老人自发守护长城36年 屡次遇险不改初衷 Guiding the Great Wall of China for 36 Years

老人自发守护长城36年 屡次遇险不改初衷

在离山顶不远处，梅老爷子发现了一块滑落的城砖，便扛起来送到野长城废墟处。

一个65岁的老人，自小生长在长城脚下，视保护长城为自己的事业。36年来，他每周在长城上巡视，遭遇过石击、摔伤，甚至不理解的人的围殴，但他却不改初衷。36年后，他的身边多了数以百计的志愿者。近日，当地镇政府正在修建通往长城的道路，野长城开发与保护近在眼前。

从小钟情城砖古墙

老人叫梅景田，延庆县八达岭镇石峡村人。在梅景田童年记忆中最深刻的，就是村西边蔓延入山的城砖，还有村中央残存的石峡堡城楼。"小时候经常在废弃的城砖间放羊，累了就躺在墙头休息"。梅景田说，那时候每当有人破坏长城时，他的爷爷总会站出来进行阻拦，他也因此从小就对长城有了一种特殊的感情，"老觉得这些城墙里有着很多故事"。

上世纪五六十年代，石峡村附近的长城遭到了无情的破坏。1953年，离梅景田家不足200米的石峡堡城楼也被拆除，看着那些铭刻着岁月沧桑的青砖一块块倒塌，梅景田久久不愿离去。当天，他在废墟间找寻良久，终于找到了刻有"石峡堡"字样的牌匾，并带回家珍藏。

开辟长城巡视专线

1973年，梅景田来到八达岭长城景区工作，也就是从那一年，他开始有意识地保护长城，"当时也就是劝阻那些游客，不要在城墙上乱刻乱画"。1982年，他在八达岭长城城楼北侧看到了由国务院题词的关于保护长城的文件，"觉得以后做保护工作心里有底了"。此后不久，他决定回家保护家门口的野长城，"那边更缺少人保护"。

这次回家，梅景田再也未曾离开。石峡村周边二十多里的长城上面，常常出现老梅独自一人的攀爬身影。石峡村旁边有石长城、土边长城，都属于尚未开发的野长城。最高处海拔有1200米，最远处有四五十里路，就连河北省境内的长城他也经常去巡视。许多地方原本是荆棘丛生，无路可走，可老梅硬是用他的镰刀，一点一点开出一条巡视长城的"专线"。

走村串巷收集文物

"只要是和长城有关的东西，他都跟着了魔一样收藏"，村民谷先生说，他们都习惯了老梅对那些破砖瓦视若珍宝的行为。村民家的墙根里、菜园里、长满荒草的旮旯里，都是他搜寻的目标；各种石雷、石夯、石碑都是他收集保护的对象，搜寻到的文物相继被送到县文物部门和长城博物馆等单位。

因为保护这些文物，梅景田还曾经有过骑摩托车狂追货车10余里的经历。梅景田说，2002年前后，有一伙人来到村里，从一个村民手里买走了一个石槽。梅景田得知后，立即赶到村口，拦住正要开走的货车，没想到对方推开梅景田，开着车迅速离开。梅景田当即跑回家，骑着自己的摩托车一路追赶了下去，一连追了十几里地。最后八达岭景区的有关人员找到了梅景田，表示这些人是景区的人，打算把石槽运往景区布置个景点，使用完毕后将其归还，他这才罢休。

屡次遇险不改初衷

36年来，梅景田曾经在看护长城时遭遇多次危险。他被城墙滚下的石头砸过，被荆棘扎过，被蛇咬过，被马蜂蛰过，被有毒的蚂蚁群袭击过，但老梅从没放慢过巡视长城的步伐。特别是每当看见有人破坏长城时，老梅感觉比自己受伤还痛心。

"请不要刻字。"梅景田说，这是他多年来说得最多的一句话。有一次，他上前阻止游人在长城上刻字，结果被十余个游人围住，"他们都是年轻小伙子，上来拽着我的衣领就要动手"。但他并没有丝毫退缩，而是继续用温和的语言劝说对方。最终，这群年轻人放下了高举的拳头。

梅景田常说，如果自己怕危险而不去做，那么那些破坏长城的行为就会缺少人制止，尽管他一个人的力量有限，但"总有一天会有更多的人加入进来"。

从一个人到一群人

"其实我不图什么，就为了让以后的人也能看到祖先留下的这一奇迹"。梅景田的坚持感动了很多人，先是儿子、儿媳，村里的干部、大学生"村官"、护林员，都自发到长城上清理垃圾、杂草，劝阻破坏长城的行为，后来越来越多的村民也自觉地加入到上山巡视。

2007年，由他牵头，石峡村成立了长城保护协会，80多人加入协会，一支义务的"长城护卫队"开始活跃在长城内外，"没有注册，因为那些程序我也不懂，只是想人多一些，能更换着保护长城"。

近日，镇上已经开始组织人手，修起了从村口到野长城的道路，这也是出于梅景田的提议。村里试图开发这边的旅游并加强保护。村委会负责人说，等修好路，将来要开展生态旅游。

梅景田说，他相信会有更多的人关注并保护长城。




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Guarding the Great Wall, 36 years old Spontaneous repeatedly in distress do not change their mind

Not far away from the Peak, Mei Father found a slip of the bricks, then picking up to send the ruins of the Great Wall at Ueno. Reporter Zhu Jialei Photo

A 65-year-old man, lived all her life in the Great Wall, depending on the protection of the Great Wall for their own careers. Past 36 years, the Great Wall on his weekly patrol encountered stoning, falls, and even hit the people who do not understand, but he did not change his mind. 36 years later, his side more of hundreds of volunteers. Recently, the local town government is building the road leading to the Great Wall, Great Wall, development and protection of wild sight.

