-The century-long historical changes of the Catholic Church in Xinli Village.

As a landmark building in the past, the Catholic Church in Xinli Village has gradually evolved with the development of Xinli Village. Therefore, I put the historical research of Xinli Village Church into the development history of this area, so that I can see the function of the continuation of the context, and then excavate and reshape the value of these historical buildings, and realize the modern interpretation of the history of Xinli Village Catholic Church.

A few miles away from the village, you can see a Gothic building standing in the middle of the village and a silver-gray cross shining under the blue sky and white clouds. That's Xinli Village Catholic Church.

The new church adopts a simplified French Gothic style and has two bell towers. As long as you stand in the center of the street and cross the European art grating, the whole hall is vigorous and tall, and even the spacious courtyard of the orderly wing can be collected together. The two bell towers are lined up, and the big bluestone above the center is engraved with three Chinese characters of Catholic Church. The virgin mother embraces the statue of the son Jesus and looks after her children with serene and loving eyes, especially Zhengyangmen's "no beginning and no end".

At this time, we crossed the concrete floor and set foot on a wide platform paved with colored stones. The whole bell tower is made of reinforced bricks and cement, and the hall is decorated with white porcelain tiles, which is more stable, elegant and vigorous. The temple is just around the corner. This is where Christ exists. This is the place to listen to the holy word and witness with the Lord. Dust yourself off, straighten your skirt and enter the temple firmly. The front hall, nave and back hall are vertically formed inside the church, and the choir building is above the back hall. The altar adopts stepped plane layout, in which there is a main altar. A modern decoration can accommodate 1000 people. When praying at the same time, the stools are neatly placed in one place. There is also a projection screen, where you can uncover scriptures together and recite poems together, so that your eyes, mouth and brain can be organically combined.

The hall naturally divides the whole yard into two parts. The east wing is where children learn the Bible and recite scriptures, and the west wing is the priest's bedroom and kitchen.

In this poor country, the holy church is so tall and spacious, the decoration is so luxurious and elegant, the courtyard is so wide, the geographical location is so important, the supporting rooms are so orderly and the facilities are so complete. You must sigh! I can tell you an inaccurate figure of the total area. Courtyard * * * 4047m2, nearly 7 mu.

However, a hundred years of historical changes will make you sigh even more! These histories are not only effective but also shocking.

In the eleventh year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, she died in the main palace of Jehol, childless, so that Princess Nora's son was only 4 years old. She inherited Datong, and the following year was the first year of Tongzhi, and Cixi was in charge of China's security.

In the second year of Tongzhi, the royal family approved the appointment of Sanfu II in the southeast of Hebei Province as the Bishop's Office in xian county, and Zhengding Shunde in the southwest was the Bishop's Office in Zhengding. During the Tongzhi period, several parishioners (mainly Cui Li, etc.). ) From Wei Village, Wei County. At that time, a place called "Little House" bought some fields, and with the passage of time, more and more land was bought. These parishioners first moved between busy farming seasons and finally settled down one after another. At that time and many years after * * * *, because of the flat land, abundant rainfall and abundant years, they used their hard-working wisdom to develop autumn crops, mainly sorghum and summer wheat, so that they could have more than enough food and clothing. After settling down, their grandparents not only brought diligence and kindness. To celebrate the glory of God, a prayer hall covering an area of 200 meters was built on the north side of today's church. A big wooden cross stands on a hill facing south, where the congregation respects the Lord and saves the spirit, and the church preaches the virtues of the church with all kinds of good deeds. The church was in Changping at that time.

It was the Boxer Rebellion in the 26th year of Guangxu, 1900.

The Boxer Movement, formerly known as the Boxer Movement, originated from Anbailiao. It is a non-governmental organization, and its main members are farmers, a few intellectuals, feudalists, small and medium-sized landlords and officials, and local ruffians and hooligans. Poverty and ignorance make their resistance struggle only follow the peasant uprising in the past. They developed their own organization by secret association and practiced boxing to attract the masses. The Boxer Rebellion has a strong cult superstition. It draws spells to seek possession of gods, and encourages fighting spirit by holding spells, possessing gods, being invulnerable, and having high martial arts skills. They put forward absurd slogans, such as "Help God Boxing, Boxer Rebellion, because foreigners make trouble in the Central Plains, it doesn't rain, the ground is dry, and the church covers the sky." ....................................................................................................................

In June, a group of Zheng An burned down the Catholic church in Xinli Village in Youbao.

1904, a gothic church was built on the north side of the existing church with the support of French priest Ai. The church bell tower is three feet high, with blue and white gray stripes, 15 arched tile house surrounded by eight columns, which is very spacious.

In the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920), there was a severe drought in North China. At this time, after being harassed by the bandit Cui, the bandits Hu Lao and Li Dasha settled in the church, and sometimes called the county's famous guerrillas (encirclement and suppression of the fourth regiment).

