It took nine days to explore the nine melodies of Yan River and record the panoramic view. I was tired but happy at the same time.

There is a peculiar phenomenon in Chinese geography. Two streams originating from the Yanjie Ridge area at the junction of Fenghua District of Ningbo City and Xinchang County of Shaoxing City are in opposite directions, but have the same name, both called Yanxi.

What is even more peculiar is that both Shanxi rivers have the scenic spot of "Nine Bends of Shanxi River".

The water going north from Shanjie Ridge is usually called Shanzhou Shanxi, also known as "Northern Shan". It passes through Xinchang, passes through Shengzhou, flows into the Cao'e River, and then into the Qiantang River and into the sea. The nine scenic spots including Men, Tinghu, Zhushan, Yuxi, Shanshutan, Xianyan, Qingfeng, Jipu and Yuantouzhu are collectively called the "Nine Bends of Shanxi".

The water coming from the south of Lingnan in Shanjie is usually called Fenghua Yanxi, also known as "Southern Shan". When it leaves the mouth of the stream, it is called Yanjiang River. Along the way, there are nine scenic spots including Liuzhao, Zhizhu, Lianghu, Jiukeng, Sanshi, Maozhu, Banxi, Gaoao and Gongtang, which are also known as the "Nine Bends of Shanxi".

In 1342 AD, the second year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Yuangong, then the manager of Qingyuan Road, presided over the compilation of the "Continued Records of the Four Ming Dynasties", which was written to supplement the "Annals of the Four Ming Dynasties" by Yanyou.

Qingyuan Road, now Ningbo City, was renamed Qingyuan Road in Mingzhou in 1276 AD, the 13th year of the Yuan Dynasty.

"Siming Xuzhi" compiled by Wang Yuangong, the general manager of Qingyuan Road, introduces in detail the victory of the Jiuqu in Yanxi, Fenghua. This is the earliest documented record of the Jiuqu in Yanxi, dating back to 677 years.

Since then, countless people have visited the Nine Songs of Yanxi River in the past dynasties, and literati have endlessly recited them.

My trip to Fenghua Yanxi lasted nine days and I wrote 18 articles, which comprehensively described the historical origin, development and changes of Yanxi and its current appearance. It can be used as a reference for those who seek to understand Yanxi.

The source of Yan River, Yan Jie Ridge, was under the joint jurisdiction of Xinchang and Fenghua before 1959. There is a stone-paved road in the village, with the road as the boundary, and one side belongs to Xinchang County The first district was Yanjieling Township, and one side belonged to Wanxiangling Township, the then third district of Fenghua County.

In order to commemorate the history that a small road once separated the two counties, the villagers gave the small road a noble name: "Zhongying Street".

At the source of Yan River, the Yanjiekeng Reservoir was built in December 1976. The flooded area of ??the reservoir winds into the mountains without ending.

The water under the reservoir accumulates all the way to form a stream, which merges into a river and flows towards the sea.

Yanyuan Village in Xikou Town is adjacent to Shanjie Ridge. It was formed in 2004 by the merger of Shuiditou, Qian'ao and Wanxiang Ridge.

In the 11th year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, that is, 355 AD, the famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi, who served as the internal history of Kuaiji County and led the right general, was rejected by Wang Shu, the governor of Kuaiji County, and resolutely resigned from the post of "right general" Later, he lived in seclusion in Wanxiang Ridge, built a separate business, wrote and herded geese.

During the period when Wang Xizhi returned to Wanxiangling, the Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Emperor Mu of Jin Dynasty, Sima Dan, was a man who loved talents. He issued six edicts in succession, ordering Wang Xizhi to return to the court and serve.

However, Wang Xizhi no longer wanted to return to seclusion. He refused the emperor's edicts six times and used calligraphy, painting and poetry to educate his descendants throughout his life.

Wang Xizhi’s allusion to “six rejections of imperial edicts” has been circulated since then.

The place where Wang Xizhi lived in seclusion was sparsely populated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and could be described as isolated from the world.

Emperor Mu of the Jin Dynasty issued an edict, and officials had no way to go to Wanxiang Ridge. The place where the edict was delivered is now called the "Liu Zhao" Village.

