At eight o'clock in the morning, Xiao Ruhui of Fengchao Village, Hot Spring Town, is carrying a mini radio carrying fertilizer across the Zhongtian Bridge, rushing to the orchard on the other side of the river to fertilize. Ye Bingji of Yuanhu Village is walking past the old banyan tree at the head of the village, rushing to the vegetable field along the river to water the vegetable seedlings planted just the day before. And Diao Songsheng, a beekeeper from Shihai Village, is riding an electric car across the Liutan Bridge, rushing to the lychee forest on the other side of the river to look through the bee hives.
Meanwhile, behind them, in the lower reaches of the river, in the direction of the south, Zhu Zhaofu, from Shanxia Village, Jiangpu Street, is riding a motorcycle across the Gongnong Bridge, invited to the opposite side of the river to graft lychees in Fengyuan Village. Huang Jinrong of Xinming Village is listening to Cantonese opera with his radio and walking along the concrete road along the riverbank to soak up the sun. And Fan Didong, who lives in the community of Hai Long Valley, is squatting in a small clearing in the lychee forest along the river, bending over to plant corn.
They may be six elderly people who have never met, but because of the river I was forced to bond, with the "I live in the head of the Yangtze River, you live in the tail of the Yangtze River" poetry, linked together.
The river is called Xiaohai River. It is located in the eastern part of Conghua District, formerly known as the Qujiang River, originating from the junction of Conghua and Longmen County, Hengkeng Daiting West (i.e., the center of the mountain), through the Dalingshan Reservoir, Baimantan Reservoir into the Nanda Reservoir, out of the village of Taolian to the southwest direction of the flow, and finally in the southern village (Baidiangang) and Hai Long Village between the confluence with Liuqi River.
The river runs from northeast to southwest, all the way through Hot Spring Town and Jiangpu Street, flowing through more than 15 administrative villages and 30 natural villages, with a total length of about 42 kilometers and a watershed area of about 264 square kilometers, making it the longest and largest tributary of the Liuxi River. If Liuxi River is the mother river of Zhenhua, then Xiaohai River is the mother river of nearly 100,000 people from the eastern part of Zhenhua.
However, although the Xiaohai River is ranked as the first of the many tributaries of the Liuxi River, and for generations has been a small city of thousands of families, but there has been a kind of "name not known" regret. Existing literature, including geography, folklore, literature, academic research, etc., are seldom mentioned in Xiaohai River. Until this spring, my friends and I in the name of excursions, completed a nearly 42 kilometers of backtracking trip, from beginning to end of the full of a "small sea river spring", this regret and lack of, only to make up for it.
The spring of the Little Haihe River, but also from the South Grand Reservoir. Since the completion of the reservoir in June 1973, the main source of water for the Xiaohaihe River is from the South Reservoir to drain into. Even on a sunny spring day, the river still rushes down from the high dam of the reservoir, and the water and rocks hit each other, creating a rolling white wave that is majestic. After forming a deep pool, the water gradually overflowed, and the trickle of water began to sneak along the crevices of the valley boulders, slowly forming streams, valleys, and riverbeds. The Little Sea River was also conceived and shaped.
The spring of the Xiaohai River, the most wonderful thing is that this life is the first course of gestation. Here, it is more than 800 meters above sea level, Huanglu (six) Roach, as well as the apes crowing ridge (Mishiling), Bifu Ling, Huangnushi Mountain and other mountains surrounded, wrapped, in the treacherous cliffs in the flow. After a long period of time, it has alluviated one after another turquoise and clear pools of water, colliding with one after another ingenious boulder formations. This stretches for hundreds of meters of the "Longtan Valley", or "Glacier Valley", coupled with the mountains on both sides of the lush Lychee and plum forests, as if the heavenly unity of the perfect match, *** with the composition of the Xiaohaihe "first scene! The first scene of the river is the "first scene".
