Honglongjing

Honglongjing

Honglongjing, located in the southwest of Dali ancient city, starts from the west wall of the ancient city in the West and connects with Fuxing Road in the East, with a total length of only a few hundred meters. In recent years, Honglongjing is favored by tourists and has become a hot spot in Dali ancient city. The reasons why Honglongjing is favored by tourists are as follows: first, there is a Qingxi river flowing for many years, forming the beautiful scenery of "Qingquan stone upstream", especially when it is hot in summer and autumn; second, Honglongjing has built "jade cabbage", "twelve zodiac", "dieshuitai", "stone arch bridge" and other landscapes, increasing the connotation of the scenic spot; third, Honglongjing is beside the canal Planting willow, sweet scented osmanthus, cypress, banyan and other trees can not only shade tourists from the summer, but also increase the ornamental value of the scenic area. Especially in autumn, sweet scented osmanthus blooms, and bursts of sweet scented osmanthus fragrance are sent in the autumn wind, making Honglongjing more elegant and refined. Honglongjing is the most successful example in the construction of Dali ancient city.

summary

"Street running water, every household raising flowers" is the traditional style of Dali ancient city. However, with the loss of time, this landscape has gradually disappeared, and few people have seen it. Here we want to tell you a piece of good news. During this period of time, the feeling of Dali ancient city is completely different. The reappearance of the landscape of "street water" makes the ancient city more refreshing and peaceful.

Dali ancient city, located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake, has a history of more than 1300 years and is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, Dali ancient city had the beautiful scenery of growing flowers and flowing water. Due to various reasons, the water landscape was destroyed later. Dali municipal government began to restore the water landscape since 2000. On September 7, 2003, the first and second phases of the landscape project were completed. The water landscape of the ancient city is composed of canals, cascades, waterfalls and sceneries. The water of the landscape is the clear spring flowing down Cangshan Mountain. The canal runs around the street and through the city, with a total length of 3600 meters and a daily flow of more than 6000 cubic meters.

Honglongjing, located in the southwest of Dali ancient city, starts from the west wall of the ancient city in the West and connects with Fuxing Road in the East, with a total length of only a few hundred meters. In recent years, Honglongjing is favored by tourists and has become a hot spot in Dali ancient city. The reasons why Honglongjing is favored by tourists are as follows: first, there is a Qingxi river flowing for many years, forming the beautiful scenery of "Qingquan stone upstream", especially when it is hot in summer and autumn; second, Honglongjing has built "jade cabbage", "twelve zodiac", "dieshuitai", "stone arch bridge" and other landscapes, increasing the connotation of the scenic spot; third, Honglongjing is beside the canal Planting willow, sweet scented osmanthus, cypress, banyan and other trees can not only shade tourists from the summer, but also increase the ornamental value of the scenic area. Especially in autumn, sweet scented osmanthus blooms, and bursts of sweet scented osmanthus fragrance are sent in the autumn wind, making Honglongjing more elegant and refined. Honglongjing is the most successful example in the construction of Dali ancient city.

Scenery

The second phase of Dali Waterscape project, Honglongjing characteristic street, was officially completed recently. The project is 408 meters long with a total investment of 7.6 million yuan. The whole project diverts water from the reservoir of the Waterscape project, which passes through the Honglongjing gate of the west city wall, forming the first water overlapping area. The water flows down the Honglongjing, forming small water overlapping ridges from time to time along the way. After arriving at Bo'ai Road, a second Dieshui area is formed. Then, the water flows through the Honglongjing Hotel, where the designers and constructors gather the Bai folk legend "jade cabbage" as the material

The core area of waterscape is built in the park. After flowing out of the core area of Honglongjing, the water flows through four Ma Shi Mo pan type flumes to Fuxing Road and finally passes around Wuhua Building. Along Fuxing Road, the connection with the original Waterscape project is completed. At the same time, the construction also improved the original Waterscape project, reconstructed seven backwater pools, and did a good job in the technical treatment of gullies, so that the whole landscape presented a better waterscape effect. The stones in the water flow are big or small, vertical or horizontal, showing the characteristics of Dali stones, while the small arch bridge and stone carving zodiac are unique, showing the unique charm of the ancient city "street water" everywhere. The scenic spot embodies the natural harmony between man and nature, which makes it possible for people to really "enjoy the water" by being close to, near and near the water. In order to build a new concept of "old city living room", it provides a good place for tourists and local residents to have leisure, sightseeing and entertainment. The green planting and street lamp project have also been completed.

influence

Dali, the ancient city, has a second characteristic street after the "Foreigner Street", which is a powerful measure taken by Dali municipal government to promote the urbanization construction. It not only adds the charm of the ancient city, but also adds a new bright spot for the construction of "landscape garden city, romantic garden". The ancient city is welcomed by its richer connotation and more beautiful appearance Then came the guests from all over the world.

