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Chapter 98: The Thin Cream Doesn¡¯t Sell On the Osmanthus Branches

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    [1] "In the Mountains - Shangque" by Li Xianyong. Poetry

    A cluster of haze outside the honor and disgrace,

    ? Akiyama stays near the eaves;

    The clock and the evening can't reach the ear,

    The bright moon and lonely clouds are always in love.

    The deep morning drum rang eighteen times, followed by the melodious bell of Wanning Temple.

    "The city gate has been opened." After saying that, Qingwan wanted to get out of Yougan's arms.

    "How do you know?" Yougan was reluctant to let go.

    "There are so many bells and drums, why, you didn't hear it!?" Qing Wan snapped his fingers vigorously.

    "It's five o'clock again," Yougan sighed, "The morning bell and evening drum[1] can't be heard, and the bright moon and lonely clouds are always hanging in love."

    Qing Wan pinched his thigh fiercely again, and said in a low voice: "One thought, one thought, love in the heart, don't worry about it."

    The carriage walked along the avenue beside the Gaoliang River towards the southeast. It took only one stick of incense to arrive at Heyimen [now Xizhimen], and after another quarter of an hour, it was "Xiya".

    From "Xiya" along the north bank of Jishuitan, there is a side street [now Gulou West Street].  This street is the largest trading market in the capital, and every three and eight days are called "meeting fairs".

    The prosperity of Xiejie depends on two aspects:

    At the beginning, when Liu Bingzhong planned the city, he followed the "Book of Rites" of "the former dynasty and the later city, the left and the right community". In the overall layout of the capital, everything was centered on the Qizheng Building[2], with the Qizheng Building  Based on the north-south central axis of the city, the imperial city is in the middle, and a large area north of Qizheng Building is designated as a trading place for merchants.

    In the twenty-ninth year of Zhiyuan [1292], in order to solve the water source problem in the capital, the project designed and presided over by Guo Shoujing to divert water from Changping County in the north of Beijing to Dadu began construction.

    Water is diverted from Shenxian Spring in Baifu Village, Changping County, flowing westward and then turning south. Along the way, it gathers Yimu, Yuhe, Yuquan and other springs, and then intercepts the upper reaches of Shahe River and Qinghe River, and flows into Wengshan Park [Summer Palace Kunming Lake]  ].  From Wengshanbo to Shuiguan, which flows into Heyimen through Changhe [Gaoliang River], to Xiya [also called Haizi, Shichahai in Ming Dynasty]. Because Xiya is used for water accumulation, people call it "Jishuitan".  From the Wanning Bridge [Buliang Bridge, Houmen Bridge] in the east of Jishuitan, through the east wall of the imperial city of the metropolitan city, it flows through the beach, the north riverside, and the south riverside, passes through the south of the Yuhe Bridge, exits the Dongshuiguan of Lizhengmen, and then turns southeast to flow in  The Jinzha River outside the Gate of Civilization.  Then it flows 40 miles east from the Jinzha River to Gaoli Village in the west of Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou, and enters the Baihe River, with a total length of about 164 miles.

    ?Because the west end waters, which are two miles wide from east to west, are suitable for use as a port wharf for merchant ships traveling from north to south.  Therefore, the Jishuitan connected to the Tongzhou Canal became the main wharf at the north end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

    Cargo ships loaded with tribute, rice, porcelain, and silk traveled north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It was originally the end point when they reached Tongzhou, but now they continuously entered the center of the capital¡ªJishuitan.

    Overnight, Jishuitan became the busiest wharf in the country, with grain boats weaving like weaving, boats covering the water, and it was prosperous and prosperous.

    When the project was completed, Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, returned to Dadu from Shangdu. He was overjoyed to see that the Jiangnan grain ships were full at Xiya Wharf.  , the meaning of benefiting the capital.

    Countless materials and businessmen gather in Jishuitan, which can be described as "Jinshi, Hua District, gathering the treasures of all countries; singing booths and dancing trees, choosing Zifen of Kyushu".  Along the shore of Jishuitan, ships are like clouds, restaurants stand everywhere, and the sound of swallow dancing can be heard endlessly.  Every day, a large number of palace and folk performances are staged in this Xiejie in turn.

    Dadu, under the excavation of the Grand Canal, has become lively. A new art form - Yuan Zaju thrives here, and blends into the distance through the wide channel of the Grand Canal.

    [2] "In the Mountains - Under the Que" by Li Xianyong. Poetry

    The world is full of twists and turns,

    The coir hat by the water is called life.

