The human history of Fenggang Street

Tracing back to the history of Shacun County, the "ancient county", which began in the Yixi period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the indigenous residents of the county have thrived on this land for more than 1,600 years, and have written countless epic historical legends. , imprinted with many unique local cultures. In the past hundred years, foreigners from Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Puxian, Fuzhou, Fuqing, Minqing, and southern Fujian came to engage in cloth, medicinal materials and other businesses, spinning, weaving, umbrella and other handicrafts, as well as shipping, fishery, building materials industry, etc.; Fujian The families of the Western Hakka people were stationed in the mountains to make bamboo shoots and paper; after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, a large number of institutions and their staff in the provincial capital (Fuzhou City and its surrounding areas), as well as barbers, chefs, tailors and other industrial, commercial and craftsmen moved in and have not returned. In the 1960s and 1970s, those who supported mountainous areas along the coast and some of the “educated youths who went to the countryside” got married or found employment in Fenggang. Especially in the past 20 years of reform and opening up, a large number of foreigners from other villages and towns outside the county have Surplus rural laborers and organized people came to invest and set up factories, do business, work, and start families and settle down. Most of the rebels who were separated from the peasant revolutions such as the Huang Chao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty, the Deng Maoqi Uprising in the Ming Dynasty, and the Taiping Army in the late Qing Dynasty, as well as the official soldiers who came to suppress it, also settled in the town. In the early days of liberation, after the army marched south to liberate Shaxian County, many cadres who marched south obeyed the organization's arrangements and stayed in the territory to participate in local construction. Therefore, there are more foreigners, the language is more complex, Mandarin is more popular, and many people can understand Fuzhou, Minnan and other local dialects. The native dialect belongs to the central Fujian dialect area (including Yong'an, Sanyuan, Meili and other urban areas). It is similar to the ancient counties of Jian'an County and has many similarities with the dialects of modern northern Fujian counties. The townspeople are ingenious, hospitable, and have snacks all over the streets; they are trustworthy, simple and generous, and easy to make friends and do business with; they have a strong sense of competition, fashionable clothes, elegant residences, and beautiful environment, bringing together rich and colorful traditional culture and folk from all directions Art has given birth to the long-standing cultural heritage of "Shaxi Dragon Boat Racing", "Shaxian Snacks", "Shaxian Shoulder Opera" and "hardworking and intelligent, pragmatic and innovative, and never showing weakness".

"Fenggang" has beautiful scenery and outstanding people. Its existing tourism resources account for about 50% of the county's total. The provincial-level scenic spot Dazhou Taojin Mountain Tourist Area contains the large-scale "triassic rock" fossils from ancient times, the rare thousand-year-old iron tree group, and the contemporary monolithic stone reclining Buddha (the ancient burning Buddha, also known as the Dingguang Buddha) that is called "the first in China". And scenic spots such as the ancient general village site left by the peasant uprising army of Deng Maoqi, who was known as the "Eradicate King" in the middle of the Ming Dynasty; the "Ten Miles of Advection", "Seven Peaks and Green Peaks", "Xianzhou" Peninsula, and "Twenty-Eight Quxingtian" along the Shaxi River Natural and unique landscapes such as the "Crescent Peak" and the "Crescent Flat Lake" on the ancient county stream; the ancient City God Temple and ancient banyan trees with a history of more than 1,600 years; the largest and best-preserved Ming Dynasty City God Temple on the southeastern coast of Fujian; Li Gang, the famous Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, in Sha Residence, quilt The Xingguo Temple known as "Yuxuan"; the Memorial Hall of Luo Congyan, a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty and the ancestor of Zhu Xi; the tomb of Mrs. Chen Shan, a veteran of Chengzu, Renzong, and Xuanzong dynasties in the Ming Dynasty and the then Minister of the Ministry of Finance; the eunuch of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty ( The tomb of the parents of the Li family, Taisangong (also known as Wang Jing) in Sangu Village; during the Qing Dynasty, the ancestors of the Zhang family who migrated from Penglai Lingmei, Anxi to Shuimei Village successively built three ancient castles with unique structures, and more than 40 other buildings. Scenic spots of various sizes are dotted here and there. The upstream and downstream bays of Shaxi River are full of rapids and densely covered with beaches and reefs. When entering the territory, the stream surface suddenly opens up. The river water in the section about 5 kilometers from Dazhou to Guxian is as flat as a mirror. You can't see the direction of the water at both ends. It is like a mountain city emerging from a flat lake, with sparkling waves. The ripples are pleasing to the eye.

According to legend, in ancient times, the Yangji Ban (now the county government residence) at the foot of Fenggang Mountain and its surroundings were very attractive with lush forests and bamboos, ancient trees, seven green peaks, ten-mile flat currents, waterfalls and caves. (Seven of the old "Eight Scenic Spots of Shayang" were within the territory). Many phoenixes once lived in the hills and thrived, so the area north of the county seat was called "Fenglingang" in history. The "篢" in Yangji Ban refers to a tool used to fan the wind and keep cool in the old days. Because of the unique scenery and wide field of vision, long-distance travelers who pass by here will raise their fans to stop and take a look. It is also said that in ancient times, a "Qiulong" (a small dragon with horns, one of the nine sons of the dragon in legend) appeared in the river section of Shaxi City, so it was called "Qiujiang River", and the county seat of Shaxian County was abbreviated as "Qiucheng". .

When Li Gang, the famous Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, was the editor of the National History, he was demoted to Qiucheng because he wrote about state affairs. During his exile, he often went boating on the river (the compiler of the National History also called it "Taishi"), so the Qiujiang River was also called "Taishi Creek". The original Fenggang was located on both sides of the Qiujiang River, with Fenggang Mountain to the north and Fengshui Mountain to the south. It can be said that each town is in the same position as a dragon and a phoenix. It has been said in Bafang Township throughout the ages that "Qiucheng is a treasure land of Feng Shui". In the past dynasties, the city has been known as "Jinsha County" because "hundreds of boats competed in the stream and merchants gathered on land." The city had developed economy and trade and was relatively wealthy.