In my heart, those deep in the mountains south of Zhejiang and Zhuopu between the villages of the beautiful covered bridges are unwilling to easily reach a corner, to collect data to see pictures like a few years, that is not resolved, for fear bad season, or hurry to visit, undermining this very familiar and fascinating long dream. Was finally in such a rape scene in a warm peach and plum flowers in early spring, to put away their feelings, like my favorite for many years but never met a lover meet the same over thousands of miles to Wenzhou come.
Valeriana indigo dyeing of Dalbergia Folder cave
After this the evening before the piles of official business in Guangzhou took the opportunity, despite the head hurt, but it can take a temporary leave secular struggle for survival inside the unpleasant mood nice. Before midnight, arrived in Wenzhou, Next Morning Delivery to the Army for the Building and Yu-Xiang Li Jun and the "Wenzhou" magazine reporter Zhang Qin joined to pass the ancient Shang Yueqing interview with a folder in remote mountain villages of Valeriana France dyeing. My old trouble again committed, and each time out is this way, the pain should be accompanied by the way, this is "pain HAPPY," Who am I so disturbed by it.
Folder Valeriana staining Sheng Yu Tang, the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in the Tang dynasty painted sculpture Buddha wearing mostly folder Valerian fabric. Song royal ban on civil circulation due to this staining method and gradually declining, and in modern times has basically lost, and only in some mountainous areas of southern Zhejiang saved to the 20th century, the 80s. The current folder Valeriana dyeing in Japan, India and other places are extremely expensive high-end consumer goods, the ancient tradition of Folder Valerian style came under scrutiny. In recent years, people in the remote village of Dalbergia cave discovered in wood engraving similar folder to indigo dyeing process is still a legend and a large number of rich indigo raw materials Banlangen, has attracted many researchers to the humanities. Our trip is to co-Qin Zhang Yuxiang the traditional method of a book on weaving, dyeing books complement the information. 1 hour to Yueqing, Yuxiang's friends sent a car to take us, a lot of mountain bend, over-Li Zhang village Guairu more difficult to walk the dirt road, noon to North Wild Goose Dalbergia deep inside the cave village of col.
Shi Lei village houses are pieces of different sizes into the courtyard around the black tiles stone huts, direct lattice window was very arbitrary, stone paths meandering along the creek to everywhere, the small-arch stone bridge crawling ivy, The most interesting is the stone closets, open type did not say, no squatting also cross the middle of a mugang, I have studied for a long time I do not know how the. Found a large quantity of dyeing an engraving of the old lady at home, these carved complicated one hundred sub-graph, flowers pattern engraving for generations passed down for generations, the old lady demonstrate how the two edges clamped engraving immersion dyeing cotton cloth, while unfortunate dye hundred Syria master died last year, and disciples have also moved out of the mountains, young people refuse to learn, it is now no one uses these engravings had to dust off any of them to go. Elderly people hold to a few folders Valerian dyed bed quilt cover, bed by 12 per box engraving staining pattern formed in the middle left beat up wide clear blue background, Zhuopu beautiful. Old girl married this area, not a folder such as Valerian quilt maiden must be despised. Then we went to Tibet indigo dye plant Banlangen branches of the cellar, the lunar new year will be the branches inserted in the ground, growth period over six months, the lunar calendar by the end of October to pick leaves and twigs mashed into the fermentation tank Tanabe, add lime ramming mix fermented into indigo, it can be used for their own dyeing, or sell for money, and Dalbergia indigo cave is famous for the good.
Li Zhang Yueqing back to the village by the system of indigo interview with the Wu Xuan law for the elderly, live indigo fermentation tank reading. Valerian old folder to see if we like to be, to take us home to ask a village and every household, this coarse cloth quilt cover due to complex process, most families have only 12, young people already do not, the elderly maintained a generally reluctant to use even more reluctant to sell, hardly managed to get 5 folders Valerian dyed blue quilt cover 100 sub-graph, a star pattern on a doll wearing a hat like the Little Red Guards holding Hong Yingqiang it, it must be dyed during the Cultural Revolution. Zhuo flutter of cloth hanging in the black tiles under the eaves, against the background bamboo, gurgling streams, ancient village so quiet the last millennium.
Back to Wenzhou see Yuxiang friends, "Tai-shun," a book written by Liu Jie, an extremely active young man thinking, we are able to talk to. Tomorrow we must embark on a journey searching for covered bridges, and I the "Tai-shun" and Liu Jie's "Library Village" manuscript read thoroughly, and my heart filled with hope.
