You Guan si nian composition

When I got up in the morning, I found it was raining, which was particularly cool and had no summer flavor at all. This is a rare fine weather, so we decided to go to Dongzhiguan in the afternoon.

Stepping into Dongzhiguan and stepping on the stone road, the sky is still gloomy and there are several gray clouds floating in the sky. Stepping into the threshold of the Hsu family compound, a damp and dark breath came head on and passed through one hall after another. The wooden attic building is very exquisite, with various patterns and lines carved in front of the window, and some eaves are carved with dragons hovering in the sky. Some deer run freely and walk through Xiangyun. These sculptures are lifelike, dynamic and lifelike, which makes people admire the superb skills of the ancients. In the hall, two dusty plush chairs and a dark but beautifully carved square table stood there quietly, and fell to the ground through the light of the patio, half bright and half dark, as if waiting for the return of their former owners. The patio has long been overgrown with weeds, and two broken water tanks, with muddy eyes, always feel so empty and heavy when looking up at the sky. They mark the former prosperity and prosperity of the owner, and also silently tell the decline and desolation after the prosperity. The courtyard is so deep that everything becomes a vague memory.

I can't help but think of the hutong culture written by Wang Zengqi. At that time, Beijing hutongs criss-crossed, although not as lively as the market, but also have a different flavor. The hawker college shouts, the knife sharpens scissors, the flute of the blind fortune teller flutters in the alley, and the dense quadrangles on both sides reflect the culture of the old Beijingers. Nowadays, hutong has declined, quadrangles have been flooded, and only a few houses stand on the land. Stone piles, doors that can't be opened, and broken courtyard land only give people a deep nostalgia and melancholy.

Whether it is the hutong in Beijing or the ancient house in front of me, although they have the same history, they condense the wisdom of their ancestors and represent the past and the present. In addition to remembering, we should also inherit these cultures well, as Uncle Jiang Jun said: "Culture is the root of a nation!"