Wandering Heart —— A Journey to Qiong Yao's Hometown (I)
First, Hengyang is getting better every day.
Qiong Yao finally came back, back to her hometown Hengyang.
"Endless homesickness, endless homesickness. I hope that in the near future, all homesickness and homesickness can be written off." This is Qiong Yao's homesickness when she visited the mainland at the beginning of 1988. It was 5: 00 p.m. on May 6th, 1989. Qiong Yao and her husband, Mr. Ping Tao Xin, stopped in front of the Yancheng Hotel where they stayed. She was greeted by her uncles Chen Zuxiang, Chen (author), cousin Chen Shiwei, cousin Chen Lijun, relevant government leaders and hotel staff.
Qiong Yao has curly hair and oval face. At the age of 565,438+0, she looks much younger than her actual age. Accompanied by Qiong Yao, Ouyang Changlin, who was called "Hunan Mule" by Qiong Yao (then reporter of Hunan Radio and Television News, now director of radio and television department), came up to inquire about our relationship with Qiong Yao and introduced us to Qiong Yao. Qiong Yao led her husband Tao Xin to shake hands with her relatives. The first thing she asked me was: "How many relatives have we Chen family come? Is everyone here? "
Her "Mandarin" with a slight Taiwan Province accent sounds affectionate and cordial. I told her, "We just got the news of your arrival. Relatives came from Hengyang, but many didn't. The rural hometown still doesn't know that you are back. "
At this time, our cousins Wang Daixun, Wang, Tang and Liu Ye arrived. Qiong Yao recognized her cousin at a glance, and her sister hugged her and burst into tears. She refused to let go for a long time and cried excitedly. How can you not get excited? Forty years after the Straits, we met in our hometown for the first time. Let go of that intimate face, hold each other's hands again and look at each other with tears in their eyes. That look seems to have returned to the situation forty years ago. Childhood Phoenix (Qiong Yao's real name) let my cousin walk hand in hand around Hengyang Street and go to primary school. One year, Phoenix's father, Chen Zhiping, was detained in Shanghai, and his mother, Yuan Xingshu, went to other places to teach, so the care of Phoenix and his younger brothers was given to his cousin Daixun. When I was young, my cousin Dai Xun and my cousin Dai Jie met in their 60s. When she went to Taipei that year, her uncle was still a doll in the cradle, and the reunion was a "year of no doubt".
Qiong precious jade said, "I said, I will come back to see you. I miss you every day and my hometown. "
"How to accompany geese, Hengyang every day". Ouyang Xiu's words of gathering or complaining about leaving sorrow are so connected with Qiong Yao's heart as a wanderer.
Second, people are like autumn geese.
In the suite on the 6th floor of Building 3 of Yancheng Hotel where Qiong Yao and his wife stayed, their long-lost relatives got together. Qiong Yao who lives in a foreign land and her relatives in her hometown are looking forward to this day. The flesh and blood on both sides of the strait look forward to each other and feel the same. "When young people leave home, the local accent' has' fallen. Relatives don't know each other and ask' genealogy' with a smile. "
My eldest brother and uncle Chen Zuxiang of Qiong Yao (a volunteer to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, who was wounded and made meritorious deeds) once copied down the genealogy related to Qiong Yao and sent it to Qiong Yao. At this time, he took out the same genealogy and unfolded it in front of Qiong Yao. She looked at the genealogy with a root-seeking mentality. Tracing back to the source, Chen Chaozhi, the ancestor of Chen family in Zhijiang, formally worshipped General Wei Zhen in the Ming Dynasty, and lived in Yu Xiu village in Zhijiang after failing to fight against Wang Chuanshan. Qiong Yao is the eleventh grandson.
