Changes in luliang county, Yunnan Province

This letter is cool in the mountains in June.

Looking up the historical archives, 138 1 year (Hongwu 14), Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Mu Ying and others to lead an army to conquer Yunnan. In the Ming Dynasty, 300,000 fighters went south, raided Qujing and took Kunming directly. 1382, broke through the pass, captured Dali and won the victory of pacifying Yunnan.

Mu Ying led tens of thousands of troops to stay in Yunnan, set up a garrison, immigrated to open up wasteland, guarded the border, invited investment into Yunnan, built post roads, dredged rivers, advised farmers to teach mulberry, promoted learning with courtesy, and selected the best officials. For a time, Yunnan on the border showed a prosperous scene.

Lvliang is the largest flat dam Mu Ying has seen since he entered Yunnan. After the army was defeated by 654.38 million yuan in the battle of Jiang Baishi, it went down the Nanpanjiang River. After the sound of water, it suddenly became clear, and there was no way to doubt the mountains and heavy waters. Fiona Fang is a hundred miles away, and Ma Pingchuan is a beautiful place with vast mountains and rivers.

As early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this was the capital of southern China ruled by cuan clan. In the third year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 109), it was one of the earliest 24 counties in Yunnan.

The army first captured Prince Timur, the "King of Yunnan", in the ancient city of Xiaobaozi, and pacified the local Lu Great Wall toast Liu Wu brothers. Later, it stationed troops in Lvliang, established Lu, and moved many immigrants from other provinces to open up new borders.

So now we all say that the Ming Dynasty brought a new round of prosperity and development to Lvliang, and it is often said that Lvliang Ren Liang moved to Nanjing. Most of the place names are named after military stations such as Suobao Qi Ying, such as Zuolibao, Chemabuo, Majunbao, and the frontier positions such as Taiping Shao, Wangcheng Shao and Xinshao.

Today, following in the footsteps of Mu Yingjun, we took a walk around Hongwu Village and Maying in Banqiao, and took a look at Ximawan in Sanchahe Town and the revitalization of Taiwan Racecourse in Overseas Chinese Farm. It seems that you can see the town general carry forward the prestige of the dynasty, win an iron horse, show the smoke everywhere, and drink the majesty of Nanpanjiang.

Luliang County was founded in 1407 and flourished in the early Ming Dynasty.

Looking back suddenly, the town has a history of nearly 600 years. Emperor Yongle ordered the construction of Beijing City to begin at 1406. Although it was just a coincidence, it was a historical development trend in the glorious era of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West and the compilation of Yongle Dadian.

In the early Ming dynasty, the territory was initially defined, civil strife subsided, all industries flourished, and the country was rich and strong. It was an era of great construction and city building, so Lvliang City flourished along the Nanpanjiang River.

At that time, the city of 1.5 square kilometers was criss-crossed, square, with four separate doors and many merchants. In the street center of the bluestone slab, shops in the blue tile house are bustling with merchants and vendors, people selling firewood and charcoal are in an endless stream, wagons and cattle carrying goods come in and out, the windowsill of the dyehouse on the street is filled with cloth, and craftsmen repairing pots and bowls on the street are busy, shaving their heads and setting up stalls in front of artists. From time to time, rickety vendors collide with caravans in the distance-four streets and eight small streets exchange needed goods, and the magnificent bell and drum tower is built across the cross street, overlooking the fourth street and extending to the city gate.

Outside the tall city walls, the waters of Heqiao River and Qingshan Mountain are used as moats. The wide moat gurgles around the city wall, joins the water in the city outside the south gate, and then flows to Nanpanjiang, the mother river.

Heqiao River, Hexue River, Yufu River and other meandering rivers in the city are connected with many ponds and lakes in the east, west, north and south. They are usually used for domestic water and washing. In rainy years, they can prevent floods and drain water, and can be used for emergency rescue when cities catch fire. The running water in front of and behind the house is crystal clear, fish are jumping up and down in the water, and children are playing with fish baskets until the sun sets and the smoke from the city rises.

