When you walk into the urban area of ??Liuzhou, you can smell the strong atmosphere of Liuhou. Buses and buses from any corner of the city have routes leading to Liuhou Park.
The Liuhou Temple, built in the Song Dynasty, is surrounded by the Liuhou Park built in the late Qing Dynasty. Walking into the park, there is a faint Tang charm everywhere. The garden is covered with greenery and the scenery is intoxicating. I can't help but think of the poem "The willow governor of Liuzhou planted willows by the river." "Two hundred yellow tangerines are planted by hand, and new leaves are everywhere in the city when spring comes." Today, the tangerines planted by Liu Zongyuan are still being used by future generations! There is a stone statue of Liuhou at the entrance, and not far away is Luochi. A plaque inscribed by Guo Moruo, with strong fonts, reveals Guo's admiration and admiration for Liuhou. There is the Ganxiang Pavilion in the east, the Yiguan Tomb in the north, and the long stone carvings with inscriptions from past dynasties in the west. One of them, the "Lizi Stele", which is more than two meters high and has a broken body, attracts attention. It is the most precious national first-level protected cultural relic in Liuhou Park. It is said that Duke Liu Zongyuan often walked in Luochi with his subordinates in his spare time. After his death, he was buried here in his dream. Friend Han Yu wrote "Liuzhou Luochi Temple Stele". The inscription records that Liu Zongyuan in Liuzhou encouraged mulberry farming, eliminated bad customs, built roads, built temples, freed slaves, established rituals, laws and education, etc. The text ended with "Poems to Welcome and Farewell Gods" ", for Liuzhou people to sing when offering sacrifices to Liu Zongyuan. Because the first line of the poem is "The lychees are red and the bananas are yellow, and the miscellaneous dishes and vegetables are entering the marquis hall", it is called the lychee stele. More than two hundred years later, Su Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote this sacrificial poem in vigorous regular script and carved it into stone in Liuhou Garden. Cherishing each other has been passed down through the ages. Su Shi's calligraphy, Han Yu's articles, and Liu Zongyuan's anecdotes are three of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, so they are known as the "Three Unique Monuments". Liuwen stone carvings are often hidden in the green. Visitors can stop and pay homage to this cultural giant. You can also appreciate the famous articles that have been passed down through the ages. Walking in Liuhou Park, standing in front of Liu Gong's tomb, looking up and turning your eyes, you will feel that Liu Zongyuan here is already a living individual, just like the fragrant osmanthus plants here in the moonlit night. The mountains open”. In the "Liu Zongyuan Life Exhibition Hall" you can also learn about Liu Hou's life experience, his political achievements and cultural preservation in Liuzhou, and the respect that Liuzhou people have for him for more than 1,000 years.
Liuzhou City is not that big, but the presence of the Liuhou Temple in the city has added a rich cultural atmosphere since ancient times. This was especially difficult and rare in Liuzhou, which was still wild and backward at that time. It is also a cultural miracle.
There have been many people who served as governor of Liuzhou in history. Why do Liuzhou people love Liu Zongyuan alone? That's because Liu Zongyuan made special contributions to the civilization and progress of the people of all ethnic groups in Liuzhou. As Guo Moruo said in his poem "Visiting Liu Zongyuan's Relics": "Liuzhou used to have the Liuhou Temple, and the people worshiped it with virtue. Dan Li The name of the layman in Huang Jiao is inscribed on the sword and the tomb is remembered by everyone. Image, and more importantly, he is a parent official who "serves as an official for a long time and brings benefit to the whole country" and understands the sufferings of the people. He was demoted again and again and suffered many hardships in his official career. Frustration is an important part of life, and once encountered it also provides an opportunity. Hence the masterpiece "Eight Records of Yongzhou" and the thousand-year-old Liuhou Temple in Liuzhou. Although he only served as governor for four years and died of illness here, he left behind five great virtues and more than 100 poems and essays. With his own cultural personality and moral articles, he has benefited Liuzhou for thousands of years. It is a rare cultural wealth.
Go out of Liuhou Park. The Liujiang River on the opposite side surrounds the city. The river is very wide and clear, and the green mountains in the distance can be faintly seen. Liu Zihou must have been here to appreciate the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Liujiang River, right? Have you ever fished alone in Hanjiang Snow here in winter?
Walking on the riverside, the drizzle was filled with the fragrance of flowers, but at this time I could clearly smell the fragrance of ink coming from Liuhou Temple. This fragrance of ink has been spread for more than 1,000 years.
It is no accident that for thousands of years this scholar, the governor of Liuzhou, has been admired by politicians, scholars and even ordinary people of all ages. He clearly has the spirit of ancient Chinese intellectuals who cared about the country and the people. A feeling and a mission. This was even more vivid in the years when Yongzhou was demoted.
In the misty drizzle, I came with admiration and left reluctantly, looking at the undulating mountains in the distance, as if this ancestor was still standing there like a mountain. There, staring at this once familiar land. Let us future generations of scholars encourage ourselves and remember the chivalrous spirit of the Chinese intellectuals who have been alive for thousands of years.