Jiangmen City is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, west of the Pearl River Delta. The land area borders Shunde City, Zhongshan City, and Doumen County to the east, Yangdong County and Yangchun City of Yangjiang City to the west, and Xinxing County, Gaoming City, and Nanhai City to the north. It borders the South China Sea in the south and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. The entire territory is located between 21°27′~22°51′ north latitude and 111°59′~113°15′ east longitude. It stretches from Lishui in Gulao Town, Heshan City in the north to Waijia Island in Xiachuan Town, Taishan City in the south, a distance of 142.2 kilometers; from Da'aowei in Xinhui City in the east to Hakengwei, Naji Town, Enping City in the west, a distance of 130.68 kilometers. Taishan City, the southern part of Xinhui City and the southeastern part of Enping City are adjacent to the South China Sea, with a mainland coastline of 283.36 kilometers. The island coastline is 331.51 kilometers long. The total land area is 9,541 square kilometers, accounting for approximately 5.32% of the province's total land area, of which the island area is 235.17 square kilometers. There are 97 islands with an area of ??more than 500 square meters. Among them, Shangchuan Island in Taishan City has the largest area, with an area of ??137.16 square kilometers; followed by Xiachuan Island with an area of ??81.73 square kilometers. It belongs to the coastal continental shelf within the water depth of 200 meters in Jiangmen City, starting from Huangmao Sea in the east and Zhenhai Bay in the west, covering an area of ??approximately 2,257 square kilometers.
Ambient air
In 2005, the air quality in Jiangmen urban area maintained a good level, with an excellent and good rate of 97.0% in daily air quality reports. The annual daily average values ??of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and respirable particulate matter are 0.043 mg/cubic meter, 0.026 mg/cubic meter, and 0.069 mg/cubic meter respectively, all of which meet the national secondary standards; among them, the annual daily average values ??of sulfur dioxide are basically the same as last year. The annual daily average values ??of nitrogen dioxide and respirable particulate matter fell by 38.1% and 14.8% respectively compared with last year. The annual average dustfall value is 4.97 tons/km2·month, which is in line with the recommended standards of Guangdong Province and is 13.3% lower than last year. The main pollutants in urban air are sulfur dioxide and respirable particulate matter.
Acid rain pollution in urban areas is still serious. The average pH value of precipitation in 2005 was 4.91, and the acidity was 0.18 pH higher than last year. The frequency of acid rain was 69.7%, down 10.3% from the previous year.
Historical evolution
The urban area of ??Jiangmen is located at the confluence of the Xijiang River and its tributary, the Pengjiang River. Yandun Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River and Penglai Mountain in the north of the Yangtze River face each other like a door, so it is named " Jiangmen". Before Jiangmen was established as a city, it was the territory of Xinhui County. As early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1388 AD), a market was formed here. At the beginning of the 17th century, Jiangmen Market prospered due to commerce and gradually became a trading center in the Pearl River Delta. Most commodities from the middle and lower reaches of the Xijiang River were distributed here. In 1904, Jiangmen was opened as a foreign trade port, and Jiangmen North Street Customs was established, one of the eight major customs in Guangdong. Modern Western industry and culture were also introduced and developed. In 1925, Jiangmen was designated as a provincial city. In 1931, the city was abolished and returned to the jurisdiction of Xinhui County. Jiangmen was liberated on October 23, 1949. In January 1951, Jiangmen was changed to a provincial city. Later, it was successively under the jurisdiction of the Central Guangdong Administrative Office, Zhaoqing District, and Foshan District. In 1983, Jiangmen City was designated as a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of the province and implemented a new system of municipal administration and county administration, with jurisdiction over seven counties: Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Heshan, Yangjiang, and Yangchun. In 1988, Yangjiang and Yangchun were separated and Yangjiang City was established. From 1992 to 1994, five counties were successively withdrawn from counties and established as cities, and were managed by Jiangmen City. In September 2002, Xinhui was removed from the city and divided into districts and merged into Jiangmen urban area. Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping and Heshan are known as the "Five Towns" and are famous at home and abroad.
Jiangmen City has a long history and culture, and has nurtured many famous figures in history, including Chen Baisha, a famous Neo-Confucian and educator in the late Ming Dynasty; Liang Qichao, a representative figure of the modern reformers; Chen Shaobai, a pioneer of the democratic revolution; and Feng Feng, China’s first pilot. For example; famous overseas Chinese leader Situ Meitang, etc. It has many places of interest, including Yutai Temple in Xinhui during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chaan Temple in Waihai where Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh observed astronomy in the Tang Dynasty, and Yamen Ancient Battlefield in Xinhui where the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty.
