Travelogue of Xiangyang
On the last day of September, I drove more than 400 kilometers and arrived in Xiangyang after nearly five hours. I checked in the ancient city in the afternoon.
Xiangyang Ancient City is located on the north bank of the Han River, surrounded by a moat on three sides. The opposite bank of the Han River is Fancheng. Because Xiangyang is adjacent to Nanyang, the local accent is similar to Henan dialect. This is where Guan Yu launched the Xiangfan campaign and flooded seven armies, shaking China. It is also where Guo Jing and Huang Rong in Jin Yong's novels died heroically. Since ancient times, it has been a hub of 'southbound boats and northbound horses, connecting seven provinces'.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, moved the capital of Jingzhou to Xiangyang, and the ancient Jingzhou ticket gate still exists in the ancient city. Liu Biao ruled Jingzhou for nearly 20 years, with both grace and power, attracting people from all over the world.
The next morning, after a bowl of Xiangyang beef noodles, I set off for Gulongzhong.
Gulongzhong is located 15 kilometers west of Xiangyang City. It is where Zhuge Liang lived before he entered officialdom. You can still see the half-acre field under Wolonggang. Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times here, and Zhuge Liang put forward the famous 'Longzhong Plan'. In fact, Xiangyang and Nanyang have been competing for the 'land where Zhuge Liang ploughed' for a hundred years. Gu Jiaheng of the Qing Dynasty was from Xiangyang and was the prefect of Nanyang. The people of Nanyang asked him to prove that Wolonggang in Nanyang was Zhuge Liang's hiding place. Gu Jiaheng was quite embarrassed and wrote a couplet: 'The heart is in the Han Dynasty, there is no distinction between the former and the latter; the name is famous all over the world, why distinguish between Xiangyang and Nanyang'.
In the Wuhou Temple, I saw the couplet written by Zhao Fan of the Qing Dynasty: 'If you can attack the heart, the rebellion will disappear by itself, knowing from the ancient times that soldiers are not fond of war; if you do not judge the situation, both leniency and strictness will be wrong, and the later management of Shu needs deep thought'.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jianshu, the king of Xiang, saw that Longzhong was a geomantic treasure, so he destroyed Zhuge's thatched cottage, moved Longzhong Academy, and built his own mausoleum on the original site. The original wooden buildings and inscriptions were greatly damaged. Ironically, the tomb of King Xiang was later excavated by Li Zicheng at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain at the age of 27 and died of illness at the age of 54. In the first 27 years, he studied and made friends, accumulating and releasing; in the last 27 years, he worked hard until he died. Finally, let's use a couplet to commemorate Wuhou's life achievements: 'Collecting two Sichuan, arranging eight formations, six outings and seven captures, in front of Wuzhangyuan, lighting forty-nine lamps, all for the sake of three visits; taking West Shu, pacifying the southern barbarians, reconciling the east and resisting the north, in the middle of the army tent, changing the golden wood and earth lines, the water surface can use fire attack.'
Very good, the ancient city has a beautiful environment, convenient for eating and living, there are too many monuments, very many and very good, there are beautiful moats, there are also wide Han River, the traffic is very convenient, not only there are buses, there are many online car appointments, Xiangyang Beef noodles taste good, Xiangyang It is worth going for the second time.
Xiangyang is a city with a story. You must go to Xiangyang and Xiangyang the ancient city. The important story in the hearts of Jinyong fans is free, no reservation is required, very good.
This is the place where Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiang flooded the seven armies. The place where Weizhen Huaxia is Jin Yong's writing, Guo Jing and Huang Qi Zhuang Lieguo, since ancient times, "Southern boats and North horses, seven provinces Tongyu".
Here you can see the Xiangyang Museum, which contains utensils from Spring and Autumn to Ming and Qing Dingming. The ancient city has the original ancient architectural style to the maximum extent, but the best preserved is the city wall. Standing on it, you can imagine the fierce battle between Yuanbing siege of the city and Song Bingshoucheng.
Xiangyang The beauty of the ancient city lies in its simplicity and historical atmosphere. The whole city is surrounded by tall city walls, and there are many ancient arrow buildings and city gates on the city walls, which have precipitated thousands of years of history. Around the city walls, there are many ancient buildings, such as ancient temples and houses, with a strong folk culture atmosphere.
Xiangyang The ancient city wall is not very wide, it should maintain the original style. There are not many tourists in June. There are fewer people than Gulongzhong. It looks very leisurely here, and many elderly people play cards under the tree. Retirement should be like this.
Free attractions, you can see the ancient city and museums, and the pedestrian street is also good.