Mazu usually refers to Lianjiang County (Mazu Township) under the jurisdiction of Taiwan Province Province, which is located at the mouth of Minjiang River in Fujian Province, just north of Taiwan Province Strait. Actually, it belongs to "Fujian Province" in Taiwan Province Province, with an actual jurisdiction area of 29.6 square kilometers and jurisdiction over 4 townships. The political center is located in Nangan Township (Mazu Island), commonly known as "Mazu area". The popular language of Mazu is the dialect of Lianjiang dialect in eastern Fujian, which is called Pinghua, Mazu dialect or Fuzhou dialect locally. Mazu area consists of 36 islands and reefs, including Mazu Island (also called Nangan Island), Beigan Island, Dongju Island (Dongquan Island), Xiju Island (Xiquan Island), Dongyin Island, Yinxi Island and its affiliated islands. The geographical term is also called Mazu Islands, which is now the Mazu National Scenic Area in Taiwan Province Province. Note: Dongju Island and Xiju Island belong to Changle City, Fuzhou.
Travel notes of Mazu island
Mazu is an outer island in Taiwan Province Province, just across the water from the mainland. After drinking Mazu's wine and rubbing the fish flown in from Mazu, Ji 'an and I decided to set out from Taoyuan, Taiwan Province, go to Keelung and take a boat to Mazu, taking his car.
I am unemployed, and Kai 'an is a quiet office worker. I will board the ship at about nine o'clock. In order to save time, I will start from Taoyuan and take a train to Keelung. Keelung Port is next to the railway station and can be reached on foot. Qi 'an left me, rode his motorcycle as soon as he got off work at 6: 30, and finally arrived in time after the traffic jam in Taipei. We should not only buy our own tickets, but also buy motorcycle tickets. 155cc motorcycle is 600 Taiwan dollars, and the economy class we bought is only over 800 Taiwan dollars. Looking at the night in Keelung Port, I waved to the opposite cruise ship, and the ship slowly set sail for Mazu. The Star of Taiwan Horse is a new ship, which is well set up. I ate some snacks in the cabin at night, simply refreshed myself, pulled the bed curtain to sleep, and the boat arrived at Mazu Port at six o'clock the next morning.
Before landing, the ship put "Ode to Mazu". This song is very corny. I heard it on the internet when I was doing the raiders before, but I heard it on the boat. The brisk and heroic rhythm is in a good mood to travel, which is quite suitable. You can also see some history of Mazu Island from the lyrics.
After disembarking, we went to the warehouse to get the motorcycle. Goods, trucks, cars and locomotives are all assembled together. The motorcycle is tied with hemp rope to prevent it from falling in the bumps. We will check in at the previously booked hotel first. Because there is no bathroom on board, I also want to take a bath quickly. I contacted the owner of the hotel. She hasn't got up yet. Let's wait in another room first. The door is unlocked, so you can push it in. You can take a bath in it and wait for her first. After a while, she came and took us to the place where we stayed. Angie told me calmly that her accent didn't sound like she was from Taiwan Province Province, but I think it's all the same. Maybe Mazu dialect, Fuzhou dialect, is different from Taiwanese, with a little Mandarin. Then I asked her if she was actually from Fujian, but it seemed to me that Fujian people spoke just like Taiwan Province people.
There is basically no public transportation on Mazu Island. If you are free, you have to travel by chartered car and taxi. But we have motorcycles. We are not afraid to go anywhere.
There are only a few scenic spots in Mazu Island. We didn't have a complete travel plan, so we took a guidebook from the hotel and followed the road signs on the island. We stopped to take pictures where there are some interesting and beautiful things. This time, I mainly went to Nangan Island, the most prosperous island in Mazu. It was inconvenient to go to another island called Beigan by boat, so I didn't go.
Lady's Cafe is built at the foot of the mountain, facing a bay with beautiful scenery. The building has maintained the tradition of Mazu, and it is all made of stones. This house is 90 years old. The proprietress knows how to live, and some simple flowers and plants make the shop particularly beautiful. Although it occupies such a good geographical location, the price is not expensive. B&B is on the second floor. Coffee and B&B are operated together, which is rare.
The name of Mazu Island comes from Mazu believed by people in Fujian and Taiwan. It is said that Mazu's father met Hainan, and Mazu jumped into the sea to save his father. His body drifted to Nangan Island and was salvaged and buried by local fishermen. Later, it was renamed Mazu, because Mazu was a military stronghold, and the word "female" in place names was less masculine; Second, how can you shoot Mazu because you don't respect Mazu?
Blue tears are actually a kind of seaweed, which is hard to find. Even if you choose the right weather and place, try your luck. Even if you can see it, the camera may not be able to take it. Angel took me to a very remote place first. I have to take the plank road from the mountainside to the seaside. There are no street lamps, and there is no one except a small military camp a few hundred meters away nearby. When we arrive, we will look back at other places and see blue tears, which happens to be the seaside of our homestay. But only a few spots floated on the sea that day. Blue tears are amazing. When the waves are bigger, they will flash. Take off your shoes and go into the sea, and you will flash a few times when you pat the water. Several high school girls who came here to attend the summer camp had a good time. Pieces of blue tears make people afraid to approach, for fear that the sea will disturb them and break them up, but these scattered tears can make people play.
