The prosperity and decline of Datong Ancient Street-_-

? Author/Langyan Shiying

Walking into the ancient town of Datong hidden in the mountains, at the intersection of the streets where people come and go, we see shops everywhere, modern The products and ancient town delicacies, combined with the old wooden houses, not only integrate ancient civilization and modern civilization, but also display the architectural style of the ancient town in the "Ming and Qing" eras here. In this western Sichuan style and the unique house architectural art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the eaves and corners of the streets in Datong Ancient Town fully display its ancient history. Wooden structures, small blue tiles, overhanging corners, stilted buildings, simple wooden windows, and bluestone slabs underfoot. Although these "late Ming and early Qing" buildings have experienced more than 300 years of dust and baptism, they still stand firm as ever. , Jingwan is located in the ancient town of Datong, less than 20 kilometers west of Qionglai.

Datong Ancient Town is not big, but it has a different painting style from other ancient towns. Savoring it carefully, it looks like a sleeping man or a fairy standing at the foot of Nanshan Mountain and Jiuding Mountain. The water from the source of the two streams merges on the twin rivers in Datong Ancient Town to form the water of Mozi River. Slowly flows to the southeast. Because it hides thousands of years of past events, it brings us into the dust of history, and may reveal the former prosperity of Datong Ancient Town.

The history of Datong takes us back to two thousand to three thousand years ago. We can imagine what Datong Ancient Town, a little-known town, was like a thousand years ago. What happened...? History is sometimes objective and transparent because someone has always recorded its process. History is sometimes mysterious, because no one records its thousands of years of loneliness. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was a legend that "Ma Chengzi" practiced Taoism in Datong, Qionglai, and became an immortal at Heming Mountain in Dayi. Before the Xia and Shang dynasties, there was also a legend about people named "Hong Lingzi" who became immortals. Judging from the Paleolithic Age (ancient stone coins) unearthed in Datong, humans were inhabited in Datong seven or eight thousand years ago. And judging from the one (red bronze ware) unearthed in Datong between the Neolithic Age and the Bronze Age. Look, if you go to Datong three thousand years ago, there will be very prosperous tribes. From the perspective of historical exploration, before the pre-Qin Dynasty, Datong should be under the jurisdiction of (? country). At that time, before King Qin Hui ordered Zhang Yi to set up Shu (Linqiong), Linqiong should belong to the intersection area of ??the three ancient Shu kingdoms. The ancient city of Linqiong at that time should be a "river island" between the three ancient Shu kingdoms. The territory west of the (殿河: present-day Xihe) and (殿水: present-day Wenjingjiang) rivers at that time should be the territory of the Western Ancient (?国). And from the south of the then (? River: today's Xihe) to the east of the then (? River) and (Pu River) to the southeast of (now: Nanhe), it should be the ancient (Shu Kingdom) territory at that time. Then south of the then (Pushui: today's Wenjingjiang River) and southwest of the current (now: Nanhe) should be the ancient (Qiong Kingdom) territory.

Starting along the intersections of the east, west, north and south of the ancient town, we can see many relics left by history at the top of the mountain, on the roadside, in the fields, and in the streams. Just like the ancient (stone coins) from the Neolithic Age that were discovered in Datong, one is still preserved as evidence. In Yanyan Village, close to Datong Ancient Street, there is a place called "Yanjingba". There are 6 salt wells, 1 ancient salt well, and 5 more (ancient salt wells: Meihua Well) buried in farmland that have not been excavated. It was built before the Tang Dynasty, during the Republic of China, and in 1957 after liberation. This is an unchanging rule. Thousands of years ago, Datong discovered "salt." "So, it is reasonable that many people should have moved to Datong thousands of years ago because of "salt". There is a salt well among them, which the locals call "Baguajing". It is octagonal in shape. The locals say it is the Tang Dynasty There were salt wells in the Tang Dynasty, but from the perspective of the well, there are "Taoist" legacy. So, is it possible that its age has exceeded the Tang Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty, because in the Western Han Dynasty, Chinese "Taoism" originated and became popular in Qionglai Datong. , Dayi, and more than ten surrounding counties and cities. During the Western Han Dynasty, "Taoism" in Datong was flourishing. There was also a place named "Meizijing". There were five old salt wells in the shape of plum blossoms buried under the fields, which the locals called "Meizijing". Plum Blossom Wells". It is reported that in 1957, a salt well mining team from Pengshan County came here to build salt wells and dug out "five plum blossom-shaped salt wells. After the old master who mined the salt wells discovered them, he said they were a thousand-year-old thing. They couldn't move casually, so they still buried these five old salt wells for protection. In Datong, there are thousands of ancient salt wells. The "Book of Han", "Book of Tang" and "History of Song" record: (There are two ancient smoke wells in Linqiong, named: "Jinfeng" and "Fangchi". The method of mining salt wells and the extraction of salt water The method is the "initiation" of China).

