Li Guanqiao, the place name, I'm afraid you can't find it in the map of China now, but its once glory has affected more than half of China. My vague impression of it is also derived from the narratives of the old people, and I always thought it had nothing to do with me because it was too far away from me.
Blue Danjiang River, deep reservoir, so far away. When my eighty-year-old grandfather told me this, I was deeply shocked. The dusty past stretches in grandpa's brow bit by bit, and his muddy eyes reveal his yearning for that land. ...
Liguanqiao, formerly known as Yang Shun, was a county in the Western Han Dynasty and a county in the Jin Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was flooded and later rebuilt. In the sixth year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1470), Xichuan had already formed a market town when it left neixiang county, so it belonged to one of the four ancient towns in Xichuan.
Liguanqiao is located at the junction of Xichuan, Neixiang and Dengxian, and at the junction of Guanghua and Xunxian. The north and south are flat, more than 20 kilometers from the north to the south of Zhenzhi Town. This is the Danjiang alluvial plain, known as "Li Shun Yangchuan 45". It is about 75 kilometers away from Xichuan County. The old society was divided into "districts" and "towns" after liberation.
Grandpa said that the land in Liguanqiao is very fertile, and the crops dare not use soil fertilizer, because as long as a little more soil fertilizer is used, the crops will tilt, resulting in reduced production. A crop without fertilization is enough to witness how fertile its land is. Black land has created Liguanqiao with rich products and prosperous business. As the saying goes, "Qiaoban County" means that the grain production and commercial income of Liguanqiao is half of the income of the whole Xichuan County.
The most lively place in Liguanqiao is the flood and drought wharf. Every day, people on the river pier are bustling, carrying loads, pulling carts and walking. People from all walks of life hand over goods here, and people are buzzing.
Maybe the feng shui here is very prosperous. Judging from the intact walls, gates, bunkers and gun towers left by Chu, Danyang, the capital of Chu, is not far from here. Perhaps the land here is too expensive, so it has always been a battleground for military strategists. Perhaps it is because of too much money that foreign bandits have also appeared. In Deng county in the southeast, there is a big bandit "Zhang" leading hundreds of people, staring at Liguanqiao. The village near Liguanqiao is often attacked by these robbers.
My family was once plagued by bandits, and my grandfather's old eyes were full of tears. Memories brought him back to that terrible time. When bandits come, they rob houses, burn houses, rob houses, and rob whatever they see. My grandmother, my second aunt, my second grandfather, and my donkey and mule were all taken away by bandits and sold. Family members who have not been robbed sell houses and land everywhere to find robbed people. Sadly, the second grandfather, who was only a few years old, was thrown on the road by bandits and almost fell to his death. Fortunately, it was picked up by people in the neighboring village and sent back. Grandma and two aunts were not far from being sold by bandits and were redeemed one after another.
At that time, Liguanqiao was also the center of many organizations, among which the most active was the vigilante group. The leader of the vigilante group was "Cao Zhongshan" from Neixiang, known as Colonel Cao. He was honest, cared about the people, fought against bandits, defended Liguanqiao and won the hearts of the people. Later, these bandits were finally dispersed under the siege of vigilante groups, and the people finally got rid of a big trouble.
Liguanqiao, a rich land, was in chaos at that time, and it was always in war, and the economy was once in a state of depression.
Nowadays, there are too many stories about ancestors being buried under the Danjiang Reservoir. The competition of various forces is in chaos, and Jiangdun has become an indelible memory of our ancestors and an eternal mystery in our hearts.
Grandpa sighed deeply and said, "We are descendants of Li Guanqiao!" Li Guanqiao is twenty miles west of my hometown today, and my grandfather's youth study career is in that place. Grandpa has three brothers, and he is the eldest. China has attached importance to his eldest son since ancient times. Our family is big, and grandpa is smart and studious, which naturally attracts the attention of his family. Grandpa has not failed his family's trust and achieved excellent results. That regular military school doesn't charge grandpa any fees, he just needs to study with peace of mind. Just when Grandpa was full of ambition, the Japanese invaders were dying and invaded on a large scale, burning and looting all the way to Liguanqiao.
It was a winter day. In the morning, the cold wind roared. Grandpa is preparing to move to a safe place with his classmates. The Japanese gun came, and the bullets whizzed past him and his classmates. The students moved away one after another. Just as Grandpa was about to turn around, Grandpa who braved the bullets from his hometown grabbed him and locked him in his aunt's house in Nanshan, guarding him every day. After being dormant for half a year, the Japanese army surrendered.
After liberation, New China was founded, and the vast Liguan Bridge ushered in another brand-new spring.
From 65438 to 0950, grandpa accompanied the geological team in exploration and survey and served as district accountant. In the same year, according to the instructions of the central government, the Danjiang dam began to be built, which indicates that this land is about to be silent at the bottom of the river. 1958, residents of Liguanqiao began to move. 196 1, all the people near Liguanqiao have moved, and the village far from the water is relatively backward, so our village belongs to the backward range. 1967, Li Guan Qiaozhen was completely submerged, and this once prosperous ancient town slept forever under the boundless Danjiang Reservoir.
After Li Guanqiao was flooded, grandpa went to Danjiang, Hubei Province to work as an accountant in a company. He works carefully and leads a hard and simple life. For decades, Grandpa has fulfilled the responsibility of producing party member and won a glorious reputation.
Grandpa is 82 years old this year, and years have not left an inch of hair on his head. Only his long white eyebrows witnessed his vicissitudes. His kind face, hunchback body and sunken eyes show his concern for this rich land. ...
Grandpa is not good at words. Only when Li Guan Qiao is mentioned, can he have a dialogue with Kan Kan and narrate the long-forgotten past. Who says foreign countries are good? The moon is the hometown circle. Li Guanqiao, sleeping at the bottom of the river, became grandpa's last dream. ...