Peach set off a new pump Furumura
As early as 6:00 have since rushed to eat instant noodles, 300 yuan package Jie go well from the Pu Tai-shun to taxi to the new township. Vehicle and Ryan into the mountains after the highway winds through the mountain winding. Road encounter a Christian funeral, Liu Jie sigh Chinese farmers soul of hardship, in this barrier with the world's poorest country town, the spirit of the people can rely on what. Three and a half hours before the new mountain, directly to the hillside to the Wu HongNing crystal crafts factory.
In addition to a unique covered bridges, the mountains of southern Zhejiang ancient blood-flung villages, multi-site residence depends on surface water, which mountain, perched between tall bamboo forests to pretty stone gable, pay attention to the corner "hanging fish" and the ridge decorative, architectural style, nature itself. Wu HongNing crystal crafts factory is a representative of these ancient villages, the village planning the layout of the Tang Dynasty remained intact, and everyone spacious courtyard, water science. Tang said the village, the village library, the latter also called the Festival Village, the earliest settlers here is that celebrities Wu Tang Kwai-year period after the Tang Dezong jinshi package has taken a fancy piece of the whole feng shui treasure-house, and his family moved there. Yuxiang them to cover 30 years from the National Chiao Tung University and has been taught at home mother of old and Wu Feng-spy tactics, when the elderly, I wander alone in the village, a peach bloom in dark corner of Tile House, 32 Jigou in the gravel, bluestone and white The roadway on the leisurely forward, Furui fetching water next to the elderly, the ancient arcade in front of the entrance of women in the Zhimao Yi ... shop ... stroll to the mountain taolin, climbed a high peach trees overlooking the village panorama, a dense mass of row upon row of old houses to embedded In rape fields, dotted with peach Jizhi another on the noon of the smoke drift up, too quiet, and the sun where bees buzzing in the ears, I sweat, hands were scratched by a thorn, but he still refused from the去.
15:00 on the shuttle bus to the county Luo, to lead Shinomura, YX, and Liu Jie was rushed to the county emergency to go, I am alone in Sasa village, towns and villages a bit further down the car, to get to Wen-Xing Bridge.
Inspired by a sunset visit Shinomura
Carrying a tripod walking through the narrow ridge, the clouds where the sun has just disclosed the face from the moment the picture seen on many occasions through the massive beautiful eyes Hongqiao Wenxing leap into the bridge. Had finally seen the rainbow-like covered bridges, and seems to see it has not been seen for familiar love, my heart bang a moment, almost falling tear.
In the underpass linger for half an hour, this bridge built in the Qing Xianfeng years, the bridge 46 meters long, 11.5 meters high arch, one high one low, it is described in the book but without the knowledge of apprentices for the master construction schedule in time caused by errors through the massive. After climbing the bridge, see a small village, the girl in the well, wash your hair, village women Tam Dan Zhao large grass go past. Sunset so good, I am out of the road, strode over to Sasa village, to the end of an ancient village, Xu Ao. Entrance to the village there are two cypress trees, the next legislative monument inscribed with the words to build the village beginning to end, Xu Ao ancestor since the Song Dynasty moved from cypress at the end of the past have lived here 28 generations. Ancestral farms outside the village, the village that several well-preserved Qing big houses, are back Maolin Xiuzhu Castle Peak, facing the open fields, streams flowing from the front of every household to set off other people's backyard peach, Furui quietly. Village roadway and yard are cobbled, the years have been very smooth and raw. Qianlong Zhejiang Provincial Examination of the first 37 Wu lifts, big houses and the entrance on the ground paved pebble pattern is鲤鱼跳龙门, house book case next to a large black dragon off knife, reportedly tired of reading Exams will be held to brandish some, this However, a civil and military facilities and scholars who do.
Inspired by the sunset go back, went to inquire about the East pretend side of the road bridge, everybody says that right in front of, but I was a full go two kilometers to the east pretend village woman who was a guiding drying vermicelli, finally found a field stream on the ancient wooden outriggers flat covered bridges, these structures slightly simpler than the Hongqiao, and Dongxiang Boasting a similar covered bridges in general is not wide spread in the water streams in the fields, there are 22 in the Tai-shun.
