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Cultural protection experts are on-site inspection.
“Call for the protection of Wang Huizu Tomb and Wang Zuo Tomb in the process of expressway construction.” Recently, an online article “Calling for the protection of Wang Huizu’s tomb” has attracted the attention of Shaoxing literature and history circle.
This appeal is related to the cemetery protection of two historical celebrities in Shaoxing. Who are Wang Huizu and Wang Zuo? What is the status quo of their cemeteries?
There are two famous tombs hidden in a village.
Posted on the Internet is a literature and history lover in Xiaoshan named Zhang Guoxiong. Recently, the reporter contacted this caring person.
After on-the-spot investigation, Zhang Guoxiong found that the connection line project from Hangjinqu Expressway to Hangshaotai Expressway under construction is likely to involve the graves of two Shaoxing celebrities.
“As luck would have it, in February this year, I found Wang Huizu’s tomb when I looked up the information of Zhu Fengbiao’s tomb in Xiaoshan County Records of the Republic of China. These two tombs are all recorded in the part of “The Tomb of Famous People in Other Counties” in Volume 9, Monument Gate and Tomb. Among them, Wang Huizu’s tomb ranks first. So, the idea of looking for it came into being. ” Zhang Guoxiong said that this was the origin of his visit to Wang Huizu’s tomb.
So, who is Wang Huizu? As an outstanding representative of Shaoxing touts, Shaoxing people are no strangers to it. He was a renowned master and curtain scholar of criminal names in the Qing Dynasty, whose name was Huan Zeng, whose name was Longzhuang, and whose name was Lu in his later years. He was from Dayi Village, Xiaoshan County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province (now Dayi Village, Guali Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou).
Wang Huizu solved numerous cases in his life, and wrote many books, such as Zuo Zhi Yao Yan, Xu Zuo Zhi Yao Yan, Xue Zhi Yu Shuo, Xue Zhi Xu Shuo, Xue Zhi Shuo Yu, and so on, all of which are quite popular. It is said that his book had reached the point where the county grandfather had a copy. His autobiographies, The Record of a Dream on His Sick Bed and The Record of a Dream, recorded the judicial system, economic life and religious beliefs at that time in detail, and were praised by Hu Shi as “the most interesting biographies of China in the last 100 years”. Shiye Pavilion, which opened last year, has a detailed introduction of Wang Huizu.
“According to the draft of Xiaoshan County Records of the Republic of China, the tomb of Wang Huizu, a magistrate of a county in ningyuan county, Hunan Province, was built in Shenhuang Shengwu on the depression in Shaoxing County. So, where is the’ Shen Huang Sheng Wu on the depression’? Will Wang Huizu’s tomb still be there? Wang Huizu’s position in the legal history of China is so important that if his tomb is still there, it must be protected! ” Zhang Guoxiong said that it was this idea that made him start searching for Wang Huizu’s tomb.
After opening the map of Gaode and typing “Ao Shang Shen”, another place name-Ao Shang Shen, located in Keqiao District of Shaoxing City, pops up on the page. Because the pronunciation of the two words is the same, and there are many famous tombs such as Wang Zuo’s tomb, Zhu Fengbiao’s tomb, Tang Jinzhao’s tomb, Cai Dongfan’s tomb, etc. in Shen Yi, which makes Zhang Guoxiong have great confidence in the search.
After navigating to Aoshang Shen, Zhang Guoxiong inquired all the way. Finally, with the help of local villagers, he finally determined the location of Huangshengwu, and accurately found the location of Wang Huizu’s tomb-Lianzhong Natural Village, Lianzhong Village, Yangxunqiao Street Association Village, Keqiao District.
“Another surprise of this visit was to find Wang Zuo’s tomb, also in Lianzhong Village, not far from Wang Huizu’s tomb.” Zhang Guoxiong said excitedly.
Wang Zuo (1126~1191) was born in Guangling, Yuhui Township, Shanyin County, Shaoxing (now Qian Qing Street, Keqiao District). In the eighteenth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1148), he was the top scholar in Wuchen (the same as Zhu Xi) and served as the minister of industry and household affairs.
“According to folk rumors, Wang Zuo had 18 suspicious tombs, one of which was in Xiaoshan. At that time, some stone statues were still preserved. The stone statues in the Song tomb were beautifully shaped and it is extremely rare to keep them.” Zhang Guoxiong said.
Two cemeteries are in ruins.
So, what is the current situation of these two celebrity tombs in Shaoxing?
Under the guidance of the villagers, Zhang Guoxiong went up the mountain to look for the tomb, and finally found Wang Huizu’s tomb after crossing a piece of bamboo forest.
Wang Huizu’s tomb faces the northwest, and there are three stone Guo caves, all of which have been opened. The coffin plates and human bones inside are still partially preserved, and the enclosure is covered with bamboo and trees. Judging from the scene, the cemetery here is rarely visited, which seems bleak and dilapidated.
