Now, every time I go back to my hometown of Mayang, I always have to stroll through the Fushou Square, what I see and hear, let a person feeling, let a person intoxicated!
Fushou Square, named after the long-lasting Fushou culture in Mayang. Since ancient times, even with the change of dynasties, people for "Fu" and "life" of the obsessive pursuit has never slackened. In the traditional Chinese culture, "fortune" and "longevity" are the most respected. Fukushou culture in the land of Mayang breeding, growth, until the splendor, a long history, a long history, profound and profound.
The people of Mayang in the pursuit of longevity in the process, the formation of a unique world view, values, is the folk of Mayang secular, prayers for a true depiction of the people of Mayang, showing the people of Mayang on the concern for life, the pursuit of happiness, constructed in the form of happiness and longevity as the theme of culture.
Therefore, Mayang Miao Township is known as "ecological blessing, longevity paradise". As the old saying goes: "Life is rare in seventy years, but in Mayang it is: people to eighty is the usual thing. The total population of Mayang is 375,000, and the average life expectancy is 75.6 years. There are 79 centenarians in Mayang, accounting for 32 out of 100,000 of the total population of Mayang, far exceeding the standard of 0.75 million centenarians in the longevity area stipulated by the United Nations Population Organization; there are 5,430 elderly people between 80 and 99 years old, accounting for 1.46% of the total population of Mayang; there are 48,320 elderly people over 60 years old, accounting for 13% of the total population of Mayang, and these indexes are all in line with or exceed the audit standard of the Hometown of Longevity. Therefore, Mayang is the only ethnic minority autonomous county in China to be awarded the "Hometown of Longevity in China".
As a form of folk culture, Mayang longevity culture has a deep heritage, diverse forms of expression and colorful connotations, and is the treasure of Chinese longevity culture. It includes material culture, social culture, spiritual culture, folk culture, language culture and other social habits and customs of Mayang with the theme of "longevity". The material culture here consists of the physical forms of clothing, food, housing, transportation and handicrafts made by the people of Mayang, which is a unique material synthesis with the theme of "happiness and longevity", such as residential houses, clothing, farming methods, etc. The social culture here means the social culture of Mayang, which consists of the social culture of the people of Mayang. The social culture here refers to the folk organizations such as clans, families, clans, villages, towns and industries in the social life of Mayang. These organizations are fixed by convention, with the content of "good fortune and longevity", and are used to maintain the bond of social relations. Spiritual culture is the folk ideology of the people with the content of "folklore", including the beliefs, religions, ethics, morals, literature and arts of the people of Mayang on "Longevity". Language and culture is the medium through which people maintain interpersonal relationships in social life.
In order to promote economic development, the county party committee and government of Mayang County clearly see that Mayang has no obvious advantages in location and agriculture and industry, but it has beautiful scenery, superior human living conditions, a large number of longevity of the elderly, and a deep culture of longevity. They believe that to accelerate the economic development of Mayang, they must highlight their own characteristics and vigorously promote the culture of longevity in order to attract attention at home and abroad. Therefore, they opened the Jinjiang Fushou wine, Jinjiang Shou Peach and a number of Fushou food at the same time, but also the development of China Fushou City, Longevity Promenade, successfully organized the "First China ﹒ Mayang Fushou Cultural Festival", "Fushou Cultural Festival" Investment Promotion and "China ﹒ Mayang Fushou Culture Forum", attracting many businessmen to invest in Mayang. In order to let the culture of longevity to form a momentum, far-reaching impact, they also use a variety of forms, to carry out publicity activities. Such as the creation of "Ode to Fukushou" song, the establishment of large-scale Fukushou publicity sign, with the rock to make Fukushou monument, and so on.
The construction of Fushou Square is to vigorously carry forward the culture of Fushou, create Fushou industry, advocate the life of Fushou, and promote the harmonious development of economic and social one.
