Master said: "reverence for his ancestors, China and Germany Kiko carry on."
Every time a child crying, Grandpa scare my words were: "Ma beard coming!" One to two with me, I gradually discovered that someone's home scare small children are often the phrase "ghost," and "Big Bad Wolf to a ", and" the police came, "Anyway, with my family's not the same. To this end I asked the grandfather, my father several times, hemp beard is something, they always could not answer. The mystery of childhood has been following me, until last year saw a talking book in Yangzhou.
Mentioned in this book, Emperor Jiangdu Fortunately, in order to travel, repatriation and seeking the Minister in charge of canals Mashu. This person exactions, vicious cruelty, and eat human flesh, especially the children. Since then, the people of Yangzhou area regarded as the arch-villain, whenever the children crying, adults would say, "Ma beard coming" in order to make it shut up.
Mystery occasionally opened, a kind of speechless excitement, I immediately called home and told Dad Ma beard is a person, not a "thing." Unfortunately, Grandpa no longer exist, otherwise I'll have to tell him. It is precisely because he was - when they were young with an accent from the Yangzhou out - let me grandchildren, can follow the word, go back to a far away from the source of the Millennium.
Am ashamed to say my hometown of Yangzhou Although not far away from home now, but I only went once, stayed for 3 days. Fortunately, the house retains many of Huaiyang do camp, to poetry for so many years, in the language, many aspects of diet, Yangzhou is a mother like, come with me to keep a cut off links. So, when I really reached there, the face of those who have never set foot in the streets, feeling was actually not new to us.
"Hundred thousand strings around his waist, riding a crane on the Yangzhou" This short sentence, the number of people inspired future generations of this city endless yearning. Yangzhou, the existence of the Chinese literati for the romantic heart of hearts, more nostalgia is a kind of high-spirited, even if never been, just that people have a poem, we will be no lack of moving her imagination. Even to the present, she is no longer in the history of Tongdoudayi, but "Yangzhou" word, but it still contains exactly romantic, and never missing the "blossom land" the spirit of the appeal. All this, I think largely due to the Grand Canal.
China's cities, more a result of water-hing, Yangzhou is such a classic. In the Grand Canal is not dug before, Yangzhou in the history of the appearance rate is very limited. We coffin tyrant Emperor, think still has merit, the Tang Dynasty poet Pi Rixiu there is a poem that goes "Without water, the dragon boat palace things, a total of Yu Gong is not more." At least in my view, those wise Lord, and few like him this way, construct a project - regardless of his motives - benefits can be left so far. By east-west cross-section of the river in China, so the communication with the north and south, thus has created the prosperity of Yangzhou, the first big break period - the Tang Dynasty.
Today, the northeast of Yangzhou have Zhuyu Bay Park, west side next to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Said park, to where it was found, desolate, little tourists. The depths of silence on the road leading to park on both sides eyeful are clusters of dendrites in shrubs, trees, the river winds, fast half-height of a man being blown fibrillation humilis trembling, a trace of desolation. Almost inconceivable, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Yangzhou, the first to enter the canal from north to south is a pier here - Melanophylla Bay. Looked at the quiet river, a person, sort of "independent bridges wind their sleeves" in tone. So there, I once again listened to the band Tang Dynasty, "Menghuitangchao" music, the mind has once again emerged out of two cities: Chang'an and Yangzhou. Different from the past is that, standing Zhuyu Bay, I finally immersive --
Here is the most important port of Datang, south through the Yangtze River, the sea, the north can get into Huanghuai, Guanzhong, looking to the country, no such inland waterways and maritime shipping connection points. Throughout the year, 1000 will sail compete for thousands of businessmen gathered, followed ultimately, there are colored shops, Liyuan children, literati man of ... ... of the market Fang Jian, embroidered household bead curtain, every lanterns are staggered pay Gong joined in the chorus chanting its moment Sheng, let the capital, and the world who sign "Yang a benefit II" (land of abundance where no abundance of Sichuan). Even seek to visit cents Li Bai, Meng Haoran heard buddies go广陵, but also with a dash of fascinating, leaving poem "Scenes in Yangzhou."
