Xinhuanet, Hohhot, May 24 (Reporters Ding Ming and Wan Dong) In the west of Wuyuan County, the ancient city of the Hetao Plain in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a statue of "The Heroic General Lu Bu" is particularly eye-catching. It is said that this statue is Made to commemorate the "return to his hometown" of the famous Three Kingdoms general Lu Bu.
This statue is made of imitation bronze and erected in 2003. The statue is 8 meters high, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd and riding a red rabbit.
It vividly reproduces Lu Bu's demeanor described in history books as being able to dominate the world, being brave and good at fighting, and being arrogant among the heroes. But is the place where the statue is erected the hometown of Lu Bu?
Dai Aimin, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Wuyuan County Party Committee, told us: "The determination that Wuyuan County is Lu Bu's hometown is mainly based on records in historical books such as "Three Kingdoms"." According to him, "Three Kingdoms" Volume 7 "Wei Zhi Lu Bu Biography" records that "Lü Bu, courtesy name Fengxian, was a native of Jiuyuan, Wuyuan County." The Book of the Later Han Dynasty and "Zizhi Tongjian" also recorded that Lu Bu was a native of Wuyuan.
"In addition, experts and scholars such as Li Wansheng, associate researcher at the Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Luo Xin, associate professor at the Department of History at Peking University, Zhang Rongqiang, postdoctoral fellow at the Department of History at Beijing Normal University, Shu Zhenbang, researcher at the Institute of History, Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Sciences, have verified this It’s absolutely confirmed,” Minister Dai said.
According to historical records, Lu Bu (161-198), named Fengxian, was a native of Jiuyuan, Wuyuan County. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a powerful general and a powerful general. He was promoted to Zhonglang General and was granted the title of Tinghou. He is as brave as a tiger, has superb martial arts skills, is proficient in bow and horse, has extraordinary physical strength, and is known as the Flying General. Although Lu Bu's life was short, he was brave and adept at fighting and was unmatched. He is known as "Lü Bu among men and the red rabbit among horses."
There are many rumors in Wuyuan County about Lu Bu's legendary birth and mythical growth. Legend has it that during the reign of Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the Northern Xiongnu invaded the Southern Xiongnu and Han Dynasty territories, Lu Bu's grandfather Lu Hao (then the Yueqi Xiaowei of the Xianbu Department) was ordered to stay at the frontier fortress. Ma Yingjie, together with his wife and children, led his troops to station in Wuyuan County. They settled on the south bank of the Beihe River (the old path of the Yellow River is now the Wuga River) and east of the Wufenfen Bridge of Tar Lake in Wuyuan County. They carried out extensive construction and built cities and fortresses (this is where the present city of Gebu comes from). name), open up wasteland for farming, and gradually develop animal husbandry, textile industry, smelting and pottery making industry, etc., and stick to the border.
After the death of Lu Bu's grandfather, his father Lu Liang succeeded him and married Huang. She was from Buhongwan, Wuyuan County (now Buhong Village, west of Wuyuan County). She was the daughter of a wealthy family. Huang is smart and virtuous, knowledgeable and courteous, and good at dyeing and weaving (later becoming the head of the dyeing and weaving workshop). Mr. Huang had four daughters and suffered from childlessness. One day, I followed my husband to Baima Temple (five miles east of Jinqi in present-day Wuyuan County, which has been destroyed at the bottom of the Yellow River due to embankments) to worship Buddha and ask for a son. On the night of her return, Mrs. Huang had a dream. She dreamed of a ferocious tiger rushing towards her. Upon seeing this, Ms. Huang hurriedly called her husband to fight, but the tiger lay docilely beside her. Not long ago, Huang felt pregnant. She had not given birth for 12 months and was feeling anxious.
On July 23, 161 AD, Huang moved to the dyeing and weaving workshop, and suddenly there was a loud noise outside. Everyone came out one after another, and saw a rainbow reflected in the northwest sky, which was dazzling. This scene was strange. Then the Wuyuan Mountains collapsed and the earth shook. Huang was about to give birth, but felt unwell, with unbearable pain in her abdomen, pelvic swelling, amniotic fluid overflow, and difficulty walking. She lay down on a piece of cloth and soon gave birth to a baby boy.
The birth of a baby boy was even more strange. But when he saw that the umbilical cord had been cut off, his eyes were bright, his fists were clenched, and he was standing in front of him, Huang was surprised, and he quickly wiped away the dirt and held him in his arms. Later, when talking to her husband, Lu Liang was very happy: "My son is a god." Because he was born on the cloth, he was named Lu Bu.
Lü Bu studied calligraphy and painting with his mother since he was a child. He is smart and studious, can pass every point, and has a photographic memory. He is aggressive by nature, extremely strong, and likes to dance with guns and sticks. He is taller and heavier than ordinary people, and is taller than other children of the same age. He didn't dare to play with him and looked away from him. He was only gentle and considerate when he was with the girl, completely different from the other two.
Lu Bu always likes to be with adults, asking questions and imitating and learning. Since he was five years old, he has often followed the herdsman to herd horses in the wild, and he loves horses. Whenever he sees a horse, he is full of energy and gets extremely excited. He danced on horseback and held a wooden stick like a warrior. At that time, he could stab pheasants and hares with the stick.
When he was seven years old, he rode alone to chase wild foxes and mountain deer, and never came back empty-handed. He would often pick up and play with ponies that were several times heavier than him, and sometimes lift them above his head.
When I was nine years old, I went to Bu Hung Bay with my parents to visit my grandfather. My grandfather killed sheep for entertainment. The adults failed to catch the sheep in the flock, but he went up and captured two alive. The onlookers were amazed. Grandpa was overjoyed when he saw this and immediately gave him a good horse. From then on, Lu Bu stayed with the horse and cooked it carefully. He loved the horse like crazy and never left his hip.
When he was eleven years old, the Hungarian and Han border people held a large-scale celebration at the White Horse Temple. Lu Bu went with his father to participate. In the horse racing competition, his riding skills were superhuman, and his horse was as fast as an arrow, showing off his majestic appearance. In one fell swoop he won the honor of being a rider. The aggressive Lu Bu was watching a wrestling match. He saw the wrestlers fighting hard and winning without any opponents. He was dissatisfied and rushed into the arena alone, shouting: "I'll give it a try!"
The winner of the wrestling match saw that he was a boy and didn't take him seriously. In an instant, the two of them were wrestling together. After several rounds of competition, Lu Bu knocked to the ground a strongman wrestler who was several times taller and heavier than him. This immediately caused a sensation in the entire arena, and people called him the strongman prodigy. Since then, Wuyuan area has become a household name, everyone knows it, and is proud of it.
In the 5th year of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty (AD 176), the Xianbei tribal military alliance expanded with force and launched a plundering war against the Eastern Han Dynasty. The border generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty moved southward in a large scale. At that time, Lu Bu followed his father to the south of Shanxi and became a subordinate of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou. Lu Bu left Wuyuan County from then on.
Wang Jianping, former secretary of the Wuyuan County Party Committee and now director of the Propaganda Department of the Bayannur City Party Committee, said that the construction of the statue of "The Heroic General Lu Bu" is an integral part of Wuyuan County's "Historical and Cultural Reproduction Project" and is currently being implemented. The "Historical and Cultural Reproduction Project" will reproduce the major historical events of Wuyuan in the form of relics, statues, inscriptions, etc.