Youth Rebellion

Chapter 17 Temple Fair in Hometown and Cao Zhi's Tomb

The life of the second year of high school is already quite tense, and everyone has set goals for themselves in their hearts, such as a certain university and a certain major.

Ruochen is no exception, she has also set a goal for herself, although now it seems that it is really an unknown goal: BJ University of Foreign Studies, English major, after graduation she can enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

However, ignorant people are fearless. At that time, Ruochen really worked hard towards this goal. Although everyone knew that it was impossible based on the achievements at that time, but there must be hope and dreams.Little J's dream is to enter a well-known domestic university of science and technology. With his grades, that goal is really in his pocket.Ruochen often thinks that the two of them are already two rays that are drifting away!
At this time, the literary club organized a spring outing, and anyone who wanted to go could sign up.A week later, the registration list was confirmed, and there was Ye Liang!Ruochen was really puzzled, not to mention that Ye Liang didn't join the literature club, he didn't seem to be interested in such activities at all!Of course, as long as you sign up, everyone can go together. Anyway, it’s all at your own expense, and the literary club doesn’t have much money. Sure enough, I understand that the poorest people in the world are literati and things that have nothing to do with literature.

However, poor clubs don’t spend much money on poor tours. The attractions they go to are all in Longdu County. Longdu is also a tourist attraction, but it hasn’t been developed and publicized at that time, so those attractions are free. , Even if there are individual scenic spots that charge a fee, one is said to be from the high school literature club, to pay tribute to our ancestors and culture, they are willing to let it go.

The first scenic spot I visited that day was Fuxi's Taihao Mausoleum. Everyone who grew up in Longdu is familiar with it. There is a temple fair for a whole month in February every year, which is really lively!
Pious pilgrims from all over the city came to burn incense (later, after the development of tourism, there were pilgrims and tourists from all over the country), juggling troupes and circuses from all over the country also came to perform arts, various handicraft vendors, various gourmet snacks, The lively scene, the sea of ​​people, just like the train station during the Spring Festival travel every year is even worse!

When Ruochen was a child, he and his younger brother looked forward to the temple fair in February every year. Not only them, many children also looked forward to it, so that they could pester their busy parents all year round to take them to see the excitement, but But the adults are not willing to go, because there are too many people, and every year there are children who are squeezed out, what if their own children are also lost, they often scare the children who are pestering to go to the temple fair like this.Another point is that the children at that time were not as delicate as the children today, and parents were not willing to spend too much effort to please the children everywhere.

Ruochen's parents will almost always ride a bicycle to catch the temple fair with the siblings on their backs every year. Ruochen's father is a teacher, and the best bonus in February every year is the tickets for the acrobatic troupe, so every year You can also watch free acrobatic performances.This is really a great attraction for the siblings in childhood.

When they arrive at the temple fair, their parents will hold their hands tightly, for fear of getting lost, and the same is true for children, for fear that they will not see their parents when they turn around and look back, so every time the temple fair is really exciting and exciting. Nervous.One of the must-eat snacks when going to temple fairs is fried jelly, which is stir-fried jelly with garlic juice and oil, but this seemingly simple snack is really delicious, only 5 cents a bowl, delicious and delicious Cheap.

There are two special products of the temple fair that people who go to the temple fair at that time must buy, the cloth tiger and the clay dog.Cloth tiger is a kind of tiger-like doll made of thick special cloth, which is filled with high-quality scented and ground tree materials, which is completely environmentally friendly and pollution-free. Children can go back or ride or as a pillow.

There is also a kind of mud dog, which is made of mud to shape animals such as puppies, roosters or monkeys, and then painted with paint on the outside, and then fired. It also has the function of a whistle.

When I was a child, I felt that those small animals were not realistic, only a sense of spirit.It was only later that I realized that this is a culture that has been inherited in Longdu County for thousands of years. It is a totem that existed in the ancient times. Later, there is a professional term in history books called totem worship.Ruochen understood immediately, no wonder the animal totems on some cultural relics or murals looked familiar later, it turned out to be a close relative of the mud dog that he used to play with when he was a child!Maybe one day, we in Longdu will also apply for the intangible cultural heritage of the cloth tiger and mud dog. Thinking of this, we will feel a kind of pride in being a Longdu people!
The second scenic spot that the literature club went to was Huagua Terrace, which is said to be the place where Confucius stayed and gave lectures when he was borrowing grain in Chenzhou.

Inside is a classical old house with simple displays, except for the portraits of Confucius and some introductions to Confucius’ deeds. Everyone can see it after looking at it. The understanding of the sages by the young boys and girls at that time is as far as those in the Chinese books. The article does not have much insight.

The third scenic spot is "Siling Tomb", also known as Cao Zhi's Tomb.