There are ancient tombs, ancient temples and Buddhist monasteries in the Han and Tang Dynasties, as well as thousand-year-old cypresses from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and a group of stone carvings and cliff statues in Stalagmite Mountain from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the middle and late Tang Dynasty (Stalagmite Mountain: Qing Dynasty) It used to be called Lingshan. There is an inscription on the cliff stone. During the Republic of China, there are faint words on it. The words "Wang Huang Shang Jin Yu Gong Da Xing Yong" are written on the upper right side, and the words "Dali San" are written in the middle part. The village committee's inscription unearthed from "Zhuwa Temple" also has the title "(Lianghuang Daxing)", and the inscription on the cliff statue in Stalagmite Mountain once had the title "Wanghuang Shangjin Yugong Daxingyong". This further proves that during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Datong Ancient Town The name of Datong is (Daxing) according to historical records. The name "Daxing" lasted for two thousand years until the period of Zhang Xianzhong's Suppression of Sichuan, to the Qing Dynasty, and then to the Republic of China. It records the history and culture of Datong, the stories spread among the people, and tells its unknown past.

There is a saying in Datong that "there is one nunnery in three miles and one temple in five miles". In the temples and ruins where Datong is located, you can easily find the "Eight Major" Buddhist schools of the "Tang" period. For example: "Shen Jia'an" was introduced in Qionglai's "Republic of China". Before the Ming Dynasty, it was not called "Shen Jia'an", but "Huayan Temple". It was renamed "Shen Jia'an" after reconstruction during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. "Huayan Temple" is one of the "eight major sects" of Buddhism. Leiyin Temple, Shijin Temple, Tianzhu Temple, and other eighteen nunneries and eighteen temples. What does this mean? In 1957, the Qionglai County Government cut down the four ancient cypresses at Jintaishan Temple to pave the west bridge. The ancient cypresses were so big that eight people could hold hands to surround them, and the circle was more than 3 feet, or about 11 meters. It is comparable to the 5,000-year-old cypress in the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum in Shaanxi. At present, an ancient Han cypress with a circumference of 6 meters still stands beside the "Changle Temple", the official hall of Jinggou Village. Its existence strongly proves that Datong was already inhabited more than 2,000 to 3,000 years ago. Such as "Shiting Temple, Jintaishan Temple", etc. These temples that existed during the Han Dynasty did not have a large population. Where would the people come to burn incense and become Zen monks in the temples? Throughout history, in the 14th year of King Hui of Qin's reign (311 AD), the ancient Linqiong City built by Zhang Ruo only had a history of more than 2,300 years. In the Han Dynasty, Zhuo Wangsun, the richest farmer in the country, worked on iron in Qionglai, and Deng Tong made money, which shows The prosperity of Qionglai in the Western Han Dynasty. From the Han Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty, there were more than 30 ancient temples in Datong Ancient Town. What if Datong Ancient Town was not a prosperous place at that time? Where does the money for incense and lamp oil for the more than 30 temples in Datong Ancient Town come from? Obviously, the ancient town of Datong during the Han and Tang Dynasties must have been a prosperous place. Then, Qionglai was very prosperous in the Han Dynasty, and "salt" should have been discovered in Datong before the Han Dynasty. The four 8-year-old cypresses at Jintaishan Temple and the 2,000-year-old cypress on Guanting Mountain are proof of this. Naturally, we can imagine that Datong Ancient Street must be much larger than the current ancient street. However, when Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, his burning, killing, looting, and massacre by the Qing army destroyed all the ancient buildings. It was not until the establishment of the Qing Dynasty that the saying of "Huguang filled Sichuan" came into being. The war between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty cut off the history of Datong Ancient Town.

