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Traces Left in the Mountains
Author: Wang Ruiyu
Excellence Award in the Literature Category of the Theme Call for Papers on the Theme of "Spring Dawn on the River of the Secret Outside the Border".
Anning Village, Wudu Waina Town, is located 40 kilometers southeast of Wudu District, 15 kilometers away from Waina Town, with a total area of 15 square kilometers and an altitude of about 1,600 meters.
In the rainy season of the valley in the year of Jiachen, the wind collection group organized by the Wudu District Federation of Literary and Art Circles marched to Waina Anning Village. The sky is not beautiful, it is raining lightly, and dozens of cars are winding up along Zhangjiagou in the rain. All the way canyon cliffs, mountain peaks and passes, dense fog and light clouds, farmland villages, lush forests and mountain flowers, mountain springs and streams set off each other, so that the picturesque nature, and modern buildings are integrated, to the depths of the mountains Anning Village and Yangjiaya several mystery and agility, have to prompt the peers of the wind collection group to trace the past, in all kinds of reverie and through the car window, the wild vegetables given by the land abound, gray gray cabbage, stone mustard greens, rice vegetables, dandelions are everywhere, toons, leaves on the flowers are many no one picks. The villagers here watch the mountain, the watchman's own culture and traditions, walking into the village as if walking into a paradise that is not disturbed by the complexity of modern times. Yangjiaya city wall, look at the small flat of Anning Village, the mountain in front of you is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack and surrounded by mountains, located in the small flat on the mountainside, and extends in all directions, Yangjiaya and Anning Village of each other are the corners of each other and come into view successively. The picture scrolls of the two villages quietly show the brilliance of ancient culture, carry rich historical culture and natural landscapes, and tell ancient stories. Yangjiaya Anning Village in the rain seems to be the epitome of time, let us always feel the tranquility and simplicity in the depths of the mountain, feel the stagnation of time and the weight of history and culture, walk into Anning Village, Yangjiaya from afar, as if traveling through time and space, and meet the ancients.
Photo by Liu Jianjun
Jin Heqin, the deputy secretary of the village branch, stood on the cultural square of Huaping Society, and introduced us with emotion, bringing our group of eighty or ninety people into another world, he introduced that their village was originally called Anningli, but later due to soil erosion and landslide, the villagers prayed for safety and changed it to Anning Village. Anning Li is located in a strategic place, it is out of the moonlight in the north, Luotang in the east, and the three rivers in the west, and the road is accessible, so that the grain and grass can be stored to expand the logistics support base of the soldiers. Yangjiaya is a frontier military stronghold. Secretary Jin painted his voice and told the mythical story of "the Yang family will stop at the Yangjia Cliff, the magical and magnificent "poke the ground to get water", hang the sheep and beat the drum", "lose the horse slope", and "build the city wall". Up to now, the pedestal of the existing city wall of Yangjiaya is more than 1,000 meters long, built in a ring around the abrupt and steep mountains, tens of thousands of soldiers can be stationed when fighting with officers and soldiers, and the defense can resist tens of thousands of enemies who come to attack; When the agricultural village was building horizontal terraces, the villagers dug up a lot of iron knives, guns, swords, spears, copper gongs, trumpets, tokens, alloy arrowheads, decaying scrolls and wooden sticks and other defensive weapons. There are many magical and mysterious folklore passed down by word of mouth, although the story told by the village deputy branch secretary is somewhat exaggerated and apocryphal, but our group still braved the heavy rain of being wet by the rain to listen attentively, some people are full of praise, from time to time to make a "tsk" sound, we seem to have traveled to the Northern Wei era.
Chairman Shi of the District Federation of Literary and Art Circles said: Today's activities are not only an in-depth tour of the natural beauty, but also an experience of traditional culture, just now Jin Zhishu told us the stories that have been passed down for thousands of years to make us refreshed, I hope that the comrades will go deep into reality, with the wisdom of the beautiful mountains and rivers, capture the treasure of inspiration, with the pen in the hand of the meticulous creation, with the soul to feel the gift of nature. Make the work reach a wider space, and let the artistic pen depict the unique charm of this land!