The spring of Xiaohaihe River, naturally, will not stay in this rare "source of the wonders". The river continues to run under the bridge from the Big Tie Tou, crossing the oldest banyan tree on the riverbank, crossing the hinterland of Taolian Village of Cao Tang, Lotus wood tree, Xintang, Janet Tong, Lai House and other natural villages, rushing out of the Dawodeng Mountain, vegetable round top mountain, sand fish pool mountain surrounded by the circle, into the territory of the village of Zhongtian.
The river surface is gradually spacious and the construction of the riverbank Bidao is changing day by day. The water is still clear and green. Both sides of the river are still lush and green, with bamboo forests in Zhongtian Village as well as forests of large red cinnamon flavored lychees and jagged bushes of wild grasses nestled along the banks of the river. On the left bank of the river are the high and densely wooded mountains of Ma Yi Shan and Xiabi Shan, where the warbler's cries rise and fall even more. Cuckoos, crows, turtledoves, partridges and cuckoos, which are rarely heard in the city, can be heard clearly here. In the midst of all the warbling and singing, the Xiaohai River passes through several small dams and finally takes in its first abundant tributary, the Mishidong water, before flowing through the Nakata Bridge.
Not only that, the Little Hai River also found a paradise here - Shenshanxia Village. The clear river water enters the village's irrigation canal through a small dike and flows directly past the villagers' doors. The river flows continuously, and every household pillows the river. In front of the village, there is a small bridge and bamboo forest. In addition to the lychee and bamboo forests, there are a dozen or so plum trees planted along the riverbank. The plum trees are full of fruits, and the quietly flowing Xiaohai River is a perfect match. At first glance, it is quite poetic, "the clouds are out of the sea at dawn, the plum and willow across the river in spring". And look back at the bridge that the oldest plum tree, and let a person suddenly born "tomorrow look home, should see the Longtou plum" feeling.
My friends and I traveled through the village intersection of a tall "Welcome Pine" - ponytail pine, and then walked through a 100-year-old banyan tree, only to see two young women are in front of the river canal bending down to wash vegetables, an old man is in front of the house quietly pruning lychee trees. Farther down the river, a patch of rapeseed blossoms is in full bloom, golden in color. Next to a piece of yellow fruit trees, are also budding. I don't know which ancient poem to recite in this scene. Tao Yuanming's, Song Zhiwen's, Wang Wei's, Du Fu's, Bai Juyi's, even Lu You's and some of Xin Qiji's poems seem to fit the scene. In short, "the spring of the Little Haihe River" came here, there is a heartwarming "second scene". I will call it "Shenzhuang trekking" or "Shenzhuang leisure" it.
The spring of the Xiaohaihe River, a good show is still to come. Along the Bidao, past the Zhongtian Bridge, is the Fengchao villagers Xiao Ruhui's Huangpi orchard. He was listening to the radio while working hard. I could hear the lyrics of the song "Ah ~ the common red sun shines in the east, whenever I see the sunset, I know that the time has gone ......" - it was actually broadcasting the old Cantonese song "Whenever Things Change", which I like very much! The grass grows and the warblers fly, and the Cantonese song murmurs, accompanied by the quiet running water. When I look back at the small sea river that has been stirring for ten million years and flowing for eighty miles, it makes me a bit sad and sad.
My friends and I with a touch of inexplicable sadness, came to the "Spring of the Little Haihe" third scene location - Shi bud (cliff) Zai. As the name suggests, this is a "long" with a few boulders of small hills. It is opposite to the west bank of the Luodong Mountain, and the river is from here into a tributary - "Taoyuandong water", and then hurriedly into the Pinggang village of Luo (Luodong) natural village territory. High in the sky between the two mountains, lying across an irrigation canal, irrigation canal over the Xiaohai River, quite a "long bridge lying wave" rhyme. There is also a small dam downstream to divert water into the village of Luodong, the canyon in the river suddenly narrowed, the formation of dark green deep pools. The stream is deep and the fish are fat, and there are many anglers coming to fish during holidays. So, the third scene of Xiaohaihe River, more aptly called "Shiba Yaochi" or "Shiba fishing" it.
