The two surnames in the village are mostly An and Bai, followed by Qu, Nie, Lei, Zhang and Lu. According to the old people in the village, my village has been moved three times because of the flood: the first time was in the "Chengtoutou" in the east of the village; Moved to the "new city" in the north of the village for the second time; Later, I moved to my present address. The village is dominated by one surname, hence the name Anjiabao. According to research, the "An surname" in Songjiazhuang Village of Xinchi and the "Anjia" in Fanjiawa Village both moved out of Anjiabao Village.
In the early days of liberation, there were only two lanes in our village, namely, south lane and north lane. On the south side of Xitou Road in Nanxiang, there is an alley where two families live, which is called "alley lane". There is also an alley in the middle of the south lane, where seven or eight families live, also called an alley; There is also a "load lane" to the north of the eastern end of North Lane. There are more than a dozen families living in the north of the west end of North Lane, which is a newly-built lane, so it is called "New Town". By the end of 1980s, several new lanes had been expanded in the village, the planning and layout were more reasonable, and the appearance of the village was not what it used to be, and great changes had taken place.
The villagers have intensively cultivated for generations, with wheat as the main summer grain and millet, black beans, soybeans, mung beans, lentils and sweet potatoes as the main autumn grain. Cash crops include watermelon, crisp melon and cotton. After the implementation of the contract responsibility system of joint production in rural areas, most villagers planted cash crops such as apples, plums, grapes, peach stones, nectarines, peaches and pears, and improved varieties of corn, oil sunflower and other crops. Because the land in the village is flat, the irrigation area of pumping yellow water is over 85%, and managing crops is the main source of income for villagers' families.
The geographical location and geomorphological signs of our village are very interesting, which were called by our ancestors according to their topography and geomorphology and have continued to this day. In the south of the village, there are depressions behind, mountains below, mountains in the south, monkey ditch, a flag, a ditch in the south and a stockade behind; There are watchtowers, sharp corners and brick towers in the west of the village; In the north of the village, there are two monuments, Shangnian, Longfeng and Li Zhuoxie. To the east of the village are Xifan, Hepo and He Miao. Donggou is called Jinshuigou, also called "Shuiquangou", which is named after a spring that swims all the year round under the ditch. In the 1970s, there was drought and little rain. At that time, the members went back and forth to the steep slope road in Bali, Jinshuigou, carrying water to irrigate the land, protecting seedlings and fighting drought. 1974, No.4 Brigade drilled a mechanical well in Jinshuigou to divert water to the source, which solved the drinking water problem of villagers. Later, the well was abandoned due to poor management. What a pity!
Don't underestimate that my village lives in Jinshuigou area, which brings many benefits to the villagers! Jujube trees are everywhere in the ditch, and the jujube produced has thin skin, thick meat, dense texture, rich sweet juice, bright color, high sugar content and special sweetness. More than ten kinds of rare and high-quality wild Chinese herbal medicines, such as Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Polygalae, Radix Bupleuri, Herba Ephedrae, Cortex Lycii, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Artemisia annua, Eucommiae Cortex and Plantago Plantaginis, are also growing in the ditch. There are more than ten kinds of green and pollution-free wild vegetables, such as chrysanthemum buds, soft land, shepherd's purse and horn cauliflower. There are dozens of unnamed weeds, which are high-quality feed for livestock and goats; Also, the old man in Murakami was buried in Jinshuigou after his death. It is good to have a leeward and sunny acupoint, and it does not occupy cultivated land. It really kills two birds with one stone.
There used to be three ancient wells in my village. Take a look at the south lane and the north lane, and take a look at the middle of Baijia and Anjia Ancestral Temple on the southeast north road of the village. The depth of the well is about 58 feet (about180m), and the water quality is sweet. It is an out-and-out deep well and the only water source for villagers to drink for generations. It takes four strong workers to screw water in the well: those with ropes, those with picks, those with picks and those in the well. Because the well is deep and there are many people, it takes several hours to carry water, so wringing water is a heavy physical activity for men. There used to be two waterlogging ponds in the village: Nanwaterlogging pond is in the south of the eastern end of Nanxiang, with an area of about 450 square meters; Beilaochi is located in the northeast of the village, covering an area of about 600 square meters. In those ten years, there were nine droughts, relying on the weather to eat, and there was a serious water shortage. Two waterlogging pools contributed! It is mainly used to protect crops from drought in summer, for breeders to drink livestock, for women to wash clothes and for members to build buildings. After the reform and opening up, wells and waterlogging ponds gradually completed their mission.
