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The stone trough in Linru Town witnessed the history of cotton planting in Huanghuai.
In the past 1000 years, Shui Miao Temple has been abandoned several times, leaving many precious cultural relics. Mr. Wang Libin, 67, graduated from the History Department of Zhengzhou University and worked for many years.

Committed to the collection, arrangement and protection of cultural relics in Shuimiao Temple. From 65438 to 0989, Wang Libin, who taught in Linru Town High School, was transferred to Miaoshuisi Middle School. By chance, he found a remnant tablet beside the wonderful pool in front of the Hall of Great Heroes. It is recorded on the tablet that "Shui Miao Temple came from afar and originated from Emperor Han Ming." As a history teacher, he was shocked by the long history of Shui Miao Temple, and the rubbings will be made soon. From then on, he began to collect cultural relics of Shui Miao Temple.

1992, following the discovery of the Duotong ancient monument in the temple, he found a stone trough in Zhuzhuang village in the south of the temple. The stone trough is1.65m long, 0.8m wide and 0.6m high, and weighs about1300kg. The words "Three Years in Zhi Zhi" (1323) are engraved on the stone trough. The stone trough is also engraved with patterns such as cotton leaves, cotton and cotton buds. According to research, during the Yuan Yingzong period, the land around Mazhuang and Zhu Zhuang of Shui Miao Temple was fertile, all of which were produced by Shui Miao Temple. At that time, people around us made a living by farming for monks in the temple, and the stone trough was used by monks to mix cotton seeds. It can be inferred that during the period of Yuan Yingzong, cotton had spread from the south to the Huanghuai Valley. In the past history textbooks, it was said that cotton was introduced into the Huanghuai River Basin in the early Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Wang Libin immediately reported the discovery of the stone trough to the China Historical Society. The discovery of seed dressing stone trough found physical evidence for the introduction of cotton into Huanghuai basin, which advanced the introduction of cotton into Huanghuai basin by nearly a hundred years.

During the period of 1957, Feng Goushan, a villager from Penyao Village on the west side of Shui Miao Temple, dug up painted pottery such as figurines, pigs and dogs when he broke ground on the earth cliff behind his house. During the period of 1977, people nearby excavated a large number of ground stone tools such as axes and hoes when building Dazhaichang. According to the certification of relevant people, this place should belong to Yangshao cultural site. 1On May 4th, 992, another blue-and-white porcelain with Mongolian characters was unearthed while digging a well in front of the Giant Buddha Temple in Shui Miao Temple.