At the invitation of the village cultural expert Sheng Xiurong, I went to Chencun.
Go through Tangxi ancient city and drive south along the Tangsu line. On the thick road, a stone bridge spans the thick stream. Crossing the stone bridge to the east is Chencun. This small village, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers, is somewhat obscure in the night. Like most small mountain villages in the south of the Yangtze River, the entrance to the village is a row of newly-built three-story buildings, and the alleys in the village are relatively narrow. Because it was raining lightly and there was still some water in the alley, we walked carefully between the alleys and came to a small farmhouse.
This is Sheng Xiurong's home, a unique village house.
The white wall in the courtyard is painted with Sheng Xiurong's own wall painting "Lotus Pond Fish Color". Two big carp swim between the green lotus leaves, and the exquisiteness of the picture is amazing. Sheng Xiurong's home is also different from other farmhouses. There are many calligraphy and paintings hanging in the room, the back door is open, and there are rockeries and pools. The whole farmhouse embodies elegance and tranquility.
The host is very hospitable, simple tea set, brewed with pure black tea. Listen to Sheng Xiurong's description of Chencun history and culture in an elegant environment. Sheng Xiurong, who is rich in historical materials of Chinese studies, talks about the history and humanities of Chencun, which is even more numerous, and makes people marvel at the erudition of this master figure.
Chencun is located at the foot of Jiufeng Mountain and Baishishan Mountain, a provincial scenic spot, beside a thick stream, with quiet environment and simple village style. Jiufeng Mountain is a famous mountain, and the Taosi and Hudui at the foot of the mountain are historical celebrity villages. Chencun, in my impression, thought it was a village called Chen. Only when I arrived at Murakami did I know that this small mountain village was originally named Fan, and it was in the same strain as Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty. I had to make people sit up and take notice of Chencun.
I might as well study for ten years if I listen to you. Sheng Xiurong let us know about Chencun and the cultural background of Fan Zhongyan's descendants' residence.
/kloc-More than 0/000 years ago, the ancestors of Chencun cultivated and lived on this land. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, a family named Chen made a fortune here, so it was named Chencun. Later, another family named Zhang moved here and they thrived here. Until the Ming Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan's second son, Fan Chunren, moved from Lanyi to Shankou, and then moved to Dong Xi (now Chencun), where the population was prosperous and melons and fruits were circulated, gradually becoming the village appearance of Chencun today. There used to be a Xu hall in Chencun, and there was a saying that the civilian got off the sedan chair and the military attache dismounted. Unfortunately, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, a catastrophic flood in Houdaxi destroyed Xu Guild Hall. At the end of the Republic of China, Chencun still had flagpoles and bases.
After the Fan family settled in Chencun, their family became prosperous and became the most popular name in the village. As the descendants of Fan are the direct descendants of famous officials Fan Zhongyan and Fan Chunren in the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan's thought of loyalty to the monarch and love for the people has deeply influenced the Fan family, thus creating a profound cultural heritage in Chencun, where Fan is a famous family. According to the legend of the old people in the village, a precious treasure was once hung in the Fan ancestral hall: the imperial edict given to Fan Chunren in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, which once became the pride of several generations in Chencun. Sadly, this treasure was lost during the Cultural Revolution, which became a permanent regret in the hearts of Chencun's descendants.
Fan Zhongyan, the ancestor of the Fan family, is very concerned about people's sufferings, worried about people's lives, shared weal and woe with people, and took "people-oriented" and "saving people's suffering" as standards and put them into practice. In "Persuade Farmers", he wrote: "Cooking sunflower peels off the ancient wealth of jujube, and the satrap persuades farmers to listen. Don't worry about different customs, I am willing to adjust the wind direction from now on. "
His masterpiece Yueyang Tower is even more famous in the world. The idea of loyalty to the monarch and love for the people, which is "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later", has inspired the high-spirited moral sentiments of Fan's descendants. Fan's descendants have thrived on this fertile soil, creating brilliance from generation to generation.
Fan Chunren didn't come out as an official until Fan Zhongyan died. He has served as an observation judge of Xuzhou and an order of Xiangyi County. Fan Chunren's personality is simple and generous, and he won't be harsh with others, but he thinks it's moral, but he is unyielding. From cloth to prime minister, honesty and diligence are consistent. I once said, "What I have learned all my life benefits from loyalty and forgiveness." . So that he served the king in the imperial court, made good friends with colleagues, and lived in harmony with his relatives, and never left these two words for a moment. "
After several migrations, the descendants of the post-Fan Chunren school finally chose the fertile land under Jiufeng Mountain and by Houdaxi River to survive, and gradually expanded the Fan family. The imperial edict to Fan Chunren was brought to Chencun with the family migration and enshrined in the Fan Ancestral Hall. Every year, on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the main hall will hang this sacred imperial edict behind the Fan ancestral hall, and hold grand sacrificial ceremonies and other important clan activities in a smoky and solemn atmosphere until the 15th day of the first month of the following year. It is a pity that the ancestral hall of Fan, which had no honor, gradually fell into disrepair in the annual rings of the years, and finally collapsed and was destroyed. The imperial edict for Fan Chunren was also lost without a trace.