Mazu used to be a small fishing village. The confrontation between the two sides of the strait has made this place, which is only 9.5 kilometers away from the mainland, a military stronghold. The last battle was in 1965. It was not until the 1990s that Mazu Island stopped its battlefield affairs, and now it mainly develops into tourism. However, there are still many garrisons on the island, and slogans such as "Waiting for your pillow", "Killing Zhu and plucking Mao" and "liberating the mainland" can be seen everywhere. I also came to Mazu to visit many soldiers stationed on the island. The sea breeze is blowing gently, the sun is shining, and it is especially manly. Adult males in Taiwan Province Province are required to perform military service and receive military training, so it is more difficult to serve in other islands. In the past, there were frequent civil aviation flights between Mazu and Taiwan Province Island, and young people in service had to take a boat to go home during holidays.
Wu Nianzhen's article "I have never held her hand in my life" took place in Kinmen, and wrote the story of his being a soldier in Kinmen. Actually, Mazu is similar. When he went to the army, his girlfriend bought her 1000 envelopes, wrote the address, and spent five months' salary. Each envelope was affixed with a two-yuan stamp, and Wu Nianzhen was asked to bring more than 1000 envelopes to Kinmen. When Hou Xiaoxian filmed this paragraph, he still thought it was too sensational, and no one would believe it. This skill has been deleted.
A friend is in boot camp, and a man pretends to be sick every day and wants to skip military service. Later, lots were drawn to decide where to serve. When the man didn't go, the monitor took the lottery instead, and Mazu won the lottery. Finally, students who pretend to be sick every day can only pack their bags and vomit all the way to serve in Mazu by boat, which means not to do this every day, and the ground is invalid.
There are many barracks on the island. For example, on our way to find Blue Tears, we met a small national army standing guard. Riding past, I waved to him and said, "Hello!" " "When I came back, I waved to him again. I didn't expect him to salute me and respond to the standard. Haha, I'm flattered.
Kinmen kaoliang liquor is very famous, and Mazu's kaoliang spirit can be compared with it. This time, I also accepted the important task of acquiring Mazu winery.
"Old wine". This wine, which appeared at the Jockey Club dinner, was plated with gold and its price soared. A bottle of wine sold for NT$ 800 (originally over NT$ 200). When the sightseeing winery was sold out, I went to Mazu's shop to look for it. I thought it would be cheaper locally, but I didn't expect the price to be the same as that on the island, and each store only had a few bottles in stock.
The August 8th Tunnel used to be a war preparation tunnel for the army, and later it was handed over to the winery to store wine (the August 8th Tunnel wine sold in the market has nothing to do with Mazu winery, so it should be recognized! )。 The tunnel is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the outside temperature is over 30 degrees, but actually it is only about 20 degrees. This is a good place to store wine. You can smell the wine before you walk in, but it's not pungent at all. The tunnel is very short, and it can be visited in ten minutes, but it smells of wine and is very cool, and I am inseparable from this little alcoholic. The old wine stored in it has been more than 20 years, older than her daughter Hong. The old man who was the doorman saw us taking pictures and said that we were off topic and wanted to take pictures for us in person in front of the camera.
When I went back, I bought a bag of dried mussels in Mazu's tourist shop and took it to the boat to eat. After I checked out, I opened it and ate it directly. The proprietress rushed out and said, "hey, miss, you can't eat this raw!" " "But we Ningbo people have always eaten raw.
Mazu, it's really fun. I will go again in the future, fishing in the sea and watching blue tears.
Is Fuzhou Mazu Islands fun? How should I get there?
1. Also known as Mazu Mazu Islands, it is located in the northern part of the Taiwan Province Strait, facing Minjiang River, Lianjiang Port, China Port and Luoyuan Bay across the sea. As a shipping hub, it has always played the role of sentry. From the South Pole and the North Pole to the East 36 Juguang Island, Mazu and Taiwan Province Province are collectively called "Mazu National Scenic Area".
2. Beach Road Lakang Village is in the west of mankind, from Nangan Island to the beach in Tianjin. It is a prominent independent fortress at sea, including rocks and underground tunnels, shishi city, gun racks and underground construction projects. It is open all day and free to visit. Visitors must follow the forest plank road and stone steps step by step, and then enter the fighting atmosphere in Lacan, with previous experience.
3. The best tourist season: Mazu has a subtropical maritime climate with four distinct seasons, cold and humid winter, foggy exchanges in spring and summer, and generally stable weather in autumn. The annual temperature 10 is the lowest from February to February, and rises slowly after March. The highest temperature is in July and August, and the monthly average temperature is about 29 degrees, then it gradually decreases, and the lowest monthly average temperature in February is only about 10 degrees.
4. The Hong Kong-Macao Pass between Beihai Village and Mei Natural Port, a charity tunnel village, is also an important scenic spot, which witnessed the hardships and perfection of the military history passage. The Beihai Tunnel in this water maze, without gorgeous decoration, is mysterious and quiet, showing magnificent beauty. The whole tunnel criss-crosses, and the whole journey takes about 30 minutes. Dew on the rock, the echo of ticking in the dark tunnel, is very mysterious.