Day 4 Wutai Mountain - Pingyao.
After returning from a trip, the amount of work to organize ** can be described as huge. It is necessary not only to transfer the ** taken for each person to a folder under the name of the individual, but also to classify the scenery taken in various places according to provinces and scenic spots. More than 8,000 **, almost one by one, almost a full 3 days (including 24 hours). What's more important is to review the **, and delete the bad ones. You can't engrave the false ** on the disc and send it out. However, it should be said that the process of tidying up ** is pleasant, and it is a re-review of the beautiful journey;In particular, there was an unexpected discovery.
*When it comes to the Shanxi part, some of the roadside scenery that is obviously taken in the back seat and during the bus is moving** is blurred due to bumps. I'm going to delete them all, but one of the ** that caught my attention was a large stone that resembled a stone tablet with words on it. Enlarge ** and display it as "Yan Xishan's hometown". In other words, we are passing through the border of Dingxiang County in Xinzhou City. Legend has it that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, withdrew his troops in Pingcheng (Datong) Baishan Mountain, until Xinkou got rid of the pursuit of the main force of the Huns, Gaozu smiled happily, and the six armies were happy to go home, because of "Xin" through "Xin", the name of Xinzhou was born.
Xinzhou is also the hometown of the Jin Dynasty poet Yuan Haowen. Yuan Haowen is a poet I like very much, and not only because he wrote the poem "Ask what is the love in the world, and teach people to promise life and death". Of course, Xinzhou is even more famous because of Yan Xishan. In modern Chinese history, Yan Xishan is also a figure who is not particularly famous but cannot be ignored. If you want to write about the century-old history of Shanxi, Yan Xishan can occupy at least one-third of the space.
Well, I'll take the fourth day of the trip from Yan Xishan's hometown, and we're on the ancient road of history. Say goodbye to the morning light of Wutai Mountain, say goodbye to the wind chimes of Zhulin Temple, a new day, a new goal. Travel can give you plenty of room for imagination, but it can't give you more time for fantasy. You'll occasionally fall asleep in the car for a short while, and in the blink of an eye, the guide's voice will sound, and the next attraction will be ......
Jin Ancestral Hall, Pingyao.
This trip to Shanxi, the Jin Ancestral Hall, Pingyao and the Wang's Courtyard are the essence of ancient architecture. The old rich man of Shanxi was particularly fond of building large houses, and gradually the terrain became a building complex. Including the former residence of Yan Xishan, which we did not go to, it is also "27 courtyards of different sizes, more than 700 houses, divided into upper and lower courtyards, and the front and back are east and west gardens", which is not inferior to the Qiao family and the Wang family compound. But I didn't shoot much of the old house this time. Photographing ancient buildings is a profession, you need to understand the history of the house, the different architectural characteristics of each dynasty, and the uniqueness of the building you want to photograph. The second is the need for suitable shooting conditions, spring flowers and autumn moon, morning and dusk light, no one to disturb, etc. I can't do any of this, so I'll just shoot it in general. Of course, it is still a good choice to take portraits in the deep alleys of these old city streets, because the old houses are just the background.
I'm more careful about the ** Pingyao County Ya. A few years ago, I bought a very interesting book "The Yamen of the World", which introduces a very small number of existing government offices in various places, one of which is the Yamen of Neixiang County, Henan, and the Yamen of Pingyao County is also the focus. Yazhai listened to Xiao Xiaozhu, suspected to be the voice of the people's suffering. Some small Caozhou county officials, one branch and one leaf are always concerned. This is a poem written by Zheng Banqiao when he was appointed as the county magistrate of Weixian County. Yazhai listened to Xiao Xiaozhu, Zheng Banqiao was lying in the dining room of the Ya Zhai and wrote this small poem that has been circulated to this day. The house belongs to the living area of the county government, and idlers are not allowed to enter;It is generally connected to the garden.
In the back garden of Pingyao County, there is also a "game pavilion". The explanation board reads: "In the last year of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Ji (Liu Bowen), the capital of the Marshal's Mansion, was frustrated and abandoned his official and returned to his ancestral hometown of Zhukeng Village, Pingyao, to worship his ancestors, he played against the county Yin Daluhai here. "The Yuan Dynasty is from 1325 to 1368. In the last years of the Zheng Dynasty, Liu Ji and Daluhai both played chess in this small pavilion, and the county Yin Dashi was obviously a Mongolian**. He didn't know that the former colleague in front of him, the former marshal's office, was about to become the main think-tank figure for overthrowing the Great Yuan regime. Liu Kievzuo and Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, but finally died because of his high merits. I also came to sit in the chess pavilion, drizzling and sparse flowers and trees. Historical figures came from among the flowers and smiled at me;Dalu Haidu, Liu Ji, Chang Yuchun, Xu Da ......Can you not sigh that life is like a dream and the world is like chess?!
Let's meditate slowly and nostalgic, and go to fill the belly first. A few of us in a very clean shop on the small street of Pingyao, tasted Xinzhou's specialty "Noodles and Buckwheat Bowls" in Wutai Mountain, which tasted good. Shanxi's special foods are mainly pasta-based, processed and made in various ways, don't forget to have a bowl of Shanxi old vinegar as a seasoning. It is worth mentioning that although Pingyao has long been famous as a tourist attraction, it feels that the small restaurant is not a name to bully customers, and the local folk customs are called simple and should be praised.
Overnight stay in the "Pingyao Hall", an antique backyard known as a four-star hotel. The mosquitoes attacked wildly that night, and Lao Feng and I didn't fall asleep at two o'clock in the second half of the night. Lao Feng was still smart, and suddenly thought of why not turn on the air conditioner to adjust the low temperature, mosquitoes will no longer bite if they are afraid of the cold. After the trial operation, it really worked. So, on the last hot night in Shanxi, the mosquitoes in Pingyao slept peacefully with us in the cold wind of the air conditioner.