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The legendary story of the jingle about place names in Nanming District

Shen Qiyuan

There is a jingle among the old place names in Nanming District. Because the sound is mellow when read, it is catchy and easy to remember. The jingle is: "Yujiaba, Ergezhai, Sanbanqiao, Sifanghe, Wuliguan, Liudongqiao, Qilichong, Balitun, Jiujialu, Shiling Street." The jingle is used. The old place names in Nanming District are recorded by using numbers at the beginning and harmonies. The place names are named after dam, bridge, river, pass, chong, tun, street and village, which reflects the natural attributes of the place names.

Place names are social phenomena, historical phenomena, historical records of human civilization, reflections of national psychology and local customs, closely related to people's lives, and an intangible human cultural heritage. It has distinct national, local and era colors, and often has certain historical content. Some place names also provide historical clues and basis for studying historical issues.

The legend of Yujiaba

There is an alley called Mishi Lane near the intersection of Jiandao Street, the top of which intersects with Xinglong West Lane on the north side of Xinhua Road. There is a place called "Yujiaba" on one side of the intersection. Except for a few old saponaria trees, there is nothing special there. Why is this place called Yujiaba? There is such a legend among the local elders.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, and the rule of the Yuan Dynasty quickly collapsed in Guizhou. The Mongolian dignitaries who originally ruled Guizhou in Shunyuan City (part of today's Nanming District and Yunyan District) lost their support and were in panic all day long, each making plans on how to escape and save their lives. Some powerful people fled to Yunnan with their treasures, while those who were unable to fly away changed their names and hid among the people in four villages and villages. When the Mongolian aristocrats ruled Shunyuan City, they divided the people into several classes. Among them, the Mongols were the noblest, and the Han people and other ethnic groups were the lowest. They suffered all kinds of torture and oppression. The establishment of the Ming Dynasty set off a wave of inter-ethnic revenge, and many Mongolians who were too late to make plans were killed. A Mongolian named Tuogu Zhijin quietly moved his family to a place called "Jinzhong Pudi" (today's Jinzhu Town, Huaxi District). His family has been in Guizhou for several generations, and their life, language, habits and The locals are almost the same. In order to avoid others seeing that his family is Mongolian, he dare not say his last name is Tuogu Zhijin. Because the place he moved to was called "Jinzhongpudi" and his family name had the character "jin" in it, it was logical that he changed his family name to "jin". The Jin family worked diligently to open up land where they lived, and lived a peaceful life for several years. Because he was accustomed to a peaceful life in the past and could not bear the poverty and loneliness where he lived, the eldest son of the Jin family often drank to drown his sorrows, and gradually lost his vigilance. The temperament of the old son returned to his old ways. Once when he was drunk and injured a villager, he blurted out a few Mongolian words, which exposed his flaws. The angry villagers gathered hundreds of people and chased him to his home with hoes and rakes. Lao Jin was beaten to death on the spot. , the family was beaten to pieces. Relying on their youth and strength, the two sons of the Jin family fled. They were homeless and came to the south gate of Shunyuan City. They settled in a cave next to several large honey locust trees. The two brothers felt sorry for themselves and could not open their eyes to starve. He died, so he imitated the locals and found two carrying poles and buckets, and went to Nanming River to carry water and sell it to make a living. As time passed, the two brothers had calluses on their shoulders, their tempers became docile, and they had some savings in their hands, so they built a thatched house next to the cave. The nearby folks have always been kind-hearted in helping relatives and neighbors. Seeing that the two brothers were very diligent, someone asked someone by name to help them arrange a match. The two brothers did not dare to tell the truth that their surname was Jin. The eldest brother had an idea and removed the horizontal line from the gold lettering of the surname Jin and said that their family name was "Yu". From then on, the brothers married wives and had children, and the family business gradually prospered. It turned out that this sparsely populated place gradually became lively, and dozens of tile-roofed houses were built. It was called "Yujiaba" and passed down. When the old city of Yujiaba was renovated in the early 21st century, all the residents were relocated and built into a residential community named "Wujiang Xinyuan" owned by Wujiang Electric Power Company.

