Large-scale archaeological surveys - Past and present of Yongdao and Lai Chi Road

“Chang'an looks back to embroidered piles, and the top of the hill is opened for thousands of times. One rides on a red dusty grin, and no one knows it is litchi.” Tang Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, not only portrayed as Bo Yang Guichao's smile, but also Xu Genzong. The special "Royal Express" specializes in sending lychee for miles and miles, and makes this "dedicated channel" famous. Are there any ancient roads in Lai Chi Tau now? Are there pavilions or temple ruins? A few days ago, in order to cooperate with the ramparts to declare the world's natural and cultural heritage, a large-scale archeological investigation of the Qidao Zhidao Road that took place for about 20 days was officially launched.

Past life

The most prosperous rampage during the Tang Xuanzong period

The mountains in the winter are particularly quiet, among the yellow weeds, the still-existing litchi road (more than 500 meters from Wanyuan to Zhenba), there are many small holes on the stone slabs under the old trees, and it is said to be “water drop stone wear”. The rainwater gathered on the branches and leaves of the trees as a waterline, pouring down regularly, and the hard slate was gradually eroded into a hole by the Millennium Frost.

According to records in the Old Tang Book and the New Tang Book, during the Tang Tianbao years (742-756), Emperor Xuanzong proposed to eat fresh lychees every day for the purpose of meeting Yang Guixuan’s plans for the construction of a litchi garden in Zhangzhou (now Chongqing Fuling) and from Ganzhou built a ramp dedicated to the transport of litchi. Regarding this ancient road, "Fang Yu Sheng Sheng" has recorded that from Fuling to Dazhou to Xizhong and Xixiang, after entering the Ziwu Valley, they can go to Chang'an on the 3rd. "Aroma and color have not changed." Lai Chi Dao is divided into two sections. The first section is called Yangba Dao. It passes through Lewen, Dianjiang, Liangshan, Dongxiang and Zhenba. It then passes through the Yang River valley and runs down the northern slope of Bashan to the eastern edge of the Hanzhong Basin. Yangxian Xixiang; and then from the south Meridian town into the Meridian Road, over Ning Shan, Yao Ling Guan, Leiyang Dam, San Jiao Tong, to the North Meridian town, and finally into Chang'an.

The Tang Dynasty Chronicle records the situation of the Tang Dynasty Taoist martyrdom. The Tang dynasty martyrdom set up a station every 20 years. From the early Tang dynasty to the Xuanzong period, there were a total of 1639 stations and more than 20,000 staff members. Chang'an and Langzhong traders choose Lai Chi Dao for trade, which also makes Lai Chi Road the most prosperous road in the Tang Dynasty.

The lychee that "Liaozixiao" was from Sichuan

"Your parents were born in the oysters and ate delicious lichee." (Don't say "Tang Lizhe's Supplement to the History of the State") As we all know, Yang Guixi loves lychee. However, the lychees that Yang Guixi ate were from Liling or Lingnan, and they have been debated in ancient times.

Sima Guang proposed "Lingnan" in the Zi Zhi Tong Jian: "If you want to live, you will have years of life in the south of the country." But Cai Tong, who was also in the Song Dynasty, refuted Sima in "The Lychee Spectrum." Light, bluntly, "Tang Tianbao, Yan Zi especially loves the envy of Yuzhou (present-day Chongqing, northeastern), and has a good life." The Sichuanese Su Dongpo poem "Litchi Sigh" supports Cai Yu's statement. "Yueyuan litchi comes to the state and Tianbao is old. Take it."

If it is transported from Fujian or Guangdong and Guangxi, according to the prevailing transportation conditions, the distance between four and five thousand miles, even if the Tang Dynasty is rumored to be rumored, but the “five days of scripting on a daily basis” is already approaching the limit of horse speed (this does not mean a horse’s The daily mileage, but refers to the total number of horses running in the Hummer, and it has to do more than ten days, can not keep the fresh lychee; and transported from Sichuan to Chang'an, through the Qinling, just with the "Changan look back" "top "Thousands of doors" and other scenarios are suitable. It takes only two or three days in time, and the freshness of litchi can be guaranteed.