When the staff of the Party Committee and Government of Waina Township introduced the exhibition board, the magic of the "Sansheng Tree" and "Sandie Stone", the "Donkey Opening Mouth" and "Hungry Horse Eating the Sky" were vividly carved by nature, and I looked away from the red umbrella that I took to look at the direction of the staff's fingers, the clouds and mist on the top of the mountain, the fog sometimes churned and stretched, sometimes diffused and spread, sometimes revealing the legendary fairyland, my soul seemed to have experienced a long journey, which reminded me of the reproduction and life of human beings. I was reminded of thousands of years of history. I braved the heavy rain to walk into a two-story courtyard, the yard was spacious and clean, in the middle of the yard a cluster of peonies red and white was spitting bright, and a few pots of precious silk orchids exuded fragrance; Two old people warmly greeted me to sit down, one of them was in a wheelchair, I raised my eyes and saw that there were more than 20 rooms upstairs and downstairs in her house, so my eyes kept browsing around each house, all the rooms were luxuriously decorated, with complete electrical appliances and furniture, and novelty. The bright and solemn god cabinet is neatly placed with fragrant wax, enshrined to the master of foreign soup. The well-dressed hostess handed me a cup of tea with both hands, I didn't have time to say thank you and asked her how many people there were, she smiled and said: "The doll is a total of ten, the eldest son and daughter-in-law go to work in other places, the younger son is doing business in Wudu City, the four grandsons go to school in Wudu City, and the sons have bought a big house in Dongjiang", the old lady in a wheelchair next to her said: "Now the policy is good, the new town leaders attach importance to the development of our village, and the village secretary Jin also cares about us, and the life of the people in the village has been good in recent years, The babies in the village are confident that they will build their villages well, and the babies can do it very well! ”。 That's when I asked the old lady what was wrong? She said that she was injured in the previous section of the "Thoyue" road, and I just wanted to ask her why she still went to repair the road at such an age? She seemed to see my questioning, and hurriedly replied that in the past, Sancang, Wuku, Caohe, and Yuezhao handed over public grain, and handed over pigs to pass through our Anning Village, and in the summer, people who sent public grain came in groups with simple dry food, carrying linen bags with high-quality wheat that had been repeatedly dried from home, and they were willing to dry their mouths when they were hungry, and drank mountain spring water when they were thirsty. The villagers in Sancang, Wukuluotang and other places want to buy New Year's goods in our village is also the only way, they carry their own white melon seeds, sunflowers and wild vegetables to the thorough, Sanhe bazaar to sell, and then buy some paper cigarettes, hookah, tea, ginger spice seasoning, fruit candy, flower cloth and other scarce goods, generally under normal circumstances, it takes three or four days to travel back and forth, and it is difficult to realize the plan when the heavy snow closes the mountain. They came and went, and we all became relatives. The road can save time, reduce the difficulty of traveling in the mountains, and increase the economic income for the masses. I asked them what the surnames were in the village, and the hostess said that her surname was Jin, and some in the village were surnamed Zhao and some were surnamed Wang; The old lady in the wheelchair said that her surname was Jing, she had studied in a private school when she was a child, and she had been to high school, one was Jin of the front nose rhyme and the other was the back nose rhyme, which was really interesting. I suddenly remembered that a student named Jing Yidan, who had taught in Jiaochang Primary School more than ten years ago, may be from this village, and Mr. Yin, who was in the same office at the time, said that this parent will choose a name, just call the name of the ready-made CCTV host!