Fushou Square, west of the pedestrian street, a colorful ethnic style buildings, all two-story building, antique flavor, Zhu pile red door, flying eaves and warping, daytime walking in the pedestrian street, as if stepping on the time tunnel, back to a few centuries of a prosperous era. Walking Street at night in the folk characteristics of small stores, in the neon under the reflection of the more flavorful, brightly decorated facade, reflecting the crystalline light, night people as if wandering in the Crystal Palace in general.
Into the Fushou Square, into the eyes is the broad and magnificent square. Whether it is the morning of the morning sun, or the evening of the early release of the lights, you will see a sea of people on the square, bustling with activity.
Every day, no matter adults, children, or the elderly, all come to the square coincidentally. Some middle-aged women began to dance in the square, and the beautiful and melodious national songs attracted more and more people to join them. Dancing people around the center of the square, become the brightest scenery of the whole Fushou Square.
The people who come to Fushou Square are mostly old people, of course, there is no lack of young people and children. Just see some of the elderly walking, some chatting, some with small grandchildren flying kites, so comfortable! Some young people and small children are playing together in groups, a harmonious scene.
During the day, people hold hands and walk leisurely in the square, outlining a beautiful landscape. When people walk, they not only exercise their bodies, but also have a full view of the rolling waves of the Jinjiang River and the beautiful scenery on both sides.
In the square, there are some old people leisurely sitting in the promenade to rest, some in the pavilion overlooking, some in the fitness equipment to do a variety of fitness action, some in the Xixi Bridge side of the photo, some sitting on the lawn chat, swing Dragon Gate, tell jokes, talk about the news, in which the body, the sound of laughter ceaselessly.
In the square, the happiest are the children. Some of them ride strollers, some play bumper cars, some play skateboarding, some play skating, some play rope skipping. There are also playing naughty castle, play and have fun.
Look! In the square, there are children playing gyro. Now the gyro, not our childhood homemade wooden gyro, but metal made of high-tech gyro, spinning up colorful, like a blooming flower.
On the square, some children are chasing and playing, the viewer is mesmerized. There are children flying kites, kites in the sky colorful, there are swallows, goldfish, Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Doraemon ...... like a giant flower cloth, flying over the square, a variety of flowers, not spectacular.
The center of the square can be called the children's paradise. A roller skater like a pike, flying like a shuttle in the crowd; occasional five, six or seven-year-old novice, left three right four, trembling, penguin-like move, it is more interesting.
At a glance, the east side of the square flood control embankment on the Jinjiang Pavilion, a faction of ancient architectural legacy, Tengwang Pavilion flavor, although there has not been a king and grandchildren of the aristocrats of the title, but its unique national style more than a Boya in the pure beauty; although the style of the Yueyang Tower, without the Ouyang's beautiful to support, but its unique architectural taste without losing a faction of humanistic atmosphere.
The square south of the Xixi Bridge, red pillars, windows and green tiles, eaves and corners, multi-storey and up, magnificent, the bridge corridor carved relief, painted dragons and phoenixes, openwork gold color, gold and blue, figures, flowers and plants, showy and exquisite, spectacular, full of national flavor.
The other end of the Xixi Bridge, is a 3 2-story waterfront Pearl several high-rise buildings with a modern flavor in the Jinjiang River rise. It is tall and upright posture, like a 17 or 18-year-old boy, proudly looking at every corner of the world, the night is also difficult to cover up its share of arrogance.
And then look, in the woods and grass of the square, a group of gray-haired old people, dressed in white, standing under two thick and dense palm trees, concentrating on playing tai chi. Their heads seeped out a bead of sweat, in the sunshine, looks golden, but completely ignored, still accompanied by beautiful music, rhythmically stretching the whole body, a good group of old when the old man!
Fitness equipment is more lively, as if a large open-air gym, a sweaty doing a variety of sports.
