Traveling to and from Bucheon is countless times. I still know the appearance of Bucheon in Orange Township as much as possible. The ruins of the ancient city of Ming Dynasty are only subtle, but I have never been close. On November 15th, with the company's publicity team, I was fortunate to go to the ancient Mingcheng site to learn and experience field education. In the bus, reading the profile of Guming City posted on the WeChat group by the group of friends created the urge to explore the true content of Guming City.
When the bus driven by Master Zhong stopped in Bucheon in the rain, I held up the umbrella, letting the rain soak my shoes, and walked along the side of the street toward the ancient city.
When I came to the door of the south wall of Guming City, I saw that the edge of the door wall in the rainy day was occupied by a vendor who had held an umbrella to sell things, covering the roots of the door wall. I saw passengers, cars, and motorcycles on the cement road running in the rain, and people were buying and selling on the road. In this way, the gate of the south wall of Guming City silently showed me her heavy historical appearance in the voice, traffic, rain and fog.
On the rainy day, the doorway of the south wall of Guming City looked a little deserted. Only two elderly aunts hid in the doorway and chatted. After we arrived in the doorway, in the lens of a group of enthusiasts, it turned alive.
The pavement in the doorway is still paved with cobblestones. Although the buildings on both sides of the road are already modern architectural features, some door courts still retain traces of past history.
The ancient city tower on the south wall of Guming City is built with blue bricks as arches, large squares made of bluestones, and blue bricks and green tiles in the attic of the city gate. It is more magnificent and solemn under the rain and mist. The ancient walls are covered with moss and weeds, and the three characters "Xianrimen" are still visible on the arched door wall (inadvertently I pronounced "Hundred Daymen" casually, corrected by the fellow next to me. The ignorance of the ignorance laughed and blushed), above the gate tower is a duo-shaped city wall, and there are square eyes in the undulating wall stacks. Fragrant and magnificent.
In the rainy south wall gate cave, stop to sit on the blue stone plate of the bleak city gate, close your eyes to think, quietly tapping the story of the ancient city in Daqing stone. The ancient Ming City was built in the twenty-ninth year of Ming Hongwu (1396). It was originally a soil wall. During the Ming Wanli period (1573-1620), it was changed to a brick wall. The eight-year Qing Qianlong (1743) brick was a large bluestone. The city is symmetrical with a "ten" frame, the streets are paved with cobblestones, and there are people from southeast to northwest. Xiaohe Ancient Road enters from the north gate and exits from the south gate. There are four streets of Zhensheng, Renyi, Zhenwu, and Yangshou in the city, which are divided into 12 square arrays in a "well" shape layout. The wells and lanes are interlaced, the markets are densely packed, and the residents are in groups. In the city, there were academies, temples, shops, inns, entertainment, juggling and other functional facilities. Commonly known as Huajie Street, the "well" structure, pebble paving, beautiful patterns, and rounded edges are connected. It is a unique ancient city trail in Guangxi. Every year from the tenth to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. At that time, dragons and lions gather and firecrackers sound together. People gather to watch the lights, laugh and cheer, and they are very lively.
Waking up from the dream of Daqingshi, although this ancient Ming city has been in disrepair for many reasons, it will also be reminiscent of the illustrious and glorious past of this ancient city.