Chapter 8 Chapter 7 "Love of Zhaojun" by the Xiangxi River

As soon as you arrive at the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, facing the thrilling rapids and dangerous shoals and the howling wolves in the canyon, you can't help but recite Li Bai's "Early Hair Baidi City": In the court speech Baidi Caiyun, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day. The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains. This eternal swan song by Li Bai was composed when he entered the gorge for the third time.Compared with Li Bai, the "poet sage" Du Fu wrote more poems in the Three Gorges and lived longer.Only lived in Kuizhou for two years, between the second and third years of the Tang Dynasty (767-768 A.D.).Du Fu wrote more than 400 poems here.Among them, there is "Climbing the High", which is called "the first seven-character law in ancient and modern times" by later generations. The famous line "Boundless fallen trees are rustling, and the endless Yangtze River is rolling" comes from this poem.But I prefer another poem by the poet sage, that is, "Eight Poems of Autumn Happiness" written when he first arrived in Kuizhou after wandering and wandering. One of them is:

The jade dew withers the maple forest, and the Wu Gorge in Wushan is bleak. The waves in the river and the sky are surging, and the wind and clouds are on the plug and the ground is cloudy. Cong Ju shed tears for the future, and the lonely boat is the heart of the hometown. The cold clothes urge the knife and ruler everywhere, and the Baidi City is high and anxious. Why the great poet fell in love with Kuizhou alone is never recorded in the history books.When I knew that ancient Kuizhou was the hometown of Wang Zhaojun, I seemed to understand Mr. Du Fu's love. In the Xiling Gorge, one of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, with its majestic charm, the great river has attracted a beautiful tributary of "peach blossoms flying green water", which is the Xiangxi River that gave birth to Chinese beauties.

Xiangxi River, what a sweet name!In fact, its real scene is far more beautiful than the text, and only by being there can you feel her unique charm.The greenness of the water there is the kind of green that blends into the blue sky and moss; the uniqueness of the Xiangxi River lies in its water source, which starts from Longtanya in Shennongjia virgin forest, and then flows for 100 kilometers. Belonging to the Yangtze River, it diverges into two branches among the high mountains and ridges, hugging and converging with the peaks all the way, and playing with thousands of rocky beaches and rocks.When I arrived at the Xiangxi River, it was the high water season in summer, and the river was full of water, pouring backwards into the wide mouth of the stream.The scenery is really beautiful: the stream in the mouth of the river is green and green, warm and gentle; the waves and water beside the river bank are majestic and majestic.It can be said that heaven created yin and yang, and earth made male and female.The Xiangxi River is so beautiful, affectionate and enchanting.

On a Xiangxi River, there are two famous figures in the history of the Chinese nation, one is Qu Yuan in Lepingli, and the other is Wang Zhaojun in the ancient town of Kuizhou.It is said that the reason why Xiangxi River is "fragrant" is that Zhaojun always bathes in this river.The local people told me that there is a strange scene on the Xiangxi River: every year when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, there is always a fish that is the same size as the peach blossom slices in the water, appearing in groups.You can gently stroke and play with it with your hands, but as soon as it comes out of the water, its shadow disappears.People say that this is Zhaojun's tears of love for his hometown when he went north to serve the king and left home to go to Xiangxi. This kind of legend is full of poetry and sadness.Later, scientists found out that this peculiar "peach blossom fish" is actually a rare fresh jellyfish, and jellyfish are generally found in the sea. Why there are in Xiangxi River, but there is no explanation.So the common people said that it was because of the tears shed by Zhaojun, who had a patriotic mind like the sea, that such marine creatures multiplied in the Xiangxi River.

