I came to Hanzhong to drink horses alone.
Hanzhong Yinmachi, formerly known as East Lake, is located in the southeast of Hanzhong City in the south of Shaanxi Province. According to legend, when Liu Bang was stationed in Hanzhong, this was the place where soldiers drank horses, so it was called "horse drinking pool".
In front of the gate building of Yinmachi, there is a huge stone.
I don't see anything strange about this stone, but it is so arrogant to occupy the road.
I bypassed the boulder and walked into the gatehouse of Yinmachi. The noise in the street died away behind me. Yinmachi Lane is sparsely populated. Everything here seems so peaceful.
Yinmachi is a secret corner of the bustling Hanzhong.
It sealed the history from ancient times to the present, and also sealed the love story between me and her.
Memory will fluctuate.
The past is vivid.
Back in the 1990s, I just started working in the State-owned 405 Factory, and my job was to promote Gynostemma pentaphyllum tea and green sea cosmetics in Hanzhong. At that time, she was still a working girl selling shoes. We have been here to see the clear water together, and we have also walked through the long and narrow Yinmachi Lane together. At that time, young people all dreamed of a common future, but there was no "common" in the future.
More than 20 years, fleeting.
When I returned to Hanzhong from Beijing and went to the horse pond again as a so-called "writer", the water in the pond was as green as jade. However, the good times we spent together when we were young are gone forever. I am no longer the idle boy, and her long hair is long gone.
As I recalled, I walked along the lane outside the fence of Yinmachi.
The water in the pool is green as jade and clear as a mirror.
Shi Zhuan, covered with green moss, stands out.
By the pool, the green leaves are shaded and swaying in the wind.
Now, Yinmachi, as a key cultural relic protection unit in Hanzhong, has been strictly protected.
Either this pool of water, or this side, is surrounded by rows of iron fences. A cultural monument is erected by the swimming pool, and warning signs of "No Entry" and "No Climbing" can be seen everywhere. If you want to walk around the swimming pool now, it's illegal.
I looked at the horse drinking pool enclosed by the fence, and my mood fluctuated.
Those memories in the depths of memory are faint and soft. The slightest touch will dissipate with the wind. At the moment, I can't even recall her clear appearance.
Drinking horse pond, this is a place suitable for walking and thinking.
Walking through the horse pool is like walking through a young time before. Time is fleeting and life is short. Do it, love it and cherish it!
I walked out of the stable while thinking.
When I passed the Yinmachi snack city, I found an old stone turtle at the door.
I went forward to look closely and found a brief introduction engraved under the base of the stone turtle.
It turns out that this stone turtle was discovered during the construction of East Lake Community in Hantai District on 20121014. Length 1.5m, width 1. 1.5m, height 0.6m and weight about 2 tons. Made of bluestone, the left side is worn out.
At this moment, I suddenly remembered a legend that the female migrant workers once told me:
No matter drought or flood, the water in the horse drinking pool will not overflow or dry up, just because there is a spring in the pool and a turtle lives on it. In the dry season, turtles go out to wander and let the spring water flow out; During the rainy season, the tortoise stayed at home, blocking the spring and preventing it from flowing out. In this way, regardless of drought or flood, the drinking horse pool always maintains a certain water level.
I looked at the ancient stone turtle and smiled.
This is just a legend.