Chongwu, Chong Shangwu prepared was intended. Its located in the southeastern coastal border forts, three facing the sea, the west land, sandwiched between the Meizhou Bay, Quanzhou Bay. Nearby waters around the islands and reefs, complex terrain, easily defensible, has historically been a battleground.
This more complete of China's last remaining Stone of the early Ming-Jiang Zhou Dexing ordered Jaap de Hoop chair to prepare for the construction of the pirates pirates. Jiajing, bonobos suffering from rampant Kangwo famous Chi Chi, Yu Dayou Chongwu depending on the division, stationed themselves there to construct urban flood control, Yanwu training, establish a complete set of the military system and the city defense facilities, defeat the enemy. Has conducted a large-scale renovation of the Qing Dynasty. Since then, the city defense has lost its military role, and also because long-abandoned, dilapidated walls collapsed. In 1983, funding by the state to conduct a comprehensive restoration.
Spring afternoon, a stroll with 600 years of ups and downs of the Chongwu, searching for the ancient city bit by bit, then crashed into the deep in bit by bit.
* The ancient city gate all the way up the older people who inquire about the understanding that the city has four gates, east, west, north three gates similar to the two instances gates, plus a building on the city, on the construction of towers, gates on each Beacon-based one, south gate is located along with a photo wall. According to legend, pirates then shelled the cities, the city temple of Kuan Kung to Tsing Lung Yan Yuedao strokes, the shells fell on the wall next to be allocated, and then strokes, the artillery firing back pirate ship, then sinks Kou death. I think this is the height of temple incense sake bar.
Simon's gates are now two well-preserved remains. Shade of the gate there are several small stalls hem, stall holders each holding homemade, hand-waving homemade duster hurry to forget the flies flying mosquito. The new branches, wildflowers in the spring of gates left wall the shadow of the fibrous roots aged Gurong hang quietly feeling the ancient city of everything.
By Simon east, while the north, and finally to the south gate, cross the street linking the city with four gates, the sun stone on the road in the Street cast a long shadow.
In the small town left behind more than 30 blocks the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties are settled in the deserted temple built, with these ancient buildings, ancient fortified how many of the vicissitudes of life in the ancient.
* For the ancient city wall Chongwu, the stone is the town's soul.
Circumference of 2567 meters of granite wall bearing the ancient history of the town witnessed the town's past has been the historical memory has remained to this day.
Inspired by stone steps, slowly onto the walls. Happy Valley Road over the grass, suffused with a clean green. Mottled walls of the ancient city is the classics, Xuxu De wind before, turn the page after page of history: Kangwo famous Chi Chi person Chongwu, command-and-destroy Japanese, Japanese pacification disorder; Zheng Chenggong armies swept east to, recovery of Taiwan and Taiwan of the motherland; With the People's Liberation Army soldiers and civilians Chongwu sail often had mishaps, the liberation of the southern gate of Xiamen Island; 1956 Premier Zhou Enlai personally Chongwu naval command, sinking or damaging the invading US-Chiang, "Wing Tai", "Yongchang" warship.
For centuries, the ancient city of several generations of soldiers and civilians by virtue of the natural barriers and solid ancient city of Petra, after the baptism of blood and fire, with life, he composed a moving poem of the battle. Here, "Chong reported that Temple", "meta-feed Palace", etc., are to commemorate the heroic sacrifice Kangwo built.
* To the ancient dwellings have been walked down the gates, the outside noise seemed to repeat it outside in the city, Old Street surprisingly quiet. Street on both sides is a simple houses, stone houses, red brick house, wooden structure houses are not too many ornaments. These different era architecture revealing scar the years, precipitation is still light.
Possession of an alley between houses in a block. Walking in the narrow stone alleyways, old house doors all day long unrestrained, there is not no quick fix relief to live a leisurely day.
Women sat in the courtyard filled with shelled oysters in vats, skillfully forced open the oyster shell, pretty soon, feet of oyster shells had been stacked in the hill. Her dress is to be funny as "feudal heads, democracy and belly, save-shirt, a waste of pants." Wearing yellow hats, wearing a white turban small Saika, covered her cheeks, jaw, Xie Jin's wearing a blue shirt, short, narrow, exposed belly, waist wear silver waist chain, wear a large flowing under the low-waist trousers. This national stylized costumes from time to time in the Chongwu ran into your line of sight, because the benefits are hard-working female figure can be seen everywhere.
From the cramped alleys out of an old skull-bone vigorous pace of relief.
It can not help but suspect that their ancestors would be which of the officers and soldiers stationed in the Old City do? They are "The Hundred Family Names, 10000 spawned" in which offshoot?
This Jinchengtangchi a taste of the years Haomiao, the vicissitudes of life had been wiped away belongs to the past, leaving behind the old city gates, old city walls, old houses, as well as the continuation of that local folk customs from generation to generation, require you to stop and thin land, and makes a taste.
Author: atong
