The nannies looked up blankly as Mr. He came out and then went out again.
Is this Mr. He who is still polite and kind to everyone? He actually yelled at the old lady in the Long family! He is really the first person!
Then Long Teng also left the table.
Long Lin looked at the old lady helplessly.
The confused old lady came to her senses, flushed and patted the table, "Listen! Listen! What did he just say? It's the first time I came to the woman's house and even the elders in the woman's family didn't respect her!"
Long Lin sighed, "Do you respect others?"
"Is he a child? He goes to other people's homes and he is coaxed? The whole world is used to him, and I am not used to it either! I hope he keeps his word and never visits the Long family!"
The old lady patted the table, stood up and left.
Long Lin looked at the table full of dishes, sighed, and put down his chopsticks.
He Huan didn't know which door he came out from. He was judging the direction when his hand was suddenly pulled. Long Teng looked up at him and said, "Brother Huan, let's go back to my home by the Qiantang River."
"Um."
After letting him stand in the garden, Long Teng came in again and asked the nanny to take down their luggage.
Long Lin came out and said, "Longlong, aren't you staying here at night?"
Long Teng looked at him coldly, "This is your home. You call people over for dinner and ask them to cook without saying a word, so you let him suffer like this. Why? I have already said that the Long family has never raised him.
, what kind of airs are you putting on in front of him?"
"The elders are more picky. Why are they so picky and the young people can't stand it? He is too arrogant!"
"Who is the elder? What does it have to do with him? I just like that he is arrogant!"
"Longlong, I am also doing this for your own good. If you want to be together, don't you have to have a good family relationship? I will mediate in the middle, so you can't bear it at all?"
"Don't do everything for us! That's what you said in front of my mother and me! It's for us! It's for us! You are not doing it for others! You are doing it for the Long family! Everyone else is the tool of the Long family! But no
Everyone cares about the Long family! Don’t force everyone I love to leave! Okay?”
Long Teng suddenly shouted loudly and burst into tears. Long Lin also turned his head away with red eyes.
The nanny took down the luggage, and Long Teng went out to call He Huan.
Walking up to Long Lin, He Huan said, "Uncle, you can rest in peace, I'll leave first."
Long Lin looked at him and somewhat understood why his daughter liked him. Both of them had very stubborn tempers!
He sighed and asked the bodyguard to see them off. The bodyguard took out the luggage, and Long Teng held He Huan's hand and hugged the fairy into the car.
Long Lin looked at their backs. If the old lady hadn't made such a fuss, they would have stayed.
As the car passed by the West Lake, He Huan kept looking out the window dully. Long Teng pulled his hand and said, "Brother Huan, do you want to go down and see the West Lake?"
"OK."
The bodyguard pulled over and the two of them came down holding the fairy in their arms.
"Miss Long, lead the way."
"Mr. He, please speak."
"Hahaha..." He Huan smiled and rubbed her head, she was getting naughty!
"West Lake, two thousand years ago, was still part of the Qiantang River. There are mountains on the north and south sides of West Lake. Miss Long, which side is south and which side is north?"
Long Teng pointed it out to him. The bodyguard was sweating wildly. He was really... shameless to ask!
"Well, then this one here is Wu Mountain, and that one is Baoshi Mountain. The intersection of the two mountains eventually formed a sandbar due to sedimentation, which separated the West Lake from the Qiantang River and became the Inner Lake. Approximately
It was formed during the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Because the earliest record is that Qin Shihuang went on his fifth tour to Kuaiji and was in a bad situation. He tied his boat to a stone in Baoshi Mountain, which shows that the West Lake and the Qiantang River were still connected at that time.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, a monk Sijing took a fancy to this cable boat stone, and carved it into a Maitreya Buddha. He built a main hall and named it the Big Stone Buddha Temple, which is what you people in Hangzhou call the Big Buddha Head. Boats can be parked outside Qiantang Gate, and ladies and gentlemen can
Trying to see the big Buddha head. Of course, there is only one left."
