Old things in the south

Chapter 27 Wenjin Street

He often boasted that in Beiping, I could walk home with my eyes closed. In fact, I didn’t have a map of Beiping city at hand, and some of the familiar streets and alleys couldn’t be linked together.It's just that the emotions aroused by walking through those streets are not easy to forget.Let’s just say, it’s clear after the snow in winter, pass by the Jinaoyuyu Bridge in Beihai and Zhonghai, and see the snow covering the ice surface on both sides of the bridge, a piece of white, shining with the faint golden light of the sun, Yilantang to Wulong On the ice of the kiosk, someone is skating over on skates. The graceful posture and the vigor and happiness of the young companions make me feel active even though it is winter, because of the snow-covered ice scenery. Hurry up. Go home, pick up your skates and skate for a while!

In the streets of Beiping, I like to look at the vermilion walls next to the old Forbidden City under the clear blue sky, because you can only see them in this area.When my family lived on Nanchang Street for several years, when I went out, no matter whether I went to the east, west, south, or north cities, I would always see such vermilion walls.If you want to go to the northeast, the rickshaw will pass through Beichang Street and turn east, and you will arrive at Wenjin Street. The back door of the Forbidden City is facing the front door of Jingshan. It is a street of the Imperial Palace. , What caused the nostalgia for ancient times.

Jingshan, commonly known as Meishan, is located on the back of the old palace city outside the Shenwu Gate. Few people visit here, and people flock to the nearby Beihai.Just like the Taimiao next door to Zhongshan Park, at dusk, people crowd into Zhongshan Park to enjoy the shade, and the Taimiao is deserted; only a few people who are not too lonely go to the Taimiao to drink tea under the towering ancient pine, or watch the few people in silence. Only gray cranes (people crowded in Zhongshan Park to watch the peacocks spread their tails).

There is really nothing to "go shopping" in Jingshan. There are five peaks on the mountain, and each peak has a pavilion. Standing on the middle peak, you can see the floor plan of the Forbidden City. It is interesting. The ancient buildings are neat and solemn, and the four turrets stand quietly. In the twilight, the emperor is gone. His bedroom, his study, and everything about him can be seen at a glance with a ticket of only [-] cents.

When I was a primary school student, the senior grades traveled as far as the Badachu of Xishan, and the lower grades traveled around the city. Jingshan was one of the goals. When I was very young, I queued up to Jingshan once a year. Under the not-so-tall tree just up the hillside, I listened to the teacher's explanation: an emperor at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Sizong, died on this tree as a martyr for his country.How did you die?Hang yourself.ah!An emperor hanged himself!The elementary school students kept this incident firmly in their hearts.Later, every time I passed Wenjin Street, I would feel nostalgia for the past. I am afraid that it has a lot to do with the several times of historical tributes engraved in my young mind!

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