Longgang is located in Yanfu Plain, which was called "Huaiyi Land" in ancient times. Longgang, an ancient market town, flourished in the Qin and Han Dynasties and became a distribution center for salt, iron, fish and grain. In the first year of Kaibao in Song Dynasty, Mituo West Temple was built in the western suburb of Longgang, with thirteen houses in front and back. Phoenix Bridge, which is famous locally, has been recorded in Wanli County annals of Ming Dynasty.
Longgang town was named after the 15-mile stretch in the north of the town like a sand hill in Wolong, so Longgang town was established. In 1913, it was Longgang City in 2 years, Longgang Town in 18 years, Longgang City in 34 years, Longgang District in 35 years, and then changed to urban area. In 36 years of the Republic of China, Longgang District was restored. In 1957, it was divided into two major townships, Yang Bin and Longhai. Longgang people's commune was established in 1958; In 1983, the system was reformed to Longgang township, and in April 1984, it was changed to Longgang town, and the system of replacing township with town and managing village with town was implemented. In 21, Anhu Town in Yandu District was included in Longgang Town, and Anhu Community in Longgang Town was established. In 21, Dingyan Neighborhood Committee in Longgang Town was merged into Yanlong Sub-district Office in Yandu District.
Longgang was founded in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it is a thousand-year-old town. Filial piety has always been an important connotation of Longgang's profound humanistic heritage. Walking in Longgang, stories of Xiaogan's virtue abound. In particular, the stories of Xiaozifang and Bai Yanzan are talked about by people.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a student named Li Jianxue near Anfu Bridge in Longgang, whose family was poor. After his father Li Yuanliang fell ill, he had no money to seek medical advice, so he reluctantly cut a piece of stock and gave it to his father to drink. After his father's death, he built a Lushe to guard the tomb, and stayed together day and night for three years, without taking a hundred steps, eating without being addicted to taste, sleeping without changing clothes. During this period, an official ship of a water conservancy official went to the first Confucian Temple in Longgang East for the night, and there were occasional sounds of reading and crying in the field behind the temple. The official made a statement to the Emperor after field investigation and verification by local officials. In the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), the wooden filial piety square was built in the north of Anfu Bridge. After the wooden workshop was in disrepair, it was rebuilt three times in the ninth year of Xianfeng (1859), the third year of Tongzhi (1864) and the third year of Guangxu (1877), and the wooden filial piety workshop was transformed into a brick-and-stone three-door neighborhood with two plaques on it, "Imperial edict" and "filial piety workshop". On both sides of the middle door, there are "Xiaogan earth-shattering memorial archways, which are richly decorated in the world. Simple and elegant, magnificent, everyone admires. Solemnness and solemnity ordered the civilian to get off the sedan chair and the military attache to dismount. During the Japanese occupation of Longgang, it was forcibly demolished. Fortunately, many Li people, regardless of their lives, regained some stone carvings and transported them to Lijiadun for burial. The stone tablet of "Xiaozifang" has been unearthed (the tablet is 1.55m long, .55m wide and .15m thick). After the establishment of Lee's archway, Anfu Bridge was renamed Fangqiao. Now, Fangqiao is one of the neighborhood committees of Longgang Town.
It is impossible to verify which dynasty the story of "Bai Yanzan" happened in. However, Song Cao, a famous calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, left us a plaque of "Bai Yange", which recorded the touching story of his dutiful son Wang Chen. At the beginning of the inscription, "The Wangs in Gangmen made Bai Yan, but the salt people are different, and the name of the Wangs is sincere ..." It is said that a swallow nest was built on the eaves of the Wangs' home in Longgang. What is different is that the Wangs' swallows are all white, which was very strange to Yancheng people at that time. The Wangs' mother and son live together. Later, after the death of the Queen Mother, her son Wang Chen cried day and night, and finally died of grief. Wang Chen's heartfelt filial piety actually made him feel sorry for Bai Yan, and they all hanged themselves in the royal courtyard. Later generations specially built Bai Yan Pavilion to praise Wang Chen and Bai Yan. According to the relevant cultural relics in Yancheng, the "White Yan Pavilion" tablet was originally a white marble stone on the White Yan Pavilion in Longgang, horizontal, with a width of 1.68 meters, a height of .37 meters and a thickness of .6 meters. It has 24 lines, full of 6 words and 16 words in regular script. It is said that this stone tablet was originally put aside in the dining hall of Longgang Middle School for students' porridge buckets because no one knew it. After the stone tablet was discovered, the rubbings were given to Guo Moruo, and the inscription was collected in the city museum.
filial piety is long, and virtue lasts for thousands of years
Nowadays, the kind Longgang people continue to inherit the simple filial piety and kindness, and carry forward the new fashion of "charity Longgang", "kindness Longgang" and "harmony Longgang".