One morning, I came to the square for a walk, I saw many elderly people in the practice of qigong, some in the climb double bar, some in the treadmill running, some in the sitting board on the sit-ups, some in the fitness bike on the exercise bike, there are also in the plaza leisurely playing badminton, and from time to time, there are a few women interspersed with the children's pile of seriousness in the practice of the duo dance, so that the people are dazzled.
The beautiful environment of the square is also a good place for young people to talk about their love and their boyfriends and girlfriends. The fact is also true that the pavilion side, under the building, next to the lampstand, the river, under the willow tree, on the rocks, there are pairs of figures, the more hidden and not for people often go to the place, the more is the best space for them. Their appearance and presence, but also for the Blessed Life Square added a point of ambiguity and sweetness.
One morning, I came to Fushou Square for a walk with a comrade in arms who had returned to his hometown. Although it is the early winter season, but the sun shines on the ground warm, making people extraordinarily cozy.
We walked into the square, vaguely heard a burst of beautiful singing from the woods. This song is like a magnet, attracted us to the southern corner of the square.
Ah, here is really lively! It turns out that a group of elderly people are singing!
Just see the woods, lawn, embankment, a few fifty or sixty years old men and women, right hand holding a wireless microphone microphone, left hand in time to do the action, while singing, while dancing. The ground placed a few stereo, solo, duet; there are singing songs, love songs, singing lanterns, singing flower drums, and singing revolutionary songs, seem very involved, very happy.
I can hear the lyrics are self-edited and sung, and the words are very clear:
Brother sang:
Tell me to sing, I will sing,
Sing a golden chicken with a phoenix,
Sing a unicorn with a lion,
Sing a delicate sister with a lover.
The song was sung by my brother,
and I didn't know that my sister was behind me.
It's not a love song, it's a love song, it's a love song, it's a love song.
My brother sang:
My sister is a good girl,
Blue clothes and red shoes,
Two eyes are like bronze mirrors,
Lift up your head and light up the nine streets.
The song:
"Sip cabbage, sip cabbage, sip cabbage, sip cabbage, sip cabbage.
I'm a good person and I'm a good person,
and that's what I want to do.
I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it, and I'm sure I'll be able to do it.
It's not that I don't want you,
I've been thinking about my sister for a long time.
The song:
In the world, there is only a sister who wants to think about her husband,
The girl wants to think about her husband and breaks her heart.
Which one told me not to think of you,
Could it be that you have been married to the same man?
The first time I saw this, it was a very good idea to sing along.
By the side of them, there are many old people watching and stopping to admire. There are sitting on a small bench, sitting on the stone, sitting on the grass, and hands crossed in front of the chest, standing leisurely. Look at them listen to how seriously, sometimes talk, sometimes laugh, how comfortable.
Pleasant music, melodious singing voice, heartstrings, refreshing, exhilarating, intoxicating.
After a song, the audience returned with a round of applause.
I inquired about the audience learned that these old people love to sing, are nearby rural pensioners and folk artists, to the nearby Gudapo farmers mostly. They are all up and down in age, and there are a few rare old people. In their lives, they have had a happy childhood, had a passionate youth, experienced too many ups and downs and tosses. With firm beliefs and tenacious will, they fought their way forward from hardships and tribulations, and struggled to join the rural affluence, the motherland's wealth and strength, and contributed to the socialist construction and reform and opening up.
After they went to the city to recuperate, they gathered together and sang, which became a part of their lives. Singing makes them find friends with similar interests and hobbies, and they get together to sing to relieve loneliness, to sing to keep fit, to improve physical health, to purify the mind, and to sing to recall the scenes of the year, so that the more they live, the younger they are, the more they live, the more they live, the happier they are.
