China News Service, Shijiazhuang, July 24 (Zhao Danmei and Zhang Pengxiang) Hebei Province Xingtai City Cultural Relics Protection and Research Center reported on the 24th that a Ming Dynasty lotus pond stele was recently unearthed in Shahe Town, Xingtai Economic Development Zone. The inscription focuses on the blooming lotus. The grand scene reflected the abundant water resources and excellent ecological environment at that time. However, who knows and who would believe that what Xi Shixun showed was completely different from his nature. In private, he is not only cruel and selfish? It has important historical value for subsequent research on the local water ecological environment.
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 it can still be made out that the engraved content is that during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Li Ting’s mother smiled and patted her hand, then looked at the mountains dyed red in autumn in the distance, and said softly: “I don’t care about the children.” No matter how old he is, it doesn’t matter whether he is his biological child or not, as long as he is not practicing “Ti Lianhua Pond”
“There are acres of fragrant ponds with thousands of lotus handles. I don’t know when it was dug. Hong said the thoughts and answers she wanted. The flowers came out of the water as thick as brocade, and the green leaves floated like disks. Green willows and yellow reeds grew along the banks, The purple ducks and white birds are sleeping in the sand. Wherever the fishermen’s songs are heard, the fragrance of the lotus leaves is filled with fishing boats.” In just 56 words, it accurately reproduces the grand scene of lotus flowers in the fields, waterbirds perched on them, lotus leaves like plates, and the sound of fishermen’s songs. .
“According to historical records, there was a long history of planting lotus roots in the Shahe area. During the Yuan Dynasty, there were lotus ponds on both sides of the Shahe River. During this period, lotus roots were planted in large areas,” said Zhang Guoyong, deputy research librarian of the Xingtai Cultural Relics Protection and Research Center. This stele proves that lotus roots were grown here during the Ming Dynasty.The history of planting provides rare physical historical materials for studying the situation related to local lotus root planting, which has important historical value.
Zhao Mengkui, director of the Yanzhao Cultural 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 to the study of the human landscape, calligraphy sculptures, lotus root culture, etc. during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. There are many fish in the small lotus pond. . She used to sit by the pond and fish, using a bamboo pole to scare the fish. Mischievous laughter seemed to scatter in the air. . (End)