"It is said that the new capital wins, the most strange scenery between the rivers; Emotional Yi Mu Peak, the sky is a high screen column; The spring water comes from the south to surround the earth, and the smoke and fire gather under the ridge; The mountain is surrounded by feet and descendants, and the sound of warblers and green trees is calling; Mingma Qingjiao style ride; I love this heart, and I will return to the field and retire. Meaning: Don't say that the scenery of Xindu is the most peculiar, the scenery by the Yangtze River is pleasant. The peaks of Damu Mountain on the opposite side are like tall screens arranged in nature, and the spring water comes from the south around the leylines. The Wutong Ridge can accommodate fireworks and fireworks, and the mountains are surrounded by mountains that are enough to serve as a foundation for future generations. The crowing warbler calls among the green trees, and the chirping horses ride slowly in the green suburbs. I love the living environment here, I have made up my mind, where can I go when I return to the field and retire? This is the Xuanyi public business travel that has been transferred from Xin'an to Haidai to serve as the commander of Xingde Changqing County, seeing the beautiful mountains and rivers here, full of yang, and fertile land, I feel emotional, and improvise a poem to express my love and praise for this land. The beautiful scenery depicted in the poems of Sixuanyi Gong is still reflected on the Wutong Ridge, as if time stands still here, and the natural magic and the deep friendship of humanity reflect each other.
Every mountain has its own unique story, and every landscape has its own profound connotation. Wutong Ridge, located in Nanquan Village, Tongshan Town, is such a mountain that carries family memories and local history. It is not only a gift of nature, but also a witness of humanity, from the busyness of the ancient Hui Road to the convenience of the cement road, the changes of Wutong Ridge, recording a time memory of mountains and villages, and also witnessing the changes and progress of society.
Wutong Ridge, in ancient times, it was called Gu Wuling, because a tall plane tree stood alone on the big mountain ridge and got its name, located in the Wutong Ridge 700 meters below the Lingshan Wu Natural Village, it is not only the place where the ancestors of the Wu family settled down, but also the birthplace of the Wu family of the Nanquan Wutong Ridge faction. It has witnessed the prosperity and reproduction of the Wu family, as well as the hard work and wisdom of countless generations. Here, every inch of land contains the story of the family, and every mountain carries traces of history.
Before the liberation, Wutong Ridge was one of the main roads from Anqing to Huizhou, and the natural village surnamed Wu under the ridge was a prosperous village where individuals came and went. The houses are all Hui style buildings, blue bricks and blue tiles, simple and elegant, shops are lined up, the lights are bright at night, it is a prosperous place for business travelers to rest in the north and south. From the Huangpenzha Wharf along the road through the village to Wutong Ridge is all stone road, the Hui merchants who come and go from the south to the north transport goods on the Wutong Ridge have to rest here for a while and then go, catch up with the night to stay in Wu Village under the ridge for a night, and wait until the next day to continue to hurry. At that time, Wutongling was the only way for Hui businessmen to pass through, and it was also the economic lifeline of Nanquan Village, which witnessed the glory of Hui merchants and the prosperity of Nanquan Village.
However, the barrier of Wutong Ridge has also become an obstacle for young men in the village to marry. Before the liberation, because of the barrier of Wutong Ridge, to make crops to climb the mountain and cross the ridge, marrying the young man in the village has become a big problem, the surname Li and the surname Wang are unwilling to marry our surname Wu, and made up a limerick poem to send to the surname Wu, "The adopted daughter Mo put the Lingyan Mountain, three meals of tea and rice to send two meals, after the Wutong Ridge, Ba Mao cut the neck." The sound of drinking porridge at home can be heard in Shiligang, and he laughs at the village surnamed Wu for making crops, and he must climb through Wutong Ridge to work in the fields, and live a poor life. But the hard-working grandfather, with his sweat and wisdom, won the heart of his grandmother and won the dignity of life. He walked without empty hands, and climbed over Wutong Ridge from his home early in the morning, and when he came home, he had to bring firewood home and have breakfast. When the farm is busy, I am reluctant to lose my work when plowing the field and raking and eating, and I stand on the rake and take the harrow to eat, so my grandmother is willing to marry my grandfather, and she has never suffered in her life, and her food and clothing are also worry-free.