Speaking of Mayang Mountain Song, it has its own unique style. Usually love songs, of course, there are also reflect the labor scene of the song. Such as digging tea mountain song, production labor mountain song, water repair and tamping mountain song. For example:
Production labor is the most glorious,
Sweat and blood into the rain of the five grains,
Keqinke thrifty governance of the world,
National wealth and strength of the people. However, most of the Mayang songs are love songs. Every spring and March, or the sun nine fall, the mountains and fields, at any time and anywhere you can hear young men and women singing, elegant and pleasant to the ear, affectionate. Mayang Mountain Songs, there are solo feelings, there are chorus with the same music; there are lyrical duets, there are also singing each other in love. The content of its lyrics, generally due to the time, place, and people, self-editing and singing, the exit, a sing-a-long, and the intention of the air.
Love songs are centered on "love" and are generally sung, praised, remembered, loved, complained about, persuaded, and sent to each other. They express the longing and expectation of young men and women for a beautiful love, and their desire for a happy life of faithful love. However, mountain songs, especially love songs, can only be sung in the mountains and fields, forbidden to sing at home, avoid family members to listen.
Walked around the square, felt really good. There are several flower beds in the square, planted with exotic flowers and grasses, there are a few unknown flowers and plants, open colorful flowers, adding a little color and vitality to the square.
The square in the Miao Amei tea drunk spring sculpture and the sculpture of the Miao guy blowing the reed-sheng, lifelike, living, vivid image.
However, the most conspicuous thing in the square is the two "Fu" and "Shou" characters engraved on the two large stone monuments. It not only symbolizes the "Fukushou" culture of Mayang and the "Hometown of Longevity in China", but also, praying for people in Mayang to be blessed with longevity, happiness, peace, good luck, good will, health and longevity, which is of profound significance.
Square, also planted a lot of trees and flowers, many varieties. It is said that some are transplanted from the outside, must have spent a lot of money. Previously heard people say build this square investment of several million, I was surprised. Today a look, really need so much money.
After the winter, the spring flowers first notice: "Spring is coming". Then, it is the willow flakes that divulge the beauty of spring; the trees are lush in summer, the sunlight is filtered through the leaves, and the wisps of cool wind blow through, refreshingly cool.
Walking in the square, carefully appreciate the beauty of these views, there is a charm. Look, the grass next to the path, green and lovely, plush, like a green carpet. A breeze blew, the grass stretched out his arms, twisting waist, dancing, as if to welcome me back as a traveler! All kinds of flowers are not willing to show weakness, they fight for color, compete to open. A cluster of perpetual red, as if a burning flame, close up like a small torch. Next to the trumpet flowers are also dressed up, wearing a variety of colors of dress, red like fire, pink as Xia, white as snow, yellow race gold ...... they seem to be holding a grand oboe concert! "Wow! What flower is so fragrant?" "It's osmanthus." I looked around, only to see not far from a tree of white osmanthus is smiling at me!
There are graceful willows and tall camphor trees in the square, they are like maidens, like soldiers, adding a bright landscape to the square.
I love Fushou Square in the fall, when the golden leaves spread all over the forest path, strolling in the middle of it, always feel that it is stepping into the carpeted palace. In winter, fairy tale snowflakes fall, spread out overnight, so that the entire square presents a northern scenery ...... all the beauty of the scene only to say a word to you: "Miaozhen welcome you!"
Square, there are some cobblestone paved paths, there are a few old people walking back and forth there. This is common in the parks and squares of big cities, and is used to massage the foot. There were several cobblestone and stone paved paths in Fushou Square. I saw several old men and middle-aged women walking on the cobblestones with hand-held shoes and bare feet. Some were walking briskly, while others were careful and hobbling.
When I was a child, because of rural poverty, the family did not have money to buy shoes to wear, go to the mountains to cut firewood, digging, planting, only to play barefoot, thus practicing a pair of iron foot. I think, barefoot walking cobblestone path, should not be a problem. So I took off my shoes and socks and stepped on the cobblestones with my bare feet, and my feet hurt like pins and needles, so I didn't even dare to take a step, so I had to put on my shoes and socks and run away.
