Go to the north gate of the village first. A narrow place, two stones on both sides, stand side by side, like two portals; This is the origin of the name "Shimen". I think nature is really magical and patient. How long has it been so motionless? I'm afraid no one knows, except heaven and earth. Shimen Gao is later. According to Gao's genealogy, Gao moved to Shimen, which began in the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and gradually became a famous family in Qiupu area. There was a saying that the Western Han Dynasty was the first in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Therefore, the world also calls it "Shimen High".
After crossing Taohuawu, I remembered the words in Guichi County Records written by Guangxu in Qing Dynasty: "Chuntaiyan, the Taohuawu built by Gao E, and Li Bai and Gao E also went hand in hand." Can't help but stop. It's hard to imagine that there used to be peach blossoms and mountains here and the scenery of Xanadu. The wind of the Tang dynasty seems to have taken everything away, but fortunately it can't blow the boulder. The word "Peach Blossom Garden" on it is simple and vigorous, which can be clearly distinguished. But it didn't tell me whether Li Bai kissed a book. It doesn't really matter who wrote it. What's important is that it still looks like this after 1000 years of wind and frost. It's really not easy.
Wipe the horsehair wall and step into Shimen ancient village. Walking in the quiet Gu Xiang, I feel very small. I seem to be walking in deep wrinkles, as if it was a lifetime ago. My heart feels like "In front of me, where are those lost years?" Behind me, are the future generations? " . Sometimes, I have a fantasy for no reason. I imagine meeting someone in a corner and walking in just for a visit, such as Li Bai. I know that this historical giant has formed an indissoluble bond with Shimengao.
I really want to meet Li Bai and see the way he walks with his head shaking and writing poems. Li Bai's poems are well written and called a poet by later generations, but he is just an ordinary child after all, otherwise he would not go in and out of Vanity Fair, thus offending dignitaries. But if you don't offend the powerful, you won't be demoted, and there won't be a trip to Qiupu in the winter of Tianbao for eight years. Maybe there wouldn't be a couplet called Jiuhuashan's "Famous Piece"-"There are two wonderful things, Lingshan opens Jiuhua. ..... "I often think, why did Li Bai, Gao E and Wei easily change the name of Jiuzishan? I think, in addition to the celebrity effect here, I'm afraid government behavior has also played a role. Imagine, who is Wei among the three? Local dignitaries, Qingyang magistrate, parents! Maybe there will be news: I don't know about the renaming of Jiuzishan to Jiuhuashan.
Naturally, I didn't meet Li Bai, but those ancient houses were amazing, among which Gao's ancestral hall was the most. This ancestral hall was built in the Ming Dynasty, and the whole layout is strung on a north-south central axis, which is very layered. In addition to its grandeur and antique, this building also implies ancient and mysterious geomantic omen. Backed by a cow-shaped mountain, it means "god cow"; The square pool in front of the door is granite, which is collected by filtered water and does not dry up at four o'clock. Known as "square pond living water", it is called "god cow" to drink; There is a tall old tree opposite the square pond, which means "tying the cow pile", so that the "god cow" is always there, and the feng shui does not leak. It's interesting to watch and think about it. Old houses like this can be seen everywhere in the village, mostly in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and occasionally in the Yuan dynasty. Walking in high walls and deep alleys, the stones at the foot are mottled and dark, covered with the dust of the years. Looking up, the cornices, the high horse-headed wall, the pin-shaped wall and the ancient uphill wall all make people feel trance, and I don't know what dusk it is and where I am.
Walking in ancient villages, sometimes I feel that history is not far away, as if I just need to take a step back to life.