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I think that the most exciting project in Chinese history is not the Great Wall, but Dujiangyan. Of course, the Great Wall is also very great. No matter how much the Meng Jiang girls cried and cried, looking at it from a distance, this suffering nation actually used human power to build a barrier thousands of miles across the wild mountains and deserts, leaving a pride of human willpower for the planet we live on. . The Great Wall no longer has any flavor when it reaches the Badaling area.
In Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia, the strong cold wind howls among the intermittent ruins of the ruins, and the faint sunset and desolate wilderness merge into one, making your whole body feel relaxed. When you are deeply immersed in the great horror of history, time, and the nation, the feeling becomes much deeper. However, just decades before Qin Shihuang ordered the construction of the Great Wall. A remarkable project has been completed on the Sichuan Plain.
On the surface, its scale is far less grand than the Great Wall, but it is destined to steadily benefit thousands of years. If the Great Wall occupies a vast space, then it actually occupies a vast amount of time. The social function of the Great Wall has long been eliminated. And it is still delivering gurgling clear water to countless people. With it, the Sichuan Plain, where droughts and floods are impermanent, has become a land of abundance. Whenever there is a major disaster in our nation.
The Kingdom of Abundance always calmly provides shelter and nourishment. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that it has permanently irrigated the Chinese nation. With it, only Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei's great talents and strategies can be achieved, and only Li Bai, Du Fu, and Lu You can achieve the magnificent chapter of Sichuan Travel. To put it more closely, with it, China had a relatively stable rear during the Anti-Japanese War. Its water flow is not as abrupt as the Great Wall.
But it infiltrates slowly and extends step by step, and the extended distance is no shorter than the Great Wall. The civilization of the Great Wall is a kind of rigid sculpture, and its civilization is a kind of smart life. The Great Wall looks like a senior citizen waiting for people to repair it, but it sits in a humble corner, like a country mother who never shows off or asks for anything, but only contributes. After checking the resume, the Great Wall is only its descendant, which is Dujiangyan.
Before I went to Dujiangyan, I thought it was just a water conservancy project and would not have much tourist value. I've even seen Gezhouba, so what else can it do? I just want to go to Qingcheng Mountain and pass by Guanxian County. It's nearby, so just take a chance and take a look. Therefore, when I got off the bus in Guanxian, I wandered around the streets with a lazy mind and unsteady steps, all I wanted to do was see Mount Qingcheng. Seven turns and eight turns.
From a simple street market to a place with lush vegetation. My face gradually felt moisturized, and my eyes became clearer and clearer. No one showed me the way, I just walked towards a more moist and clearer place. Suddenly, something strange began to happen between heaven and earth, a faint commotion, a sound that was not too loud but must be very loud, filling the surroundings. Like a precursor to an earthquake, like an impending tsunami, like an imminent landslide, I feel an inexplicable tension all over my body.
I am so nervous and eager to follow. I don’t know whether I walked by myself or was sucked away by it. Finally, I was suddenly shocked. I was standing in front of Fulong Temple. In front of me, the rapids were mighty and the earth was shaking. Even standing on the rocks by the sea, I don't feel the charm of water as strongly as here. The sea water is a graceful and generous gathering. The gathering is too much, too deep, and vast, making people forget that it is real water, water that can be held in hand.
The water here is different. There is not too much water, but the water is full of energy. Together they compete with the power of galloping and are full of noisy life. This kind of competition is very disciplined. As you run, when you encounter the water dike in the middle of the river, you will cut it into two parts and rush straight out. The two streams of water hit a strong dam respectively, and they immediately turned around and changed directions. , and then hit another strong dam.
So some adjustments were made according to the instructions of the dam builder... Maybe the water flow was a little angry at its docility, and suddenly became wild, rolling and roaring violently, but the more it did, the more it became apparent A more magnificent docility. It was roaring so much that it took your breath away, and not a drop of water splashed in the wrong direction. In the dark air, a thousand-year battle of subjugation continues. Shui has suffered enough here and also been in the limelight.
It’s like a thousand-year ambush war. Just like a large group of marathon runners who have overcome various obstacles, they give their most powerful lives to discipline, hope, and public view. Watching the clouds, fog, and sunrise are all different places. If you want to watch the water, don’t forget Dujiangyan. All of this must first be attributed to Li Bing, who is so far away that his face is invisible. Fortunately for Sichuan, there was an unobtrusive appointment in 251 BC.
Li Bing was appointed governor of Shu County. The practice of China's officialdom for thousands of years since then has been to select batches of committed scholars as bureaucrats who specialize in nothing. However, Li Bing became a practical scientist because of his official position. There are clearly two completely different political trends here. In Li Bing's view, the meaning of politics is to regulate, eliminate disasters, nourish, and nurture. The things it wants to implement are both concrete and simple.