When the peach blossoms bloom, the "peach blossom fish" emerges; when the peach blossoms fall, the "peach blossom fish" also dies immediately.This is the incomparable beauty of Xiangxi River. Zhaojun, an immortal beauty in Chinese history, has been eulogized from generation to generation for her spirit of dedicating herself to the country.But the beauty of Zhaojun, Zhaojun's departure from the fortress, and Zhaojun's praise are not necessarily good things for the fathers and villagers in his hometown.For example, there is still a custom in the Xiangxi River area, called "burning noodles".That is, within three to seven days after the baby is born, it is necessary to use sparks to burn the noodles, commonly known as "burning the lamp".How could a delicate child endure such torture?But the parents of the children here don't care about it, and they will say with a smile that their children "can only be raised if they are disfigured".This "burning face" is said to be caused by Zhaojun's inability to return to her natal family for reunion after entering the palace and leaving the fortress.Xiangxihe's parents were afraid that their daughter would be as beautiful as Zhaojun and would not be able to go home to visit relatives, so they did not hesitate to use burning noodles to ruin their daughter's beauty.This custom was spread around the Xiangxi River before the Tang Dynasty.In Bai Juyi's "Passing through Zhaojun Village", there is a description of "the face of the village girl has been burned into a scar".However, Xiangxi's daughter is born beautiful. Although the burning face can disfigure her face, it can't destroy the beauty-loving heart of Zhaojun sisters. They always secretly dress themselves up gorgeously and brilliantly. No wonder a poet of the Qing Dynasty sighed: "Pipa Married far away, the soul is released, and the poets return to Zizi every year. The daughters of the village do not understand things, and the crescent eyebrows learn from the concubine Ming." The concubine Ming is Wang Zhaojun.

The beauty of Xiangxi's daughters once overwhelmed the country, and the beauty of Xiangxi's daughters also brought disaster to them. "Sisters, in the past you had to be evasive when you wanted to be beautiful, but now we are immigrants, responding to the call of the country to move out of the Three Gorges reservoir area to a new place to settle down, to build a happier and healthier home, so sisters, everyone listen Said: This time I ask you to bring out all the beauty that you usually want to be beautiful but dare not be beautiful! Show your face to our Zhaojun sisters!" Xiangxi Town has the earliest immigrants in the construction of the Three Gorges Project, and the Secretary of the Town Party Committee Wu Aijun especially said this to the female immigrants during the mobilization, and she herself happened to be a "Zhaojun girl".

"Hee hee... the secretary wants us to be girls! If you want it, let people outside Xiajiang see what our real Zhaojun girl is like!" The sisters showed their frowning emotions at the beginning of the relocation. Very happy. Those days were sunny and sunny, and there were always louder laughter and the sound of playing in the water on the Xiangxi River. The daughters often bathed naked on the river beach, enjoying the nourishment and caress of the Xiangxi River.The men who were busy dismantling houses and loading and unloading goods on the shore took a sneak peek at the river, and the fatigue of the day suddenly disappeared.

All is ready except for the opportunity.The mighty convoy has parked on the relatively flat shallows along the Xiangxi River, waiting for the final farewell before departure. There are well-dressed sisters everywhere happily busy with their families and children. Seeing the final relocation scene, Wu Aijun, the female secretary, is half happy and half sad, and the elders in Zhaojun's hometown are happy The folks have the spirit of dedication in the face of national interests, but the worry is that these immigrants will no longer be able to bathe and moisten this clear Xiangxi River... They are all contemporary Zhaojun.

The departure date was originally scheduled for the 26th.Later, the town reported the departure time to the superiors. The leaders said that the 26th was Monday, and the city had no time to arrange so many vehicles to help the immigrants from Xiangxi Town move, so they suggested that Xiangxi Town simply postpone it to the 28th. "That's an auspicious day! Two eight twenty-eight, I'll post it, and you Xiangxi Town immigrants will definitely post it in the future!" Secretary Wu Aijun listened to the words on the phone, wanted to laugh but couldn't. Thousands of people in the whole town were relocated, and more than 200 vehicles set off together. For a remote mountain village, such a large-scale action has never been seen before.Even when Zhaojun left home back then, according to historical records, there were only three boats and dozens of people seeing him off.The burden on the shoulders of the female secretary is several times heavier than that of the tall Xiling Canyon.What she is most worried about is the Xiangxi River, which usually looks very gentle and quiet.Wu Aijun grew up by the Xiangxi River since she was a child. This beautiful and ruthless river has left her with an unforgettable memory: When she was 13 years old, she was washing clothes by the Xiangxi River after a heavy rain. Soaring, she was frightened, and in a blink of an eye, the river water covered her calf... "Run, little girl!" It was an adult passing by who saw the danger and saved her, giving Wu Aijun a beauty and a job in the future progress.