In the third or fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, that is, in 1129 and 1130 AD, Li Qingzhao, a lyricist of Wanyue, followed Wang Xizhi's footsteps twice to avoid the chaos of the Jin Dynasty. He lived in Liuzhao and wrote poems to avoid the chaos. .

Li Qingzhao, who suffered the pain of losing his husband, could not suppress the sadness in his words:

Searching and searching, deserted and miserable.

It is most difficult to take a breath when it is warm and then cold.

How can three cups and two glasses of light wine stand against him? The wind comes late and the wind blows!

The wild goose is passing by, and I am sad, but it is an old acquaintance.

The Nine Songs of Yanxi begin with the song Liuzhao.

The Zhizhu Village in the lower reaches of Liuzhao, where the emperor’s chariots stayed, has a deep origin.

In 907 AD, when the Tang Dynasty fell, the famous scholar Chen Wenya lived in seclusion by the Yan River in Fenghua. In the Jintangwu Temple, he shaved his head and became a monk to avoid chaos and survive.

In 923 AD, Qian Liu was canonized as King of Wuyue and officially established the Wuyue Kingdom.

In 948 AD, the 19-year-old Zhongyi King Qian Chu, the grandson of Qian Liu, came to the throne and recruited talents.

King Zhongyi Qian Chu heard that Chen Wenya had unparalleled talents, so he followed Liu Bei's example of visiting the thatched cottage three times and personally visited Chen Wenya, inviting him to come out, hoping to help him stabilize Wuyue.

"Siming Tanzhu" records: "During the Five Dynasties, Chen Dianzhong hid here, and King Zhongyi of Wuyue went to visit it personally, so it was named." Zhuzhu, combined with the yellow sand water from the south, creates the unique style of the intersection of Zhuzhu and the two waters.

The two songs stand still, and the two waters merge into two lakes.

After the Yan River and the Huangsha River met in Zhongzhu, they were originally divided into two lakes, the north and the south, by a sand dune. The two lakes met again at the end of the sand dune. The huge rocks in the lake and bamboo rafts can pass between the rocks. This is An overview of the two lakes in the past, with cliffs and secluded pools, also known as "Xiaopan Valley".

"Siming Tanzhu" records, "There are big rocks in the lake, Lili.

A few hundred steps from the stone, there is a pond, very clear and clear, with hundreds of fish to count. It is called Xiaopangu." "The two lakes are as wide as lakes, and there are many elms and willows planted there. There are three rocks standing as abruptly as houses in the lake, with bamboo grates passing through them. ”

In the 1930s, highways were built along the Shanxi River, and roads were dug into the mountains, which caused some changes along the Shanxi River.

In the 1960s, agricultural science Dazhai, the two lakes area was filled with land.

What you see now is the vast countryside between the road and the Yanxi dam. It used to be the water area where the two lakes were located.

The scenic spot of Sanqu and Two Lakes. Without seeing the lake, we can only recall the beautiful scenery of the two lakes in ancient people's writings.

The Yan River flows through the Xiukeng. There are rocks in the stream and holes in the rocks. The depression is as deep as a well, hence the name. Pit.

Ukeng, later written as tallow pit, the dictionary definition is, black tallow tree, the leaves can be dyed with soap, the seeds can be pressed into oil, and the head can be painted to turn white into black, which is the lamp pole. Ming. .

The Yan River flows through Tongkeng Village, and the remaining veins at the foot of Uukeng Mountain protrude to the south, forming a torreya bay with many twists and turns. They are connected together to form a beautiful landscape.

Siqu Jiukeng has beautiful scenery.

The Yanxi River flows through Sanshi Village, where Danshan River is surrounded by water. Wuqu.

Sanshi Village is composed of three natural villages: Chenjia, Hejia and Zhaojia. It is named Sanshi because of the three overlapping boulders on the hill behind the village.

The Chen family in Sanshi Village has successively produced three ministers: Chen Xian, the minister of household affairs in the late Northern Song Dynasty, Chen Degang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry during the Jiading period of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Chen Yu, the minister of the Ministry of Justice during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. They have achieved "one discipline and three ministers". A good story.