Legends of "Longduntou" and "Baidangkou"
In the northwest of Longgang Town, Yandu District, a thousand-year-old town, there is a high pier named "Longduntou" in Xuzhuang Village, and there is a lake swing called "Baidangkou" in the adjacent Xingfu Village. The two places are not far apart, and the landform of the high pier is just like that of the lake swing, which is dug and placed there.
According to legend, in the Han Dynasty, there was a small village with more than 2 households called Xumaozhuang in the present Xuzhuang village. There is such a family of three in the village. The householder, Mao Xiucai, doesn't ask Wen Da governors. His wife is gentle and virtuous, and his only son is intelligent and lively. Mao Xiucai works with his wife every day, teaching his son to chant poetry and write correctly. The family is loving, harmonious and happy.
who knows, one summer day, there was a strong wind and a downpour. Unexpectedly, Xu Maozhuang's human and animal property was destroyed in a big mess. The most pitiful thing was Mao Xiucai, whose only beloved son was swept away by the strong wind and his whereabouts were unknown.
Mao Xiucai and his wife are naturally heartbroken. His wife Lacrimosa all day long, but Mao Xiucai decided that it must be the evil dragon, so he wrote a book, listed the crimes of the evil dragon one by one, and wrote a form paper, hoping to complain to heaven.
when the neighbors learned about it, they were all worried. If they angered the dragon again, wouldn't it be a serious disaster? So they tried hard to persuade each other, and his wife, fearing another disaster, secretly threw Mao Xiucai's form paper into the pot and set it on fire. Although Mao Xiucai angrily, he always gave up the idea of complaining.
who knows, the form paper thrown into the pot was still seen by the kitchen god. In the face of the heinous behavior of the dragon, the kitchen god can't help but get angry and decide to do justice for the world. So he submitted the form paper directly to the Jade Emperor. After reading the form paper, the Jade Emperor flew into a rage at the evil dragon, and immediately ordered people to find out the truth and ordered the evil dragon to be beheaded without forgiveness. That night, there was lightning and thunder in an instant, and it was stormy. The next morning, people really saw a bloody faucet fall behind Xumaozhuang. It turned out that the dragon had been chopped down and the faucet fell here.
Although it's unforgivable to commit crimes, the Dragon King is also saddened by the slaughter of the Dragon Son. The Dragon King personally circled down and took a piece of earth from Baidang (now in Xingfu Village, Longgang) to cover Longzi. Later, the place occupied by the Dragon King became a wasteland. It is low-lying and can't be planted, and wild reeds grow here. Every rainy season, it is a vast expanse, commonly known as "Baidangkou", and where the faucet is covered, a mound of more than 9 mu, ranging from 1 to 3 feet higher than the flat ground, is formed, that is, "Longduntou". Careful observation shows that the landform of "Baidangkou" is just like that of "Dragon Duntou" dug and covered there.
Until liberation, there was a saying in Xuzhuang that the keel was dug to treat traumatic injuries. People dug out the keel from the dragon pier head and finely grinded it to stop bleeding. It is said that the curative effect is very high, so there were many collections among the people at that time.
It is also said that there is an abyss in the southwest corner of Baidangkou, which has been rich in carp for many years. Later, after several transformations, it has become an aquaculture base.
Jingting (1898~199), also known as Codex, was a historical figure of Longgang, and his ancestral home was from Jiashe, Longgang Town, Yandu District (now Gangnan Management Area of Yancheng Fruit Tree Breeding Farm). Good at painting plum blossoms, known as "plum blossom old man." Four frames of Mo Mei won a gold medal in Panama in 1926.
In p>1913, he was admitted to Huai 'an No.9 Middle School in Jiangsu Province. After graduation, he worked as a teacher in Qijiazhuang, Beisongzhuang and Shiyangzhuang primary schools. At that time, I met Mr. Xia Tieqiao, an expert in plum painting, and studied painting with him. In 1925, he was admitted to the Department of Chinese Painting of Wuxi Fine Arts College. When he graduated in July 1928, he stayed as a teaching assistant and concurrently served as the principal of Tonghuiqiao Primary School. In the winter of 1933, he went to Fujian to participate in the anti-Chiang movement under the auspices of the 19th Route Army, and after failing, he avoided living in Jiangsu Guild Hall. Since then, he has served as vice president of Hankou Orphanage, art and Chinese teacher of Zhongxiang Middle School in Hubei Province, inspector of Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission, associate professor of Central Political University, professor of literature and history of Agricultural College of Central Political University, secretary of education department and construction department of Xikang Province. In 1944, he established his own family by associating with famous artists such as Xu Youshang, Zhang Daqian and Wu Zuoren, writing poems and painting.
