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The third volume of essays and anecdotes (fifteen) outskirts travel

Liangshan is composed of three naturally formed limestone peaks. The north peak is the highest, with an altitude of 1047.9 meters. It is tall, handsome and majestic. If you look at Qianling Mausoleum from different angles, the entire cemetery corridor will show different shapes. Looking from the east, this cemetery

Just like a sleeping beauty, she lies leisurely and solemnly on her back between heaven and earth. The towering north peak is her slightly raised head, the straight sacred road is her jade neck, and the green pines and cypresses are her beautiful long hair; the south peak is her slightly raised head.

The two peaks are her breasts, and the undulating peaks are her stretched legs, stretching into the endless distance in the misty sky, so she is known as the "Sleeping Beauty of the Earth."

Observed from the west, the main peak of Qianling Mausoleum is soaring, majestic and majestic, like a crouching lion; walking from the main entrance, you can see that Qianling Mausoleum looks like a "Beacon Mountain" with three mountains standing in triplicate, which is unique and charming. The straight and wide Shinto Road comes into view.

The sight of the Qianling Mausoleum makes people feel mysterious. Looking from the northwest, the Qianling Mausoleum looks like a "pyramid" with a solitary peak rising alone. Standing on the top of the main mausoleum and looking south, you can have a panoramic view of the majestic mausoleum, which makes people imagine.

Therefore, people vividly say that the Qianling Mausoleum is "looking at the beauties in the east, the lions in the west, the Shinto in the south, and the momentum (the momentum of the imperial mausoleum) in the north." Kanyu experts in the Tang Dynasty had a unique vision and chose this place among the many mountains.

The unique mountain shape and beautiful location were the ideal place to build the mausoleum for Emperor Gaozong Li Ye.

The Qianling Mausoleum was built in the early Tang Dynasty, when the country was full of power, the scale of the cemetery was large, and the architecture was magnificent and majestic. It can be called "the crown of all imperial mausoleums in the past". The cemetery was built after the pattern of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, and was divided into palace city, imperial city and outer corridor.

All the construction projects of the Qianling Mausoleum in the city were completed in the early years of the reign of Wu Zetian, Zhongzong and Ruizong, which lasted for 57 years.

There are 17 tombs distributed in the southeast corner of the Qianling Mausoleum. Three tombs are currently officially open to the public, and more than 4,300 precious cultural relics such as Tang tricolor paintings, Tang tomb murals, and stone pier carvings have been unearthed. They are known as "the masterpieces of Tang Dynasty culture and art".

"Treasure House". During the two-hour tour, we viewed cultural relics and stone carvings such as Huabiao, Winged Horses, Stone Lions, Wordless Stele, Shusheng Monument, as well as stone carvings with inscriptions by modern celebrities such as Guo Minruo, and hiked to the top of Liangshan Mountain. Through the tour

, we learned about the grand occasion of Qianling Mausoleum and related history of the Tang Dynasty, and felt the charm of Chinese culture and art.

During this one-day trip, we enjoyed the beautiful scenery, experienced the local customs, tasted special delicacies, and learned some historical knowledge. At the same time, I took photos for the fellow villagers throughout the whole journey, which made me feel more confident during the tour and serving everyone.

, enriched my spare time life, and gained happiness. I think the most exciting thing in the long history of China is not the expansion of territory by the emperors, but the great achievements of Dayu in flood control.

Wind and rain have carved the mountain peaks, and time has witnessed history. At our feet, from Hexi to the north to Yumenkou in Hancheng, Yu completed a remarkable water conservancy project here. Its scale is far less grand than the Great Wall, but it is destined to steadily benefit the local area.

The local people have lived here for more than two thousand years. If the Great Wall occupies a vast space, it actually occupies a vast amount of time. The social function of the Great Wall has long been abandoned, but it still delivers a trickle of clear water to countless people.

From south to north, we walked along the footsteps of Dayu's flood control. It seemed that we could feel the roar of the Yellow River for thousands of years, Dayu's initial confused shouts and the subsequent cheers of praise from the people. It is precisely because of its drought

The flood-prone Guanzhong has been sheltered and nourished. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that it has permanently nourished the Chinese nation.

According to legend, Yu inherited his father's business and controlled floods. His father was killed by Emperor Shun precisely because of his failure to control floods. The cruel officialdom was worse than the cruel floods. Yu, who succeeded his father's business, knew that his head was also affected by the floods. When it comes to water control, there is no room for negligence. Of course, he has never studied water conservancy anywhere.

However, taking his mission as his school and working hard for several years, he summed up a more advanced method of water control than his father. People often say that Pangu opened the world. When Yu stood on Pangu Mountain, he suddenly became enlightened. Doesn't "opening" mean neglecting ? The key to water control is dredging rather than blocking. Therefore, he changed his father's water control strategy from blocking to dredging, splitting the huge rocks and steep peaks at Yumenkou, and guiding the water of the Yellow River to the Guanzhong Plain. His experience is still relevant today. Guigao of water conservancy project.

What he did not expect was that the land he irrigated would become a battlefield for emperors to compete for hegemony. Most of the wheat produced in the rich Hexi region would be used as military rations.

Qin Shihuang's order to build the Great Wall was majestic, barbaric, and cruel, while his order to build water conservancy projects was wise, kind, and transparent.

He left no information behind, only the light before our eyes.

