Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1486 Gezhouba

"So you said, which of these projects can be cut down and used to move the walls of Hulu City?" Zhou Zhi and others finished listing the projects: "Which project here is not a hundred times more important than Hulu City?"

"Then let me make one last request." After hearing everyone's list, Lao Chen was unable to refute, and he handed over to several people: "Deng Zhi's tomb, no matter what, this tomb must be moved."

"Deng Zhi of the Southern Tang Dynasty?" Zhou Zhi was shocked: "Isn't his tomb in Taining, Fujian Province?"

"Who?" Lao Chen was confused by Zhou Zhi.

"Deng Zhi, who initially served as the deputy envoy of Jiedu under the King of Minyue, and later joined Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty." Zhou Zhi said: "Deng Zhi was designed by Li Jing to be put on death row on the grounds of delaying military flights. Yan, who was the prime minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty at the time, Xu tried to bail him out. After Deng Zhi was released from prison, he absconded secretly with his family. After the incident, Yan Xu was implicated and imprisoned. "

"Fortunately, Zhao Yuande, the imprisoned official, secretly explained it, so he fled to Feiyuanling alone and became a monk."

"After the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the founding of the Song Dynasty by Taizu of the Song Dynasty, the old civil and military officials of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were all granted officials and received salaries according to their merits. Deng Zhi and Yan Xu were both properly placed."

"In order to repay Yan Xu's life-saving grace, Deng Zhi gave his 18-year-old daughter to Yan Xu, who was 58 years old, as his wife to create an heir."

"This is a major event in the history of the Five Dynasties. If it hadn't been like this, with the two men's literary and military skills, the Southern Tang Dynasty would not have perished so quickly."

"Well... the Deng Zhi we have here was born in the Renzi year of Yongzheng and died in the Yimao year of Qianlong. This tomb was built in the 57th year of Qianlong."

"That's meaningless..." Zhou Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. If it is really the tomb of Deng Zhi of the Fifth Dynasty, it means that the foundation did not do a good job and made a major mistake in not including it. Now I heard that it belongs to the Qianlong Dynasty. , and suddenly I felt less nervous.

Then I thought it was wrong, so I counted with my fingers: "Huh? The year of Renzi of Yongzheng is 1732, the year of Yimao of Qianlong is 1795, but the fifty-seventh year of Qianlong is 1792."

"Yes, the construction of the tomb began three years before his death, so the scale of this tomb is not ordinary!" Lao Chen said: "This tomb consists of the tomb city, the pavilion, the pillars, the tomb and other parts. The tomb city, east and west It is 11 meters wide and more than 15 meters deep from north to south. It covers an area of ​​more than 300 square meters. There is a doorway and steps in the middle of the north. The city wall is made of stone barriers with a height of one to three meters. The other parts are in the tomb city. The base of the pillars is drum-shaped. The pillars are nearly square, three meters high, and have diameters of sixty centimeters and thirty centimeters respectively. "

"The four corners of the pavilion are square stone pillars, and in the middle is a square stele. There are words on the four sides of the stele. The pavilion is three meters high and the surrounding stone is two meters."

"The tombstone is three-layered, with a residual height of 3.2 meters. There are various statues of lions, tigers, dragons, phoenixes, flowers and grasses, as well as historical and life story patterns on the tomb pillars, lintels, pavilions, incense burners, doors and railings."

"This tomb has a relatively complete shape, accurate dating, and rich stone carvings. It is meaningful for studying the structure, carvings and calligraphy of Qing Dynasty tombs in the Three Gorges."

Seeing Lao Chen's eager look, Zhou Zhi already understood what he meant. When he was doing fieldwork in Jiachuan, every stone cave and a foundation would be studied as a treasure, not to mention the large tomb that Lao Chen mentioned with such interest.

Similar large tombs have excellent remains in some places in central Sichuan, such as Bazhong, similar to Beimang Mountain on Kuizhou Road. Many ancient tombs with exquisite and grand structures are located in the vast mountains, and it is really difficult to protect them.

Those large tombs have been visited by too many tomb robbers in the past dynasties, and almost everything inside has been stolen. But now some people have begun to reach out to the above-ground buildings, such as the heads of stone statues, beautifully carved towers, etc. Those on the Guanzhong Plain, some tomb robbers even used trucks and cranes to lift them away in their entirety, which can be described as extremely arrogant. "Let's do this," Zhou Zhi flipped through Lao Chen's introduction to Deng Zhi's tomb, and looked at Lin Wanqiu and Li Laosan: "Let's also add Deng Zhi's tomb, but we are only responsible for allocating funds for this matter, not too much If you participate, the relocation can only be left to Lao Chen and your county, especially to obtain the understanding of the local villagers. After all, this is a tomb, which is different from ordinary ancient buildings. "

When Li Laosan saw the tomb's exquisite tomb, pavilion, and pillars, he felt in his heart that the tomb should be preserved. However, after being reminded by Zhou Zhiyi, he realized that the underlying content of the matter was quite complicated. What about moving the tomb? , of course, is different from moving a house.

The method provided by Zhou Zhi is indeed the best. You can't interfere too much, just give a sum of money and let the place take care of it.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Li Laosan is stupid, he just doesn't understand the mainland's way of dealing with similar matters.

There are too many projects in Zigui, a major cultural and cultural protection county. In addition to these ancient buildings that need to be moved to Fenghuang Mountain for centralized "relocation", there are also countless valuable components in old houses that are waiting to be flooded. These are all things that require funds. Will move to the capital of Shu.

However, there is a cultural treasure unearthed in Zigui that can no longer be seen in Zigui. Because it is too precious, it must be sent to a place with better storage conditions for safekeeping.

Just outside Zigui is the location of the Three Gorges Dam project. Although the construction start date announced by the state is early December, huge construction sites can already be seen here on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

For such a large project, the preliminary preparation work is also very tedious. Transportation, electricity, warehousing, food and accommodation for personnel, etc., just mention it and it is a big deal.

However, the research ship was relatively relaxed. After the Yangtze River turned through two large bays, it passed through the majestic Xiling Gorge and arrived at Gezhouba.

Like the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project, the Gezhouba Water Conservancy Project is also "adapted to local conditions" and belongs to a very special place.

The exit of the Three Gorges is about five miles downstream of Nanjinguan. After the Yangtze River leaves the Three Gorges Gorge, the water flow turns sharply from the east to the south, suddenly entering the plain terrain from the canyon terrain, and the river surface suddenly widens from 400 meters to 2,200 meters.

The poem by a poet of the Tang Dynasty perfectly describes this scene: "The mountains follow the plains and the fields end, and the river flows into the wilderness."

Due to sedimentation, two islands, Gezhouba and Xiba, were formed on the river surface, dividing the Yangtze River into the main river, the second river and the third river.

Dajiang is the main channel of the Yangtze River, and the second and third rivers dry up during the dry season. This kind of terrain provides unique convenience for building water conservancy projects across the river.

After the river water was impounded, the water level upstream of the dam was raised by more than 20 meters, and the water was returned upstream for more than 100 kilometers, forming a man-made lake with huge water storage. This greatly improved the dangerous conditions of the Three Gorges Channel and also provided a good foundation for the Yangtze River. Peak shaving and valley filling of midstream floods provide the possibility.

In order to ensure navigation, Gezhouba built three large ship locks. The No. 1 ship lock was built on the river. It is the size of two basketball courts and is larger than the famous Wilson Gate on the Tennessee River. It is also located on the Three Gorges Dam. Before the completion of such heaven-defying machinery as the "Marine Elevator", this place could be called the "No. 1 Gate in the World."

(End of this chapter)