Chen's grandfather was the magistrate of Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province in the Qing Dynasty, and was appointed as the general manager of Jiujiang Shipyard to be honest. After Wei Zhi died, her family wealth declined until her grandfather, my great-uncle Moxi Chen, was born. My uncle has been very clever since he was a child, and he was educated by a teacher. He can read from memory. 1890 obtained the title of Lin after having obtained the provincial examination, 1907 graduated from Liangjiang Quality Normal School. From 65438 to 0909, I studied in Japan and got to know Huang Xing. After Huang Xing introduced him to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Sun admired him very much and had a close relationship with him. Soon, Huang Xing introduced him to the League. 19 1 1 year191year Wuchang Shouyi, 19 12 returned to China with Mr. Sun at the beginning of the year (the first year of the Republic of China). The following year, at the invitation of Huang Yue, a revolutionary from Hunan Province, he went to Qin Zhou, Gansu Province (now Tianshui City) to discuss justice. The rebel army overthrew the rule of Qing dynasty in Gansu in one fell swoop, and was later appointed as the director of education department of Gansu military government. 19 14, Yuan Shikai sold his national sovereignty to Japan in order to restore the monarchy. He abandoned politics to teach and returned to his hometown in Hengyang to teach in Lu Nan Normal School. Sun Yat-sen established the Grand Marshal's Office of the Revolutionary Government in Guangzhou. He was called to Guangdong, where he received a brief consultation. He used to be the county magistrate of Wuyuan County, Hunan Province, and the consultant of the Northern Expedition General Command. As an honest official, people call him "honest official". My father belongs to Xiang generation, and his name is. 1949, he and his wife Yuan Xingshu left home with their children and went to Taiwan Province (my uncle and my father didn't want to go to Taiwan Province, but the two brothers stayed in Hengyang). Her father, who is still engaged in education in Taiwan Province Province, is a professor at Taipei University and a famous historian. Ten books on the general history of China edited by him have been unanimously recognized by experts and scholars in Taiwan Province and Chinese mainland.
Qiong Yao herself belongs to the word "poem", and her music name is Chen Shizhe. 1938 was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, and 1949 went to Taiwan with his father. By 1989, she had been away from home for forty years. Listening to her family reminiscing about the past, looking at the genealogy and recalling her grandfather's achievements before his death, she fell into meditation and deepened her reverence for him.
"But," Qiong Yao said affectionately, "Grandpa has passed away. It's a pity that we didn't see him in his later years, but his old man left so much spiritual wealth." . She can recite many poems since she was a child, and often uses one or two sentences when appropriate. "Snow mud red claws" is Su Dongpo's metaphor. I said, "Sue also said,' Letters from people are like autumn geese'. Last year, you said you would visit your hometown. Sure enough, you came back on time like Hengyang goose. You really keep your word. "
Qiong Yao smiled, and so did Mr. Ping. I'm so happy to have my husband with me. Mr. Ping is a model husband. After he went upstairs, he was called by "Hunan Mule" Ouyang Changlin to discuss the arrangement of activities in Hengsan (actually, it was an official arrangement). As soon as he came back, he took out cold drinks from the refrigerator for everyone to eat, and of course, his wife was indispensable. After busy, he sat down quietly, still quietly listening to the conversation between his wife and relatives.
I don't know who asked, "Qiong Yao, you didn't go home to see the mainland last year. Why? "
This question embarrassed Qiong Yao. As I said, Qiong Yao has made it very clear in her new book "Give Up Homesickness". After decades, do you still care about waiting for another year?
Third, green cedar and bamboo are Hengzhou.
When I mentioned Qiong Yao's "Cutting Homesickness", Xiao Liu, Dai Xun's daughter and Qiong Yao's cousin, took out several books of "Cutting" and asked Qiong Yao to sign them. Qiong Yao's pen calligraphy is very literary and beautiful. I recommend it to everyone. She shook her head frequently, saying that her handwriting was not good and she was very modest. Then she said to me, "I heard that Uncle Ji Chun's couplets are very good, just like Grandpa Man's". When she said grandpa, she meant my father. I was influenced by my family since I was a child, and I only have some such hobbies. She, Mr. Heping, likes painting, calligraphy and antique collection. 1986, I heard that they will come back. I once wrote a picture of nave in Wang Chang in the Qing Dynasty: "The peak of Yan Hui is broken, and the green cypress and bamboo cross the boat". I wanted to hang them in the study to give people a feeling of staying at home. But before people wait, I don't know which old gentleman "watched" this calligraphy. After signing Xiao Liu's name, she began to make a genealogy. She said that she wanted to find out everyone's seniority so as not to call her elders "mistakes". We reported our names and generations, and she carefully found out the names on the genealogy for us to "sit in the right place" and wrote them in the blank space of the genealogy. There are so many people here that she can't remember. Twenty years ago, when I was forty, I was eleven years younger than her. I was accidentally called by my young face. I felt wrong, so I smiled apologetically and said, "Look, I kept saying' You, You' and forgot to call me' Uncle Ji Chun'".
