origin: China Network Author: Wang Huiliang Hou Fushun
Liang Chi Wen (picture source: Chinese network Photography: Wang Huiliang Hou Fushun)
Jingxing County Biao village in Hebei Province, there is a millennium Guta. Liang Jiwen, 64 years old, lives in the village. He has 23 years' obligation to guard the temple of prosperity and thousands of pagodas. He sweeps the snow in the snow, loses money in rainy days, and pays a lot of money. He often said, "Thousand Buddha pagoda is left by the old ancestor. I must do my best to protect it. Now that I'm on the line, I'll have to do it! "
Jingxing Biao village, is a thousand year old village
Jingxing Wu Yao village Biao village, 510 households, 1960 villagers, is a story full of thousands of ancient villages. The legend of Dou Jiande, the leader of the uprising army at the end of the Sui Dynasty, was here. Dou Jiande loved the imperial concubine. After the death of the imperial concubine, he was buried in the village. After liberation, the mountain village in the north of the village is called tiger skin village. The village is three times larger than the village. So the three tiger is called Biao village.
stands in the south of the village. Biao village is like a swallow swooping on its wings, with its head facing south and its tail toward the north. There is a Qinglong village in the northwest of the village. The mountain is like a soaring dragon, with its head facing the East and its tail toward the southwest. On the east side of the village there is a mountain called the dragon head ridge. It resembles a long snake. There is a rabbit hill in it. It is like a snake in a rabbit. The Ngau Tau Village in the southeast of the village is like an ancient triangled banner with the black mouth bank in the southwest of the village. There are many versions of legends in the past. The most popular saying is: Hey, our village is magnificent.
thousand Buddha tower, for the song and Jin times building
village there is a flourishing temple, the existing main hall, the East and west side hall and the thousand Buddha tower, is now the provincial key cultural relic protection unit.
thousand Buddha pagoda is the only remaining Guta in Jingxing. It is 15 meters high, and is built for brick and imitation wooden building. It is made up of three parts: tower base, tower body and tower brake. The tower is a stone square square foundation with a height of 1.2 meters and a circumference of 18.4 meters. It is built with square stones. The tower has three floors, all brick imitation wood structure, plane octagonal, side length 2.35 meters, bottom brick tower 1.3 meters thick. The first layer is a double eaves, and the brackets are thick under the eaves. The arch is a bucket of three liters, with 2 brackets on each side, each corner is a corner arch, and there are coupons in the south. There are 5 small niches on the door. There are small Buddhist niches on other surfaces. The niche of the shrine is a plum blossom pattern. The first row from top to bottom is five niches, and the second row is four niches. There are six rows and 194 Buddhist shrines. The second tier is similar to the first level, but the number of rows in each niche is less than the first level. The first row is four niches, with four rows. The third floors are all brick, no arch and no niches, but iron bells in every corner.
according to the records of Jingxing County, "the first layer and the tower brake were repaired in the Republic of China. The tower brake is composed of the Pearl, the phase wheel and the overlaying bowl.
from the perspective of shape and structure, the tower is of high value for the song and Jin Dynasties, and is the best existing brick imitation wooden structure in Jingxing county.
2014, a traditional village file survey, found that the proportion of long - lived elderly people around the tower is high, 20 people over 80 years of age, and 6 people over 90 years old. This interesting number has aroused the villagers' hot discussion and some people are amused. "This is the spirit of Guta for thousands of years."
mud Mason, pebble stone wall
Liang Wen, 64 years old this year, the ancestors lived in Biao village, two daughters have been married, now he and his wife, son, daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter, a family of six living in a farmyard. After graduating from school, he returned to the village farm and planted more than five acres of wheat and corn, with peanut beans planted in the mountains and a vegetable garden for the whole family.
Liang is a well - known Mason, a well - known Mason and an idle man. In addition to breeding his own land, he is always working in the surrounding village, not living in the surrounding village, sometimes giving the peasant household walls, and sometimes following the construction team. Liang Jiwen's best job is to make all kinds of pebbles and gravel in the mountains with stone walls to make them beautiful, solid and reliable stone flower walls. Many villagers praised him for his skillful hand, and praised his wall for being firm and able to endure the years. He said, "it's not a clever hand. It's a lot of practice. Practice makes perfect."