The origin of the name Ergezhai

Speaking of Ergezhai, everyone in Guiyang knows that it is the location of Guiyang South Railway Station, the largest railway hub in southwest China. In fact, the real Ergezhai Gezhai is a Buyi village on the side of Guiyang South Railway Station. Erge Village was originally called Erge Village. It was a village inhabited by the Miao people during the Ming Dynasty. In order to protect their own interests and safety, the Miao compatriots set up defenses here to prevent their officers and soldiers from invading. The Miao leader sent his son named Er Ge to guard the village.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the government sent General Fu Youde to send troops to suppress the Miao people who attacked Mengguan and besieged the village. His second brother resisted until he ran out of ammunition and food and committed suicide. It is said that the second brother could not stand up when he died. All the officers and soldiers were surprised when they saw it, so they informed Fu Youde. Fu personally came to visit and knelt down before the second brother's standing body fell down. Later, in order to commemorate the integrity of their second brother who dedicated his life for the interests of the nation, the Miao people named the village Erge Village. Later, he felt that the name of the second brother was indecent, so he changed the name of the second brother's village to the second brother's village according to the "Zuo Zhuan" book: "Er Ge defends the Chu Kingdom".

Sanbanqiao’s hemp-eared straw sandals

Sanbanqiao is an old place name in Guiyang, now known as Hanxiang Street. There is a small street between Xingshi Road (the old place name is Dushishi and Fenxiangpo) in the south and Zhongshan East Road (the old place name is Sanlangpo and Xiaozizi) in the north. Because it is located in the city center, there are many pedestrians coming and going. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty (1851~1861), there was a large drainage ditch flowing through this street from Fushui South Road (the old place name was Fude Street). In order to facilitate the people passing by, a small wooden structure was built on the drainage ditch with three wooden boards. The bridge is for pedestrians to pass, hence the name Sanban Bridge. In the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), the plank bridge was rebuilt into a small stone bridge, still paved with three stone slabs, the rear road surface was raised, and the drainage ditch was changed from an open ditch to a hidden ditch and covered with a road. From then on, there is no trace of the bridge, so there is " Cross the bridge and miss the bridge." There was originally an ancestral hall on this street, which was dedicated to Han ministers Xiao He and Cao Shen, and was called the Han Prime Minister Temple. The Han Xiang Temple was changed to Dade Girls' School after the Revolution of 1911. At that time, Sanbanqiao was called the Han Xiang Temple. In the 1940s, this street was renamed Hanxiang Road. During the "Cultural Revolution", some people thought that the name of this road had a feudal flavor. In addition, there were many Hunan residents living in this street, so they added three dashes of water to the word "Xiang" and called it Hanxiang Street.

In the past, many residents of this street were engaged in the manual work of making straw sandals. Guiyang people also called this street "straw shoe street" orally. Speaking of the hemp-eared straw sandals in Sanbanqiao, Guiyang, not many old Guiyang people know much about them now. Especially in summer, wearing a pair of hemp-eared straw sandals is beautiful, cool and very comfortable.

The raw materials for the production of Sanbanqiao straw sandals mainly use late rice straw (that is, stem straw, also called rice heart grass), green hemp, and thread (for straw sandals processed with cotton thread) from Huishui, Qingyan and other places. Wire). There are five main types of straw sandals: the first type is called walking sandals, which are made of straw and have sparse thread lugs. They are the lowest type of straw sandals. The second type is called processed straw sandals, which use straw as the sole plate, have more thread lugs, are tighter than rowing straw sandals, and are processed carefully. The third type is called flower-filled straw sandals, also called flower-tied straw sandals. The soles of this kind of straw sandals are tight and delicate, and the thread ears are all over the shoe. The so-called tied flowers include braided flowers and tied flowers. Braided flowers are made into patterns such as white flowers, five-petaled flowers, cross flowers, etc. with threads of different colors at the ear line; tied flowers are decorated with a pom-pom-style bubble flower made of thread on the nose bridge of the shoe. , giving people a sense of beauty. The fourth type is called hemp board straw sandals, also known as hemp ear straw sandals. The soles of the shoes are all made of green hemp with tight thread lugs. These straw sandals are wear-resistant and not easily damaged. They are the best brand among Sanbanqiao straw sandals. The fifth type is called rubber-banded straw sandals, which have rubber bands added to the shoe boards and are wear-resistant. They were a popular variety from 1948 to the early days of liberation.

