The Nangong of Literature and History-the Nangong of Auspicious Words of Dragon and Phoenix

Longfeng is an auspicious totem recognized by the Chinese nation, and it is also a rare auspicious thing enjoyed by the royal family and ordinary people, so it has an instinctive reverence for Longfeng people. Idioms and allusions such as "Dragon and Phoenix Dancing and Flying", "Dragon and Phoenix Dancing and Flying", "Dragon and Phoenix Dancing and Flying", "Dragon Eyebrows and Phoenix Eyes" and "Yue Long Feng Ming" have different definitions, but they imply harmony, beauty and loftiness, not to mention the legend of "Dragon and Phoenix Appearing in Lucky". Therefore, many local artificial dragons and phoenixes, and some even mobilized archaeological forces, competed for the titles of "China's First Yilong" and "China's First Phoenix", which can be described as exhausting all means and endless smoke.

But Nangong City is indisputable, and it is a land where dragons and phoenixes fly together.

Let's start with "Phoenix". Nangong City is called Phoenix City, the street name is Fenghuang Road, and the administrative domain name is Fenggang Office. In the past, there was a phoenix-themed sculpture standing at the intersection of Fenghuang Road and Shengli Street, and now there is a wrought iron landmark of People's Park-Red Phoenix. This is a fact known to almost everyone in Nangong.

In fact, there is a very sufficient historical basis for saying that there is a phoenix in Nangong. Jiajing edition of Nangong County Records, Geography Records and Mountain Records records that "Feifenggang, the flat land is on the hill (flat terrain, with ups and downs but little height difference, relatively gentle), rising like a flying headland, that is, the land occupied by the new city. There is a saying that the old city lies in the cow and the new city flies in the phoenix. " The chronicle "Building a City" records that "the old city is in the west of the county ... the magistrate Yu Zan and the magistrate Li Lin proposed to move here, formerly known as Feifenggang." This is the origin of Fenggang, that is, there is a photo of Feng.

So where is the exact address of Feifeng Port? Later, Wanli records and Kangxi records were all Jiajing records, but they were not explicitly stated. At the time of Daoguang, the exact address of Feifenggang was "Cross Street", which recorded that "the cross street of Feifenggang's cure county was full of hills and fragrant. There is a saying that the old city lies in the cow and the new city flies in the phoenix. " Later records of the Republic of China also inherited the records of Daoguang's records. It makes sense for two volunteers to fly to Fenggang, the cross street of "New Town", because it is the commanding height of the city. But it is more scientific to define it as "the land occupied by the new city". "The hills are flourishing and the hills are towering", which emphasizes "mountains" rather than "peaks". Like the Himalayas and Mount Qomolangma, Mount Qomolangma is only the main or highest peak of the Himalayas.

Besides, I'm afraid there are not many people who know about the dragon trace of Nangong, but history is by no means determined by the number of people who know it. Nangong not only has Fenggang, but also Longgang. Jiajing edition of Nangong County Records, Geography Records and Mountain Records records that "Longgang is located in the south Erli of the old county and meanders from the northwest. The Zhao people built the Bianque Temple on it, also known as Bian Que Mountain, and the rest of Taihang Mountain was leveled, and the residents gradually flattened, which was hated by those who knew it." Perhaps it is precisely because of the "leveling of residents after moving the soil" that there are great differences in the positioning description of Longgang in later editions of county annals. Wanli records "Longgang is in the north of Erli County", and Kangxi and Wanli records are roughly the same, but no matter what the explanation of "county north" in Erli County is-old county and new county? Obviously, this account is very different from Jia Jingzhi's. Daoguang changed the position of Longgang back, saying that "Longgang is in the west of the county", and the records of the Republic of China inherited Daoguang's account. The location of Longgang recorded in Daoguang Zhi and Minguo Zhi is the same as that in Jiajing Zhi, but there are still differences in specific mileage. Fortunately, this is not a monograph on surveying and mapping geography, which can be completely ignored or forgiven.

