Laomendong,didyougo?TodayIwenttolaomendong.ItislocatedinthesouthoftheoldcityinQinhuaiDistrictofNanjingCity,withcoopalleyasthecentralaxis,supplementedbythreecamps,Zhongyingandbianying.
Atfirst,Iwasstillverycurious.OldMendong,isheold?
Atthegate,IknowthatthereareformerresidencesofJiangShoushanandFuShanxianginsantiaocamp.JiangShoushan,alsoknownasJiangShiquan,Huinationality,wasarichbusinessmaninNanjinginthelateQingDynasty.Itissaidthathemadehisfortunebydrivingdonkeys.HewascalleddonkeyJiang.HehasanumberofrealestateinNanjing,nowknowtherearethree:oneislocatedattheentranceofTaipinglane,nowTaipingshoppingmallnewbuilding.ThereisalsoaplaceinthethreebattalionseastoftheSouthGateofthecity.FuShanxiangwasborninJinling(nowNanjing)inthelateQingDynasty.Borninascholarlyfamily,heisveryintelligentandlikestoreadclassicsandhistory.ThefirstfemalechampionintheperiodofTaipingHeavenlyKingdom.KutonglanewasoriginallynamedafterthegatheringofKutongworkersfromShenWansan,therichestmaninthesouthoftheYangtzeRiver.ShenWansanwasborninthelateYuanDynastyandtheearlyMingDynasty.HeistherichestmaninthesouthoftheYangtzeRiver.Itissaidthathisfamilyhasacornucopia.Itlooksoldenough!
AssoonasIsawcoopalley,Isawawonderfulpurpleflowerattheentranceofcoopalley,freshandchic.Infrontofthefarandnearhall,thereisakind-heartedGuanyinatthedoor.Thereareallkindsofjadeornamentsinthehall,whichisveryold.What'smorestrangeisthatthereisabigcoopnexttothehall.Thereisatreeplantedinthecoop.Mothersaidthatthecoopcanprotectthetreefrombeingblowndownbythewind,andthetreecanprotectthecoopfromthesunanddust.Therickshaw,whichisafewstepsawayfromthebucket,isevenmorefresh.TherickshawisallmadeofBentou,butitcan'tseeanymetal!It'swaitingthereloyally,asifitsownerwillleaveatanytime,anditsownerisakind-heartedman.Hewrotealuckynoteontherickshaw:"whenthehorsecomes,goodluckwillcome!"
Walkingabout10metersfurther,anoodlemaker'sstallappeared,whichreallyattractedme.Lookatthemonkeykingholdinguphisgoldencudgel,thesunfloweropeningupinthewind,thenaughtypleasantgoatnodding,andthebeautifulgoatraisingherhand.
Onthepinkwallattheendofthealley,Isawthechildren'ssongwithpicturesandtexts.Icouldn'thelpbutfeelhappy:"thegateofthecityisafewfeethigh,thirty-sixfeethigh,rideaflowerhorse,takeaknife,walkunderthegate;thegateofthecityisafewfeethigh,thirty-sixfeethigh,rideawhitehorse,takeaknife,walkintothegateandfall.
LaomendongisthecrystallizationofNanjing'sancienthistoryandculture.ItisabrightpearlinNanjing'shistory.IthastheformerresidencesofJiangShoushan,FuShanxiang,etc.someancientidiomssuchasJianglangcai,thefinishingtouchandsoonarewaitingforyoutowatch!