Long Teng looked at him sparklingly. Although he lived by the West Lake, this was the first time he got to know the West Lake.
"Since the Qin Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties have been obsessed with Jiangnan. Of course, judging from historical records. Judging from archaeological excavations, a glorious prehistoric civilization, the Liangzhu Culture, was born in the Qiantang River Basin 10,000 years ago.
Agriculture and handicrafts are highly developed, social division of labor is obvious, written symbols have appeared, and the prototype of a country has been formed. Later successors have not caught up. Liangzhu culture was created by the ancestors of Wu and Yue, from 10,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
years ago.
We often say that it lasted for five thousand years, and the Liangzhu Culture is the prologue and proof of five thousand years of Chinese history. It marks the birth of Chinese civilization, from the barbaric era to the civilized era.
Of course, there were many civilizations in the land of China at the same time. At that time, the tribes of the Central Plains, that is, Xia Yu, held a conference of all nations. The tribal leaders of the entire land of China went to the meeting. I think the leaders of Liangzhu also went. It was very spectacular. I am getting too far away.
, come back."
Long Teng covered his face, and the bodyguard following behind him was also speechless. Can you finish the story properly?
"We go from five thousand years ago to more than a thousand years ago. The Sui Dynasty dug the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which connected Hangzhou and the Central Plains. Qiantang County became Hangzhou, and the political, economic and cultural center of Jiangnan began to shift from Yuezhou, that is, Shaoxing to
Hangzhou, and the entire south of the Yangtze River, also became the wealthy rear area of the Central Plains Dynasty because of the Grand Canal.
Of course, it was already very wealthy during the Liangzhu era. The land of plenty began in Liangzhu. Well, let’s talk about this when we get to your Qiantang River.”
The bodyguard is in a mess. Well, we have to protect him later!
Long Teng understood it, but he didn't prepare a tour guide.
"In addition to the emperors of the past dynasties, there are also great poets and writers who have a special liking for Hangzhou. Among them, the three most important people for West Lake are Bai Juyi, Su Shi, and the other will be discussed later.
The reason why so many poets have written about the West Lake, and these two are the most important, is that in addition to writing poems about the West Lake, they also worked on dredging the West Lake when they were officials in Hangzhou.
This is also the origin of Bai Causeway and Su Causeway.
Bai Juyi, a poet of the mid-Tang Dynasty and the governor of Hangzhou. He presided over the excavation of the West Lake and the construction of a dike, which was known as Baigong Dike in history. There is no trace of it now.
But he left behind a poem "Spring Journey to Qiantang Lake", one of which is - "My favorite lake is not enough to go east, the white sand embankment in the shade of green poplars. Later people called the white sand embankment Bai Di to commemorate the man who dredged the West Lake."
great poet.
Among the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms after the Tang Dynasty, there was the Wuyue Kingdom, with Hangzhou as its capital. The kings of all dynasties worshiped Buddhism and built a large number of Buddhist temples and pagodas around the West Lake. The famous Lingyin Temple and Leifeng Pagoda were built during this period.
From the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period to the late Northern Song Dynasty, the West Lake was left unmanaged and gradually became clogged. Su Shi came to Hangzhou as the governor of the state, and went to the emperor to say that the West Lake was to Hangzhou like a person's features and could not be abandoned.
From this time on, West Lake began to be officially called West Lake because it was in the west of the city. Bai Juyi also called it Qiantang Lake. When Su Shi came, he wanted to compare West Lake to Xizi, and it was always appropriate to put on light makeup and heavy makeup. So West Lake was also called Xizi Lake. It happened to be Xishi.
It’s also true that all of you beauties from Vietnam have something.
After the imperial court allocated funds, Su Shi began to dig out the West Lake with migrant workers, and the excavated mud and grass built a long embankment, which is the Su Embankment. While working on the project, Su Shi even cooked Dongpo Pork, a famous dish in Hangzhou."
Long Teng is funny.