Childhood love the ancient wall of bricks

For the elderly called Umekage fields, Badaling Town, Yanqing County, shixia village. The Umekage Tian most profound childhood memories is that the spread of the village into the mountains west of the bricks, there are remnants of the central village of Shek Kip Fort tower. "As a boy often discarded bricks between the sheep, tired, lying on top of a wall on the rest." Umekage Tian said that every time someone destroy the Great Wall, his grandfather always stand up and intercept them, and thus he early age of the Great Wall has a special feeling, "old think that these walls have a lot of inside stories."

Fifties or sixties of last century, the Great Wall near the village of Shek Kip subjected to relentless destruction. In 1953, less than 200 meters away from the Umekage Tian of Shek Kip Fort towers have been removed, looking at those turbulent years of the brick engraved with a block collapsed, Umekage Tian long time and refuse to leave. The same day, he was among the rubble looking for a long time, finally found the inscription "Fort Shek Kip," the words of the plaque, and take home treasures.

Tour line to open up the Great Wall

In 1973, Umekage Tian came to the Badaling Great Wall scenic work, that is from that year, he began consciously to protect the Great Wall, "at that time to discourage the tourists, do not indiscriminately engraved graffito on the wall." In 1982, he saw the north tower at the Badaling Great Wall inscription by the State Council document on the protection of the Great Wall, "that the future of work to do to protect that bottom of the heart." Shortly thereafter, he decided to go home to protect doorstep of the wild Great Wall, "there is more the lack of one to protect."

The home, Umekage fields he has not left. Shek Kip Village, more than 20 years of the Great Wall surrounding the above, there are often Laomei figure climbing alone. Shek Kip Stone Village next to the Great Wall, Great Wall clay side, belonged to the wild have not yet developed the Great Wall. Highest point elevation of 1,200 meters, the best there are forty to fifty miles away, and even the Great Wall in Hebei Province, he often went to inspect. Many places had a difficult ridden, no way out can be Laomei obstinately with his sickle, 1.1 points out an inspection of the Great Wall, "green."

Lane, take the string collection of Heritage Village

"As long as things are and the Great Wall on his collection are related, like enchanted," the villagers, Mr. Gu said that they were accustomed to Laomei treasures for those who have loved brick-breaking behavior. The wall in the homes of villagers, the vegetable garden, covered with wild grass of the Gala Li, is his search for goals; various Lei Shi, Shi tamping, stone is the protection of his collection of objects, find the relics have been sent to the county Cultural Relics departments and the Great Wall Museum, and other units.

Since the protection of these cultural relics, Umekage Tian There was even riding a motorcycle Kuangzhui more than 10 years experience truck. Umekage Tian said that in 2002 around a gang of people came to the village, bought from a villager in the hands of a shicao. Umekage fields that immediately rushed to the entrance to the village, stopped going to drive away the truck, did not expect the other side pushing Umekage fields, driving a fast car to leave. Umekage Tian immediately ran home, riding his motorcycle all the way to catch up with the go-day chase of the Shiji Li ground. Last Badaling scenic area personnel found Umekage fields, said that these people are scenic area who intend to transport the stone of scenic layout of a spots are used up after their return, Then he let it go.

Distress does not change his mind repeatedly

Past 36 years, Umekage fields have been encountered in the care of the Great Wall is dangerous on many occasions. He was the rock wall before rolling down and was rolling over thorns, bitten by a snake before, was wasp stung before, toxic ant colony was attacked, but had visited the Great Wall Laomei never slowed down the pace. Whenever I see someone in particular the destruction of the Great Wall, the Laomei feel hurt than he is also distressed.

"Please do not lettering." Umekage Tian said that this was his many years right up to say. On one occasion, he came up to stop the visitors to the Great Wall on the lettering, the results are surrounded by a dozen visitors, "they are young men, pulling up the collar of my hands is necessary." But he did not retreating at all, but continue to use moderate language to persuade the other side. In the end, these young people put down the holding of the fist.

Umekage fields often said that if they are afraid of danger and not to do, then those acts of destruction of the Great Wall would be the lack of people to stop, even though he was a person's power is limited, but "one day there will be more people join."

From one person to a group of people

"Actually, I do not plan anything, just to let the future people can see their ancestors left behind by this miracle." Umekage fields insist on moving a lot of people, first son, daughter, the village cadres, college students, "village official," rangers are spontaneously went to the Great Wall on cleaning up litter and weeds, to discourage acts of destruction of the Great Wall, and later more and more The villagers also consciously added to the mountain patrol.

In 2007, he led the establishment of Shek Kip Village, Society for the Protection of the Great Wall, more than 80 people to join the Association, an obligation of the "Great Wall Guards," became active both inside and outside the Great Wall, "not registered, because those programs I do not know, but think of people more able to replace the protection of the Great Wall. "

Recently, the town has already started to organize manpower, repaired to the wild Great Wall from the entrance to the village road, which is out of Umekage Tian's proposal. Side of the village attempted to develop tourism and to enhance protection. Village committee official said, and so repaired the road in the future to be carried out eco-tourism.

Umekage Tian said he believed that more people are concerned about and protect the Great Wall.