My parents always have many fond memories of the ancient city when I was a child, but what we regret most is that we failed to see the legendary towering ancient city walls, solemn city gates and bell and drum towers with cornices and upturned walls, which still existed in the last century, or were destroyed by soldiers and years in the last century; Or in those turbulent years, it was ruthlessly destroyed by what people called * * *.

In our impression, in the early 1980s, there were many old shops with exquisite architecture and beautiful environment, such as marble roads and old houses on the Fourth Street, Wanshun and the "Great Hall". These impressions engraved with historical rings all seem deja vu, but after decades, they are all submerged in modern architecture.

Time flies with the changes of life. The imprint of the past has long since disappeared, but the memory remains in people's minds forever.

When we try to find traces of the past of the ancient city and appreciate the beauty of Pingyao and Old Town of Lijiang, we always think of the only remaining Sifang Street in Lvliang, an old city in the south of the old city.

In other words, before the Ming Dynasty, Lvliang was an important transportation hub for the caravan post roads of Yunnan, Guangxi and Sichuan from Kunming in the west, Southeast Asia in the south and Beijing in the north. Four streets in the city form a well-shaped skeleton, surrounded by moss-covered old brands, old shops, deep houses, pavilions and other ancient architectural landscapes. The residents there are the earliest urban residents, but they still continue the living customs and folk customs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The most famous buildings in Sifang Street are the University Hall and Thousand-Buddha Pagoda. Xueyuan Temple, also known as Daigakuji, is a Buddhist temple hidden in the city. Founded in the Yuan Dynasty, it was rebuilt in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Temple layout is rigorous, with the north-south axis as the baseline, including Shanmen Temple, Tianwang Temple, Ursa Major Hall, Thousand-Buddha Pagoda, Bell Tower, Drum Tower and other buildings. In the heyday of Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was known as the first-class temple in eastern Yunnan.

Most of the fame of Xueyuan Temple comes from the Thousand Buddha Pagoda in the temple, which is 18 meters high and has seven floors in total. There are 65,438+06,965,438+0 niches in the Grey Hexagonal Pagoda, each with a ceramic Buddha statue of different shapes, and two bronze golden roosters stand at the top of the tower. For thousands of years, it has been waiting and praying for the people of Lvliang from morning till night, and "monitoring".

The golden rooster crows at dawn, the bell rings, and the reverberation is around the beam for more than 30 miles, making it one of the "three mountains, four waters and eight scenic spots" in Lvliang in the past.

In addition, there is a famous Buddhist temple with a history of nearly 500 years in Sifang Street, which is dedicated to the Zhenwu Emperor's Zhenwu view. Together with Xihua Temple, Wanghai Temple, Fusaiji Temple, Confucius Temple, Guan Sheng Temple, City God Temple, Yusi Temple, Wenchang Palace, Zhenqing Palace, Kuixing Pavilion, Shui Ge, Yuzhenfang and many other temples and temples all over the city, it is

The years in my hometown are also vicissitudes.

Luliang county, as an important town in eastern Yunnan, once flourished in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Nanpanjiang Waterway was opened from Lvliang to Zhanyi, and a postal agency was set up in the county town, which greatly promoted the development of industry and commerce. Businessmen in Huguang, Sichuan, Chongqing and other places have opened many firms and ticket shops. There are 44 large firms in Majie Town 1905 alone. In the early years of the Republic of China, Lvliang established a persuasion office and an industrial group, set up a lecture hall in the county town, and planted mulberry, sericulture and sun-dried cigarettes outside the city; 19 14 years, the French set up Asia Sanda water and oil company in Majie; 1920, the provincial government opened "Salt Dragon Company" in Lvliang, and the government operated and sold salt; After 1930s, handicrafts and commerce became increasingly prosperous. Businessmen set up factories in more than 20 industries, such as dyeing and weaving, sewing, leather, ironware, oil pressing, brewing and rice milling. Many private businessmen deal in local products, department stores, cloth, cotton yarn, foreign goods and foreign parts trafficked from Kunming and Gejiu, and put copper chafing pots, iron farm tools and aluminum pot pots and pans produced in Lvliang into production.