He learned a simple truth that even a child can understand: Since the biggest problem in Sichuan is drought and floods, the rulers of Sichuan must become hydraulic scientists. Not long ago, I received a business card from a very accomplished mayor. The title on it was only "Civil Engineer". I immediately thought of Li Bing. There is no evidence to prove Li Bing's political talent, but because of him.
China has also had a pure and pure political program. He is the county guard, holding a long hoe in his hand, standing on the bank of the roaring river, completing the original shape of the word "guard".
That long hammer has been in constant conflict with the golden staff, jade seal, iron halberd and steel hammer for thousands of years. He failed, but finally won. He began to ask people to draw water maps. This map echoes today’s disarmament data and moon landing routes.
Of course he did not learn water conservancy anywhere. However, taking the mission as his school and working hard for several years, he summed up the three-character mantra of water control: "Walk deep into the beach, build a weir low" and the eight-character mantra "When you meet the bay, cut off the corner, and draw the heart when the time is right", which remained the standard for water conservancy projects until the 20th century. . This bit of knowledge he had was always dripping with moisture, but the thick classics he had written for countless years had long since dried and were too brittle to be read.
He did not expect that his strategy to control water would soon be replaced by a strategy to control people; he did not expect that the fertile soil he wanted to irrigate would become a battlefield from time to time, and most of the rice on the fertile soil would be filled. For military rations. He only knows that if this person wants to avoid extinction, he must have clear springs and rice. He is both foolish and wise. He is both clumsy and skillful. He entered into the clearest anthropological thinking with the thinking of an old farmer in the field.
He left no biographical information, only a hard-hitting dam for people to guess. People come here and wonder again and again: Who is this? He died two thousand years ago, but he is still directing the water flow. Standing in front of the sentry box in the middle of the river, the shouts, admonishments, and comforts of "You go this way, he goes that way" could be heard. No one can live such a long life. Qin Shihuang's order to build the Great Wall was majestic and terrifying.
Cruel; his instructions for building weirs are wise, kind and transparent. What kind of starting point will have what kind of continuation. The Great Wall is part courage and part pomp, and it has been like this for generations. To this day, the Great Wall often becomes a spectacle. Dujiangyan was clear from the beginning, and as a result, its history has always shown an extraordinary style. Li Bing had already considered the continuation of his career when he was still alive.
He ordered his son to make three stone figures and stand in the river to measure the water level. 400 years after Li Bing's death, the three stone figures may have been damaged. The water officials of the Han Dynasty rebuilt the "Three Gods Stone Figures" with a height of 3 meters to measure the water level. One of the "Three Gods Stone Figures" is the statue of Li Bing. This water officer of the Han Dynasty must have inherited the great spirit of Li Bing, and he dared to treat his respected ancestor. Place it in the middle of the river for water measurement.
He understands Li Bing's thoughts, and only there is the most suitable position for him. This design was successfully implemented without any opposition. It can only be said that Dujiangyan has created a unique spiritual world for itself. The stone statues were finally buried in the mud of the years. When they were unearthed in the 1970s, one stone statue had a mutilated head and was still holding a long hammer in its hand. Some people say that this is Li Bing's son.
Even if not, I still regard him as Li Bing's son. A modern writer was moved when he saw this statue. "There is no mud but a kind smile, a broken neck but a long hammer in the hand." From this, the writer asked the modern officialdom: Where should we stand, alive or dead? The unearthed stone statues are now on display in Fulong Temple. People silently paid their respects to them amidst the thunderous sound of water.
Here, I suddenly felt a certain optimism about Chinese history. As long as Dujiangyan does not collapse, Li Bing's spirit will not dissipate, and Li Bing's sons will reproduce from generation to generation. The roaring river water is the last words of the most holy and good. Continuing to walk forward, we saw a cable bridge across the river. The bridge is very high, and the bridge cables are made of hemp rope and bamboo strips. When you step on it, the bridge swings violently. The more you hesitate to advance or retreat, the greater the swing becomes.
It would be confusing to peek under the bridge from such a high place, but this is a rope bridge with leaks everywhere, so you can’t help but look. At first glance, I was amazed. The river under your feet, rushing from such a far away place, has a decisive momentum without hesitation, carrying the cold wind, spitting out white foam, and advancing sharply. Standing so high, I could still feel its cold air, so I guess it came from the snow-capped mountains.
However, looking at the other side of the bridge, it has turned into many shiny rivers, changing evil and doing good. How well man has tamed the forces of nature. If human beings could do everything so easily, the earth would already look different. However, human beings always lack self-confidence, advance and retreat, stop and go, constantly depleting themselves, and constantly depleting themselves again. As a result, Li Bing is just a little more confident.
He has become a god in people’s hearts. Not far from the east end of the cable bridge, at the foot of Yulei Mountain, there is an Erwang Temple to worship Li Bing and his son. People are worshiping devoutly, worshiping people who are more human-like among their own kind. Bells, drums, cymbals, and chimes sound loudly and softly day and night, accompanying the roar of the river waves. People like Li Bing should find a quiet place to commemorate him. Building an Erwang Temple is also in line with the public's wishes.
