On the evening of August 9, the old people met to enjoy the cool by the big locust tree next to the closed cave of bluestone, and the lit wormwood wafted with fragrance. Everyone is laughing and smiling, with a smile on their faces. Behind them, the Qingshiguan, built in the cold weapon era, is like an old friend quietly listening to their whispers.
Villagers in Qingshiguan Village enjoy the cool in the north gate of Qingshiguan.
Qingshiguan is the south gate of Linzi, the capital of Qi State. Located in Qingshiguan Village, Hezhuang Town, Laiwu District, Jinan City. Since ancient times, it has been said that "invading Zhi Zi from the south is the way to send troops".
Standing at the entrance to the north, the peaks on both sides of this Millennium castle are green and the walls are like knives. The place close to the door is the narrowest and most difficult place to go. The cliffs on both sides are steep, the mountain is V-shaped, and the narrowest part is less than two meters. In the past, only one wooden cart could pass. "And one person keeps it, ten thousand people can't force it" and "God sets obstacles, so it is limited to Qilu", and the ancient poems have written all the obstacles of Qingshiguan.
"The Qingshiguan at the entrance of our village was built in the Spring and Autumn Period to protect Lu and Chu. So there are many bluestones, hence the name Qingshiguan. Because of the dangerous terrain, Qingshiguan has always been a battleground for military strategists. " Looking at the mountains and rivers outside the customs, Zhang Zongfa, a villager and senior primary school teacher in Qingshiguan Village, said.
Why is Qingshiguan the first? Zhang Zongfa said: "Qi Great Wall, from east to west, is the first pass, followed by Huangshi Pass and Jinyang Pass. Among many passes, this is the only pass where soldiers can be stored, and it is a thousand-year-old city. There used to be a besieged city with four doors and attics. Now, only the remains of the north gate opening and monument exist. "
Qingshiguan Village Section of the Great Wall in Qi Dynasty. (Rong Ning/photo)
Qingshiguan Village was founded in the Ming Dynasty and was named after Qingshiguan. This is a village through which the Great Wall of Qi passes. Qi Great Wall stretches for 2 kilometers in Qingshiguan Village. There are ancient roads first, then passes, and then villages.
As a native of Qingshiguan village, in order to save Qingshiguan story and Qingshiguan culture, Zhang Zongfa searched the mountains, searched for historical stories from the old people in the surrounding villages, and inquired about historical materials in the Second Archives of Jinan City, which finally left precious documents for Qingshiguan.
The ancient road is long and the road is full of history.
Stepping on the slope of Qingshiban Valley in the north of Guangou, a frog ditch as deep as 15 cm-20 cm came into view. It turns out that this is the trace left by countless unicycles thousands of years later. This long and deep frog sound seems to reverberate from the depths of history, making people vaguely imagine the traffic at that time.
"We used to have traffic jams here! From then on, cars came and went in long queues. If there is a' ditch', when the traffic is paralyzed, no one will let anyone, and it often takes several days. " Jiao Yuqiang, the post-90 s village party secretary of Qingshiguan Village, said.
Qingshiguan south gate
The ancient culture is precipitated by the cornerstone, and the story remembers the history of Xiongguan.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qingshiguan was the only way from Linzi, the capital of Qi State, to Qufu, the capital of Lu State. This ancient road is also an ancient commercial road, known as the "ceramic road". At that time, Boshan ceramics was very famous, and most of the ceramics produced were sold around Laiwu. Zhang Zongfa found a 35-year-old stone tablet in Chentuan Cave on the east side of Qingshiguan ditch, which read: the main road of Beijing Province. This means that this Qilu ancient road is an ancient national road.
"According to the stone tablet records in our village, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the prince monk of Jingshi led troops to Qingshiguan and went to Zichuan to suppress Liu Depei, the leader of the peasant uprising." Qingshiguan, Zhang Zongfa said. Today, this stone tablet no longer exists, and this story was also learned by Zhang Zongfa from the old population in the village.
Qingshiguan, as a famous pass on Qilu ancient road, also has the functions of trade and customs. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many shops on this ancient road under Qingshiguan. According to Zhang Zongfa's incomplete statistics, there were more than 10 shops in Qingshiguan village at that time, including rice shops, car repair shops, hotels and porridge shops, and there were as many as six hotels alone. When Chen Ganyu was the magistrate of Laiwu in the Ming Dynasty, he also set up Qingshiguan Fort here, which is equivalent to the current police station.
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