In the history of Lvliang, there were many talented people, and Zhong Ling was brilliant for a while.

As early as Jiajing 2 1 year in Ming Dynasty (1542), Gong Xue was built in the west gate of the county, with halls, halls, temples, ponds, pavilions, squares and walls all available, with Dacheng Hall as the main body and Confucius as the master of the world, so Gong Xue is actually a Confucius temple in Lvliang. Wenchang Palace was built in Jiaqing 13 of Qing Dynasty (1808), and Fengshan Academy, the first academy in Lvliang, was established. Zhong Ling Academy was established in Tongzhi 13 (1875).

Strolling through the streets of Lvliang, the sound of books is noisy and the sound of the piano fills the air; Walking in County No.1 Middle School, Cultural Primary School and Panjiang Primary School, I tried to recall the quaint, fresh and elegant architectural community from the ruins of Gong Xue and Wenchang Palace. Many students, who build houses, read quietly and sing endlessly, proudly imagine themselves as scholars who wear red clothes and walk through Wenchang Pavilion, Jiebao Pavilion, Wen Ming Square and Kaike First People's Square.

Today, the sound of books remains the same, and the people of Sri Lanka have passed away. Perhaps only a vigorous and powerful branch of Luohansong can prove it.

Following the footsteps of history, from these places where satellites have risen, a large number of scholars studying in Europe and America and military generals graduated from Huangpu and Yunnan Military Academy have emerged. Among them, Yin, the general of protecting the country, and Sun Du, the Confucian general of Yunnan Army, became the pride of Lvliang in modern history.

1938 The Kunming-Xiqiao Highway was opened to traffic, making Lvliang the main channel for other provinces to enter Yunnan during the Anti-Japanese War. Many officials, businessmen, celebrities and scholars have stayed in Lvliang, which greatly promoted business and cultural exchanges and made Lvliang people know more about the outside world.

In 1930s and 1940s, party member Xiong, an enlightened person and underground, served as county magistrate twice, vigorously establishing education and culture, uniting and protecting progressives, and helping agricultural workers to promote industrial and commercial prosperity.

At this time, Xiong County also served as the principal of Lvliang Middle School (No.1 Middle School), which made a large number of underground party member, league members and progressive youths come to Lvliang Middle School to work, publicize anti-Japanese democracy, secretly organize reading groups among students, and write progressive dramas, which trained a large number of cadres for the party and the revolutionary cause and made Lvliang's anti-Japanese democracy cause flourish.

Later, the country built an airport in Lvliang, and a large number of American soldiers and pilots came to Lvliang. They walked through the streets of Lvliang, driving grass-green jeeps and doing whatever they wanted in cafes and pubs. Although people in the old city are angry, they are helpless. Only the teachers and students in the county are not afraid of these American soldiers. They demanded resolute resistance to Japan and bravely fought against American soldiers who bullied the people.

It was not until after 1945 that there was a little peace in Lvliang, but the revolutionary flame hidden among the people was quietly erupting.

In the old revolutionary base area of Longhaishan, 1947 established the first red revolutionary regime in Yunnan-luliang county Liberation Committee, making Longhaishan a pivotal revolutionary base in eastern Yunnan. There is a heroic team composed of outstanding sons and daughters of Lvliang in the border columns of Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou. It is the third side column, born in Longhai Mountain area. During the three years from 1947 to 1950, three teams fought in Sancha land, covering more than 70 counties in Yunnan, and carried out fruitful armed struggles behind enemy lines, making outstanding contributions to the liberation of the whole province.