My eldest brother and I are both senior students. Qiong Yao asked us to sit on the sofa and chat with her. Please help yourself to the rest. Ladies and gentlemen, please tell me something about Uncle Moses' life in his later years, which is Qiong Yao's greatest concern. As a matter of fact, my uncle lived a good life in his later years and worked for the relevant departments, but he lived in Lan Zhi Villa for a long time with a monthly salary of nearly 100 yuan (the price was low and considerable in the 1950s). 1960 when he died, the country was facing a huge natural disaster, lacking materials and never suffered much loss. He was taken care of by government departments and often planned to supply pork (which was a delicious food at that time). The old man was thrifty and charitable all his life. He often gives some planned pork and part of his salary to his neighbors. He is deeply respected and loved by the masses. If you are in poor health or have any difficulties, there are always relatives and enthusiastic neighbors to take care of you.
I remember my father used to go to Uncle Moses' villa. When I was young, my father took me with him almost every time. My name is Uncle Moses, because Moses is the oldest. My father's name is Chen Shaoli, and he is good at writing. He was an uncle since he was a child and grew up with Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He is a real uncle's secretary. Although my uncle is old, he is still busy writing. His manuscripts are sometimes drafted by my father, and most of them are copied by my father. It is natural for me to do ink research at home or in a villa. "The Evolution of the Former Residence and Tomb of Chuanshan" and "How to Protect Xiangxi Caotang" should be taken as proposals to participate in the provincial people's congress. My uncle wouldn't let my father take the manuscript home because he was in a hurry (the villa is two miles away from my home in Yu Xiu Village), so he should ask his father to write the same book on this case. Two brushes and an inkstone have increased my "workload". My two small hands take turns grinding, and my hands are sour, but the demand for grinding ink is still in short supply. At that time, I had not yet gone to school. Influenced by my father and uncle, I can read and study books. Once, I doodled on paper and listened to my uncle and my father talk about his sons Ju Chi and Zhiping brothers in Taiwan Province Province and what "Phoenix" there was. I asked if Phoenix was a bird and could fly. My uncle said that Phoenix can fly, and it can fly upstairs. My uncle's study is on the second floor. Naive and naive, I thought there really was a phoenix flying outside the building, but I didn't know that my uncle meant the phoenix (Qiong Yao) flying to Taiwan Province Island. It is conceivable that the old uncle is eager to miss the separation of flesh and blood. After more than 30 years, the phoenix finally flew back, not to the study, but to the grave.
On April 9th, 1989, she started her second trip to the mainland, visiting Beijing, Xi 'an, Luoyang, Changsha and Zhangjiajie, and finally returned to Hengyang and anxious to return. Her mouth is open and she has to deal with many people before she can speak. When people entered the hotel, they didn't pay attention to washing their faces. In order to rest Qiong Yao and his wife, everyone got up and left. But her husband and wife are going to invite everyone to the hotel for dinner.
Wandering Heart —— Qiong Yao's Hometown Tour (Part Two)
Fourth, Jingwei will sincerely fill the trench.
When eating at the dinner table, Qiong Yao and his wife are very particular about their qualifications. They have to let their uncle sit in the guest seat. Brother must be Qiong Yao and his wife seated. My niece Lijun and I support my eldest brother's opinion. Dai Xun, Dai Jie and Zhao Xue are the supporters of Qiong Yao. The two sides stood courteously for a long time. Or did I think of a "crossover method" to let her uncle Xiang sit on the table, and Mr. Heping and I sat on both sides and finally sat down. Qiong precious jade raised her glass and stood up, unable to restrain her excitement. She said, "Two uncles, let's drink to the reunion after forty years!"