There is no refrigerator in ancient times or use bamboo preservative transport

Litchi is a delicate fruit, Bai Juyi described in the “Lychee Picture Sequence”: “If you leave this branch, it will change in color on one day, but it will change on the second day, and change on the third day. After four or five days, the colors and fragrances will go.” In the distant Tang Dynasty, how did Yang Yuhuan eat the delicious fresh lychees?

The first was to “at that time be horse-riding, seven nights and seven nights to Beijing, and people and horses were very good at the road” (“Fang Yusheng”). To this end, the court also issued a “transport passport” specifically, no matter what happened to anyone along the way. Everything cannot be stopped. In addition, transportation and storage are also essential. Wang Hui, an expert on the diet of the Tang Dynasty, pointed out many years ago that "the transport of lychees in the Tang Dynasty should be made of bamboo as a storage box." He believes that the fresh twigs with branches and leaves are placed in a hollow bamboo tube and sealed with wax, so that the oxygen in the cylinder gradually decreases, carbon dioxide gradually increases, and the metabolism of the fruit itself is inhibited. In doing so, the ripening time of litchi can be successfully extended to achieve a preservation effect similar to that of “refrigerator”. It also prevents squeezing and stealing on the way.

Meteorologist Yan Kezhen analyzed the distribution of Litchi in Sichuan during the Sima Qian era, the Tang Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty. Finally, it was found that the most widely distributed period of Sichuan litchi was in the Tang Dynasty, and its northern limit had reached Chengdu. After the Song Dynasty, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty (1200), it was the coldest period in the history of our country. The north limit of the litchi was relegated to Leshan, 60 kilometers south of Meishan.

The ancient road of Litchi continues for thousands of years

The predecessor of the ancient litchi road was famous in the Three Kingdoms period. This ancient road runs from Wanyuan Township to Xixiang. According to records, Zhuge Liang had stationed Wanyuan after entering the imprisonment. According to the danger defense Cao Bing and Liu Bei took Hanzhong, there were also “big soldiers rushed to Meng Meng, Zhao Lie’s from Guangyuan and Ning.羌 正 正 正 正 正 正 正 正 正 正 正 正 正 , , , , , , , , ,. Lai Chi Road was opened on the basis of this ancient road line.

After the Tang Dynasty, the focus of China's economy shifted southwards. By the Southern Song Dynasty, the nearest place of origin for the emperor to eat litchi was Fujian. Yangbadao lost its role in transporting litchi, but the name of the litchi road remained.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Lai Chit Road was the most prosperous, and many merchants went into Sichuan. Ming “Zhongzhong Guangji” has records of the ancient “Lianzhidao” route. The basic route is from Liling (Fengzi Garden) → Dianjiang → Liangping → Dazhu → Daxian → Tongchuan → Xuanhan County (Dacheng Township Huayueba Fold into the Third Bridge) → Passage → Madu → Hongfeng → Wanyuan (Yingbei Township, Miaoqi Township, Qinhe Township, Shiwo Township, Yudai Township, Weijia Township) → Tongjiang (Longfeng Township, Hongkou Township, Libo Township) → Re-enter Wanyuan (Zhuyi Town, Hongqiao Township, Yongning Township, Changshi Township) → Enter Shaanxi (Zhenba County Saltworks, County Town) → Ziwu Town of Xixiang County, and finally enter Meridian Road The ancient plank road in Sichuan and Shaanxi) reached Xi'an and was over 1,000 kilometers long.

