From the Jishou to Phoenix, with great fanfare.
Good road, more than my imagination, a clear blue stream Fanchu green, around the roadside. Always 7 8 Bay, Po River, the road suddenly left, suddenly the right way, when the wide surface of the water when the narrow, changing constantly. Along the river is farmland, because of the terrain of such an unusual formation of terraced fields have been deep into the distant hills the hill, most of the hill are the layers of terraced fields. Hill will highlight some of the small cluster of rocks formed, the slanting of the thorns from the soil out of the shadows and feel of Tianzishan, so that the mountain will be grown intensively with fruit trees and gray stone bundle with the new green, dark green echoes, parcels the hill, How many pieces if there are strange-looking pine tree, scenery is even more peculiar. The best is still here, but look at the houses, each bend in the river where there will be a large mound, there would be 12 people living in this farm, green hills of Tracy on the hill to the river terrace between in the case of his family would be living but also in the row of waterside kinds of bamboo, as if his house fences to delineate private territory. Some people will own graves arranged in the room side of the brick circle puzzle, but also to open a door, all of which gate, and I guess it will also inscribed a couplet? Unknown.
In this leisurely style of western Hunan, the beginning to feel the charm of the Phoenix. Dealers near future, that is, into the Phoenix, when the river was found Natiao follow the half-day has been with the Phoenix, just to be with my peers in Tuojiang.
To Phoenix to a lot of people, some of the Shen-wen, some of the Tuo and daze, and others to find the mysterious Hmong. The next two days, we repeated most of the tourists walked the route, but also visited not Mix keen undeveloped Miao Village, I am, in the heart of Phoenix found that three different city, and with the pace, constantly shift around in these three worlds.
However, early into the Phoenix land, absolutely can not think of these, I had to first deal with the friendly boatman.
Stations are still far away from the Tuojiang, the car has seven or eight of the owner's wife came to the invitation: "Come Travel Well? Do you sit a boat? We are private boat, cheap, 20 yuan, set you to Peach Blossom Island, on your 2, did not contain someone else ... ... you go there, I will give you free guide "Of course we refused to promise her that one based on the psychological fear of being cheated, and second, worship and freedom of the human spirit, naturally reluctant to pin down by others. Unexpectedly, however, in which a woman, even with our planned hotel, any connection with them, business was surprisingly resilient belief, but rather makes trouble and eventually persuaded her to the riverside to recruit customers, we do not may be with her. She slowly give up hope, but finally told us: "Whose boat ride are the same, no matter what. We do not want to snatch business from the river bank, we are all folks that our vessels were in the Shen Congwen, where the tomb." And then only bow away. This is done to promote woman who was a good man, because after that, she was not a lie, then, but here also there are a lot of people, in order to seat the guests and the obligations of their own boat to do Weiren guides, and even all day. However, from a commercial point of view this is not so clever salesmanship; while using a human point of view, we are somewhat cautious, "a gentleman with a small abdominal people" suspected of.
Leave this woman who started the walk in Phoenix. It may be a small town, a few blocks, a number of roadway, temporary lost of Trolltech can not happen on the street what the shop has not rare, my impression is there are a batik shop is very good, Wong Chuk layout of the shop, is also a high is very light and spacious, stood string and wind music, reveals a refreshing Yi Gu. The boss is very confident, batik do indeed great, could see that he is looking to promote batik road, talking to this topic he has quite the spirit. Hopefully he can continue to use the simple heart and fulfill his wishes.
In addition to shops, a residential very enticing to me, an old house, the street was sealed. A court notice on the door and seals, the front wall is the owner of the posters read. At the beginning reads: Please neighbor neighbors, passers-assessment evaluation, and then is about the sentence unfair, their own anger and so on. As tourists, I do not care about right and wrong, but always a funny thing, the owner's personality written on an air of the whole piece on the door.
Turn a few turn, ate in the shop's door - though delicious, but the unknown, I can not recommend - we came to the East Gate in the afternoon to prepare a boat, so the door to the north. I have a shrine on the road, we do not go in, in fact including the former residence of Shen Cong-wen all the attractions we have no money to go down but not intended for, but even before fate. But I went to a private museum rocks, stones no less than it is at a good, but a guest (companion had not come in) exclusive of a small park, but also with the lady say to each other to listen to not move someone, it is quite interesting.
Out of a stone hall, the next one remaining thing in the memory of the boat, and dancing the rock next to the pier, the two were on the boat, no one else and then we buy a ticket, boatman would take me two had a single go. Do not describe the scenery on the river, the river, the long grass, Hongqiao, Diaojiaolou upstairs red lanterns, the river on the beautiful singer and drummer. Been to own their own judgments, has never been that people should imagine themselves in a blur. Pagoda over a period of another row boat, boatman and asked: Do you go there? Go to Shen Cong-wen's tomb, I will not set you back, if not go, I'll set you back to port. We plan to also do private boat, so they decided to go back. Back to Hongqiao, suddenly found south under the bridge there is a bar, famous not call it Rye is called wandering people, rushed to stop for this, from the Diaojiaolou abandon ship landing at the foot of the wooden support. The first boat to an end.
We are eager to go to bars there is a purpose, I intend to continue the next day wandering the ancient city, but to go to Mountain River ganchang companion, so she need to find a new playmate, while the bar is often an excellent place to find playmate. Bar, naturally different from the style of local people, sitting here, hanging overhead, rows of bottles, see Tuo, see Hongqiao very comfortable, as well as children swimming, playing a woman with the stick clothes. Hmong hubs, and the bars of the foreign language songs are wonderful.