Everyone stood up and let me propose a toast: "To the' new grandfather' Mr. Ping and the girl going back to their parents' home, and to the 40-year reunion of relatives on both sides of the strait. Cheers! "
Mr. Qiong Yao and Mr. Heping are very humble. The round table can rotate and it is convenient to get food. They took the lead in persuading food. Our bowl is full of vegetables, so we advise them in turn. None of us agree with this. Qiong Yao said, "It's not too much to get together once every 40 years and advise you to cook once." After consultation, the "patent" of persuasion was handed over to my cousin. She joked, "Zhao Xue, you are not young here, but you are the youngest." Come on, persuade the elders to eat more. "
As the elders of famous artists, we have joys and sorrows. At that time, because we were relatives of Qiong Yao, "political treatment" went from bad to worse, but no matter how much we suffered, we were afraid to tell her. We might as well be humorous. I told her that once I bought books in a bookstore, a bold man said I was Qiong Yao's uncle. Everyone heard the first blow to the head, then shook their heads, and some even simply said, "Bah! He is Qiong Yao's uncle? Take the certificate and see why you are an uncle, fake! " On another occasion, Qiong Yao's masterpiece Out of the Window was released in Hengyang and quickly became a hot commodity for young people. The bookstore was crowded with readers. My friends and I are also crowded among them, and I don't read many books. That friend was afraid that he couldn't buy it, so he had a brainwave and played the card of "Uncle Qiong Yao". Don't want to really work, we also got the "priority". Recalling this interesting past, when I had dinner with Qiong Yao for the first time, I couldn't help but say a few words excitedly. Then the topic changed. I asked her if she was interested in going back to her hometown to make TV movies or invest something. She said that she would like to come back for filming, but there is no airport or highway in her hometown, and there are too many costumes for filming, which is really inconvenient. I remember that in September of the same year, she filmed the TV series Six Dreams. Although she didn't go back to Hengyang, she was also filmed in Changsha. Four months after returning to Taiwan from Hengheng, our uncle and nephew was reunited with Rong Yuan Hotel, the provincial capital. She gave me her computer and lighter as a punishment.
I still cherish it, but what I cherish more in my heart is what she said affectionately at the dinner party in Yancheng Hotel: "Cheers, I sincerely thank the readers and friends in my hometown, and thank all my relatives in my hometown!"
The conversation turned to her couple's Crown Magazine and publishing company. They told me that the publishing company is wholly owned by itself, with more than 60 employees (not some small family workshop uploaded online now), and publishes hundreds of books every year. Then Mr. Ping asked me if I had read Crown magazine and invited me to take a walk in Taiwan Province Province.
After dinner, I went to Hengyang bus station to contact the vehicle for Qiong Yao and her party who returned to Zhijiang to worship their ancestors the next day. I heard that this is a chartered car from Qiong Yao, Taiwan Province Province to go home to worship ancestors. The person in charge of the station was very enthusiastic and pointed to the hundreds of buses I chose. I told him that Wang Xiongfei, director of the reception desk of the municipal government (now chairman of Hengyang CPPCC) personally asked about the use of cars. He said that the leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government require all drivers, big cars and small cars to spend the night in the hotel, and the conditions for cars and drivers are very high, and safety issues should be strictly checked to ensure foolproof.
Qiong Yao's hometown trip was originally scheduled for three days, and the time was very tight. The leader did not arrange for her to meet with Hengyang literary and art circles. She 1988 has been to Beijing, and 1989 has been to her hometown. The Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles has been preparing to talk to her. When I introduced this situation, Qiong Yao said, "My time is not at my disposal. I am deeply sorry that I can't get together with my colleagues in my hometown this time. I sincerely ask Ji Chunshu to convey my apologies and thank me. I will definitely visit my colleagues in my hometown next time. "
When Qiong Yao and his wife gave us souvenirs, I also prepared two Chinese paintings of Zhu Mei as a souvenir for them, instead of the calligraphy of Green fir and green bamboo that I "watched" in those years. Because I painted it myself, the couple said happily, "Be sure to cherish it." The next day, her cousin Shi Hua also presented a calligraphy as a gift.
When I said goodbye in the evening, I conveyed the wishes of the leaders of the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and asked Qiong Yao to write an inscription for the bimonthly literary "Literary World" sponsored by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. She accepted it with great pleasure.
