Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, the Yellow River flows through the east, with Xi'an as the center, giving birth to a glorious ancient Chinese civilization. The grand plan of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, and the rule of Zhenguan of Tang Taizong, are famous in history. Qin Shi Huang annexed the six countries with the land of Guanzhong, unified the world, built the Great Wall, and rejected the Xiongnu in the north; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went from seeking peace with his relatives to gathering the strength of the whole country to attack the Xiongnu, so that he did not dare to go south to herd horses; Zhenguan prosperity made Chang'an a world metropolis, the Silk Road, the transportation of the Western Regions, the Tang monks learned scriptures, introduced Indian Buddhism to China, so that Chinese and foreign cultures can be exchanged. There are also Tang poems and Han Fu, which are in their heyday and have been passed down to this day. The love story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the love story of Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Guifei, and the music composed by Xuanzong and the dance of the concubine, the dance of the neon clothes and feathers, are beautiful and moving, and they are amazing. There is also the love story of Sima Xiangru, a famous writer in the Han Dynasty and his wife, Zhuo Wenjun, one of the four talented women in ancient times, and the song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" and "Book of Two Places", which are poignant and moving. "The phoenix returns to her hometown, travels all over the world to seek its phoenix, there are beautiful ladies in the boudoir, and the room poisons my intestines, why is it a mandarin duck." I wish to win the hearts of one person, and the white heads are inseparable. This courtship, even today, seems to be a straightforward, bold, and warm wording, which naturally made Zhuo Wenjun, who was listening behind the curtain, heartbroken, and fell in love at first sight after meeting Sima Xiangru, and both agreed to elope. After Sima Xiangru entered Beijing as an official, someone introduced the daughter of a famous minister to make him moved, and he had the idea of divorce his wife, and wrote a letter of "1234567890000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Zhuo Wenjun was very sad when he heard the news, and replied: "After a farewell, the two places hung on each other, only saying that it was March and April, and who knew that it was five or six years. The lyre is played without intention, the eight-line book is not transmitted, the nine rings are broken from it, and the ten-mile long pavilion wants to be pierced. Hundreds of thoughts, thousands of thoughts, all kinds of helplessness to complain about Lang ......" Sima Xiangru finally dismissed his divorce after reading the letter. The great romantic poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty wrote in the poem "Remembering Qin E": "The sound of the flute swallows, and Qin E dreams of Qin Louyue." Qin Louyue, willow color every year, Baling hurts goodbye. The autumn festival of the Qing Dynasty in the original Leyou Yuan, the sound of the Xianyang ancient road is overwhelming. The sound is absolutely dusty, the west wind is still shining, and the Han family mausoleum. The poet borrowed the love story of Xiao Shi and Lang Yu in "The Legend of the Immortals" to describe the longing of Qin E, a beautiful woman in Chang'an City, for her loved one.

Baling, in the east of today's Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, has a Ba Bridge across the Bahe River nearby. The Bahe River originates in Bayuan Township, Lantian County, with a total length of 109 kilometers and a basin area of 2,563.7 square kilometers. According to history, the original name of Bahe River was Zishui, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin Mugong changed its name to Bahe in order to show off his hegemony. The Tang Dynasty set up a post station here, and relatives and friends traveled here to fold willows to see them off. Because willow trees are planted all over the banks of the river, the catkins fly like snow in spring, and "Ba willow wind and snow" has become one of the eight scenic spots in Chang'an. Volume 6 of "Sanfu Huangtu" records: "The Han people sent guests to this bridge and folded willows to say goodbye. Later, he said goodbye to the "Baling Folding Willow" as a farewell.

The word folding willow first appeared in the first part of Han Yuefu's "Folding Willow Lyrics": "Don't catch the whip when you get on the horse, but fold the willow branches." Later generations used the folding willow as a metaphor for the feeling of sorrow, and also hinted at homesickness. For example, Wang Zhilian's "Liangzhou Ci": "Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass." The willow in this refers to two things. One is the real poplar willow tree, and the other is the willow bend. hints at the homesick mentality of the soldiers guarding the border passes.

