Wenzhou Road was built in the middle of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was the only official road leading to Wenzhou in Taishun County at that time. Taishun mainly has two types of ancient roads, one is to close the road, which is called the official road; The second is a country road, called Renmin Road. Wenzhou Road belongs to the former. One end of this road leads to Luo Yang Town, Taishun, and the other end leads to Wenzhou City, with a total length of 185 km, which is the only way for Taishun villagers to walk out of the mountains.
In the first year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty (1450), the imperial court set up a pool shop in Ren Xia and Jujiang, and the pool soldiers transported official documents. Taishun County was established in the third year of Jingtai (1453), and ruitai Post Road (now Ruian to Taishun) was established in the following year. There are 10 shops and 29 soldiers in this county. From the northeast of Qianpu County, it passes through Lingxiapu, Yangyangpu (present-day East Domain), Chongyang Pu (present-day Chunyang), Hongkoupu, Zhoukengpu (present-day Zhoukeng), Jugangpu (present-day Jujiang), Xintangpu, Xintingpu and Longmenpu, and enters the boundary of Ruian County (present-day wencheng county). Each store is 10 miles away.
After the middle of Qing Dynasty, Baizhang Waterway in Taishun County rose, and the direction of Wenzhou Road changed fundamentally. Luo Yang entered Wencheng via Xia Ling, Lingtoupu, Ren Xia, Hongkou and Baoyang to Wenzhou, Luo Yang via Santan, Yangkengtou, Zhangkeng, Nanfeng and Zhulingtou to Baizhang, and then took a boat to Ruian to Wenzhou. Dong Zhengyang, a Taishun Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty, described this in Baizhang Ballad: "Baigang Beach, one beach and one post. Luo Yang, as in the sky. " It can be seen how dangerous and spectacular Wenzhou Road was at that time.
Nowadays, this important traffic artery that once ran through Taishun, Wencheng, Rui 'an and Wenzhou has been cut off by new roads, submerged by weeds and vines, or washed away by mountain torrents and rolling stones, and has long been intermittent. Wenzhou Road has almost completed its mission as a road, leaving only a sign, a landscape and too much human history. Since then, few people know this road.
Fortunately, beside Dongmen Street in Luo Yang, Taishun County, there is still a stone tablet engraved with the words "Wenzhou Road", which is a road sign left by ancient ancestors. Despite the erosion of the years, the words on the tablet have become blurred, and only the vigorous official script is faintly discernible. I think, maybe it's time to leave a space, a mystery, a Zen, so that future generations can find what they lost again.
In 20 13, Wenzhou carried out a general survey of ancient roads, and for a time, various works such as photography, painting, prose and poetry with the theme of ancient roads poured in. In this way, the ancient mountain road smiled and walked out of the boudoir, and its peerless appearance emerged, stunning the world.
As if it were the fate agreed in previous lives, I resolutely set foot on Wenzhou Road along the direction of the stone tablet. Walking is like walking out of the world of mortals. There is no worldly noise, no entanglement of fame and fortune, no falsehood and fetters. There are only the wonders of flying over the cliff, the pure and bright running water of the stream, the Wizard of Oz in the primitive forest, and the warm whispers in the quaint villages. Here, I only feel that a memory that has been dusty for thousands of years has suddenly been opened. What reappears in front of your eyes is the long-gone male ploughing and female weaving, and the chickens and dogs hear each other, the shepherd's flute fluttering and the smoke curling up. As well as the rude teasing wrapped in salted fish and pickles, sandals, and the love story of going home, people are fascinated. And all this, now only attributed to a quiet, distant, peaceful, clear, and that kind of indescribable feeling.
Dagangling, ancient roads and pavements are well preserved and there are many ancient trees. From the periphery, the fragrant maple trees that stand out from the crowd on the green hillside stand upright, like a guard of honor in a dress. Every time the leaves are red, the mountains and plains will surge like red waves, but with thick gold. Looking around, every mountain peak and gully is either supporting or lifting, or dancing or static. In the haze, under the setting sun, maple leaves hold a tree, one next to the other, one against the other, pushing each other and rushing up the whole mountain. At this time, there is no wind in the ear, but there is wind whistling from the bottom of my heart, with the pride of autumn, impacting the hearts of passers-by defenseless.