After the founding of New China, he joined the "Civil Revolution" in 1956, and was a member of the CPPCC and the Calligraphy and Painting Association in Ya 'an County, Sichuan Province. In 1982, he became a member of China Artists Association and Liangshan Painting and Calligraphy Association.
His paintings are strangely written, with exquisite skeleton, strong and upright, and vivid skills. His works have been exhibited for many times and enjoy a high reputation. In 1983, he moved back to his hometown of Longgang, Yancheng. In April, 1984, he was appointed as a member of Jiangsu Literature and History Museum, a member of the first Committee of Yancheng City of CPPCC, a consultant of Huhai Art and Literature Society, and a member of the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Artists Association. Since then, he has held many solo exhibitions and trained more than 1 young painters.
After living in Longgang, his ancestral home for a period of time in his later years, he went to live in Yancheng City, and successively served as a member of the first session of the CPPCC, a librarian of the Provincial Museum of Literature and History, and a consultant of Huhai Literature and Art Society. On June 13, 199, Yilao died of illness in Yancheng. According to his will, the ashes were scattered into python Hanoi from Fenghuang Bridge in Longgang and Taiping Bridge in Yancheng respectively. Yanfu Popular Edition later published a poem, titled "Wan Yi Jing Ting Old Painter", which said:
"I have traveled all over the world in Wan Li, but I have never been credited with it.
A thousand ice figures are iron, and a lifelong confidant is plum blossom.
sentient white hair belongs to mulberry, which is priceless and reflects the rosy clouds.
The flag of the lake and the sea is singing, and the crane is gone, and the art world is hanging down to cultivate new flowers. "
made an appropriate evaluation of the life and hobbies of the elderly. After reading it, I couldn't help crying.
Chen Yi is in Longgang
Yancheng is an old revolutionary base area. In this red hot land, the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries Chen Yi, Liu Shaoqi, Su Yu, Huang Kecheng, etc. have left their footprints in fighting and life. West Gate Longgang in Yancheng, called Gangmen Town in ancient times, was once the seat of the county government of Ye Ting, and generals such as Chen Yi also left many anecdotes here.
1. Get to know "Commander Niu"
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Yin Xiangzhu, an insider of Helong Duiwei (now Shangzhuang Town, Yandu District), often sold cattle from the Yellow Sea to Shanghedui, and was called "Commander Niu".
One day in the third month of the lunar calendar in p>1941, he sold four cows and passed through Longgang. Because he didn't show the way, he was stopped by the New Fourth Army. According to the regulations, you need to find an acquaintance to guarantee. Yin Xiangzhu fastened the cow and hurried to the bridge of Fenghuang in Longgang to find a relative to guarantee it. While hesitating, I saw a few big horses running over the bridge. One of the soldiers looked at him, tightened the reins, turned over and dismounted, went straight forward and took his hand, laughing and saying, "Brother Yin, you made my search so hard!" " Yin Xiangzhu was taken aback. The soldier laughed and said, "We met in Gaoyou, don't you remember?" Yin Xiangzhu hurried to look at the people up and down: four big and five thick bodies, ruddy and moist faces and high foreheads: "Oh, oh, I remember, are you Chen Laodi?" ！”
This "Chen Laodi" is none other than Chen Yi, the new acting commander of the New Fourth Army.
How does Chen Yi know Yin Xiangzhu? Words have to start from a year ago. On one occasion, Chen Yi passed Gaoyou and was stopped by two puppet troops, thinking that Chen Yi was a "spy" of the * * * production party. As it happens, Yin Xiangzhu came to this area to sell cattle. Seeing this situation, he quickly stepped forward and said to the two puppet troops, "Two fellow villagers, how did you stop my friend?" As he spoke, he slipped some money to two puppet troops. The two puppet troops also made a accommodate them and let Chen Yi go. After the puppet troops left, Chen Yi only said that he was "a businessman who eroded his capital". Yin Xiangzhu passed his name and said, "Businessmen are away, and many friends have many roads."