The word "folded willow" means "farewell". The custom of "folding willows to see them off" in China was first seen in "Xiaoya; Cai Wei": "In the past, I went back, and the willows were still there; Now I think about it, the rain and snow are falling". In ancient times, the willow tree was also called the small poplar or willow, because the "willow" and "stay" are homophonic, it can express the meaning of retention. The parting gift willow expresses the inseparable, unbearable parting, and reluctant to give up. There is "Folding Willow Branches" in the "Drum Horn Horizontal Blowing Song" of Yuefu in the Northern Dynasty, and the lyrics are: "Don't catch the whip when you get on the horse, but you can't beat the willow branches." Dismount and play the flute, worrying about killing the guests. "Li Bai" willow color every year, Baling hurts goodbye" illustrates such a custom: on both sides of the ancient Chang'an Baqiao, ten miles of embankment, one step and one willow, many people from Chang'an East came here to say goodbye, and folded willow branches to bid farewell to relatives. Bai Juyi's "Qingmen Willow" "bids farewell to the near capital gate, and the long strip is folded to reduce the spring breeze." "Fish Xuanji "Folding Willows"" farewell to the dynasty and weeping flowers, folding the spring breeze willow smoke. "Folding willow farewell" contains a kind of good wishes for friends "spring is always there", and also means that relatives leave their hometown like a wicker from a branch, hoping that he can quickly take root and sprout in a new place, as if willow branches can live anywhere. When people leave, they fold willows to send each other, and when they miss their relatives and old friends, they will also fold willows to send affection. The word "folded willow" also means "Huaiyuan". Zhang Jiuling "Slender folded willow, holding this to send lovers"; Li Bai "climbed the strip and folded the spring, and sent it far away in front of the Dragon Court"; Li Bai's "Xuancheng Sends Deputy Envoy Liu to Qin" "No order Sauvignon Blanc, breaking willow branches. Li Bai's "Listening to the Flute in Los Angeles on a Spring Night": "Whose jade flute flies in the dark, scattered into the spring breeze all over Los Angeles." In this nocturne, who can't afford to love the old garden? That's what it means.

This Bahe River is a tributary of the Wei River, a tributary of the Yellow River, and the Wei River and six other tributaries are Jing, Feng, Shui, Wei, Zhu, Chan, a total of eight rivers, which flow around Xi'an City, all belong to the Yellow River water system, so it is called "eight rivers around Chang'an". Sima Xiangru, a writer of the Western Han Dynasty, wrote in the famous Cifu "Shanglin Fu": "The eight rivers are divided, and they are contrary to each other. ”

The story I'm going to tell today takes place in a village called Willow Forest in the Bahe River Basin, a tributary of the Wei River. The sky here is blue and green, the mountains and rivers are blue, and the scenery is beautiful. The people are industrious, brave, kind, and full of the spirit of unity, fraternity, and mutual assistance. In the fields, the grains are abundant and the flowers are fragrant; On the water, hundreds of boats compete for the current, and the fish and crabs are fresh. Since ancient times, the treasure of the heavens, the spirit of the earth. In the land of Pingchuan, the river is dense, the water source is abundant, the soil is moist and fertile, and it is very suitable for the growth of willow trees, so the banks of the Bahe River, on both sides of the road, around the village, and even in front of and behind the house of each farmer, are covered with willow trees, which are lush and green, and the shade covers the sun, and it is a prosperous scene. Wang Xiang's "Qunfang Spectrum" explains that willow is: "The wood that is easy to grow is also soft and brittle, with the most northern soil, long and soft branches, and green and narrow leaves. Its long strip is several feet or more than zhang, and the one who hangs low is called weeping willow wood, and the wood is the most delicate. "Every spring, when the green clouds of thousands of willow trees sway, the powder flies, the bees and butterflies form pairs, the powder is flying, the fragrance is wafting outside the clouds, and the whole village is shrouded in green shade and fragrant mist.

