On the thirteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Yuan Qiuhua carried incense, candles, and fire paper to the Yuan family cemetery to sweep the tombs of the ancestors. Lan Xinyan accompanies the line.

The Yuan family cemetery is located in 100 acres. Behind the backer - Longjiao Peak (Qinglong), the peaks and peaks are like a screen, to protect against the cold blown by the northwest wind in winter, the front of the mountain - Longtou Mountain (White Tiger), the tip of the mountain is towering, thick and beautiful, overlapping, shorter than the backing mountain, both like worship, and like children and grandchildren to worship, the endless hills, as if many people stand in front, this situation is called "a hundred officials standing in front of the Fengshui". The platform in the middle of the dragon's head - the dragon's face mound is shaped like a desk table, and it is called "case mountain" in feng shui.

The cemetery, backed by Longjiao Peak, is Guanyin Mountain (Suzaku) on the left and Wenbi Mountain (Xuanwu) on the right. The backing mountain and the left mountain, the right mountain constitute a situation of the Taishi chair, and the water from the mountain (ambergris stream) winding and bending from the dragon's mouth is like a jade belt, like holding the moon, and slowly flows into the rich water lake under the Longtou Mountain. This water is a mile away from the cemetery, the water is soft and long, so the fortune is the same, tortuous and northwestward, return to Xun's position, the main "young man entered the Qingyun Road early, and offered advice to help the sages", this is the official Jishui also.

Far Dynasty, near the case, the front is the clerical case, and the front of the book case is the hundred officials of the dynasty, the landlord is safe and prosperous, the people are prosperous, and the wealth is long. Therefore, when many people see the cemetery of the Yuan family, they think that it is either rich or expensive to make this cemetery, which can be called a model of cemetery.

Ancient scriptures and books: The rich family does not change the door, and the family fortune decays and moves the grave quickly. But to move to a new grave, you need to choose a thriving dragon vein and phoenix land, in front of the tomb to have a wide field of vision, the front of the case behind the mountain, the mountain surrounded by the water and the aura of the place, so as to play the effect of "the mountain manages the people, the water manages the wealth, reaches out to touch the case, shows the talent, and the nobles stand in front of the door".

The principle of feng shui advocates that "if you are straight, you will rush", "if you bend, you will be smooth", and that the road should be bent and the mountains and rivers should be meandering, that is, it should be twisted and curved. Therefore, it is necessary to "climb the mountain to see the water mouth", but also to "enter the cave to see the Ming Hall", the Ming Hall refers to the front of the tomb, there must be a vast and flat place, the Ming Hall is open, full of vitality, in order to have a bright future. On the contrary, the cemetery should not be located in a narrow and confined valley.

In front of the backing hill of the Yuan family cemetery, there is a hundred acres of open land, that is, a hundred acres of ping. Surrounded by mountains, it forms a basin, which is a place for gathering qi, and the center is right. Four-dimensional and eight-edged, Renshan two directions, it should be the day after tomorrow gossip, and the diversion of the golden pillar, noble and big, this is the natural treasure of the leyline.

The cemetery pays attention to "upwind and water", the direction of the wind on the ground is northwest, and the water is in the southeast. The cemetery of the Yuan family is located in the northwest of the place, sitting in the northwest, facing the southeast, facing the mountains and rivers, and is condescending.

In order to make the backbone of the ancestors cool and yellow, and not enter the wood root insects and ants, it is necessary to choose a good cave field. The surface of the well chamber should be fine and smooth yellow clay clay, under the clay is a loose and dry variable soil layer, the soil quality of the variable soil layer is not only fresh and smooth, self-colored, does not contain nutrients for biological survival, and the air is not easy to penetrate, rainwater is not easy to infiltrate, can gather geothermal heat.

The key to the acupoint is all in gathering qi, gathering qi and Ding Wang, and Ding Wang and returning wealth. The cemetery is surrounded by hundreds of years of ancient trees, such as nanshu, laurel, cypress, maple, acacia tree, podocarpus, red bean tree, etc., wild flowers, spring lilies, daylilies, dandelions, purple lilies, summer bellflowers, half summer, autumn lycoris, seven mile chrysanthemum, as well as the four seasons of evergreen wheat winter, onion lotus, Gongsun grass, anchovy. The prosperity of its local atmosphere can be seen.

The significance of Feng Shui is to help people choose good fortune and avoid evil, which is consistent with the starting point of choosing a cemetery for funerals in the hope that the deceased can rest in peace and the living feel at ease. As for whether feng shui will bless the descendants and prosper the people, it is the benevolent and the wise will see the wise, but it will not be wrong to choose a piece of auspicious land.