The 27th was a hot day.Immigrants spontaneously came to Wang's ancestral hall—this is an ancestral hall dedicated to commemorating Zhaojun and Wang's ancestors. On the mountain behind the ancestral hall, there are Zhaojun's tomb and the tombs of the Wang family's ancestors.In those few days, the incense was extremely prosperous inside and outside the Wang's ancestral hall, and even the cemetery in the back mountain was filled with all kinds of sacrifices. But the more Wu Aijun saw such a scene, the heavier her heart became. What she thought most was to let her father, fellow villagers, brothers and sisters be safe and go smoothly when they left Zhaojun's hometown.

"Tell me clearly, is it raining today or these few days?" Wu Aijun's wife is a cadre of the county weather station, so she dug "information" from her husband three times a day. "It's these days! My aunt, have I told you dozens of times?" The husband on the other end of the phone was a little impatient. "Why, annoying? Huh! If there is a slight mistake in my immigration, I will ask you!" "Okay, I will notify you immediately if there is a situation. However, do you have our family in your heart besides immigrants in these few months? Let me tell you, if this continues, I would rather become an immigrant!" complain. "Okay, someone voluntarily applied for an extra immigration quota, so I can save dozens of trips!" The wife retorted. "Hey, you are such a leader, you can't even understand the meaning of my words? I mean...it's so good to be with you!" "Go, wait until all the immigrants in Xiangxi Town have left before it will be your turn to do your work!" Wu Aijun put down the phone, smiled wryly in his heart, walked out of the office, and went straight to several villages in Xiangxi River. It was around 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the 27th, and the Xiangxi River became more beautiful and quiet under the setting sun, but the river beach was much more lively than usual, and the immigrants who were about to leave home were surrounded by old and young people who were already full of goods. The noise of the vehicles for fun. "It's really magnificent. Such a long convoy, and the aura of being lined up on the river beach. If it really starts to move, it will definitely make Zhaojun, who was out of the fortress, jealous!" There were more than fifty cars on the river beach, and there was a burst of emotion. Not really.Wu Aijun looked up and saw the ready-to-go convoy parked along the river beach, as if they couldn't see the end in the distance, which was indeed magnificent.And that's just a small part of the town's immigrant convoy... "No, it's very dangerous for the convoy to stop like this!" Suddenly, an ominous omen surged in the female secretary's heart. "What's the matter? There won't be any problem, right?" the young mayor Wang Yuancheng asked suspiciously. "Don't look at the Xiangxi River, which is peaceful now, but it will turn its face when it says it will. With so many cars parked on the river beach, it will be unimaginable once it rains and the water will rise!" Wu Aijun said with a serious expression. Mayor Wang and Lao Han looked at the sky and the ground, then shook their heads and said, "It's all right, it doesn't look like there will be rain. At least it doesn't look like there will be rain before the immigration departs tomorrow." "Be careful!" Wu Aijun told his colleagues, and went down to the river beach to meet the director of the local office and asked, "There are so many cars parked by the river, what if the river rises?" The director explained: "One is that the venue here is spacious, and the farewell ceremony will be held here before the team leaves tomorrow, and the county leaders will also participate. The second is that the immigrants in this village are all close to the river, and the cars are parked in this place so that everyone can save some effort when loading cars. Besides, it’s such a beautiful day, how can there be rain!” No one thought it would rain.Therefore, Wu Aijun didn't say anything more.Moreover, no matter the immigration cadres or the immigrants themselves, they have been busy preparing for the relocation every day for such a long time, and they have been busy for several months. It is also necessary to save everyone some effort.Wu Aijun deeply regretted that he had noticed the signs of the accident at that time, but did not make up his mind to drive the car to a bank farther from the river beach. As a result, a terrible flood disaster occurred more than ten hours later... This is a later story. After Wu Aijun left Wangusi Village with a tired body, he came to Longwangmiao Village with a deputy secretary of the county party committee.The compensation funds for some immigrants in the village have not been paid out yet, so she