Administrative Regions
Jiangmen City currently governs three county-level municipal districts: Pengjiang District, Jianghai District, and Xinhui District, and oversees four counties: Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, and Heshan. level city. At the end of 2002, there were 73 towns, 15 sub-district offices, 1,423 village committees, and 221 residents' committees in the city.
Xinhui, Taishan, Enping, Kaiping and Heshan are commonly known as Wuyi. Jiangmen Wuyi is one of the famous hometowns of overseas Chinese in the country. Overseas Chinese, Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan living overseas in Jiangmen Wuyi*** There are 3.6 million people, including 2.16 million overseas Chinese and Chinese, 1.5 million compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In addition, there are 1.96 million returned overseas Chinese, family members of overseas Chinese, and family members of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese living overseas are distributed in 107 countries and regions on five continents of the world.
Comprehensive Strength
Jiangmen City is guided by the Scientific Outlook on Development and implements the four strategies of strengthening the city through industry, enriching the city with foreign investment, revitalizing the city through science and education, and improving the environment. The national economy has experienced rapid development. , healthy and coordinated development, the comprehensive strength has been continuously enhanced, and it has become one of the "Top 100 Cities in China with Comprehensive Strength". In 2005, the city's GDP was 80.216 billion yuan, an increase of 12.7% over the previous year, a new high in the past 10 years; the local general budget revenue was 4.163 billion yuan, an increase of 19.69%, a new high in the past 12 years; the city's above-scale industries The added value was 31.478 billion yuan, an increase of 16.44%; the fixed asset investment was 23.746 billion yuan, an increase of 18.64%; the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 30.982 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3%, and the economic aggregate ranked among the top in the province. In recent years, Jiangmen City has made great efforts to draw up ambitious plans, and its urban and rural appearance has changed with each passing day. It has successively won titles such as "China's Excellent Tourism City", "National Garden City", "National Sanitary City", "National Environmental Protection Model City", and "Guangdong Province Civilized City". Today, Jiangmen has a prosperous economy, beautiful environment, social harmony, and various businesses are flourishing.
High-tech industry
Jiangmen City actively promotes technological progress and significantly improves its independent innovation capabilities. In 2005, there were 158 high-tech enterprises in the city, developing 452 high-tech products (species), with a product output value of 47 billion yuan, an increase of 23.53% over the previous year. In recent years, Jiangmen City has continuously increased investment in scientific research and achieved fruitful results in science and technology. Jiangmen Sanjie and Xinhui Meida have established postdoctoral workstations respectively; "Xinhui Jinguzhou Private Science and Technology Park" has been listed as a key private contact area by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Science and Technology Park; Heshan New Materials Industrial Park and Xinhui Textile and Chemical Fiber Industrial Park were awarded the titles of "National Torch Plan Jiangmen New Materials Industrial Base" and "National Torch Plan Jiangmen Textile and Chemical Fiber Industrial Base" respectively; chemical fibers, coatings, dot matrix printers and motorcycles The R&D and achievement transformation capabilities of enterprises in industries such as engine and vehicle manufacturing are in a leading position in the country.
Foreign Capital Economy
Jiangmen City’s superior investment environment and high-quality government services have attracted a large number of foreign investors. Since the reform and opening up, the city's cumulative actual utilization of foreign investment has exceeded 10 billion US dollars. In 2005, the actual utilized foreign investment was US$616 million, an increase of 17.33%. Foreign businessmen from nearly 50 different countries (regions) invested directly in Jiangmen throughout the year, and the city approved 52 foreign-invested enterprises with a total investment or capital increase exceeding US$10 million. In recent years, Jiangmen City has gradually improved the quality of its utilization of foreign capital. It has successively introduced large-scale projects worth over 100 million US dollars, such as Golden Eagle Paper, CNPC Bipi, and Modi Cigarette Paper. Among the world's top 500 companies, the United States' AlliedSignal, the United Kingdom's BP, Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, 22 large groups and consortiums, including Switzerland's ABB, France's Danone and South Korea's Hyundai, have successively invested in Jiangmen's operations and development.