In fact, as early as 1929, Lvliang established an underground party branch; 1930, Lvliang Uprising shocked the whole province, and the 38th Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army was established. Although it ended in failure, under the white terror, it showed the fearless revolutionary spirit of Lvliang people who were not afraid of reactionary rule and bloodshed.

1949 65438+On February 9th, Lu Han declared a peaceful uprising in Yunnan. In the same month, the people of Lvliang were in Tianshengguan at the border with Lvliang and Shilin, and cooperated with the uprising troops of the * * * Army Command who were fleeing to the west. Lvliang took the lead in responding to Yunnan's peaceful uprising and liberation.

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Now, the old man clearly remembers1June 1950 when General Chen Geng and General Song Renqiong led the People's Liberation Army into Lvliang. At that time, the city gate was wide open, and the whole people celebrated and rejoiced. Dozens of men, women and children are treading on thin ice to express their condolences, sweep away the cold winter and warmly welcome the arrival of the new century and new atmosphere.

In the 50 years since the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), countless good wishes of the people have come true. In the past, Zeguo has become a land of plenty and a granary in eastern Yunnan, and the poor state has taken on a new look. A beautiful and rich Lvliang appears in the eastern Yunnan Plateau, and a brand-new and beautiful Lvliang new city rises on the banks of Nanpanjiang River.

Especially since the county development zone was built in 1992, Lvliang has increased by four or five times in a short period of 10. In 2000, the urban area reached 12.8 square kilometers, and in 2005 it reached 15 square kilometers, with a permanent population of150,000.

On the basis of the old city, build a new residential and commercial city in the west and south with the city square as the center and Le Tong Avenue as the axis; With National Highway 324 and Qulu Expressway as the main roads, a modern industrial park will be built in the north of the county.

According to the idea of building a modern industrial county, a green economy county and a tourism culture county, Lvliang will be built into a satellite city of Kunming and Qujing metropolitan economic circles in the future, and become a sub-regional central city in eastern Yunnan with strong radiation-driven function, integrating new industries, special agricultural products processing, trade circulation and tourism services, and a beautiful living environment.

Dreams are often prepared for promising people, and Lvliang has the competitive advantage and strength. No matter from urban construction, human environment and economic development, he has the courage and determination to be the first.

In particular, the idea of building a modern industrial county and "one river and three cities", as well as Yunnan Province's support for economically strong counties and industrial strong counties, will make Lvliang undergo great changes in the new century and become an important transportation hub and industrial and agricultural county in eastern Yunnan.

The ever-changing changes often confuse people in tradition and modernity, but when we look at everything in Lvliang, we still feel that it is so full of vitality after vicissitudes.

The city square divides Luliang City into two parts, one is modern and the other is traditional.

Driving along Le Tong Avenue, the wide avenue and perfect infrastructure, although there are not many high-rise buildings, stand side by side, reflecting a little taste of the city. Many nameless streets have been quietly completed, and buses and city taxis have been extended along new roads. European-style small buildings painted with foreign paints and elegant communities with originality have been born and are changing with each passing day. Even Luliang people who live in Lvliang have to find a place if they don't go out for three days.

The night lights in the new town are on, there are many trees and flowers, the city park is big, the music fountain is available, the cafes with subwoofers, dazzling billboards, colorful private cars, avant-garde pavements and well-dressed young men and women make the city full of beautiful scenery, swaying fashion and modernity everywhere, as if inadvertently, everything that is only available in the city will be settled in Lvliang in 2 1 century.

The construction of the new city is in full swing, and the transformation of the old city is also in the ascendant.

I often sigh that the greatness and wonder of the ancients lies in their far-sighted vision. When they designed the old city 600 years ago, they were able to plan out such a square and spacious street, so that the old city of Lvliang would not fall behind after 600 years, and the tedious procedure of tearing down the street was eliminated in the urban transformation. Instead, they just need to make every detail of the streets and lanes meticulous and humanized, just like picking a female red.

