The revolutionary fire in the anti-Japanese era left precious red memories for the people of Xinzhuang - this was once the second area of the Jinchahi Border Region, Pingding (Lubei) County, a district, and Pingding (Lubei) County, the anti-Japanese government's first governor, Liu Hongda's hometown.
A bowl of white water
At 3:30 in the afternoon, the weather is very hot. I walked into the village convenience store. Inside, there were seven or eight village elders sitting around a table talking and laughing. I bought a few bottles of mineral water and was about to check out with my cell phone when the shopkeeper told me I couldn't pay with my cell phone. At this time I just noticed the counter on a very old cell phone Nokia, is the kind of black and white screen. Yes, cell phones are convenient for our lives today, but here, they are not useful. Since I didn't have any cash on me, I had to call it quits.
I was about to turn around to go out when the owner of the convenience store said, "Children sit down, drink a bowl of plain water can also quench your thirst." She hurriedly bent down and took out a yellow iron bowl from the cabinet next to her, lifted the thermos on the floor, poured a bowl full of water and handed it to me.
I thanked her.
I found a place to sit down, and drank the bowl in one gulp. The next old man was looking at me, with a happy smile on his face. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world, and you'll be able to do that in a very short time. I seem to see the shadow of parents from these old people, from the life of the flow of simple love.
You in the city, in the countryside, you may rare trees full of fragrant acacia flowers. Maybe you will see a parsnip tree and excited. Maybe see the leek in front of the door will stop and look a few more times. But the things that make you most comfortable in the countryside, the simplicity of the people and the most real side of the townspeople, these are things you can not experience in the big city.
From the convenience store, we walked towards the school of the Resistance University. Now the Resistance University Study has become the Xinzhuang Village Villagers Committee. Revisiting Xinzhuang gave me a completely different feeling from three years ago.
When I walk in the village, the village is a little cold. From memory, I looked for a few famous courtyards in the village, but the gates were closed. I had no choice but to turn to the old man sitting on the steps not far from the old acacia tree. They told me to go to the brigade to find a Li custody. Only he can take us to see the ancient courtyard. Not far away came the sound of square dancing, two middle-aged women with the music beat swing body, a dog lying lazily on the edge of their spectators. This is also the youngest village people I've encountered on this trip to Xinzhuang.
When I approached the village committee and said I wanted to see the village's old courtyard, the custodian was happy to act as a tour guide for our visit to Xinzhuang. First of all, we came to Liu Hongda's former residence, the gate is the Tunkou gatehouse, General Stone's stone carving, three-dimensional brick carving. The courtyard is the main house is a photo of the war thing, the courtyard is a little messy, as if a long time no one to clean up, the partial house is being rebuilt, but the new wall and the gate is a little out of place.
South courtyard, in the village is also a famous ancient courtyard.
When I talk about the south yard, I will naturally recall the scene three years ago when I came here. My impression is that the villagers were optimistic about the development of tourism in the village. The owner of this courtyard is a middle-aged man of less than fifty. He had been working outside for a long time, and when he heard that the village was going to develop tourism, he came home from abroad with a wonderful dream. At that time, the yard was clean and tidy, and there was not a single weed in the yard. In the yard he opened up a lodging and farmhouse specialties restaurant.
But now the door is closed, and the cracks of the bricks in the aisle are full of grass. The peeling wallpaper is still preserved on the post-liberation collectivization of the canteen murals. There is a very special place in the south courtyard, which is the place where heaven and earth are enshrined. At the top of the top are two dragons carved in brick, but at the bottom are the Eight Immortals and the legendary Master Laojun. In such a small stone block, since it can be carved out of the characters, this kind of craftsmanship is not ordinary artisans can do.
Today's compound has lost the old life. Less people's flavor, empty, somewhat bleak.
You see, the brick carving of the gate is not very scenic. Listen to this uncle who led the way to tell us, the owner of this yard is a craftsman, so his gate is also unique in the village.
Simply from these monuments you can see above the importance of tourism in Xinzhuang, but why will the villagers once again leave home to go out of the scene, why the tourism boom today Xinzhuang still did not let the villagers get rich. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night.
Listening to the villagers, the former head of the village to the tourism funds to enrich themselves, is now imprisoned.
Speaking of Xinzhuang I would also like to thank the owner of the South Yard three years ago, it is his explanation of the first time I have a certain understanding of brick carving, stone carving, wood carving, a deeper understanding of ancient Chinese culture and like.
Thanks to the uncle who led the way, thanks to the stranger's language, the second son, insisted that the three YuXian friends all the way to want to accompany. The tour of Xinzhuang, let me see a little desolate village, but Xinzhuang people's usual enthusiasm and the most simple side still let me more or less a little pleased.