There are many people who find it incredible about cemetery feng shui, they think that the cemetery is a place where the dead are buried, and no matter how good feng shui is, it has nothing to do with the living. Ancient geographical theories believe that people are born from their parents, and after the death of their parents, if they are buried in a good place, the bones can be warmed by the earth's qi, and then can play a role in blessing their descendants. From the perspective of modern people, this kind of yin you is not convincing, and it is all dismissed as superstition.

But it turns out that there is a considerable correlation between the Yin Mansion and the fate of future generations, and this connection can be explained by modern scientific theories. As we all know, the earth is a large magnetic field, and magnetism has the function of recording and propagating. If the tomb is built somewhere, the geomagnetic field there will send the landscape signals around the tomb, along with the bones signals, in the form of electromagnetic waves, thus having a different impact on the outside world.

The reason is simple, because the offspring and the ancestors have the same type of genes, and their biological electromagnetic waves have the same information and can communicate inductively, just as a radio can only receive electromagnetic waves of the same frequency. After the human body receives this electromagnetic information, it will produce a series of reactions in the body, and then produce a series of different results.

Yuan Qiuhua according to the order of generation, worship the ancestors, weeding and laying soil, filling holes and clearing ditches.

Finally, I came to my grandmother's grave, offered flowers, lit candles and burned incense, made incense and worshipped, and knelt down to swallow my head.

Lan Xinyan held the three sticks of incense in his hand, bowed, and muttered a prayer: Ask the ancestors to bless me and let me get what I want!

After worshipping, insert the incense burner. He took three steps back and made a gesture to kneel.

Ancestral graves, not flesh and blood, not close relatives, are not allowed to worship. Although Lan Xinyan and Yuan Qiuhua are friends, he also wants to marry her, but after all, the marriage has not yet been completed, and he has not been married by a famous matchmaker, and the local customs and customs care about the ceremony, and the family rules pay attention to etiquette. Therefore, it is rude to bow before marriage, and not kowtowing after marriage is also a sign of neglect.

Yuan Qiuhua saw it in her eyes and knew that he was knowingly committing a crime, which was nothing more than to create a fait accompli and let herself push the boat down the river, but she advocated freedom and nature, never forced others to make things difficult, disgusted with other imposing actions, and resisted coercion. If she is 100% willing, not only will she not object, but she will also actively cooperate, kneel side by side with him, bow down like a ritual, worship heaven and earth, worship ancestors, husband and wife worship, open-air cave room.

She slid with her right foot and lunged with her left foot, straddling in front of him, and then set up the momentum of the overlord to prevent him from kneeling.

Yuan Qiuhua crossed his legs and crossed his hips, his hands were crossed, like a wall in front of Lan Xinyan, he knew that she was unhappy, so he could only give up. couldn't get off the stage, after all, he was embarrassed, he was unhappy, and when he saw her back to him, he couldn't help but want to tease.

Lan Xinyan sighed, exerted force on his heels, and slammed into Yuan Qiuhua's back. He put his hands around her shoulders and neck, his legs clasped around her waist and abdomen, and crawled on top of her like a gecko.

Yuan Qiuhua stood on the horse pile, and although his foothold was stable, he couldn't parry the swoop from Lan Xinyan's back. She staggered and fell to the ground. She's down, he's up, and the two fall to the ground together. She threw a dog and gnawed on, making a face of grass and mud. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, with both feet on the ground and his hands on the ground, which dissipated the pressure of her weight and the momentum of the fall, otherwise she would have had a blue nose and swollen face, and a broken mouth and teeth.

Lan Xinyan turned over, rolled to the side, pillowed his hands, and looked up to the sky and laughed.

Yuan Qiuhua was ashamed, if he was strong, domineering, and fighting for physical strength, he would undoubtedly lose.

Whipping, burning paper, burning clothes.

The grave stands a bluestone tombstone, engraved with descendants in front and an epitaph in the back.

Li Changying, (1899-1973), scholar, writer, educator, translator, fourth-level professor, Huangpi Li Jiren, twice studied abroad at his own expense, entered the University of Edinburgh in 1921 and the University of Paris in 1928, and obtained a master's degree in literature. After returning to China in 1932, he successively served as a professor at Shanghai China Public School and the Department of Foreign Languages of Wuhan University, and created a large number of literary works, such as "Sun Que Flying Southeast" and "Living Poet", "One Night in Paris", "On the Lake of Linmeng", etc., and his representative work "Thoughts after Visiting the New Capital" was selected into high school textbooks; published "History of French Literature", "French Literature" and other works; he was a member of the Chinese Writers Association during his lifetime.