has been busy with the village cadres there until after 11 o'clock in the evening.When she walked out of the immigrant's house, she found raindrops dripping from her head. "It's broken, it's going to rain heavily!" Wu Aijun screamed in surprise, which made the people in the same company laugh, and said: "Secretary Wu, you are too nervous. Even when the sun is scorching, there will be a few drops of rain falling from the sky. That is a special feature of our people in the deep valley of the gorge. There is nothing wrong with it. Don't worry!" "Don't be sloppy! If something goes wrong, I will settle the score with you!" Wu Aijun looked serious. It was already 12 o'clock at night when we got home, and Wu Aijun pulled her husband up from the bed: "Hurry up and contact the weather station in Xingshan County upstream to see how the water conditions are going there!" The town mayor and Lao Han from the immigration station asked them to go to the villages where the car was parked on the river beach to check the situation immediately, "I'll be there soon," she said. "Look, I haven't stayed at home for a few minutes, and I'm leaving again?" The husband complained, and then said: "Don't worry, my secretary, the Xingshan weather station upstream said that there is only 80 millimeters of rain there, and nothing will happen." .” "That can't be paralyzed." After Wu Aijun finished speaking, he walked out of the house and disappeared into the night immediately. Over there, Mayor Wang, who rushed to Wangusi Village first, walked to the river with a flashlight, and saw that the gurgling river was still gentle and peaceful, and there was no sign of getting angry.Most of the migrants who had worked hard for several days slept in the car, and some were wrapped in quilts and lying on the roof of the rear car.The young parent official who is the mayor of a town has a lot of feelings at this moment.In order to ensure that the immigrants can "walk out", all the houses where the immigrants were relocated were demolished a few days ago, and now the immigrants who are leaving can only sleep outside. Sorry guys!Mayor Wang and Lao Han helped a few migrants sleep in front of a few cars to cover up the fallen clothes. The sleeping migrants didn't realize their arrival. The Xiangxi River was still so quiet, so quiet that it was a little scary. At this time, Wu Aijun, who was already in another village, called to ask the mayor Wang about the situation, and said: "Although the rainfall in the upper reaches is only 80 millimeters, we still need to prepare for the disadvantages. It is best for us to call the driver." Get up and ask them to park their car higher up the shore, just in case." "Secretary Wu, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." Mayor Wang was very embarrassed. "What's the matter?" "Secretary Wu, think about it. It's past two o'clock in the morning. The drivers are all asleep. They will drive a long way tomorrow. I can't bear to wake them up in the middle of the night. Besides, do you know that more than two hundred drivers are The city drew support from various units, and now they all live in the county hostel more than ten miles away from here. Besides, we don’t know which drivers’ cars are parked on the river beach and which ones are not. It won't be until dawn!" What Mayor Wang said was all the truth.Wu Aijun sighed helplessly, and said, "That depends on the fate of us." The last sentence of the female secretary is more important than anything else.Mayor Wang and the others did not dare to be negligent, and sent people to the Xiangxi River to inspect and observe the water conditions... "Mayor, it's bad! It's raining heavily!" Someone came to report. Mayor Wang's heart "chuckled" and immediately lifted up: "Hurry up to the river!" As soon as he went out, he could hear the noisy voices on the river beach, and the noise became louder and louder in the blink of an eye.hell!Mayor Wang took another look at the river water with his flashlight, and found that the water was so warm and peaceful an hour ago, but now it is billowing... "Flooding! Flooding——" Someone yelled first, and immediately the whole river beach became noisy, with men shouting, women shouting, children crying, all in all a mess. Something big is going to happen!This was Mayor Wang's first reaction.He wanted to shout, and shouted loudly, but his throat seemed to be stuffed, and he couldn't make any sound.In an instant, the two lines of tears in his eyes flowed silently like a bank burst... 