Overseas Chinese Affairs
The history of Wuyi people going abroad can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. In the sixth year of Emperor Qianfu of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 879), people from Xinhui followed Arab merchants to Sumatra, Indonesia. Since then, batches of Wuyi people have traveled across the ocean to make a living overseas. Jiangmen City is one of the key overseas Chinese hometowns in the country. Together with Chaoshan and Southern Fujian, it is also known as the three major overseas Chinese hometowns in the country. According to the latest overseas Chinese survey statistics, there are more than 3 million overseas Chinese, Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan living in Wuyi, Jiangmen, in more than 100 countries and regions on five continents around the world. Most of them are located in North America and Central America. Overseas Chinese are in They thrive overseas and make their own contribution to the prosperity of the country where they live. Among them, a large number of outstanding politicians, diplomats, entrepreneurs, and scientists have emerged, such as the Governor-General of Canada, Ng Bing-chi, and the Governor of Washington State, Gary Locke.
Overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao have a glorious tradition of patriotism and hometown. They have built schools, hospitals, nursing homes, nurseries, kindergartens, theaters, libraries, bridges, highways, water supply projects, the Overseas Chinese Federation Building, etc. A large number of public welfare undertakings. Funds for student aid and care for the elderly have also been established.
They benefit the countryside and play a positive role in promoting our reform, opening up and socialist modernization.
With the deepening of my country's reform and opening up, especially with the further adjustment of my country's industrial structure, governments at all levels have introduced a series of preferential policies to optimize the investment environment and enhance the confidence of foreign businessmen to return to invest. Jiangmen Wuyi Overseas Chinese Township has become a hot spot for overseas Chinese and foreign investment. So far, 25 countries and regions have invested in Wuyi, the hometown of overseas Chinese in Jiangmen. The top ones are Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Singapore, France, etc., involving more than 20 industries and thousands of products. The main industries include textiles, chemicals, machinery, electronics, communication equipment, plastics and products, building materials, leather and products, food, woodware, agriculture, construction, transportation, real estate, catering, tourism and other industries. Overseas Chinese businessmen and foreign businessmen jointly invested in Wuyi, Jiangmen, which increased, creating a chain effect. A number of large consortiums, large enterprises, large trading companies, and multinational companies have successively invested in Wuyi. Currently, 13 of the world's top 500 companies have settled in Jiangmen. Overseas Chinese-owned enterprises have become a new force that cannot be ignored in the economic construction of overseas Chinese hometowns.
Jiangmen is a city with a lot of foreign exchanges. It has established sister city relationships with cities in many countries, including Riverside in the United States, and receives a large number of tourists from the United States, Canada, Japan, and South Korea every year. , Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Spain and other tourists from all over the world.
Jiangmen Wuyi is also a window. China’s excellent culture and traditions spread from here to all over the world. At the same time, the vast number of overseas Chinese also bring excellent culture and advanced technology from all over the world back to China, building a It has served as a bridge of friendship, economic trade, and science and technology between China and other countries, and has made great contributions to the development of China and the country where it resides, and to peace around the world.
Famous and high-quality specialties
Mandarin oranges, tangerines, and oranges
Mandarin oranges, tangerines, and oranges are the main economic crops on the Jiangmen market. The famous varieties include Xinhui Dongjia sweet orange. (Hua Shen Zai), sweet and fragrant. Xinquan Dahonggan (Chazhigan) has rich juice and red skin. It is the "tangerine peel" in traditional Chinese medicine and has special effects of relieving cough and reducing qi. New Year's oranges are generally on the market during the Lunar New Year, meaning they are auspicious and are popular among people. In recent years, Xinhui sweet oranges (Yangshan oranges) have been popularized. The harvest period is around the winter solstice. They are large, juicy and sweet, and are very popular among people.
Lychee
The famous early-maturing lychee in Jiangmen City is Mayuan Zaoguo, which is the first to be launched in the third month of the lunar calendar. It is famous for its early launch, large fruit size, crispy flesh and sweet taste. The whole province. In addition, medium-late maturing varieties include Sophora japonica, and in recent years a large number of fine varieties such as Nuomi Ci and Guiwei have been introduced.
Banana, plantain
The main varieties are bananas with strong fragrance and delicate flesh; tender flesh, short and sweet taste; slightly larger fruit, sweet and sour Plantains are harvested everywhere, but the largest harvest is in autumn.
Watermelon
The West Claw in Zhaiwu Town, Heshan is the most famous. The town has suitable soil quality, and Nongji has introduced excellent varieties such as Dahongbao and other seedless West Claws. Refreshing and sweet, it can relieve summer heat and quench thirst. It is put on the market in large quantities every summer.
