[一]两千一百多年前的澧水,是以怎样的姿态流淌的?这是我站在停弦古渡口的一个疑问。这里是湘西北的一个小集镇。临水而建,因水而兴。人是逐水而居的生物。人烟稠密的地方,必有水流。“关关雎鸠,在河之洲。”中国古代诗歌中出现的第一个空间形象,背景便是一条河流。镇,是一个并不大的行政区划单位,却是大的集市,一定要聚集很多人,人来人往,进行物质与金钱的交易。它注定要繁华兴盛。据住在渡口附近的老人讲,六十多年前,这里有各种商铺,柴米油盐酱醋茶,各类生活用品, [1] What kind of gesture flows from the swallowing water more than 2100 years ago? This is a doubt that I am standing on the stopped ferry crossing. Here is a small town in northwestern Hunan. Water and built, due to the water and Hing. People are creatures that live by the water. Where there is densely populated, there must be a stream of water. “Turn off Dove, in the river of Chau. ” The first space image appeared in ancient Chinese poetry, the background is a river. The town is not a big administrative division unit, but it is a big market. We must gather a lot of people, come and go, and trade in material and money. It is destined to prosper. According to the elderly living near the ferry, more than 60 years ago there were various shops, daily necessities, such as daily necessities,