The sun has been down, no car back to town, I feign the village in East tired to walk on the road, a 13-year-old boy riding a bicycle passing by, eager to take me one way, half-Road See a roadside stop a repair telecommunications facilities car, the boy stopped and asked and someone actually willing to take me back to Luo Yang. Have not had time to thank the little brother that he had rode a bike Yiliu Yan gone. This to the Luo there are more than one hour, and owners such as Ningbo, the bureau's brother Bu 5 master all the way and chatted with him squeeze their cars five big men who had been with me, and transportation so inconvenient, but for them that I am tonight is a return to less than Luo's. Sixi town they go to another repair facility for a while and return to the county seat had been 8:00, well-intentioned teacher who would like to invite other food, they have to rush to Wenzhou, so I hurriedly say goodbye, and my heart good life Mozhu safe. Its own night market along the bustling river wandered a little store to eat a bowl of flour, stomach felt really hungry incense. Yuxiang so afraid of fear, hurried back to Taishun hotels, happened Taishun Photographers teacher and Vice-Chairman Mao Yan-year Director of the Office to protect ancient buildings such as the right view of the name Li Yuxiang, and Liu Jie, I heard that most dying cents Nim Xianju Bridge Township being demolished and rebuilt, quite pleased. Mao teacher highly recommended rhino beautiful ancient river and decided to go there tomorrow to go.
Rhinoceros Green is the Willow Creek
After breakfast, and Jie Liu Yuxiang go Xianju Bridge live TV shoot, I can not afford the time to sacrifice, and They bid farewell to their own to catch the bus to rhinoceroses Creek began the journey of a man searching for covered bridges. Rhinoceros River 17 km west to the Tai-shun, Shouning county of Fujian, are roads, CMB bumps a lot and all dust. I sent the "Tai-shun," the photograph of the river pictures rhino referring to the handsome sell tickets then call me to get off to a rhino Town car breaks down, well-intentioned young man sorry to explain it even worse to me a mile the place to be, and specifically account for a local three-wheeled motorized free to send me to Batou Taniguchi.
An old single-Umayabashi volley wide shelf in the river surface, the first bridge there is Zan kiosks and worship at, and asked a passing local people, gave the answer the name Longevity Bridge, built 19 years for the Jiaqing. Full sun dried vegetables over the bridge corridor the other side of the bridge built a seat worship Chen Jing Kou's Linshuei Palace, Chen Jing Kou under the Fuzhou Cangshan crossing man, protector of women and children, as famous in Fujian and Matsu. Palace gathered a lot of elderly people, leaves Mr. Yu Yaolao said that the local multi-Yip, ancestral home in Nanyang, Henan, moved to the south of Zhejiang Lishui, Southern Song Dynasty moved here Jianye years. Linshui the beginning of the original Jian Yuqing Palace was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, because the villagers are believed Chen Jing Kou, and Linshuei Palace has always been a meeting place for the villagers for the elderly, so raising this newly built palace, the stone column bases as the site moved and beams on the eye-catching couplets for the leaves Mr. Yu Yaolao inscription: "Thirty years ago, the text traces the invisible catastrophe were to remain the bedrock of the new century, complex brilliance fortunate to holiness every leap." elderly people are vying for me some tea delivery of water, where habit cubeba and blending green tea anti-cholera Qushu flood damage to the entrance of cool, a look at me like Auntie surnamed Wei, drink, pack a large bag immediately upon their me and called in 26-year-old daughter accompany me leaves and flowers of West Uramura and Zhuangyuan Fang .
Path along the side of the stream down, geo-shore before budding of the hanging Zhu Zhu tender Liulv silk sash into the river, and distant low hills 11 reflection in the clear water, now I understand that Wang Wei was the phrase "guest houses green Green is the Willow "and" new "words used in a number of wonderful. Had a slide Langpeng, the long anchor the shore Guzhang successive step, which is the origin of Yuxiang photograph, early spring is really fresh and had the West Uramura people clinging. The village adults and children are busy selecting and frying spring tea, I had every door, people were enthusiastic to try to send a new and an instant hold hands has been a big package, and that was with me all the way fragrance.
Zhuang Yuanfang away from the village, one where the slope, to commemorate the village people, the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing two years have been ugly Division champion, the emperor's consort prince Methodist Miao toad built, 94-year restoration. This remote mountain country can give rise to a scholar and chief consort prince is indeed memorable. Zhuang Yuanfang down from nearly noon, leaves and flowers to invite me to lunch at home. Through the quiet old village lane, a family fun to drive a big courtyard of the peach Peng, from the arched Zhaimen in, climbed the people Mulou corridor back and forth taking pictures a lot of room door wide open the whole can be a long time no see a person is really here, the door is not closed households Lubushiyi ah. Back to the town center Kitaura, leaves and flowers to buy food to cook, I am channeling it tries Street Lane, embedded a "Feng Ge 3000 words, Ao Yang's first" Ancestral Founder of leaf couplet style, big book Quotations from Chairman Mao's Shenxiang stagger too small Shoulu mention the lady, who pretty stone gable wall of Shen Yuan Mi Zaza base to connect. I quietly penetrate into the Ge Jia Tao Li set off shoot of the backyard, Furui quietly, water science, old wives laundry and cooking, smoke in the corner Piaoqi, ordinary people's life It took thousands of years.
