Crow's foot rowing boat has a long history.
Canopy with bamboo, bamboo wire woven into a semicircle, embedded in the center of Ruo.
Leaves like the center of the two "half-circle", made of anthracite powder and tung oil mixing and stirring coated in the canopy.
In the Shaoxing dialect, the word "black" is called "wu", which gives the boat its name.
Historical Origins
The Shaoxing Wuwen Boat is not just a small boat rowed by feet.
In the past, Shaoxing's wuwenboats referred to boats that were sculled, such as the "shofei" and "sanmingwa".
These boats are very delicate construction, in the bow, carved like a tiger image of the animal "prow", its demeanor seems to smile, but also some horrible.
Han folklore, the ancient Yue is a country of zephyr, in the pond gate was not built before the river straight to the sea, "pigeon" living in the sea, the nature of the dragon, the dragon to see and avoid, so the boat people carved its image on the bow, so that the dragon does not dare to haunt the boat, boating can be safe; the bow of the boat on both sides, there are two carved lions of the stone piers, the most exquisite also The most elaborate is also made of white copper.
The front cabin down the boat to walk a few steps of the escalator, each side of a shelf, you can put things.
Here on the board, can be built into a theater; between the front cabin and the cabin, there is a small screen door with calligraphy and painting, written with "cold rain even the river night into the Wu", "the moon falls and crows cry frost full day" a kind of poetry, painting plum, orchids, bamboo, chrysanthemums and so on the pattern; by the middle cabin on both sides of the "cold rain even the river night into the Wu", "moon fall and crows cry frost full day" and so on. The two sides of the center cabin have "Ten Scenic Windows", which can be decorated with books or pastries; the rear cabin has a sleeping berth and a stove.
The boat's hull is taller, and the canopy can accommodate people upright, and tables and chairs can be placed in the cabin for visitors to play cards and drink.
There are at least two sculls at the stern of the boat, which makes it faster.
Shaoxing crow boat
The so-called "three Ming tile" boat, that is, in the middle of the cabin between the two canopies and installed a semi-circular awning, three canopies on the wooden lattice, embedded in a piece of one-inch-square thin oyster shells, both rain, but also through the light.
General "Sanming tile" have three pods, the cabin has three fixed canopy.
The boat with two tiles between the fixed canopies is called "Sok Fei".
"Shuttle fly" is smaller than the "three Mingwa", faster boat speed, so it got its name.
The front cabin of the "Shuttle Fly" is equipped with a cupboard and stove, with tea, wine and food, and the center cabin is furnished with ancient decorations, paintings, calligraphy and antiques.
Shaoxing water town scenery is fascinating, some of the literati in the old days on the boat or dance or ink, or line order guessing, eye and mouth for a full.
These big boats were used by officials and rich merchants for visiting, sightseeing, tomb-sweeping, welcoming relatives, and watching theater, and are now long extinct.
Nowadays, Shaoxing can see the black boat, only the kind of passenger black boat foot rowing small boat.
Chinese and foreign tourists to Shaoxing, in order to see the water town scenery, like to take the foot rowing crow boat.
Hire a boat alone, open the canopy, you can sit or lie down, listen to the gurgling water and "creaking" halter sound, eye view of the two sides of the landscape, rural landscape, there is a "mountain *** on the line, such as swimming in the mirror" feeling.
If you travel in a group, this small boat can take 6-8 people, whether it is with the waves in the river and lake, or Yimu through the bridges and lanes, are all very interesting.
If you go to visit Lu Xun's grandmother's home, An Qiaotou, the water town of Keqiao, the ancient and chic Bazi Bridge, or go to the scenic Donghu Lake to enjoy the spring, the crow's feet rowing boat is the most ideal means of transportation.