Today, the owner of the Ming Dynasty "King Fan's Tomb" on Guanting Mountain lived in "Shuangjiang Mansion" during his lifetime, and the current "Gudianzi" is the "Shuangjiang Mansion" of the Ming Dynasty. There are also many legends and ruins about the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty who fled to Datong. They are still preserved today, waiting to unveil its mysterious veil. There is still a place named "Southern Tang", which was the preferred residence of the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty who fled to Datong. On the "Shizhong Mountain" on the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was also found that there are still stone pagodas in the style of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which are rare early stone pagodas in the country. Buddhism was introduced to China in the first year of Yongping at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (ie: AD 58). Buddhism was introduced by Liu Zhuang, Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. So, the "Buddhist Pagoda" on Shizhong Mountain is probably earlier than the Northern Wei Dynasty. Why was Buddhism introduced to Datong so early? Another example is recorded in Jiazhou Chronicles. Forty miles west of Linqiong, there was a "Shiting Temple". It existed in the Han Dynasty and was called "Fenghuang Mountain Fenghuang Temple". It was destroyed and rebuilt in the Tang Dynasty and renamed "Fenghuang Mountain Fenghuang Temple". It was destroyed again in the late Ming Dynasty. In the 37th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Wengui, a descendant of Zhang Liang, presided over the reconstruction and renamed it "Shiting Temple". Three major temples were rebuilt in Datong, namely: Shiting Temple, Huilong Temple, later Guangfu Temple, Yuanfang Temple, and now Yuanfang Temple and Erlang Temple. The "Jiangxi Pavilion" and "Huguang Pavilion" were built on Datong Street. (Huilong Temple was repaired and built in the 31st year of Kangxi. It was renamed Guangfu Temple in Jiaqing and Yuanfang Temple in Guangxu.) This is recorded in the Zhang family tree. There is also the "Shaanxi Pavilion" built in the nanmu forest behind Datong Ancient Street, which was built by the Cai family who moved from Shaanxi.

Everyone is asking, why did Datong, an ancient town in the mountains, become a Buddhist Zen forest from the Han and Tang Dynasties to the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties? And quite prosperous? The self-evident explanation is that more than 3,000 years ago, Datong discovered the reason for the presence of "salt". With the "salt" indispensable to human beings, there was a place for human habitation. Less than ten kilometers in diameter from Qionglai City, a 4,600-year-old "mountain site" was discovered. Or was "salt" discovered in Datong more than 4,000 years ago? There is no historical record, and it can only be found in the annals of the Republic of China that a large number of immigrants moved in from the fourth year of Kangxi to the twentieth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and then rebuilt on the ruins that had been burned by Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army to restore the Han and Tang Dynasties. The ancient street was named "Daxingchang" after the geographical name (Daxing) in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.

If Zhang Xianzhong had not been to Sichuan and Datong more than 300 years ago, the Qing army had not come, and there had been no burning, killing and looting, the ancient streets in Datong Town would have been very big, spectacular and numerous. ancient buildings, many ancient temples and houses that were not destroyed. However, history is history, and regrets cannot be made up for. The prosperity of the ancient town of Datong during the Han and Tang Dynasties, as well as many ancient temples, were basically reduced to ashes under the orders of Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army during the war. People are gone, things are gone, and all that remains are the ancient temples that were rebuilt on the site during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. The ruins that survived after being destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution" have allowed the history of Datong Ancient Town to go on for more than two thousand years. Between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, it was cut off. At that time, history became a dividing line.