Fruit cane
There are two varieties of fruit cane, purple-skinned and green-skinned. The purple-skinned type includes the early-maturing "Sanba" sugarcane, harvested in August on the right side of the farm, and the slightly late-maturing type. There is "black-skinned sugarcane", which has short internodes, thick stems, short fibers, and is particularly crispy in taste. Green-skinned sugarcane is the most famous as "Kautou meat sugarcane". This kind of sugarcane has long internodes, green skin, and sweet juice. It is available every year from the end of autumn to the Qingming Festival of the following year.
Powdered kudzu
Powdered kudzu is a root vegetable. It is planted in spring and harvested in winter. It contains a lot of starch. Jiangmen people use it to make soup, cook, and extract starch for consumption. Pueraria lobata also has medicinal effects of cooling and lowering blood pressure, so it can be used as medicinal food. Among them, the kudzu produced in Shichong, Xinhui Yanan, Heshan Yunxiang and other places in the urban area is of particularly good quality. It is known for its high starch content, low fiber, and fragrant and sweet taste.
Persimmon pedicle bitter
Persimmon pedicle bitter claw (also known as Lei Gong Chi) from Du Ruan Town, Xinhui, has a short fruit shape, a wide pedicle, a chisel-like tip, and a green color. Like jade, the flesh is thick and crispy. It is grown three seasons a year, with the best quality in autumn. It is exported to Hong Kong and Macao. As long as the "Du Ruan Qiu" brand is displayed, many people rush to buy it.
Jinshan Fire Garlic
Jinshan Fire Garlic is a specialty product in Kaiping market. It is grown in Changsha and Shuikou Town. Plant in March and harvest in March of the following year. After harvesting, it is smoked with fire, so it is called fire garlic. Now, in addition to raw garlic, Kaiping also processes sweet and sour garlic and other products.
Heshan Red Tobacco
Heshan Red Tobacco has long been famous. The traditional variety is Ox Tongue Tobacco, also known as "Jin Ying Zhong". It originated from the Yuantan area of ??Qingyuan City and was later popularized in Heshan. The tobacco leaves are narrow and long like ox tongue, hence the name "ox tongue tobacco". The leaves are flat and red, the mesophyll is thick, and the smoke has a rich and mellow flavor. It is an excellent raw material for processing "raw cut tobacco".
Yatuo Mildew Ginger
Yatuo Mildew Ginger is a specialty of Xinhui City. It is produced by the "Dayou" Liangguo Factory and was well-known before liberation. It is made from ginger as raw material and processed through multiple processes. The finished product is in the shape of square granules and wrapped in paper to look like candy. It is spicy and sweet in the mouth, loose and delicious, and is a good gift.
Xinhui Sunflower Fan
Xinhui’s specialty Sunflower Fan is made from palmetto leaves. Xinhui Kui Fan is known for its particularly regular shape and refined processing, so it was chosen as a tribute in the Ming Dynasty. Today's sunflower fans are not only used for general cooling purposes, but the finished products have also been turned into handicrafts. The fan surface is embroidered with landscape pictures, and colored silk is used to embroider animals, flowers and birds; the fan handle is inlaid with bamboo, bone, ivory, etc.; the fan edge is inlaid with There are single-color single-sided ones and colorful five-sided ones.
Liuhua brand white sugar
Liuhua brand white sugar is a product of Jiangmen Sugar Cane Chemical Plant. Jiangmen Sugar Cane Chemical Plant was built in 1958 and named by Zhou Enlai. The durian produced by this plant Huapai white sugar is famous for its uniform white grains and excellent texture. It is sold in large quantities at home and abroad every year. In addition to the raw sugar department, the factory produces "cube sugar" to meet the needs of the food market.
Three-truss tile kitchen knife
Three-truss tile kitchen knife is a traditional product in Jiangmen City. In the past, it was forged manually. It is famous for its excellent steel quality and exquisite processing technology. Now it has It has developed into a large factory. In addition to producing various types of kitchen knives, it also produces a series of stainless steel kitchenware.
Shuikou fermented bean curd
Shuikou fermented bean curd is a specialty of Shuikou Town, Kaiping City, with a long history. It uses tofu as raw material and is made through processes such as fermentation, adding salt, and adding ingredients. It is characterized by crispiness, moderate saltiness and attractive aroma. It is an excellent side dish for meals and can also be used as a condiment for cooking to make the cooked dishes more delicious
Jianhua
< p>Qingxi Township, Yayao Town, Heshan is a famous hometown of sword flowers. Because sword flower has the functions of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat and moisturizing, it can be eaten fresh or dried, and is generally used to make pork bone soup. Every July and August is the flower harvesting season, and a large amount of flowers are available on the market.Hetang first vegetable
Hetang first vegetable is a famous specialty of Hetang Town, Jiangmen City. Due to its unique production process, it is moderately salty, sweet, crisp and delicious, cheap and good quality. It is very popular with the public and sold at home and abroad.