I said, do you know any legends in the village? Sister Jing cleared her throat and said, there are a lot of ancient scriptures! My great-grandfather's great-grandfather passed down the story of Yang Dayan, and we often use it to scare disobedient children. I asked them what image Yang Dayan was in their minds? She rushed to describe, and the old lady said: "According to the ancient scriptures told by the old man, Yang Dayan is the Yang Jiaya people, and his old ancestors are Qiuchi people, and then they were chased by the government to Yangjia Cliff, and after falling into the wilderness, they established their own small village, built a city wall several miles long to resist the pursuit of the government, and dug a water spring. He was a famous general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, his eyes were as big as wheels, he was young and courageous, he walked like flying, and when he ran, the three-zhang long rope tied to his hair was as straight as an arrow, and he couldn't catch up with the horse when he ran; After the Yang family resisted Jin, he led the army to avoid the pursuit of the imperial court and lived in our village for a long time, that Chen Biting Jin also lived in the village, legend has it that Cheng Biting Jin was born as a monk, but he is very talented in military affairs, he looks mighty, strong in martial arts, brave in battle, mainly good at riding and horse fighting, he has commanded the battles have been reported frequently, and has made contributions to resisting the invasion of Jin. Jiang Wei and Deng Ai are also related to us. When the Yang family will be stationed, our village and the surrounding people live and work in peace and contentment, this small village, always tell the past here, but it is also this humble land buried under the unforgettable history and the story of the Jin Ge Iron Horse.
After listening to the description of the two old men, I walked out of the yard, through the colorful umbrella flowers, and into another house, this is a brand new antique two-storey three-story courtyard, the tall red lacquer gate is sitting in front of the south and north upstairs and downstairs five main rooms, left and right three wings, on the left side of the courtyard in a more spacious house, furnished with bamboo weaving of the drying grain basket, the wooden cabinet for grain, the plough of the iron plough, the flail for beating wheat, the wind dustpan for distributing grain, and there are also the stone locks and stone thunderbolts when several generations of people practice martial arts...... A man who was over the age of the sixtieth year smiled and walked over, and said politely: You have worked hard, such a heavy rain and came to see us, I was really moved, and then I was busy getting me fruit, I said that my throat is not good and not cold, he was at a loss, I asked them what their surname was, he said his surname was Zhao, I asked him if he was from this village, he said that he was from the village, he said that he was to prevent people on the street from coming to the village, his son and daughter-in-law, girl and son-in-law are all working in the city, and they are old and two people at home doing chores with pepper, olive, and vegetable water to supplement the living expenses of their children, and they can also earn 60,000 or 70,000 yuan a year. I saw a very delicate incense burner on the offering table in his house, and there was incense sticks in the incense ashes, and I asked Mr. Zhao what kind of god they were offering? He said that it was the foreign soup master of Wenxian County, and I asked why he didn't sacrifice to the local gods? Mr. Zhao said that the god of foreign soup was a good god who loved the people like a son and benefited the people, he cared about the suffering of the people, and his prestige was full of harmony and auspiciousness everywhere, and his prestige was very high within a radius of hundreds of miles, and he was very loved. I saw that he was so pious, and before the words came out, he waved his hand and said: "Our ancestral home is the Zhao family in Qiaotou, Wenxian County, after eight years of Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, we migrated to Wudu's penetrating defense, the real Yang Tang Ye He is surnamed Jian, it is Tang Guangyuan Jiedu who made meritorious contributions to the Anshi Rebellion to protect the Tang Dynasty to restore Chang'an, and the imperial court canonized Bibo Yang Tangye. When he was talking about the interest, suddenly a man of about his age staggered in, and I also greeted him politely, and the man said that he couldn't speak, and that he was a five-guarantee household in the village, surnamed Wang. The old Wang saw that I was a stranger and began to be a little timid, seeing me and Comrade Zhao chatting, he was so anxious that he pointed to the top of the owner of the house and said a strong "ahhhh He pointed to the new clothes on his body, which meant that the new clothes were bought by Secretary Jin of the village, and when he arrived at his house, he was even more excited, pointing to the new house, the new table, the new chairs, the pots and pans, the rice and flour oil, and the big grinning mouth, revealing rows of extremely uneven teeth.
I also want to visit a few more, but I heard the village party secretary Jin Yingtao say that time is always short, I want to ask you to stay in our village for a few more days, but the next scenic spot is still waiting for us, welcome everyone to come to our village for guidance in the future! We walked back with regrets.
About the Author
Wang Ruiyu, a member of the Gansu Writers Association, a member of the Gansu Critics Association, a director of the Longnan Critics Association, a retired teacher of Jiaochang Primary School, and the author of "Yuhe Tea Language".