In ancient times, Luoma Store in the east (now Zhaohe Town, Fangcheng County) and Xiangdian Store in the west (now Xindian Township, Nanyang New District) had a total length of 45 Li, and the legend was "45 Wang Libo Tun", which was extremely prosperous in that year. Six kilometers southwest of Wang Bo Town, there is a big village with more than 1360 people-Meilinpu, which is the birthplace of the idiom "Looking at plums to quench thirst". In the sixties and seventies of last century, there were still old houses carved with beams and painted buildings, and stone slabs, strips and piers carved with exquisite Chinese paintings were built on the walls, outside the house and in the courtyard. After years of baptism, the demolition of farmers' houses and the piracy of some cultural relics dealers, most of the Han paintings have disappeared. Only an ancient bridge in the east of the village and the ancient post roads in the former three countries still have a few Han stone reliefs.
Nowadays, as the birthplace of the idiom "Looking at the plum to quench your thirst" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the ancient post road in the Three Kingdoms, there are wonderful and magical legends circulating.
Legend 1: "Looking at plums to quench thirst". At that time, when Cao Cao led a hundred thousand troops out of Bowangnan, the soldiers were tired and thirsty, but there was no water nearby, and their morale dropped sharply. Cao Cao, who used his quick wits, climbed a highland and pulled out his flag to point ahead. He shouted, "There is a large piece of Merlin not far ahead, full of big, sour and sweet plums. Please hold on, when you get there, you can eat plums to quench your thirst! " Because the taste of plums is sour and sweet, when the soldiers heard this, they were stimulated by conditioned reflex, and they immediately refreshed and walked for several miles in one breath. In this way, Cao Cao finally led his army to a place with water, and the allusion of "looking at plum to quench thirst" spread all over the world. In fact, since ancient times, Meilinpu area is indeed rich in plums, apricot trees, apricots, peaches and other fruits. In the 1990s, there was 100 mu Meilinpu around the village. Due to the low yield of plums and the local saying that "peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and people are stiff under plum trees", the number of people eating plums is gradually decreasing. In addition, in recent years, local varieties of fruits with high nutritional value, such as golden pear and apple, have been introduced, and plum tree growers are correspondingly lacking, which makes it more difficult for Meilin to retrieve the memories of that year.
Legend 2: "Three Mountains and One Well". As the name implies, it sounds like a well in the middle of three mountains. Actually, it's not. It's just that there is a well at the angle between the gables of the three houses. This well has a long history. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a "Man Zi" (Mr. Feng Shui) from the south of the Yangtze River came here, saying that building a house by the well would lead to great officials. As a result, three prominent rich people in the village scrambled to build a house here, which also caused a fight. After reconciliation, three houses were built by wells, all with gables and wells in the middle. The story of Meilinpu's "Three Mountains and One Well" has spread far and near.
Legend 3: "Qiligou". Meilinpu Village East is the main road of the ancient "Xiang Han Pass", which has always been a battleground for military strategists, and it is said that "the ancient road turns into a thousand-year river". Thousands of years of people coming and going and rain washing have turned the ancient post road into a deep ditch several meters deep, hence the name "Qiligou". In ancient times, the vicinity of Qiligou was sparsely populated, and it was also a place frequented by "swordsman" (bandits), which was circulated from time to time.
The bad news that "another person was killed in Dong Xiaozhi" is a rumor that bandits robbed and killed people. The rampage of "swordsman" also makes "Qiligou" synonymous with local terror. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the ancient post road was the only way for north-south traffic, and vehicles and troops of the Japanese invaders often passed by. Fangcheng county records that Ming is the pseudo "district head" of the Kuomintang, but actually the beard of our underground party (still the district head of Bowang District after liberation). While leading the people to resist the Japanese army, he also shot and killed a number of bandit leaders in the area of "Qiligou" and made numerous military achievements to ensure the safety of one side.