The main sales targets of Sanbanqiao straw sandals are merchants and hawkers, and passers-by. The collective purchasers are mainly the military. When the army purchases a batch of several hundred pairs, each household will supply them together, and if they can't make up enough, they will process them day and night. Every year on April 8th, ethnic minorities come to the city to celebrate the festival. Straw shoe streets are bustling with people, and the supply of flower-woven straw sandals exceeds the demand. Legend has it that Patriarch Bodhidharma is the ancestor of straw sandals. Every year, straw sandal business owners go to the temples in Dongshan or Qianling Mountain to worship Patriarch Bodhidharma and have dinner on the mountain. During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei was a straw sandal wearer. Some straw sandal wearers in Sanbanqiao had statues of Liu Bei in their homes.

Anecdotes of Sifang River

The name of Sifang River first appeared in the "Guizhou Illustrated Book" during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and was later recorded in Jiajing's "Guizhou Tongzhi". "The Complete Records of Guo Zizhang" during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty said: "...the Sifang River Post and the Ganyintang Post. There are 20 officers and soldiers and 10 militiamen stationed at the Sifang River Post." Sifang River is the name of a section of the river where the Nanming River enters the area, and it is also the name of a Buyi village with the surname Ge. According to Ge Peigao, the village elder during the place name survey in 1982, his ancestors moved from Luling County, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty. They chose a place near the mountains and rivers to build a village outside the city of Guiyang. Because the river in front of the village was flat on all sides, they named this section of the river Sifang River. The name of the Sifang River was quickly recognized by everyone, and it also became the name of the built village and is still called today.

Sifang Hezhai is located from west to east, backed by green mountains and facing green water. It is surrounded by mountains and water, and the city is consolidated. At the Yanguan Pass of the Sifang River, there is a stone boat on the only way into the village, half of which is on the road and half of which extends into the river. There is a stone saddle on the roadside, which adds to the scenery. It is called "horse riding into the green mountains and boating into the green water". During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, many figures came out of Sifang Hezhai, including Ge Fengming and Ge Fengxiang, who were awarded the title of "Wudelang" by the Qing government, Ge Rongxiu and Ge Chengfang, the "Wudelang of Wukui" in the Guangxu period, and Ge Chengfang, who were awarded the title of "Guoxueshilang" by the Qing government. Jinshi Ge Ziyi, Ge Yan and others.

The Story of the Liudong Bridge

The Liudong Bridge is located in the south of Guiyang City, on a section of the Guancheng River (also known as the Yudai River) behind the current Customs Building. It is named after the fact that there are six bridges. Got its name. Liudong Bridge was originally named Yuedian Hongqiao. "Guizhou General Chronicle" of the Qing Dynasty said: "Yedian Hongqiao, in front of the (Guiyang) County, is also called Liudong Bridge." "Guiyang Prefecture Chronicles" says: "The Liudong Bridge, in front of Yongxiang Temple, was originally called Yuedian Hongqiao, and there are six bridges." Since the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, because of its location "there are six bridges", it has been called Liudong Bridge, and it has been used until In the 1950s, it was later renamed Liudong Street.

