Volume III: Essays, Anecdotes, (14) Anecdotes from the Countryside
(Continued from above)
Far away from the courtyard wall, the rain washes the place, see the section, always wonder, this fault, there is a famous hall, maybe it is an ancient ruins!
On a gentle slope, the companion guide said to transplant big trees, seedlings, and bonsai: Don't look at the sparse Lala, the field is not small, sell more Beijing, Shanghai, Hefei, and make money! Don't repeat the text, don't read, there is a royal law era, you can't write the paper, tell an egg?
We had a great conversation. Comfortable. Question: What is the name of the wall-like mountain over there? Oh, don't look far, to the top of the mountain, you don't think about it in a few hours. There's a lot of good stuff out there. Chinese herbal medicines, what do you want. When you talk about middle school, it's almost there.
Not far away, there are villages. The house is built according to the road, and it is sparse. It's time to break up. The companion showed the way, asked where there was a big pine tree, and if there was a door, he said goodbye.
Under the big pine tree, turn around, there are people next to the tree. Talked. It's a holiday, let's go through the front door. According to his words, enter the gate.
The campus is not large, and there are several expansions. Clean, tidy and refreshing. On the right hand, I saw a stone, and there were two words in cursive on it, which took a lot of trouble and could not be recognized. Walking and walking, see the conjoined reading newspaper column, the title has many horses, galloping horses. It seems that the word I can't read is "galloping horse". There are a lot of steps on the campus, and there is a door-like sculpture, which is red and very rough. There is a construction description on the side, read, and I know that it was donated by Academician Wu Manqing.
Go around, go out, go back. Seeing the north direction of the road, there is a sign: Horse Farm. Oh! This was once a place where stagecoaches were raised. It's good to release the horse farm, release the thousands of horses like the Manqing academician, release the stagecoach who runs tirelessly on the post road, and release the obedient grass people, it is not bad!
Back to the bridge, I saw that there were many factories and buildings in the west of the road. By the way, this road, when it was the eighties and nineties, the first Tao Chong people, exerted their fists and feet, and stepped on the bumpy road. Sure enough, the line is not far, see the remains but do not use, the reinforced concrete structure Tao Chong Village. in, take a few pictures. Again, ask the pedestrian, how to go to the bus stop? Answer: 100 meters ahead, there is a road, east, the village is on the side.
Not a few, see the new village department, there is a stop sign on the side, and see a number of people waiting for the bus. It's still early, walk around, and see this new one, wide, straight, and not low.
This should be the third street of Tao Chong!
The official wants to be dignified, the people want to be convenient, and now, it is also very convenient for rural people to go out to travel, after work, in their spare time, if they want to go out to see the outside world, as long as they choose a good scenic spot, organize good personnel, and contact a good vehicle, they can start to travel on the go. On June 26, I took a special bus with five villagers to visit Zhengguoqu, Yuanjia Village, and Qianling.
Excursion to Zheng Guoqu
At 6 o'clock in the morning, we took a special car from Miaodi Village, Qiaonan Town, Linwei District, and after more than three hours of driving, we successfully arrived at the first stop of our one-day trip - Zhengguoqu Tourist Scenic Area.
Zhengguoqu Tourist Scenic Area is a "World Irrigation Engineering Heritage", a national water conservancy scenic spot, and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. Zhengguo Canal is located in the middle of the Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province. Founded in 246 B.C., it is the earliest large-scale damless irrigation project in China, which laid the economic foundation for the prosperity of the Qin State and the unification of the six countries, and has the reputation of "the first canal in the world". Zheng Guoqu has achieved the reputation of "the country of abundance" in Guanzhong, and only then did he have the saying that "those who win Guanzhong will win the world" in later generations. Zhengguo Canal is not only an irrigation project with far-reaching influence in the course of Chinese history, but also a world-class tourist attraction because of its unique natural scenery and profound cultural heritage. Zhengguoqu Tourist Scenic Area is located in the depths of Zhongshan Mountain, where the Jing River rushes out of the mountains and flows to the land of Guanzhong, which is called the Longkou of the Jing River. Zhongshan is named because of the residence of Han Gao's ancestor brother Zhong, the highest peak is 1599 meters above sea level; the peaks of Zhongshan are stacked, majestic and precipitous, the valley is secluded and gorgeous; the continuous mountain, the peculiar peaks, the miraculous pot cave cliff wall and the water erosion cliff wall are breathtaking, the Jing River is famous for the surging water and the mud content for the most in the country since ancient times, there is "a stone in Jingshui, its mud counts buckets", the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu wrote that "the travel is poor and clear, and the long chant forgets the turbidity", and the distinction between Jing and Wei can be clearly seen. The unique hydrology of Jing River has created the most essential strange stone landscape in the scenic spot, the strange stones such as jade seal stone, turtle fairy stone, dragon scale stone, arrow feather stone stand in a forest; Peacock Bay, Dragon Girl Peak, Crocodile Pond and other forms are peculiar, magnificent, Liu Yi passed the book, Wei Zhengmeng beheaded the mythical story of the dragon king of Jing River has been interpreted for thousands of years, and has a long history.
The cultural Zhengguo Canal gave birth to the first imperial dynasty of the Chinese nation, the natural Zheng Guoqu is like a bright pearl on the land of Guanzhong, highlighting the magic of nature, the four seasons of the scenic spot have a unique style, the spring is beautiful and the summer is green, the autumn is gorgeous and the winter is vast, the show, the secluded, the gods, and the danger are integrated into one; the mountains, gorges, waters, and stones are all from nature.