The northeastern part of the square is crowded with people, and the wide square is almost crowded with people. The vendors selling popsicles were struggling to get around the crowd, selling ice-cream, and the sound of yelling rose and fell; there were also some vendors who would seize the business opportunity to drive children's toy cars to the square every night. Children in all kinds of toy cars crashed together, laughing, small hands slap.
With these businessmen compared to the southwest corner of a disabled foreign couple is very sympathetic, and praiseworthy: they are Guizhou, although disabled, living in poverty, but they are not willing to fall into a beggar, only by the local civil affairs department of a certificate, a simple set of audio equipment, by the couple's singing voice "dash! "Walking around; listen, that loud and clear singing, sad melody, sincere feelings touched all the people present, framed into a special landscape of the square tonight. Those present were moved by their spirit of self-improvement, and reached out their helping hands and gave generously; and that couple nodded their heads to express their gratitude, and emotionally rewarded everyone with a sweet song. That song is like a magnet, the people y attracted, long refused to leave.
The square is not only a beautiful view, the site is open, and the night life is also very rich, it is your night life with so many highlights, colorful content, to the public to send a cool summer night!
As night falls, the square is brilliantly lit, a variety of lights show their style: six tall "starry lights" to the square as day, spectacular. "Crescent lights", "lotus leaf lights" colorful, one is in fairyland, there are many called unknown lights ...... colorful lights reflecting the colorful flowers, colorful flowers The colorful flowers are reflected in the colorful lights. We are in the world of lights, the sea of flowers, as if into a continuous scroll, it is really "people in the painting tour, painting in the scene walk" ah!
Standing on the Jinjiang River embankment east of Fushou Square, willow trees, the river wind, suddenly feel cool and cozy! Walking on the embankment on what seems like the Great Wall, on the one hand, the Jinjiang River water wisps of silk, on the other hand, the square is a variety of branches of the swaying wind, the night is getting more and more beautiful.
At this moment, the square presents another beautiful scene. Accompanied by music, people began to dance happily, the beautiful dance attracted a lot of people to watch. The open space in the center of the square, there are hundreds of women, in the show square aerobic dance, the age of thirty-forty to fifty-six years old, perhaps the whole body movement.
Look! They show off their curvy, well-defined bodies and are mesmerizing. Music, or distant, or bright, or lingering, or stirring, they can not help but follow the rhythm of the music, tiptoe, twisting up the waist, swaying arms and hands, undulating, leisurely as if intoxicated. Their footsteps driven by the arm sway, like jumping piano keys, harmonious rhythm in a soft elasticity, without losing stability and confidence, as long as the dance, they are like a happy swan, stretching the usual constraints of the limbs, to dance, enjoy the pleasure of stretching.
Women who love to dance, the heart will always remain young, and the body will always remain rich and slim. Ballet, jumping out of the woman's noble and elegant; classical dance, jumping out of the woman's calm and relaxed; modern dance, jumping out of the woman's romantic flight; folk dance, jumping out of the woman's graceful charm.
They know how to deliberately dress themselves. Spring has the spring charming dress, summer has the summer of the elegant paragraph, autumn has the autumn of the violet, winter has the winter of the dream color. All year round in their bodies changing the four seasons of different fresh flowers, long-sleeved sarongs decorated with their rich and colorful life, dance decorated with their young romantic style of mind. They know, dance is flying the kite of the soul, only dance up, women are more beautiful. Addicted to mahjong women, is not out of the light dance; love dance women, walking on the road can also show a different charm beauty.
We usually mention the woman's temperament, posture, flavor, charm, including body, image, natural beauty and artistic beauty of the infectious force, in fact, the dance is one of the most direct display of the human body body beauty art.
The women dancing in Fushou Square, no need to accompany their own Mr., they are free to fly in the blue sky, there are dancing in the moon pool; women who love to dance, dancing out of their lives, dancing out of their fitness and fat body, dancing out of their youth and beauty!
