In the Internet age, I was lucky enough to find an old photo of the ancient city in my hometown from a picture shared by an unfamiliar netizen. Although the definition of the photo is low, the background of the picture excites me. There is an ancient city gate with the word "Lu'an" embedded in it, a towering white tower on a high mountain, and a primitive camel team transporting supplies. When I see the trees, I miss my hometown; when I see the cultural relics, I miss my old country. The love of my hometown and old photos tightly touch my heart.
This photo must be a rare luxury product of that era. In the era of poverty and weakness, in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains where traffic was blocked, it was truly an honor and blessing for this yellow land to be able to take and preserve a picture like this! To this day, it is still enough for her descendants to catch a glimpse of the leopard, and still have a hearty glimpse of the life of our ancestors in the Lu'an period.
Cameras, film, photosensitive equipment, and photographs are undoubtedly imported from old China. Thanks to the preservation of this photo, we can travel through time and space and restore the simplicity of the old city gate of Lu'an Prefecture in the past. Qiugu Mountain and the towering White Tower work hand in hand to protect this land of outstanding people and places at the foot of the mountain. But behind the unfamiliar camel transport team, there is a treasure trove of the hardships of a generation of Lu merchants with eternal fame.
After I posted this photo online, many friends in my circle of friends contacted me by calling or leaving messages: The ancient pagoda and the mountain range should be the Ta Nao (Ling) Mountain to the east of Nanshicao Village. Bar? Indeed, the White Pagoda stands on the mountain range today commonly known as Tarnao Mountain on the east side of Changzhi City. However, for a long time, this mountain range and Laoding Mountain next to it have each had another name: Qiugu Mountain and Baigu Mountain (Baigu Mountain). Just like Changzhi City once had another title: Lu'an (Luzhou).
This ancient pagoda, as early as 900 years ago, a great writer Yuan Haowen, who was revered as the "Northern Literary Hero" and the "Literary Sect of the Generation", wrote a poem "First Arrival in Luzhou", but it can be said that The inscription for this pagoda is:
Having lived in Luzhou for a long time seems like Bingzhou, the body and mind are not free when the body is gone.
The white pagoda and pavilions are thirty miles away, and you can look back several times on the east bank of the Zhang River.
In the popular song "Three Plum Blossom Lanes", there is a familiar lyric: Asking the world what love is, it can tell whether life and death are together. The origin of this lyric comes from Yuan Haowen, a great writer from Xinzhou, Shanxi Province during the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. When he was fourteen years old, he followed his father Yuan Taiyin to Lingchuan County and served as Lingchuan County Magistrate. While in Lingchuan, he became a disciple of Hao Jinqing, a erudite scholar who was born in a family of educators. Yuan Haowen was intelligent, talented, diligent and thoughtful. Under the guidance of the master, Yuan Haowen quickly became a great talent. Because Lingchuan is adjacent to Luzhou, Yuan Haowen once lived in Luzhou for a long time.
The great writer Yuan Haowen (1190-1257)’s poem “First Arrival in Luzhou”, “Thirty miles of white pagodas and pavilions, several turns back on the east bank of the Zhanghe River” describes the towering statue in the photo. Tower with clouds. This shows that at the latest in the early Yuan Dynasty, this tower was already a landmark building in Luzhou City. Yuan Haowen's "Yuan Yishan Collection" left many poems related to Luzhou.
At that time, the title of Qiugu Mountain could also be found. When did the name Qiugu Mountain come into being? Because I lack earlier professional chronicles at hand to help cite textual materials to support it. However, in the first volume of "Luzhou District Wencun" published by the CPPCC of Luzhou District, Changzhi City, "Qiugu Collection" by Li Meng, a native of Luzhou in the Yuan Dynasty, was recorded. Evidence can be drawn from it.
In the long history, Li Meng was a leader in southeastern Shanxi and the pride of Changzhi people. In the meteor-like years of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Meng was a shining figure. "History of the Yuan Dynasty? Biography Sixty-Two? Biography of Li Meng": "Li Meng, courtesy name Daofu, was a member of the Shangdang Party in Luzhou. Meng was born with a keen mind, suave and ambitious. He was erudite and memorized, and had a thorough understanding of classics and history. Emperor Renzong of the Yuan Dynasty conferred the title of Duke of Qin. , personally gave him the seal, ordered the Academy of Scholars to surrender the system, drew pictures of him, and ordered his ministers to praise him, as well as the two characters "Qiugu" in the imperial letter, and recognized him as a seal and gave it to him."
Being able to receive such a generous favor from Yuan Renzong shows that Li Mengzhi's achievements are outstanding and extraordinary.
"Luzhou Wencun" introduces Li Meng like this.
Li Meng (1255～1321), whose courtesy name was Daofu and whose name was Qiugu. A member of the Shangdang Party in Luzhou. In the early days of Chengzong's great virtue in the Yuan Dynasty, he served Renzong in the palace. He spoke good words and righteousness day by day and made many progress.
The establishment of Yuan Wuzong was attributed to Meng You's planning. When Emperor Renzong of Yuan Dynasty was established, he worshiped Zhongshu Pingzhang for political affairs and took state affairs as his own responsibility. Li Meng entered Zhongshu three times in his life and was granted the title of Duke of the State three times. He is an honest official and is known as the Prime Minister of Common People. He was granted the title of Duke of Wei, with the posthumous title of "Wenzhong".
Li Meng has a very high prestige in both the government and the public.
Li Meng wrote in the poem "A Gift to the Virgin on the Huangqiu River":
You fish for the moon on the autumn river, I plow the clouds in the autumn valley,
Fleeing to be named Jun Xiao I am ashamed to accompany you to eat.
