I was born on the banks of the Dongjiang River, in an ancient residential complex with typical Hui-style architecture in the mid-Ming Dynasty. This is my mother’s home. My mother’s ancestors migrated here from Baimang, Taihe, Jiangxi. That goes back a long way. The ancient Song Dynasty; in the early and middle Ming Dynasty, Li Shiduan, a clan member, was awarded a Jinshi in high school. After becoming an official in Hangzhou, he retired and returned to his hometown. He took the lead in investing money to benefit the village to show his honor and respect for his ancestors; the village design was arranged in an orderly manner, with deep drainage ditches to prevent waterlogging and wind and fire. There are partition walls, and each building is separated by a certain distance; when you go out of the door, you can see the blue bricks and black tiles, where are the scenes of my childhood chasing laughter in the streets and the scenes of listening to adults chatting about homely things to enjoy the coolness in summer evenings. After the Dongjiang Dam was closed and filled with water, the entire village was permanently trapped at the bottom of the lake. Assuming that there is a dragon king in every water area, I think the dragon king of Dongjiang Lake will definitely fall in love with this Feng Shui treasure land.
Qin Dynasty bricks and Han tiles represent the most beautiful bricks of the Qin Dynasty in history, and the most distinctive tiles of the Han Dynasty; both Qin Dynasty bricks and Han Dynasty tiles have a unique character, with words and patterns on the surface The pattern of bricks comes from the stone carvers at that time, the pattern of tiles comes from mold rubbings, and the unique products are made from clay sculptures. The patterns are mainly plants, animals, and cloud patterns. Qin bricks and Han tiles represent the glory of a historical period and can express Chinese civilization. Architectural history and dazzling culture.
Every autumn and winter, the damp bricks near the surface will grow a kind of white hair due to the dry weather, which is very similar to white mold. The villagers call it "fire nitrate". This kind of hair is scraped off the bark of the tree. Collect the saltpeter together, mix it with a certain amount of cedar charcoal, pile it on the tiles and light it on fire. The fire smoke mixed with cedar charcoal will emit fireworks. With a sound of "sho...", a cloud of smoke rises from the fireworks and disappears instantly; a strong The smell of gunpowder permeated the surroundings. I played it countless times when I was a child. In the past, bandits in the mountains used this saltpeter to put it into bird guns. It was very powerful and there was no amount of saltpeter. In some places, the armed forces used clay to boil the saltpeter. This process may still be used in a few places. After all, it is a It’s okay not to go into details about hazardous and prohibited items.
The blue bricks of the Ming Dynasty can only be seen in ancient houses today. In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a salt shortage everywhere. Adults did not eat salt and had no strength. Children had yellow hair on their bodies. Some people know that bricks contain nitrates. It was impossible to break the nitrate and boil it in water. It was a last resort. Modern medicine tells us that nitrate enters the stomach and undergoes enzymatic transformation to produce nitrite, which will cause poisoning and hypoxia. The kimchi, jar vegetables, cured products, and pickled products we eat all contain nitrates. Why are they not poisoned? It's because the one-time dose is not enough, and too much is deposited in the body, which is also a chronic poison.
Looking up at the tiles on the eaves of the house, the rafters are neat and tidy. The tiles supported by the tile rows are all on the opposite side, but the tiles on the opposite side are covered with tiles, one after another like dragon scales. The center of the roof vertebra It is shaped like tiles. When viewed from the front, there are copper coin patterns, book patterns, double dragons playing with beads and other totems. The two ends are tilted, the four corners are tilted, and the tiles are tightly buckled together.
The tiles are cut into three pieces from a cylinder and are thin at the top and thick at the bottom. In the past, ramie was grown and cut back, and the impurities were removed and the ramie tendons were soaked in silica sand. A piece of tile was placed on the thighs and the threads and ropes were rubbed. Many women made them in order to Family members wear warm clothes and rub them endlessly day and night. Threads can be sewn and mended, ropes are used to fix shoe soles, and tile-rolling threads are still passed down by old women of the Yao family until the early 1980s.
On weekdays, when your mouth gets angry and your tongue gets blistered, the old man will tell you to spray saliva on the old green bricks, stick out your tongue, and hold it against the water spray for a minute. Due to the penetration and water absorption of hydrochloric acid, it is very easy to This folk recipe is better than drinking honey to get better quickly. People in ancient villages know this.
A girl holding a red paper umbrella walked towards me on the street. The sun's rays passed through the paper umbrella, and the red was dotted in the cyan. It was novel and simple, and disappeared at the end of the alley in an instant. It had appeared in my dream. How many times have I seen this scene? Along the bluestone slabs of the ancient village, there are blue bricks on both sides. The white frames of the seams are highlighted on the blue bricks in an orderly manner. The tiles are facing the scorching sun, telling the sound of the heat opening; the rafters and beams are exposed under the eaves, blocking The wind and rain hit me; I thought of the song "This Street" unknowingly. I haven't walked through this street for a long time because I dare not touch and miss you. I owe you so much, but I just don't have the chance to say sorry...