"In the Southern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou ushered in a glorious moment. From Qiantang, Hangzhou became Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the national political, economic and cultural center. It was extremely prosperous and extremely luxurious. Outside the Qingshan Tower outside the mountains, the singing and dancing of the West Lake stopped. From that time on, the West Lake
It began to be famous both at home and abroad.
In the Yuan Dynasty, without Lin'an, Hangzhou was still singing and dancing. Marco Polo came and called Hangzhou the most luxurious and beautiful heavenly city in the world. There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. It seems that foreigners think so too.
But the Yuan Dynasty didn't rule for long, and everyone thinks that the Southern Song Dynasty fell because of Xihu's singing and dancing. Xihu: Huh? What does it have to do with me?
In short, people no longer love the West Lake and ignore it, so it becomes clogged again, but the rich like it and surround it into fields. Throughout the dynasties, the rich have liked the West Lake very much."
Long Teng looked at him, and He Huan said, "I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about your father."
The bodyguard was speechless. Do you want to report this? Did he think he was deaf?
Long Teng was all smiles.
"At that time, there was a folk song in Hangzhou: There are ten miles of lakes and ten miles of fences, and the fences are all made by rich families. Even the government sold all the land by the lake to the rich, which is similar to what we sell now. Then the rich built fences.
You and I divided the West Lake into pieces.
In 1503, during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, our Yuzhou native Yang Mengying came. Pay attention! Pay attention! The third person! He is here!"
Long Teng rolled his eyes at him, held his hand and continued walking.
"I am also the magistrate of the state. I have just taken office. I am excited to visit the West Lake. Where is the West Lake? There are only high fields and lowlands, all of which have been turned into private property by the rich.
Yang Gong was dissatisfied and had to demolish them to restore the rippling blue waves of the West Lake. He repeatedly submitted letters to control the lake, but encountered huge resistance from the rich and powerful. Five years later, he was finally approved and the Ministry of Industry allocated funds to control the lake.
After demolishing all the private property and digging for half a year, the West Lake was finally restored. The excavated silt was restored to the Sudi, and the rest was piled up to form the Yanggong Embankment.
However, because of this move, many rich and powerful people were offended. They were accused of digging the West Lake to no avail and wasting the court's money, so it was better to remove his hat. The court said: It is not good to dig out half of the West Lake.
Keep digging. Just let him continue. But after dredging the West Lake, Yang Mengying was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown the next year.
But the merits and demerits must be left to future generations to comment. Without Yang Mengying's persistence, West Lake would have ceased to exist long ago. Now Yang Gongdi is no longer there and has become a road, Xishan Road. Because the inner lake he dug was later blocked.
Although the inner lake has disappeared, today we can still see such a large West Lake. These famous scenic spots are made of silt dug out by generations to build embankments and small islands.
During Qianlong's sixth visit to the south of the Yangtze River, he loved writing poems most of his life. When he came to the West Lake, he wrote poems and then wrote poems, so the ten sceneries of the West Lake were created. So everyone came to build a lot of low fields and build private gardens!
Yang Gong spent a lot of effort to drive the rich away from the West Lake and dug out a Yanggong Embankment. Because of the beautiful scenery, it later became a base for building private gardens. The Yanggong Embankment was surrounded by private gardens. The embankment he dug became the private landscape of the rich.
Mr. Yang must not have thought of it!"
Long Teng looked towards Xishan Road and was also very emotional.
"During the Republic of China, there were also a group of great poets, great painters, and wealthy people gathered around the West Lake, with a bunch of villas.
At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the West Lake Conference and the West Lake Talks were held here, two times of cooperation, and a united front to resist foreign enemies.
Then as soon as the new country was founded, the West Lake began to be dug. History is a cycle, and feelings are never absent.
In modern times, it has also gone through several dredging projects. Some people built it while others demolished it. Finally, ordinary people can go around the West Lake without being blocked by fences."
The two of them strolled slowly by the lake. The city lights were reflected in the West Lake, bright and blurry. On a summer night like this, everyone went to have dinner. There were not many tourists, and there was no need to worry about being recognized. The evening breeze blew away the heat. It was really
Comfortable.