(1643) Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan from Enshi, Hubei. He recruited troops, burned, killed and looted along the way. In (1644), he invaded Chengdu. Due to the resistance of the Ming army, Zhang Xianzhong began to massacre those who opposed him after conquering Chengdu. Government officials and people, and established the (Daxi regime), the country's name (Dashun). Zhang Xianzhong issued an imperial summons in Chengdu and erected the "Seven Kills Monument".

According to legend, Zhang Xianzhong set up the "Seven Killing Monument": 1. Ming officials should be killed, 2. wealthy people should be killed, 3. those who do not submit to the Daxi regime should be killed, 4. those who are unwilling to join the uprising army to fight against the Ming Dynasty should be killed, and 5. those who do not surrender should be killed. Those who pay taxes on food and money will be killed, ⑥ Buddhists will be killed, and ⑦ those who do not recognize the Daxi regime will be killed.

(1647), the Dashun regime that had been established in Sichuan for three years was attacked by the Qing army that entered Sichuan. The Qing army massacred Zhang Xianzhong and the anti-Qing people, and pursued and intercepted Zhang Xianzhong. . Previously, the Qiongzhou Prefecture had long been conquered by Zhang Xianzhong and the city massacred, and the Ming regime was destroyed. The remaining people could only submit to Zhang Xianzhong's "Daxi regime". At that time, there were many ancient streets and temples in Datong Ancient Town during the Han and Tang Dynasties. The wealthy Datong people and the wealthy temples and Zen forests naturally became the wealth in Zhang Xianzhong's eyes. The burning, killing, looting, and looting by Zhang Xianzhong's army destroyed the wealth accumulated in the ancient town of Datong over thousands of years during the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. In Zhang Xianzhong's burning, killing, looting, and the Qing army's war, the ancient streets and temples of Datong were turned into ashes. Recovered. The people who surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong, under the iron heel of the Qing army, carried out the second massacre against the anti-Qing people. The third massacre was when Wu Sangui crossed Qionglai to Datong and carried out another massacre. The fourth time was when a man named "Liu Erkou" came to Datong and carried out another burning, killing and looting. The fifth time was when Zhang Xianzhong's remaining troops came to Datong four years later and carried out another burning, killing and looting. These histories are recorded in inscriptions. At that time, the land of Sichuan was devastated, and all living things turned into ghosts. The prosperous history of Datong for thousands of years disappeared in the shadow of swords and blazing fires.

(1664) (the 4th year of Kangxi) the Qing government ordered the largest population migration in history to begin, which was later known as "Huguang filled Sichuan". From the 4th year of Kangxi to the 20th year of Kangxi, from Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hubei and Shaanxi, in the form of "drawing one from three dices and two from five dices", children under the age of twelve and those who could be mothered in several provinces were In the form of girls, they moved to Macheng County, Hubei Province one after another. They stayed there quietly until they were under twelve years old. After they lived in Macheng until they were twelve years old, they moved to various parts of Sichuan one after another.

In the seventeenth year of Kangxi (1678), the Qing government discussed the revision of the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and arranged for a man named Gu Yanwu to recommend people to write the "History of the Ming Dynasty" because the Qing government between 1643 and 1678 The history of Sichuan must be written in accordance with the requirements of the Qing government. Gu Yanwu felt that the history of Sichuan written by the Qing government was not the true "History of the Ming Dynasty", so he refused to recommend it. The next year, he even vowed not to join the "History of the Ming Dynasty". After that, he lived in Shanxi and Shaanxi, devoted himself to writing and no longer became an official.