I have lamented their lack of imagination level. Sheng throughout the year for the Yangzhou, I still can not portray comprehensive, just to complete a painting, a vague feel that there is a general, but a start to write, always reads out the local. The time span may be too much, my imagination to the source of migration, beyond its virtue, and they are just some fragmented pieces, such as certain dialects.
"Ma beard" does not say, there are other examples. Example, learned an early age, called "Persian Xianbao" authentic words of Yangzhou. Tang Dynasty Yangzhou is a foreign trade port city, many foreigners come here from the sea, in which the Persian merchants, monks and, after no less than to live in the vicinity of Yangzhou hundreds of people, mostly jewelry business. Over time, it produced a "Persian Xianbao," a phrase, metaphor refers to triumphantly his own good things come to show off. In addition a Yangzhou words "Wuer Lu Shan", meaning a person is not decent, not indecent, slovenly. The source of the word even more dramatic: An Lu Shan rebellion is said before, quite deceived Xuanzong appreciated, often out of Gong Jin, and later they had a leg and Yang Yuhuan, a Japanese duo playing in the bath, to coincide with the emperor in, desperate Under Concubine Yang shouted: "Wuer Lu Shan! ΧΧ handed me something," An Lu Shan took the opportunity to crawl while the former, not only to cover up the scene, and this has also had a son while fishing. Hehe. Childhood learn these words, they discovered that can grow up slowly stripping out some information about the history of the kernel, which is really very interesting. I often could not help but think about the city of Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, a number of social phenomena and the palace sex scandal, The true, and how they will slowly from the street and into a fixed term; and when they are generated by 1.1-point annihilation of that era in travel fatigue, they are from generation to generation, full of vitality.
Tang Dynasty, this place was multifaceted, and language is part of it, relatively easy to find clues to part of it. Now we look at every city has its own characteristics, Yangzhou temperament and character is no exaggeration to say that that is slowly formed in the Tang Dynasty. Canal to the unique conditions of Yangzhou, and those most political cities, Yangzhou is the basis of the economy to develop. And the next shape her character, should be dedicated to the Tang empire, the text of flowers that people, especially poets. The famous Tang Dynasty poet, visited a large number of Yangzhou. Li Po, Po Chu, Meng Haoran, Luo Binwang, Liu Yuxi, Wang Changling, etc., they all leave footprints on this land. Their arrival, their passion with their Ti Yong Zhang Yang's poems sway the air in Yangzhou, the short end, very difficult to figure out the romantic city infected with the poet or the poet's romantic infected with the city.
With the current perspective, poets traveled all over many of their works are their own personal travelogues. Yangzhou's "Travels," which, I am far the most appreciated Du Mu, and in particular to push the following two --
"Heart's Calling"
Come down in rivers and lakes containing liquor line, Chu waist slim hands light. Yangzhou, a dream sense a decade, winning Brothel heartless people.
"Zengbie"
Ping Ping curl 13 remaining, nutmeg, Shaotou early February. Yangzhou spring ten-mile road, than the total volume bead curtain.
As opposed to a lot a lot of sour literati, Du Mu's frank I admire. Perhaps only in that the mood of the era of large-scale, that ups and downs of the city, in order to write such poetry, forthright, straightforward, without losing the flavor. Admire the beauty of the woman said, "You're beautiful," wanted to come to a lot of modern people can do, but frankly a young impetuous moments, Xia Ni Brothel, which so courage is not nobody there. Anyway, for me, and certainly can not do. Although the expression of Du Mu direct, but his words below that level a touch of sadness and men sigh Ran Yi Tan, who is also does not come to school - some as it is now the city's lonely. But he also does have many years of his time living in a big city. Yangzhou his poems, to make this city a little more honest and straightforward of the gas, which began with the same difference for rivers and lakes of the south have.
