Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1456 Bai Gong Temple

"If you are interested, you can experience the fun of archaeological excavation under the guidance of our team members." Professor Li is really transparent, and of course he knows how to build a good relationship with the foundation's big funders.

"Is it okay?" Lin Wanqiu was pleasantly surprised. She had handled many things, dating back to the early Shang Dynasty, but they had never come from the scene.

"Let's not disturb the work of the work team too much." Zhou Zhi said, "So just work in groups of two."

Everyone was happy when these words came out, and Sima Zhao's intentions were known to everyone on the road.

Under the guidance of the archaeological team, Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi took photos at the excavation site in Gaojia Town to record the location and state of the stone tools when they were unearthed. Then they cleaned up the surrounding soil and unearthed a gravel "pointed tool" ".

Then Zhou Zhi began to have wild imaginations. The Yellow Emperor's ability to defeat Chi You, apart from those weird legends, could it be related to this?

The stone tools used in the lower reaches of the river are mostly gravel and sandstone, while the stone tools used in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River are mostly agate, gravel, and quartz. In terms of the hardness of weapons, it seems that the Yellow Emperor has an advantage over Chi You.

The difference in weapons generation is often the key to military success, isn't it?

After leaving Fengdu, the next stop is Zhong County.

Zhongxian County was named Zhongzhou in ancient times. God seems to be particularly fond of this place. In this small county, there are many famous people in history.

The first one is Ba Manzi, a general of Ba during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. When there was civil strife in Ba, King Ba asked Chu to send troops to help quell the civil strife, and promised three cities as reward.

After Chu helped Ba to quell the civil strife, he sent envoys to Ba to ask for the city's promise. Ba Manzi believed that the country could not be divided. As a minister, he could not secede the city privately. However, failure to fulfill his promise would be dishonest, and cutting off the country would be disloyal. Ba Manzi said, "Give me my head to thank him. The city cannot be taken." So he cut his own throat to serve as an envoy of Chu.

The story of Ba Manzi leaving the city with his head and being both loyal and trustworthy has been widely spread throughout history and established the character of this county.

Later, there were Yan Yan and Gan Ning in the Three Kingdoms, and Wen Li, a loyal and honest official in the Western Jin Dynasty. Nanjing was destroyed in the Ming Dynasty, and more than two hundred officials surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. However, Gao Zhuo, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, committed suicide and died for his country.

The most famous one is the only heroine in Chinese history who is recorded in the official biographies of generals instead of the biographies of martyrs, and the only female general Qin Liangyu who was awarded a title based on her military exploits.

There are countless other modern and contemporary celebrities, as well as countless places of interest.

During the so-called Three Gorges Tour, boats usually only dock at Shibaozhai downstream, and then let tourists go ashore to visit Shibaozhai, but Zhongxian County does not stop there.

However, there is also a nice place in Zhongxian County, which is not accessible to ordinary people who travel to the Three Gorges, and that is the Baigong Temple.

In 818 AD, Bai Juyi was demoted as the governor of Zhongzhou. During his tenure in Zhongzhou, Bai Juyi cared about the people and led the people of Zhongzhou to open mountains and build roads, plant trees and flowers, and share the joys and sorrows with the people.

During his tenure in Chungju, he wrote more than 100 masterpieces that were very influential at that time and later generations.

People in Zhongzhou called him the Four Sages together with Liu Yan, Lu Zhi and Li Jifu. In the Song Dynasty, the Four Sages Pavilion was built as a commemoration.

In the third year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Ma Yicong, the magistrate of Zhongzhou, knew that Bai Juyi was loved by the people when he was an official in Zhongzhou, so he proposed to build a separate temple to offer sacrifices. So he "killed Mao Pi, supervised the craftsmen every day, and completed the hall in autumn with three couplets and "There are two towers in Zuiyin Pavilion", and I hope that "gentlemen in the future will expand it and grow together with the Bashan Shu River".

Sure enough, as he wished, this place underwent an expansion in the early Qing Dynasty, and a second expansion in the 10th year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty. The expanded Baigong Temple finally reached a considerable scale.

With Zhou Zhi as a tour guide, it is very interesting to visit Baigong Temple. Zhou Zhi knows a lot about the allusions here, and his explanations are also very rich.