Before bidding farewell to Hengyang on the 8th, she asked me to turn my inscription to the literary world. Unfortunately, I transferred it to a person in charge of the literary world, who was unhappy and refused to accept it. This is obviously a misunderstanding caused by Qiong Yao not going to the "forum". I still cherish the inscription carefully. She wrote this-
Readers of the literary world:
I put my love for my hometown behind me,
May you be happy forever.
After a long time, I still wonder why Qiong Yao can't arrange herself to attend the "discussion party" which is not only a misunderstanding between people, but also a misunderstanding of "time and space" and "history". One mid-autumn night, I was alone in the faint moonlight, strolling on the banks of Xiangjiang River. At that time, there was a "referendum" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the purpose of which was nothing more than to use the natural barrier between the two sides of the strait to cut off the long-standing blood ties of the people of China. Will the hearts of those "homesick" wanderers agree? Is there a happy family happiness? Misunderstanding won't happen again. Looking at Xiang Liu, thoughtfully, wandering on the moon ... I seem to have captured a little inspiration and returned to the study of Wuwei Xuan, and accidentally got a poem:
Reflections on Qiong Yao's memory
Cross-strait homologous good boating, Xiangjiang mother called a soft.
Homesickness is hard to grow old, and the more national love, the more white heads there are.
Stop singing on the stage, the world is terrible and you won't come back.
The danger lies in the natural moat, but Jingwei will sincerely fill the moat.
Wandering Heart —— A Journey to Qiong Yao's Hometown (Part Two)
Verb (short for verb) Now, near my village, meet people.
It is sunny in May at the turn of spring and summer. For Qiong Yao, everything in Xixiang, Hengyang is strange and amiable. 40 years ago, when she was a child, every time she went to Zhajiangdu from Hengyang with her parents, she always took a sedan chair. The mountains and rivers outside the sedan chair window are dancing happily, dancing with birds and singing. The narrow path is quiet and mysterious. These unforgettable scenes often come to mind like TV. Today's mountains and rivers are still singing and dancing happily, more refreshing and excited, more enchanting and lovely. This subtle feeling change is reflected in Qiong Yao's cheek. The reason for this strange feeling should be the change of "sedan chair era" and "sedan chair era" This assumes that Qiong Yao's psychology changes with the change of time and space. In this accident, she and her husband, Mr. Ping, took a car, crossed Xi Du and entered Zhanjiang.
Zhajiang is the first town in Xixiang, Hengyang, which is located in distilled water about 60 kilometers northwest of the city. It is an important material distribution center in past dynasties. Before the highway was repaired, water transportation was developed, and distilled water gathered in Xiangjiang River, which communicated the material and culture of Xixiang with the outside world. In Qing Dynasty, Wang Chuanshan visited Zhajiang River many times, looking for the site of Zhongwu, and wrote poems. Liu Ba, a famous scholar in Shu and Han Dynasties, a famous minister in Qing Dynasty, and Zeng, a great painter and calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, were all born here. My ancestral temple "Yu Xiu Village" was written.
Qiong Yao's ancestral home Lanzhitang and Zutang Yu Xiu Village are separated by a mountain, five kilometers northwest of Zhajiang River. The land here is reddish brown, a typical red soil hilly area. In the past, a stone road between Zhajiang and Lanzhitang was originally built at the expense of his grandfather Wei's younger brother and his family. (Note: * * He refers to the fact that all the people surnamed Chen in Lanzhitang, whether at home or abroad, have their incomes returned to the public, are under unified control, and practice "family * * * productism", which has lasted for many years and is still a much-told story). Today, the stone road has become an open road. This was specially built by the local government for Qiong Yao to visit relatives and worship her ancestors in her hometown.
On the morning of May 7th 1 1, the bus arrived at Xinglong Primary School. As soon as Qiong Yao got out of the car door, a sister-in-law handed her a bowl of tea enthusiastically. She relished her hometown tea which she hadn't drunk for forty years. At the same time, the banner characters posted at the door of the classroom came into view: "A bowl of green tea respects the wanderer, which means good water is sweet." Near noon, the temperature is very high. The villagers saw Qiong Yao and his wife sweating profusely, handed them two cattail leaf fans and shook them happily. Xinglong primary school, which was used to receive Qiong Yao and her party, was originally a dilapidated school building. Before returning to her hometown, she heard that the local area needed reconstruction but had no funds, so she generously donated all the expenses needed for the reconstruction project. After reconstruction, it is first-class in village-level primary schools in the county. The local government wanted to name the school after Qiong Yao, but Qiong Yao politely declined.