What is there will be continued. Unlike the Great Wall, which was a military defense project in ancient times, this water conservancy project exudes the unique spiritual world of Dayu. Those who truly benefit the people should be promoted to gods. God becomes reasonable and amiable, and this section of the Yellow River becomes a bridge connecting the two worlds.

In the blink of an eye, my mother turned eighteen. Like all the little girls of that era, she wore a floral shirt, a pair of blue trousers, a pair of white socks, a pair of brand new maroon cloth shoes that she received by herself, and two big braids. Black, thick and obedient, she stayed behind her ears. My mother had a well-proportioned figure, a fair face, clear eyes, and a sexy mouth that was a little thick. Looking from a distance, I felt that she must be the one in my father's heart. "Xiaofang, a hit-and-miss marriage.

My adoptive father had a close friend with a similar temperament at the water station where he worked. He was my mother’s future father-in-law. His father-in-law’s house was very close to the water station where he worked. He was an old man who loved his children very much. Many times he always had something good to eat at work. Reluctant to bear it, he took the bowl of rice home with the children after work. In the early years, his father-in-law worked in a bank in Hami, Xinjiang for the sake of the six children in the family. The bank boss was a foreigner, and the employee salary was It was distributed in silver. That year, the boss had to move the gold packed in boxes from the vault to the truck for urgent use. When he was short of manpower, he called in workers to help. He said that this was considered to be a lot of overtime work, so that the children at home could be young and energetic. He also worked hard. After moving with everyone, he collected the broken silver, went back to the room and went to sleep. It was said that his lung disease was caused by being too tired during the move. As the Spring Festival was approaching, he took a year's income to prepare the goods. He returned home with his backpack. He originally wanted to go back to work after the Chinese New Year. When he arrived at Tongguan, he found out that the Japanese were coming and no one was allowed to leave. So he turned around and went home and found a job at a commune water station. This job will last his whole life. .

At the new workplace, my father-in-law and my adoptive father hit it off immediately and talked about everything. The marriage of their children was the engagement they made at the dinner table when their parents first met. That day, the adoptive father asked my mother to freshen up and say that he was going to see an old friend. The father and daughter talked and laughed along the way, and bought some food on the street. When they arrived at the door of the father-in-law's house, the mother felt something was wrong. The father-in-law had already been waiting at the door. When he saw them from a distance, he greeted them. Going up, the mother stopped when she saw a stranger coming. She pulled her adoptive father's clothes and refused to move. The adoptive father turned around and tore off the mother's hand and whispered, "Look at it." The adoptive father took the mother's hand with one hand and said, Holding the snacks in hand, they walked towards their friends. My father-in-law took the snacks and led the way. The three of them entered the house one after another.

A small table with a bit of history was placed in the main room, and a few small stools with a bit of history were placed around the small table. The mother-in-law came out of the kitchen with her little daughter in her arms. After saying a few words, she turned to face the big man in the kitchen.

The daughter shouted and asked her to roll the noodles, and then she went to the yard with the little daughter in her arms. The father-in-law took on the responsibility of taking care of the adoptive father and mother. The adoptive father and the father-in-law chatted about everything while drinking tea, and the mother sat next to the adoptive father and drank.

While tea was secretly looking at this home, the old earthen walls and the wood on the roof were very blackened by the cooking smoke. There was a large kang in the corner of the main room. The kang was separated from the kitchen by a wall. There was a hanging on the door of the kitchen.

It was a very old door curtain. When I turned my eyes to the door of my house, I saw a young man of average height walking from a distance, wearing a gray vest, a pair of black large trousers, and a pair of shoes with several holes. His hands

Clutching the hoe on his shoulders, he leaned forward a little. He wiped his sweat as he walked, followed by a girl who was a few years younger than her. She was holding a basket in one hand and holding a boy who was a few years younger than her in the other hand. They walked in tandem.

After entering the door and calling his adoptive father, the young man put down the hoe and went into the kitchen. The younger sister took the younger brother and put down the basket and also went into the kitchen.

At this time, the youngest sister shouted to her eldest brother and stumbled into the kitchen. Her mother-in-law followed closely and also entered the kitchen. The mother looked at this magical kitchen and wondered how big it was. Her mother felt strange when she first saw him.

Great, not because of his appearance, but because of his sloppy clothes. The young man appeared in a hurry, obviously without careful preparation. Maybe he was acting in his true self after being ordered to go home, or maybe he didn't want to see her at all because he was interested.

, maybe... Tsk, I haven't fallen in love with him yet? Look at his family being poor, look at his younger siblings, look at what he's wearing?

The mother looked around the house and the family members relentlessly, and then at the adoptive father. She knew how his father fell in love with this family. Helplessly, she thought about the adoptive father's words of "take a look before talking" and looked down at the maroon gift she received with her own hands.

Brand new cloth shoes, let things develop.

A bowl of noodles is a life-long relationship. When it was time to eat, the younger brothers and sisters all came out to help. Those who served the rice, those who served the dishes, and those who served the noodle soup. My mother’s bowl of noodles was served to her by her eldest aunt.

, the eldest aunt handed the bowl of noodles to her mother with a smile on her face, and told her that if there is not enough, I will serve it to you. I will get you whatever you need. Maybe it is out of politeness, maybe she is really hungry, maybe...anyway

My mother said that bowl of noodles was so delicious. After marriage, the relationship between mother and my eldest sister was a close one. It was this bowl of noodles that put all the "not so good" feelings that mother had toward father thousands of miles away.
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