As a city with 2500+ years, let's take our time with the story here.
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? I think when I didn't go to Yangzhou that year, the most profound and fascinating sentence in my mind about Yangzhou was: I have money and ride a crane to Yangzhou.
? Fireworks in March, riding a crane to Yangzhou, rich, suddenly into the world of mortals, is a fairy, but also a mortal. The same is true of immortals, not to mention mortals.
Rich, Riding a Crane Down Yangzhou was written by Yin Yun, a Southern Dynasty man.
? The original text is as follows:
? "There are guests accompanying each other, each saying his own thing: either he would like to make Yangzhou history, or he would like to earn more money, or he would like to ride a crane. One of them said,' I am rich and rode a crane to the state', and I want to have these three things. "
The meaning of this story is that the young man who went to Beijing for an exam saved an old man and later found out that he was a fairy. The fairy saw that they were kind, so she promised to realize a wish for each of them.
The first scholar was short of money, so he said, "I want to be a rich man."
The second scholar is an official fan, so he said, "I would like to make a history of Yangzhou, and everyone admires it."
The third scholar wanted to cultivate immortality and Taoism, so he said seriously; "willing to be a fairy";
The fourth scholar has the most personality. He thought for a long time and said, "I'm rich. I'll ride a crane to Yangzhou."
The other three scholars were very angry when they heard him say this and accused him of being too greedy. Even the immortal thought he was asking too much, so he said to him, "You have two choices: First, I will give you a crane, tie it to you, and then throw it over Yangzhou;" Second, you go to the exam first, get a big official, then earn a lot of money, and then follow me into the mountains to cultivate immortality. "The young man felt that the first one was very unsafe, so he reluctantly chose the latter.
Time flies, fleeting. What happened afterwards?
After the first scholar became a rich man, he was unrestrained and extravagant, but in the end he became a beggar and begged along the street.
The second scholar, who became the secretariat of Yangzhou, only knew abuse of power and extortion. In the end, he made too many enemies, and was taken to a concert, dismissed and sent into exile, which was worse than a beggar.
The third scholar, an immortal with overwhelming power, knows neither restraint nor practice. As a result, he was possessed and lost his power. He fled into the mountains and became a demon.
The fourth scholar is much luckier. He worked hard to be admitted to the Jinshi, became an official, and worked hard to make money in business, earning a lot of money. Then he and the old man went into the mountains to cultivate immortality, and after many hardships, they finally achieved a positive result.
When he landed in Yangzhou on an old crane with a hundred thousand crowns, it was already empty and the audience was like a tide.
? Of course, as a fairy, fame and fortune mean nothing to him. He just feels a pleasure, a full pleasure, an ideal pleasure, and only he is the most chic.
? "Rich, riding a crane to Yangzhou", this short poem, aroused many people's endless yearning for Yangzhou. The existence of Yangzhou, for the romantic literati in China, is more of a nostalgia for high spirits and contains countless romantic feelings.
I will wait for you in Yangzhou. I'll ride a crane back in March, don't think about going back. Take you to Yangzhou, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties from the aspects of culture, scenery, folk customs and folk customs. , and have been seeing today.