Liudong Bridge has been a good place for Guiyang people to visit without leaving the city during the Ming and Qing dynasties for five to six hundred years. The Guancheng River under the bridge is clear and green, like jade, and Famous jade belt river. There are Yongxiang Temple, Jixiang Temple, Qianming Temple, Huayan Temple, Doumu Pavilion, Sansheng Palace, Huaguang Temple, Suihuang Palace, Tianhou Palace and other ancient temples built on the Yitu Mountain on the south bank of the bridge and on both sides of the bridge. The mountains and rivers are connected, forming a natural Scenic spots. Why were six single-hole stone bridges built on a river of less than 80 meters? There are two folk legends: one is because in feudal society, Taoism was a Chinese religion and Buddhism was a foreign religion. After Buddhism was introduced, conflicts arose between the two religions. When building bridges, the Taoist monks would not walk on the bridge, and the Taoist monks would not be able to walk on the bridge built by the Taoist monks. As a result, you built one and I built another. Six stone bridges were built on the river less than 80 meters long. Another saying is that the six-hole bridge was built to cultivate Feng Shui. Ancient Chinese people liked to imitate. For example, Beijing had the "Eight Scenic Spots of the Capital", so all provinces, prefectures and counties across the country listed their local scenery as eight scenic spots, and Guiyang also listed eight scenic spots. There is a West Lake in Hangzhou, and Guiyang calls the section of the river below Jiaxiu Tower Little West Lake. There are six bridges in West Lake in Hangzhou, so Guiyang built six bridges on a section of the river where the Yudai River merges into the Nanming River. Each of the six bridges in West Lake has an elegant name. The six bridges in Guiyang only use the general name of "Moon Palace Hong Bridge", which means that the six-hole bridge is like the six rainbows in the Moon Palace. Therefore, there were two common sayings at that time that seemed like a couplet to summarize this scenic spot: "One slope, nine temples; half a river, six holes bridge." During the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns of the Qing Dynasty, He Lu ■, a female poet from Guiyang, lived in Liudongqiao. Her life poems were quite interesting. She wrote "Liudong Yanyu Tower Poetry Manuscript", in which "Light View from Liudong Bridge" says: "The scenery along the river is like this. In the picture, the florist is crossing the bridge. The sound of a rock is carried by the flowing water, and the shadow of the double fence is painted by the orchid. The autumn light is like a wicker. "In the old days, people in Guiyang relied on water from rivers and wells to wash their clothes and beat them repeatedly by hand. The "beating stick" became a must-have item for home laundry. The poems written by the female poet two hundred years ago not only eulogized the setting sun in the autumn light. The picturesque scenery beside the Liudong Bridge also depicts a folk custom painting of a woman washing clothes by the river, the sound of hammering and pestle, both pain and joy, and full of thoughts.

Liudong Bridge was not only famous for its picturesque scenery in the Qing Dynasty. In the seventeenth year of Daoguang (1837), a Chinese celebrity was born here. He served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, governor of the two lakes, and military aircraft in the Qing Dynasty. Minister Zhang Zhidong, one of the leaders of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty. During his tenure as governor of Huguang, Zhang Zhidong built the Daye Iron Mine and the Daye Wangsanshi Coal Mine in Hubei, opened the Hanyang Iron Works, the new Hanyang Arsenal, and the Hubei Cement Factory. It has made significant contributions to the development of China's heavy industry.

Bali Tun - the birthplace of rich water

Bali Tun was named after the troops stationed there for reclamation during the Ming and Qing dynasties, eight miles away from Guiyang City. Balitun is the birthplace of rich water in the tributaries of Nanming River. It is now a natural village in Youzha Village, Yunguan Township. In the west of the village, there is a large well (also known as Longjing) 4.6 meters long, 3 meters wide and 2 meters deep. It is an ancient drinking well with spring flowing all year round. The water from the big well flows out of Balitun through Longjiazhai and Shujiazhai to near Hongqiao, forming a river with a small flow called rich water and flowing into the Nanming River. The old local chronicle said when talking about the scenic spots in Guiyang: "Rich water surrounds the front, Guishan surrounds the back, fertile fields open up, and mountains and villages are surrounded." The ancient city of Guiyang was built between rich water and Guishan, which shows that the ancients valued rich water. The rich water flows through to irrigate Balitun, Longjiazhai, Shujiazhai and Hongqiao. It has the benefit of irrigation and makes the farmland harvest abundant. It is a river that enriches Guiyang.

There used to be a stone arch bridge called Nanpu Bridge at the entrance where the rich water flows into the Nanming River. In ancient times, Guiyang people often came here to say goodbye to those who traveled far. There is a poem by Cao Shijin: "The rich water hears the local sounds, and I am riding my horse today. The clothes are blown by the wind, and the pomegranate fire is bright. The scholar is a Confucian scholar, and Erhu enjoys a good name? The trickle is lucky to shrink, and everything is always full." The whole poem He wrote about the scene in Nanpu where others are riding horses, their clothes are blowing into the wind, and the pomegranate fire is bright, and he also wrote about the scene of rich water trickling "everything is full". The river Fushui was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Guiyang in the Qing Dynasty with the name of "Fushui Xianglin".

