But I am not a thousand-year-old villager, nor a thousand-year-old businessman, but a contemporary tourist, an ordinary ordinary person, with his wife and grandson, who crossed more than 40 kilometers, took a bus in lightning speed, stood in Tong Yuan, one of the four major market towns on the border of ancient Bashu and Chongzhou, merged into the river at the intersection of Wenjinjiang, Jiangwei and Bojiang, and grafted in the ancient town, enjoying a stable and comfortable life.
At this time, on the banks of the Jiang Hui River, the ancient town of Tong Yuan was still in a state of ignorance. The sky has just brightened, and the whole earth is dark and dull. The sky is in full bloom, blue and blue, and birds are chirping in Yu Xiang, which is very interesting to play with the sky. The ancient pagoda stands on the houses of the ancient city and flies independently, showing a different kind of interest. Let's escape with the love of Tao and be happy.
Walking on the banks of the Jiang Hui River, I was amazed at the scenery here. Walking on the cable suspension bridge across the river, swaying, just like sitting on the sliding bar, light, elegant and comfortable. Glancing at your eyes, the river flows gently, quietly and silently. For thousands of years, it has never stopped. Today, when we came, it was still the same. The river breeze blows gently, and the coolness strikes, and the transition from hot to cool and comfortable suddenly ripples in my heart.
What an ancient town in Tong Yuan, just like a living picture of the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, Ren Wenjing, Weishui, Bojiang and Sanlong danced in all colors and became a water town with water as the knot; Axles, docks, warehouses and department stores are scattered all over the place. From far away to now, she takes water as her body and water as her soul. She was born of water and prospered from it. Xizi Palace, Longjing water, raising thousands of people, cast iron, casting bamboo, casting Chuanxiong, casting oil flowers, and casting them into a small Chengdu in western Sichuan.
I knew about Tong Yuan before I left. It really worked. After careful observation, Yuantong Street is very quiet, because it is too early, there are not many pedestrians, and the shops on the street rarely open, and most of them are closed. After all, it's early days. Why should others prepare?
Quiet streets, wooden houses and blue tile houses are built one by one, transparent and bright, with tenon joints, upturned cornices and carved beams and painted buildings. It seems that they have been locked up for a while and walked slowly, lest they miss the scenery of the ancient town and bring regret to their visit.
I stood quietly, looked at the ancient buildings carefully, and took a shot. Every brick and tile seemed to bear the vicissitudes of life, weather-beaten and tottering; Spider silk on the eaves and moss on the walls have long been infiltrated by the long history of the town. There must be many stories hidden in the room, which we need to guess ourselves to become the theme of literary creation, rather than making them up out of thin air.
The town is really a quiet paradise, silent, and the stone road is the beat. Every step you take, you can clearly hear the sound, freeze your steps and walk from one end of the street to the other. You have to think, see and think about whether you really live in harmony with nature, so that you can cash in today.
I looked up relevant information and found that the ancient town of Tong Yuan has a long history, a long history and a long history. According to historical records, the ancient town of Tong Yuan began in the Eastern Jin Dynasty with a history of 1650 years. However, its original name is not Tong Yuan, but Shuiqu Township, and the origin of the title of Tong Yuan is recorded in Chongzhen County Records in Guangxu for three years, which means that it is related to ancient temples. During the Yingchong period of the Ming Dynasty, Yuantong Temple was built in Shuiqu Township. Because this place is located at the crossroads of land and water, monks and businessmen gather here, and businesses gradually gather here and prosper. Therefore, the town was built here in the Qing Dynasty, named after the temple. Later, it was called Tong Yuan in the Republic of China and changed to Tong Yuan Town in the 1940s, meaning "harmony and smoothness" in business and business. Since then, it has become more famous. Waterway docks are bustling, merchants are in an endless stream, and ships are constantly coming and going. In the Ming dynasty, there were "ten thousand acres of fertile land and thousands of fireworks", which were rich in products and outstanding in people. In the Qing Dynasty, businessmen from southern provinces came here to build museums and start businesses, forming a unique title of "Little Chengdu". The tour guide said that the provincial offices standing quietly on both sides of Guzhen Street Bridge are the testimony of the past glory.
There are many places worth visiting in the ancient town of Tong Yuan, but limited by time, we still walk the streets step by step and look around. From one house to another, almost every household is clean and tidy, walking with time. I especially visited the famous Huang Family Old House in Tong Yuan Town, namely the "Huang Family Courtyard", the former residence of General Huang Runquan of the National Army. I witnessed the huge patio, exquisite Longmen stone carvings, beauty railings, horseshoe-shaped cloisters, strolling around the corner building, hollowed-out flower railings on all sides, wooden building cloisters and so on. , made the past brilliant and brilliant, and as early as in the fog of history, I can only find a trace in the dilapidated old house building, sighing in space, the country is easy to change.
It seems that the Luojia Courtyard has caught my attention, although it is not as luxurious, spacious and deep as the Huangjia Courtyard. However, its all-wood architecture, pavilions and corridors, open windows and patios, is ventilated and breathable, and the air is fresh. The arches, hanging pillars and other reliefs of the porch are very rich. The front faces the street and the back faces the water. It is really a treasure house, a typical' commercial building' integrating business, accommodation, warehouse and kitchen. And it is also a very inspirational model, which can create novels and adapt them into movies and television. The builder of Luojia Courtyard is a famous Luojia widow. It is said that in the Qing Dynasty, when her father-in-law was 62 years old, she got a large sum of money unexpectedly. Because her three sons were not doing their jobs, she gave the money to her daughter-in-law, and then all three daughters-in-law became widows. But the third daughter-in-law was good at doing business, and soon became rich, and built this mansion compound on the street.
Looking at the ancient town of Tong Yuan, its old streets, old squares, precious palaces, magnificent squares, ancient stage, various halls, yak meat restaurant, iron cable suspension bridge, Catholic church, bamboo alley and so on are simple and elegant, as if they had gone through thousands of years, and finally soaked in the old teahouse in the ancient town of Tong Yuan, learning the fragrance of green tea like villagers and aborigines.
It's almost time to say goodbye. We are walking along the Jiang Hui River in the ancient town, with the ancient town on one side and the river on the other. The ancient town still attracts guests from all directions, and the river is still flowing. In this shuttle, you rely on me, I care about you, and myself and all the tourists, who are travelers, come from there and go back there. Only at this time did I see its magic and moving. But I'm still happy. After all, it looks like a shuttle, which is a smooth and smooth ancient town in Tong Yuan. It is the title of my article, and it is also my heart. Let it soak bit by bit with time, leaving only a wisp of smoke.