There is a town of ginkgo biloba in Linyi, Shandong Province, especially in the villages on both sides of yi river. Every early winter and late autumn, it is always a scene of golden decorations and fragrant bursts.

this place, known as the hometown of ginkgo biloba, is Tancheng county. Tancheng County has been the southern gate of Qilu since ancient times. It was originally established in Yan State in Xia and Shang Dynasties, and was renamed Tancheng County in Tang Dynasty. As the south gate of Qilu, it is the main road of waterway and land transportation, especially in waterway, where yi river and Shuhe River run through it, which is an important channel of waterway transportation in ancient times.

since it is an important channel for waterway transportation, there must be many docks here. In today's south bank of yi river, where the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway passes through, there is a dock town that began to take shape in the early Tang Dynasty. At that time, merchant ships were berthed here, horses and chariots were accommodated, and people came and went, so this place was directly called the dock. Later, with the passage of time, it was gradually simplified into today's Matou Town.

At first, Matou Town was mostly subordinate to nearby towns. From the scattered records, it can be known that it had begun to take shape in the early Tang Dynasty. The reason for its formation of a certain scale is that there are many navigation channels, especially yi river runs through Baima River and Xingfu River, which has a considerable geographical condition of land and water traffic arteries. Moreover, according to relevant historical records, it belonged to Dadong 'an Township in Tancheng during Shunzhi of Qing Dynasty, to Xixiang Township in Tancheng at the beginning of Yongzheng, and then to the 11th district of Tancheng County in modern times, and then it was slowly transformed into Matou Town.

Because of the geographical location in the old days, Matou Town was backed by yi river, which was also an important channel for water and land to enter and leave Suzhou and Hangzhou from Shandong in ancient times, and it was also an important commercial port at the beginning. In today's ancient town, there are many street shops, and it is also a bustling corner in summer and the days of watching ginkgo. Especially in the dry street of the north-south main street, the central street of the east-west main street, and the three main streets of Yong Road, it is even more crowded and peddled.

If you go all the way north from Dry Street, you will pass a particularly busy East-West Main Street, which is the Central Street. There are many food and memorial halls in this street, especially at noon, shops and vendors on both sides of the street, together with local people shopping, seem to be crowded every day.

As a representative of a Hui-Han inhabited area in Tancheng, the ancient town is also full of all kinds of halal food. Roasted chicken, beef, mutton and various pasta are the most common foods on both sides of the street, and Matou San, baked brand and hanging stove baked brand have become the famous specialty foods in Matou Town.

Matou is a delicious bowl of hot soup with beige color and beef aroma because it is filled with unique wheat kernels and boiled with beef and bones.

roast cards, because of the unique food here, are also called horsehead roast cards. Named for its shape similar to that held by ancient officials in the court, it has a crisp surface and is delicious.

Hanging furnace baking is also a special snack in Matou Town. The two sides of the hanging stove roast brand are golden in color, and it tastes crisp and delicious, and it is full of fragrance.

On the bank of the Yihe River, there is a red memorial hall, which is the first branch of Lunan, founded by revolutionary martyr Liu Zhiyan. In 1928, under the cover of teaching, Liu Zhiyan carried out party activities underground. In 1933, he organized a hundred people to riot and set up the Soviet government. This is the famous "Cangshan Riot". Later, Liu Zhiyan died heroically after being arrested because of the Kuomintang encirclement and suppression and the failed uprising.

Later, in order to carry forward the great achievements of revolutionary martyrs, it became a patriotic education base for future generations to remember and study. Now it is a red tourist attraction, and every weekend and holiday, there are endless friends who come to study and remember.

In addition, Matou Town also has Matou Town Mosque, which was built in the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. The scale of the mosque is magnificent, but it is also simple and elegant, with the traditional style and layout of domestic Islamic architecture.

Here, it's Brother Dog, who sniffs the way and is committed to sharing dry goods during travel.