400年的等待——义乌兵后裔重修长城

Four Hundred Years’ Waiting——Descendants of Yiwu Soldiers Rebuilt the Great Wall

400多年前的明代隆庆、万历年间,3000名义乌兵离开家乡,跟随著名抗倭将领戚继光北上,在深山老林里修筑长城,镇守边关。他们不曾想到,这一去,就再也回不到生养自己的故土,与故乡的血脉联系也自此中断了。他们在长城脚下繁衍生息,一代代口口相传的是"我们的祖先是浙江金华府义乌县(易武县)人",那些故去的人,则留下了一座座面向东南的坟茔——那是故乡义乌的方向。而今,400多年过去了,时间的刻刀割不断血脉深情。最近几年来,南北两地的义乌亲人们交往越来越多,联系越来越紧密。2010年8月,义乌市志编辑部精心组织了"

During the Longqing and Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty,led by Qi Jiguang,a famous anti-Japanese general,over 3000 Yiwu soldiers left their hometown for the north to build the Great Wall in deep forests.They never imagined that they would no longer return to their native land.They multiplied at the foot of the Great Wall and told their descendants that "Our ancestors are Yiwu people of Zhejiang" from generation to generation.They asked their offspring to build tombs towards the southeast,the direction of their hometown.400 years later,time can hardly cut off the deep love for the hometown.In recent years,Yiwu relatives between the north and the south strengthen their communication.In 2014,the State Bureau of Cultural Relics approved the descendants of Yiwu soldiers and technicians of Beijing Ancient Architecture Research Institute to work together to start the restoration project of the Banchangyu session of the Great Wall.