Even fire drills,
It has become a grand carnival for tourists and locals.
-Rural transformation-
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Although it looks tall, it always feels that the taste of the country has disappeared.
However, there is a small village in Japan that has become an "online celebrity village" without much investment. Every year, 300,000 people come to punch in, and even a "fire drill" in the village has become a carnival festival for tourists.
In fact, Mishan Town, like many villages in China, was located in the depths of the mountains decades ago, with backward transportation and closed environment. The local people mainly farm, with an average annual income of less than 1 10,000 yuan.
The local government is at a loss as to how to develop here. After all, there is not much money.
Finally, they turned their eyes to the old thatched cottages, mountains and rice fields in the village. These landscapes can be seen everywhere, but the thatched cottage is the biggest feature here.
The professional name of this thatched cottage is "Mao Qi House".
In a small village with 50 families, there are 38 thatched cottages. Most of these thatched cottages were built in the middle and late edo period, and the oldest of them has a history of 220 years.
From the appearance, wooden door, charcoal stove in the living room to kitchen stove, the house and lifestyle since the Edo era have been completely preserved.
The thatched cottages in Mishima-CHO, together with Hezhang Village in Shirakawa Township and Ohuchi Lodge in Shimmachi, are among the three "Hometowns of Thatched Cottage" in Japan. These thatched cottages are also very old, and the government spends money to repair them every year, but now they have become the biggest "IP" in the village.
These thatched cottages, hidden among the flowers, walk on the clean paths in the village, with their backs to the green mountains. The courtyard of every household is dotted with mailboxes and letter boxes. Occasionally, chickens and dogs crow, and a quiet and peaceful country atmosphere full of life is coming.
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In such a small village, there is no excessive commercial development, and there are few projects for tourists to browse and play, just to not destroy the natural atmosphere of the village.
Mishima-CHO has a thatched cottage museum, where you can see the internal structure of the thatched cottage:
It is not fixed with nails, but with clips and knots. It is said that only a few dozen people know this craft now.
The hut is made of Miscanthus at most, which is hard and durable, and is the best material for making the roof. In addition, the roof made of Miscanthus has the advantages of warm in winter and cool in summer.
Of course, the thatched roof will be worn out by the sun and rain ~
Therefore, the owner of the thatched cottage will change the roof every 20 years.
The corner and bottom of the roof should be straight, and the corner is the most difficult place to do, which requires years of experience.
The number of roof slats is a reflection of the owner's wealth. A large number of houses leads to a large area, and a large area leads to more wealth.
Due to the high cost of this kind of roof replacement, fewer and fewer people know this technology. Most villages have replaced the building roofs with metal materials, and only a few villages have retained thatched roofs on a large scale like Beicun.
Therefore, the thatched cottage is the most distinctive place here, and it is also a valuable cultural heritage of the Japanese countryside.
Today's roofs are covered with moss, and some have opened some wild flowers, which has become the most beautiful scenery.
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It snows heavily every winter, and there will be snow lantern galleries and fireworks activities in the local area. This is an activity that combines beautiful snow scenes, light shows, fireworks exhibitions and other cultures.
The soft light from the lanterns in the snow lantern gallery illuminates the snowy mountain village, and the beautiful snow scene is beautiful.
The fireworks display is only held on the first day (65438+1October 27th) and the last day (February 3rd) of the Snow Lantern Gallery Festival. In addition, on the first and last day, a "Lantern Dance" ceremony will be held at the Yasukuni Shrine in the east of Mishan Town, where visitors can see traditional Japanese dances.
There is also a Meishan Folk Museum in the village. Although a fire destroyed most of the buildings in Heisei 12, fortunately, detailed information related to the past Edo period was preserved.
There is also the Little Blue Art Museum, which introduces the thatched cottage structure in detail by hand drawing.
This art gallery is the private studio and art gallery of Nizan writer prodigy Hiroyuki, who moved to Meishan 35 years ago.
The studio on the first floor is lined with huge dye vats and the works of Mr. Bo Zhi, a prodigy.
On the second floor, blue dyed fabrics and works collected from all over the world are displayed.