For example, Zhang Wengui, my ancestor who entered Sichuan, first moved from Hukou County, Jiangxi Province to Macheng, Hubei Province to live quietly during that period. After reaching the age of twelve, he moved to Qionglai Datong Ancient Town in the 17th year of Kangxi. It is also recorded in the ancestral genealogy of my Zhang family that my ancestor Zhang Wengui, whose real surname was Zhang, moved to Datong in (1678), the 17th year of Kangxi's reign. According to the regulations of the Qing government in the 25th year of Kangxi's reign, he was forced to change his name, and the Qing government unified it into Datong. Every surname that moved here (renamed and established), (researched by its ancestry). My ancestor changed his name to Zhang Wengui, and the Qing government established a "Sixteenth Generation Ranking" for Zhang Wengui. My ancestor Zhang Wengui is a descendant of Zhang Liang, the prime minister of Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty. When he came to Datong, he saw that the vast land of Datong was completely deserted. In addition, the people who had migrated before had many surnames but only a few people. After Zhang Wengui married the daughter of Tao Longkui, the imperial general of the Ming Dynasty, they settled down in Taoba Village, Datong, atop the ruins. Because my ancestor brought a lot of money when he came from Hukou County, Jiangxi Province, and the money brought by the Tao family, in the 31st year of Kangxi, we built the "Jiangxi Pavilion and Pavilion" in Datong on the ruins of the war between Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army. "Huguang Guild Hall" was used for worship. The temple was moved from Jiangxi to Huguang and then moved there for the purpose of worship. It is also a place to receive fellow villagers and relatives visiting from Jiangxi, Huguang and Guangdong, and become a place for them to live, eat and sleep. Later, markets and towns gradually formed. Later, the name (Daxing) that had been used since the Han and Tang Dynasties was restored, and it remained (Daxingchang).

There was a man named Zhang Wanxin of the Zhang family who was born in the Kangxi period and was also the first "student member" in Datong. There was no imperial examination at that time. He was recommended to take the examination in Beijing and was blessed with "eyes and ears". He was an official in Beijing. During the Qianlong period, he offended Emperor Qianlong because of his imperial righteousness. He was allowed to return to his hometown and was given the "Emperor Qing Dynasty". Later, the Zhang family had another "Tanhua". At that time, after Zhang Wanxin was allowed to return to his hometown, he bought more than 3,000 acres of farmland in Xinjin, Gaogeng, Anren, and Guanghan. Every year, the rent is delivered to "Luodianzi" outside the north gate of Qionglai, and the Zhang family then exchanges it for "corn" and transports it back to Daxingchang, where it is sold to the three thousand coal-carrying people who pass by Daxingchang to make a living. From the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Zhang family in Datong was the only "grain householder" in Daxingchang. At the same time, the highest-level banquets "sea cucumber banquets" held in Qionglai, Dayi, and Pujiang were also hosted by the Zhang family.

In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Datong began to enter its prosperous age, from Dujiangyan to Huaiyuan in Chongzhou, to Xinchang in Dayi, to Datong, to Huojing, to Lushan County, to Ya'an, Kangding, The Ancient Tea Horse Road in Baoxing County was re-formed after the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. Datong Ancient Town has become an indispensable transfer station, and Datong Ancient Street has achieved rapid development. The coal used in blacksmith shops in Chengdu, Xinjin, Pujiang, and Qionglai all comes from the three thousand coal-carrying workers. These three thousand people plus the people passing through the Tea Horse Road, Datong, this ancient place with a history of thousands of years The town was back on its feet. At that time, water from two sources in "Nanshan Mountain and Jiuding Mountain" flowed through Datong Ancient Street and merged into a river. There were three grinding scenes in one mile of the river.

In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the Zhang family was the largest "grain household" in Datong. The more than 3,000 people who carried coal to earn money went to the Zhang family to buy corn and millet on this river. Choose one of the more than 20 "wheel mills" to turn millet into rice and grind corn into flour before carrying it home to live.