Leaves and flowers make arrangements for a fish, and eggs soup Comatus good extra dishes, and she retired to help parents during the Linshuei Palace at noon did not come back. Township government in her typing, my brothers are running the transport, family income quite good, although the walls Mulou live in an old house, but inside is a modern decoration, cool and comfortable, the atmosphere thick with a humanities building ancient, but for Xing Se hurry, and I'd lived in her house for two days. Kind-hearted girl put me to the roadside on the CMB, the good far out she is still beckon.
Rain and fog on the Island Ridge
Back Taishun county passing out Zhengde years of flat wooden covered bridges built in Dengyun Bridge. Of the cars stopped to buy a postcard of human 3, times could not find, catch up with the 2:30 bus to Chau Ling, the last one for the other passengers, when stopped by the three-kui half an hour, no way, Chau Leng car too small, the afternoon the light is so good, unfortunately time is wasted. Finally the car onto the winding Hill Road, off the West pretend, Mr Yip feign so lush in villages and towns, the same car, pointing a call from local people can be open cauliflower Peach Creek, a small stone arch bridge crawling ivy leave the village to tell that it 3 near the junction of the bridge. Climb a mountain, the setting sun refracted through the clouds, just to play in the light of Jesus in fields of flowers with row upon row of small black-Tile House Murakami Unfortunately, bus in passing, if their chartered slowly taking pictures of the more enjoyable ah.
The Island Ridge passed 5:00, accommodated only a small township hostels. Across the Island side of the village of flowering rape, found at river's end antique Yuwen Bridge, this 19-year Qing dynasty, ranked number two mountains covered bridges built in the gap Department, the bridge the old Qiu Jin set off the Wenchang Pavilion of the camphor tree, stone towers pingqiao surface cornices Qiaojiao three-story pavilion with a surge of jet crossed the stone bridge pier fell off a cliff, forming no small waterfall drop. Today, no longer need to hurry, and I sat side canyon to the top Qiaodong write travelogues, vast expanse of open water is only the sound of occasional straw of the local people Tam passing, looked at me curiously. The cool breeze blowing smoke at dusk the taste reminds me of that summer six years ago, lone Shudao Zitong 7 pm in the cove opposite the sun travels to write the same scene, but over the years hurry, only those in good faith in the great outdoors enjoy life alone in thinking about self-space and I vividly remember the moment. Weekdays being too impetuous such rare days of leisure and Enron's state of mind, I sat through the twilight Tetraena, although the trouble of commuting a day is also satisfied.
Back to the Hostel first washed thoroughly mind a bath, eating downstairs owner Wu Jinru do Egg Fried Rice, Pickled boiled bamboo shoots, soy sauce, her father was originally a township secretary gave birth to four daughters, big girls come Zhaonv Xu Jin Ru , when the home. What sacrifices have just put their efforts to end banquet, I have a dinner in hall, a group of elderly people around Wenchangwenduan, I have come up with, "Tai-shun," a book, they excitedly circulated from time to time issued a surprise recognition of sound. I know that tomorrow's Rui Ling, Du Shu Jin Ru recruited a neighbor, let me take the next morning his car pull into the mountains a stone.
At night it began to rain, I was early into bed, reading, writing travels. The mountains is very Chao, rainy night in the town seemed increasingly silent.
Quilt cover thickness, and thermal wake up at night and has been unable to sleep, the rain outside the window comes up, own lodging this side of the mountain town of drought, the entire floor, I only stayed one, indeed little scared of people. Think of the old village in the mountains after the rain should be caged in the smoke, the 6 o'clock it up, a door, and sure enough, as I hope, the rain stayed slightly out of the sky where SHAN Lan Qing Long, and quickly washed down the stairs, and replace Du Shu-breaking diesel pulling a stone farm vehicle Rui Ling. 5 km of the mountain, broken car rumbled Britain for half an hour, the engine fights I almost deaf ears off. Big fog, the sun came out fast, but still see nothing.
Ruiling only barely pass easy road over the mountains as much as thousands of people in the village, built in the Qing Xianfeng years Wenchang county's largest high-loft four floors of the original Ruiling primary schools, although now removed, but this shortage Ridge between the ancient buildings seem to be beautiful misty scholarly. Fog looming on the horizon rape field towering old trees, Jiao Zi dripping P.davidiana a Yo-around blocks of historic houses, the rising sun shines on top of dense Bambusa Multiplex, so isolated environment and so that the village was a good Feng Shui multiply another area of the area. I always four years looking for paradise, here is it true that better.