We took a sightseeing bus in and out of the scenic spot, which was very convenient and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way. First take a car into the farthest part of the scenic spot of Zhengguo Lake, and then hike from far to near to visit the main attractions Zhengguo Lake, Fuyuntai, Dream Valley, Shepherd Ancient Road, Jing'an Dangerous Road, Ruyi Cliff, Black Ditch, Dragon King Temple, Dongtian Blessed Land and Dragon Whisker, Dragon Saliva Waterfall and so on.
Jinghe Grand Canyon is known as "the first big canyon in Guanzhong", there is both the spirit of a river and clear water, and the wonder of the deep gorge of the deep valley, the narrowest part of the canyon is only 18 meters, the boat travels in it, suddenly cramped, the abyss cliff is dangerous, it seems to enter another world, the walls on both sides of the canyon are ten thousand feet, the cliff landscape of its pot hole can be called the wonder of the ages, the masterpiece of nature's ghostly workmanship.
Dragon's whiskers, ambergris waterfall is a vein, and the two-level waterfall of different scenery, the dragon's beard waterfall is smart and flying, after several ups and downs, splash up countless small water droplets, turn into a confused water mist colorful, pleasing to the eye;
The scenic spot of the black ditch, deep and mysterious, because of its long and narrow terrain, the cave cave is densely covered and named, the narrowest place is only one meter, the sun is rarely seen all the year round, the road is dangerous and the scenery is strange; the legend is that after the dragon king of the Jinghe River was beheaded, the warlock Yuan Shoucheng felt guilty, passed the black ditch by the side of the Jing River, saw the four rings of Zhongshan in this place, faced the Jing River, the image of the blessed cave sky, and then stood the statue of the dragon king here to resolve the anger in the heart of the dragon king. The black ditch is also even more mysterious because of this legend.
Such a natural scenery is breathtaking, and we take pictures while enjoying the scenery, which makes people feel refreshed and unforgettable. There are still many scenic spots worth seeing in the scenic area, but due to time constraints, we took a sightseeing bus from the Peacock Bay Visitor Center to return to the exit of the scenic spot after visiting for more than four hours, and ended the tour of Zhengguoqu Scenic Area.
Walk into Yuanjia Village
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, we came to the second scenic spot of our one-day trip - Yuanjia Village.
Yuanjia Village is located in the north of Yanxia Town, Liquan County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, at the foot of the Jiuzhi Mountain of the world-famous Tang Taizong Li Shimin Zhaoling.
In 1993, Yuanjiacun established Yuanjiacun Agricultural and Industrial Union Corporation, a group enterprise integrating agriculture, industry and trade, with 12 subsidiaries and a real estate company in Xi'an. At present, there are more than 400 people in Yuanjia Village, the village assets have reached more than 100 million yuan, the villagers live in a small western-style building, the per capita housing is 52 square meters, and the family lives very moist, and now the leaders of this village are changing to the concept of environmental protection, ecology and green development, leading all the villagers to vigorously develop smoke-free industry and tourism, creating a street of folk customs and folk customs experience, focusing on the evolution of rural life in Guanzhong since the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the strong Guanzhong style has given Yuanjia Village the reputation of "Lijiang, Shaanxi". The alleys in the village are simple and elegant, with shops on both sides, handicraft workshops, and antique buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is known as the "Guanzhong Impression Experience Place".
There are eight streets in Yuanjia Village: Kangzhuang Old Street, Snack Street, Shuyuan Street, Bar Street, Art Gallery, Ancestral Street, Muslim Street, and Farmhouse, which gather all the delicacies in Guanzhong, of which the snacks are mainly Snack Street, Muslim Street, Ancestral Hall Street, and Shuyuan Street.
The snack street is a collection place for Guanzhong snacks, and more of the delicacies with Guanzhong characteristics are displayed. The variety of cuisines is dazzling. Walking through the food street can make people experience the "taste of Shaanxi".
The oil mill, vinegar mill, tea mill, noodle mill, spicy shop, tofu mill and mash mill completely present the original ecological life picture of Guanzhong; according to the traditional craftsmanship homemade twist flower, oil tea, oil pouring spicy seeds, vermicelli soup sheep blood, tea, Liaohua sugar, northern Shaanxi bun trap, qiong pot sugar, hollow noodles, exude the old taste that people are close to.
In addition, through strict control of food safety and highlighting the core selling points of agricultural products, Yuanjiacun has created a number of "popular folk delicacies in Guanzhong", such as Yuanjiacun yogurt, balsamic vinegar, fried spicy noodles, tofu brain, etc.
We also saw a number of playgrounds in the west of Yuanjia Village, which attracted many tourists and children to play. Helicopters can be seen flying around the village from time to time in the sky around the village, and only when you ask do you know that this is an amusement project that allows visitors to experience taking a plane and visiting Yuanjia Village in the air, it is said that the ticket price of a plane is two or three hundred yuan.
Today, Yuanjia Village has not yet been contracted to households, and it is still a "big pot of rice" of socialism. All matters are handled by the village committee, and even the villagers' daughters-in-law must be approved by the leaders. It is said that the first requirement of the young man in Yuanjiacun has been upgraded from the original junior college to a bachelor's degree. This is enough to show the foresight of the leaders of Yuanjia Village.
The two-hour tour allowed us to relive the life of the countryside in the past, taste the local snacks and delicacies, and feel the great changes and unique charm brought to Yuanjia Village by the development of rural tourism.
Travel to Qianling
At four o'clock in the afternoon, we drove to the third stop of the day tour, Qianling. Qianling is the joint burial mausoleum of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and the only female emperor Wu Zetian in Chinese history, located in Liangshan in the north of Qianxian County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi, and is a famous tourist attraction at home and abroad. Qianling is a model of the Tang Dynasty's "because of the mountain as a mausoleum" burial system.
(To be continued)