By the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Datong Ancient Town was already very lively. The streets have also grown from two streets to four, with the total length of the streets reaching about 660 meters. In the late Qing Dynasty, about 450 old street houses were built in Daxingchang. A unique two-story all-wood structure "stilted building" unique to the Western Ming and Qing Dynasties was built. There are also several unique Ming and Qing style "bridge towers" and stone arch bridges, as well as the "Wenchang Palace", which record the literary and artistic style advocated by the people of Datong Ancient Town. During the Republic of China, the world was in chaos. In order to prevent bandits from invading, city gates were built. A unique ancient street style has been formed. As early as the early Qing Dynasty, the Salt Administration Department of the Qing government was stationed in the streets paved with bluestone slabs to manage the "well salt" produced in Datong's "salt wells". Although the output was not large, "salt" was under the unified management of the Qing government, and the "Salt Administration Department" was set up in Datong. At that time, Jiangxi Pavilion, Huguang Pavilion and Shaanxi Pavilion became leisure places for people in the ancient town to play cards and drink tea. There used to be a "Bell and Drum Tower" in front of the Jiangxi Pavilion, which was exactly the same as the existing "Bell and Drum Tower" in Qionglai. It was used by people who lived during the "dark watch" period (Daxingchang) at that time. In 1944, a man named "Tang Wenjun" who smoked cigarettes on the "Daxingchang" street accidentally touched a fire and caused a disaster. The ancient street of Datong was almost completely burned down, leaving only half of the street. Those ancient buildings from the Kangxi period were basically reduced to ashes due to a fire. Most of the buildings in Datong Ancient Street are from the Republic of China period and after 1944, and a small number are from the Kangxi and Ming dynasties of the Qing Dynasty.

Due to the prosperous Qing Empire and the prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, the families descended from Confucius on Kongjia Mountain also became prosperous, and the tea merchants' business expanded outside the province. At that time, two "members outside" came out of the Hou family in the ancient town, one was named Hou Songbai. By the late Qing Dynasty, it took several generations to accumulate wealth, including hundreds of thousands of silver coins. Hou Songbai would use it to transfer Datong to Sangyuan Town. ; Datong to Qionglai; Datong to Xinchang Ancient Town; Datong to Sanba Township. The four ancient Tea Horse Roads were paved with bluestone roads, and many stone arch bridges were built along the way. The Qing government at that time also gave Hou Songbai a "title" ", named "Songbaihao". Folks once said: "Songbai has a lot of money, so the flat road is built to climb the slope." This refers to the fact that Hou Songbai built a very high "stone arch bridge" on the Datong Ancient Street River at that time. It made important contributions to the construction of Datong ancient town and ancient streets in the late Qing Dynasty. The other one, also surnamed Hou, was an official in another province and returned home when he retired. He used many horses, camels, and silver coins to return home, and built many luxurious mansions. He was called "Yuanwai" by the locals, and he also contributed to local farmland and water conservancy. Made an immortal contribution. Because of the "prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong", wealthy people in Datong were constantly rebuilding ancient temples in the Han and Tang Dynasties that were burned down by the "wars in the late Ming Dynasty".