"dream" come true, the guardian Longxing Temple and the thousand Buddha pagoda
Liang said, over the years, the village people have a habit, relatives and friends in the festival to wear the door in the village of Biao Biao, almost all of the famous visit to the thousand Buddha tower, a view of Guta, praise the ancient people's superb architectural skills.
1993, one night in Liang Jiwen's sleep, a white bearded old man with a red face, wearing a long shirt, holding a stick crutches, holding a book under his armpit, walked slowly, and said, "trust you, you take the pagoda up, and be well managed." He handed a string of keys to his hand. After he woke up, he told his wife, "I have a dream, I have a dream at night," my wife said. Without words, he climbed at the head of the bed and smoked. On the second day, he told the dream to his neighbors, and some neighbors said, "thousands of pagodas in our village are scattered. A neighbor laughed and said, "since the gods trust you, you can control them." So Liang took office and started guarding the Longxing Temple and thousands of pagodas. Speaking of this dream, Liang Ji Wen repeatedly explained, "this is true, I dare not make up!"
no regrets, duty management 23 years
say dry, Liang Wen carry broom and shovel, clean the environment around the tower and Longxing Temple, clean up the brick and tile rubbish for more than ten days, carry the wooden ladder, climb the inner layer of the thousand Buddha pagoda, clean the spider web and climb the ladder. The front wall of the temple is partially tilted, and Liang Ji Wen has his own skills. He works alone. He works as a worker and a laborer.
the temple hall of Longxing Temple two windows, the temple gate has been rotten, he took 300 yuan, two enthusiastic people and each 200 yuan, many villagers also you out of 20 yuan, I out of 10 yuan, to donate money. He bought wood, carpenters, and made antique windows and doors. Liang Jiwen installed the new windows and doors and smiled satisfactorily.
Liang Ji Wen had some ideas. He found Liang Mi Shu, a clay sculpture artist in the village, and discussed how to build a sculpture. Liang MI is also a warmhearted person, also think together, with the use of spare time in the morning and evening spare time, a body of mud, after more than two months of time, the obligation to build four one meter high statue, the first floor of the thousand Buddha tower, the effect is really lifelike.
Liang Ji Wen has no regrets. He has been guarding the temple of prosperity and thousands of pagodas for 23 years. He was snowy, raining, raining, earning no money, and paying a lot of money. He often said, "Thousand Buddha pagodas are left behind by the ancestors, and I must do my best to protect them. I've got to do it, and I've got to do it! " His wife Wu Shuni was very supportive of him. "He did good to the villagers. I support him to the end."
a lot of tourists, visit the Millennium Guta
in recent years, many of the tourists around Shijiazhuang visit the pagoda, riding, driving, and taking the bus. They say that thousands of pagodas in our village are very rare. They shoot with cameras and cameras. Liang Jiwen that pleasure, as long as in the village, tell the tourists, the historical story behind the Guta, as long as someone comes, we leave the work of their own hands, and also to the tourists to talk about the stupa.
Liang Jiwen introduced, "69 year old Liang Shashu, was originally a production team accountant, worked for more than ten years, can write a picture. Liang Lianyi, 73 years old, became an accountant in dozens of years, and he was more capable than me. The two of him are not small enough to help manage. Liang Yaqing, 51, is a member of the Chinese Photographers Association, who is a member of the Chinese Photographers Association in Jingxing county. They all support me, it's my right arm. " "Village Party Branch Village Committee is very concerned about historical sites, often come to greet, and said I do not tired. With so many people supporting me, I am not tired and satisfied.
Liang Liang Wen paused for a moment. "Thousand Buddha tower calendar has been weathering for thousands of years, and the tower body is weathering seriously. Longxing Temple main hall roof, drizzle when the rain, the east side hall is still open. If the relevant departments and enthusiasts can help me, I will be very happy. "Because the Millennium Guta can not be destroyed in the hands of our generation!"