Shen: "A Brother of Shaanxi" after 1990s.
On the evening of July 2, 2002 1 July 21,my friends and I left Weinan city and went for a ride on the north bank of Weihe River. After crossing Xiangshan Avenue in Weinan Economic and Technological Development Zone, we came to Beicheng Village, not far from the roadside, and visited the Bai Juyi family cemetery here again. The door was locked, so I couldn't get in, so I operated the drone to take aerial photos of the cemetery myself.
On the morning of February 26th, 20 17, I once rode my bike to the Bai Juyi family cemetery in Beicheng village alone. It was called "White Cemetery" at that time. When I was taking pictures outside the door, I happened to meet the uncle who was the doorkeeper. He specially opened the door of the cemetery for me, so I was lucky enough to visit the park.
In a blink of an eye, four years passed. Although the surrounding villages have been destroyed, the environment of the white cemetery is still very good. The whole cemetery is surrounded by walls, forming an independent cemetery. The cemetery faces south and is rectangular, with a length of about 100 meter from north to south and a width of about 50 meters from east to west.
The drone rises from the square outside the gate, flies over the cemetery from south to north, and flies towards the cemetery behind it. In front of the tomb is a sacrificial area, and many monuments are erected on both sides, including many stone tablets erected by Bai Juyi's descendants, such as the World Bai Clan Association, the Bai Society in Singapore and the Bai delegation in South Korea.
In the sixth year of Tang Yuanhe (8 1 1), Bai Juyi's mother Chen passed away, and Bai Juyi returned to his hometown in Xiaguan to observe filial piety for three years, and moved the coffins of his great-grandfather, grandfather, grandmother and father Bai from Xinzheng, Henan and Xiangyang, Hubei respectively. Later, Bai Juyi's elder brother Bai Youwen, his elder brother Bai Xingjian and his cousin Bai Min were all buried here, gradually forming this large-scale White House cemetery.
According to statistics, there are 13 members of the Bai family buried here, as well as Bai Juyi's cenotaph, with a total of 15 tombs of similar size. Divided into four rows from south to north, clear and tidy. These tombs are conical in shape, about 1.5m high and about 2.5m in diameter ... A tall stone tablet stands in front of each tomb, and the name of the tomb owner is written in gold on the tablet surface.
In the first row of tombs, the lowest Bai family members of the fourth generation are buried, from west to east, in turn, Bai, Bai Juyi, Bai Xingjian and Bai Minzhong. The second row and the first row of tombs are staggered, and Bai Juyi's parents are buried. From west to east are Bai Jining, Bai Ji Lectra, Bai, Bai, Bai Jiping, Bai and so on. Bai Juyi's ancestors Zhong Bai and Bai Hong were buried in the third row, and Bai Juyi's great-grandfather Bai Wen was buried in the middle of the fourth row.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the local adult cemetery was sealed and an altar was built, which was very grand and offered sacrifices and incense every year. During the Cultural Revolution, Bai Juyi's family cemetery was destroyed, and some unearthed monuments survived and were collected in Xi 'an Beilin Museum. It is said that in the cemetery, there is a tombstone named "Tombstone of Taiwei Taiyuan Baigong given by the late teacher of Tang Dynasty".
After the reform and opening up, Bai descendants at home and abroad came here to worship their ancestors and rebuild the cemetery, covering an area of about 17 mu. It looks at Chang 'an, Tang Dou in the west, the imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty in the north, the majestic Huashan Mountain in the east and the flowing Weihe River in the south. It is a veritable land of feng shui.
Nowadays, with the continuous development of the city, villages and farmland gradually disappear, and the surrounding area of Bai Juyi family cemetery is undergoing earth-shaking changes. In the future, through the planning of Weinan Economic and Technological Development Zone, a ruins park with the theme of Bai Juyi culture will be built here. Let's wait and see!