When she was young, she studied private school at home, and later entered the Wuchang Church School Girls' School to learn English. His father, Li Xueyuan, was open-minded and well-educated, and was the Minister of Finance of Wuhan. Her mother was a rural woman, and all three of her children were daughters, so she was discriminated against by her relatives and neighbors, and later died of depression. Her mother's misfortune greatly stimulated Li Changying, and she was determined to be a promising new woman.

In 1934, Li Changying and Yuan Shijie tied the knot. After marriage, he lived in the eighteenth building of Wuhan University. After the publication of the "History of French Literature", she was selected as a textbook by various universities in China, and her works were published in magazines such as "Modern Review" and "Modern Literature and Art", and were later compiled into two essay collections, "Mountain Dwelling Scattered Ink" and "Forty Years of Travel". His representative works "Thoughts after Visiting Xindu" and "Thoughts Again" were selected into high school Chinese textbooks. During the Anti-Japanese War, she wrote "Drinking Horses and Great Wall Caves".

On the inscription, half of the body is branded with porcelain. Lan Xinyan exclaimed at a glance: Hey, why is this face so similar to your appearance?

Yuan Qiuhua punched him: My grandmother, I don't look like her, maybe you are like her?

Lan Xinyan frolicking: Have you noticed that our temper, character, level, treatment of others, etc., are becoming more and more similar, and even our figures, faces, faces, and appearances are becoming more and more similar! These assimilations are called "husband and wife"!

After returning from sweeping the tomb, Yuan Qiuhua flipped through the genealogy, searched on the Internet at the same time, checked them one by one, and watched documentaries, literary and historical materials, and literary and artistic works of the same period.

The world is reckless, time is barren, and when we look around, it is only these four white walls. A person's life, whether poor or rich, romantic or coquettish, no matter how he lives, is a life, in the end, it will turn into a wisp of green smoke and a pile of loess!

In the vast and smoky history, if the literati had not left "immortal" works, because of artistic inheritance and cultural research, no one would have recorded their short life that shone like a meteor. In the mood for love, shy and delicate, smart and lively, knowledgeable, noble, talented, smart and beautiful, sincere and kind can speak, what phoenix is flying, and sonorous, what fresh life, vigorous energy, are no match for the passage of time. The years are like a shuttle, the face is full of wrinkles and folds, the white hair is hanging down in the twilight, the bald and thick neck is shy, the hands are long and spotted, the dementia is caught off guard, and the cave has been sleeping for a long time without living enough, returning to nature, a pile of loess, no flesh and blood, and the corpse is ossified.

Whether it is a famous official and businessman in the troubled times, or a scholarly and talented man in the prosperous era, people live a lifetime, study hard, struggle and struggle, create miracles, become famous and become a family, make meritorious contributions, and no matter how brilliant life is, it is like a dream, and in the end it is just a thousand-character introduction like a tofu block, hidden in the pile of old papers, only for future generations to sigh.

Yuan Qiuhua found that in the family, his grandparents went abroad to study abroad, returned to China as professors, counted literati, served in the old government, counted as Wenchen, his cousin "Three Yuan", Yuan Hanbang, Yuan Hanqing, Yuan Hanxian, around 1929 successively participated in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. He died around 1984.

Lan Xinyan made a suggestion to Yuan Qiuhua, since there are literati, samurai, officials of the old government, and generals of the new government in the ancestors, there are bound to be contradictions and conflicts between brothers with different national interests and political views, there are deep brotherhood and painful entanglements of party interests, and there are different road journeys, different life encounters, and different life endings due to different defections, this is a legendary story, and there are many articles to write here. Why not write a family history based on local sources?

Subsequently, Yuan Qiuhua wrote a brief history of his grandparents' life and life experiences into a short article, accompanied by a wedding photo, and uploaded it to Sina.com. Published in the Literature and History column.

After a few hours, it became a hot topic of discussion, which attracted the attention of the two protégés, who wrote reminiscences, nostalgia, and thanksgiving, and took the initiative to contact Yuan Qiuhua, and learned that she had the idea of writing a family history, and they were willing to provide relevant materials for their respective collections.

Just because of a wedding photo, people who have never known each other have become New Year's friends, and the celebrities who were originally out of reach are connected to her in time and space behind the screen, and the communication is unhindered, and the beautiful encounters in the world are like reunions after a long absence, making her feel what wisdom and honesty coexist.