In a bright spring morning, I and my friends came to the edge of a small suburban Chau Village. According to information on the small Island Village was built in the village when Yuanmomingchu, where there are a lot of old things.
Along a narrow path, turn the number of bends, we came outside Deng Ying Street. The street on the edge of stream, river Jingde surprisingly, do not hear that sound, can not see a trace of Watermark, smooth glassy surface of the water and the shore and the trees at the long-whiskered old Tsutsumi darong silently staring, as if reading to each other that far away Matters of the heart ... ... big banyan vigorous heroic, to stretched around the thick branches and leaves, thin leaves of the sun through the gap between the broken bits floating down the water on the embankment on the Old Pier, stone street, there are deep under the tree for the elderly The wrinkles on.
Terminal has been abandoned, but the wide pier that quartzite formation of uniform looming shadow of the former bustling noisy coming and going. Long terminal side sitting on a stone bench boards ruddy, white-haired old man to be silver. Talk about their little Chau Village, the old man unusual excitement, her eyes shining with pride Guanghua. From his voice inside, you can know how a small Island was the glorious past. Old man said: "Guangzhou Yeah, I think apart from Chen Clan Temple, where there is little here Dai ancestral (Jane's largest temples) so stylish!" He described the ancestral hall of the building process is how sophisticated, adding that this year There are 99 entrance shrine Unfortunately, when the Cultural Revolution, "four olds" to the demolition of the former church, and later into the classroom, and now has spent the classroom, and no one care, before it was changed to square. Next to a woman washing clothes at the pier to catch the words of people who demonstrated against the abandoned ancestral temple of the infinite regret.
Wave's words, pointing down the elderly, we turn the two lanes come to a small village, everyone admired Chau Pak Tai temple. From outward appearances, this temple of small temples and other places there is not much difference. One of the older temple of the temple of his every movement is slow and solemn, as if the wheel of history need to pull him alone. Pak Tai temple, and not very big, long years of fireworks to the temple Xunde dark, surrounded by walls covered with pilgrims prepare themselves, where the incense is probably so easy availability at any time to burn incense on the bar.
I looked around to see the elderly, they said to me: "on Zhu Xiang bar!" I smiled: "I'm not Buddhist devotees." "Do not have to charge you for sesame oil money! As you like ... ..." may be old people think Temple which no good-looking, and only some people come in seeking. I just smiled to him, and then pulled him up the history of the temple.
Old man's eyes suddenly glow a miraculous luster, and instantly took me through a time tunnel back to the past:
Pak Tai temple has 800 years of history. Liberation ago, gave birth to God every day for third-year in March, the entire village of people, such as tide, the Pak Tai temple is packed, many people are crowded not get in too crowded. One day down and worship the ground sprinkled with soju the newer groups have been ten or twenty bottles! That time, the temple door to bar two large lions, catch Hanadana, Hanadana there are more than 30 guns (transliteration), each shot is above all kinds of figures, plants, bridges, fishes and insects and so on, the highest Gun has nijo 4 high. Old said proudly: "These guns ah, each of the value of more than 30 on the Tam Valley!" Miaomen Qian also take the Long Hall, inviting the best opera, and overnight stop. The stage for a curtain rail with 13 at the time was the most luxurious and most advanced stage of. That day, in a small Island village, marry a woman will return to gather for the celebration, with some small continents blessing to go home. River was packed with selling fruit to come to the vessel, the number of no less than hundreds of boats! Everywhere bustling, crowded. While many people messy, but not there have been petty theft, if she really was robbed, the small Island will be accompanied, he said: "Who dares to grab the small Island of money!" Said this fierce as a bull, thieves see also can not start with appearance.
Temple entrance of the large trees Zhang Yu-long reclining with one stone, above, carved dragon design simplicity is completely different from what we usually see, so fan redundant. However, it also lifelike form, the entire screen gives the ancient and fresh feeling. Old people say that this stone hundreds of years old, and should be Yuanmomingchu products, has been asked by many people to want to spend it to win any, but it did not sell the small Island. The original stone was not put here, what is carving a piece of skirt, I do not know how to attach here, looked in the past day, the personnel, continuing with no end in sight for World state vicissitudes ... ...
Before coming here, oyster house knew very special, it is the main purpose of my visit is one. Costs a lot of twists and turns before the winding, complex found an alley, No. 16, Lane in the community around, and only one side wall is made of oyster shells. We also did not give up because the terminal is the old man told me there is a whole house with the oyster shells are the Da Cheng. We walked side asked to find and do not know how many crossed the street, and finally No. 9 in West Park, San Xiang found a house - the whole outer wall of the house were erected with the oyster shells. An old man enthusiastically tells us, the small Island village more than 20 years ago, all the houses are used oyster shells Da Cheng, and now basically removed, leaving only the only one oyster shells that house preserved. The reason why this house has not yet dismantled, not because the owner has conservation awareness, but because they lived outside of his family have moved a long time away to work, so the house has been left empty. Then asked oyster shells on the house thing, the old man said that these houses Dongnuanxialiang, watertight, and especially strong. When the middle covered with Jing bamboo reinforcement, each a foot thick walls. They very much wanted to see, could be the door was locked, the owner was not home. In the outside, while the walls of oyster shell housing structures with oyster shells, but the wall straight upright, very like a regular three-dimensional paintings. Eaves and tiles are not oyster shell, above all the beautiful carved, visible traces of the years, but could not conceal its fine. Unfortunately can not go to see the Neixiu, we have stood for some time before the house, refuse to leave.
We have also heard that warm old man looking for Jane's big ancestral hall (Small Island Big shrine), to give us lead the way on the initiative, said. Fortunately, he lead the way, do not know how many turn the corner, across the number of streets and alleys, a piece of land came to the shrine. The reason that "ancestral piece of land" is because it is really only one way in! The old man's description and terminals exactly the same as the old man, a shrine was originally a 3, the octagonal doors, carved stone pillars and wooden beams ... ... disappointment gradually diffuse into my heart, scanning the display in front of pile of broken tile rotten brick , echoed the ears, is an old people's deep sigh ... ...
Now the village still retains a small Island that year slate street, street flat, clean with a rhyme in the warm fragrant. The village stream interleaving, clothing and flow in the small village of ridge. As the river weaving shuttle and therefore I have a particularly large number Shibanqiao, width, length, shape varied numerous. In the bridge, in the alley, the total could see 12 open space, the total can be found in that office under the shade of big trees, where the poly-filled with old people - chatting, playing chess, enjoy the cool air, a daze, their proper place. The old people say, where aggregation is not only locals, there are many from Guangzhou, morning tea they like to come here, because this is the price cheap, the air is good, drinking morning tea chat on the cards, and then buy a local species of fresh vegetables to sit car back to Guangzhou. Patterns of life, thrift, cozy ... ...
Author: haolangmao