Qiong Yao and his party sat down in front of the "coffee table" set up by the desk, and got together with uncles Chen E, Chen Zhongxian, Chen, Chen Jiuxiang, Chen Zhuoxiang, cousins Chen Shiluo, Chen Shihua and other village leaders and relatives. On this trip to the mainland, Qiong Yao originally arranged the first stop in Hengyang, so as to sweep the grave and worship the ancestors in Qingming. Because it is rainy season, road construction is difficult and slow. In order to let Qiong Yao go home as soon as possible, the villagers raced against time, braving the wind and rain day and night to repair the 4-kilometer highway and set up an arch bridge. At the same time, a new one-kilometer highway was built between shi bo Village Primary School in Guanbu Township and Lan Zhi Tang, which was connected with another bus highway. Qiong Yao and his wife expressed their gratitude for this.
Chen Shiluo, who had a heart-to-heart relationship with Qiong Yao, turned out to be her "little brother" who played games with her when she was a child. Now, his sideburns are dyed white by years, and the wrinkles he carved dare not recognize each other at first sight. 1988 before the end of the mainland tour, Hunan TV reporter Huang Zilin made a special trip to Lanzhitang, his ancestral home, and Grandpa Mo Xi's cemetery to shoot TV videos. In the video, she saw her shabby ancestral home, her grandfather's loess, and her little brother Luo who worked in the county tax bureau. At this time, Qiong Yao wanted to hear about his ancestral home and how his grandfather's grave was being repaired. But, "Now, when I meet people near my village, I dare not ask a question!" " After all, she has plunged into the arms of her hometown, immersed in the simple local accent and deep homesickness.
Six, two lines of tears on the cheek
At about 12, Qiong Yao and his wife came to their grandfather's grave to offer sacrifices, flowers and wreaths instead of their elderly parents. The master of ceremonies began with a memorial ceremony and observed a moment of silence. ...
Along with Qiong Yao's ancestor worship activities, in addition to some relatives in Hengyang, many relatives living in ancestral homes and diaspora also came. More people are locals. They all came spontaneously and filled the hills around Moxi Cemetery, with at least 5,000 people. They welcomed Qiong Yao and mourned the sages of Moxi. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Uncle Moxi successively served as the representative of the first and second people's congresses in Hunan Province, the researcher of Hunan Literature and History Research Institute, and the counselor of the provincial counselor's office. Over eighty years old, he still insists on doing something beneficial to society and people in his later years. As a people's representative, in addition to attending congresses, he often writes letters to governments at all levels in the name of provincial representatives, representing the people and speaking out. For example, he suggested fixing production quotas to households, exposing grandiose and false reports, reflecting poverty, and demanding the dismantling of canteens, so he was finally classified as "right-leaning". Therefore, it is a household name and deeply loved. The people of Xixiang have never forgotten this provincial representative. When his granddaughter came back to pay homage to the sweep, they also remembered and mourned their representatives.
Uncle Moses was engaged in education for a long time before his death, and he praised Chuanshan's thought all his life. At the age of eighty, he retired from the education field and served as the chairman of the editorial board of Hengyang County Records. 1955, he visited Xiangxi Caotang and Chuanshan Cemetery twice, called local people and heads of relevant departments for discussion, visited descendants of Chuanshan, collected historical facts of Chuanshan, inspected the organizational evolution of Xiangxi Caotang and Cemetery, and wrote an investigation report of about 30,000 words, which attracted the attention of Zhou, then secretary of Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and Xie Jin, then head of Hunan Revolutionary Committee. He repeatedly wrote letters affirming his work achievements and caring about his life and health.
After a moment of silence, Qiong Yao and his wife knocked on the grave of their grandfather Moses three times and made nine obeisances. Qiong Yao, Moxi's favorite "Little Phoenix" before his death, failed to "fly" to the villa upstairs, but eventually "flew" to himself. In those days, Gong Sunshi and Gong Sunshi never imagined that a small separation would become a farewell song for the ages. Forty years of homesickness, forty years of homesickness, infinite nostalgia, infinite grief, how can you write it off with a few bows? "There are two lines of tears in front of the grave."