After bidding farewell to Shiba (cliff) and Luo Dongshan, Xiaohaihe River enters an uneventful journey. It passes through the northern part of Pinggang Village and comes to Wutu Village, where it absorbs a small tributary called "Tiger Shaped Water". At the back of Wu-Tu Village, there is a diversion dam, which separates a small portion of the river to run to Gen-Hu Village. As a result, this small tributary is called "Genhu Hai" (commonly known as "Hai Chai") or "Genhu Water". Yuanhu Lake water all the way to the west, and then turn to the southwest, and finally in the "away from home" about 2 kilometers, rejoining the main stream of the Xiaohai River. Coincidentally, this is the small sea river and the most recent location of the Daguang highway.
? It is also from this location, the Xiaohai River began two consecutive "several" type of flow and agitation, long-distance trekking about 8 kilometers, has entered the village of Longqiao, Longgang village and Xuanxing village, and then slowed down the pace to the village of Shihai slowly.
The fourth scene of Xiaohai River - the ancient temple flowing fragrance, appeared in the Xuanxing Village section of the river. The Xuanxing Village section of the river is known for its beautiful scenery and deep streams with fat fish. In addition to the common lychee forests, wild banana forests, bamboo forests, etc., there is also a rare Shuiweng forest in recent years. The lychee trees on the hills are budding and waiting to blossom. The Shui Weng trees are following suit and are about to enter their flowering season. Shui Weng flower tea is originally a Lingnan one of a kind, but it is particularly dangerous to pick, especially in the Xuanxingcun river section.
Because, the water here is too deep, especially in Xuanxing Bridge about 1500 meters below. This is where the Donghua Ancient Temple is located. At an altitude of 360 meters on the hillside of Swallow Ridge, the ancient temple is like a world of its own, with the Jijianggang Mountain, over the Au Mountain (native name), Tam Kau Hemming, across the river. Still waters run deep, and the color of the Xiaohai River here gradually becomes darker and darker, and the water is unfathomable. The river quietly lurks in this narrow section of high mountain canyon, like a huge dragon with its eyes closed. And this ancient temple and the four mountains, like a dragon head of a tight spell, but also like the five fingers of the Ru Lai, quite a "twilight empty pool song, An Zen system of poisonous dragons" of the ancient poetry of the meaning of it.
In fact, after Xuanxing village, the small sea river is really a bit like a "dragon" into a "worm". The first time I've ever seen the river, I've seen a small hydroelectric power plant in the village of Shihai, once again controlling the flow of the river. The bamboo forest along the river is getting denser and denser, and there are more and more small stones in the river. The river flows slowly, and the section of the river in Shihai Village is also famous for its abundance of stone snails. Between Shihai Liutan Village and Shihai Huangshapu Village, there is once again a view similar to that of the Shibaote (Cliff) Chai section of the river: an irrigation canal flies above the Xiaohai River, which suddenly narrows and once again creates a deep pool of water suitable for fishing. Therefore, the fifth view of the Xiaohai River, perhaps can be called "six pools of Yaochi" or "green pool fishing" it.
Leaving Shihai Huangshapu Village, Xiaohai River accidentally turned to the southeast direction of flow, and in the Shihai Bridge downstream, around the "carp head mountain", absorbed an important tributary - Chaogeishui (Shao Dong water and Irrigation hole water convergence and become). Chaogai water meanders from the direction of Nanping Village in Hot Spring Township, and its upper reaches are Fengxi in the tourist area of the town of Nanping Plain Cultivation. After flowing silently for more than 10 kilometers, the Chaogai Water is injected into the Xiaohai River at the foot of the Hookbiling Mountain, deep in the bamboo forest between Fengdong Village and Dapitian of Fengyuan in Shihai. The confluence is often distinct, with different water temperatures, and sometimes egrets take off, creating a scene of its own.
