Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Erlong Lake

The second place marked on the human bone map is Erlong Lake. Erlong Lake is located at the junction of the two cities and one county of Gongzhuling City, Liaoyuan City and Yitong County. It has clear water, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and beautiful scenery. It is also a rare natural scenic spot in Siping area.I went there once with my family when I was young, but it has been a long time, and apart from remembering a very, very long embankment, I have no other impressions. From the Niangniang Temple to the south, it soon entered Mengjialing Town.At this boundary, because it is the transition zone between Changbai Mountain and Songliao Plain, the unique hilly geological landscape is very special.There are many mountains here, most of which are stone mountains, and the road passes through the mountains, with twists and turns along with the ups and downs of the mountains.

In this kind of road conditions, Liu Ye probably seldom walked on it before. After getting on the winding mountain road, he held the steering wheel tightly with both hands, stared at the front with a concentrated expression, and said nothing. Da Ya and I stopped chatting nonsense, for fear of affecting Liu Ye.After driving for more than two hours, I finally entered the Erlong Mountain Scenic Area. After the car bypassed a mountain ridge, it finally drove onto a flat road.And the lake and mountains of Erlong Lake are gradually revealed in front of our eyes. The lake surface is like a mirror, with blue waves rippling, and the sound of flood discharge under the gate of the dam can be heard from a distance.

Not far along the lake road, there is a small village.Although the village is not big, the houses are neatly built, with red bricks and gray tiles, and every household is almost the same.There is a large stone tablet at the entrance of the village, engraved with three large characters in official script: Erlong Village. Apparently, this village has also enjoyed the popularity of many tourist attractions, and every family has opened a "farmhouse".It happens to be the tourist season, and there are crowds of people in front of every house, and it is very lively with people coming in and out.We were exhausted on the way, and it seemed that it was already noon, and we hadn't had any water or rice, and we were really hungry, so we found a family with a big yard at the east end of the village, and parked the car.

As soon as the car stopped, an old man came out of the yard and greeted us warmly.While we were washing our hands, we quickly picked up an empty table with our hands and feet. The old man was very talkative, and after chatting for a while, we realized that this "farmhouse" was opened by their old couple.The old man's surname is Sun, a native born and bred, who has lived here all his life. After a while, all the dishes ordered were served.There are fish, meat, mountain delicacies, and a small farm stir-fry, all of which look good, and the appetite suddenly increases.We were also very hungry along the way, and it didn't take long. Three big pancakes and four dishes finally bottomed out, and we were overwhelmed.

I looked at the old grandson next to me, and asked him casually, besides the dam and the island in the middle of the lake, is there any other interesting places in Erlong Lake. The old grandson leaned his head on the door frame and smiled at us: "There are so many fun places! There is Erlong Pavilion on the top of the mountain, which is old-fashioned. You can also row boats in the lake, and you can go rafting a little further ahead. , there are many places to play." The three of us looked at each other and smiled, while Da Ya beat his legs, he asked Lao Suntou, besides the ones just mentioned, are there any other places of interest here?

"Places of historical interest?" Old Sun repeated in his mouth repeatedly. "It's the old land that was left hundreds of years ago. Houses, temples, pagodas, whatever! We are more interested in this." Da Ya further explained. The old grandson gave a oh, obviously a little bit suddenly realized.Stretch out your hand and point to the front left, and tell us that not far from here, there is Beiweizitun.I heard that it was the border town of Yan State during the Warring States Period, more than two thousand years ago.There is a high platform on the north side of the city, which is said to be some general platform.There are also archaeologists who have come here several times. We have dug up many treasures in the city. We also picked up some tiles in it before.

We heard that it was a border town in the Warring States period, and we were a little discouraged when we just mentioned it. After all, the ages are too far apart, and it really doesn't fit the border. Da Ya leaned forward and said with a smile: "Master, we have to visit the place you mentioned just now. We don't want to see mountains and rivers, so we just look at these old cities and ancient buildings. Are there any relics from the Qing Dynasty in this ancient city? Are there buildings from the Qing Dynasty?" The old grandson shook his head, and we knew it was over when we saw it.

Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly rolled his eyes and told us that speaking of it, there really is an ancient city, which seems to be the city of Yehe Kingdom during the Qing Dynasty! Yeh? We were so excited that we almost slid off our seats and stared at the old grandson in unison. The old grandson didn't expect us to have such a reaction. He looked at us blankly, then counted with his fingers for a long time, and then raised his head and told us that it should have been more than sixty years.There used to be an ancient city in this area, called Heersu City, which was a very prosperous city in Yehe back then, but now it has been submerged under the Erlong Lake, and it has become the crystal palace of the Dragon King.

"What? Flooded the city?" Da Ya grinned and looked at Old Sun, somewhat disbelieving. The old grandson snorted, swears a swear word, and told us that it was before the liberation, when the little Japanese devils came here and said that they would develop paddy fields and plant rice here, so it was built. Erlong Lake Reservoir.Pointing to the direction of the reservoir, Old Sun shook his head and said, "Little Japanese devil, I don't know what kind of intentions you have. You said that this reservoir can't be built, but it happened to be built near this ancient city. Now Well, a good big city is submerged under the reservoir, what a waste of people!"

