Ding Chen prose "Romantic Suzaku Gate"

Editor's note:

The "Xi'an Evening News" today's "Cultural Weekly" geographical version editor, slightly deleted, used half a version of the name "Suzakumen Past", published the prose of writer Ding Chen. The author's original "Romantic Suzaku Gate" is edited and reposted to readers.

Romantic Suzakumen

Ding Chen

The ancient city walls in the center of Xi'an City are historical and cultural cards in Xi'an in ancient capitals. The city gate is also known as the eyes of the city. Among the eighteen gates in Xi'an, in addition to Yongning Gate (South Gate), Anding Gate (West Gate), and Hanguang Gate, have the origin of the history of Sui and Tang dynasties, and the Suzaku Gate is also the history of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Through the "eyes" of the city of Suzakumen, witnessed and witnessed the vicissitudes of the ancient city walls of Xi'an, the glory and romantic flow of history and history.

"East Qinglong, West White Tiger, Southern Suzaku, North Xuanwu." Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu are all the four major beasts of ancient times. . "So many ancient cities have the door to named the beast. It is a kind of god bird like a fire phoenix. Xuanwu is a turtle -shaped beast. Suzaku Gate is the middle gate south of the Emperor City of the Sui and Tang dynasties. It is built from the second year to three years to three years (582-583 AD). The five door holes are opened and there is a tall building view. Tang Kyoto has Suzaku Gate in the south gate of Chang'an imperial city of Kyoto, and Xuanwu Gate in the north gate of Gongcheng. With the thousand years of time, today's Xi'an City, Xuanwu Gate has long disappeared, but Suzaku Gate stands on the wall of the South City. Today, the main entrance of the South City Wall of Xi'an is Yongning Gate (South Gate), and in the Tang Dynasty, the main gate of the South City Wall in the Emperor City of Chang'an City was Suzaku Gate.

Tang Chang'an City, as the capital, has three cities. The imperial city is commonly known as Zicheng. It is a small town in Chang'an City in Sui and Tang dynasties. It is created for the resettlement of the Central Office and the second city in Chang'an City. Miyagi is inner city. It is the third city of Chang'an City. It is the place where the emperor lives and handles the government, and is the center of the national feudal rule.

Today, Xi'an City Wall is started in the three years of Ming Hongwu (1370 AD). Until the 11th year of Hongwu (1378 AD), it was completed. On the basis of the Emperor City of Chang'an in the end of the Tang Dynasty, its west and south walls were not moving. The east and north of the extension of the extension of the extension of the extension of the construction of the north are re -built. The Suzaku Gate of the Sui and Tang dynasties ranks west of the middle of the South City Wall of the Imperial City. The north and Gongcheng Chengtianmen, South and Waiguo City are straight, and the central axis of the whole city is formed. The north and south streets of the door are the central streets of the city. Among them, the Suzakumen to the Guo City section outside Mingdemen, known as Suzakumen Street; Suzakumen to Chengtianmen Huangcheng section, called Cheng Tianmen Street. Chengtianmen Street is also known as the Tianjie Street because it leads to the residence of the feudal emperor's residence and handle the dynasty; and the streets of Suzakumen Street are also called Tianmen Street because they are the streets of the Emperor's Emperor Gate.

The high openness of the Suzakumen is magnificent, carved with jade foundation, green and dan, Chongxuan's threshold, which is quite spectacular. According to rumors, there are neat locust trees on both sides of the "Sky Street" along Suzakumen to Chengtianmen, looking at it, a green shade. However, a large locust tree protruded from the ranks next to Chengtianmen, disturbing the neutrality of the ranks. This large locust branch is leafy and lush, and the tree is thick and tall, like a huge green umbrella, covering a thick shade on the ground. According to reports, Tang Taizong Li Shimin often loves to cool down in this tree in summer. Responsible for the tree planting officials, because the big tree was not as good as pulling it out, and was blocked by Gao Zong Li Zhi, so that the great locust tree was left. Of course, the big locust tree is safe today? unknown.