When people who truly benefit the people are promoted to gods, the world of gods will become reasonable, peaceful and approachable. Chinese religion has a very secular flavor, so secular human relationships will also be tainted with a religious flare. Over time, Dujiangyan turned into a bridge connecting the two worlds. I went to a remote area to watch a Nuo opera, but I was not interested in many of the contents. What particularly pleased me was that the water god He Bo in the Nuo opera was replaced by Li Bing from Guanxian County.
Li Bing, the water god in Nuo opera, is much more active than Li Bing in the Erwang Temple. People dance and shout wildly around him, praying for countless Dujiangyans to bring good weather and moist soil and water to the country. Nuo opera originally started with a myth, but with Li Bing, the myth became reality, and the deep spiritual heaven was suddenly close to the earth and the common people.
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Weirs are man-made, and people and weirs are closely connected in spirit.
?The author's praise of Dujiangyan and his praise of Li Bing's spirit are essentially of the same origin. They both reflect the author's affirmation of the simple, pragmatic, implicit and restrained aesthetic realm and spiritual pursuit. ?Secondly, the article places the author’s realistic concerns on it. ?Although this article is a landscape travelogue, the author does not stop at the natural level of "traveling around mountains and rivers".
But it extends the perception of mountains and rivers to the exploration of national cultural spirit and the thinking of real social problems. ?For example, the author was reminded of the historical figure Li Bing by the distinctive business card of a mayor. He used the wonderful couplet of "No mud but a kind smile, a broken neck but a long mane in the hand" to propose to modern officials the question of "alive or die". A serious question about where we should stand.
This shows the author's strong realistic concern and mission awareness. ?In addition, the article puts forward many wonderful and novel ideas. ?Shanhaiguan and Badaling are the first choices for Chinese and foreign tourists to visit the Great Wall. The author disagrees with this, thinking that "the Great Wall has no flavor anymore in the Badaling area", but the "ruined walls" in Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other places feel more profound and flavorful Richer.
In addition, by comparing the Great Wall and Dujiangyan, the author puts forward philosophical views such as "whatever starting point will have what kind of continuation", which provides profound enlightenment.
About the author:
Yu Qiuyu was born on August 23, 1946 in Qiaotou Town, Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province (now Cixi). Graduated from the Department of Drama Literature of Shanghai Theater Academy in August 1968. It was during the Cultural Revolution and he was forced to work on the farm. After the school resumed classes, he participated in the compilation of textbooks until the end of the Cultural Revolution. After 1983, Yu Qiuyu published a series of academic works such as "History of Drama Thought".
History of Chinese Drama, Audience Psychology, Theory of Artistic Creation, and Some Observations on the Aesthetics of Primitive Theatre, etc., have won the National Drama Theory Book Award and the Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Book Award. , First Prize for National Excellent Teaching Materials. In 1985, he became the youngest full professor of liberal arts in mainland China at that time. In 1986, he won the title of “National Expert with Outstanding Contributions”.
At that time, there were only fifteen people in the country who had received this title. In 1986, he was appointed as the vice president and president of the Shanghai Theater Academy, president of the Shanghai Writing Society, consulting and planning consultant of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, and was selected as one of the "Top Ten Higher Education Elites in Shanghai." In the late 1980s, he began to write "Culture" "A Bitter Journey" and other cultural essays. After resigning, he took personal adventures and inspected major civilizations at home and abroad as his main career.
The books he wrote, such as "Notes on a Mountain Dwelling", "Frost-Cold River", "A Thousand-Year Sigh", and "Walker Without Borders", launched a generation of writing style and have long been at the top of the best-selling list of Chinese books in the world. Since Yu Qiuyu has presided over Hong Kong Phoenix TV's historical inspections of major human civilization sites since 1999, he has become the only humanities professor in the world (2009) who has traveled through dangerous areas of tens of thousands of kilometers.
He was also the first scholar to report to the civilized world the actual situation in terrorist-controlled areas before the 9.11 incident. Yu Qiuyu was successively selected by the United Nations as the only Chinese cultural scholar to study the "2004 Human Development Report" and to participate in the "2005 World Civilization Conference". Under the general title of "Chinese Civilization and World Civilization", Yu Qiuyu was invited to attend Harvard University, Yale University and the University of Maryland in the United States.
He gave speeches at Hunter College in New York and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and the venues were full, causing a great social sensation. In the spring of 2005, his lecture tour in major cities in Taiwan was crowded with thousands of listeners, and was called "an unimaginable whirlwind of lingering rain" by the Taiwanese media. The book "Listening to the Autumn Rain" compiled by Tianxia Culture Publishing Company records this grand occasion.
In 2006, according to media reports, Yu Qiuyu’s royalty income was at least 14 million yuan, ranking first among Chinese writers.
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