“The West Lake was originally formed due to siltation, but this kind of inner lake does not have running water from major rivers to enter, and sediments such as silt cannot escape. It is easy for silt to accumulate and gradually dry up.
If you have been in the countryside, you will know that every year when catching fish during the Chinese New Year, the pond must be cleared, the mud and grass are dug out, and the water is refilled in the spring. Otherwise, it will be enriched with oxidation and turn into a muddy pond. The West Lake is also
A very big pond.
But it started from our first feudal dynasty and has been preserved until now. How not easy it is!
In the past dynasties, except for King Qian, the people who governed the West Lake were locals, and the others were from other places who came to serve as officials in their own country and royal gardens. They would be transferred away in a few years. Why do you love this West Lake so much?
Want to go against the local tyrants?
That's probably a kind of sentiment! Because the West Lake is like a person's eyebrows to Hangzhou. Hangzhou without the West Lake is like a person without eyes.
Therefore, they always want to polish the West Lake.
Therefore, West Lake is a natural lake, but if we let nature take its course, it may have turned into a mulberry field, just like the fate of many inner lakes. But it has been passed down because it is still a humanistic lake, and because generations of literati have unique feelings about it.
preference.
In ancient times, it was beneficial for literati and poets to serve as officials, because poets had feelings. It was the feelings of poets from generation to generation that preserved the West Lake.
In order to dredge the West Lake, the poet made a lot of efforts and the country spent a lot of money.
But this is good. You see, Yunchi was polluted when it was reclaimed from the sea. It was also rich in oxidation and became a pool of stagnant water. But it was too far away and no one cared about it. There were no poets to find out, remind or strongly demand for treatment. I would like to take care of it later.
When I entered the hospital, no matter how much money I paid, it was not managed properly.
The West Lake has always attracted attention, and is at the forefront of poets' minds. It has been under management. Basically, when it is in chaos, it becomes clogged, and it becomes a wasteland. When there is peace, the lake is dug.
This has become a routine. The West Lake was dug back and forth, and dredged again and again. This not only dredged the West Lake, but also dredged the history of China."
Long Teng looked at him, he was really awesome!
The bodyguard listened with great interest in the back. Mr. He is so cultured! I really want to play with him!
"The West Lake is the sentiment of literati, and the West Lake also shows status and identity. Think about the eyes of Hangzhou. I live in the eyes, I live by the eyes, how awesome am I?"
The rich and nobles always occupy the best positions. In fact, anywhere with good mountains, rivers and beautiful scenery will be occupied by the richest and most powerful people.
Otherwise, what would be scarce and what would be exclusive in real estate advertising every day?
But natural and cultural resources belong to everyone. This is why West Lake does not charge admission tickets, and your home can only overlook the West Lake.
Because these mountains and rivers are also recreational places for common people and cannot be occupied by some people. These mountains and rivers also belong to future generations and cannot be destroyed in a certain generation.
Many people said that it would be great to turn the West Lake into fields and how much food it could provide! In that era, this was a normal proposal. This was also for the immediate benefit. The actual benefit was correct. It was the majority of people.
Agree.
But there are just a few people who want to sing the opposite, and would rather not have those few stones of food, and would rather bear many obstacles and misunderstandings, so that they can achieve this great cause for a long time and save the eyes of Hangzhou."
The bodyguard's eyes were full of tears. Long Teng also looked at him. He had made a great contribution to Yunzhou for a long time!
"In fact, the current governance trends in various places can be seen. Private buildings and commercial buildings in the forests along the lakes and coastal areas will be demolished. One is to protect the environment, and the other is that public resources really cannot only be used by the rich, but by us.
Enjoyed by one generation.
In the face of natural and cultural heritage, everyone is equal, and people in the future should also see these magnificent rivers and mountains. This is the best legacy left to future generations."
Long Teng looked at him, he was a sentimental person! The old lady really humiliated herself today!
The bodyguard wiped his eyes, but luckily he covered his eyes because Miss Long stopped and hugged him.