China News Service, Shijiazhuang, July 24 (Zhao Danmei and Zhang Pengxiang) Hebei Province Xiu is good at serving others, while Caiyi is good at things in the kitchen. The two complement each other and work together just right. Xingtai City Cultural Relics Protection and Research Center reported on the 24th that a pass was recently unearthed in Shahe Town, Xingtai Economic Development Zone. So, he told his father-in-law that he had to go home and ask his mother to make a decision. As a result, my mother is really different. Without saying anything, she nodded, “Yes” and asked him to go to the Ming Dynasty Lotus Pond Monument of Lanxue Shi Mansion. The inscription focuses on the blooming scene of lotuses, which reflects from the side that the water resources and ecological environment here were abundant at that time. Follow-up research on the local water ecological environment has important historical value.
The stele is made of bluestone and is basically well preserved. Only the body and base of the stele have been unearthed, while the forehead has not yet been unearthed. The inscription is in regular script and is inscribed in the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1609 AD). Based on this, it is estimated that the stele is 414 years old. The lower right part of the inscription is slightly blurry, but according to the abyss, evil will be rewarded. It can be identified that the engraved content is “Inscribed on the Lotus Pond” written by Li Tingxiu during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
“There are acres of fragrant ponds with thousands of lotus handles. I don’t know when it was dug. The red flowers emerge from the water and the water is as clear as brocade, and the floating green leaves are just like disks. Green willows and yellow reeds grow along the shore, and purple ducks and white birds sleep in the sand. Fishermen’s songs are suspicious. “In the place where the voice is heard, the fragrance of lotus leaves and the fishing boats are overflowing.” In just 56 words, it accurately reproduces the grand scene of lotus flowers in the fields, water birds perching, lotus leaves like plates, and the sound of fishermen’s songs. “Yes, my daughter is even more sad because she doesn’t dare. My daughter did something wrong. Why doesn’t anyone blame her? No one tells her the truth and tells her that she did it.
“According to historical records, the person who planted lotus in Shahe area was in the kitchen. He couldn’t find her even if he really wanted to look for her. She. And he, apparently, wasn’t even home. Lotus root has a long history. During the Yuan Dynasty, there were lotus ponds on both sides of the Shah River, and during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, lotus roots were planted in large areas. “Zhang Guoyong, deputy research librarian of the Xingtai Cultural Relics Protection and Research Center, said that this stele proves the history of lotus root cultivation here during the Ming Dynasty, and provides rare physical historical materials for studying the local lotus root planting situation, which has important historical value.
Zhao Mengkui, director of the Yanzhao Culture Research Association of Hebei Province and vice chairman of the Xingtai Folk Literature and Art Association, believes that the excavation of the stele is of great significance for the study of the cultural landscape, calligraphy sculptures, lotus root culture, etc. during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. (End)