Known as the "Tianjie" Chengtianmen Street, the Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu's "Early Spring is Zhang Eighteen Members of the Water" with such verses to describe the Chengtianmen Street of Haruki:

Tianjie Xiaoyu Rud like crispy,

Grassy is near but there is no.

The best one year's spring,

Smart tobacco Liu Man Capital.

The poet discovered the beauty of this grass in the cold wind and drizzle of early spring. The slim rain nourishes the sky like butter, and the grass buds are arched out of the soil and connected into a piece. Through the rain, it looks like the painter wiped the light of the street with a light spring light. But let's take a look, this spring seemed to escape from her eyes again. Ah, early spring is the most beautiful scene in spring light, far exceeding the full city of smoke willow in the spring season of Huangdu. It can be seen that at this time, the poet's attitude is praise for reality, and the mood is pleasant. However, Du Mu, who is also a poet in the Tang Dynasty, reflects another mood of critical reality in his poem "Tanabata":

Silver candle autumn light painting screen,

The small fan fluttering fluorescence.

The night of the sky is cool as water,

Watch the glory of the glory.

The poet describes the lonely life and desolate mood of a palace girl in the Tang Dynasty. Although there is no lyrical words in the poem, the complex feelings of the grievances and expectations of the palace girl are found outside the words, and reflect another tragic fate of the feudal dynasty women from one side.

In the "Biography of Tang Caizi" in Xinwenfang in the Yuan Dynasty, it also recorded a good story of the talent of the Tang Dynasty poet Jia Shi and Han Yu:

A bitter chanting poet Jia Dao, known as "two sentences and three years, one groaning and tears" at a time, when he rode a thin donkey across Suzaku Street, it was the high late autumn wind, the yellow leaves landed, and the scenery was charming. As soon as Jia Dao was happy, he chanted a sentence "Falling the leaves full of Changan". He walked forward while riding a donkey, thinking hard, and unknowingly collided with Jingzhao Yin Liu Qichu's horse team. Liu is very angry. Jia Dao suddenly came inspiration and groaned again: "The autumn wind blows Weishui." Liu Qichu thought he was a lunatic and closed him overnight. Later, Jiadao rode a donkey to break the Suzaku Street. He was pondering the poem "Monk Knocking the Moon", using the word "knocking", or "push". He said in his mouth, and he was better in his hand. The horse's horse team. Han Yuki Liu Qichu had conservation, and he asked Jia Dao why he was chaotic. Jia Dao said that he made poetry, and he couldn't "push" and "knock". Han Yu listened, haha, laughed and said, "I still use 'knocking', in case the door is closed, how can I push it away? Furthermore, it is polite to knock on the door at night! Jia Dao nodded again and again. In this way, not only the "scrutiny" allusions were born, but the two poets also formed good friends. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Guo Jian of the Tang Dynasty made Han Jian. For the needs of military defense, the city gate of the Suzaku Gate of the former imperial city was closed when the needs of military defense. Since then, Suzakumen has not been opened. Until 1985, when the Xi'an City Wall was repaired, the Anfumen, Guangmen and Suzaku Gate in the Mingcheng Wall were excavated. The pillar foundation of Suzakumen marble, elegant and luxurious; the lines engraved on the liquid of bluestone, the grasses pattern, and the vines are flying; The magnificent and luxurious style.

Today's Suzaku Gate is on the west side of the site, located on the west side of Yongning Gate (South Gate), the east side of the curtain gate (small south gate), the north Tongnan Guangji Street in the city, and the Nantong Suzaku Street outside the city. , A total of four brick -building vouchers, a total of 38 meters wide. Although the Suzaku Gate today is only a new door hole that was only dug in the 1980s, but the famous Suzakumen in history has witnessed how many brilliant and romantic flow?