Even the folk customs that can be seen in rural areas of China have become tourism projects here.
For example, mobile car sales in rural areas have become minibus grocery stores where many people have to punch in! Mishima-CHO is sparsely populated and has few shops, so this unique mobile minibus grocery store was born. As soon as the local people hear the music played by the minibus grocery store, they will run out of their homes to buy things ~
This is the only place in the village where you can shop. Ordinary-looking minibus sparrows are small but complete. There are not only daily necessities, snacks and groceries in the freezer, but also fresh and frozen meat.
This "common thing in rural areas" has actually become a "punching project". Some people happily buy a small commodity in the mobile bus shop and take photos with their hands excitedly.
Although Mishan Town is mostly ordinary people, there are also many cafes and small restaurants hidden. However, in order to keep the appearance of the original street, and the restaurant has no signboard, tourists have to explore it themselves. As a result, many people made a strategy-"Mishan Town Tibetan Food" and praised every store as "online celebrity store".
Among them, flowing vegetarian noodles are the representative food here in summer. A long bamboo split in half, clear water flowed down the bamboo tube, and the white fine noodles were pushed to the front by the current. Diners must be witty to experience a refreshing moment.
In addition, there is a trading square near meishan town, surrounded by mountains and adjacent to Qingli Mountain. This is a rest stop for many people.
There are not only sightseeing service centers here, but also local specialties for sale, such as milk ice cream launched by the super popular Meishan Milk Direct Store ~
The locally grown rice, with exquisite packaging design, has become the most famous gift for local tourism ~
Of course, in addition to cafes and restaurants, there are several homestays, and the tourist maps of the village will be marked one by one. Although there are only 2 3 homestays, it is often hard to find one night. After all, this village is too small ~
Step into a thatched cottage over 150 years old, and you will see the huge tatami and the traditional charcoal stove in the living room and the center of the living room-"floor stove", the wooden pillars depicting the traces of the years, and the wooden cloister that will ring when you pass by, as if you had traveled back to the past through time and space.
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But the most interesting thing is that the most famous festival in this village is actually the "fire drill day" twice a year. At this time, countless tourists came to watch with umbrellas.
In fact, the most feared thing in the thatched cottage is fire.
There was a fire here in 2000, and many houses were damaged, which sounded the alarm for the local people. So they invented a special fire extinguishing system, which can automatically spray water like a fountain.
In order not to destroy the traditional primitive environment, they also built a mini Xiao Mu house with fire extinguishers. You look like something in a kennel.
Instead of making the common fire hydrants in big cities into the shape of cabins, it has also become a local feature.
In case of fire, the engine room roof will open automatically.
Then, you will see a fire hydrant hidden inside ~
After the fire hydrant automatically rises, it starts to spray water violently! ! !
The coolest thing is that this faucet can automatically rotate the angle.
In this way, the coverage area of water mist is increased. In this way, all sides of the thatched cottage can be covered with water. If there is a fire, it can be controlled quickly.
62 such fire extinguishers were installed in the village. The fire drill was quite spectacular.
Once the system started, it suddenly rained cats and dogs, and the whole village was protected.
Looking from a distance, rows of beautiful white water columns between green mountains and green waters crossed the sky and danced a beautiful arc ~
Moreover, if it is sunny, you can still see the rainbow looming.
These water columns are as naughty as elves and look particularly spectacular from the air.
In order to keep the fire extinguishing system stable and easy to use, and always remind people of fire prevention, the village holds drills twice a year.
What I didn't expect was. . . It is such a fire drill that has become one of the special activities to attract tourists!
The scene was as cheerful as the Songkran Festival in Yunnan.
A fire drill can bring a lot of local tourists and income to local villagers.
Although the tourism here is getting more and more popular, the local people are still engaged in farming, and you can see those scenes of rural life at any time.
Many times, we all think about how to make the countryside a place that everyone yearns for and spend a lot of money on construction. In the end, the more money we spend, the less we feel like a village.
Maybe a village like Mi Shan-CHO can be an example for us to learn from. It inherits the past, grows naturally, and gradually forms many of the most unique communication points in today's era.
I hope that our small towns can still retain their former style in the great changes of the times.
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