Yongzhou immigrants in southern song dynasty

Xiaoshui, an ancient river. She winds through the rivers, Jiangyong, Daoxian and Lingling. After Pingdao met Xiangshui, Lingling got the nickname Xiaoxiang.

Pingdao is the first of the "Eight Scenes of Yongzhou", which gives people a hazy aesthetic feeling in the misty rain at midnight in Xiaoxiang. Scholars attach their feelings to mountains and rivers, which are famous mountains and rivers. Song Di, a painter in the Song Dynasty, wrote Rain at Night in Xiaoxiang, which became the first scene of "Eight Scenes in Xiaoxiang". There are more than 200 descriptions of Xiaoxiang in the whole Tang poetry. Li Bai said that "people are fascinated by caves and water, and geese smoke in Xiaoxiang", and Lu You in the Southern Song Dynasty also left the praise that "spending money like water can help the country, and there is no Xiaoxiang and no poetry". Ouyang Xiu, one of the "Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties", also left behind that "painting once knew Lingling County, but now it is better to know painting than painting. The poem "The castle is in Xiao Mizunokami, and the mountains and rivers are still over" has been passed down through the ages.

The ancient Xiaoshui River. Source: @yzldd

Xiaoxiang Temple, located on the shallow hill on the east bank of Xiaoshui, is an ancient temple dedicated to the second princess of Shun Di, Empress E, and also an important place for the earth-guarding officials of past dynasties to take up or leave their posts to welcome new guests. This temple is one of the only remaining temples in ChristianRandPhillips, and it is also a cultural relic carrier for remembering Shun Di, promoting Shunde and singing the feelings of the Second Princess. "During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was rebuilt and its regulations were expanded. Four years later, he was named the God of Xiaoxiang Erchuan. " This historical fact once again confirmed the prosperity of Xiaoxiang ancient town.

An ancient winding road. Source: @yzldd

The history of Xiaoxiang Temple. Source: @yzldd

Xiaoxiang ancient town has a long history. According to many historical records, such as Yongzhou Prefecture Records, Lingling County Records, Hunan General Records, and the confirmation of the remains of ancient town inscriptions. The old wharf used to be a small fishing village where Xiangjiang River and Xiaoshui meet. Due to the construction of the Gui Xiang Canal, this fishing village, located in the north-south waterway transportation hub, has become a famous pier.

"Lingling County Records" contains: In the Five Dynasties, the court complied with the people's wishes and set up Xiaoxiang Town here, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Lingling County. In order to strengthen the rule, the first-level yamen of the town department was specially set up and officials were sent to perform their duties. Responsible for the overall management of population, family tax and public security. During the Five Dynasties, there were hundreds of them, all under the jurisdiction of the Town Division. Therefore, Xiaoxiang Town, where the permanent population and floating population have been increasing since the Tang and Song Dynasties, is officially listed as a market town unit in the national administrative sequence. As far as its scale is concerned, it has formed a town with a household registration of hundreds of people and a population of 1000. The streets here are spacious, there are many shops, the management is multi-faceted, and all walks of life are very prosperous. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, despite the constant wars, Xiaoxiang ancient town was still "deja vu" and became a prosperous town famous for Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong. Post stations, military stations, inns, Nanza department stores, kiln factories, blacksmiths, agricultural trade trading places, and busy docks where signs and ships gather; Pilgrims, in an endless stream, worship the Xiaoxiang Temple in the courtyard; In the ancient town, there is a bustling street with people coming and going, all kinds of distributed materials, and the trading scene is very lively. People coming and going come from all directions and flow in all directions. In order to adapt to this situation, in the Ming Dynasty, the town office was changed to Cheng Yi, and the management organization was also upgraded. Its chief officer is at the same level as Xiancheng, and is directly responsible to Lingling County Magistrate.

Bright green bamboo. Source: @yzldd

Bamboo forest deep in the ancient town. Source: @yzldd

In the Qing Dynasty, Xiaoxiang Town, as an important transportation station and an important distribution center for people flow and logistics in Lingling City, once again expanded the original market construction scale of the ancient town, extending from the east bank of Xiangjiang River, the old pier in the core area, to the south of Xiaoxiang Temple along the Xiaoxiang River bank, and a street under Xiaoxiang Temple, commonly known by Lingling people, appeared, forming the largest historical scale of Xiaoxiang Ancient Town, with a depth of five miles from north to south. At this point, Xiaoxiang ancient town has become an important business circle in the north of Yongzhou ancient city, just like a dazzling pearl embedded in the north wing of the ancient city and the shore of Xiaoxiang. Xiaoxiang Ancient Town, with a large population, prosperous business and extraordinary excitement, was held here in the Qing Dynasty. There were not only grand ceremonies to pay homage to the gods of Xiaoxiang Erchuan in the Spring and Autumn Period, but also officials from Yongzhou Prefecture and Lingling County rang gold, played music, set off firecrackers and lined up to meet them. Xiaoxiang town is the facade of Lingling ancient city, showing its charm and brilliance.

Xiaoxiang town was once brilliant. Source: @yzldd

An antique hut. Source: @yzldd

Flat ancient road. Source: @yzldd

Now, if you go out of the city from the north gate of Lingling and walk slowly along the ancient Xiang-Gui road paved with winding bluestones and pebbles from north to south, you will recall the bleak scene that old ladies such as Liu Zongyuan, Jie Yuan, Huang Tingjian, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Fan Chunren, Fan Zuyu and Zhang Jun gathered in this riverside restaurant to drown their sorrows by drinking because of the bleak and hard business environment. There are many historical traces left by Xiaoxiang Ancient Town. As you can easily imagine, the bustling ancient town is slowly coming into your sight, emerging or lingering in your mind.

Time flies, there are always people staying in the ancient town. Source: @yzldd

The ancient town has lost sight of the prosperity of that year. Source: @yzldd

Shi Zhuan's house is full of mottled traces of time. @ Source: @yzldd

The historical evolution of Xiaoxiang ancient town and the prosperous scene at that time have become historical events recorded in historical books.

You can't see its prosperous figure in those days, but you can smell the noise of its former chariots and horses and the noise of buying and selling. "What's the matter? The original tree of the village bridge is like my hometown. " Throughout the ages, many post roads have become barren, and lanes and half-paved streets, like those ancient towns, are in decline without exception and gradually submerged in the long river of history. (Text /yzldd)