Hard look for three bridges
Back to the Island Ridge has been 8:30, Xiu Yan floating in the mountainside, Yuwen Bridge from afar, Gu Zhang, rapids, pavilions, bridges ancient vivid hole. I leap into the valley Yang-shoot, that Long tall covered bridges in the top of SRP to make it all seem more like paradise. Walk through golden fields of rape and frequently look back to this piece of beautiful pictures, unfortunately I always like to hurry and can not enjoy nature's bounty! The beginning of the early morning rain clear the entire Island Ridge seems to highlight from the milk-white sea of clouds inside out, the ancient stone bridge while hanging the tender willow, cauliflower where leisurely meandering ridge on the Old Niu, floating smoke of the black tiles old house, full - In the vast expanse of whiteness of the clouds background, Zhen-Zhen's "Bai Yunsheng at someone in the family" ... ...
Field linger for too long, only China and Pakistan have been coming out the morning before driving away. Let me Jinru sauce radish, submerge ginger to eat rice porridge, her family went out looking for my car, inquire into the rural agricultural owners Su Jin Yao out for farmers to check Atractylodes planting, I am going to catch his motorcycle to go three bridges.
Along the highway come to a place called the eagle beak, motorcycle Guairu trail, the dirt road is very slippery after the rain, I said down, Xiao-su not let that fear and so on will still have to go, straight open end which is approximately 1 km of mountain. Cove sits a solitary people, facing the courtyard a few red Wang floating marsh terraces, a few stretch of dry open rape, another on a few goats stood under the peach tree, the truth, "Journey to the West," where monsters become The. Xiao-Su native words with the housekeeping for the elderly to state my purpose in coming, the elderly pour warm tea, so that the luggage down. Asked her if she lived alone in a mountain inside is not alone in this do for the elderly that used to it, indeed, there are so many good cold wind fields do not have land and other laymen in the past, as long as a family love each other, why not. Xiao-Su worried about my tripod to go back one person so far mountain, volunteered to accompany me down.
To the valley mountain, walking for 20 minutes, heard the sound of gurgling streams,那座elevated in Qingqing deep mountain valley streams, the built in Tang Dynasty years, the Qing dynasty, rebuilt the bridge YR gets in the eyes of the three, which is south to the ancient Tai-shun Min-Fu Guan Dao The only way is China's oldest wooden bridge arcade. Ancient bridge Hengxi blue, 32 purple night driving a stream of wildflowers. Hengxi under the bridge and the Island is the Ocean Township boundaries Ling, Hill meandering stream barrier, rainbow-like covered bridges sustenance of the villagers on the natural moat desire to become a beautiful thoroughfare.
Nice weather, sunlight penetration into the long bridge corridor Langbi on a "point lower lip," Happy is written: "Chang Yi-ching, and Jun Xie Yiyi fun laugh. San-ching water-pik, faces of the people where to go? People from passionate, Yin Yin water's edge legislation. Qianwan Lv, streams difficult to send, he served as a eastward course. "I recited aloud with, and Xiao-su can not help but laugh. While climbing back edge and the small Su-chat, his two-year counseling farmers Baizhu, Polygonatum, Polygonatum be 2000 kg per mu, a three-year income, sold for 5 yuan per catty, is a way out of poverty. He is yangxi people at home is more than a remote Island Ridge has been working nearly 10 years, and feel that their job quite met, never thought of going to the field to develop, because farmers can not do without it Agricultural Station.
Back to the eagle beak, small Su took me to the side of the road contained in this rotten slippery Hill Road, but for him, and I will certainly be back luggage weight-bearing almost 1 hour to come out. I am afraid one side of the road waiting for a train of insecurity, the small SU has brought me to Hsitou village, a family with roadside prodded me to sit down and drink tea, This assured to leave.
I sat under the shade of a tree and other vehicles, as usual, came from local people crowd, the midday breeze cool breeze stroking my long hair, the villagers come to my red tea aroma curl, chickens at the foot of the cuckoo, I chatted with folks for a while they began to write travel notes. 1 hour car to come, until 13 o'clock to the 3-Kui town, hungry faint. Found a newly opened between China and the United States side of the station hotel, 50 yuan Zhu Liangtian, the rooms spacious and white sheets, the boss and my surname. Rush at the roadside to eat a bowl of sweet rice, noodle shop, coachman to the Shi-yang.
Chun-Yu Shi-yang, and Dasi source
Pakistan and involuntarily fell asleep, was pushed awake, Fang found that out the window rain, Shi xiangyangzhen up. Many Daishuo big hats under the shelter of the villagers Langpeng, I got into a repair shop parent's house, introduced the owner of a nearby warm and called the "four rooms at the end of" the old one is very old and pebble paving, but can not remember how to get the . Play-mo's to the near-Shi Yang anchor step for the construction of JiaQing years, to granite and bluestone two-color two-tier stone piled high and low for nocturnal identification, 136 meters long, with 223 teeth, reportedly the highest in China. Mount honest drivers for my umbrella camera, his shoulder all wet. Where rain is not good to go back to the direction of the station Da Wang town car, after a rape of a dotted villages, Hill curved, more than 1 hours to the village on the flood.
