In the childhood eyes, the distance you see always feel very long; in the childhood years, the days you feel always feel very long; in the childhood expectations, I always hope to grow up quickly and measure the world with my own legs; in the childhood dream, I want to spread my wings and fly in the blue sky. When we were young, we always felt that we had endless youth. But when we were grey and we were paying our youth with white hair, we deeply regretted the passing time. We wanted to go back to the innocent, happy and innocent childhood despite our poverty.
When is the most distant memory of an adult? I don’t know what others can remember, but I have a memory that always comes to my mind: late at night that summer, I sighed very much when I was one year old, crying in my cradle with a high fever, and my grandmother hugged me and wandered in the alley, while walking, gently patting my back with her hands, humming a lullaby in her mouth. Slowly, I stopped crying in the cradle. With my slithering eyes, I saw the dark and quiet surroundings. The sound of cicadas ringing in my ears. On one side is the row of short bungalows where we live, and on the other side is the Chen Family Ancestral Hall with carved dragons and phoenixes dancing in the eaves. Looking up, countless stars are flashing in the deep night sky. I seemed to be able to spread my wings and fly into the vast night sky. This scene has been deeply imprinted in my mind, and this great sigh is the most distant memory of my life.
In the interpretation of southern China's history, Hakka has a tradition of hard work, courage, simple and kindness. Hakka dialect is not like Cantonese. Some people say that Cantonese is the authentic Southern Barbarian dialect, while Hakka dialect belongs to a branch of the Northern language family. Hakka people prefer culture and respect scholars. Therefore, no matter how poor Hakka people are, they should try every means to let their children go to school, and then go on a career and become officials or do business. Hakka people who have made a fortune will inevitably do three major things: building a large enclosure (large house), building a ancestral hall (ancestral hall), and building a large tomb (ancestral tomb), so as to glorify their ancestors. The house I lived in when I was a child was a ancestral hall. As long as I can remember, this majestic and beautiful ancestral hall has been divided into houses. My family used to live in the ancestral hall with a big house, and there was a small house next to the ancestral hall. Later, this row of bungalows was demolished and built the union auditorium. My family also divided the large house on the other side of the ancestral hall. The two houses happened to be in the ancestral hall in the center of the ancestral hall. The size is symmetrical and the structure is the same. It is said that this ancestral hall is called the Chen Family Ancestral Hall, and its construction area is about 1,200 square meters. There should be two mighty stone lions at the entrance of the ancestral hall, but I have never seen them before. I don’t know when a two-story mixed brick house was built in front of the ancestral hall, blocking the view from the ancestral hall to the street. This house is the only police station in the county. Come in from the main entrance of the ancestral hall and walk up to the bluestone steps of more than twenty levels. Two tall stone pillars support the eaves carved with dragons and phoenixes. The couplets on both sides of the gate are no longer known where to go. Crossing the threshold nearly half a meter high, facing me is a screen carved with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemums. Entering through the two small doors on the left and right of the screen, I saw a large patio in the center of , and the wide hatchbacks were separated into housing. The courtyard is paved with pebbles and beautiful patterns. The eaves around the courtyard are carved with flowers, plants, birds, beasts, dragons and phoenixes. There is also an osmanthus tree planted on one side of the courtyard. Every August, the ancestral hall is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus. From the center of the patio, a green stone bridge about two meters wide and more than three meters long leads to the lobby of the ancestral hall. In the past, I didn’t know what the lobby of this ancestral hall looked like. Later, I just guessed that the lobby must be magnificent. At that time, Uncle Xie's family lived in the main lobby of the ancestral hall. It was next to the two hatchbacks of the central lobby of . There were two large rooms in my family. After the Cultural Revolution began, the left room where I lived was half separated and was allowed to live in by someone else's house. The two sides of the wings near the front door are two rooms where Uncle Lu's family lives. Originally, you could go directly to the aft courtyard through the lobby, but the lobby was separated by people, so you could only walk from both sides of the ancestral hall to the aft courtyard .There are several houses in the back courtyard of the ancestral hall , and there is also a small patio in the middle. The entire ancestral hall structure is symmetrical and the layout is integrated. The lighting, ventilation and drainage are very scientific, giving people a sense of majesty, solemnity and magnificence, showing the strong heritage of Chinese Hakka culture . Next to the Chen Family Ancestral Hall is an open space, and there is a well in the center of . People living nearby come here to carry water. They are very proud that by around 1966, after the tap water was installed in Xinfeng county town, they sealed the wellhead with thick wooden boards. Adjacent to this vacant land are the court and the procuratorate, both of which work in the same compound. This courtyard originally was a Guanyin Temple, covering an area of about 1,000 square meters, and the architectural design is also very majestic and unique. It has six patios of various sizes, and the ventilation and lighting layout is very scientific. The eaves of Guanyin Temple are also carved with dragons, phoenixes, flowers, plants, birds and beasts, and are vividly presented. They are worthy of being the masterpiece of a group of skilled craftsmen and reflect the profound culture and art of the Chinese nation.