In the mid-1970s, the Sanshi section of the Yan River was straightened and the creek was filled to create farmland. The once winding and graceful Sanshi style has changed dramatically. We can only learn from the ancient writings. Here, I recall the scenery of Wuqu and Sanshi.

Liuqu Maozhu is named after Chen Tang, the founder of the Chen family, lived in seclusion in a thatched cottage beside the Shan River.

Huang Zongxi's "Zhi Mingshan". " records "At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Chen sent Wu Yue from Chang'an, but he was in trouble and could not return. Qian stayed as a captain of Fenghua and lived there. "

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Tang went from Chang'an to Wuyue to serve. In 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty fell and the world was in chaos. Chen Tang could never return to Chang'an, so he built a thatched cottage beside the Shan River and lived in seclusion. .

In 923 AD, Qian Liu was canonized as the king of Wuyue, and the Wuyue Kingdom was officially established, with its capital in Hangzhou.

Chen Tang was appointed as the captain of Fenghua County by King Qian of Wuyue and settled there ever since. Fenghua, thrived in the past dynasties.

Later, he lived in seclusion. Chen Wenya, the king of Zhongyi of Wuyue Kingdom, sought talents, and it was after Chen Tang.

Liuqu Maozhu, Shan. Surrounded by water, it has a rural style and a pleasant atmosphere.

The Yan River flows through Kangling Village and merges with the Ban River, forming a natural scene where the two rivers meet again.

There is a bridge at the entrance of the village, named Kangling Bridge, and there is a blockhouse at the end of the bridge, which is a silent reminder of the history, humiliation and suffering.

Banxi River merges with Shanxi River and has flowed for thousands of years. /p>

The Qiqu Banxi River is silent and has experienced countless winds and smoke.

After Yanxi and Banxi met at Kangling, they originally flowed to Gao'ao and merged with Mingxi. After that, it flows to Gongtang and out of the creek.

Historically, Gao'ao is located at the intersection of two streams. The stream is winding and the scenery is winding. It is close to Xuedou Mountain and has beautiful mountains and rivers. It is the most beautiful of the nine bends of the Yan River.

After the Yan River is straightened, it flows directly from Kangling to Gongtang, where it joins the Ming River.

The Yan River is not. Passing through Gao'ao again, the Yanxi River is the most beautiful one in name only.

The geographical features of Gao'ao have undergone three great changes and are no longer what they were in the poems of the ancients.

Gao'ao, as a natural village in Tingxia Lake Village, the Mingxi River flowing from the Tingxia Lake Reservoir passes around the village, surrounded by mountains and rivers.

Baqu Gao'ao is still a place that is missed. Place.

Gongtang is the last song of Yanyuan Jiuqu. After Yanxi exits the river, it is called Yanjiang.

Gongtang, formerly known as Gongtang. In the Song Dynasty, Gongtang Village was set up here.

"Siming Mountain Chronicles" compiled by Huang Zongxi wrote: "Gongtang Mountain was formerly called Sun Xinggong when he visited Siming Mountain. He got a copy of Tang and planted it here, hence the name. . "

Sun Xinggong planted Tang, so he was named Gongtang. This is the origin of the name Gongtang.

Sun Xinggong was Sun Chuo, a native of Kuaiji (now Shaoxing) and a writer of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was a calligrapher, a regular servant of Sanqi, and a leading calligrapher.

In his early years, Sun Chuo was erudite and good at writing, and he wrote "Tiantai Mountain Ode" which was circulated. The fateful meeting of Zhitang on the bank of Yan River gave rise to a place name: Gongtang.

As time goes by, history is constantly being rewritten, and the geographical features are constantly being changed by humans.

The Yan River has three bends, two lakes, five bends, three rocks, and eight bends with high mountains. Because the Yan River was cut and straightened, the stream changed its course, and it no longer looks like the river flowing along the stream in ancient people's poems.

Line highway and Ningbo-Jinjiang Expressway have also significantly changed the original style of Yanxi.

At present, the preliminary construction of the Jinzhou-Ningbo-Zhou Railway project has started. After the completion of the railway, the natural style of Yanxi will change again. , take advantage of the change and walk through all the nine bends of Yanxi River.

The journey to search for the Jiuqu in Yanxi River is both tiring and joyful.