The Dragon Capital was called Chen Jun at the time of Cao Cao. Although Cao Zhi’s last enfeoffment was in Chen Jun, and he was posthumously named King Chen Si after his death, it is said that the tomb in his fief is just a clothes tomb, and there is no his own in it. remains.His real mausoleum is still in dispute.Ruochen checked it out, and there are three theories:
Cao Zhi's tomb is now recorded in three places:
One is the tomb of Cao Zhi in Yushan, Dong'e County, SD Province.Cao Zhi was once named the king of Dong'e. He often visited Yushan Mountain in Dong'e. He had the wish to sleep here. After his death, his son obeyed his instructions and buried him here.

One is the "Siling Tomb" three miles south of Huaiyang City (Longdu County) in Henan Province, which is the tomb of Cao Zhi where they came for a spring outing.In his later years, Cao Zhi was granted the title of King Chen in four counties of Chen, with 3500 households in Shiyi.He died here that year.

One is the tomb of Cao Zhi in Tongxu Qibu Village as mentioned above.Cao Zhi was conferred the title of King of Yongqiu twice, and lived the longest time in Yongqiu, where the famous "Seven Step Poems" was born.

There are reasons for each of the above three arguments.No one seems to be able to tell where Cao Zhi was buried. It is generally believed that Dong'e is his real tomb.This is a conclusion drawn from the records of "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Cao Zhi", which has the status of "official history".
So we are not historians, and we have not delved into where his bones were buried, but there is no regret if everyone knows his deeds and spirit.

In a place where there has always been an endless plain for thousands of miles, we can call this lush tomb a small hill. Friends in the mountains will definitely laugh at our ignorance when they see it, just like Ruochen A classmate of mine, whose family lived in a small basin surrounded by mountains, he actually called it a plain!Ruochen once snorted and laughed at him, you are really a frog in a well, if that is also called Pingyuan, how can you make us who grew up in the Great Plains so embarrassing!
Everyone climbed to the top with the energy of climbing a mountain. The girls needed the help of the boys to climb to the top of the tomb by climbing to the trees and low bushes, and avoiding thorns.Ruochen climbed to the top with the help of Ye Liang.

During this event, Ye Liang didn't talk much, but just followed Ruochen silently in case she needed help in time, Ruochen felt a little flattered, his silent appearance could be with those buddies It looked completely different, but I didn't think much of it.

Later, everyone discovered that there was a round robbery hole in the east of the mausoleum, and only one person could crawl forward.

The boys with strong hormones began to bet on who would dare to go down there, and the girls watched from the sidelines.Later, a junior high school senior and Han Xiaoshi decided to go down with a lighter, and borrowed two small knives from other team members.Ruochen asked them what they were doing with small knives, and they said that if there were big snakes, they could kill them with knives!
Under everyone's onlookers, the two got into the robbery hole, and after about ten minutes, they still didn't come out. Ruochen and several girls got anxious and called their names outside, but a few minutes passed and they still didn't come out. If there was any movement, Ruochen became anxious, oh, what to do, did something happen to them inside, did they have hidden weapons, or poisonous gas or something?Ruochen asked Ye Liang beside him.

"It should be fine. I don't know how many times this tomb has been robbed. Even if there are such mechanisms as you imagined, they have been used on tomb robbers." Ye Liang comforted Ruochen, but what he said made sense, it seems the key At present, women still have long hair but short knowledge.

Just when they were at a loss, the two climbed out of the robbery hole, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Many people gathered around and asked what they saw inside.The two of them smiled and said with a proud expression, it’s nothing. After passing through the long robbery hole, there is an open place with a big square hole in the middle. Looking into the hole, it should be a tomb. We only have a lighter , and it doesn't look too real.

"Did you see any treasures?" Someone actually asked, well, since he is a younger brother in junior high school and has not yet studied deeply, let's not laugh at him for the time being.Even if there are treasures in it, I don't know if it has been in the pockets of tomb robbers hundreds of years ago.

It was getting late, and the group went back happily talking and laughing, and continued their intense study and life.

But after this spring outing, they still have tasks.The spring outing of the literature club is not for nothing. Everyone who goes there must write an article when they come back, no matter what they have seen or felt, the subject matter is not limited.Han Xiaoshi wrote a poem about the history of Cao Zhi and Longdu, which is beautiful both in terms of words and artistic conception.

Ruochen really admires his command of language so well. She has hardly written any poems herself. The only poem she ever published was published in the school newspaper that Han Xiaoshi is in charge of. I don’t know if he read it. I only posted it because of my classmate friendship. Later, Ruochen asked him jokingly, and he said, "I really didn't give you the back door. It's really not bad to try yourself."

"Okay, let's take it seriously." Ruochen couldn't help smiling, after all, the poem he wrote for the first time was affirmed by the talented poet.

(End of this chapter)