A powerful Tang Dynasty passed it and let everyone remember the "Yangzhou", but not Yangzhou. The second time to the rise of Yangzhou, Yangzhou, the image gradually clear. During this period of time goes by, the flash is the Ming and Qing era. After a period of Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou did Xiaoting for a while, but the Grand Canal water transport, but with China's increasingly important economic center of gravity southward. To the Ming dynasty, not allowed to film board into the sea, the main north-south water canal entirely, which makes Yangzhou slowly, once again become prosperous commercial city. If the Tang Dynasty Yangzhou more of a spiritual maintained, that the Ming and Qing period gave us a materialization of Yangzhou, with a taste of life in a variety of Ichii screen.
Salt merchant is the most powerful group of that time. Monopoly of them wealthy, of course, this premise naturally officials and businessmen can not do without one, side by side performance. Today, Yangzhou labels, the Slender West Lake Village water color space to deceive the White Tower, five booths Bridge, is at this level then "Mapi" masterpiece, in order to make south of the emperor have thoroughly enjoyed themselves, really endless Gongben, get a few big idea. In addition, those in the streets of the large and small, hidden gardens, houses do not need to say. Unfortunately, fewer and fewer left, calling such future can only look at pictures with text. Pockets of money, of course, want to come to point of romantic, so at that stage, the salt merchants of raising disabilities in vogue, attracting a lot of writers liu-yii Yangzhou, their situation, with the nobles of medieval Europe to support the literary arts and some of similarities. "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" is emerging in such an environment, they found the arrogance, indicating that there is still a little hard to come by Yangzhou free atmosphere, so much recall the Qing literary inquisition, you know how difficult.
In many cases, Yangzhou was just parroting that is the same as with the Suzhou style, does not. Jiangnan literati suffered a long-term effects of the gas are more refined. Yangzhou Ichii taste is relatively heavy, because the opening line of the salt merchants and businessmen, the majority of the urban poor is that these two classes, so that the more secular in Yangzhou. However, this arouses the secular is not boring, but it is humane, and allows you to better meet people's lives in Yangzhou --
Urban poor is to make a major contribution to three knives in Yangzhou famous for the so-called kitchen knife, razor, pedicure knives. These three occupations, in many eyes of Chinese people are no inflow of homework and on the people of the inhuman, even now, I am afraid that such a change in consciousness is not much. However, the attitude of Yangzhou, very calm, not only do, but pass on the passage of time to form a reputation. Three knives in the current situation, in order to razor the least optimistic about the saying goes, "a hot-sided affair," but it sided affair, that is, urban and rural areas do not quite see Yangzhou has been long since given way to an entrance of the salon to switch lights a. Pedicure knife point a little better, though less than before the traditional old bathroom, but Bath's new smoke Tingduo bath can be considered pedicure industry positions, and the other towns of the bathroom, more like play to employ Yangzhou master flag, to demonstrate that they strength, showing that this knife is still a market for. The most fire is undoubtedly a kitchen knife, salt merchants, sophisticated, and the chef's study created a renowned the world over the Huai Yang, Department of round after round of fantastic cuisine, if want to taste of all the words, it is estimated would take several days. Representation must be introduced one or two, my choice is great cook Gansi and Lionhead, are civilian-oriented, ordinary people often do.
Great cooking Gansi the emphasis is on Dao Gong, a small dried bean curd, is said to be able to cross-section 32 chef knife, Gansi first over the water, boiling water, hot several times to the brine Lek add another to the already stewed with chicken soup in large-Simmer, so Gansi slowly into the chicken soup's flavor can be considered as to the United States. Lionhead Yangzhou, then known as "chopped meat", and the key in this "cheated" on the cutting board it is best to use ginkgo trees, the first fine-cut, one-third fat thin seven parts; and then chop, chop Rouni No , chopping does not broken do not row, at the same time need to add a little onion juice, ginger, doing more refined, and the meat inside will be accompanied by seasonal vegetables, such as bamboo shoots in spring is a lion head, fall is the Crab Lionhead; balls to do is better than oil, then braised or not, can also be steamed, steamed more tender, like to eat gratification, it is best to use directly on the spoon. These two dishes, in order to ensure that this life be able to eat every month, year after year to eat, but I even spent several summer holidays, with her mother behind, look to learn, and finally can be considered will be done.
