Chapter 48: White Horse Crossing The Stage of the Four Women
White Horse Ferry.
The golden dike divides brocade cables, and the white horse crosses the lotus boat.
This place was originally just an ordinary place, but in this ordinary place, it secretly carries the safety of China for thousands of years. I have imagined this place countless times in my mind, but I can never figure out what it looks like. I finally saw it today.
Before coming, we conducted an investigation. The White Horse Ferry Crossing is an important ancient ferry. Because it is located in the natural danger of the Yellow River, guarding the important roads in the north and south, and its geographical location is extremely important. In "Records of the Grand Historian", it was recorded that guarding the White Horse Ferry to show the power of the princes to influence the form and form, the world will know where to go. Therefore, this place has been a place that military strategists must fight for thousands of years.
But what is presented to us now is not the ancient ferry crossing that we imagined is a battleground for military strategists, but a circular platform ruin. Next to the ruins is a magnificent ancient temple, which is inconsistent with the White Horse Ferry we know.
We looked at the ruins and ancient temple in front of us in a daze, looking at each other and wondering what to do.
Shen Langdong looked around, his frowning brows were filled with his confusion.
"Brother Chuan, Brother Ting, what's going on? How could the White Horse Ferry be a temple?"
I have never been here and can only look at Chunting. Chunting seems to have no idea about this place, so I turned my eyes to Ling Xuan.
Ling Xuan spread his hands and acted helplessly. After getting off the car, his emotions in the car had disappeared. If I hadn't been on the same car with him, I would have really never imagined that he would have had such extreme emotional fluctuations in the car just now.
"Brother Ting, don't look at me, I don't know. I just mentioned you before and scolded me. How dare I understand more, for fear of angering you."
Everyone stood there, looking up at the ancient temple in the distance, and no one knew what to do next.
Just when we were at a loss, we found that on the side of the road not far ahead, there was a kind-looking old man leisurely basking in the sun on the recliner. So Yi and his men dispersed and followed him secretly. The few of us walked over slowly, intending to learn more about this place in the old man's mouth.
"Old man, please disturb me, where is this place?"
The one who asked about Qi Zhi was petite and cute, and she has always been very popular. She is naturally much better than us when she spoke.
"The little girl doesn't seem to be a local girl. Here, it's called Sinutai, and that temple is called Huanghua Temple."
Sure enough, the old man heard Qi Zhi's voice, opened his eyes and looked at her, and the dissatisfaction of being disturbed quickly turned into his love for Qi Zhi.
"Four-girls' platform? Old man, isn't this the White Horse Ferry?"
After hearing the old man's answer, Shen Lang squatted beside the old man, pretending to be curious and asked.
"Once upon a time, this place was indeed the White Horse Ferry, but it had been abandoned for a long time. After being abandoned, it was renamed the Four Girls' Platform. Young people, what are your purposes for coming here?"
The old man explained first, and then saw that we were quite interested in this place, and asked about our purpose with curious expressions.
"It's such an old man. We are from the History Institute. I heard that there is a White Horse Ferry here before. I plan to come here to collect materials and produce related topics about the first period of ancient ferry. Unfortunately, we didn't figure it out before we came. It turned out that this place was abandoned. This is really a pity."
Seeing that the old man became suspicious, Ling Xuan quickly spoke, and found a suitable reason in a flash, and dealt with it with disappointment.
What Ling Xuan said is reasonable, but the old man did not doubt it after hearing it. Moreover, due to the reasons Ling Xuan said, the old man was in high spirits and began to tell us the relevant records here.
It was built in the Warring States Period and was abandoned in the fifth year of the Yellow River migration in the fifth year of Jinmingchang. The circular platform site we see now is the Four Girls' Platforms in the local population. As for the statement of a military strategist, the origin of Wagang Village, etc., we have known about these in advance, but have not listened carefully. What really interests us is another story told by the old man.
As an important ferry crossing of the Yellow River, Baimajin has countless separations and deaths performed one by one on the banks of Baimajin every day. Facing the surging Yellow River, most of the people who come and go are surging and thoughts. At this Baimajin Ferry, countless popular eternal quatrains have been born.
The most famous one is Li Taibai, a poet of a generation. After resigning from office and leaving Beijing, Li Bai traveled north to Baimajin, preparing to cross the Yellow River to travel to Youyan. When he stood in front of Baimajin, a strong wind suddenly broke out here, and his mount was holding his head up to neigh north. He was suddenly moved by the surging waves and the storm of shouting, and wrote the Yuefu poem "Faiting White Horse".
The generals set off white horses, and the flags of the Yellow River. The flutes and drums roam the rivers and mountains, and the waves of the sea are surging. Wu'an has shaking tiles, and the waters are not cold songs. The iron cavalry is like a snow-capped mountain, and the rivers are dry and dry. The soldiers hunt the moon caves, and turn toward the strategy. They lean on their swords and climb the Yanran, and the beacons are rugged. They are desolate thousands of miles away, and they are cultivated in the five fields. After clearing the desert, they can wrap their tigers and golden swords.
After hearing this, I couldn't help but think secretly that the great poet Li Taibai would write a poem here. Thinking of the era where Li Bai was and the time when the Qianfo Temple was built, I couldn't help but have a bold guess in my heart...
"Old man, although this place has been abandoned, it was once such an important ferry. Why did you give up the name of Baima Ferry and change it to the Four Girls' Platform?"
The one who interrupted my random thoughts was Xue Nan. She listened to the old man's narration for a long time, but most of them were what we already knew. She couldn't help but speak and change the topic.
"That's because of a tragic story."
The old man sighed and then explained it to us.
In the second year of Heping in Emperor Cheng of Han, the Yellow River broke again. Because it was close to the Yellow River, it was naturally suffering from floods. I don’t know who came up with an idea to find two girls born in the year of the dragon and two tigers, and buried these four girls in the four corners of Tiantai Mountain on the 15th July, and the flood would not flood again.
The prefect here had no choice but to believe the wizard's statement, so he ordered the officials of Hua County and Jun County to find two girls born in the year of the dragon and two tigers. However, since he knew that the selected girl would be buried alive, the villagers refused to admit that their children were these two zodiac signs. Seeing that July 15th was coming, even a girl was found in the two counties.
Coincidentally, the Junxian County Magistrate happened to have two daughters, one of the dragon and the other of the tiger. He had no choice but to give up his two children in the end. However, the Huaxian County Magistrate saw that the deadline had come, and finally ignored the zodiac sign and just bought two girls to make up for the numbers.
Later, when the river god knew that the Huaxian County Magistrate was disrespectful to him, he controlled the flood and flowed south. From then on, Junxian got rid of the river disaster, and the flood in Huaxian became more and more serious. In order to commemorate these four girls, people called the Yellow River embankment near here Longhu embankment and renamed this place to Sinutai. This is the origin of the White Horse Ferry renamed Sinutai.
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl who jumped into the river. As the old man said, this was indeed a tragic story.
After listening to the old man’s story, we generally have some understanding of this place.
But after understanding, a serious problem arose.
Since this White Horse Ferry has been abandoned, where should we find the statues hiding here?
Chapter completed!