The car went all the way south, passed Suzaku Forest Park in Qinling, and quickly "crossed" Qinling along expressway to southern Shaanxi.
Liu Hou ancient town
The first stop of this trip is the ancient town of Liu Hou in Shiquan County, Shaanxi Province, also known as Houliushui Street. It is said to be an ancient land and water wharf near the Han River. The ancient town is small, built along the river, with high and low levels and winding paths. It's a little messy because it's expanding everywhere
This is a homestay inn, and the advertisement is simple and straightforward-"Sleep? Risotto shows the refreshment of Laoshan's works.
What impressed me most in this town was the bacon and mountain products sold everywhere.
There is also this bowl of famous wine, which is understandable as a gimmick for merchants to speculate and advertise, but what they see through the excitement is tacky, and the ancient town can't rely on this kind of thing to gather popularity.
Behind the side street, I happened to see this old house; It is a brick-concrete tile house with five rooms, high eaves and high beams, which is quite imposing and should be a typical residential building in southern Shaanxi. According to the old man outside the house, the house was built in the 1960 s and is still intact, but the outer wall skin has fallen off.
You can see the intact mud brick through the fallen wall skin. This kind of mud brick is made of yellow mud and straw, made of mud embryo and dried. Mud bricks are built into the wall and then plastered.
Standing in front of this old house for more than 50 years, I have to feel the architectural art of my ancestors; Local materials, local conditions, people live downstairs, attic storage, warm in winter and cool in summer, durable.
The rich regional characteristics, rich humanistic feelings and architectural wisdom carried by old houses are leaving us; Just like the Han River in front of us, the lost will eventually die.
Langzhong Ancient Town
After leaving Liu Liu, I went south and entered Nanjiang County, Sichuan Province. Not far ahead, we arrived at the second stop of this trip, the ancient city of Langzhong, which is very famous. The most famous ones are Zhang Fei beef and Langzhong balsamic vinegar.
Where there is vinegar, there is wine, and there are many vinegar bars in the ancient city.
It's not a cocktail, it's vinegar. Selling vinegar as a drink is really a great initiative of Langzhong people.
This is what is often said: broken pots and broken pieces sell vinegar.
This is also a feature of Langzhong-Taoerpu, where you can pick your ears while drinking tea. It is said that 30 yuan a trip is very comfortable.
What is "fried mushrooms"? In fact, it is fungi, lobster sauce, pickles and pickled products.
Besides drinking, Langzhong balsamic vinegar also has a great use, that is, soaking feet.
This is a bar with a nice name, which means to spend the rest of your life in a pot.
Unforgettable Sichuan style snacks
There are many kinds of snacks in Sichuan, only a few have been tasted. Sad bean jelly, sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice balls, cool cakes. This kind of cake is a kind of dessert, which is made of glutinous rice flour like Shaanxi people, sprinkled with raisins and osmanthus powder, and then poured with syrup made of brown sugar and Langzhong balsamic vinegar. It tastes sweet, sour and icy, and melts in the mouth.
The female boss of this sad bean jelly shop is slim and lovely with a red skirt and a black shirt. We all walked a long way, but she caught up with us again. It turns out that our old friend left his hat in the shop.
After the trip in Langzhong, I felt very good. Although it is a prosperous place, but the price is fair, honesty-oriented, I will never cheat customers. This is a good place to come again.
See Aoki Chuan for the first time.
The third stop of this trip is Qingmuchuan. It was already afternoon when the car approached Qingmuchuan, but when surrounded by green mountains and green waters, the ancient street was built along the river, and the wooden house was big and showed a mysterious silence in the thin rain and fog.
Qingmuchuan is located at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan provinces. The border of Sichuan is south 100 meters, and Gansu is a few steps west, which is the real place to step on the three provinces. It is located in the deep part of Qinba Mountain. In the past, the traffic was extremely inconvenient, and the unique geographical conditions created a unique humanistic style. Since ancient times, it has been a place where bandits haunt, strong beams run rampant, and "a generation of macho men" dominate.
Wuming inn
When I arrived in Qingmuchuan, I found a place to live first. Because the May Day holiday has just passed, hotels and inns are idle and have nothing to look for. Later, I found an inn facing the street. This inn is too small, only the size of a frontispiece, and there is no lintel signboard, so naturally it has no name.
