Chapter 28 Memory of winter snow

Snow, in the natural world, may not be whiter than it.The ancients said: "Hu Tian is snowing in August." In the Helan Mountains in the northwest, the Xinliao River in the northeast, and the silent turning of the jade plate in Yinxi, the time sequence of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the curtain is slanting, the mist is cold and the sweet-scented osmanthus is wet, and the haze is everywhere. rain and snow.If the leap month in the first half of the year coincides with the first half of the year in Pingli, and the solar terms are extended, you can see auspicious snow for the first time around the time of frost.The auspicious snow heralds a good year, the snow will fall more and more in winter, and the autumn harvest in the coming year will surely be abundant.According to the experience of old farmers, when the snow is one foot deep, the dormant insects and locusts will go down three inches. If there is four feet of snow in one winter, the rice in the fields will not suffer from insects and locusts in the coming year.It is also said that the first fall of auspicious snow can disperse the winter plague, so when the snowflakes fly, although they will melt when they fall to the ground, there is no such thing as enjoying the snow and viewing the scenery, but the fresh and refreshing air is enough for people to feel happy. It's so eye-catching!

The first snow in Beiping, the climate is not very cold, the first fall in the sixth month, the ground is covered with mud, commonly known as wet snow or Xiaoxue, and few people go out to look for plums and victories.Ordinary poets and poets just set up a small red clay stove, serve wine and delicacies on the stove, drink and write poems, and chat to entertain themselves.It will be a good time to go out to enjoy the snow and enjoy the beautiful scenery when it is snowing heavily and the snow is full of feet!In the early years, Sanhai Yuyuan was locked and designated as a restricted area. The public could not enter the garden to see it. They could only lean on the railing at the Jinao Yuzhu Bridge. The scenery of Qiongdao after the spring and snow, the nearby snow is almost like going to Jishuitan and Shichahai. Far away Then go out of Xizhimen to the west eight places of Xiangshan Mountain to enjoy the so-called Cuiwei snow.In the 17th year of the Republic of China, Li Liusun, a relative of She, came to Jiujing and lived in Shexia.One day when it was snowing first, he suddenly became very enthusiastic and asked me to go to Xishan to enjoy the snow. It happened that his best friend Lin Gengbai came here in high spirits and invited us to the Summer Palace to see the snow scene.Geng Bai was famous as Xueheng, and he was known as "the most difficult thing in the world". He spoke highly of his poems.I think that Du Fu's poems are in keeping with the times, and the realm is not magnificent. As a last resort, he, a modern monk, has to be the first.In terms of words, he is ashamed to be inferior to Li Liusun's liberalism and majesty. At the same time, the two of them have their own unique insights into the study of numerology. Admire each other.Therefore, during Lin Li's travels, the relationship was very close. If the two of them were enjoying the snow in the western suburbs, and the two of them talked about poetry and fate, and suddenly forgot the time dial, we would be locked up in a small chicken feather shop in Guanxiang, Xizhimen Waiguan Township for the night.So I propose to go to Jingshan to enjoy the snow.The Qiwang Tower in Jingshan is the tallest and most spacious place in the city. The two of them wanted to see the remaining ancient cypress on which Ming Sizong died in Jingshan a long time ago, and Yu Zu happily went with them.The first auspicious snow comes, the space is quiet and dust-free, the forests are bright and the scenery is clear and fresh, overlooking the Forbidden City, the circle of nine rooms, the golden-winged corridor, and the silvery light, it is like being in a world of glass.The two of us were very happy with each other, so the three of us joined the beads in the corner of the Futu Temple (the game of linking beads was invented by Liusun, the ancients combined sentences, we combined words, and the next word only wanted to keep up with the next word) As long as the couplet makes sense, you can often get excellent sentences, and the order of Tiaoji Futu ranges from one character to seven characters, which is also a small order researched by Liusun).At that time, seven or eight Futu Orders were linked, but it is a pity that after forty or fifty years, I can't remember even one.

In the mid-winter of the 23rd year of the Republic of China, my elder sister Hechou borrowed Kuai Ruomu Shizhang Xishan villa in Beiping to recuperate her illness. The snow had just rested and the frost and wind were bitter. I accompanied Dr. Li Bojing up the mountain for a routine checkup.By the way, I brought some beef and mutton slices as barbecue ingredients, and planned to use the accumulated pine cones as wood to eat barbecue in the corridor of the sandwich room surrounded by iron gauze after treatment.There are several old plum trees on the courtyard steps, the branches and rafters, after the snow freezes and cold, slowly exhale the cold fragrance, add roasted meat, green onions and coriander, the creamy fragrance, blown outdoors by the wind, can really smell the fragrance for ten miles.It happened that Jin Zhongsun, the principal of Peking Opera School, accompanied Cheng Yushuang to enjoy the snow and walk in the west mountain. It was near noon, and he was hungry. Knowing that it was me eating barbecue and getting acquainted with each other, they knocked on the door and came in as an unexpected guest.Yushuang is the famous "wine voice" in the Liyuan. The more he drank, the louder his voice became. He saw Erguotou from the country's cooking pot next to the hinge. If it came, he would be at ease. In an instant, at least half a catty of Laobaigan would be eaten .The wine was hot, so I asked him to sing a section for everyone to enjoy.Yan Qiu was most afraid of singing without the huqin in his life, because the words could only be played well with the huqin as a backing.I was in a predicament, and it happened that Chef Wang, who had been left behind, brought in the porridge. I suddenly remembered that Chef Wang listened to the radio when he was free on the mountain, and sometimes he played the huqin along with the Beijing opera records on the radio.When Cook Wang heard it, he was really pleasantly surprised. He thought that the 18 beats of Hu Jia in "Wen Ji Returning to Han" was the best. It was not rigorous enough, but it was completed in one go, attracting a number of fans who were walking on the snow to stand on the snow outside the door and listen to the recital.Later, drama critic Jing Guxue found out about it, and wrote an article "The Story of Looking for Plums and Eating Meat" in "Liyan Daily" to make a joke of Boss Cheng!Most people only know that Lushan Mountain is heavy with fog, so there is a saying that they don’t know the true face of Lushan Mountain. In fact, the laziness, high cold, chaotic clouds and snow, and the beauty of the landscape are beyond the imagination of summer vacationers on Lushan Mountain.