legend

In people's traditional concept, "God" exists as a kind of worship object of supernatural power. But in Bai folk tales, there is no insurmountable boundary between man and God. As the God of water, "dragon" is no exception. It has the same seven emotions and six desires as human beings. It can also marry and have children, and continue to have the same divine power. "The legend of Honglongjing" is a typical example. There are two old streets in the west of Dali ancient city, one is called Honglongjing, the other is called dashuiqing. Dashuiqing has always been a place where water mills and pestles are concentrated to process rice and noodles for the residents of the ancient city. During the period of Dali Kingdom, there was a father and daughter surnamed Zhao in dashuiqing who kept a water mill and a water pestle for their livelihood. Zhao Nu is 28 years old and looks like a flower. One day, the blade of the water mill's water wheel fell off, and Zhao Nu went into the water to repair it. Suddenly, she saw a red carp over a foot long swimming in the water, so she caught it and raised it in a bucket. After watching it for a few days, she felt very lovely, and she couldn't bear to eat it and put it back in the water. That night, sitting under the lamp of the mill, Zhao Nu embroidered. She suddenly looked up to meet a young man in red. She was very handsome and said, "I am the red dragon of Yeyu city. I live in Honglongjing, which is not far from here. See you kind-hearted, we know that fate, and you are willing to form a husband and wife Zhao Nu was both surprised and happy. From then on, she kept in touch with her and married her husband privately. A few months later, Zhao was found pregnant by her father. After questioning, she had to tell the truth. That night, the boy in red met his father-in-law, and his father knew that this was the destiny. Zhao was pregnant for three years before she gave birth to a son, but she had a three inch tail. My father was afraid of being criticized, so he cut off his little tail. Red dragon learned this, sighed: "the dragon has no tail, it is difficult to take off, from now on can only stay in the world, become the Earth Dragon." So he took out two treasures and gave them to his wife. One is a dragon ball. He told his wife, "this pearl is for the child. But you can't give it to him before he is a man, or it will bring disaster. " The other is a piece of iron card, and explained: "my son is named Zhao Jianwei. Eighteen years later, there will be a severe drought. You just need to sink this iron card into the Red Dragon Well, and I will help you, and let your son get a job. As long as you have no worries about food and clothing, I will be at ease. " After that, the red dragon no longer came to dashuiqing. When Zhao Jianwei was 18 years old, he had some fish scale like patterns on his body, but he still felt smooth. In this year, there was a severe drought, and the fields were scorched. Duan he, king of Dali, was honored to be a wonderful man in the world. Those who could pray for rain would be rewarded. At that time, the life of Zhao family was very difficult. A mother suddenly thought of the iron card left by red dragon, and taught her son to go to the palace to show that she could walk in the rain to relieve the drought. The king asked him to testify face to face. At noon, Zhao Jianwei sank the iron plate into the red dragon well. Two hours later, the clouds rolled. After another two hours, the rain poured down from the sky. For two days and two nights, the fields within a radius of 300 Li could be fully planted.

King Duan Heyu highly praised Zhao Jian's position. Zhao Jianwei was born to be proficient in water and could dive into the water for a few days without getting tired. He was stronger than fish and shrimp. When the rain came down enough, he dived into the red dragon well to take out the iron plate, and in case of drought, he sank the iron plate into the water. Since then, there has been no worry about floods and droughts in the west coast of Dali.

However, the effective range of Honglongjing's iron plate can't reach Haidong. The next year, there was a severe drought in Haidong, and master Guanyin turned into an old woman and told Zhao Jianwei that only honglongzhu could rain in Haidong. Jianwei knew that his mother had a dragon ball, so he rummaged and found it. When his mother found out that she had come to fight for it, Jianwei was in a hurry and put the dragon ball in his mouth. He accidentally swallowed it. Her mother was so scared that she cried and said, "son! After the dragon ball, mom will never see you again! " Zhao Jianwei only felt itchy all over his body, and he turned into scales wherever he caught it. Finally, unable to stay on the ground, he jumped into the water and went straight to Haidong. When he arrived at shiliqing, he turned into a earthworm. From then on, a bucket of spring water gushed out from the 40 Li Qing, which saved the people of Haidong from suffering from drought. Duan he honored Zhao Jian as the Earth Dragon, and has been worshipped by people.

This kind of story of Dragon God and water monster is very popular among Bai people. It came into being in an era when human beings lacked scientific knowledge of nature. Although the plot is absurd, the relationship between the characters, thoughts and feelings are closely related to human life, which shows people's values. Especially the amazing imagination and the romantic spirit of pursuing the harmony between man and God are worth pondering.

Address: pedestrian street, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 100.1591237919

Latitude: 25.6893093756

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