The many willow trees not only make the scenery here beautiful, the air is fresh and warm, but also a pillar of life for the majority of villagers. Every household, from the timber used to build the house, to the furniture in the interior, to the handle of the hoe, the handle of the sickle, the sewing basket, the steamed rice basket, and the basket of vegetables, almost all of them are made from the trunks, branches, and strips of the willow tree. Because sewing baskets, steamed rice baskets, and vegetable baskets are necessary for every family, and there is a large demand, and there are also a group of craftsmen who take basket weaving utensils as their craft, and they put the carefully woven willow utensils on the street and wait for people to buy them, or carry them on their shoulders and walk through the villages and alleys to sell them, and earn some pocket money to supplement their families. Not only that, but the willow tree is also the "savior" of the local people. In the early 60s of the last century, the people of Liushulin Village survived the famine safely by picking willow leaves, and none of the more than 200 families in the village died of hunger. People are grateful to the willow tree and call it a cash cow and a life-saver.

In Willow Forest Village, the willow tree is more of a love tree for men, women and children in the whole village, acacia tree, no matter the daughter gets married and returns, the wanderer returns, the woman at home misses her lover from afar, the friend bids off the bridge, the primary school students recite poems and paintings in the spring, or the young men and women talk about love, and the elderly walk together, all of which are inseparable and can not forget the lush willow forest. People are attached to the willow tree, cherish the willow tree, and can't forget to sing praises and praise the willow tree, and use the scenery to express lyricism. That "jasper is made into a tree high, and ten thousand green silk ribbons hang down." I don't know who cut out the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors. "It is the favorite song of elementary school students to recite." Every year the willow color, Baling hurts goodbye. "It's a goodbye Yongliu poem from a friend." Who is not pitiful, the old travel season is good, and the broken intestines go since this year. A faint red before the rain, a few soft willows and smoke, before the sunset. "It's a young woman's poetry of remembering her lover who is far away." The willow silk is long, the spring rain is thin, and the flowers leak out. Frightened geese, from the city black, painting the screen of the golden partridge. The incense mist is thin, through the curtain, and the melancholy Xie family pool pavilion. The back of the red candle, the embroidered curtain hangs, and the dream monarch does not know. "It's a willow poem for relatives at home to listen to the rain on a spring night." Is it embroidered velvet remnants, rolling up half a curtain of incense mist, and the slender hands come by themselves, making the birds cry jealously. Stay, stay, don't let the spring light go. It is a willow poem that people watch and cherish in spring in spring.

There are also many literati and scholars who travel in spring to watch the willow catkins flying all over the sky, and use the scenery to express the willow poems:

"The spring dance in front of the white jade hall is unwinded, and the east wind rolls evenly. The bees and butterflies were in chaos, and several of them passed away. How can it be entrusted? Thousands of threads will never change, let him gather and divide as he goes. Shaohua Xiu laughed without roots, and the good wind frequently borrowed his strength to send me to Qingyun. ”

"The powder fell into the Hundred Flowers Continent, the fragrant swallow building, a group of pairs. Wandering is also like a thin human life, empty and frail, and said to be romantic. The grass and trees are also worried, and Shaohua is white-headed. Sigh who will give and who will receive in this life. It doesn't matter if you marry Dongfeng Chun, go by your own and endure drowning. ”

"The Han Garden is sporadic and limited, the Sui embankment is endlessly dotted, the three spring undertakings pay the east wind, and the bright moon and plum blossoms are a dream. A few red courtyards, whose fragrant snow curtains. Jiangnan and Jiangbei are generally the same, but they are hated by others. ”

Even the local villagers have compiled their own Yongliu poems, which are sung everywhere throughout the year:

Willow Village, willow forest, willow smoke like the sea air. In the era of famine, the poor were rescued, and the villagers were rich in the prosperous years.

Willow Village, Willow Forest, innovation and reform have made meritorious contributions. The branches are flexible for weaving, and the scenery is picturesque to attract visitors.

Willow Village, Willow Forest, Cure the Poor and Get Rich Gold. Prosperous times to create good results, prosperous industry and prosperity.

Poems, songs, songs, thousands of songs, the people of Willow Forest Village love and praise for willows.