Nara, Pingchengjing, Japan, today, is the first capital built by Japanese imitation of Tang Changan, which is the main entrance of Suzaku Gate as the main entrance of Pingcheng Palace.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the emperor often held a grand celebration at Suzakumen. In the ninth year of Emperor Sui Kai (AD 589), at that time, Yang Guang and Minister Yang Su, who were King of Jin, led 500,000 troops to break Jiankang (now Nanjing), captured Chen Houzhu Chen Shubao, destroyed Chen Guo, ended the Northern and South Dynasties. The split situation has achieved national unity. On the day of the class teacher returned to the DPRK, Emperor Sui Wen, Yang Jian, "pro -Royal Suzaku Men Laoshen Master, because of the celebration. From the door, the accumulation of the launch of the cloth, reaching Nan Guo, the this time was issued to the 3 million paragraphs" ("Sui Shu · Food and Goods"). Suzakumen witnessed the world's unification, and also ushered in the prosperity of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Master Xuanzang went to India for the scriptures for 16 years, and went through vicissitudes. After the scriptures, Master Xuanzang finally returned to Chang'an. On the road more than 20 miles outside Suzaku, it was full of welcomed people who came. It is said that the mage displayed the Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues on the southern end of Suzaku Street, and asked people to visit. The crowd of contests, from Suzakumen to the Hongfu Temple where Xuanzang lived, was lined up for dozens of miles long dragons. Later, when the mage moved to Ci'en Temple, Changan 100,000 people stood on both sides of Suzaku Street to welcome the mage on both sides of Suzaku Street.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Suzaku was destroyed during the war. Tang Yanzong once ordered the rebuilding Suzaku Gate. There was a wealthy businessman in Beijing, Jia Wangjiu, Hu Na, and three thousand, to help repair Suzaku Gate. Later, when I heard that the money collected was far away, he got on the carriage and shipped 100,000 money to the government. He asked the government to exempt the taxes of the people.

From the first year of the first year of the Tang Dynasty (904 AD), it was closed to reopening in 1986. The Suzakumen was sealed for more than a thousand years. It was quietly wrapped in the city wall and treasured the prosperity of the past. As it was restarted, Suzakumen witnessed the development and changes of Xi'an in the ancient city for decades.

At that time, there were bungalows near Suzakumen, and the old -fashioned courtyard was found everywhere, and a yard crowded several households. At that time, several streets, including Baoji Lane, large and small car, lane, were potholes, and they were muddy on the rainy road. At that time, Suzaku Street was not as wide as the current Sifu Street, and the surrounding streets were narrow and chaotic, dirty and poor. With the reconstruction of Suzaku Gate, although the environment around Suzaku Gate has also changed greatly, streets and buildings have begun to expand and build, and high -rise buildings have been built from the sides of Nanyangji Street to the merchants on both sides of Suzakumen Road and the facade. Relax and characteristics; the streets have successively built high -rise groups such as Construction Bank, Xi'an News Building, and Weiye Building. However, the original old -fashioned courtyard house was completely dismantled and the style was completely destroyed. If it can be repaired as old as the old, it is still old and old, and will it be more matched with the style of the old city wall of Xi'an?

Since 2005, Xi'an has repeatedly solicited the Spring Festival Gate of the City Wall in the world. In the Spring Festival in 2010, a winning Spring Festival couplet was hung on both sides of Suzakumen:

Suzaku welcomes the early spring, watch Chaohui all over the field, Xiacai is in the sky, and a vitality has opened the scene.

The emperor Qirui has a long rain, with drizzle like crispy, and enters the house with the wind. The Spring Festival couplet is the dialogue between history and the present.Among the gates of Xi'an, Suzaku Gate is a relatively special one. He did not witness the palace of swords and sword shadows like Xuanwu Gate, nor did he have a complete site with light door, and there was no unforgettable history at the moment of the door.Wind cigarette, however, Suzaku Gate is one that cannot be ignored.The gate guarded by the ancient southern beast Suzaku has experienced and witnessed the glory and romance of history. Will it continue to witness and witness the more changes and wonderful changes and exciting in Xi'an in the ancient city?

About the Author:

Ding Chen, a senior editor and a member of the China Writers Association.He has successively served as deputy editor -in -chief of the Shaanxi Communications News, chairman of Shaanxi Provincial Transportation Writers Association, director of the Provincial Writers Association, and a member of the Provincial Association of Writing Association.

- END -