Hung Xuan Yuan for claiming to be the descendants of the Yellow Emperor Huang's habitat, since the Ming Dynasty moved to, to survive, JiaQing years has produced one knight Huang Zongyao. Village Ancestral made so delicate yellow, the north side of the courtyard a few women, big houses Langxia Zhimao Yi, co-operative in the central hospital duck drive to let me take pictures. Creek edge-on, an old house, temporary slip Creek, a small stone bridge River open a peach, rain down again, and a 30-year-old women look at me Lin Zhaoyu, come let me take pictures for my umbrella, her King Tong Sai-wing, housing Creek on top of the yellow house, is exactly what I want to go to the house next to the knight. She accompanied me pick up trash and up, winding paths, eyes demonstrated a freehand ink: lush col, the Tianchou lively architectural changes between the dark mass of a big house during meandering streams. This is the ancestor of the initial phase of the Dasi Huang source. Sai-wing, outside the first side of Xiao Huang lived in house, this almost 200 years of great Zhaizi perched between the mountains and the remaining three sides with the pretty stone gable puzzle was Yanyanshishi, very spectacular. House lived eight people, a 93 year old grandfather was sitting in the Langxia let me take pictures, look up to 70 years old. Going forward to the foot of stream, Yuxiang repeated praise of the Emperor Qianlong made of Huang Zongyao old one-year leap into your eyes, walls clinical Creek, Alice puisne flying angle, side gate to open, connecting the small stone bridge. To tie in with my picture, Sai-wing, the rain came into the room called Granny two stone, will drive into the river where the ducks inside my camera, just a dog also followed across the bridge, I looks satisfying and heart of Sai-wing, and these simple people are extremely grateful to the old. Zaojian busy door thanked the elderly, children were playing huge butcher basin edge. From yellow house in a circle around the backyard to go out again, which blocks of the old one whole placed on the mountain Guzhuo dense bamboo forest, facing the open rice fields, a curved stone paths stretch imkye Green deep, so Feng Shui How can we help people to linger . Do not too small wing, slowly Yanxi Duochu small village, the rain stayed, and everyone black tiles corner Piaoqi the smoke, I really could not bear to go.
Back to China and the United States where he stayed, hotel, owner Khoo couple please help renovation carpentry dinner, invited me to eat, but also specially added vegetables, the couple life and death would not take meal, that I am home alone to eat meals away from home more than anything else OK, let's also come back tomorrow night to eat. I always mistrust people still do, he felt this was to guilt.
Linger sixi
To get up early fog, riding a half-hour, 7 o'clock to sixi town in the North Stream Bridge, get off, fearing rain, pay close attention to film. Kitama middle of the bridge written on the ceiling caisson decade Qianlong built sleek Hongqiao two 20 Bridge Street, houses and shops, houses and villages Architecture Nature cleverly linked into one, the Millennium Bridge Gu Zhang, dense Bambusa Multiplex and cage Phase contrast with the morning mist of the distant mountains, under the bridge two streams meet at a further step with the small stone bridge connecting anchor the morning of the 32 women in the Huanyi stream, carrying water for Arbor leisurely go past the small stone bridge, far open field far from rape, I sides and river bridge wander for a long time, get up early for the elderly clutching Shou Lu, villagers cattle drive through it, the name greeted me loudly.
5 minutes walk to the bridge another sister sixi Hongqiao East River Bridge, and North Stream Bridge, not far from the construction year of the bridge body slightly shorter, there is Bridge House 15 rooms. She and two sisters Kitama bridge construction bridge was hailed as the world's most beautiful scientist Hongqiao, one side of the scale of the bridge is not a small linshui Palace is made Taishun II. Radish Hanada jumped into the underpass in order to make the prospects for white flowers, gurgling Dongxi flow slowly, his lens was exquisite Hongqiao, is simply fascinating.
Soya bean milk shop in the bridge rest, with the secondary Lin and chatted with him he suggested that I go to white powder wall village, which is now walk around the town center streets. The sun came out, too透透blue days once, I am carrying a tripod eating strawberry red sixi walk through the busy streets of a large dog with me in the morning sun Saxiang quartzite guxiang crowded shop and sat on the old bamboo chair, a good close-up picture of a busy corner. White powder wall well developed village culture, the Qing emperors who bestowed "Zhongxiao," a plaque, are still preserved Ancient Street is still the commercial center.