Before the war, when the author served in Wuhan, the supervisors of each term had to go to Beiping to escape the summer heat, and went to Union Hospital for a check-up. The responsibility of guarding the old camp was left to the next shoulder.Although Kuanglu in Wuhan has convenient transportation and accessible places to rest, but due to responsibilities, it has never been possible to visit Kuanglu.One winter, there was heavy snowfall, and He Xuezhu, director of Wuhan's appeasement, wanted to entertain foreign guests to enjoy the snow on Lushan Mountain. He sent Chen Guangzu, the director of the general office, to go up the mountain for deployment, and Chen invited the author to go with him.The journey was covered with ice and frost, but I felt that the weather was clear and the scenery was beautiful, so I stayed in a temporary hotel prepared by the Sui Department when I arrived on the mountain.One night windy, open the window and look far away, the high rocks and steep walls are all covered with silver, the icicles on the eaves are like crystal ball curtains, and the overhead wires are covered with snow.This kind of chalcedony flying Qiong's smell of flying eyebrows has an indescribably refreshing and fresh feeling.Talking to people after going down the mountain, everyone thinks that the rocks are so cold and the ice is solid, of course it is not as good as the bamboo pond in summer, and the beautiful vegetation is refreshing.In fact, the beauty of winter snow in Lushan Mountain cannot be appreciated by those who have not been there.

In the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China, I was successfully demobilized. The Resources Committee dispatched me to the Rehebei Piao Coal Mine to participate in the reconstruction and development of mud excavations. Due to business relationships, I often traveled to Pingjin, Jinzhou, Shenyang and other places.On the New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar, I rushed back to Beipiao from Beiping, and had just unloaded my luggage and went to the restaurant for dinner.There are few colleagues with their families, and everyone joins a meal group. The restaurant is spacious and can accommodate about four to five hundred people eating at the same time.The door is open, and the corridor in front of the window is temporarily covered with brand new reed mats. The chefs come to the window one by one according to the case, kneading the dough, rolling out the skin, mixing the stuffing, wrapping, and throwing the wrapped shield out of the window. into a puck.When I was young, I heard that in the middle of winter in the northeast, it was frighteningly cold. Standing on the Songhua River bridge and leaning on the railing, spitting, falling on the frozen river, freezing into a ball, how far can you roll.At that time, I thought it was exaggerated, but now I can see it with my own eyes, and I believe the words of the ancients, and I have not been deceived.After finishing the report, I went to bed late at night. Morningside was already full of firecrackers and Dinghai New Year, and I was eager to rush to the conference hall of Xiaoliao to attend the colleagues' reunion and luncheon.Unexpectedly, it snowed heavily overnight, with a depth of three feet, the gate was blocked by snow, it was silvery white, and the whole field was at a loss.Combining the strength of the two workers, plus my help from the side, using both brooms and shovels, shovels and chops, it was still impossible to clear the snow, and shoveled a road to open the gate.Later, the special team of mine police was called to support, and more than 20 people with experience in snow shoveling came, and they were able to escape to the banquet with axes and knives.When I arrived at the conference hall, my colleagues waited for a long time.A few ingenious colleagues were impatient, and around the stone railing of the court steps, two five-foot-high lions with strong bones and muscles, magnificent appearance, and five feet tall came.Some friends who love to play with snow, especially those from Fujian and Guangdong, have seen this kind of heavy snow with flakes of goose feathers, and they are all happy to see Lie Xinxi. Groups of three and five have piled up a lot of strange snowmen. or animals come.Several expert model-makers in the factory department piled up a seven-story exquisite pagoda with a height of more than two feet.It is said that those who are difficult will not, and those who will meet are not difficult. It took about two hours, and a pagoda with hooked eaves and horns, towering and empty, stood majestically on the snow.At night, a calcium carbide lamp that is not afraid of wind and snow is placed in the center of each floor of the tower. The lights are dotted, and the flying light shoots off the wall.Now I happen to talk to my friends about snowball fights and making snowmen, and the exquisite jade-carved pagoda that Beipiao piled up in the past is spinning around in front of my eyes.

Since I came to Taiwan, I haven't seen snow for several years. One year, I heard that it was snowing in the Songxuelou area of ​​Lishan, so I rushed there.What do you say is that the silver sand covers the field, the auspicious snow is full of domains, and a thin layer of flying catkins has been trampled and stained by the footmen, making it difficult to move in the mud.However, once I went to Xinwei Dagui in Kaohsiung County for business, and I ate at a local restaurant. In the distance, the peaks stood erect, silver light shone, and it was pure white. It is said that this peak is a branch of Yushan Mountain. In the dark, the clouds come and go, and the peaks and mountains are covered with snow, which makes the clouds and clouds connected and beautiful.This kind of spectacle can only be seen from afar but cannot be visited, and it is something that can be encountered but not sought.I have been in Taiwan for more than 30 years, and only the snow on Liuguiyuan Mountain is the most spectacular snow scene I have seen in Taiwan.