Chive yellow
Chives are a traditional local product in the Baishi District of Jiangmen. Due to the very sophisticated technology of chive yellow, the leeks produced are fresh, tender and golden. Every time they are put on the market, they become a hot commodity and are very popular among consumers. Welcome.
Magang Goose
Magang Goose is a famous local product of Magang, Kaiping, and has been raised for more than a hundred years. Magang matures early and is easy to raise, with fresh and tender meat. An individual weighs more than 10 kilograms.
Grainworms
No matter how long you have been away from your hometown, as soon as you arrive, you probably have not forgotten two hometown dishes-Grainworms and field snails. Although the grass worm is small, its mouth is meat, rich in protein, and has a unique flavor. It is fragrant and delicious, tender and delicious. It is really a good dish for drinking and eating. It also has the effects of nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen, warming the body, and removing dampness. Graminea worms are produced in the Pearl River Delta, with the highest yields in the enclosed fields in the south of Xinhui and Taishan counties. Gramineaworms only appear a few times a year, usually in red clouds, drizzle, and abnormal weather changes. There are many of them when the water starts to rise (during the peak of high tide on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month). Once they appear, they are densely packed and floating on the river water. At this time, people fishing for grass worms are really inexhaustible. In about an hour, they can catch 200 to 300 kilograms with a hook or cage, and as many as ten kilograms can be caught with a bucket. As the tide rises, , the grass insects gradually disappeared without a trace, so I had to look at the river and sigh! Those who have experience fishing for grass worms can catch more if they know the timing and location of the grass worms, have good fishing gear, and have sharp eyesight and quick hands. Grass bugs live in the topsoil of rice fields at the junction of saltwater and freshwater, feeding on rotten grass roots. Its shape is like a small centipede, about thirty to forty centimeters long. People often say that centipedes have the most legs, but there are more grass worms and legs than centipedes. What's more interesting is that the grass worms can alternately change red, yellow, green, blue, and purple colors at any time, and they are very bright. Cook it until it becomes pure egg yolk color. The grass worms are suitable for steaming, frying, stewing, and stewing. Add ginger, green onion, oil, and salt to the steamed grass worms, then steam them in a rice pot.
Stir-fried and stewed dishes require the addition of ingredients such as pork belly and vermicelli, but they are much more delicious than steamed ones. The grass worms are stewed and dried on a charcoal stove. The taste is sweet and fragrant. There are also salty grass worms, which are produced every year and every household sells dozens of kilograms, or more than a hundred kilograms, with salt. When eating, add some oil, green onions, and ginger to steam them.
Therefore, In the past, eating grass worms, especially salted grass worms, was considered a poor man's food. The snails are also delicious. In the past, there were so many snails in the paddy fields that it would take half a day to pick them up and return home with a full load. After coming back, I chopped off the tails of the snails, stir-fried them with garlic, tempeh, and perilla, and gathered some old friends to sit around, drink wine, eat snails, and talk and laugh. It was really a joy. Grain worms and snails are not the most elegant dishes. Restaurants and hotels do not have these two dishes to entertain guests. They only have them when people are entertaining relatives and friends. The host said apologetically: "There are no vegetables, so we have to eat worms. No." I'm sorry. "Nowadays, the world has changed. Maybe it's because grass insects and snails are not so easy to find, and they are rare and expensive. Now big hotels also have these two dishes, and the prices are not cheap. In the past, it was a dish for poor people, but now it is served to guests at banquets.
Sefen
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, lase powder is the staple food in the northern part of Enping County. Se powder is easy to eat but difficult to make. From the selection of materials to the production, the process is quite complicated, and it requires the labor of several households to make it. First, the October rice with better quality is selected, and the powder is pounded and dried in the sun for later use. When making, boil the water, put in the rice noodles and cook (The ratio of rice flour to water varies depending on the quality of the flour. Generally, it is appropriate to wet the rice flour). Mix with cornstarch and knead evenly to form a columnar dough. After kneading the dough, press it with your fingers. If it sinks but has no cracks around it, and if it bounces back to its original shape after letting go, it is considered qualified. The vermicelli made from qualified dough has no following powder and is soft, chewy, refreshing and smooth in the mouth. If it is not qualified, it will be hard, astringent, and mushy in the mouth, and the unique flavor of the rice flour will be lost.