Playing three motorcycle to the nearby Pao Yu Iwamura to find ancestral home of the girl with the car shopping bag Lihua is the package's descent, and she enthusiastically invited me to the home stopping for a rest, one by one took me to the ancestral temple, decorated archway, jade rock bridge. The Department of the Ming Pao shrine building, the main hall for the late Ming beams typical "fat head fat beam", trunk brackets, reflecting Zhuopu style. Shrine is made primary, the side of the rooms as a history teacher is giving the kids talk about the Opium War, the window the sun vague shapes a stretch of golden canola, which, if Kate scenes Akira. Ancestral large yard and an outside pool and a half months Tong, Douzhuan see through the large fields where ancient compact gate may think, how to Hui-style shrine. Yu Rock Bridge Kidaira covered bridges, Qingzhong Qi Jian. Bao Lihua left me my lunch, I had to go to Snow Creek and three-kui, declined her.
Back to sixi due to the bridge and then to the north sister could not bear to fill in a few films Stream bridge, under the sun of spring back to Lan Office Surabaya from local people in the fishing, laundry, colorful kids playing in the water, much of the general mountain lion Smart green mountains. Finally affectionately enjoying this beautiful place, and so on to the next sur-street car, after an embedded a cauliflower fields, "Wen-yuan," the gate again attracted my attention, stopped to take pictures, a group of villagers came to me to introduce Wai This is the early Qing Scholars, and took me to the next river ford anchorage step, see Lee spent several depths of the Ming Dynasty retained intact Old House. Southern Song Dynasty Lin clan gradually moved here from Fujian, grew to its height the Ming Dynasty, are left from the houses, the building can still see the momentum of the year. From local people that I went to 1 km away sixi Temple, which renovated the temple near the forest on the hillside shaded by the face of river, wind and extreme stress. Noon under the hot sun waiting for a train almost 1 hour, Shino no smoke, and thirsty and hungry, almost faint.
Wandering around the ancient houses, three-kui
With great difficulty until the car ride to Tai Longkou, transfer snow Township. Hu Feng Zhili a family doctor from JiaQing Gui Hu, North Korea began to multiply on this so far have been 21 on behalf of over a thousand people, his son Hu Wei dynasty, 25 years in construction can be described as shimenlou Taishun boutique building, planning the layout to the public yet sophisticated atmosphere , door cover, ridge ornaments, hanging fish and very careful in brackets is carved carved phoenix, reflects plowing the family's thoughts and Chiang Saen, when architectural styles, the most beautiful is the tree from being the central axis of the slope Atlas written for feng shui树.
Today is the first lunar month 29, two days later, February 2 is the "Dragon heard" Hu Ancestral Hall of the stage is singing Shaoxing opera, "Ching Tak Wang Guang-Texas, under the" crowded. Came a middle-aged man greeted me, he Jiaohu Syria and gold, in the Nanjing area of construction materials business, the two prayer festival in February and another 13 by his better-off families were together, in addition to invited to sing with theatrical troupe for five days, each Xiwai two days, but also put 100 banquet, please Hu hundreds of villagers dinner, so that the custom every year to engage in some village or township had 15 the first month, and some had February 2, the basic large family rotation contribution. Kim Ji-Hu Syria not eaten lunch, I immediately bought rice Jiaoren volumes, herbal tea and sugar to me. We sat chatting under the shade of the snow stream, Hu separation Hedong, Hexi two villages, spoke already been brought bricks thick wire-bound to the Hu family tree, I see a good number of old people come to me talk about the ancient Wai, invited me leave to participate in 100 at dinner. The people here dressed, polite, sincere kindness, pity that I be tomorrow's ticket, there are so many places did not go, had to reluctantly let go.
15:30, light fantastic, and I hastily bid farewell to Hu, to Liu HongNing crystal crafts factory. Vehicle and an oil tanker built in the Northern Song Dynasty Stone Ridge Itabashi, which is Taishun earliest history of the region the existing bridge. Bridge built in the Ming Yongle Liu residence for three years, is a flat wooden covered bridges Taishun where the oldest one, both sides of the bridge has a two-story house a total of six bridges. Peach bloom in a stream under the bridge, the fields laid-back with 32 water buffaloes, Backlight effect was very good. Seeing that the sun has been the West fall, I strode across the field stone paths, walk sweat, far Liu shrine drum sound heard, listen to local people that there was placed 100 dinner, but I always hurry and can not involved.
