Chapter 30 Fengyang Men: Old Songs and New Songs Go Around

"Talk about Fengyang, sing about Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place - Zhu Yuanzhang came out of Fengyang." Officially known about Fengyang, it is because Fengyang was the first to take the lead in joint production and pay, and divided the land into households, which triggered the reform of China's rural economic system at the end of the 20th century. people's attention.Therefore, Fengyang became the source of China's rural economic system reform.I don’t know Fengyang officially. I read it when I was a child. It was written by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. I remember the moment when Emperor Zhu was born in the book. A purple star fell from the southeast of the sky and landed in the courtyard of Zhu Yuanzhang’s house. Only heard a wow, Zhu Yuanzhang was born.It's a pity that the place where the emperor was born was not remembered at that time.In addition, I used to think that the emperors were born and raised in Beijing, spoke standard Mandarin, flew kites in the Forbidden City compound since childhood, had more than 100 million firecrackers, and became emperors without taking the college entrance examination when they grew up .Otherwise, why did the emperor always work in Beijing instead of other cities?And neither has a diploma.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a man from Fengyang, but not all Fengyang men are Zhu Yuanzhang. When Fengyang men see guests from afar, they claim to be the descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang’s grandfather. In fact, this is not the case. Zhu Yuanzhang planned to build a capital in Fengyang, called Zhongdu, Hundreds of thousands of people immigrated to Fengyang during the construction of the central capital. The emperor did not talk about family planning, but if there is no family planning, there will not be so many offspring, right?And many people are not surnamed Zhu. Fengyang is a real abandoned capital, because after Zhu Yuanzhang built the capital city, he did not establish his capital in Fengyang, but went to Yingtian (Nanjing) to proclaim himself emperor (1368). As a result, for six hundred years, The men in Fengyang stayed in the central capital and dreamed about their dreams, so that at the end of the 20th century, when the land was divided into households, Fengyang was still a poor county. The incense was very prosperous, and the Longxing Temple, where the young Zhu Yuanzhang once hit the bell, was not able to take care of the water and soil here. The economy developed.

Men in Fengyang today are still fond of talking about the distribution of land to households 20 years ago, and replaying a classic thousands of times. The development of farmers in the economical Nanjie Village is also famous, but Fengyang, the leader of the rural economic reform, has not seen any changes.Back then, men in Fengyang could see the bold words of "Building Dazhai County in three years and vowing to turn Fengyang into a former Yang" on the plane inlaid on the top of the mountain. The handwriting is vaguely discernible. Maybe it's because the Fengyang man's Zhongdu complex persists, and the Fengyang man can't get rid of the influence of his role model.Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Haoshui, Fengyang in 1327. Both of his parents died when he was young. He first begged along the street and then became a monk in Huangjue Temple (later renamed Longxing Temple). The red scarf army of the rebel army was defeated. When the Yuan army retreated, they set fire to the Huangjue Temple where Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk. Without the temple, the monk was homeless. Zhu Yuanzhang had to go to Haozhou City to join the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing to participate in the revolution.It would not be surprising if ordinary people have this life course. As soon as things touch the "true dragon emperor", they will ferment into "deep connotations", so Fengyang men make begging the first major event in their lives. 600 years From then on, a solid and strong tradition will be condensed.

Traditionally, Fengyang men pass the New Year by eating Laba porridge, then pick up the money pole, pick up the special quilt for begging and set out on the road like a soldier.The money pole is exquisite. It is a bamboo pole about 1.5 meters long. It is thick in the hand. There is a slot in each section along the axial direction. There are horizontal pins. Three or four copper coins are strung on each pin. In the middle part, dance around the body with the rhythm of Fengyang Qianganzi, but seeing the Qiangan waving beautifully, and the crisp sound of copper coins, they beat a section of Fengyang Qianganzi through the door, attracting passers-by The onlookers sang with Fengyang money poles: talk about Fengyang, sing about Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place, and a Zhu Yuanzhang came out of Fengyang.After singing, he opened his mouth to beg.Of course, this was in the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, I didn’t dare to sing like this anymore. Qing and Ming were enemies. If I sang like that, not only would I not be able to beg, but I would also be beheaded, so I changed the song: Fengyang came to Emperor Kangxi; During the Qianlong period: Emperor Qianlong came to Fengyang; during the Republic of China: Fengyang came to the Kuomintang; in New China, the begging tradition of Fengyang men has changed, mainly because they have been liberated, and they are not so confident in begging, and the money pole is reconciled with Fengyang The flower drum was then changed to an art performance, and now it has become a tourist viewing program.In fact, even for begging in the past, the money pole is a multifunctional pole that integrates defense, picking tools and props.