When I was struggling to determine the location of Longgang, Director Zhou Zhehui of Wenguangxin Sports Bureau mentioned a news that made me excited. According to Director Zhehui, Comrade Wang Bingjian, secretary of the Party branch of Nanjiucheng Village, organized textual research, and Longgang is in the west of their village. Director Zhehui and I immediately drove to the south old city. Under the guidance of the secretary of the Military Construction Branch, we saw the location of Longgang they had investigated. As I expected, we saw Longgang beyond recognition. Not only is there no "hill", but there is no flat land gradually razed by residents, but it is a big pit, which makes us sigh. Later, on the afternoon of April 6th, we organized a forum for eight senior villagers to discuss this issue. Among the people attending the forum, the oldest is 85-year-old Zhang, and the youngest is 79-year-old. According to participants' memories, there is a pit pond of the same age in the west of the village, which is connected with the old town pond (now Nangong Lake) in the north and the ancient water in the west. There is a high mountain in the northwest of Kengtang, which extends to the northeast and southwest. The villagers call it Queshan. In the 1960s and 1970s, this mountain still existed. After the implementation of the contract responsibility system, people attached great importance to the land, so Queshan became smaller year by year and was later dug into a pit. Before Queshan disappeared, there were two Bianque temples on the mountain, which were very dilapidated, especially the front wall was seriously damaged. There is nothing in the room, so it is difficult for non-villagers to judge that this is a temple. There is a stone tablet on the left side of the temple, facing east and west. The content of the inscription is unknown, but people often come to make rubbings. From this, we can judge whether this tablet or text or book is valuable, and we can't verify whether it is a temple tablet written by Dr. Kang, the son of Yuan Dynasty, as recorded in the county annals. This temple monument was smashed into iron-making and stone-filling when it was engaged in sideline business (township enterprises) in the 1970s.

From the discussion and on-the-spot investigation, the author thinks that this place is the site of Longgang, for four reasons: First, it conforms to the orientation of "Longgang is south of the old county town Erli" or "Longgang is west of the county town Erli" in the county annals, and the south old town is south of the old county town and west of the new county town, and the distance is similar to the description. Secondly, the name of this post is Queshan, which is recorded in the county annals with "Longgang ... also known as Queshan". Third, there is a temple on the mountain called Bianque Temple, which is also consistent with the address of Longgang where Bianque Temple was built in the county annals, also known as Que Mountain. Fourth, there are many locust trees around Queshan site. According to the villagers, they are all naturally derived from primitive Sophora japonica trees, not artificially planted, which is undoubtedly another evidence of the existence of this ancient site.

Later, I studied various versions of Nangong County Records, especially the records related to Wei Zishan. For example, Jiajing said: "Wei Zishan is 50 miles north of the county, and the plain wilderness is looming (beautiful scenery and beautiful realm). It is said that this Taihang Mountain is from the northwest. " The Journal of the Republic of China also said, "The counties east of Taihang Mountain are flat and have no mountains, but there are people named after mountains between Peiyuan (Xiaotushan) in Fu Gang, which is no different. There is Wei Zi in the north five miles of the county. Xing Jia said that his pulse is also from Taihang, and the terrain is uplifting. " Wei Zishan, five miles north of the county seat, is not connected with Longgang or Queshan, two miles south of the county seat? This may be the reason why the annals of Wanli and the annals of Kangxi recorded Longgang in County North Erli. Drawing lessons from the theory of Kanyu, a bird's eye view of the dragon and phoenix immediately appeared. Queshan in the west of Nanjiu Village is the dragon head, and Gukeng pond in the south of the dragon head is Longkou. The ancient river channel around Longkou, which is connected with the ancient water pool and ancient water, and the ancient pagoda above Queshan are Longxu Mountain. This dragon twists and turns and has been connected with Weizi Mountain in the north. It is a dragon, echoing Fenggang in the east, and the dragon and phoenix are auspicious and spectacular.

Furthermore, in the old town north of Xiding House, there used to be a famous pavilion, also called Maifan Pavilion. It is a square pavilion with a plaque on each side of the pavilion, one of which is engraved with the words "Longxiang Phoenix Cave", which is another physical evidence of the auspicious dragon and phoenix in Nangong.

The above are superior dragons and phoenixes, which can be copied. There is something hidden, which can only be explained by historical materials. Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Zhu Di, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, both lived in Nangong. It was a real dragon.

I want to hear the opinions of Fang's family. Is it possible?

? 2065438+April 8, 2006

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