28 years old, too young mayor!He has never experienced such a big emergency... "Snatch the car! Get the car out of the river first!" He stared blankly at the chaotic river beach, and suddenly there was a voice in his voice, "Snatch the car! It's the property of the immigrants, it's their life, it's bigger than life Important stuff!" Under the reminder of Mayor Wang, the cadres and immigrants jumped into the raging river one after another and joined the battle to grab cars. "No, mayor, the doors are locked—they can't be opened!" "Damn, where have all the drivers gone? Where have they all gone!" Seeing that their belongings were about to be washed away by the ruthless river, the migrants were anxious and annoyed. Some simply smashed the car door with a big iron bar . "Smash it! Smash it like this! If you can drive, drive the car to a safe place quickly. If you can't drive, please retreat to the shore immediately. Folks, please pay attention to safety, and grab anything in the car if you can. , If you can’t grab it, don’t worry about it! I promise you in the name of the mayor: the government will definitely compensate you, and every penny will not lose everyone! You must pay attention to safety!” In the wind and rain, Wang Zhen Standing in the turbulent river water, he shouted and directed... It was a scuffle, it was a vicious battle, it was a test of life and death that the immigrants in Xiangxi Town could not forget when they parted from their homeland! Immigrant Li Zhaohai’s house loaded two truckloads of things. When he saw the rolling river, he rushed to the middle of the river like crazy... Behind him, his wife and children cried and asked for the things in the car rather than die .At this critical juncture, the cadres immediately jumped into the water, first pulled his wife and children ashore, and then hugged Li Zhaohai and dragged him ashore.Unexpectedly, Li Zhaohai held on to the car door tightly and refused to let go. "Get out! I don't have anything, why am I moving here! Get out, let me go with the car and let the water wash away! Huh..." Li Zhaohai in the muddy water burst into tears like a dying lion , that cry shook the banks of the river, attracting even louder and more cries... "Haizi, what are you doing? The mayor and the county magistrate have said that the government will compensate you for all your losses! Go ashore quickly! Hurry up!" The cadres tried their best to drag him away, but they couldn't do anything. "I won't go! I won't go even if I die! Huh..." "You son of a bitch, let's see if you can go!" The cadre, Lao Ye, slapped Li Zhaohai firmly in the face with a big slap. Li Zhaohai was taken aback for a moment, and his hands fell down feebly.The cadres took the opportunity to drag him back to the shore regardless of the situation. Seeing this, Mayor Wang finally lost his heart, and his body collapsed on the ground as if his tendons had been pulled out.In an instant, he saw that the flood had begun to engulf the cars that hadn't had time to get ashore, and the sound they made was like howling tigers and wolves, terrifying and soul-stirring, shaking the earth... Xiangxi immigrants experienced a sudden catastrophe when they parted from their homeland. Some people said that this was because God wanted to keep their children, some said that it was the spirit of Zhaojun who missed his relatives and sisters in his hometown, and some said that Xiangxi River The reason why people can become great men who have been extolled throughout the ages is that they will always experience more severe tests of leaving their homes than others. Wu Aijun, the female secretary, regretted that it was due to her mistakes in work and her lack of determination to move the car. But the folks said that no one would have expected such a thing.Everyone has lived in Xiangxihe for so many years. If you want to say, Xiangxihe wants to keep us all in the beautiful hometown for a while, and talk about parting with Zhaojun for a while... When the rain is over and the sky is clear, the mighty immigrant convoy is really about to leave the Xiangxi River.Wu Aijun was still thinking about one thing: "Sisters, brothers, uncles and aunts, we are from Zhaojun's hometown. Now we are going to travel far away, everyone, don't forget to dress up our girls and children beautifully. Bright! The men clean the car, and the women put makeup on their faces! Because we are from Xiangxi, from Zhaojun’s hometown, we look decent even as immigrants!” "Yes, we are Xiangxi people! We are Zhaojun's sisters and brothers! We must come out of Xiajiang in a decent way!" After the catastrophe, bursts of cheerful laughter resumed by the Xiangxi River.At this time, the farewell gongs and drums sounded, and the female secretary Wu Aijun and the cadres in the town and county bid farewell to the immigrants one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one. Hugs... The men and women who left and stayed behind all hugged and said goodbye in tears.Some people say that there were so many "peach blossom fish" in the Xiangxi River that day, they formed a piece and formed a river...