Also a scene of its own is 400 meters downstream of the chicken crowing stone. As early as the end of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, the chicken crowing stone has been included in the county record of Conghua. County Records, said: "Cocking stone, twenty miles east of the county, one zhang five feet high, square wide zhang Yu, rumored to have flown from elsewhere, met the chicken crowing and stop, so the name." Today's cock-crowing stone, located in the village of Shihai, Feng Yuan village, the village under the mountain, the peak of the village of the junction of the four administrative villages, quite a "chicken four villages," the romanticism of the color, can be called the first landmark of the Little Haihe carry on.
The chicken crowing stone stands on the banks of the Xiaohai River, after a thousand years of vicissitudes. It is alone on the rolling black mountain (Shukouling), embracing a bay of clear pools, a perfect swimming and wild fishing grounds. It is also backed by the rich plains of Shanxia Village and Gaofeng Village. On top of the plain, there are thousands of acres of good fields, and the core plant and planting demonstration base of the famous Conghua Fragrant Rice Industrial Park have been built. On the east bank of Xiaohaihe River, this ancient cockcrow stone is shining with the new industrial park, linking the past, present and future of Xiaohaihe River, and with the thriving "Xiaohaihe Spring", into a new era.
In fact, the ancient land of Liuxi, and the youthful hot land of Conghua, with the "Spring of Xiaohaihe", into a great new era. From the cocktail stone circling again from the small sea river, all the way to the southwest flow, through the village of Jiangpu, Wo Cang village and Xinming village, flowing from the trade city, Ocean Plaza, Rhine Plaza, as well as a number of real estate development neighborhoods, skyscrapers, to the Liuxi River head close to and into the.
Here, the Xiaohai River and successively absorbed the Phoenix water, Luodong water and Jindong water three tributaries (Phoenix water and Luodong water first merged and then merged into the Xiaohai River), the runoff greatly increased, the water force is huge. At this time, the two sides of the Bidao of the Xiaohai River, has long said goodbye to the primitive scenery, and has become an unrivaled river scenery, golden waterfront and ten miles of ocean field for the benefit of all people. In this ancient and young river bank Bidao, some people are running, some people are riding, some people are skating or walking the dog, some people are singing or dancing, and some people are talking about love, love and love.
The green mountains can not cover, after all, the east flow to go. After more than 80 miles of turbulent flow, in the eastern part of the city after the nourishment of thousands of households, the small Haihe River finally in the south of the village and the village of Hai Long between the "sea", in the Wenfeng Pagoda diagonally across the river into the Liu Xi River.
At this point in time, the Xiaohai River reached a width of more than 100 meters. It is hidden in the only remaining dense forest in Hai Long village, quietly flowing. This dense forest consists of lychee forests, bamboo forests, banana forests, and vegetable plots cultivated by villagers under the forests.
It was in this small vegetable garden in the forest that my friend and I met Fan Didong, an old-timer who was sowing corn seeds. The old Fan looks a bit like a taller version of Pan Changjiang, only his face is not so round, and his appearance is very simple, and even a bit cute. He is from Chuzhou, Anhui Province, 69 years old this year, when he was young, served in the army, worked as a state farm laborer. His son bought a house here, and his grandson is in elementary school here. Four years ago, the old Fan moved to a neighborhood in Conghua Xiaohai River, and enjoy his grandchildren, enjoying his old age. In addition to helping with the children, he rented a small piece of land with villagers in Long Valley to grow vegetables, as a parent-child farm and paradise. He said that every weekend, the family will come to the river this small vegetable garden, planting melons and vegetables, watering and fertilizing, a happy.
? Lao Fan in the Xiaohai River and I talked to him. I asked him: "This riverside greenway is not defended, is open **** enjoy. You have not erected a fence or barbed wire, you are not afraid of corn grows ripe by passers-by to steal by hand?" Old Fan laughed out loud and said, "I'm sure no one in Conghua can afford to eat corn anymore. Besides, what I enjoy more is this labor process and the joy of growing vegetables as a family!"
At this time, I just realized - the spring of the Xiaohaihe River, the most beautiful scenery is not the green hills and green water along the way, nor is it a strange stone, ancient banyan, ancient temples or deep pools. Rather, it's the people, the hardworking and kind-hearted people who live on this piece of land along the river. Isn't it?