When it comes to water towns, my subconscious mind always thinks of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, but my friend told me that the beauty of water towns goes beyond Jiangnan. If you have time, you can go to Gulao Town, Heshan City to see it. But I have never even heard of the name.

I was still a little hesitant before leaving. My friend advised me that once you go there, you will know that this place is also a water town, but it has a different beauty. In the end, I came.

Heshan is named after a mountain in the city that looks like a crane. It is one of the famous hometowns of overseas Chinese in China.

Wang Zebang: Founder of Wanglaoji Herbal Tea.

Hu Die: A female movie star in the 1930s, the earliest Chinese "movie queen".

Liang Zan: The ancestors of Wing Chun all came to Heshan.

Gulao Town, Heshan City, has an out-of-this-world water town, where fishing boats sing late, fish ponds are intertwined with ancient banyan trees, and small bridges and flowing water make Gulao Water Town also known as the Venice of Lingnan.

I was amazed when I first arrived at the water town. It was like a pearl wrapped in sand clams, which had never been discovered.

Houses with red walls and blue tiles are arranged in an orderly manner beside the pond. They are reflected in the water, and the wind blows and ripples, making the whole picture vivid.

Get on a small wooden boat and slowly walk along the green water. Mulberry cane is planted on the embankment, green grass stretches for miles, and fishermen cast nets to catch fish. It is a pleasing pastoral scenery.

The boatman who rowed the oar said that starting from June, the lotus flowers that reach the sky have covered the whole place, and the boat can be easily touched as it passes through the lotus flowers.

Although the flowers have not yet bloomed, you can still imagine the beauty of the flowers all over the lake.

The scene on the roof is also quite unique, and it is quite lively. In the exhibition hall of the water town, the ancient kitchen, benches, and fishermen's dishes on the wooden dining table convey a strong atmosphere of life.

In the room where the dragon boats are displayed, two large dragon boat flags hang on the wall.

It seems to record the unique local three-pin dragon boat race. The dragon flag is hoisted, and the men, driven by the dragon drum, form a rowing boat in an orderly manner and compete vigorously for the first place.

This is a house. When I first saw it, I always thought it was funny. I felt like I didn’t have three hundred taels of silver in this place. After leaving the water town, ten minutes away, I arrived at the former residence of Liang Zan, the founder of Wing Chun.

Spring Boxing "originated in Yim Wing Chun, developed in Liang Zan, passed on to Ip Man, and flourished in Liang Ting."

After entering the gate of Wing Chun, I saw an introduction like this. It not only introduced Wing Chun but also introduced the development history of Wing Chun. In the middle is Liang Zan, the originator of Wing Chun and the statues of the six disciples.

Accompanying him on the left and right, the most well-known Ip Man and Bruce Lee are ranked first and second on the right.

During his life, Liang Zan mainly practiced medicine and had few apprentices. With one Ip Man and one Bruce Lee apprentice, Wing Chun became world-famous.

The wooden dummies are lined up nearby. Kung Fu has been a man's dream since he was a child. His hormones increased greatly. He tried the three axes of Wing Chun in the movie: "spread, shoulder, and crotch". He sighed silently in his heart. It seemed like a hero's dream.

This can only be achieved in a movie, in Ip Man played by Donnie Yen.

Jackie Chan's movies also continue to promote this Chinese Kung Fu.

The highlight is the next day, the Longkou Zhenxiao Village Beef Festival.

It turns out that the ancestors of Longkou Village were named "Yuanhe" by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and promoted to "King of Xiping". They came from the northern nomads and belonged to one of the ancient Xianbei tribes in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. They spread their branches here and there are many people.

It has a history of more than 700 years.

There are still relatively complete ancient buildings here. Although they have been baptized by the years, you can see from the old buildings that they still look majestic. Even the wall decorations on the windows are carved with inscriptions. The materials are exquisite and the workmanship is exquisite. It can be seen that in those days

Wealthy.

In the large and small ponds in the village, the ancient banyan trees in the houses are reflected in the water. One building becomes two buildings, two trees become four trees, and the waves are reflected, and there are landscapes everywhere.

Boys and girls in national costumes sang and danced, riding tall horses, and walked through the ancient granite alleys.

Looking at the girl's figure, time seems to go back, as if I have returned to a grassland tribe where the grass is blown by the wind and the cattle and sheep are invisible.

Lion dance is an indispensable part of festive festivals. Children also imitate adults, beating drums and gongs, and their body postures are quite impressive.

I just happened to catch up with the Beef Festival when I came here. Not to mention the authentic delicacies here, the price is also quite reasonable. The price per person is less than 70 yuan, which is really the conscience of the industry.

The taste of a bowl of wontons is also very delicious and authentic. Fried egg crumbs and pan-fried dumplings are crispy and delicious special snacks, as a pre-dinner snack.

There is a local special dish, beef trotters in abalone sauce. The ox hooves are first prepared, topped with peanuts, peppers, ginger and green onions, topped with abalone sauce, and braised over low heat.

Beef hooves are hard, and after being simmered for a long time, the abalone juice is delicious, and the aroma of peanuts and ingredients comes to your face.

The plate was full and I couldn't wait to pick up a piece. The texture was crispy and elastic. The beef joints were full of collagen when I took a bite. It was delicious and nourishing to the skin.

Since it’s Beef Day, beef is a must.

Nearly a hundred dining tables were placed in the square. Before returning, I bought a wooden dummy to pay tribute to the ancestor.

Just like yesterday when I left the water town, under the huge banyan tree at the entrance of the village, the green crown and thick trunks silently told their age of over a hundred years. The elderly in the village were sitting under the tree as the sun set.