After moving out of the garlic market, I temporarily stayed at my grandfather's old friend's house in the indigo plant.
Indigo factory is located on the west side of the long river in the west of Beijing, where a foreign firearms camp was set up in the Qing Dynasty. "Cao Xueqin's Footprints in Beijing" said: "Cao Xueqin moved from Chongwenmen's former residence to Jingxi, and once stayed in many places, and the indigo plant was one of them. Because there was an old friend of his grandfather in the old military camp, he only stayed for a short time and then moved to Xiangshan. "
According to textual research, after Cao Xueqin returned to Beijing from Nanjing in the sixth year of Yongzheng (AD 1728), he first lived in Beijing, and then moved to an old house in the northeast corner of Ciqikou intersection in the western suburbs. In Jingxi, Cao Xueqin first lived in two small barracks in the west of Lanqi Indigo Factory. In order to write a book, he chatted with people in the village, visited historical sites around the indigo factory and collected materials. Because there are many people coming and going there, I made a few friends, which is of great help in writing The Story of the Stone (that is, A Dream of Red Mansions). However, not long after he lived here, he found that Qi Ying's house was small and noisy, and people greeted him and sent him all day. He can't settle down to write a book, so he wants to find another place. Half a year later, introduced by an old friend of his father, he moved from indigo factory to Xiangshan Jianrui Camp.
According to the local Manchu old man, Cao Xueqin is very proficient in medical skills. When he lived in an indigo factory, he often treated villagers and never received a penny. Sometimes he will go to the "Yidatang" pharmacy in indigo plant to get medicine for patients. Some people he met recovered and bought him something to repay him, but Cao Xueqin never accepted it.
When I lived in Mentou Village, I became good friends with the shopkeeper of the restaurant.
Mentou Village, located at the southern foot of Xiangshan Mountain, is a famous ancient village in western Beijing. "Chang 'an Hakka" said: Xia Biyun went south along the old road, about ten miles, to Mingmentou Village. This place was built as the gate of Xishan, hence the name. 196 1 year, when investigating Cao Xueqin's residence and burial place in Xishan, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture got the clue that Cao Xueqin once lived in Beixinzhuang. Mr. Wu Enyu, a red scientist, heard from the old man in Mentou Village that Cao Xueqin lived in Mentou Village.
A brief study of Cao Xueqin's footprint in Xishan Mountain lists more than ten suspected residences of Cao Xueqin in Xishan Mountain, and Mentou Village is one of them: "Mentou Village is adjacent to the right-wing military camp of Jianrui Camp in Xishan Mountain, and it is a place where the officers and men of Banner Camp and their families often shop. Cao Xueqin is familiar with Mentou Village, Beixinzhuang and Liwangfen, and sometimes he walks around. There are rumors among the people that he lives in Mentou Village. In the 1960 s, red scholars came here to make textual research and make a brief discussion. "
It is said that Cao Xueqin lived in Mentou Village intermittently for more than three months. It's quiet here, far from the capital. Cao Xueqin has visited many historical sites around the village. He has visited the Liwangfen area in the south of the village many times.
During the Qianlong period, there was a "Xinghuachun Tavern" in Mentou Village. The owner's surname is Yang, from Shanxi. The wine sold is homemade and mellow, and many people come here, including Cao Xueqin. Yang, the owner of this bar, studied in a private school for several years. He can read, read ancient books and write well. He soon became good friends with Cao Xueqin. So Cao Xueqin came to the pub to talk about the past and the present as soon as he was free, and also showed the written manuscript to the shopkeeper Yang to listen to his opinions. Thus, the two became good friends. After Cao Xueqin left Mentou Village, he came back to visit the shopkeeper Yang many times.
Because I live in Liulangzhuang, I wrote "Jingxi Rice" in A Dream of Red Mansions.
Liulangzhuang is located outside the east wall of the Summer Palace. In the Ming dynasty, it was called Niulan Village, so many willows were planted in the field, so it was also called Liulang Village. In the Qing Dynasty, Yang Jiajiang's story was renamed Liulangzhuang.
According to "Notes on Postgraduate Entrance Examination-Notes on Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions" written by Wu Enyu, a red scientist, "Cao Xueqin was poor and wrote books all his life, and died in Xiaoguandi Temple in Liulangzhuang, and he was very sleepy when he died." "A Brief History of Jinghua Culture" also records that "Cao Zhan (No.'Xueqin') once lived in Xiliulangzhuang, Haidian Town, and died in the first year of Shen Jia (the 29th year of Qianlong, namely 1764)". These two statements can't help but remind people that during the Kangxi period, when Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin built the West Garden of Changchun Garden, he built Zhenwu Temple in Liulangzhuang and built 30 families' houses. Is Cao Xueqin's move here related to this matter? You can learn from it.