We were all taken aback when we heard that the Japanese built a reservoir and flooded this ancient city.Although my ears are full of calluses when I hear some bad things done by the Japanese, it is really the first time that such a thing like this flooding the city has happened.What exactly are the Japanese thinking?Why do you have to build a reservoir here? The old grandson was in a trance, sighed for a long time, and continued: "Actually, I also heard that there was a big temple in the city before, and the incense was full of incense. There is a street in the city that is more than three miles long. Long, the city is a place where Manchus and Hans trade and sell, and there are restaurants and post stations with big covers. Every market, merchants gather, traffic is busy, the flow of people is bustling, and it is more lively than temple fairs. Alas, the world is so changeable! A good city is gone, and the Heersu River has been renamed Dongliao River."

The old grandson was feeling emotional when there was a commotion outside the courtyard, and a group of guests came in from outside. More than a dozen people were wearing red sun hats, and they looked like tourist groups.The team leader was a pretty slim girl in her twenties, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, her eyes were watery, her little red face looked energetic, she looked like a college student who had just graduated.As soon as they entered the door, they hurriedly asked the team members to sit down first. After everyone sat down, the slender girl leaned on the table with both hands, and spoke like a bean, with a clear and pleasant voice: "Everyone sit down first, I am very happy to meet you here. First of all, on behalf of our company—— "Hand in Hand Travel Agency" would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to everyone!" The group of people sitting below clapped their hands.After saying "thank you" a few times, the little girl held her glasses on the bridge of her nose with her hand, and continued: "I am very lucky to be your tour guide. Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Lin. Everyone can call me Xiaolin. Next, I will enjoy the beautiful scenery of Erlong Lake with you! Friends, please note that our car is a red and white King Dragon car. The last two digits of the license plate number are 68, which is our group number. I hope you get on and off the car Pay attention to the identification when you get it, do you understand?" "Know... know...!" The lazy voices below were uneven. But it was obvious that the girl was used to this kind of scene, and she was still in high spirits, without being affected at all. Da Ya and I covered our mouths and couldn't help but want to laugh. Liu Ye gave us a hard look, and Da Ya and I quickly turned our faces away. Soon, the dishes began to be served one after another. Those tourists were obviously much more orderly when they ate than they talked. They all held their rice bowls, and no one said anything, and they all started to eat in silence. I looked at the girl tour guide and suddenly had a plan in my mind, so I whispered to Da Ya for a while.Da Ya looked at me, displeased, but he looked at the tour guide girl, then at Liu Ye and me, sighed, and agreed. After Da Ya stood up, he fumbled around, finally picked up the Coke bottle on the table, fastened the lid tightly, shook it vigorously, then quietly walked behind the girl tour guide, pretending to drink the Coke with his neck up.As soon as the lid was unscrewed, the Coke inside spewed out, inevitably splashing on the girl's back. Liu Ye and I were a little dumbfounded, I never thought that Da Ya is really talented, and he can use this kind of indiscriminate moves with great proficiency.It seems that we have always underestimated Da Ya, it is really not simple. Just as the cola juice splashed onto the girl's back, the girl turned around as if she had been shocked by electricity.Before she could speak, Da Ya chuckled, and said to the girl with a sincere face: "Miss, I'm really sorry, I'm really sorry!" The girl glanced at Da Ya with a loyal face, raised her eyebrows, was obviously blinded by Da Ya's sincere apology, smiled subconsciously, said "It's okay", and was about to turn around. Da Ya hurriedly stepped forward, tilted his head and asked the girl, "Excuse me, are you a tour guide?" Seeing Da Ya asking her something, the girl had to turn back the body she had just turned around, nodded at Da Ya, and asked Da Ya what's the matter? Da Ya pointed to Liu Ye and me, and said, "The three of us also came here to play, and we couldn't see anything famous just by watching the bustle. I heard that there is an ancient underwater city here. I don't know if it's true or not." The girl was stunned, looked at us, then at Da Ya, and asked, "You're talking about the city of Hersu, right? This is true, and it's an ancient city with a thousand years of history, with a profound cultural background." Da Ya pretended to be very surprised on purpose, opened his mouth wide, and said "ah" for a long time, then kept asking questions, and began to make clichés. After all, the girl was still young, so she couldn't fight against the old fox, Big Tooth, she played three tricks and two tricks, so she got the words out.Although they are all fixed guide words, these things are very helpful to us. We have gained a lot of knowledge while understanding the details. It turns out that this city of Heersu is also called Heersu City, which is named after the Hersu River in its territory.The Heersu River is the current Dongliao River, which was called Nansu Water in ancient times and Ai River in Ming Dynasty. Now it is almost the dividing line between Lishu County and Gongzhuling City. This ancient city is an ancient city with a history of at least one thousand years. It used to be a center of economy and culture in the East Liaohe River Basin.At the end of Ming Dynasty, this place became one of the strongholds of Yehe tribe.On the sixth day of September in the 41st year of Wanli, Nurhachi led 40,000 troops to attack Yehe on the grounds that Yehe's old daughter Dongge regretted her marriage.Ye He was unprepared, and was caught off guard. A total of nineteen cities, including this city of Hersu, fell one after another. Wherever the Jianzhou iron cavalry went, they burned houses, plundered grain, and robbed people. Heersu City was not spared.Later, the Japanese occupied the Northeast. In 1942, the Japanese built the Erlong Lake Reservoir on the grounds of developing paddy fields and producing rice in the Gujiazi Plain, and the thousand-year-old city "Hersu City" was submerged in the reservoir at that time. Among them, it became an ancient underwater city, completely disappearing from people's field of vision.However, during the dry season, ancient architectural sites such as the Temple of Heersu can still emerge from the water. After the group of tourists finished their meal, the girl tour guide waved the small red flag in her hand, counted the number of people, and started to set off.Before leaving, he waved to us, and we also hurriedly waved goodbye to them.