The city is still that city, and the streets are still those four streets and eight small streets. Just like a story book, a bustling old city, there will always be endless topics. There are many people and cars, and all kinds of shopping malls are all over the streets. Schools and shops are becoming more and more crowded, so it is necessary to impose a one-way ban on motor vehicles and carry out large-scale expansion and new construction of schools.

Almost all the original factories in the city have moved away, and all the venues have become modern commercial and residential areas. The commercial street in the south gate, the food street in the north gate, and most government agencies and institutions gather in the old city, which makes the prosperity of the old city warm up day by day.

City Square, located in the center of Lvliang, is a triangular city park built in 1999. Although it is not very beautiful, the whole city is no longer monotonous with it.

In the music fountain in the center of the square, there is a statue of General Cong Longyan riding a horse. Together with the Cong Longyan monument, which is known as "the best in the world", it confirms the historical position of Lvliang as a famous literary country and exudes a strong cultural atmosphere.

The south side of the square is shaded by trees, making it the best place for the elderly to do morning exercises, get together and play cards. There are all kinds of children's toys and strange amusement facilities on the east side, which seems to make the square an exclusive paradise for the elderly and children.

The future city square will be several times larger than it is now, with the old National Highway 326 in the west, Le Tong Bridge in the south and Xihua Avenue in the north. It integrates public sports and cultural facilities with the urban green space, flower beds, fountains and garden sketches of Xihua Park, with the west moat in the middle, forming a scenic spot of Nuoda City. As the heart of the city, it will truly become the fitness, leisure and entertainment center of citizens.

At that time, it took about an hour for people to walk from the east to the west of the square, savor every sketch and detail, or take a group photo as a souvenir, or take a quiet walk on the court, or help the old and the young, or play in the gym. This was a real enjoyment.

Then, when I was tired, I lay on the green grass in Xihua Park and looked up at the clouds. When you are hungry, you can go to KFC to eat fast food, big-name rice noodles and casserole rice. When you are tired, you can enjoy yourself in cafes and small bars. Old people, young people and children can find their own fun in city parks. Both local people and foreign tourists can equally enjoy the satisfaction brought by blue sky, white clouds, city and peace, and feel the great benefits brought by urban construction.

A dream of new glory

In the new century, Cuan Township people put forward the strategic goal of building a sub-regional medium-sized city in eastern Yunnan with a population of more than 255,000 and an area of more than 25 square kilometers. Combined with the new round of urban planning, Qingshan Industrial Park will be built in the north and a modern and efficient agricultural demonstration park of overseas Chinese farm will be built in the south in the next decade, which will be the two major power sources to support economic growth and will also become the two wings of Lvliang New Town.

For a long time to come, Lvliang will build a good pattern of "one river and three cities" with Nanpanjiang as the axis, the county as the center and Majie and Sanchahe as the sub-centers.

Sanchahe and Majie, as the top 100 towns in the province, have a large population, developed industries and begun to take shape as small towns. In the future, building a "people-oriented" eco-city and realizing sustainable development is an inevitable requirement for Lvliang to better and faster coordinate urban and rural economic and social development, protect the mother river and accelerate the construction and transformation of rural infrastructure in the new historical period.

Looking back at the long river of history, Lvliang has experienced many times of urban migration and expansion, from the ancient city of Yueyajiang in Xiaobaozi in Yuan Dynasty to the ancient city of Yanfangqiao and Luchang, all of which are the crystallization of the labor and wisdom of millions of Lvliang people. Now, a new round of urban expansion is bound to bring greater prosperity, openness, vitality and brilliance.

Although the roots of many old cities in the past no longer exist, the history is still there and the memory is still there. Looking back on the vicissitudes of the Millennium, many magnificent dreams that could not be realized in the past will be realized in Cuan Township today, making Lvliang a more beautiful, rich, beautiful, open, civilized and dynamic modern city and "south of the Yangtze River". For example, the general of Zhenguo can feel the spirit of heaven, but I am afraid it is no longer.