This unknown inn is a two-story building with nine rooms and standard rooms. It's very clean and tidy. After some bargaining, the transaction was made in 50 yuan per person, while in peak season it was 80- 100 yuan per person. After completing the formalities, the boss disappeared immediately. The "lobby" is empty, the door is wide open, and the guest room and kitchen are unlocked. There are only three guests left in the inn. I wonder, aren't they afraid of losing things?
A proprietress who can't settle accounts
After I stayed, I went to the street to find something to eat. There was a snack bar not far away. The young boss is a young woman with short hair, bright eyes and teeth, quick hands and feet, and busy inside and outside. The three of us ordered a small crispy casserole, two bowls of red oil wonton, a big bowl of fried rice with eggs, and half a catty of homemade kiwi wine. When the wine was served, the little proprietress said that she could drink whatever she wanted, and the wine was only half a catty. When settling accounts, the little proprietress who always walked over said that she couldn't settle accounts, so you can say whatever you want. It should be 48 yuan. We omitted two yuan on purpose. When paying, the proprietress calculated again, and nothing was missing. Not knowing accounting is just a joke; There is no lack of humor in loyalty, and there is no lack of intelligence in drama. This is the nature of Qingmuchuan people.
The kiwifruit wine brewed by ourselves is slightly sweet in acid and pure in taste. It is by no means blended with alcohol essence or soaked in white wine.
From poverty to wealth
This is the owner of our inn, surnamed Zhang, in his fifties.
Only in the chat did I know that he was not a local originally, but a relocated household in the upper reaches of Bailong River. At that time, the relocation compensation and my own accumulation were only 30 thousand yuan; Everyone else has moved to Ningqiang, Hanzhong or Guangyuan, and his money is only enough to move to Qingmuchuan. The present inn is a small frontage gable bought by 1996 Hua10.5 million, which is very shabby and barely able to live. An old man in the town died and his daughter resold it.
Who would have thought that Ye Guangqin's "Qingmuchuan" made this town fire overnight. Business opportunities fall from the sky, and we can't let them go. It took him several years to not only transform the old street, but also build a new house with eleven rooms in the new area outside the old street. In this way, he became an innkeeper with 20 rooms in Qingmuchuan. He said that in the peak season, you can earn two or three thousand yuan a day. Finally, boss Zhang proudly said that his house was offered at a price of 500,000 yuan a few years ago, and now it is not sold at/kloc-0.00 million.
Speaking of why I didn't lock the door, Lao Zhang said very readily, "No! We never lock the door here. " Later, after careful observation, I found that almost all the shops in the ancient town did not lock the doors, allowing guests to enter and leave at will.
When the barricade stove? Drinking and marrying a girl
It's strange for Aoki Chuan to walk in the street in the afternoon. There are eight large iron pots in the street, followed by piles of hardwood, whole chicken, bacon and wild vegetables. Whose family wants to do things? After some inquiries, I learned that the owner of the tofu shop next door to our inn was going to marry his daughter. It is said that according to local customs, this long street banquet will last for three days, and the lunch at noon on the third day is the main meal. It's a pity that we didn't have the luck and missed the wedding reception.
Knead a bowl of porridge
When I left the inn the next morning, I was surprised to see the appearance of "Long Street, One Street and One Banquet". Neighborhood township parties in front of and behind the street came to help and crowded half the street. We also get together to watch the fun.
Today is the first day of a three-day wedding reception. Breakfast is simple. It is corn porridge cooked with hard wood in a large iron pot. Huang Chengcheng's corn porridge is very attractive, and there are white things in it. After interrogation, it was learned that this is a unique local bean curd corn porridge, which was made by crushing fresh corn and adding bean curd.
We are educated youths, and "scraping rice" is our strong point. How can such good food be spared? Seeing the innkeeper and the hostess of the snack bar, I immediately stepped forward to strike up a conversation; After some conversation, the host invited him to sit down. Delicious bean curd corn porridge with four dishes in southern Shaanxi is a perfect match. Common ones are douban, douban, Toona sinensis with pickled peppers and pickled cherries.
Simple meals make people appetite, and frank villagers make Tan Xing stronger. Chatting while eating, facing each other calmly, feeling that I have been integrated with these simple people.
Hazy in the rain
Qingmuchuan is hard to say goodbye, just like this hazy town; There is an indescribable charm that attracts you. The innkeeper said, "Young people in this place can't stay because there is nothing to play. Older people are willing to come, and some will come back several times. "
This is a small town in Shan Ye, which has its own characteristics, stories, leisure and memorable significance. I believe I will come again.
Leaves fluttering in the wind
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