After the liberation, the rise of Tongling Nonferrous Copper Mountain Mine, a large number of workers settled in Tongshan, and the mine construction advanced by leaps and bounds, and was once called "Little Shanghai". The construction of the mine, which brought prosperity, also activated this ancient passage. Wutongling is lively again, and the surrounding countryside picks firewood and sells vegetables in the morning market all pass through Wutongling. Before dawn, the sound of walking and talking on Wutong Ridge, and the sound of humming a small song, the village residents under the ridge could hear it clearly. Since then, Wutongling has been surrounded by pedestrians day and night, becoming a bridge connecting the mountains with the outside world.
In the seventies of the last century, Wutongling witnessed the hard work of the "double robbery" season. At that time, Wutong Ridge was the only way for farmers to travel between their homes and fields, and it was also a place for them to rest and play. When they go home from work, everyone has to rest in the shade of the Wutongling tree, although they are very tired, but after the men and women sit down together, there are talking and laughing, the young men fan the cool breeze with straw hats, from time to time the two people also draw a lattice on the stone slab and walk the chess pieces with stones, the little girls play a small game, the uncles and uncles take the opportunity to smoke a few puffs of dry tobacco, and then politely hand it to another person after smoking, from time to time praise the cigarette is done well, smoke vigorously, at this time everyone is tired and forget at once. Everyone also carried forward the spirit of the former guests and the latter customers, and after the next group of people went up to the ridge, the people who were resting here in front immediately gave way.
Wutongling not only witnessed the hard work of the people, but also witnessed the laughter of the children. The stone road leading to Wutong Ridge is specially pedestrianized, and there is a dirt road under the sidewalk, which is for the cow to ride on the back of the cow to let the cow come out. Every summer morning, the sky is just bright, the naughty cow herding baby will drive the cow out of the pen, and then ride on the back of the cow, the herd of cattle under the leadership of the cow leader towards the cattle road mighty set off, the children happily sang the nursery rhyme of "riding the big horse high mountain" all the way straight to Wutong Ridge. On the Wutong Ridge, the children drove the cattle to the mountain, and the division of labor condescended to watch the cattle go, and the other children gathered on the Wutong Ridge slate to play the game of "catching stones". In the evening, when the sun set, the children put the firewood they had cut for the day on the back of the oxen and rode home, just like the joy of the Red Army riding home after winning the battle.
"If you want to get rich, you must first build roads". In 1980, with the efforts of local cadres, the engineering team was organized to carry out the lowering and blasting of Wutong Ridge, and a simple machine farming road was built to pass, which completely reduced the slope of climbing Wutong Ridge. In 2018, I was elected as the director of the village committee, and at the suggestion of the villagers' representatives, I and the team members seized the great opportunity of the construction of the "Four Good Rural Roads" and fought for the policy to pour all the dirt roads in Wutongling on the cement road, which greatly facilitated people's production, life and access. The land on the Wutong Ridge side has been renovated from small fields to large fields and all contracted to large households for mechanical farming, and the peasants no longer go over the mountains and mountains to grow crops, and the mountains of the Yasuda Group have also been contracted by tea experts to develop the tea industry, and the lives of the villagers have been greatly improved, and many farmers have gone to the city to work, buy houses and settle down, and the villagers have become citizens.
Wutong Ridge, a mountain that has witnessed countless stories, is no longer what it used to be, but it is still the deepest memory in my heart. The traces of the stone road, the singing of the cow herding baby in the early summer morning, and the joy of returning home under the sunset are the best memories of my childhood. Wutong Ridge, which allows me to "see the mountains, see the water, and remember the nostalgia", it has witnessed my growth and recorded a time memory of the mountains and villages. Wutong Ridge, an ancient and modern mountain, has witnessed the changes of Nanquan Village, as well as the changes and progress of society.
Author: Wu Chuanhua