Lian-Jiang Xu Shihfang Dawn to visit a unique eight-foot arch, and our first leg of trip to Huizhou came Shexian. Arrived in town at the time of sun has just risen, and we can not help but stop at a bridge, fresh day the sun will be bright and spreading ballast initial training in the broad river, the calm surface of the water in the clear reflection of this in the soft light, Riverside Park with a leaf boat, the distance quiet Square Tower stands high in the morning with one of gentle scenery.
I went to the bridge to see Tablet Inscriptions, bluestone Bei Shang inscribed "Peace Bridge" three characters. Looking in the hands of data, that this giant on behalf of the porous stone bridge built in the Ming Hongzhi years, more than 500 years ago, in order to do good and repair Shexian a widow, is feeling its history with the public more than a distant, goodness, the following text Querang I shocking: The original Ming Dynasty folk will only be allowed to build the bridge hole, two holes guilty Qijunzhizui, this bridge built without care into 16 holes, to facilitate the Chin villagers were sentenced to thousands of widows, peeling of the punishment, and wrongfully died. The bridge was thus also known as "human skin bridge." Looked up, I can not help but feel that chilling in a hurry to leave. Huizhou, in this way when I see it at first glance deeply frightened me, in the following throughout the trip, the beautiful scenery and a heavy cultural tensions has been with me, can not shake off is also not be ignored.
Xu county located in the downtown St. Paul indeed the earthly world, a letter to the Ming dynasty calligraphy by Dong Qichang book you "first post-chen", "three veterans" and other words, to Jing Biao Xu majors in college, studying to take Shi, rose to the rank rites, Prince Taibao sealed, and calendar Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli 3 North Korea minister of state, is a proud villagers. Shihfang to green tea throughout the stone, carving elaborate and losing ancient China and the United States, Daya atmosphere, and be called a model for similar buildings.
Peach dam Chushan College Hill drove to walk through numerous Bay, we have found have a "father-son Shang Shu" glory Cao Zhi, Cao Yong's hometown - male village, tracing Chushan College. From here we begin to understand the human history of Huizhou and began touching the Huizhou merchants had been rich spiritual world under heaven. Huizhou mountainous, looked around, absolutely can not have endless horizons, one after another of the mountains while the United States created a party to, but also resulted in Huizhou people "the scarcity of land, lack of food cultivation," the survival of the plight, this is following the beaten track stick to the land's agricultural society, Huizhou people to go out to walk the main reason for doing business.
Fu-hsiung said the village of Cao for the buildings or the tribe, Huizhou merchants to operate more salt, tea, open pawnshops enrichment, Cao will be for the Huai River, one of eight salt merchant. But when forced to by passers-by into the livelihood of the business people, even if he has 10000 consistent family wealth, but also not been immune to "commercial home Simin end of" inferiority complex and "All things are beneath contempt, only reading high" expectations of entering political stratum, which has become the ultimate pursuit of their lives and descendants Yanyinqipan. Takeyama College is looking forward to this family right career starting point.
Li Qing Dynasty, Ming Chen Cao did men, as Zanying the family: not only in Huai'an, Yangzhou has a huge family business, is a typical combination of officials and businessmen. Cao Zhi's brother or operation or management of land with salt, he would concentrate on career deep Qianlong Chongxin, rose to the rank minister of revenue, ranked "Si Ku Quan Shu" commission president, is one; his son Cao Yong as the Emperor Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang Sanchaoyuanlao , how high, the head of the column courtiers; give the child within the family there are many dozens of people, the glory is.
Years flew by Shidao lamented the introduction of the changes are most vulnerable. Today, Cao ancestral home no longer exists, ancestral hall for future generations is not occupied by the identification, a symbol of a glorious arch clan scattered in the village of Fang Jian-hung, mottled old, the only remaining College Chushan quietly standing at the banks of the river training.
Into the College, run-down courtyard scattered worn, turned the corner entrance is a corridor, past beautiful carving already decay, only side of Several Strains of a huge gallery banana once elegant reminder here. Through the corridor round the door into the Qing Kuang Xuan, is an exquisite garden Sau Nga, another "Osmanthus Hall," another name, when in the Cao clan where you can give the children planted a laurel has garden there are still dozens of laurel trees, set off with hopes of a symbol of Cao generation Langhammer - Wenchang Pavilion, where the sons of former Tsao Hui-wen lectures make a gesture of poetry and literature of the land.
College planted a peach blossoms along the river, when the spring and competed in full bloom on the occasion of Korea can exist side by side with the quiet of the College. But now the only memorial in vain. Eyes only see Lianjiang quietly eastward course, shore village women washing, leaf residue boat ran aground beach, a few worry-free Baiya play in the river itself ... ... the college loneliness silently witnessed here, there have been too busy and the glory are no longer thriving, so that our feelings of regret the past, sadly.
Author: sunnylittlecat