When I think about it, begging is the culmination of the survival wisdom of the Han people. It is a primitive survival civilization of self-help and other assistance.Men in Fengyang travel all over the world during begging activities, so they have seen a lot. After begging at home, they have seen all kinds of people, and their life experience is unmatched by others.And the most unsatisfactory career in the world is begging. Rolling eyes, scolding, sarcasm, scolding and even beating are all compulsory courses. There is also a hungry stomach, cold weather, and sparsely populated roads. This is the exercise of psychological endurance. An excellent way to power.What is more wise is that everyone works hard for a year and enjoys the harvest of the year in these days of the Chinese New Year, while men in Fengyang use these days of the Chinese New Year to generate income, begging for money along the way Send them back to their hometown, and sell them for cash when they beg for food. The men in the family are happy to celebrate the New Year, and the men in Fengyang are persevering and making money.

Wisdom originates from Haoliang.There are two waters in the northeast of Fengyang, one is the Donghao River and the other is the West Hao River, both of which flow into the Huai River.Haoshui is Zhishui. "Zhuangzi Qiushui Pian" records that Zhuangzi and Huizi traveled together in Haoliang to watch fish.One day, the two were swimming together on Hao, and saw a group of minnows swimming back and forth. Zhuangzi said: "The minnows travel leisurely, which is the joy of fish." Huizi said: "You are not a fish, how do you know the joy of fish?" Zhuangzi said Said: "My son is not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of fish?" This dialogue has had a major impact on ancient Chinese thought, philosophy and literature.The place where Zhouzhuang and Shi Hui had a dialogue is also known as "Zhuanghui Diaoyutai". It is now a mound in the southern suburbs of Linhuai Town. It is said that standing on it can produce thoughts.

It suddenly occurred to me that if one day, a man from Fengyang came to Baliqiao, Beijing to promote his mineral spring Haoshui, that would be a fundamental change.Because the men who grew up in this happy land of Fengyang always have excessive ambitions, they hope to move forward along the official road, even if they have the wisdom of Zhuang Hui, they don't understand that the Yuan army set fire to Huangjue Temple unintentionally, and burned the temple. A great Ming Dynasty, after all, has its accidents. If the Yuan army did not set fire but donated thousands of taels of silver to Huangjue Temple, and Zhu Yuanzhang became an eminent monk happily, the history of Fengyang would be different.It is unknown, if one city cannot be ruled, how can the world be ruled?It's a pity that Zhuangzi and Huizi talked in vain in Haoliang.

Fengyang men have four big bulls: a money pole travels all over the world, and Fengyang men eat food all over the world; Erhao leisurely enters the Huai River, asking officials why they came to Zhongdu City; Sanmen Drum Tower is "the root of all ages", and the land is divided into households and added News; the four-ton Longxing evening bell rings in the sky, and the sacred stone carvings of the imperial mausoleum are beautiful. The four cows still need to be explained. One point is that men in Fengyang can eat all over the place as long as they have a bar for money, which is the result of the strong begging culture in Zhongdu; The Drum Tower (i.e. Qiao Tower) in the middle of the three fingers has three gates. Its height is quite modern with 8 floors, and its scale is not smaller than Tiananmen Square. The reform of the rural economic system by dividing land into households has made Fengyang famous all over the world; the four refers to the evening bell of Longxing Temple (also known as the Holy Temple). This bell is 2.05 meters high and weighs 4 tons. Inside and outside, there is a poem that says, "When the dynasty changes, the rivers change, but the bell rings around Fengyang." Men from all over the world must visit Longxing Temple when they come to Anhui, so as to feel the awe-inspiring atmosphere of the holy temple.The Shinto stone statues of the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum are large in scale and well protected. The total length of the Shinto is 257 meters. There are 31 pairs of guards of honor. There are 5 pairs of horsemen, and 2 pairs of civil servants, generals and servants.The stone statues were all carved in the early Ming Dynasty. All of them are made of a whole piece of stone. The carving is exquisite, and the shape and style are unique.

Today's Fengyang men, as usual, see high-ranking officials and rich people, and smile their rough faces into chrysanthemums, and when they see grassroots people in the countryside, their faces are like a stone, and life is very weird, even if money is tight, If you are in a financial deficit, you have to smoke good cigarettes and drink good wine, even scraping off the rouge and money from a woman's face. Fortunately, women in Fengyang are naturally beautiful, so they save men's money for drinking.