In this way, it is innocent people who suffer greatly in the "war of war and fire" Not only are their prayers disturbed, but their normal social life and life safety are not guaranteed. In view of such a sinister situation, Father Ai righteously went into the lion's den alone, made friends several times, and put a pistol in the lobbyist's face. Finally, under the guidance of Father Ai, the bandits laid down their weapons and the soldiers ensured the personal safety of the bandits. To commemorate this achievement, the two sides agreed to erect a monument to be immortal. (The monument is located in the southeast corner of the current platform, more than 0 meter away from 10, which happened at 1923).

Since then, the church has been in Changping for more than ten years and has also run a school. Children inside and outside the church enjoy free education. The bell of daily prayer and the sound of students reading aloud and singing poems constitute a wonderful symphony.

Time continues to 1937. After the July 7th Incident, Japanese bombers were too busy to sleep. Drop a few bombs or rows of machine gun bullets when you can't see the tall buildings, but the Japanese don't blink.

In the face of the great love of Jesus Christ, it was not against the peace, so people inside and outside Bali Church in four towns came to Xinli Village Church to take refuge, and the church tied porridge to make room for refugees. A few years later, an old man in Daxinzhuang village said; "When I was in Japan, I stayed in the church in the village for more than half a month. Eat well and live well, but cause trouble to others. Anyone who wants to say that Catholicism is not good is heartless. "

Later, for a while, our pastor was a Polish pastor, Yang. Although he is a foreigner, he speaks fluent Chinese and can communicate with parishioners. He eats grass mainly in extremely harsh environment.

At that time, in the next seven or eight years, Japanese soldiers, imperial association army, public security army, etc. It is organized. From time to time, some parishioners are taken away by gendarmes or police. Father Yang argued for the pastoral province, guaranteed that he was "my good parishioner" and constantly offended the Japanese or the Imperial Association Army. On several occasions, he almost killed Father Yang on the enemy turret. At 1943, the situation is even worse. In such a dangerous situation, Father Yang still insisted on his post. Until1May, 948, on the eve of Beijing's peaceful liberation, he gave a Taize Mass, and his disciples said, "It's up to you to save your soul in the future" and said goodbye with tears.

1958, the village branch forcibly demolished the bell tower of the hall in the name of drilling wells. After that, the eight pillars of the hall were demolished and replaced with bricks under the collective cover of beams. Big iron and big steel, iron bell door nose was knocked off and twisted away, the hall became four doors wide open, followed by a big warehouse, and then became a primary school building in the village. After many twists and turns. By 1976, the whole temple was gone, and only the bare concrete was washed away by the rain, indicating that this place once had brilliant buildings.

At 1982, Cui Shang, a Catholic church in Xinli Village, was a prosperous church after the Jin Dynasty, with five nuns, many monks and finally young priests. Christ always cares for our church, and some people spread it for the church and agree with the foundation of mankind.

1992, Mr. Cui was honored. At this time, the contemporary youth president headed by Yang Yulong first successfully held a mourning and burial ceremony for Cui Shiduo in the whole hall. On that day, there were more than 3,000 churches, 10 military bands, dozens of caravans and more than 4,000 onlookers. On that day, firecrackers rang and gongs and drums were loud.

Jesus Christ has always been connected with us. 1997, Father Xi became the pastor of our church, rebuilding the temple here and planning the agenda.

The wind of the Holy Spirit blew slowly, which opened the hearts of the people in Xinli Village and ignited the desire to rebuild the temple. The same message violates the principle of "building a church and building a spacious and high-standard temple". So Father Xi led the young president to mobilize the parishioners to implement the church and raise funds. At this time, the parishioners are more excited about building temples. In the face of the rising aspirations of the parishioners, mass was completed on March 5, 1998.

Without modern tools to build modern buildings, these generations of farmers who face the loess and face the sky have encountered major problems. At this time, Hou and Hou Wenzhong, two members of Cheng 'an County, built the Qiuxian Tax Building, and the construction came to an end in June+10, 5438. All the building tools, including thousands of square meters of controllable fighting frames, are used to support members of Xinli Village to build churches for free, and technicians are sent to build them for free. At this time, Wang Hualong of Mazhuang in Wei County sent drawings to assist in the construction.

While the weather was fine, President Yang Yulong decided to carry out the construction day and night, and divided his parishioners into three shifts to work day and night. In the evening, it is even more spectacular. The jet of welding fire, the hum of mixer and the impact of steel are mixed all night. I just want to say: nervous and orderly, but not chaotic, all the parishioners do their duty and stick to their posts for several months. There are dozens of such parishioners everywhere.

That is, 1999, the assistant who went to Beijing paid tribute to the main building and everything, and the wing was completed.

The change of years and twists and turns from the Catholic Church in Xinli Village has made us really wake up: Jesus Christ is with us and the Virgin Mary protects us.