"Yangzhou past, but a big place," a lot of Yangzhou, sometimes says, I remember vaguely Zhu Ziqing prose where there are so mean. However, recall memories return, they do not stick to the "big place" of the trappings of letting go, but to do what to do, after all, this is the life. Like with the city of Yangzhou, has gone through a jagged, began to understand the optimistic attitude to life of the Imitation of Nature. Will be able to craft the door, settle in, calm Ganhuo eat, which is enough, does not matter what the limelight. For example, as hidden in the Forbidden City's "Dayu flood control map" Yu-shan, re-10000 kilograms, the audience are all amazing, but they are probably among few people know that this is the work lasted a few years Yangzhou jade results. In addition to those mentioned artisans, Yangzhou city of civilians is also a matter a lot of living by the canal trackers, porters, ferry the boatman, do round-bottomed basket, and sauce works, waiter's waiters, Chang Qu artists ... ... they live in the bottom of the city, but because of their ant-like crafts, Yangzhou has always maintained her vitality, but also seemed so friendly, so I listen to tire of my grandfather's account, and are determined to personally go and see.
It is worth mentioning that in the middle of the civilian population figures, there is a very lovely alternative, which is inside the skin, then Yangzhou five Spicy - leather Wu Ye. Yangzhou outside the region may rarely spread his story, but for the people of Yangzhou, it was a pride of clown. Paper 5 Spicy Who was this guy? A rogue proletarian. He lost the family business, destitute, so they have become a bully and boasted that he was open geese (false, blackmail) line all day, even Mongolia with deception, blackmail and a 200-wen money, bet on two, playing two back, Everyone saw his big head; however, he is not completely oppress good villain, and sometimes the idea is fraternal loyalty, to help couples have no money to deceive the Chinese New Year a few pieces of silver, a small-law commit suicide for the end in disappointment or the backing of her home, and so on. When Ichii bad habits, good nature, in such a slick mix of people who, it seems gratuitous to have produced a indescribable attraction, I still remember the summer night, enjoying the breeze, waiting for Baba to listen to a five Spicy skin. If there is a also think this is an abstract figure, then the easiest way is to find a set of "Deer and the Cauldron" to see Wei Xiaobao What does the virtue - its personality traits and skin Wu Ye can say that no 2-induced, in addition to experience a little more fortunate, and the bureaucratic proud of his wife some more. I do not know whether it had also heard of Jin Yong's Yangzhou words, but his servant for the Yangzhou Wei Xiaobao characterizations, it did not have to say, "able in."
Finally, we should talk about in my 3-day schedule of Yangzhou. But it is still a trip, but his sense of the meaning of Dai Ledian return home.
The first day, go to the canal edge, Zhuyu Bay Park; noon to eat a big cooked Gan Si, the latter went to a park, in the Lao Chengxiang Dongguan Street stroll, hoping to hit one sided affair, unsuccessful; in Simei sauce works in store bought two cans of salty pickles, radish dry and ginger pieces.
The next day, go to Fuchun Tea House tea, eating five small packets; along the riverside path to the rule of Yanfu Road, Spring Garden; and then swim to the Slender West Lake Shugang hall; dusk and return to the Slender West Lake, from Long Beach Willowbank Yangzhou University, walked outside edge before the encounter looking beautiful, unsuccessful.
The third day, go to Ho Park; all the way to the Wenchang Pavilion wandering; afternoon to the baths, did not see waiters rejection towel trick up his sleeve, but the old man side of the repair side of the feet, while comfortably asleep.
Left, a bit of parting, I seem to vaguely to be able to try to figure out that grandpa then boarded the vessel from their homes in mind. Automotive guazhou the way towards the ferry, I do not Huiguo Shen. I thought, so I have a next generation, I am sure will he / she said: "Ma beard coming!"
2002/8/18 Beijing
Author: eric_cj