After the memorial ceremony, Qiong Yao and his wife wanted to go to grandpa's cemetery to see the geomantic omen, but people all over the mountain blocked their way and blocked their sight, and this wish could not be realized. Just take a closer look at the newly renovated grave. The high white marble tablet is engraved with the inscription written by her father in Taipei; It is conceivable that the scale of graves built by terrazzo prefabricated panels is large and the amount of labor is large. Before the tomb was repaired, entrusted by Qiong Yao, Ouyang Changlin contacted many parties and received enthusiastic support from relevant departments. Engineers have been sent to Changsha and the county for field investigation and careful design, and all materials have been prefabricated and shipped in Changsha. At that time, during the Qingming rainy season, the road from Tang Ao to the cemetery was under maintenance and could not be opened to traffic. The granite precast blocks built around the tomb weigh one ton each, and can only be carried one at a time by a scooter. Except for a few areas with good subgrade, trolleys can be used, and the rest are pushed forward by manpower. Sometimes the scooter gets stuck in the mud and it is difficult to get the wheels out. The rain on the head, the slippery road on the soles of the feet, and the exchange of water and sweat make it difficult to move. From early morning to midnight, no one complained that villagers and elders suffered from eating and enduring work. They think Mo Xi is a very respectable saint. He followed Sun Yat-sen to overthrow the imperial system, and he was also a provincial representative who offered waste heat for the country and the people. Building roads now is only a little reward for our predecessors. Liu Yicun, who undertakes the task of building roads, and the villagers in xinglong village have been working hard. During the spring ploughing season, many villagers are busy with farm work during the day and turn to road construction at night; Gu Feng township leaders called 17 village cadres to supervise the war in sections, and they sweated like rain with the villagers in their spare time, which was admirable. On the day of Tomb-Sweeping Day, my eldest brother and I went from Hengyang to visit Uncle Moxi's grave. When we passed the road under construction, it was already dark and the villagers were doing their best. Eldest brother asked them why they didn't call it a day, and they said that as long as Qiong Yao could come back as soon as possible, we were willing to suffer a little. In order to thank the villagers, Qiong precious jade put dozens of tables of banquets in Lanzhitang. The object of the banquet was the villagers in Fiona Fang, and the newcomers also had a share. The road builders were all guests of the banquet. The dishes, drinks, bowls and chopsticks used at the banquet were all transported by the county government's Xi Du special car, for fear of disturbing the normal life of the villagers. More than a dozen bowls of vegetables, water and fish are put in a big washbasin. Qiong Yao respects the banquet custom of Zhajiang, and the dishes are semi-dry soup. It is said that the soup is actually rich in content. I am afraid that the villagers will not have enough to eat, and the banquet will be rich and sincere. Mr. Ouyang Changlin not only witnessed it with his own eyes, but also left this earth-shattering scene with his camera, which is also an unprecedented festival in Lan Zhi Hall.
Lan Zhi Villa is a stone's throw away from Lanzhitang, also known as Paideng Dance, which is named after its shape and structure are similar to Paideng Dance used in dragon dancing. The light box was designed and built by Uncle Moses. There are books on the four walls of the study on the second floor. This is the place where my uncle wrote in his later years, and also left many childlike anecdotes about Qiong Yao when he was a child. It stands to reason that Qiong Yao should go back to her former residence, but she just won't go. Maybe it's just that the light room is not what it used to be. Accompanied by Mr. Heping, Chen's relative, she sat quietly on the wooden stool on the steps of the hall and cried quietly, as if no one had seen her. She was still so happy and excited when she walked into Chaomen and Shibanping ten minutes ago and saw dozens of eight immortals wooden tables waiting to be served to the villagers. This scene is not only proved by Mr. Ouyang Changlin's photography, but also by my taking a camera in Ouyang's hand, which instantly becomes eternal. But temporary sentimentality should not last forever. How can a girl named Qiong Yao, who is famous for her love, have no feelings? Grandpa died a long time ago, saying that things are wrong, things are wrong, people are wrong, and the ancestral home left behind is empty beyond recognition. Where is the deep house compound where she and her brothers used to hide and seek? Why can't you hear grandpa's kind call? ...