The title of Qiugu held by Li Meng, like his friend Huang Qiujiang (Huang Ming), is due to the plot of his hometown and is named after the mountains and rivers of his hometown. Qiugu and Qiujiang are very poetic and picturesque. Li Meng likes the name Qiugu very much. According to records, Li Meng was from Nanshantou, Luzhou District, Changzhi, Shanxi. Nanshantou is located 8 miles southeast of ancient Luzhou City. On the hill to the east of Nanshantou Village, you can find the word "Qiugu" carved on the cliff, which is said to be Li Meng's calligraphy.
It can be inferred from this that the title of Qiugu Mountain already existed before the Yuan Dynasty. Li Meng, who calls himself Qiugu, has a strong hometown plot. With his celebrity effect, he can further promote Qiugu's name.
If compared with Chen Tingjing and Wu Dian, two other famous Qing Dynasty prime ministers in the Shangdang area, Li Meng may be more recognized by both the government and the public at that time. Many literati in the Yuan Dynasty wrote poems praising Li Meng. Zhao Mengfu's "Song Xuezhai Collected Works"? "A Presentation of Ten Rhymes to Pingzhang Li Xianggong"
The fish and water celebrate the millennium, and the dragon and cloud carry the spring for billions of years.
The Qianyuan period brings good fortune, and the Holy Lord obtains virtuous ministers.
The portrait is exquisite and the title of the book is true.
The spring palace inherits the old favor, and the autumn valley bestows new names.
Furi ascended to the emperor's pole, and passed through Bangzan to transform into Jun.
Gan Panji is related to the industry, and Fu Shuo is the star.
Serving the country is not selfish, how can you love yourself when the time comes.
Whoever can touch the emperor will see the mountain man again.
Shibai's poems and calligraphy are effective, and his actions are vulgar and pure.
May Chen return his good wishes and turn his chants into a blessing for the people.
The famous artist Zhang Yanghao wrote a poem "Send Li Dao Fu Ping Zhang" and spoke highly of Li Meng:
Every Xu Jun is a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, and he talks and laughs at every opportunity to build extraordinary achievements.
Li Dao is known as the wise prime minister, and Emperor Chongyan Ling is an old friend.
There are two new suns and moons in the sea, and old smoke and clouds in the blue sky.
Famous people have faced many difficulties since ancient times. It is good to beg for this body in the future.
Cheng Tinggui's "Fengti Li Qiugu Pingzhang"
Qiugu's article is here, forty years of Qingfeng.
The true prime minister of the first dynasty, the old immortal of Pingdi.
The air is high in the sky, and the glory is on the edge of the rain.
The seal will seal the first grade and three thousand Chu coins will be given.
At the foot of the mountains around Qiugu Mountain, there are villages dotted here and there. Nanshicao, Beishantou, Zhongshantou, Nanshantou, Xiaoshantou, Beidong, Beitianhe, Nantianhe, Jiazhang, Dingliu, Xiling, Dongling, Huili, Datianqiao, Xiaotianqiao, Maozhan and other villages . Maybe in different villages, Qiugu Mountain has different names, and there are also different legends and stories. My hometown is on the southeast side of the mountain range. It is the most populous and regulated village along Qiugu Mountain. It was famous for the production of royal casseroles during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and the casseroles of Jiazhang Village were famous far and wide.
The Ming Dynasty's Shen Shenxiao said in "Jin Lu": "Pingyang, Ze and Luhao merchants are the best in the world, and they cannot be rich unless they are hundreds of thousands."
The rise of Lu merchants began with salt and iron, and Lu silk and casseroles are equally famous. Jia Zhang casserole was exquisite and practical, and became a tribute during the Jiajing period. In the Jiajing year, 5,000 sand vessels from Lu'an Prefecture were first collected, and the number increased sharply to 15,000 in the following year, and to 19,500 in the 18th year of Wanli. Casserole is easily broken during transportation. It was originally shipped in thorn baskets, but during the Jiajing period it was changed to mahogany cabinets. During the Wanli period, it was also required to use white cotton as a cushion. To buy cotton, you need to go to Henan. The cost of packaging and transportation is 26 times the cost of making the casserole, and the people are overwhelmed. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi governor Lv Kun went to the imperial court to write "Please stop casserole Lu silk". Jia Zhang Casserole, despite its ups and downs, has long been famous all over the world.
Our village calls this mountain range Danao Mountain, also known as Zhutou Mountain or Huangya Mountain. Since the villages around the mountain belong to different counties and districts, due to different administrative divisions, although they are very close to each other, communication and communication are hindered.
The same mountain range has been like this for a long time. Not only do they have different names, they also cannot form synergy with each other. Moreover, for a long time, this mountain was divided into different counties and districts. When we were young, our school learned from the experience of Dazhai Agricultural College, carrying water, digging pits, and planting trees on the ridges of this mountain range. Digging the soil, building fields, planting melons and beans. How many beautiful men and women have shed their childish sweat here and left behind their youthful dreams, hoping to change their lives by relying on this mountain range. Decades later, looking at the high-rise buildings in the emerging cities a few miles below the mountain, the mountain is still in a state of still anticipation. Baigu Mountain on the north side is already booming, tourism development is accelerating, and tourists are flocking to it.
The green mountains are together with the clouds and rain, but the bright moon has never been the two towns.
Qiugu Mountain has a promising future. The west water in this city has begun to take off, and it is hoped that the west water and the east water will keep pace with each other.
Fu Yuesong