Liu Yuxi and the origin of peach blossom

♦ Huang Peidong

    First, Liu Yuxi and Taohuayuan have a sense of closeness

    Liu Yuxi was banished to Changde (called Langzhou), where he lived for ten years。This decade was the period when Liu Yuxi went from youth to middle age. He was only thirty-three years old when he came to Changde and forty-three years old when he left。This decade was the peak period of Liu Yuxi's literary creation, and he created more than 200 poems and articles, more than a quarter of his total poems and articles。This decade was also a painful period in which Liu Yuxi's inner ideal contradicted reality, and hope and disappointment alternated。Tao Yuanming's ideological realm of creating the Peach Blossom Source is the same as Liu Yuxi's inner yearning。Therefore, Liu Yuxi and Taohuayuan have inner affinity。Taohuayuan scenic spot from Changde City is not very far away, horses and cars are more convenient, Liu Yuxi often visit Taohuayuan is a logical thing。

    Second, Liu Yuxi has a deep relationship with Taohuayuan scenic spots

    Liu Yuxi's influence in Taohuayuan is profound, and many of the best scenic spots in Taohuayuan are closely related to Liu Yuxi。

    First, "Taoyuan Jia Zhi" tablet。According to the record of the Peach Flower Source, the monument of "Peach Flower Source Jiazhi" is on the right side of the Peach Flower Source Hotel, and is the title of the poet Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty in Yongzhenyuan to Yuan and 10 years (805-815)。The original monument has been eroded over time。The current tablet is the Ming Wanli three years (1575 AD) Huguang governor Zhao Xian complement, the font elegant and vigorous。Qing Guangxu eighteen years (1892) Taoyuan County Yu Liangdong re-established。In 1980, the pavilion was rebuilt for protection。

    One of the five main activities of the 2007 Hunan Peach Blossom Festival in China is to commemorate the 1200th anniversary of Liu Yuxi's "Taoyuan Jiazhi" monument。It can be seen that its influence is far-reaching。

    Second, play the moon pavilion。According to the Peach flower source records, play moon pavilion squatting on the right side of the peach blossom view。Because Liu Yuxi "August 15 night peach Yuan play moon" poem named。

    Third, Yonggui Pavilion。According to "Peach blossom source" records, Yonggui Pavilion squatting peach blossom Lake peninsula。It is the place where Liu Yuxi intoned。The peninsula is surrounded by water on three sides, and the pavilion is pink and green。Pavilion view, common thoughts are forgotten。Built in 1992。

    Fourth, hold high the Pavilion。High Pavilion is located in the highest peak of Taohua Mountain barrier mountain, built in the Tang Dynasty。In the 18th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1892), Yu Liangdong, governor of Taoyuan County, built Taohuayuan comprehensively and rebuilt this three-story ancient pavilion。The current pavilion was rebuilt with state funding in 1988 and completed in 1990, on a much larger scale than before。Look around the pavilion, green surround green, sinking water such as belt, Taoyuan scenery, panoramic view。Liu Yuxi, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, once praised the scenery here by "climbing to the highest top, looking down at Chu Ze, seeing clear grass on the flat lake, and lifting even Xia red"。

    Fifth, Liu Yuxi's cottage。There are different theories about Liu Yuxi's cottage。

    According to the records of "Peach Blossom Source", Liu Yuxi's straw hall is located at the mouth of Jiming Valley, which was built in memory of Liu Yuxi, the Sima of Langzhou in the Tang Dynasty。The pond in front of the hall and the hill behind the house。It has a thatched roof, earthen walls, dark double doors and simple Windows。The surface is 15 meters wide, and the depth is 5 meters, including one bright room and two low wings。Liu Yuxi sat in the sculpture, and engrave dream ode to the peach flower source poem inscription several square。The pool in front of the hall, the mountain behind the house, the left and right cliffs, hanging a dangerous path through the height。Built in 1992。

    According to Taohuayuan tourism landscape online introduction: Liu Yuxi, word dream, Tang Dynasty famous writer, poet, grant supervision of the imperial history。During the reign of Zhenyuan, he participated in the Wang Shuwen Group and advocated innovative politics, but after his failure, he was demoted to Langzhou Sima。During his 10 years in office, Liu Yuxi often lived in Taoxianling and wrote poems。To this end, we built 5 straw huts, shaded by bamboo trees, and carved the "Inscription of the Shabby House" through the ages inside.。Near the cottage, there is a pavilion of chanting for Liu Yuxi。Pavilion between the peninsula, surrounded by water on three sides, peaches and willows green, picturesque。

    Third, Liu Yuxi and the Liu Yuxi Grass Hall in Taohuayuan Scenic spot

    Liu Yuxi and the various attractions related to the peach blossom source, only Liu Yuxi grass hall has a different argument。The difference lies in whether Liu Yu "often lived in Taoxian Ling to compose poems" during his 10 years as Langzhou Sima.？If the Liu Yuxi Cottage in Taohuayuan Scenic Spot is "reconstructed";If not, the Liu Yuxi Cottage in the Peach Flower Source scenic spot is "newly repaired".。

