What happened in Baitabu Town, Donghai County?

There is an ancient city site in the village behind Baitabu City, covering an area of tens of acres. The city walls are well preserved, and they are all piled up with earth. It is still three or four meters high and meters wide, which shows the scale at that time. Where did this wall come from? Is there a legend? Yes!

Legend has it that this city was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it is a mother-child city. At that time, the governors were divided and each had its own advantages. A big official was copied and people were killed. His wife fled the disaster with a son, a daughter and her family. When she passed the village behind Baitabu City, it was near evening, and suddenly sand and stones were flying, and the wind was very strong, so the group had to lie on the ground to take shelter from the wind. The wind stopped, and they got up and found a miracle. The loess blown by the wind has formed a Fiona Fang Square of more than ten acres on the flat ground, which is exactly the shape of the city wall. Mother thought it must be God's arrangement, so she decided to build a city there to take refuge. With the money he brought, he hired local people to dig and build the city wall, which was more than 10 meters high, and built real estate in the city to station troops and live in people. Later, for the sake of safety, two cities of the same size were built. One was built near Shahe River in Ganyu County, named Beitucheng, guarded by his son. The other was built in Hump Township, Donghai County, called Nantucheng, with a daughter holding it and a mother living in Houcheng Village, an ancient city. The three cities naturally became the mother-child cities. Mother and son agreed that the three cities should unite as one, defend together and light bonfires as a signal. One city is in trouble, and the other two cities should do their best to save it. Years passed and nothing happened. One day, the mother had a whim and wanted to test the filial piety of the child, so she ordered the soldiers to light a bonfire. The son and daughter got the signal that there must be an emergency on their mother's side and immediately led the army and horses to the rescue. At first glance, nothing happened. I realized that my mother was joking. Without saying anything, I had to leave again. After a while, the mother city was really surrounded by anti-soldiers, and my mother lit a bonfire again, wanting them to come to the rescue. The son and daughter thought it was another mother's joke, and they all stayed put. The mother city was razed by the anti-soldiers, and then the walls of the son and daughter were razed one after another. When the mother city was broken, her mother escaped from the back tunnel in the city, and her whereabouts are still unknown. How far is the dark tunnel? It is said that the dark tunnel was built in the octagonal ramp in the city. This well is deep and extends far away. It is said that someone threw a buffalo roller into a well, and the water could be heard in Li Shen village six or seven miles away.

After the back of the city was destroyed, I don't know from which dynasty, a temple was built in the city to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva. Probably thanks to the ancient city. It is said that Guanyin there is very effective and famous. Especially on February 19th of the lunar calendar every year, good men and women from eight neighboring villages come to worship in succession, forming a fixed temple fair. According to witnesses, there were thousands of pilgrims at the temple fair until liberation. There are 9 houses, 3 main halls, 3 Westinghouse rooms and 3 aisles in the temple, where 2 monks live. Now, the houses in the temple collapsed before liberation, and the temple fair is no longer held for various reasons, but the custom of burning incense on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month still exists.

Narrator: Xu Zhengxiang is 90 years old and Xu is 72 years old.

Recorders: Zhang Shouzhong, Li Ming, Ma,.

The Origin of "Fierce Festival Square" Behind the City

In the north of the ruins of Houcheng Ancient City in Baitabu Town, Donghai County, there used to be a fierce memorial archway, which was not demolished until the Cultural Revolution. What is this archway? Here is a love story.

One year before Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty ascended the throne, there was a young man named Shi behind Baita Port. He said that the girl named Ji hasn't been to the door yet, so the young man named Shi has a strange disease and can't see clearly. The two families discussed it and asked the girl named Ji to go through the door ahead of time and marry the family named Shi, saying that it was "Ben Xi". Happy events can clear away bad luck and make the girl named Shi recover soon. On the contrary, the second day after Miss Ji entered the door, the young man surnamed Shi died. The girl surnamed Ji was heartbroken and decided to hang herself on the grave with her husband. There is also a saying that the girl Ji did not commit suicide at that time, but returned to her family and never got married. In short, Miss Ji's behavior at that time was a martyr. There is a man named "Ji Huzi" who is a small official outside. He is a smooth talker. He went to Haizhou Prefecture to argue that he would report the story of the girl named Ji to the court. The state official of Haizhou Prefecture listened to the lobbying of "Ji Beard" and reported the story of this girl named Ji to the court without saying anything. Unexpectedly, the emperor really made an imperial edict, set up a plaque on the "Fierce Festival Square" and pulled money and food from the state treasury to build the memorial archway. "Hu Ziji" is a gambler, and the money and food drawn by the emperor were spent in almost a few days. Later, I heard that Shi Jia was going to sue him. He was also afraid of going to court, so he simply used the remaining money to build a stone archway. The archway is door-shaped, and how tall one person is. It was built on the north-south road in the north of Houcheng ancient city, and the locals called it "Shimen". There are two lines on the south side of the door. The first line is the word "imperial edict", and the second line is the word "chastity lady". There is also a pair of couplets on both sides of the door, praising Miss Ji's strong chastity. On the east side of "Fierce Festival Square", there is also a stone table specially built with incense burners for people to worship. In fact, the incense is constantly burning, and the fruit is always new.