Later, Yin Xiangzhu went out to sell cattle and sold several oxen to a cattle shop, but the money was delayed. The cattle owner sat in Yin's house to collect money, and Yin went to Niu Hang to collect debts. Unexpectedly, the boss of Niuhang turned against him and assigned his men to repel Yin. Yin Xiangzhu is in a strange place and anxious. The local people expressed deep sympathy, suggesting that Yin went to the big temple not far from Niuhang to ask the garrison for help, and told the commander Chen Yi in the army that he was willing to help the people. With a glimmer of hope, Yin was overjoyed to see Commander Chen in the big temple. It turned out that Commander Chen was none other than the "businessman who eroded his capital". Chen Yi laughed, asked why, and asked him to stay at the temple until he was investigated. The next day, Chen Yi sent two soldiers to accompany Yin to get back the cow money. Out of gratitude, Yin gave part of the cow money to Commander Chen for military expenses. Chen Yi made an iou, and they said goodbye.
I don't want them to meet by chance again this time in Gangmen Town. Since then, the two have become best friends. "Commander Niu" Yin Xiangzhu also constantly accepted Chen Yi's anti-Japanese patriotic thought, joined the guerrillas of the * * * production party, and became the guerrilla captain. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yin Xiangzhu visited Chen Yi in Shanghai, and Chen Yi specially telephoned a hospital in Shanghai to cure Yin's eye diseases.
2. Refuse to leave ink marks
During the period when Chen Yi and his headquarters were stationed in Longgang, they lived in Xu Houfu's compound in North Xujiaxiang (now Xuxiang Village, Longgang Town, Yandu District).
Xu Houfu, a feudal landlord, is the richest man among the 11 lords in Xujiaxiang. He is snobbish and mean, and is called "Master Xu Liu". Although he has a little knowledge of literature and ink, he also serves as a "heap director" for more than a year, but he is stubborn. When he saw Commander Chen Yi, he was gentle in appearance, heroic and distinguished in nature. He knew that he must be a senior official of the * * * production party, so he played a "cleverness" and always tempted him with small profits, but Chen Yi and the garrison ignored him and were unmoved.
On the eve of Chen Yi's departure from Xuxiang, Xu Houfu specially hosted a banquet to invite Chen Yi to stay in Mo Bao, in case the * * * production party gains political capital for itself after taking power. Chen Yi had already seen Xu Houfu's bad intentions and refused on the spot. Only a few policy books on land reform were left for him.
After Chen Yi left, Xu Houfu was still stubborn and abandoned the books given by Chen Yi. With the deepening of liberation, Xu Houfu not only refused to be an enlightened gentleman, but tried his best to change fields and sell property and transfer hidden wealth. During the land reform, Xu Houfu's land property was less than half. However, in the end, they failed to escape the punishment of the working people, and the peasants who were turned over crawled on the ground in front of the cows, forcing them to hand over the hidden property. In the end, Xu Houfu waved his hand guiltily and said, "No, it's really gone, and there's always nothing left." Xu Houfu's funny mess made the peasants laugh. Later, in Xujiaxiang, there were two-part allegorical sayings, such as "Six Masters Climb Cows-Nothing Always Got" and "Six Masters Climb Cows-If you don't bring it with you, you won't take it with you when you die", which have been passed down to this day.
The historical origin of Kong Shangren and Longgang, the author of Peach Blossom Fan
In the 25th year of Kangxi (AD 1686), the Huaihe River burst, and Dr. Kong Shangren of imperial academy was instructed to travel with Sun Zaifeng, assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, to help dredge the Yellow River. Kong Shangren went to Yancheng, and arranged to excavate 57 Li of Xinguan River (now called Python River, the same below), the estuary to the east of Gangmen Town (now Longgang Town).
This statement is also confirmed in Sun Zaifeng's biography of 66 in Volume 279 of the Draft of the History of Qing Dynasty: Sun Zaifeng ... two Jinshi in the 9th year of Kangxi ... moved to the Ministry of Industry as an assistant minister, and still holds a bachelor's degree in Hanlin Academy. In the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi, he ordered Langzhong E Su and others to go to Huai and Yang Zhuo Haikou, and was appointed by Xiahe Ministry of Industry. Gangmen is the first construction site, followed by Baijuchang, Dingxichang and Caoyan. I learned from it ... The construction of Gangmen Town and Baiju Town in Haikou was completed in Fengjian, and the construction of Dingxi and Caoyan stopped.
The Records of Longgang Town also recorded that Kong Shangren and Sun Zaifeng supervised the repair of the Python River and dredged the estuary of the Yellow River. More importantly, the comrades in the writing group of the new edition of Longgang Town Records are exploring the cultural features of the Python River.