The legend of Jiujia Lu

The Chenjiapo area in Nanming District was originally called "Jiujia Lu". There is a folk song that goes like this: "The red rice in Zhongcao is cooked in the retort, and the Yongle fir is thick in two arms." Some old farmers like to say: "There are nine furnaces for the sickle on the mountain, and there are nine furnaces of steel and fire." Only the width of a willow leaf is left, and a beard can still be trimmed. The heyday of Jiujia Furnace was during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. From the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China until the liberation, there were only a few blacksmith shops left here. Where does the name Jiujia Lu come from? There are two folk legends: One is that in the third year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang went south from Sichuan and performed his dramatic and dramatic captures of Meng Huo and his great efforts to appease the people of all ethnic groups in the south. military operations. At first, all the armies advanced together and attacked Yelang's troops, led by the general Ma Zhong, and killed Zhu Bao, the governor of Xianggao. In order to suppress one side, Zhuge Liang ordered this army to stay in the northern border of ancient Julan (today's Guiyang area), specializing in the manufacture of weapons and the transportation of grain and rice military supplies. After the army was stationed, Ma Zhong entrusted his general Wang Zhi to take charge of the forging of weapons and the storage of supplies. Wang Zhi did not know the art of iron smelting. When the weapons were used on the battlefield, they were either curled or broken, often violating military aircraft. Got a lot of punishment. A book clerk named Cai under Wang Zhi recommended to Wang Zhi his fellow villager Yefeng in Jingzhou to forge weapons. Yefeng is a descendant of Mo Xie, a famous iron craftsman. At that time, King Zhao of Chu ordered Ganjiang to cast iron. It took Ganjiang three years to cast two male and female swords. The two swords cut iron like mud and were extremely sharp. They could break hair when blown. When something strange happened, they would automatically unsheath and make a whistling sound. Because Gan Jiang concentrated on forging it, he exceeded the time limit given by the King of Chu. He had a premonition that disaster was coming, so he asked his wife Moye to take the male sword and escape. He immediately had a vicious idea to kill the general so that he would not make swords for others again and keep this rare treasure for himself. Therefore, the King of Chu accused the general of delaying the casting deadline and committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. He sentenced the general to test the sword and cruelly cut off the head of the general. Not long after Moye escaped, he gave birth to a posthumous son, Red Bi. Chibi grew up under the instruction of his mother. He used the sword given to him by his mother to stab the King of Chu to death and avenge his father. After that, mother and son came to Jingxiang. In the blink of an eye, more than seven hundred years have passed. Although the past has been forgotten, his family still retains the ancient customs and exquisite smelting skills. This is the origin of the name Yefeng. Wang Zhi invited Yefeng to ask him how to smelt refined iron. Yefeng said: The success or failure of refined iron depends on quenching, and the quality of quenching depends on Longquan, which is spring water containing ambergris. After careful investigation by Yefeng Jing, he found that to the south of Yueqiu (now Chenjiapo), which collapsed from Julan Nanyue Mountain, there was a spring called "Longqiu", which was exactly the Longquan with ambergris. Yefeng put forward the idea of ??building a furnace and forging weapons, and Wang Zhi reported it to the coach Ma Zhong, who was immediately adopted. Ninety-nine and eighty-one ovens were built around Yueqiu, with the furnace doors all facing south. The south is the fire, nine is the yang number, and the ninety-nine is one, infinite. The water from Longqiu Spring is used as brine, day and night. Forged on earth. The forged weapons were extremely sharp and were continuously sent to the army, making great contributions to accelerating the stability of Nanzhong. In order to commemorate this legendary story, later generations adopted the homophonic pronunciation of "jiujiuyiyi". One is jade, and jade is the essence of stone. So they replaced jade with stone, and chiseled nine white stone incense burners, symbolizing the eight levels of Kyushu, and placed them on Chenjiapo. The stove, with its head facing the center, and the green mountains and white stove, add to the beauty of the scenery.