Because of their love for willow trees and their gratitude for willow trees, the people of Willow Forest Village also like to name their children with willow characters. For example, in my family, my father named my brother Liu Lin and Liu Ying to me. There are all kinds of willow flowers, willow flowers, golden willows, and jade willows in the village. Even the surrounding villages are mostly named with willow characters, such as Liuying, Liuzhai, Liutun, Sanliliu, Wuliliu, etc., in short, a willow character is indispensable, and the love can be seen.

Willow Forest Village is full of willow trees, providing a beautiful and safe place for many birds to move, sing and roost. Before they entered the village, they heard the chirping of birds in the distance. When people meet and talk, they have to raise their voices several degrees to hear them clearly, otherwise they don't know what to say even if they hear it. In the village, there are only three sounds that can overpower the sound of birds: the barking of a donkey, the barking of a dog, and the crowing of a rooster. There are three main species of birds in Willow Grove Village, crows, magpies and sparrows. Wild geese, gulls, herons, and cranes just pass by here, and they do not stay, they all fly to the river beaches and lake beaches on both sides of the Bahe River to forage for food and accommodation. Ordinary people like magpies, not crows and sparrows. They thought that the magpie would give good news, and when the magpie came to the door, there must be a happy event. When a crow comes to the door, it will have bad luck, because the crow has a mouth and does not say good things; When a person hears the crow of a crow, he has to spit a few times before he can dispel the disaster. As for sparrows, some people say that freckles on people's faces are infected by sparrows. Although there is no scientific basis for these claims, people believe them based on traditional ideas and from generation to generation. In Willow Forest Village, people also like magpies, but their views on crows are completely different, they call crows golden crows, and believe that they are sunbirds, sacred birds, which can bring light to humans; Not only do they love it like a magpie, but they also have some adoration. Every spring, there are many magpie nests and crow nests on the willow trees outside the village in the willow forest village, which look like black nests hanging among the branches from a distance. Some birds' nests are built on willow trees in front of and behind the villagers' houses, and the cries of magpies and crows make people uneasy in the morning and evening. However, because people love birds and think that they can bring good news and good news to them, they can tolerate it, and they are reluctant to destroy the nest and drive them away. Where do sparrows live? The sparrows I saw were nesting under the eaves of the villagers or in the holes in the walls, and some of them also had some of the grass removed. Because the sparrow is small and the nest is not large, spread some soft grass and feathers inside, and you can lay eggs and hatch baby sparrows. It was also said that there was another species of tree sparrow that lived in the hollow of the tree and laid eggs and hatched its young, but I had not seen it. Birds are the natural enemies of pests, because there are many birds in Willow Forest Village, so there are few pests in the field, crops do not need to be pesticides, the food produced is green pollution-free products, pull to the market for sale, as long as I hear that it is the food of Willow Forest Village, the citizens are vying to buy.

Because there are many willow trees in Willow Forest Village, there are many families raising sheep and rabbits in the village, because the willow leaves provide them with sufficient feed. Don't think that willow trees only lose their leaves in autumn, and they do in spring and summer, but less. When the people saw willow leaves falling in front of the house and behind the house, they let out the sheep and rabbits, and ate them again, and the ground was clean without cleaning. The old people also drove the sheep to graze in the willow forest, and watched the sheep pick up the willow leaves on the ground, while singing the northern Shaanxi folk song Xintianyou, which was very happy. In the fall, when the willow leaves fall off in large quantities, they are cleaned, dried, and preserved as fodder for sheep and rabbits. Because there are many willow trees and many leaves, aquaculture has also become an important sideline for the villagers of Liushulin Village.

The river is blue, the fishing songs are melodious, and thousands of sails are racing; Pingchuan is vast, the grains are abundant, the seedlings are green and the flowers are fragrant, and the bees fly and butterflies dance; The willow forest is lush, the branches are moving, and the clouds and birds are singing; Wuhua Tianbao, the earth spirit is a hero, what a prosperous willow forest village! The reputation is full of eight rivers, and the sound is broadcast in Kyushu.