According to historical records, when Cao Yin supervised the construction of Zhenwu Temple, he had close contacts with many local people. Cao Xueqin moved here, perhaps temporarily taking refuge in his grandfather's close friend.
Liulangzhuang in history is famous as "the rice in the west of Beijing" and is called "Gong Mi" because of its tribute to the palace in the Qing Dynasty. It is said that when Cao Xueqin lived in Liulangzhuang, he often communicated with rice farmers and learned about the local customs, landscapes and seasonal farming in this area. In the 42nd chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, Pinger said, "There are two buckets of Yutian japonica rice here today, so it's hard to cook porridge ..." In the 75th chapter, she wrote, "Lady Jia asked,' Bring some porridge to eat', and Madam You had already held a bowl and said it was red rice porridge." Some scholars have verified that "Yutian rouge rice" and "Redmi" written in A Dream of Red Mansions are "Jingximi rice".
On the Treasure Belt "Marriage of Wood and Stone" Written by "Pine in the Stone" in Gubeigou Village
Beigou Village is located on the west side of the reclining Buddha Temple in Xiangshan. The villagers originally lived at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain. Ten years after the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1745), it moved to Yingtaogoukou because of the construction of Jingyi Garden. Red scientist Zhou believes that Cao Xueqin lives in Beigou Village near the reclining Buddha Temple. Both Cao Xueqin and 1963' s New Evidence of a Dream of Red Mansions believe that his residence address in the west of Beijing is Beigou Village, southwest of the Wofo Temple.
There are indeed rumors that Cao Xueqin is staying here in Beigou Village. It is said that Cao Xueqin is always inseparable from writing books and poems every day.
Wine. Since I was robbed of my property and moved from Nanjing to Beijing, my family is very poor, and I often can't even afford to pay for drinks, so I have to pay on credit. He is not only good at writing articles, but also good at painting and calligraphy. What he is best at is landscape painting and fan painting. Sometimes I ask the shopkeeper of the restaurant in the village to find paper and ink, draw a few sectors casually, and let him change some money, which is the money to buy wine. Therefore, Cao Xueqin is addicted to alcohol in Xiangshan area and "sells paintings to restaurants".
To the north of Beigou Village is Cherry Valley. There are many historical sites in the early years, and the Yuanbao and Shishangsong at the water source are two wonders. It is said that when Cao Xueqin lived in Beigou Village, he often went to Cherry Valley to look for historical sites. Inspired by his view of "pine in the stone", he wrote the love story of "wood-stone marriage" between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu in A Dream of Red Mansions.
On the east side of Beigou Village is the reclining Buddha Temple, a thousand-year-old temple. It is said that this glazed archway, built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, is the prototype of the fifth episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, in which Jia Baoyu wandered in the dreamland and performed a Dream of Red Mansions with fairy tales. Moreover, the palace courtyard, sutra depository and Miluo tree of the reclining Buddha Temple are also described in A Dream of Red Mansions, so the reclining Buddha Temple has become recognized by many red scholars.
In the last five years, he lived in the "four earthen houses" on the west side of Prince Yixian Temple in Baijiatuan.
Baijiatuan is located in the north of Xiangshan, separated from Zhengbaiqi by a mountain. Some scholars have verified that Cao Xueqin often visited friends from Zhengbaiqi to Baijiatuan along the mountain path (later called "Cao Xueqin Path") during his residence in Xiangshan. The textual research of Cao Xueqin's life said: "Cao Xueqin moved to Baijiatuan in the spring of the 23rd year of Qianlong (A.D. 1758), and died on the New Year's Eve of the 28th year of Qianlong (A.D. 1763), from the 24th to 25th year of Qianlong (A.D. 1759+0760). These five years are the most important five years in Cao Xueqin's life. Although these five years were the most embarrassing in Cao Xueqin's life, he devoted all his energy to the revision of A Dream of Red Mansions. "
Wu Enyu, a red scientist, has visited Baijiatuan many times, and Cao Xueqin has many descriptions in Congkao. He concluded that Cao Xueqin spent the last five years of his life building "four earthen houses" in the west of Prince Yixian Temple from the north of Yingtaogou in front of the mountain to Baijiatuan in the back of the mountain. The local people once said that there is a small stone bridge in the west of Baijiatuan village, and Cao Xueqin's former residence is nearby.