Back to the three-Kui went to shoot the last one for this trip Hongqiao Xue house bridge, busy streets, a river dam streams stopped buzzing, the sunset years old single-storey wooden arcade bridge walk groups of school children. Seeing the sun down, and I hurry to find in the town car to the next three kilometers outside the village of arms pretend An Qian, 1:00 could not find, so he stopped by a passing motorcycle ask to take me a way, the owner went to kindergarten next Dong child's school teacher, he can not hear me to catch the light, even agreed, and take my flight arrived Anqian general, also asked whether or not to wait for take me back to the town. Superimpose him money, how to refuse.
"Durian" is in Fujian, southern Zhejiang on the bay of the known. An Qian Zhang's blood is a village nine garnet mansions built in the early reign of Emperor Kangxi, the dynasty, between the fire reconstruction, close to the Qianlong built in seven years, Liu became the village's oldest existing house. Sunset golden light shining on the old quiet Langfang, pillars and gatehouse, I Cuanshang 7 on the second floor of the corner of the overhead 9 pomegranate pomegranate panorama, a Cooper stood before the house, two off the gate from both sides, positive is a heavy ornamental engraving stone wall slide, wall large Tianchou, streams meandering over two house, the house of Castle Peak, after stretching. By mountains, surface water, pebble flooring, quite Shi Lei gable, a typical Taishun a rural architecture, integration with nature is so. Is the last leg of the journey, and I Duodao the fields Zhang ancestral home of the original site of bluestone sat down, cool breeze at dusk Xuxu De Dutch hoe where the farmer returned, leisurely walk. I am reluctant to part watched the last ray of sunlight crashing trees, and my heart full of tranquility and Enron.
Travel tips 1, on the covered bridges: Ming and Qing built stacked multi-beam timber-framed covered bridges located in the southeast of Guizhou, Hunan and the south of Zhejiang,
But the stacked wooden beam bridges to just south of Zhejiang alone arcade deposit, in which "nine mountain stream Handa and a half" in existing wooden arches bridges Taishun 6, wooden covered bridges 22, and Shi-ping-ping dozens of covered bridges, can be described as covered bridges in China the Expo Hall.
2, Transport: by train or plane arrived in Wenzhou, Wenzhou, Guangzhou and from the evening class machines; Wenzhou - 210 Tai-shun
Km Qichenanzhan daily fast of several trips to Pakistan Tai-shun, 35 yuan, four hours up to three-Kui town, nearly 5 hours to the county seat Luoyang Zhen; or quick bus ride to the city Cangnan county transfer, Cangnan - Tai-shun of the Pakistan a lot. Quebec as a focal point for searching for the Three Old Bridge Middle Kingdom is more convenient than the county seat. In addition to Zhou Ling difficult to take the shuttle bus, the Taishun County between the towns of Fujian and the neighboring towns and from the CMB is more convenient, but the mountain bend very much traffic generally is not good. Wenzhou - Yueqing an hour, fast bus 15 minutes, Yueqing - Dalbergia cavern a half hours by car, shuttle only two classes a day, can not catch up would have chartered the road more difficult to walk. Look for bridges need to walk more than an ancient village countryside trails, there should be some physical and non-slip shoes.
3, room and board: Local prices were low, eating light, preferably in the homes of villagers, dinner, home-grown vegetables, the chicken very sweet. 3 Quebec side of the station live in China and the United States opened a new hotel, 25 yuan / person, linen white, shopkeepers wife's fine; Island Ridge is only one hotel, 20 yuan / person; Wenzhou, while prices are high, two-star standard hotel rooms have 200 after discount diversity.
4, and the people: because of ancient mountains of southern Zhejiang isolated, and the people is extremely simple, rich and poor villagers saw the foreigners will be a guiding passion, invited to their own red spring tea, let the dinner as a guest of honor, dug out the old family heirloom speak. I am the way many people get help, towns and rural areas where to stay I refused to eat money, rain umbrella for me and the camera, with motorized tractor ride my bicycle or take a trip, I walk 10 miles to the destination of people too numerous to cite.
5, climate, and Run: south of Zhejiang mild climate, four seasons Jieke travel, the Lunar New Year, and in February two more rural festivals. Nearly a week, morning out, then stay late to find a majority of wooden bridges and typical old villages in the arcade, if the time off to spend a few days a month old villages, the harvest is more different.
6, other attractions: Tai-shun Northwest Division before Ukrainian Rock Ridge National Nature Reserve, south-east of the Ya-yang has Edward radon hot springs resort area; Yueqing City, the famous Yandang the Northeast; nearby mountains and rivers in ancient China Yongjia County, literature, the cradle of Nanxi convenient transportation and beautiful.
7, LIU Jie, LI Yu-xiang compilation, joint publishing of "Local Chinese - Tai-shun," a book is the best travel guide.
Author: kittyqiuqin