(1905) The Qing Dynasty collapsed under the stampede of the National Revolutionary Army led by Sun Yat-sen. As bandits appeared everywhere, the money saved by the wealthy people in Datong Ancient Town was instantly robbed by the bandits (pulling fat pigs = kidnapping), leaving little money and food left. Those fields where rents were collected outside were occupied by local tyrants and bullies. Basically, the richest "landowners and members of the outsiders" became the poorest families. Just like my Zhang family, during the Republic of China, we were robbed three times a day. There were five times of "pulling a fat pig". One time to pull a fat pig, it took 500 Guangxu Yuanbao silver coins of the Qing Dynasty to exchange for the hostage. It is said that at that time, Guangxu Yuanbao could buy a 200-jin fat pig. At that time, he was robbed more than 30 times. More than 3,000 acres of rent-collecting land were all occupied by local tyrants, and millions of dollars in wealth were instantly wiped out. In the 29th year of the Republic of China, when more than 400 bandits came to rob the Zhang family, they were beaten away by the "carbine and five-finger steel needle" guns that the Zhang family had just bought from the airport built by Americans in Mulberry Garden. At that time, Kong Jiashan The bandit leader "Kong Jingangzuan" heard the sound of the carbine, so he led the bandits down the mountain to grab the "carbine and five-finger steel needle". By some combination of circumstances, he pursued the bandits who had robbed the Zhang family, and it became a spectacle of bandits robbing bandits. . Later, the bandit leader who robbed the Zhang family was nicknamed "Cai Lao Jinzi". In the late Republic of China, he was "recruited" by the Republic of China government in Daxingchang and became the "regiment commander" of Daxingchang (equivalent to the current township armed forces minister). ). After that, they forcibly held "reasoning" meetings in six tea shops on Daxingchang Street at that time. The purpose was that the "recruitment" bandit leader failed to rob the Zhang family, but was robbed by the Kongjiashan bandits. The Zhang family should be credited. superior. On the day of "reasoning", spectators from three states and eight counties gathered in Daxingchang to watch the shocking bandit robbery case. Has it become something to do with the Zhang family? If the Zhang family had no backers that day, it would mean that the bandit leader Cai Lao Jinzi, who had already been recruited, had the final say. The Zhang family was blamed for the debt, and the Kongjiashan bandits robbed them and asked the Zhang family to pay for it. Unexpectedly, the Zhang family went to find a relative of the bandit leader named "He Sanye" who could travel to Jiuzhou. His arrival prevented the "recruited" bandit "Cai Lao Jinzi" from holding a "reasonable" meeting. The claim had to be taken advantage of, and if it was taken advantage of, the Zhang family would have to pay the bandits two million yuan. This was the end of the counter-claim case, which had tens of thousands of people drinking tea that day. .

There is also the fact that the Zhang family had 27 copper coins left on their backs after liberation, which they gave to the country during the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, as well as a hundred tables of "sea cucumber banquets" wine bowls made by the Qing dynasty. Utensils, such as blue and white porcelain, pastel plates, and pastel bowls, were also distributed by the whole commune to the collective canteens of each village. The millions of money accumulated by the Zhang family during the "Kangxi and Qianlong" of the Qing Dynasty also disappeared. The ancient streets of Datong were also destroyed a lot due to the burning, killing, looting and looting by bandits.

After liberation, when Datong Ancient Street experienced the "Cultural Revolution", many of the unique ancient buildings were destroyed and demolished. Today, the ancient (Jiangxi Pavilion) (Huguang Pavilion) (Shaanxi Pavilion) (Wenchang Palace) and ancient temples have disappeared. By the 1970s, what survived in Datong Ancient Street was the "Datong flavor". In the 1960s and 1970s, the "Bear Paw Tofu" created by Mao Guocai in the commune canteen was later passed down and continued by Hou Jinfu and Ye Shunan in the staff canteen. Passed down to this day, the "fried tofu and bear's paw tofu" sold on the ancient streets of Datong have been inherited as the "Datong flavor" of today's colorful Datong.

Today’s Datong Ancient Town and those ancient streets have become a combination of colorful towns and ancient streets. Since the 1980s, Datong Ancient Town has added about 940 meters of street construction and more than 600 street houses, which has also promoted the emergence and development of Datong Ancient Town. Tourists from both inside and outside the province come here because of the thousand-year history of the ancient town. In Datong Ancient Town, which is about 71 square kilometers and has a population of about 25,000, there are about 1.5 square kilometers of Ming and Qing style ancient streets. We can also see the culture of the ancient town from the Ming and Qing style "stilted buildings" on the ancient streets. Visit the thousand-year-old nan trees and the vicissitudes and prosperity of the past in Datong Ancient Town.

The author/Langyan Shiying is from Qionglai City, Sichuan. He has written poems, novels, essays, hundreds of prose poems, ancient poems, and more than 2,000 lyrics under multiple pen names. The pen names include: Wolf Smoke Poetry Shadow, Tian Zi, Brother is Writing Poems, Gentle Sword, Boss, Lonely Shadow in the Wind, Wandering in the Wind... etc. The author’s real name is kept secret for the time being.