Another legend is that at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, due to the military confrontation between the Yongli regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty headed by Zhu Youlang and the Qing Dynasty, and the split and fight between Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo within the Yongli small court, Guiyang City has experienced nearly ten years of war and turmoil. In the 10th year of Shunzhi (1653), Sun Kewang was jealous of Li Dingguo's military achievements and rashly set out to Hunan. Since he had a lot of ambitions when he left the army, he placed his hope in God's blessing. Before leaving, he killed a green ox and a white horse outside the South Gate of Guiyang to sacrifice to the heaven and earth, and asked expert craftsmen to specially carve it. Nine large stone incense burners were placed at the sacrificial site to show piety. Sun arrived in Hunan but returned without success. Instead, he was defeated by Qing troops in Baoqing and returned to Guiyang. Due to the vicissitudes of life, the nine stone incense burners from that time have disappeared, but the place name Jiujia Burner has been used ever since.

In the late 1950s, some blacksmith shops along Shinan Road and Shiling Street formed an ironware production cooperative, named "Nine Furnaces", to produce sickles and hoes needed by the people for production and life. , axes, coal hooks, fire tongs and other daily necessities.

The story of "Shilin Jingshe" on Shiling Street

Opposite the entrance of Baba Street from No. 9 Middle School on Xinhua Road to Shinan Road, there is a small street close to the Nanming River. The street name is Shiling Street . The historical sections of Shiling Street are named Laizipo, Aozi Street and Yanghegou. This short small street faces the Yuji Bay of the Nanming River. The river is winding and green. This section of the river is known as the Little West Lake. Some private gardens were built in the Ming Dynasty. One of them, the Yang Family Garden, elegantly known as the "Stone Forest Jingshe", has unique scenery. There are Jade Pavilion, Stone Forest, Xiaoqiu Pool, Mingxia Cave, Thatched Cottage, Songfeng Pavilion, and Cuiping Mountain in the garden. Yangzhai Stone Forest Jingshe is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with forests of strange rocks, strange caves, intertwined pavilions and picturesque scenery. In this little-known little street, in the late Ming Dynasty, there emerged a patriotic general, calligrapher and painter Yang Wencong who was both civil and military and fought the Qing army to the death. Yang Wencong, nicknamed Long You, studied literature and martial arts since he was a child. He has been a prodigy since childhood. He is good at writing and swordsmanship. He is especially fond of calligraphy and painting. He stretches out paper and splashes ink like the wind and rain, full of life and interest. In the forty-sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1618), when Yang Wencong was 22 years old, he took the provincial examination. The answer sheet was far from the meaning of the test questions. Zhang Rulin, a Tixue scholar, thought he was a genius and made an exception and selected him as the first successful candidate. In the third year of Tianqi (1623), he moved to Nanjing, where he met famous people from the south of the Yangtze River and studied literature and martial arts. Later he entered politics and served successively as Huating's envoy, magistrate of Qingtian, Yongjia and Jiangning counties, censor and governor of Youqiandu in the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang during the Longwu Dynasty, and minister of the Ministry of War. One of the highest ranking figures in China. In the third year of Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1646), the Qing army entered Fujian. He and Sun Lin, deputy military envoy of Fujian Province, moved to Xianxia Pass. They fought fiercely with the Qing army and were seriously injured. They retreated to Pucheng and were captured. The Qing army repeatedly persuaded them to surrender. Despite being a high-ranking official and well-paid, he remained unyielding, and finally 36 of his family members, children, and servants died for the country. Yang Wencong was not only talented in the military, but also had higher attainments in literature and art. He was good at calligraphy, poetry, and especially good at painting. His paintings were famous all over the country. He was one of the "Jinling Nine Sons" in the late Ming Dynasty painting circle, and also a leader in the poetry circle. One of the "Eight Great Masters of Chongzhen". He is a versatile and talented person after Guizhou Xie Sanxiu. People at that time called his poetry, calligraphy and painting the "three wonders".

Among the scenic spots in Shilin Jingshe, the most legendary one is Mingxia Cave. It is said that the origin of the name of Shiling Street has something to do with it. It is said that shortly after Yang Wencong was martyred, someone entered Mingxia Cave to look for the "Iron Scroll of Alliance" secretly hidden by Yang Wencong. After entering the cave, he walked straight forward and finally came out of Baolang Village in the south, which is about twenty miles away from the entrance of Mingxia Cave. . This story was passed down to ten people and hundreds of people, turning the "stone forest" into a "stone ridge". This is why Shiling Street got its name.

(Author’s unit: Nanming District Government Office, Guiyang City)