For this tomb, the local people are actually no strangers. They called Wang Huizu “Master Wang”. According to villagers’ memories, Wang Huizu’s tomb is very big, and Wang Huizu and his two wives are buried in it. In front of the tomb, there were two original roads, one round and one side, which were built with stones.
On the tombstone of Wang Huizu’s tomb, only the traditional word “Gui Lu” is engraved. Wang Huizu’s life, it is carved on a piece of epitaph alone, under the sacrificial table. There is also a monument next to the tomb, engraved with “the sacred place of Huangshengwu in Shanyin”, which is dedicated to the land of the mountain gods.
Due to historical reasons, Wang Huizu’s tomb was destroyed, the tombstone was smashed, the epitaph and funerary objects were lost, and the stone components for building the tomb were also removed. For example, the desktop of the sacrificial table was taken to build a sluice, and it is still placed on the sluice, and most of the stone components are laid under the sluice.
According to the biography of Wang Huizu, Volume 18 of Xiaoshan County Records of the Republic of China, “Since I returned, I moved to Sutan, south of the city, and built my own life, and the number returned to Lu.” There are similar records in Wang Huizu’s autobiography “The Record of the Dream on His Sick Bed” and “The Record of the Dream”.
Zhang Guoxiong also found 11 pieces of broken tombstones scattered around the tomb, which is very strong physical evidence that this tomb is Wang Huizu’s tomb.
Compared with Wang Huizu’s tomb, Wang Zuo’s tomb is older, and there are no obvious landmarks on the ground, but the local villagers can still point out the general location of Wang Zuo’s tomb, which has been covered by a tea garden.
Not long ago, Ke Qiao folk literature and history enthusiast Zhu Xinxue also visited this village. He learned from the villagers that Wang Zuo’s tomb was rumored to have a memorial arch and ancestral temple, and there were stone men and horses on both sides of Shinto. Later generations of wang xing in the village also had sacrificial activities for this ancestor.
In addition, the reporter learned from Wang Liming, deputy secretary of the General Party Branch of the Associated Press Village, that there are still many remnants of stone men and horses in the village, many of which are used for paving roads, and some are buried underground, and the approximate location can be confirmed. Due to the construction of the connecting line from Hangjinqu Expressway to Hangshaotai Expressway, Wang Zuo’s tomb and some stone statues are facing the risk of destruction.
Rescue protection is under way.
Knowing about Wang Huizu’s Tomb and Wang Zuo’s Tomb, Keqiao Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism Bureau (Cultural Relics Bureau) immediately contacted the local village committee, and arranged for the professionals of Keqiao District Museum (Wenbao Institute) to rush to Yangxunqiao Street, and led by the leaders of the village committee of the Associated Press and villagers, made a reconnaissance around the Wang Huizu cemetery and the unconfirmed Wang Zuo cemetery.
They gave protection advice at the first time: First, focus on protecting the stone components left by Wang Zuhui’s tomb. The village committee of the Associated Press is responsible for the centralized protection of scattered stone components such as the tomb railing near Wang Huizu’s tomb and the stone components of the cemetery that have been moved for other purposes. Second, organize forces to verify the location of Wang Zuo cemetery, and collect and preserve the broken pieces of stone statues scattered everywhere.
On this basis, Keqiao District Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism (Cultural Relics Bureau) also communicated with the engineering construction unit on the protection of the cemetery, and asked the construction unit to send its commissioners to the site for investigation to check whether Wang Huizu’s tomb is within the red line of construction.
On March 31st, Keqiao District Museum (Wenbao Institute) held an expert demonstration meeting on the protection of Wang Huizu cemetery, which affirmed that the owner of the tomb was undoubtedly Wang Huizu, and further affirmed the value of tomb protection.
According to Han Li Jiang, director of the Department of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Keqiao District Museum, Wang Huizu’s tomb can be protected in its original site after the construction plan is adjusted by the construction unit. This is undoubtedly an exciting news. In addition, the identification procedure of Wang Huizu Tomb as an immovable cultural relic is also being actively promoted. Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics also said that Wang Huizu’s tomb must be protected. At present, the village committee of the Associated Press has sealed the exposed stone cave, and the scattered tombstones have also been collected.
Wang Huizu Tomb is the common cultural heritage of Xiaoshan and Keqiao and Xiaoshan, and the cultural and cultural departments of the two places have also actively cooperated in this protection process. On the basis of protecting the cemetery, they also actively carry out the verification and collection of Wang Huizu’s relevant historical materials, and strive to make it a model for the win-win integration of Hangzhou and Shaoxing cultures.
Under the background of vigorously creating the “Song Yun” culture in Zhejiang Province, it is also of unusual significance for the restoration of Wang Zuo Tomb, a cemetery of Song Tombs. Some experts suggested that the local village committee could take this opportunity to restore the cemetery while collecting the stone statue students. Combine cemetery protection with rural tourism to create a unique “Song Rhyme” belonging to Lianhe Village.