When I was a teenager, every summer night, mosquitoes stung people in the mansion, and it was extremely hot. After a day's work, the villagers sat under the big pagoda tree in front of the door, shaking their cattail fans, smoking hookahs and holding pots of strong tea, vividly telling the story of the past humanities in the village and talking about the villagers now. I sat quietly beside my parents, looking up at the stars and the moon, and listening to the adults talking about the past and the present. At that time, I had little knowledge of what everyone said about "three idleness" and was indifferent. After taking part in the work, I don't forget to ask the old man about Murakami's allusions every holiday. According to the old man An Zhike, "There are many cultural allusions in our village, which can't be put out in a few days and nights ..." Mr. Lao An recalled that by the end of the Republic of China, there were 19 temples all over the village. Influential temples include Lishi Temple, Mawang Temple, Sanyi Temple, Moody Temple, Wenchang Pavilion, Zhong Yi Temple, Wanghua Temple, Wuliang Temple, Wang Yue Temple, Wharf Temple, Dazhaizi, Xiaozhaizi ... Existing monuments include Dazhaizi. Located in the southeast corner of the village, it covers an area of more than 60 mu and is surrounded by ditches on three sides. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Founded in 1895, it has a history of 120 years. This stockade was built to resist foreign invasion. Dazhaizi has been listed as a county-level cultural relics protection unit by the County Cultural Bureau. "Dunmiao" is located in the southeast corner of the village, covering an area of about 1.50 square meters. According to legend, it was built by the ancestors of the Bai family with 500 carts of rammed earth. The rammed soil foundation of the existing site is eight meters high. It used to be surrounded by blue bricks, but it was originally a statue dedicated to Wenchang Jun. The temple was destroyed at the end of the Republic of China. The "Youfang Kiln" has two holes, where villagers rolled oil before liberation. During the War of Liberation, the "Ruluoshan" campaign started and villagers took refuge in caves.
There are also many celebrities in our village, the most influential of which is An Yan. According to Heyang County Records, An Yan was born in Anjiabao Village. Song Taizong was a scholar in Chunhua, and worked as a temple official, a doctor praised by the prince, an admonition official and a magistrate of Langzhou. In the five years of Chunhua * * * (990-994), Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyin and Shen Bing made contributions in April1year (1776), and the monument has been erected for 242 years. According to legend, after the Qing Dynasty entered Shanhaiguan, during the Shunkang period, there was an Yan's monument outside the Wumen Gate in Beijing, and at the same time, there was An Yan's grave in the stone file. The tomb was originally at the foot of the chain, and there were tombstones underground. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, special funds were allocated to move the monument to the western end of Ruyang Village in Lujing Town, and it was surveyed by Feng Shui master. The monument is now placed on Anyan Memorial Square in the northeast corner of our village.
An Yiling, a modern figure in Murakami, was a security inspector in Chang 'an during the Revolution of 1911. An Shengsan graduated from Shaanxi First Normal University, and served as county education inspector during the Republic of China. An Jianmin once worked as a clerk in Anhui Province, equivalent to the current secretary general of the provincial party committee; Bai Xiyuan once served as the director of Xi City Public Security Bureau. There are also well-off, well-off and well-off modern celebrities in the village. Bai Zengyao, An Xuejun, An Wuji and An Dingmao were also trained. Ancunology (Tibet counter-insurgency); Bai, An Zhengan, An (an old folk artist); An Dingyi (Major General) ... According to the statistics of careful people in the village, there are as many as 18 at or above the county level in our village.
My village has a profound cultural heritage in the past. In 22 years, there were two theaters in the village. It has the standard architectural style of the ancient theater in Guanzhong area, and is a superb building where skillful craftsmen can display their talents. Two words, is "style". The distance between the two theaters is less than 200 meters, both facing north, and there is a temple opposite. In the sixties and seventies of last century, the propaganda team in the village lit lanterns to sing big plays every slack season or traditional festival, which brought endless joy to the rural areas lacking cultural life! During the Cultural Revolution, due to "breaking the four old buildings and establishing four new ones", the theater, together with some temples and ancestral halls, was demolished in the village, and a complete primary school was built in the west of the village. A stage with novel structure was built in the school compound, and an open-air square was built in the north of the stage for villagers to watch operas in summer. There are "seven halls" in the south of the stage for villagers to watch plays in winter. Because there is the only stage in Fiona Fang for dozens of miles in the village, the line-mounted opera in the county, the Pu opera in Shanxi, and even the Shaanxi opera in Dali and Chengxian come to the village to perform for a few days and nights every year. Whenever the village sings, people from the surrounding three counties, four townships and eight villages come to watch, and the stage is packed and lively. The villagers are also proud of the big stage in the village ...
The cultural heritage of our village is well-known in Shili Baxiang and even the whole county. The most representative ones are: lion rolling hydrangea, lion putting pole, horse racing, swinging and so on. Some projects have been to provinces, cities and counties to participate in performances or competitions, and even won grand prizes!
The ditches, mountains and rivers, every grass and tree in the village are all valuable wealth of the villagers. I grew up eating sweet potato millet porridge from Anjiabao and drinking sweet water from the ancient well. My parents raised me, the fertile yellow land in the village raised me, and my fellow villagers nurtured me. I love my hometown-Anjiabao Village.