitaries and servants of that era, I looked at it now and it was full of romance. In the commercial district with various popular elements, looking at the bustling tourists and the clicking sound of the shutter, in a daze, I still forgot my past life and this life.
One evening, I watched a Sichuan Opera performance called "Ya Yun of Shu" at the People's Park on Qintai Road, and experienced the elegance and charm of Sichuan Opera for the first time. But after all, I don’t understand opera. Most of the time, I just watched the excitement and popularized a little common sense about opera. From this point of view, the artist’s passionate performance was in vain. What I found interesting there was the theater's costume-dressing experience for the audience and the various skills of folk craftsmen, such as ear picking, shoulder rubbing, and tickling. In a dimly lit theater, the ear-picking master, wearing a miner's lamp and holding a special tool, was providing some of the audience with his unique skill of "little comfort". I seemed to be able to hear the clanging metal sound, and look at the numb expression on the audience's face. , you know how ecstatic he is. With the elegant singing and the exquisite skills of the craftsmen, the people of Lower Riba and Yangchun Baixue complement each other here and are in perfect harmony.
The more Chengdu fascinates me and makes me intoxicated, the more I long to go to a place to worship sincerely, the water conservancy project that gave birth to the fertile western Sichuan plain - Dujiangyan, the world-famous It is renowned as the originator of water conservancy projects in the world. After passing through the streets of the ancient town of Dujiangyan (anciently known as Guanxian), the poetic South Bridge was already standing in front of me. As I looked up, I admired the calligraphy couplets at both ends of the bridge, the three-story overlapping cornices with raised feet, and the double-eaves colorful sculptures of rare birds and animals and various folk When I was talking about the legendary character, suddenly a rumbling sound came into my ears uncontrollably, trampling on my heart. Eager to find the source of the sound, I walked quickly onto the South Bridge, ignoring the bustling crowd on the bridge.
"Wow! Oh my God!" I saw the blue stream rushing down the river, and my heart was deeply shocked. What kind of river is that? Stubborn, assertive, cold and yet deliberately restrained and submissive! At that time, I did not know that the turbulent water that shocked me was the former Jieao Minjiang River. It wasn't until I boarded Fulong Temple, leaning on the railing and overlooking the turbulent Minjiang River, and saw the beautiful covered bridge I just passed - the South Bridge, that I realized that the river that had kept me calm was the same river I had passed countless times. The arrogant Minjiang River harmed the ancestors of Shu. How great and intelligent human beings are to be able to tame such a manic and angry water of the Minjiang River. In the process, what kind of pain, struggle and sacrifice have human beings experienced! I started shouting in my heart - how lucky future generations are, how lucky they are! I walked up the Baopingkou under the scorching sun, passed Feishayan and finally reached the Yuzui flood diversion point. I saw the roaring Minjiang River roaring towards the fish mouth, but it became docile and orderly the moment it touched the fish mouth. It is divided neatly into two huge streams, the Inner River and the Outer River, gurgling to where they should go. Thinking back to the time when our ancestors in Shu capital faced the vast land of Sichuan Basin, I seem to have seen countless eyes full of hardship and desolation, which makes people infinitely sad and pitiful.
Dujiangyan embodies the wisdom of Eastern mankind. Li Bing and his son have pioneered the work, local officials of the past generations have maintained it, and countless Shu people have worked hard to create "Chang Xu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty" Floods and droughts come from people, who do not know about famine, and when there are no famines, the world calls it the Mansion of Heaven." Those tired water management figures who once shuttled through the ruthless Minjiang River are hard to find. However, the water management ideas of "taking advantage of the situation and adapting to the current conditions", the management system of "repairing every year", "cutting off corners when encountering difficulties, and being heartbroken when times are good" The ancient human wisdom such as the principle of river management and the management experience of water diversion, sand control and flood discharge and the principles of weir management of "Building fish mouths to fill gaps, digging deep beaches and building weirs at low levels" are still shining brightly.
I stood at the Yuzui flood diversion site and watched for a long time the incense rising from the Erwang Temple not far away. My heart, which had been turned upside down, gradually calmed down, and the fatigue that followed But it gradually enveloped me. I felt tired and wanted to go home.