    Thinking about Ruan Ji's intentions at that time,

    How can it be that the road is poor and weeping for fame and fortune.

    Yougan jumped out of the car and walked at the front of the carriage. He groped for suitable items while strolling. When he bought the right one, he asked Youcai to carry it to the car.  Put it in the car and arrange it neatly.

    The sky is still very dark. If it weren't for the lights from the shops facing the street, you really wouldn't be able to see the stalls that are already full of goods on both sides of the street.  Fortunately, there are still few people going to the market at this time, and the carriage can still move. If it comes later, let alone a carriage, even if it is a person, I am afraid it will not be able to move a few steps.

    In the annual collection, old women and children are the most able to get up early.  In the morning market, not only are the items good and fresh, but you can also choose whatever you like.

    There was an old woman carrying a big basket and a backpack behind her.?The southern end of Drum Tower Street; another school of opinion believes that in the east, the location of today's Drum Tower, the Drum Tower of the Ming Dynasty is consistent with the location of the Drum Tower of the Yuan Dynasty.  This involves the location of the central pavilion in Wanning Temple.

    The Drum Tower was first built in the ninth year of Zhiyuan (AD 1272), and was then named "Qizheng Tower".  According to the old man Jin Taochun: "The nerve center of the Drum Tower is a set of copper pot dripping system with accurate time measurement In front of the pot stands a god of cymbals, holding the cymbals with open arms as if wanting to strike. When the water in the pot is exhausted, double cymbals  Immediately, it was struck, and it was uncomfortable. Afterwards, the twenty-four drums struck at the same time merged into an earth-shattering huge drum sound" From the first drop of water (it was tears of happiness) pierced the night sky, falling like a meteor  Time is no longer a secret kept by God. Time has changed from a mysterious wild thing to a domesticated thing played in the palm of human beings.

    In ancient times, the bronze engravings missed the time. The drummers beat the drums to set the watch after hearing the sound of the cymbals, and the bell tower struck the bell to announce the time after hearing the sound of the drums.  This scientific program of copper engraving leak timing, drum drum timing and bronze bell time reporting systemically provides an important time reference for the courts of civil and military officials and the daily life, work and daily life of the common people.

    The Qizheng Building was later destroyed by fire, and it was destroyed by fire after it was rebuilt in the first year of Emperor Chengzong of Yuan Dynasty (AD 1297).

    In the 18th year of Ming Yongle (AD 1420), the Bell and Drum Tower was rebuilt, and its position at the northern end of the north-south central axis of the capital was established.  After that, they were destroyed by fire one after another.  In the eighteenth year of Jiajing (1539), the Drum Tower was struck by lightning and caught fire, and it was rebuilt for the third time.  In the tenth year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1745), the Bell Tower was rebuilt again.

    The Bell and Drum Tower was restored in the Qing Dynasty. The Drum Tower seen was built in the Ming Dynasty, while the Bell Tower was built in the Qing Dynasty.

    With the development of history, the functions of the Bell and Drum Towers are constantly changing.  The Bell and Drum Tower is used as the time teller of the ancient capital. The Drum Tower is equipped with drums, and the Bell Tower is hung with bells. The "morning bell and evening drum" follow the rhythm.  In the past, hundreds of civil and military officials went to court, and the common people lived and worked on this basis.

    Because the accurate time-measuring copper pot dripping system in the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed by a fire, the timing instruments in the Qing Dynasty were replaced by Shichenxiang. The strictly customized Shichenxiang is in a spiral shape and burns evenly.  metal pan.  When the incense burns to the scale, the ball falls into the plate to announce the time, reminding the drummer to beat the drum.

    ? In the past, Qin Tianjian eunuchs were in charge of burning incense for the timekeeping of the bell and drum towers, and Luan Yiwei sent banner drummers to be responsible for drumming.

    After Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, left the Forbidden City in 1924, the Bell and Drum Tower lost its function of telling time.  In the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924), in order to remind the public not to forget the national humiliation of the invasion of Beijing by the Eight-Power Allied Forces, the Drum Tower was renamed "Ming Shame Tower", and later restored to its original name "Qizheng Tower".  In the fourteenth year of the Republic of China (1925), the "Jingzhao Popular Education Center" was established in the Drum Tower, and then a public movie theater was opened in the Bell Tower. Since then, the Bell and Drum Tower has begun to transform into a public education function.  ? (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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