A low -key "stone city" hidden on the bank of the Yellow River

Author:Cultural relics Shaanxi Time:2022.07.08

It has a history of thousands of years. After the years, the wind, frost, snow, and snow still do not change the color; it is a place where the soldiers are fighting in ancient times. In the face of the baptism of war fire, it still stands still; Sighing, but no matter how long, he had already standing on the Yellow River, staring at the changes in the earth's land.

It is the prototype of the novel "The Last Huns" by the writer Gao Jianqun, and the Wubao Stone City on the yellow land in northern Shaanxi. When this stone city was built, it was no longer available. In 2015, Wubao Shicheng won the title of "China's Most Valuable Culture (Heritage) Tourism Destination Scenic Area". With the rapid improvement of Shicheng at home and abroad, Wubao Shicheng, which has not been known for thousands of years, slowly slowly. The mysterious veil was opened ...

Once forgotten on the stone city on the bank of the Yellow River

When it comes to "Wubao Stone City", maybe most people are not familiar with it. What is this? Where is it? What travel value? Waiting for problems will emerge. "I also learned recently. It turns out that we have this, a long history of the ancient city." Tang said with a smile, and he had been born in Yulin for 28 years. He had never heard of the ancient city of such a deep historical accumulation in his city.

In February 2015, in the "2014 Most Valuable Cultural (Heritage) Tourism Destination Scenic Area Selection" co -sponsored by the China Cultural Relics Protection Foundation, China Tourism News Agency, and Xinhua News Agency Mobile Television Station History and potential huge cultural value won the honorary title of "2014 China's Most Valuable Culture (Heritage) Tourism Destination Scenic Area". In this selection results, there are 14 tourism destinations in the most cultural (inheritance) tourism destinations in the country, and there are 36 scenic spots. As a national cultural relics and tourism provinces, only 3 are selected. The other two are "Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors Museum" and "Datang West City". If this selection has made "Wubao Stone City" emerge, then the next "big move" will really push it to the "cusp".

Careful friends may have discovered that the ticket background pattern of the 19th Silk Expo in 2015 and the 20th Silk Expo in 2016 used "Wubao Stone City". "At that time, there were suddenly more people who discussed Wubao Shicheng." Tang Zheng said that at that time, many people discussed "Wubao Shicheng" at that time, and many people planned to visit "Wubao Shicheng" to visit. And some of his foreign friends also called to ask about "Wubao Stone City". "Recently, there are many people who come to Shicheng than in the past." Mu Shengshu, director of the Shicheng Management Office of Wubao County, said that people who visit Shicheng, Wubao, have gradually increased since 2015. In the past, Wubao Shicheng had a maximum of more than 100 people a day, and after 2015, with the gradually increasing reputation of "Wubao Shicheng", people gradually became more. "At the most, there can be more than 6,000 people a day." What is the magic and charm of "Wubao Stone City" that makes people rush?

The prosperity of the business shop is scattered

In order to see the true appearance of this millennium ancient city, on July 4, the author drove to the "Wubao Stone City" in Wubao County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. When passing through the northeast of Wubao County, a stone mountain beam will be found to be on the west bank of the Yellow River. The mountain road is rounded and slowly up. On one side is deep and high, and one side is a cliff. The continuous rise, the vision has gradually opened up, and the Yellow Highway and residential houses on the other side of Shanxi can be clearly visible. After the last curve of the mountain road, in the thorns of the wild jujube tree, a stone city stood quietly. The scene appeared in front of people. It deserves to be a place for the ancient soldiers. When you approach, come to the entrance of Shicheng, all of which are vicissitudes of lonely urban tower, houses, and disorderly weeds. Shi Bei, I really don't know that there is such a low -key ancient city hidden here. "Mu Shengshu, director of the Shicheng Management Office of Wubao County, said," Don't look at it now, it is also a bustling place in ancient times. "

"The real construction period of Shicheng has been difficult to verify, and in historical documents, the earliest records of" Wubao Shicheng "are found in the nine years of" Song History. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the Difficult Army made Li Kerui (formerly known as Li Guangrui) led the army to break the Wulin of the Northern Han Dynasty, beheading more than 700 levels, won thousands of cattle and sheep. As early as 1,000 years ago, Shicheng had a large scale. "Mu Shengshu said that the history book records the time of" breaking the city ", not the time to build a city. A large stone city of such a large scale must be far away from this time. Judging from the cultural relics such as the "stone knives, stone axes" discovered by the relevant sites, relics, relics and tombs outside Shicheng Mountain, Shanxia, Castle, and City. It should be human lives on the stone city of Shicheng Mountain as early as four or five thousand years ago.

There are four gates of Wubao Shicheng, and the books in the southeast and north are "Wen Tao", "Chongye", "Mingxi" and "Wang Ze". There is a street left in the city, about 300 meters long, and there are more than 30 houses on both sides of the street. It can be inferred from the architectural scale and structure settings. It was a place where the shops and vendors were gathered hundreds of miles a few hundred miles a few hundred years ago. In the present words, it should be "walking commercial street". "Mu Shengshu said that the houses in the city were basically built during the Ming and Qing dynasties, all of which were caves -like stone structures. — Both the courtyard walls and gate were built. At the time of the city, there was also Cheshui Malong. The county department, the academy, the city god temple, the Guandi Temple, and the Wenchang Pavilion were also available. The population was thousands of, and the business name and shop were scattered, covering an area of about 100,000 square meters. Over the passage of time, the times will not be glory here. The inconvenience of life and transportation has made a large number of people move away from the ancient city, and there are fewer and fewer residents in the city. "Mu Shengshu said," There are still only one person who lives in the ancient city. "

A person's infatuation and watch

A slightly dilapidated cave, an old fire, several cabinets that have been used for many years, plus an old TV. This is the only resident Wang Xiangxian in the "Wubao Stone City". The old man who was already in the puppet was still tough. "Wang Lao's mental head is very full, and it seems to be tired." Mu Shengshu said that although Wang Xiangxian was living alone, he was still very regular, and he often explained the history of the ancient city to tourists who came here.

