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Celebrities in history |
Story about Du Fu |
In late fall of the first year of Guan De emperor, Du Fu, the poem saga in Tang Dynasty stayed in Langzhou now is Langzhong, during his stay there, he once saw off his guests to Cangxi and paid a visit to Linjiang ferry, composing the famous poems that well-known by Cangxi people. For his whole life, Du Fu has been concerned about the destiny of his country and people, thus he was always depressed. However, during his visit to Cangxi he must be very happy, because of such charming scenery here.
To commemorate Du Fu's visit to Linjiang ferry, the futurity built a monument inscribed "Du Shaoling in Tang Dynasty saw off his guests here" and built a farewell pavilion. |
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The poem composed by Lu You |
| In the eighth year of Qiandao Emperor, Lu You, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty visited the farewell pavilion. During the time of Jin People's overpowering invade, at the invitation of the solider and the Sichuan commissioner Wang Yan who fought against the invaders, Lu You attended the commissioner department set up in South Zheng, now is Hanzhong in Shaanxi, a place in the front line of fighting against the Jin People. So he took the way from Kuizhou now is Fengjie to South Zheng, when passing by Cangxi, he visited the farewell pavilion and paid the remembrance for Du Fu. |
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Wu Zhi's poems with seven characters to each of the eight lines |
| In Tang and Song Dynasties, this ferry was the important way and an ancient bridle-road connecting Cangxi with Jiange. The ferries were like shuttles, passers-by were like weaving, and the scenery was quite splendid and beautiful. |
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The Chinese Red Army transited across the river |
The couplets on the gate gave us a shock that the signature was Zhao Puchu. We found that not far away this Linjiang temple was Tazishan Bay, a ferry where the Red Army transited across Jialingjiang River in 1935. And now it was called Red Army Ferry. In 1984, the famous calligrapher Mr. Zhao, also the then-vice president of the National Committee of the CPPCC inscribed this couplets here, tightly combing the contents of the poem saga's seeing off guests in old days and the red army's transiting across ferry in modern times. The contents of the couplets were cleverly constructed, of deep and profound meaning, making readers deeply touched. |
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