Further ahead, it will be the most crowded place in the square. Look up and look north, you will see the square stands on the side of a large electronic screen, usually inside the play some of the war and other red movies, which enriches the public night life. Looking around, life is full of which: some sitting cross-legged, concentrate on watching the movie; there is a family sitting on a motorcycle, now look at the cozy demeanor; there are some of the East a cluster of West a bunch of randomly sitting, standing, lying down, lying down ...... a thousand different ways, it is fascinating to see. When the movie broadcast to the wonderful moment, the whole room was silent, head motionless, thousands of eyes are brushed to the screen.
In addition to the movie, the square is north of the open-air stage, but also from time to time to organize a variety of cultural activities, at this time, the square will be shoulder to shoulder, back to back. Some of them are the whole family together, some are accompanied by, more is "scattered". Take this year's celebration of the "7-1" activities, not only the host of the speech is wonderful, more colorful programs performed by the military and civilian, there are songs and dances, soloists, soloists; and from the various neighborhoods of the old ladies, even dressed up in bright clothes, twisted up the modern dance, to the party set off a climax; the martial arts warriors, but also for the Mayang citizens performed a set of southern fists and northern legs, one after another beautiful action, attracted the attention of the crowd, won the applause of the people.
One morning in early summer, on the podium, a group of brightly dressed women are holding a pink fan made of silk, dancing to beautiful music. They danced lightly, their waists fluttered, and each of them was full of vigor, as if they had returned to the age of young girls. Just see the women sometimes lift their wrists sometimes lowered eyebrows, sometimes lightly Shu Yun hand, the hands of the red fan suddenly up and down, suddenly close and open, and the green trees, like jumping notes, so beautiful! I listened to the melodious music, and the fan from time to time issued a neat "pop" sound, could not help but sigh: "really neat and tidy, its happy, a harmonious scene!" I thought, this kind of harmonious atmosphere, is not exactly the cold steel and concrete city necessary?
After the song, I asked a woman: "You are dancing fan dance, right?"
"Yes, fan dance can promote blood circulation, enhance cardiopulmonary function, and increase the flexibility and suppleness of joints."
"And this fan dance is also the traditional culture of our country!"
Standing next to an old woman interjected: "Do not look at us are sixty or seventy years old, but the spirit is not worse than young people, we are also ready to participate in the county to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the new China's senior citizens dance competition it!" The old woman said, did not hide the heart of the proud mood.
The music started again, and they were immersed in the joyful dance. Yes, with the improvement of material living standards, people's spiritual and cultural life is also more rich. Like fan dance, both physical exercise, but also to promote the national culture, but also to enhance the feelings between people. Now fan dance, has become a brightest landscape of the dance.
One day, I strolled in the northeast of the square, see not far away from the erection of six large columns, I heard that the "cultural columns", columns engraved with the history and culture of Mayang.
In order to see exactly, I came to the podium on the northeast side of the square, only to see the platform on the six large round white rock columns, carved with the worship of Discord, dragon dog, gourd, bats, butterflies, and other pictures, cleverly combined with the sky, earth, sun, moon, auspicious clouds, well-designed, delicate carving, beautiful and spectacular.
And look, Fushou Square levee under the Jinjiang Bund. Above is a children's playground, the lower head of the orderly display of a variety of food stalls. At night, this place is brightly lit, above the children cheering constantly, the lower head of the adults eat and drink even days. Dancing old people, the lawn you chase me to catch up with the children, the willow under the lovers holding hands ......
When you are tired of playing, you can taste the special snacks here: shivering snails, spicy soup, dog meat hot pot, Mayang goose, live fish in Lancun, mandarin duck island barbecue.
And the Jinjiang River in the light of the Bund, rushing, noisy turn out sparkling waves, such as full of stars, condensation is the Milky Way on earth.
I stood on the Jinjiang Bridge overlooking both sides of the Jinjiang River, which is a most beautiful landscape painting. The Jinjiang River is calm like a mirror slowly flowing into the distance, like a gentle and loving mother, feeding the people in their hometown!