Wang Xiangxian is in Shicheng and grows in Shicheng. Not just a house, the whole stone city is like an old man's home. Perhaps the nostalgia for this homeland, after his wife went, the elderly Wang Xiangxian did not leave here. "Children want me to move to the mountain, but I don't agree." Wang Xiangxian said that Shicheng had no place he was not familiar with, and he touched almost every stone.

"Do you know, there is another name of Shicheng called" Tongwu Castle ". This is actually a folk song from northern Shaanxi 'Tongwubao, Iron Castle, raw iron casting Suide State. The copper wall and iron wall of Shicheng 'has such a description. "Wang Xiangxian said that several cannonball holes on the gate of Shicheng City were left during the Anti -Japanese War. At that time "Flying cannon shells in the city said that the Japanese army in Shanxi, on the other side of the Yellow River, shelling Wubao. For the elderly Wang Xiangxian, he is not only a treasure in the cultural relics in Shicheng, but he also tries his best to explore the history and the story behind them.

Mu Shengshu said that at the age of 77, Wang Xiangxian began to write "Wubao Ancient City Spring and Autumn", and ran around, checked a lot of information, verified historical facts, and finally became a book after two years. "Shicheng is my home. Of course, the more people I want to visit here, the better I want to visit here." The old man Wang Xiangxian said with a smile, and he would keep guarding Shi Cheng.

Wang Xiangxian has not worried too much about the inconvenience of life and traffic. "I used to live hard, and it doesn't matter now." From Shicheng to the street to buy vegetables, it takes more than 30 minutes to drive and walk around the mountain road, so Wang Xiangxian almost did not go down the mountain. "Because my daughter will look at me every three, I will cook for me, and buy some food by the way." Wang Xiangxian said that because Shicheng did not pass the water, he took a good mouth to raise the water. "Sometimes, some good -hearted tourists will help me pick up water. I also thank them very much."

Too many historical mysteries are waiting for us to crack

What is the shape of Wubao Shicheng? For thousands of years, no one can say it, and it is only called "the shape of an irregular ellipse." It was not until 2015 that after someone took the unmanned aircraft aerial photography, the true face of Shicheng was presented in front of the world. Look, it is like the head of the eagle; from the north to the south, it seems like a fist on the right hand and lifts the thumbs, praising: "Wubao Shicheng, okay, it is really good!" All this is an accidental coincidence, or the ancients intentionally intended to do it for it for it. Intersection No one can explain so far.

(Mu Shengshu, director of the Shicheng Management Office of Wubao County)

"Behind the Temple of Shicheng Niangniang Temple, there is a water pit. In the past, there was a stagnant water in the rain pit, and there would be mussels appearing in the water. The water was covered with the water. The mussels that can survive appear here? There are many mysteries like this in Shicheng. "Mu Shengshu said that the Temple of Shicheng is the only Temple in Shaanxi, especially the two walls of the temple east and west walls. The painting is also very precious. Temple West murals are Xiao He's patrol map. The temple east mural is Cao Shen's patrol map, but when these two painted mung paintings are painted, it is unknown.

The age of the Guandi Temple of "Wubao Shicheng" was unknown. It is said that the three built -in and three destroyed was built. "Perhaps it is a coincidence. In 2015, in the chaos in the town of the city, a monument was found about the" rebuilding the Guandi Temple "." Mu Shengshu said, the inscription records a detailed record of a one that happened during the Jiajing period. Facts: Due to the droughts of the year, the crops have no harvest, but under the leadership of the gentry Zhang Ye in the city, people are begging for the abandoned city god temple, and promised "the sky falls Ganlin, then rebuilt the temple, and then plasticted the golden body. "Tian Sui wished, heavy rain, so people fulfilled their promises and carved the stone as a record. But it is strange that the positive text is carved, but the characters on the back are inclined, which is quite different. "What is going on? No one knows." "The ancient Chinese architectural master Ma Xuchu once evaluated Wubao Shicheng as the" Huaxia First Shicheng ". In this millennium stone city, there are too many secrets waiting for us to come to come to come to come. Unclit one by one. "Mu Shengshu said emotionally, his father Mu Ruzhou once taught in Shicheng, so he had deep feelings for Shicheng. In 1982, Mu Shengshu taught in Wubao after graduating from Suide Normal University. He usually went to Shicheng to study the history of Shicheng. In 1990, he was transferred to the County Party Committee's Propaganda Department to work. Many of them led to visit Shicheng to explain the history of Shicheng, which is more than thirty years. "In order to promote Shicheng and the promotion of Shicheng, I will be worthy of‘ Huaxia ’s first. I will always talk about it!” Mu Shengshu hopes that many years later, Wubao Shicheng can reproduce the prosperity of the past.

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