In front of Guanyin Temple, there are two large stone lions. When I was a child, children often climbed on the back of the stone lion to play "riding horses". The gate of Guanyin Temple was made of two inches thick wooden boards. The gate opened and closed, making a "creaking" low roar. After crossing the threshold of nearly half a meter high, they walked into Guanyin Temple. When they were facing a screen, they passed through the small doors on both sides. It was a symmetrical patio on both sides. The opposite side had long been converted into two large offices, blocking the central . One is the office of the court and the other is the office of the procuratorate; from the right side of the patio, there is a large patio, and behind it is a large hall divided by wooden fences. Before liberation, the golden body of Guanyin Bodhisattva was placed in the lobby, and the eight vajras stood on both sides. Many men and women came here to burn incense and worship Buddha. After liberation, had already moved Guanyin Bodhisattva statue to the utility room, and eight statues of Vajra were gone. After the Cultural Revolution began, the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva left in the utility room was inevitably moved out of the utility room by people. The cook uncle in the canteen swung his axe and chopped the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva with a red and green hanging on the green body, and then squatted on the ground and said, "Oh-Oh-" and screamed, "Oh-Oh-" and made his stomach ache. Everyone was stunned at first, and then laughed "Hahaha". It turned out that the cook was pretending to have stomach aches. Immediately afterwards, our children helped to move the chopped wood chips to the cafeteria as firewood. At that time, the Chen Family Ancestral Hall and the Guanyin Temple were connected together, which was the paradise for our children to play.
Today, when I set foot in Xinfeng City again, the memories of the past seemed to have opened the floodgates and rolled in front of my eyes, and the dusty past drifted across my mind. In front of me is a beautiful and spacious square, which connects the old park, stadium and the residence I lived in when I was a child, and becomes the big square today. The ancient Hakka courtyard when I was a child; the exquisite Chen Family Ancestral Hall has long disappeared.
Now, standing in the square, recalling that warm park. From today's perspective, it is actually not a park, at best it is just a big street garden. But at that time, in the eyes of our children, it was a vast happy world of our childhood. But at that time, this was indeed the only beautiful park in this small county town. The most prosperous place in Xinfeng County is the intersection, which is a commercial center. Xinfeng hotels, hotels, department stores, textile companies, hardware companies, and photo studios are all gathered here. Every weekly market, the large western gateway extends from here. The crowds of people squeeze the streets into pieces and are very lively. Maybe it can be comparable to Scarborough Market! From the intersection to the east, walk onto a slope, and face it is a large archway made of bluestone. The lintel is neatly carved with the words "People's Park". The park has no walls. Follow this road and then walk onto another slope. That is the county party committee and county government. Standing side by side with the county party committee and county government is the county armed forces department. They occupy the highest point in this small county town, representing majesty and symbolizing the power of power.Passing through the archway in the park, heading to the road, facing you is a kindergarten with bungalows forming a wide courtyard. Next to the kindergarten is the cinema that I yearn for when I was a child. A small alley is the Cultural Palace and the County Art Troupe. Inside the alley is the Hongwei Primary School; on the right of the park archway, a small piece of trees and grass is the Xinfeng Stadium, so it was even more appropriate to say that Xinfeng Park was a street garden at that time. There are tall kapok trees in the park 3. The trees are hard to train, and the crisscrossing green paths. The trees are lush and the flowers are blooming. It is a paradise for us to play as children. In summer, we friends often play hide-and-seek, play wars, or lie on the lawn of the stadium and listen to our grandmother telling stories.