The entire trip lasted nine days, and the itinerary of Banxi and Mingxi related to Shanxi has not been fully included.

After searching and inspecting, I worked hard and was exhausted physically and mentally. On May 25, the weather was hot. I searched for Siqu Jiukeng and Wuqu Sanshi. After returning, I suffered from heat stroke for several days and had to seek medical treatment.

But the journey of searching is a process of being touched. The happiness brought by this touch is enough to outweigh all the effort.

Along the way, I was not only immersed in the beautiful natural scenery along the route, but also deeply touched by the humanities and history behind these landscapes and customs.

During the search and inspection process, I often asked the villagers I met. Every time, I received a kind and enthusiastic response. I would like to thank every simple Shanxi villager I met along the way.

In the writing process, a large amount of information needs to be consulted to publish accurate and detailed historical data in a written document to provide reference for later generations.

During this period, I am especially grateful to Mr. Wang Shaoding, who I met in Erqu Zhizhu. I couldn’t see the name of the ancient bridge in the village clearly. Mr. Wang happened to be passing by, and I asked him for advice. From this, I learned that Mr. Wang is Zhizhu. A retired teacher stationed in a middle school, he knows the Yanxi area well.

Mr. Wang invited me to his home and showed me some ancient books and records about Shanxi. He also provided me with a large amount of historical data support during my subsequent investigation and writing.

An introduction to Zhezhu Village mentioned that the Jiangba Line was built in 1943. I quoted it accordingly in the article. After seeing it, Mr. Wang felt that this year was not accurate and asked the elders several times for advice. Old man, the Jiangba Line was built in the 1930s.

In Qiqu Banxi, from the construction year of Kangling Bridge, we finally know the exact year of construction of Jiangba Line, 1934.

During the inspection of Baqu Gao'ao, Mr. Wang made a special trip to Gao'ao to collect information about Gao'ao from an elderly Mr. Chen who did not know how to access the Internet, which made the article "Baqu Gao'ao" ??more enriched with historical materials. .

The exploration and investigation trip to Yanxi has come to an end for the time being. There are still cultural and historical sites in the village that need to be excavated in depth. If you have the chance, go to Yanxi again!

The natural scenery of Yanxi has attracted countless people to visit the Nine Songs of Yanxi in the past dynasties, and literati have endlessly chanted it.

In the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, Chen Ji, a poet from Linhai in Taizhou, and Gao Qi, a poet from Suzhou, Jiangsu, both visited the Nine Songs of Yan River and left behind a large number of poems that have been circulated, and excerpts have been included in articles about each song.

There is also "Juyu Tuyin. Nine Songs of Yanyuan Poems" written by Quan Zuwang, a famous historian and writer in the Qing Dynasty, which has been circulated to this day. The following excerpts are preserved:

One song and six edicts: The place where the right army splashed ink, I came to the golden court. The nine songs begin here, and the six edicts are like the breeze.

The second song is standing still: the palace is full of pride, and the King of Qian is even more humble. Although the deserted temple is overgrown with grass, its remaining charm is still vast.

Three curves and two lakes: How can one vast stream be divided into two lakes? The peach blossom stone wall is dizzy, and the meridian boundary has been blurred.

Siqu Jiu Keng: There are many black mortars in Jiuxi River and many green elms in Yulin. Beneath the battlefield of Ying Lian, it was the abode of gods and immortals.

Five tunes and three stones: Five tunes are three stones, and the main hall is among them. Avoid the northern horse in the deep mountains, and be afraid of the wind in the big tunnel.

Liuqu Maozhu: There is an ancestor in the palace who comes to punish Maozhu Mao. Tens of thousands of grandchildren were born, and the fragrance of the country spread throughout Shengao.

Qiqu Banxi: The Banxi is full of water, and there is always spring in it. I heard that there are few people living here, so I will live here forever.

Eight Songs of Gao Ao: Gao Ao is even more amazing, but it is a pity that he returned to Zen Pass. Why not stay in a hut and listen to the waterfalls and springs?

Jiuqu Gongtang: Gongtang is the end, the dark water is clear and beautiful. There is a dragon colt in this hall, which is assigned to the Taishi Family.