In the prosperous times, the construction of beautiful countryside made Chencun prosperous again. In today's new rural construction, the two committees of Chencun assessed the situation and built a new Chencun Cultural Auditorium on the original basis of Fan's ancestral hall, sorting out Fan Zhongyan's life story and cultural origin. The spacious venue and magnificent gatehouse give the Fan Ancestral Hall a brand-new connotation.
It is worth mentioning that Sheng Xiurong, a master of Chencun culture, has made unremitting efforts to restore and repair the culture of Fan Shi Village in Chencun with his exquisite cultural skills. Although Sheng Xiurong is not a descendant of Fan, as a member of Chencun, he devoted himself to the cultural construction of the village for the prosperity and revival of the village culture. From the vast literature and history materials, he searched for some historical materials about the ancestors of Chen Cun Fan one by one, sorted them out and perfected them, and drew them in the cultural auditorium and cultural corridor, leaving valuable spiritual wealth for future generations.
When we went to Chencun, it happened to be the 10th day of the first lunar month, and it was raining in Mao Mao. We sat at Sheng Xiurong's house, drinking fragrant tea and listening to the drums coming from the window. This is the colorful dragon that is going to dance and parade in the village. We were all excited when we heard that there was a colorful dragon. At the suggestion of the host, we followed the sound of drum music to find the place where the colorful dragons danced.
In the courtyard of the village cultural auditorium, I saw colorful flags hunting and two red and yellow dragons wandering in the cultural auditorium. Male and female athletes dressed in red and yellow dragon dancing costumes swam with dexterous colorful dragons in the audience. With a burst of impatient drum music, two colorful dragons swam out of the audience and walked through the village lane. Wherever they go, people greet each other happily.
Chencun has always had the traditional custom of midnight snack. On the day of welcoming the Dragon Lantern, every household in Chencun should decorate lanterns to entertain guests and friends. The whole village, men, women and children, is well dressed and beaming, and a festive atmosphere permeates every corner. Wherever the dragon lantern goes, people burn incense and light candles and bow down. In front of the dragon's real body, all people's faces are pious except smiles. People have no affectation and hypocrisy. When they go to church, they are more praying for good weather, peace and harmony. This may be the Chinese nation's awe of dragons.
Dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation and has always occupied the position of "the supreme of the ninth five-year plan". Dragon lanterns are also one of the rural customs in ancient Vietnam in the south of the Yangtze River. What is different is that Tangxi local folk custom generally welcomes Wolong in the first month and prays for good weather. Only Chencun is a dragon made of colorful dance cloth. The reason is that Wolong will light incense sticks, which is easy to cause fire and has high safety risk. Later, under the guidance of "experts", it was changed to colorful cloth dragons, which has continued to this day and finally became an entertainment project of Chencun People's Civilization Festival.
The typical rice farming culture in the south of the Yangtze River gave birth to the simple lifestyle of Chencun descendants and also blended into the local ancient Yue culture. The folk custom of the village follows the custom of Tangxi ancient county, and welcoming dragon lanterns in the first month is one of the important celebration customs of the village. On the first day of the first month, Chencun ancestors formed two colorful dragons with red and yellow pieces of cloth, which were danced by 10 men and women respectively. Wherever the cloth lamp goes, the villagers worship and greet it, which is very grand. On the day of the dragon dance, every household was brightly lit and full of guests, which was very lively.
In addition to many customs owned by Tangxi in Guyue, Chencun took his family to the ancestral grave to pay New Year greetings on the first day of the first month and came back to the ancestral temple to collect steamed buns. In the ancestral hall, some calligraphy couplets will be held, and the old and young people will get together to discuss and show eighteen martial arts. ...
It is said that the descendants of Fan in Chencun are superb in martial arts, which greatly admires the villagers in Shiliba Village. However, Fan Chunren's wise words of "frugality can help honesty, forgiveness can lead to virtue" are praised by Chencun's descendants, which also makes Chencun's descendants diligent and modest, and continues to this day.
Back to Sheng Xiurong's house, it was dinner time, rich dishes, harmonious atmosphere and the talkative words of the host, which made everyone have a happy dinner. At this time, outdoor drum music is still endless, and cheerful dragon dance music spreads all over the village lane and enters thousands of households, bringing auspicious signs to Chencun people.
At night, thousands of lights are on. After dinner, people flocked to the entrance of the village to see the colorful dragons under the night. Chencun Bulong slowly walked out of the alley in the village. The red dragon and the yellow dragon go hand in hand, sometimes head to head, and sometimes twists and turns. Bulong is brightly lit and looks like two golden dragons walking around the village from a distance, bringing a year of auspicious celebrations to Chencun.
If bench dragon is compared to a general, then Braun is like a weak scholar. Soft and colorful, light and flexible, the dragon body has also won the amazing eyes of the villagers. Wherever Caibulong went, it was full of colors. The villagers followed the footsteps of the dragon dance slowly, while the children emerged from the Caibulong, laughing and playing happily.
"Furong Peak is in the north, and Baishishan Mountain is in the south." Fan's descendants have been living by Houdaxi River, taking their ancestors as examples and illuminating their words and deeds. Chencun people inherited the noble virtues of their ancestors and thrived on the banks of Yuexi River. Fan Zushang's virtue of "loyalty to the monarch and love for the people" has always inspired Chencun people to move forward.