So kneading the flour is a key process. After the water boils, place the flour trough on the pot with benches at both ends. Place the kneaded dough ball in the slot, plug it with a wooden plug, and then insert one end of the wooden pole into the flour trough and pressing hole. The person at the end pushed down hard, and the vermicelli drilled out from the small hole at the bottom of the trough and went down into the pot. After cooking, pick it up, rinse it in cold water and pick it up. When eating, add boiling water to the soup and mix it with the soup, and it will become a unique Yanse powder. If you mix it with sugar and shochu, it will have another flavor. Recently, some people use the old cylinder of a diesel engine to modify the powder tank. The screws are installed on the piston, and only one person can operate it, which is more labor-saving than the old powder tank. In the human world, people want to eat rice flour, and they no longer attract crowds with their teachers as before.
Zhenhao Clay Chicken
The two villages of Zhenhao and Maozhu, Lianzhu Township, Shuikou Town, Kaizeng County, have been making clay chicken toys for more than 200 years. Every year at the end of the Lunar New Year, vendors from Heshan, Taishan, Enping, Xinhui and other places drive to purchase clay chickens for sale as New Year goods. Clay chicken has a simple appearance and is cheap, so it is deeply loved by people. The first day of the Lunar New Year is Rooster Day. A large number of clay chickens are put on the market, and the crow of clay chickens can be heard everywhere. It is really like "singing a rooster and the world is white", bringing joy and joy to people. There is a legend in Zhenhao and Maozhu villages: a rich man hired a small day laborer who was an orphan. The orphan raised a little rooster, and the man and the chicken were inseparable. Once, the orphan accidentally mixed two halves of a bucket of black beans and soybeans, and the rich man gave him a morning to sort them out. The orphan was worried when he saw the little rooster crowing. All the chickens in the village gathered together. The rooster picked the black beans and the hens picked the soybeans. In less than an hour, the orphan picked it up. Another time, a group of bandits conspired to plunder the village. They sent the gangsters to disguise themselves as roosters and sneaked into the village to serve as internal responders. They agreed to sound the rooster's crow at the third watch as a signal to attack from outside and respond internally. Unexpectedly, just after the incident, the "Am Chicken Guy" hiding in the rich man's backyard alerted the little rooster. The little rooster crowed vigorously, and in an instant, the whole village was filled with roosters crowing in response. The "Am Chicken Guy" quickly strangled the little cock to death and set the haystack on fire.
When the orphan heard the cock crow, he shouted to catch the thief. At this time, it was late at night and no one was asleep. They heard each other's shouts and came one after another to catch the "Male Chicken Man". The gangsters outside the village heard the crowd and knew that their plot was exposed, so they hurriedly withdrew. Later, when the "Male Chicken Man" confessed his true feelings, the villagers were so amazed that they gave the little rooster a grand burial. The orphans made little roosters out of mud to express their condolences. When the villagers saw it, they also made clay chickens one after another to compare and compete with each other. They were passed down from generation to generation. After several improvements, they became more and more sophisticated. It clucks when pushed with the hand, and screams when it blows with the mouth. It spread to other places, everyone loved it, and businessmen rushed to come to sell and place orders. Making clay chicken gradually became a traditional craft sideline in the two villages. To make clay chicken, dig out the mud in spring, pound it with a mallet, put it into a tin mold and press it into two parts: chicken head and tail, and dry them in the sun for later use.
The chicken head has a transverse membrane with a small hole in the middle for inserting a whistle. In your spare time, you can make a bamboo whistle by cutting a small fence bamboo into several lengths, making an oblique cut at one end, inserting a small blade, and blowing it. When winter comes, the whistle is inserted into the chicken head transverse mold, and then the chicken head and tail are connected with kraft paper, colored and oiled, and the finished product is completed. There is a small hole under the front of the clay chicken's head, and there is also a small hole on the left side of the tail. Blow into the small hole in the tail with your mouth, and the clay chicken will sing loudly. The shape and sound are different from those of a real chicken. Use your right thumb to press the small hole on the tail and shake it frequently, and it will make a clucking sound like a hen laying eggs and laying a nest. The craftsmanship is amazing. No wonder overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots also like to take a few of them out as specialties from their hometowns as gifts to relatives and friends.