May be the wrong time, there is only our two guests, we can only inquire about the trip to find the boss a message. The boss of Shanghai people, friends say to the mountain river, he laughed: "Shan Jiang does not mean it is local to you recommended it, boring, and their ideas and let's different, you go to have Luo Village, where the scenery is good, there are Miao Village could visit, there are performances. "listening to his proposal, but also talked a lot, they decided to go all Luo Village, the boss is also very enthusiastic to help us ask chartered thing. But at the time did not find the car rental people, we do not find other playmate decided to listen to at night.
When I decided to leave the bar when Xiangshangcesuo. Would also like to walk around the ancient city, over the Hongqiao, walked Jiangbei. Jiangbei has a large orchid tree, I do not know, but the companions know, girls do, naturally spend more sensitive Jiangbei most of the time we are sitting under this orchid to continue to see the river, watching the opposite side Diaojiaolou to distinguish which one is the renovated old and what is new. In Jiangbei, the most interesting is the painting of the students, significantly more than the south bank. Painters were calm the mind, I am very envious of. Standing behind them to see, some people painted into southern Tuo, scenery more, anti-lost rustic charm.
16:30, Paipaipigu, went private boat ride. Walk along the north shore has always been to ask where the boat, even met boatman, and sat down to his boat drift downstream. Downstream Tuojiang not Diaojiaolou, eyeful just green mountain and water.
A ship's older brother surnamed Chen, Miao people. Because the river there are always at ease, he would sail away by pressing a fixed channel. Plants went in, I reached for a quick kill weeds, go shallow on the river with the paddle probe to explore it and see the cows drink, raise your camera to it according to a cattle will be looked up and saw the head YY We are in the past. This boat ride upstream Guanchuan more natural than many. Played a mood, please Miao Chen Chin Sing songs, but he refused to sing, saying: That song when children are young wife seeking singing. Then the marriage on the embarrassing sing it anymore. This was more attracted our interest, asking him to sing, that we do not know what the words you sing, but listen to that voice. He said: you did not understand, but the people on the land are understood. Said that when he had been laughing a little bit embarrassed, and we heard these words they fell about laughing.
Boat trip for a while, to the drenched Miao Village, Big Brother asked us to not go where there are performances, but also singing. We looked at, there is a water tanker water's edge, the shore is a bamboo house, buildings of several Hmong woman was singing and dancing. It seems worth a go, down the boat, came to the bamboo house is obviously off-season, there are no other guests. To meet us is Hmong of rice wine. This wine is very sweet, but also very down-, peer drank a bowl. We chat, but also a point of cooking. Hmong and then continue to chat, this is the first time together, chatting with the Hmong. Speaking of hubs, am dead, but also to talk about silverware, Miao, when it comes Miao Village, a shaved head Laogeyouji our different recommendation: "Du Luo Village is good, but the scenery is not perfect, has developed over the, and the Shuibo Miao Village is almost, it is for visitors to see, and you have to look at the real Miao Village, and went to 1000 Lake, River Hill tomorrow, go to the market, take the four years went to the fork in the road, no development, we are the original Miao Village, the village with unique features, triangle, wrapped in the valley, and okay! "talking all the time, but also the topography of the village hand gestures, we are fascinated by.
A burst drum pull us back, then began to give us some little girl playing Flower Drum, which is very exciting fight Flower Drum, drum good on the one hand, the key is the movements and fight even with a dance, Ivy Ling Po step, belt she dance , high spirits. Reading encourages us to invite Chen to spend big brother to the second floor to eat again, I did not expect when ordering this downstairs, she saw Hmong to fight, and that momentum, several people could not pull back, are in some other place and so do not dare to look at this disorder However, Shen Cong-wen, has described the qualities of the local people (character), which erupted in a credible, but also much more lovely.
After dinner, days, almost black, Peach Blossom Island is will not go, and had to return, taking advantage of a little bit of light, but would also look at the tomb of Shen Cong-wen. Abandoned the boat, to from the text of the tomb, and Chen brother farewell. Companion does not want to see what is in the dark days of the cemetery, I Since the. On the hillsides, looking for that cemetery, I remember that some people say it was a big rock, I find it can be said bow special big stones, unfortunately daylight too dark, and 1:00 did not see any stones, but lurches violently hit a plexus Huang , in the face and slowly raised his head, is a piece of stone, and of course, bow their heads out of sight - a man of high rock. Turn full circle around the stones, before and after the engraved words indeed, but not with a flashlight, eyes affixed to the stone could not see unclear. And then to the stone before, and think, "l'etoile and his writing, Motherland of its people" speech, empty-handed thanks to a prayer the old man.
Must come down now, but when the eye is adapted to the dark side of the side went so far as to see there is a dirt trail, turn the corner is still up, Could it be dark worship the wrong God? Big up the guts, the end of the dirt road is a hole. Would like to go to explore it, a dark and things that fly straight to go look at it dispelled my caving adventures of the heart. Rushed down to the switch. Companion waiting for me, I did not reason her straight down the mountain to enjoy the shelter of the woman question directed at the hole. Answer is very simple in the mountains two holes, a water tunnel, a dry hole, no surprisingly, the water is the water tunnel for people to drink the spring, a few years ago visitors to sit in. unclean matter, pollution of water, people are angry the water tunnel sealed, so no dry holes into attractions, not many people are gone.
The evening went to the bar, make a friend, did not find playmate. Hongqiao at night is very beautiful, artistic performances, but the above is very annoying, occasional roar Kara ok. Hongqiao should be retrogradation Teng-tang and other shops selling herbal medicines, fortune-telling. There are two brothers living in the piers, the commonly used methods in the fish choose the easy way ... .... In the Shen Congwen's pen.
Author: odd