    Then, Liu Yuxi could not have built a straw hall in the peach garden？I thought it was possible。

    First, Liu Yuxi had this need at that time。Liu Yuxi often to the peach flower source, although Changdecheng to the peach flower source is not very far, but there are 90 miles。At that time, it was appropriate to walk sixty miles a day, and the government set up a stage station at sixty miles a day。(The place name of "Zheng Jiayi" is still preserved above Taohuayuan。It was impossible for Liu Yuxi to walk from Changdecheng to Taohuayuan。From Changdecheng boat upstream to Taohuayuan, I can not know exactly how long it will take, but one thing is certain, the boat can not be turned around within a day。The only way is by land, car or horse。Even so, it is not practical to turn around in one day。Because Liu Yuxi came to Taohuayuan not to send official documents, but to visit the mountains and rivers, make friends, compose poems, and relieve emotions。Therefore, it is impossible to come and go in a hurry。It is possible to stay in the peach Garden for a day or two, or a little longer。Although Monk Xue's Taoist temple can be lived in, it is certain that he has lived in it。But for a long time, the number of times, it is inconvenient。

    Second, Liu Yuxi had this possibility。To build a cottage, one must have money and the other must have leisure。Liu Yuxi was Langzhou Sima, but also a sinecure, these two conditions have。
The cottage, this building, is relatively simple compared to other buildings。It can be lived in, and more functions as a "writing studio" for literati.。We can compare the cottage of the contemporary literati of the same level。

    As we all know, the most famous cottage is Du Fu's Cottage。And now there is more than one Du Fu Cottage as a tourist attraction。And Liu Zongyuan, a good friend of Liu Yuxi, also has a straw hall, Liu Yuxi also knows。Liu Yuxi wrote Liu Zongyuan's poem as evidence: "" Hurt the three streams" one, the stream leisurely spring comes, the grass house without a master bird fly back。Apart from the curtain only see the courtyard grass, a tree mountain pomegranate is still open。After Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou Sima, he first lived in Longxing Temple in the south of the city, and then built a cottage next to the river Yu for home。In this case, why can't Liu Yuxi have a cottage？

    After the author retired, from the beginning of 2010 to the beginning of 2014, I developed a peach forest base project at the former sites of the Middle Palace and Lower Palace of Wanshou Palace in Taochuan, Taoyuan Mountain View District, Taohuayuan, and planted 70 mu of peach trees. On this basis, I founded the "Changde Taohuayuan Peach Tree Research Institute".。The management office of Taohuayuan Scenic Area has provided us with six office rooms. This is a "free cottage" for me.。I came to stay one or two nights a week, and after dealing with the peach tree, I could read and write, and it became a "farm residence."。

    "Here, away from the worldly strife, away from the noise of the city, I also feel the pleasure of returning to nature.。In the city, indoors, full of concrete forest。Here, to see the light of day, to return to nature。Especially on summer nights, the sky is full of stars。I felt back to childhood: after dinner, I poured water on the ground to drive away the heat, and then moved out of the bench, put up the door, and moved out of the bamboo bed when conditions were good。The children lay on the doorboards and bamboo beds looking up at the clear sky and counting the stars。This is a passage of my writing here that records my psychological feelings。With such experience and experience, it is not difficult to understand the heart of the ancients。

    Fourth, Liu Yuxi and the topic of Peach blossom is worth exploring

    Among the scenic spots closely related to Liu Yuxi, "Yonggui Pavilion is the place where Liu Yuxi sang" (see the previous quote "Peach Blossom Source")。The word "transmission" connects history with reality。However, Liu Yuxi's cottage does not have this "biography" word, so it is not possible to conclude that Liu Yuxi has built a cottage in Taohuayuan。Taohuayuan has undergone several changes in history, several wars, and later restoration, it is difficult to restore one by one。Perhaps because the cottage is relatively simple, it is easy to disappear in people's memory, then Liu Yuxi's cottage in the peach garden is lost in the long river of history。Like whether Liu Yuxi built a "shabby room" near Zhaoqu Ting outside Changde City, whether this "shabby room" is Liu Yuxi's cottage, if you ask the people of Changde City, I am afraid few people can answer。

    As for whether Liu Yuxi built a straw hall in Taohuayuan that year, in order to be careful, the author specially consulted the senior leading cadres and experts of the Taohuayuan Management Office, and the results were not the same。It is certain that Liu Yuxi's cottage in Taohuayuan Scenic area was built in 1992, and there is no conclusion as to whether Liu Yuxi's cottage has existed in ancient times and is now "rebuilt", or whether it has not existed in ancient times and is now "newly repaired"。From this point of view, the tourism promotion holds that "Liu Yuxi often lives in Taoxian Ling to compose poems and Fu", and there is a certain reason。May wish to run so, operation, left questions, let us further to explore it!