Cycle moment

Cycle moment

Zhou Ju (895-976), whose name is Bizhi, is named Yunfeng. He was originally from Jinling (Nanjing), the ancestor of Zhou family in Nangang, Taihe. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Tiancheng (927) of the Tang Dynasty after five dynasties. He went to Xitai to supervise the censor and was a famous water conservancy expert in ancient China.

Character experience

Zhou Ju lived in a period of great social unrest in the history of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The people were in a state of chaos and war, and they were in dire need of livelihood. The changes of dynasties were frequent, and it was difficult to live and work in peace and contentment. Jinling, as a metropolis, was even more turbulent. In order to avoid the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty, Zhou Ju and his family, young and old, followed Yang Dazhong, the son-in-law of Jizhou governor, who moved from Nanjing to live in the relatively stable village of WANSUI township (now Luoxi town) in Taihe County. He bought a few acres of land, hoping to live a stable and leisurely pastoral life. But living in the countryside, he could better understand the work and life of the grassroots people. When he saw that the local people were relatively poor and even had no food and clothing, he was worried about the country and the people. He wants to find out the reason, ask the truth, and solve the difficulties for the people. One day in the early summer of one year, he saw several old farmers with their bare arms tanned by the sun enjoying the cool under the trees, so he went to talk. He asked: "old man, the land here is fertile and the people are diligent. But why do the vast majority of people live such a miserable life without enough food, clothing and living in thatched cottages?" The old farmer replied, "Sir, you don't know that the local water conservancy conditions are poor and water resources are scarce. Farming depends on the weather. In dry years, there is no harvest. In good years, because of lack of water, there is only one season in a year, and the dry years are more than the good years. What's the use of thousands of mu of fertile land? It seems to be a dry year again. " "What measures have you taken?" "We burn incense every year to worship Buddha and carry on Bodhisattva's work, but it doesn't help! It's just that we're born in this place. " On the other hand, the Yellow skinny old farmer said helplessly. "Why not build water conservancy for irrigation? We should believe in science. " The farmer replied, "we have always relied on the help of the Lord. How can we build water conservancy projects if we have no money and no organization? Many people have to leave their homes and go out to make a living. Now Viva Viva is a place where all kinds of industries are withered. " Zhou Ju was very worried about what he said. For several days, he went deep into the fields to make a serious investigation and study, and planned to build water conservancy projects to benefit the villagers. But it costs a lot of money, and it takes time and trouble to build water conservancy. After much deliberation, he decided to take the sole responsibility for the benefit of the people. When he shared his idea with his family, he was immediately opposed by most people. Although his family had some savings, it was considered a big family, but the family had to spend money in the future. It was better to go to the county town to open a shop to do business. How could he do business at a loss. Zhou Ju is a man who has his own ideas and dares to act. He finally convinced his family to start the volunteer work of building water conservancy.

Since then, regardless of the wind, sun and rain, Zhou Ju investigated the water sources and geographical environment, and traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Luoxi, Heshi, Qiaotou and other townships and towns. After textual research, he decided to use the method of building a pond to divert water to irrigate. In the winter of 937 ad, through careful site selection, careful fund-raising and exclusive investment, at the Bank of chatan village in the upper reaches of Yongshui River, with wooden piles and zhuxiaoya as the big PI, more than 100 Zhang long, crossing the river, the flood was opened and side injected, and the chatan pi was built; at the bottom of it, the water reducing small PI, blockhouse and stone PI were built, so that there was no flood; 36 canals were opened to irrigate Gaoxing (today's Heshi town) and Xinshi (today's snail) There are 600 hectares (9000 mu) of farmland in the two townships. When the clear river flows into the dry rice fields along the ditches, the villagers are happy to play gongs and drums, singing and dancing. So that the land prone to drought, drought and waterlogging to protect the harvest, are good harvest fields. They also purchased shanshenkou mountain and Chengpi Xiaoshan mountain, and used the annual income from the mountain for the maintenance of PI canal, so that the construction of PI canal would not invade other people's property, and the construction of PI canal would not cost other people's money and food. It is also stipulated that Pi is the Gongpi irrigated by Jiudu of Erxiang, and it can not be patented by Zhoushi. His pioneering work has benefited millions of farmers, helping them to get enough food and clothing and get rid of poverty.

Main achievements

After more than 1000 years of maintenance, chatanpi has been continuously expanded and improved. After liberation, Taihe County Government carried out three large-scale expansion and repair, and the irrigation area of this ancient pond reached 60000 mu, still playing an effective role.

In order to develop the wisdom of the people and advocate science, Zhou Ju also founded a righteous school in the countryside to teach and educate people, which opened the door to advocating science and breaking away superstition.

Zhou Ju dug mountains to build ponds, dredged mountains to divert water, dug canals to divert water, and brought benefits to the people. Gao Xing and Xin Shi, two villages with frequent droughts, became the land of fish and rice in the Jitai basin, and established immortal meritorious deeds. They were not only praised by the villagers, but also promoted by the emperor. In the spring of 944, Yuan Zong Bao Da Jiachen of the Southern Tang Dynasty was appointed as the censor of the western stage of Jinling by Jin Dynasty.

He wrote a brilliant chapter in the history of water conservancy construction in Jiangnan area.

Chatanpi (including zhouju tomb) was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangxi Province in December 2006.

Chinese PinYin : Zhou Ju