Baigong Temple is divided into two levels of terraces, built near the river and mountains, and is magnificent.

Walk up the large stone staircase that is more than two feet in front of the door. There are towering trees on the left and a towering stack on the right. After climbing the stairs, you will arrive at the gate of Baigong Temple.

The gate is a three-story, four-pillar, three-room archway, with green glazed tiles on top and bright yellow walls below, which is very special. The plaque reads "Bai Gong Ci" horizontally, and the door couplet is also very special. Unlike the usual intaglio, it is in convex font: "The benevolence of the mountain and the people is always remembered by the virtuous governor, and the great works shine like the sun and the moon, and the great poet is admired by all generations."

"The word "great poet" has been overused in modern times." Zhou Zhi planned to test his friends: "But in ancient times, this title was not very popular. Does anyone know what Bai Juyi's nickname is?"

"Poetry Demon, I learned it in high school." Fang Wenyu said.

Except for Li Laosan, everyone nodded to show that they remembered.

Zhou Zhi shook his head and said: "The Poet Demon's statement comes from a sentence in one of his own poems: Drunk madness also led to the Poet Demon's hair, and he chanted sadly to the west at noon."

"But actually he also has a nickname, 'Poetry King'."

"Where did this nickname come from? Does he dare to call himself one?" Zhang Lu asked.

"Of course I don't dare. This nickname should have come from the island country."

"Island country? Bai Juyi's poems are still spread to island countries?"

"Of course." Zhou Zhi said: "Not only has it spread to the island country, because 'Le Tian Ti' is straightforward and easy to understand, it is especially highly praised by the literati of the island country who are not very advanced in Sinology. Since Wang Changling can be named the 'Qi Jue Emperor', Bai Juyi is It’s not surprising to be crowned king.”

After entering the gatehouse, turn right and you will see the Baiyuan. The couplet at the door also has the embossed characters "The floating clouds are not related to the name Juyi, but the name of the heaven is Lotte".

"This couplet is very well written." Lin Wanqiu said: "Bai Juyi's characters and numbers are all embedded in it."

"Well, this is the cultural level of China's Tang Dynasty. An emperor's literary talent is so great."

"Emperor? Is this written by the emperor?" Li Laosan was shocked.

"Of course that's not the word." Zhou Zhi said, "But it's a line taken from the elegy written by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty to Bai Juyi."

After finishing speaking, he recited: "For fifty years, who has taught me how to become a poetry immortal in the underworld? The floating clouds are not named Juyi, but the name of the created sky is Lotte. The boy interprets and chants the song of Everlasting Sorrow, and the Hu'er can sing the pipa piece." The article has been widely read, making people miss you and feel sad."

"So speaking of it, Li Bai, the Poet Immortal, was granted the title of Poet Immortal by everyone. It was Bai Juyi who really gave the emperor the title of Poet Immortal."

"I would say that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was quite enlightened." Wei Fei said: ""Song of Everlasting Sorrow" didn't say anything good about the Tang royal family, right? First he indulged in drinking and music and ignored the government affairs, and then he was driven to us by An Lushan's rebellion. In Shuzhong, if I go back to Chang'an later, I will be put under house arrest somewhere..."

"There are many autumn grasses in the south of the West Palace, and the fallen leaves are all red and will not be swept away." Zhang Lu added to Wei Fei.

"That's right! Later on, I started to believe in gods and ghosts." Wei Fei clasped his hands and said, "Then Tang Xuanzong was still proud of the domestic 'boy's interpretation of the song of everlasting regret'. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Lao Bai family would not have enough heads to lose. of!"

"Just kidding, Xuanzong is known as the most enlightened emperor in the late Tang Dynasty, and he is also known as the 'Little Taizong'."

"It's a pity that in the eighth year of Dazhong reign, Xuanzong conspired with Linghu Gui to get rid of the eunuchs. However, the secret was leaked and was known in advance. The matter was not done. Instead, the conflict between the Nanya and the North Division intensified. In the end, he died due to long-term use of elixirs. Good morning, if he had lived a few more years, he might not have had the bad things that happened when the eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty controlled the government. "

(End of this chapter)