After coming down from Dagangling and passing through Sanyanping, a small stone pavilion is exposed in the shade. Zhang Tianshu, a Xianju in Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Fairy Spirit and Ancient Meaning": "Luoshan is warm in spring and flowers spit, and Yingchunmen meets Yuan Xian Road. There is a stone pavilion in Sandu, and the smoke locks the willow bay ... ". The "Stone Pavilion" in the poem is "Luoyang Stone Pavilion". The stone pavilion is not big, it is all made of stone, and the walls have long been soaked in gray-black by time. But it has stood in the mountains for nearly 500 years, sheltering many passers-by. Standing in front of the pavilion, I carefully read the stone pavilion, read the details that I couldn't understand when I was a child, and read the exquisiteness and massiness left by my ancestors, but I still have a lot of confusion. Under a dripping stone wall at the entrance of Shi Ting, I suddenly found a bunch of Lycoris in full bloom. Lycoris radiata is the most beautiful flower I saw when I was a child. I haven't seen you for years. At first glance, it looks much more gorgeous than the color I remember. This is a kind of wild and natural beauty. Lycoris radiata has a short flowering period. When flowering, its stems are light green and round, and its petals are slender and bunched, naturally curled or half-opened, which is natural and beautiful. It only blooms in Shan Ye. Narcissism, not loneliness, not self-pity.
Enter Xialing Village, and Wenzhou Road bypasses the village. Over a small hillside, there is a bridge covered with slate on the mountain stream. Look into your eyes, "You can see Qingxi in high and low mountains, and the sky is flying." This is the famous Xianju covered bridge. According to the records of Fenjiang Zhi, Xianju Covered Bridge was built by Guo Xianzong of Zhiming County, which was destroyed by flood in June of the 19th year of Chenghua, rebuilt by Fan Mian in the 4th year of Hongzhi, collapsed in the 39th year of Jiajing, and rebuilt by people in the 12th year of Kangxi. From Jingtai in Ming Dynasty to Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, Xianju Bridge was built four times, which highlighted its irreplaceable position in transportation. The flagstones on the deck of Xianju Bridge are not directly placed between the piers, but are hoisted from the bottom layer by layer in the form of legs to shorten the distance between the two piers. This is really original. I wonder, has this mysterious design concept been included in the teaching materials of the Civil Engineering Department of Harvard University? Otherwise it will be a great regret in the history of bridge construction.
After climbing the mountain at Xianju Qiaotou, it is Lingtoupu. There are two stores here in Luo Yang and two stores here in Hongkou. Now, the shop in Lingtoupu has long since ceased to exist. Instead, it is a pavilion, which is said to have been built by Zhang in Xianju Village and named Guanyin Pavilion. Its construction time is not well recorded. But it doesn't matter. In the mountains of Taishun, no one can count how many pavilions there are for passers-by to rest. From Lingtoupu to the foot of the mountain, an ancient road was cut off by a newly built highway. Go along the wide and flat road, and you will reach Ren Xia Village. Out of the entrance of Ren Xia Village, the ancient road paved with stones is located in the middle of the field and extends to the opposite hill. Whenever the autumn wind comes, the rice in the field is ripe. At this time, if you walk on the ancient road, you will become a sail in the golden waves from a distance.
Crossing the field, this ancient road has been transformed into a cement road by the "Kangzhuang Project", and you will soon see three or two farmhouses along the road. On the right front of the farmhouse is a fork in the road, and a sign says "Chunyang 2.2km". There used to be a store in Chunyang called Chongyang Store. According to the rules of shop setting, the next shop is Chen Daipu. Along the ancient road extending around the mountainside, there is a short road to Yangshan Village, with only a dozen stone piers. After walking, you can reach Yangshan Village and the section from Yangshan Village to Hongkou. The mountain road is winding and silent all the way. Sunlight cuts obliquely from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley, forming two color blocks of light and dark. The ancient road is still so old, so old. Ancient to the extreme, time is no longer important to it. The thick black stone steps are horizontal or vertical, and the height is strewn at random, which is still so delicate and natural. At this moment, the ancient road is hidden behind the sun, as silent as a symbol. Because no one has visited for many years, the stone steps are covered with lichens, ferns and mosses, which makes the ancient road and cliff become one, without the thinness and smoothness of the year. Perhaps it is my footsteps that disturb the peace here. A very vicissitudes old pine tree beside the stone steps, trembling and swaying in the mountain wind, is full of excitement after being lonely for too long.