Both the Ming and Qing dynasties prohibited private salt and tea. All roads were set up and strictly prohibited. “The Xi Qin Hui Luo Ji” records: Shaanxi merchants gathered, there are eight stores Street, known as “eight large.” The trade bazaar established along the Lai Chi Dao Road, such as the most prosperous market in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, and the Salt Market Dam, the Yudu Dam, the Sungdong and other markets in the Sichuan-Shaanxi-European salt market, have all been used up to now. Lai Chi Dao has played an extremely important role in promoting material exchanges and economic development in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei, and it was still the main wanted of the “Northern Qin Dynasty and South Dating” at the initial stage of the founding of New China. So far, there is also a saying that “a yellow dragon (referring to a piece of fire paper) goes out of Sichuan and a white dragon (refers to cotton) to come to Sichuan” in the rural town of Bazhong, Hanzhong.

·this life·

Modern highway replaces ancient litchi road

The Hangu Highway in the 1930s basically followed the route of Lai Chi Road. Since the founding of New China, the newly-built highway has passed through the entire Qinba mountainous region and across the two provinces of Shaanxi and Sichuan. Lai Chi Road is the road sign that leads this road. In the late 1950s, the state carried out a large-scale expansion of the road. In 1958, the 210 National Highway West (An) Wanyuan (source) road was built along the Lai Chi Road route. In early 2004, after the completion of the diversion (渝) expressway was completed, the shortcut was taken across the Qinba Mountain area. Due to the construction of modern highways, the old litchi road has gradually been forgotten.

Lots of ancient litchi trails

According to archaeological researchers, there are still many historic sites related to litchi roads in Sichuan Province. In Daozhou, Wanyuan’s territory is litchi, and it is expected to have Xingguan, Jiheba, Yongning Pass and so on. The city of Yingyuan, Wanyuan City, is located in the river, and has completed the Litchi Trail three times. He has studied Lai Chi Road for more than 10 years, and has provided many valuable information for the investigation team of Yong Dao. In Jigong Village at the junction of Ma'an Township and Yingbei Township, the ancient road to Litchi passed over the cliff, and a large fence was built on the edge of the cliff. The person called the “wall of horses” and was said to have prevented the horses from losing their shoes. Cliff built. The deep corners on the left wall and the right side of the stone wall are said to have been used to latch the door and used as gate bars.

In Liangjiaba Village, Shixiang Township, Wanyuan City, there is still a millennium ancient pine, 11 meters high and 3 meters thick. Legend has it that this place is a large station. This tree was used as a distance sign. It was planted here with a pine forest of 5 miles long, and a road about 5 meters wide was built for the purpose of keeping horses and practicing horses. It used to welcome officials from the past. In the Sichuan section of Lai Chi Road, especially in the Wanyuan Mountains, the most striking is the early 30s of the last century. When the Red Army marched, the Red Army entered Sichuan in this road and went northward to resist Japan. On the road to litchi, the remains of the Red Army fighting the reactionary warlords spread over 200 kilometers. Thousands of Red Army carved stones on both sides of the road.

Sichuan launches archaeological survey of Lai Chi Road

Three years ago, the Guangyuan Section of Jinuu Road was enrolled in the “Prepared List for China's World Cultural Heritage”, so that the application of Shu Road was concerned. In June of last year, the “Micang Road” and “Litcha Road” of Gulin Road in Sichuan Province were also included. In the name of “Sword Gate Road”, the world’s natural and cultural heritage was jointly declared. At the same time, they took the lead in applying for the Provincial Housing and Construction Department of the Dual Heritage, and organized experts to initiate investigations into the nature and culture dual heritage. The relevant experts and scholars of the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology will discuss the status of the roads, paving, stack pavilions, and gateways to Daxian County, Xuanhan, Pyeongchang, Wanyuan, and Tongjiang, etc. , natural attractions and other in-depth investigations. According to the relevant person in charge of the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, after the archaeological survey of the Lai Chi Dao was completed, the panorama of the cultural relics of the rampage in Sichuan will be drawn in detail, providing a basis for the impact of the rampage and the protection of cultural relics.

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