In Xinfeng County, when the weather is clear, you can see Baishuizhai Reservoir from afar. The waterfall flowing down from the dam emits a silvery white light under the sun. That year, when I was in the second grade of elementary school, the mountain in Baishuizhai Reservoir caught fire. The county revolutionary committee issued a notice requiring all agencies, enterprises and residents to put out the fire. A few friends and I were holding brooms and walked up the mountain of Baishuizhai Reservoir with the flow of people. This winding mountain road is really hard to walk on. When we were halfway through the road, we were so tired that we rested under a huge rock, the adults had already come down from the mountain one after another and walked back. It turns out that wildfire has been extinguished. We kids were not even on the side, so we had to come back. During the summer vacation this year, everyone went to the mountain of Baishuizhai Reservoir to chop wood. Because after the fire burns the mountain, the dried firewood is particularly easy to burn. I also clamored to follow my brothers and sisters to chop wood. My sister is just a lie, so I just need to let me go.
At that time, when I saw the Baishuizhai Reservoir Dam, it was no less than now when I saw the Three Gorges Dam. I felt that the Baishuizhai Reservoir was magnificent. The white clear water climbed over the dam and poured thousands of miles, shocking my innocent heart. It made me feel that the Baishuizhai Reservoir was a big and large reservoir. In fact, Baishuizhai Reservoir is just a very small reservoir, but in the hearts of a mountain doll, it is an amazing behemoth.
In fact, Xinfeng County was too small when I was a child, but it was also particularly beautiful in my mind. When I was still in the military camp in the 1980s, I heard the " Small Town Story " sung by Teresa Teng , which reminded me of the distant Xinfeng City. It is said that in the 1960s, Xinfeng, a small county town, became a socialist model county with "up and downstairs, electric lights and telephones". At that time, there was a big tree in Xinfeng's county party committee compound, which seemed to be a big banyan tree with lush branches and leaves. An ancient bell hung on the tree. The bell rang throughout the small town, and people knew that it was time to go to and from get off work. In front of the Chen Family Ancestral Hall where I live is the most prosperous street in Xinfeng County. Magnolias are planted on both sides of the street. Whenever the flowers bloom, the fragrance of magnolias fills this small county town. From this street to the south, there are Post and Telecommunications Bureau, Commerce Bureau, People's Hospital, Xinfeng Middle School, Guesthouse, Riza Company, Bus Station, etc.; to the north, there is a crossroads, gathering textile companies, department stores, hotels, photo studios, People's Bank of China , Xinhua Bookstore , this is the commercial center of Xinfeng County; to the west, it is the west gate, which is a residential area, mostly two-story wooden houses, and the roads are lined with small shops. This is the most prosperous commercial street in Xinfeng. Whenever Xuri (walking to the market), from the intersection to the west gate, there are traffic all day long, crowded with bustling people. Behind the Chen Family Ancestral Hall is a green stadium and a people's park with lush trees and red flowers. It is surrounded by the county party committee, county government, armed forces department, , public security bureau, kindergarten, Xinfeng Primary School, cultural center, cinema, and central area integrating the political, economic and cultural areas of the small town.
When I walked to the Roman column in the square, this was the former site of the Chen Family Ancestral Hall.I looked around, how could the broad impression I had when I was a child become so small? I remember that after leaving the gate of the Chen Family Ancestral Hall, it was a long distance when I walked to the intersection. Now, it was less than 200 meters at first glance. I remember that from the intersection to the southernmost bus station in the county, I felt that it was a very long distance, and now it was only more than 2,000 meters away. People's Park and Stadium are paradises for children to play and play. Now it looks like it is just a small street square. All of this, in the eyes of childhood, is a world of greatness!
Yidian No. Niuge
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