Speaker: Shi Shengxi 8 1 year-old Xu Zhengxiang is 90 years old.

Recorders: Zhang Shouzhong, Li Ming, Ma,.

The Story of "Borrowing Collection" in Baitabu Street

Baitabu Street is very prosperous, but the earlier gathering was not in Baitabu Street (then called Big Puckilo), but in Ma Xiaobu. Then how did you move to Dabaozi later? Here is a story about "borrowing a collection".

Dabaozi has convenient transportation and a large population, but it can't satisfy the party. However, Ma Xiaobu, who is inside and outside the handle, has a thriving business and rolling financial resources. The people in Dabaozi are very anxious and want to "gather" Ma Xiaobu. On the first day of New Year's Day, Mr. Feng of Puckilo found a director named Fu of Ma Xiaobu to discuss whether he could lend his collection to Puckilo one day. Director Feng didn't turn his head. He didn't know the consequences of this "borrowing a set", so he readily agreed. He also played a prank on Mr. Feng and said that it was ok to borrow a set, but Mr. Feng had to knock on it step by step from Dabaozi to Mabaozi. Hong Ju, a monk from the city, was also invited to testify. Master Feng said yes. Ma Xiaobuzi meets the second and seventh day of the lunar calendar. So the two agreed that on the second day of the New Year's Day, Master Feng kowtowed in the fifth watch, and as long as he hit Ma Xiaobuzi for the first time, he immediately announced the borrowing of the collection. I spoke on the morning of the first day of the lunar new year. In the evening, Mr. Feng specially set up a banquet at home, and invited two directors of Ma and a group of witnesses such as monks. Mr. Feng invited all the experts who can drink big cloth wine. After several rounds, several people in Ma were drunk and unconscious. The monk "Hong Ju" received a red envelope and turned a blind eye. It's more than two miles from Dabaozi to Maxiaobao, and there are two small bridges to cross. In fact, Mr. Feng didn't kowtow step by step in the fifth watch on the second day of the Lunar New Year's Day, but went straight to the Second Bridge and didn't pretend to kowtow until it was twenty or thirty meters away from Ma Xiaobu. Both directors were drunk and thought they were really kowtowing all the way. When Feng's master arrived at Zhuangtou, he asked the watchman to beat gongs and drums and all the vendors to go to Dabaozi. There are parties in Dabaozi every day. Seeing that the streets in Dabaozi are wide, the transportation is convenient, the trees are shaded, and the people are warm and kind, business people contact privately and say that it is better to move the party to Dabaozi. On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, most people come to Dabaozi, and no one is beaten with a stick in Maxiaobaozi Street. After a few episodes, Big Son's collection was fixed. Since then, Baitabu Street has become increasingly prosperous.

Narrator Zhou 8 1 year old

Recorder Zhang Qin Yulun

The Origin of the Name of Nantang Village

Qiantang Village in Baitabu Town is a merger of Ding Cun and Nantang Village in recent years. Before that, it was called Nantang. Why is it called Nantang? There is a reason for this.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the area from the south of Baitabu Dabaozi to the north of Maha was relatively low-lying, and the water from Yimeng Mountain and Huangshan Mountain flowed into the sea through it, so many deep-water kings were formed, and many Tang kings were scattered all over the country, with little land. According to the distribution of permanent residents, this place is divided into three ponds: the southern pond is dominated by Yang, Wu, Wan, Meng, Liu and Huang, including Yang Wanzhuang, Xiaonidun and Dazhuang. Mainly Zhang, Bian and Li, including Zhang Zhai and Bian Zhuang. Bei Tang is dominated by Xu and Fu surnames, including Xu Wei, Fu Zhuang and Wang Zhuang. Because of the perennial water supply and poor land, the local people are very poor. Because of poverty, there are many horses here and many people are aggressive, especially during the Republic of China, when thieves and stolen goods were rampant, people in the west of the East China Sea were not afraid to mention Nantangtang. Even in those days, the Japanese did not dare to provoke the people of Nantang easily. It is said that when Japanese devils entered China, several Japanese often came to Maidun Lake to eat watermelons for free, but the locals dared to speak out. There is a man named Fu Xiaosi Zi in Tang Zhong. When he heard about it, he was determined to cure them. One day, three Japanese people came to eat watermelon for free. After eating, they crossed their guns and began to sleep on the melon ground. While the three were asleep, Fu Xiaosi, wearing a companion suit and holding a special sickle, rushed up and killed two Japanese devils with one knife. The third devil was awakened by shouts and ran away just to save his life. Fu Xiaosi ran home along Xiaomengzhuang, carrying three guns left by Japanese devils. The next day, the Japanese came to retaliate, but they couldn't find a clue. It is estimated that Fu Xiaosi was from Xiaomengzhuang, so they burned Xiaomengzhuang with fire and created a tragedy. Later, the government wooed many local bandits to join the Kuomintang, and the local public security gradually improved. After liberation, the local area began to change from drought to water, and a large number of rice were planted. The original barren land has become a fertile land. People's living conditions have improved and folk customs have gradually become simple and kind.

Narrator: Dong Wenxiang is 70 years old and Xu Yuru is 86 years old.