Seven, don't believe Hengyang geese don't come back
Life is short. Today is the 60th anniversary of Qiong Yao's visit to Taiwan, and also the 20th anniversary of her return to her hometown in 1989. What about her homesickness and homesickness in the past twenty years? She has not forgotten her small hometown, let alone her big hometown. 1988 at the beginning, when she went to Beijing, many publishers sent her the publishing fees of her works on their own initiative. It is said that she donated the huge sum of money to the public welfare cultural undertakings in Hunan for free. She has made great contributions to Hunan's cultural construction, the revival of Huxiang culture and the rise of the cultural Xiang army. Without her film and television culture, it can be said that it would not be so brilliant today! More than a dozen TV series, such as Six Dreams, Princess Pearl, Three Lane of Plum Blossoms and Water Cloud Sword, cooperated with Hunan Shi Jing TV Station, which is not only the support for hometown, but also personal emotional input. Hengyang How can she forget that Hengyang is her ancestral home and her real hometown? There seems to be a lack of more emotional injection from home. However, what about hometown? Hengyang is not short of emotion, but Ouyang Changlin's stubbornness as a "Hunan mule". In order to interview the very low-key Qiong Yao face to face, he followed the schedule of Qiong Yao's trip to the mainland all the time, and did not accept his interview until he visited the Three Gorges Ship. Lack of communication with each other left him in the cold, and I don't know how much he suffered. As you can imagine, it is precisely because of his "stubborn" power that touched Qiong Yao's heart that Huxiang film and television culture has sprung up everywhere. If I invited Qiong Yao and his wife back to their hometown for investment and construction at the dinner party because of the traffic jam, then this problem is no longer a problem now. The traffic in Hengyang is not backward, but a matter of concept. Qiong Yao is Hengyang's world-class business card, which is very loud. If you agree, did we make good use of this business card in the past? Imagine how many generations of young people in the Chinese-speaking world have entered the "Qiong Yao fever" and there has been a "craze" from generation to generation. I'm afraid most people will be happy to accept this business card. If the "business card" is printed with "Hengyang Qiongyao Memorial Hall", "Zhijiang Qiongyao Former Residence Memorial Hall" and "Qiongyao Fever", we can also push the boat with the current and lead them to Nanyue Scenic Area. The "Nanyue tourism fever" can still be transferred to the "Hengyang Qiongyao Memorial Hall", and it is also possible to go to the "Zhijiang Qiongyao Former Residence Memorial Hall" in Hengyang. Wouldn't it be better if "Memorial Hall" is adjacent to Hengyang "China Southern Film and Television Base"? We hope this is a dream, but it should not be a "secret love". Maybe Qiong Yao on the other side of the strait doesn't know Hengyang's dream yet, but we will eventually invite her to be the protagonist in the "dream". A friend said to me, you are Qiong Yao's uncle. Can you match this bridge? My friend's words reminded me of the affectionate inscription she left me when the city government returned to Taiwan to bid farewell to the husband and wife:
I love my hometown,
Love the person I love more,
I hope-
From now on,
You can get together often!
Twenty years later, Qiong Yao never went home, but we had many spiritual "parties" in correspondence and telephone calls. At the invitation of me on behalf of the relevant units, she wrote a poem for the Sunday column of Hengyang Daily 100 and the proposed establishment of a film and television cultural center by the Municipal Cultural Bureau. She is always enthusiastic and quick to respond. I believe that her "homesickness complex" will always be tied to her hometown. This memoir was condensed from my notes of more than 20,000 words in those years, and was specially written for the 20th anniversary of her trip to her hometown. I want to tell her that in the next 20 years, earth-shaking changes have taken place in my hometown, spacious highways extend in all directions, civil aviation airports are also being built, Qianshan Mountain in my hometown is more beautiful, everything in my hometown is more beautiful, and people in my hometown are still so amiable and lovely. I deeply miss and cherish every moment of her return to China, and sincerely hope that we can meet again in my hometown in the near future.
This memoir still ends with the ending couplet of "Rebuilding Shigu Academy" engraved on the slate of Shigu Academy:
Acacia wanderers are committed to each other, and I don't believe Hengyang geese don't return.
May 6, 2009 in Wuwei Xuan