Dongtou Badaqiao means "wooden boats are roasted with fire." How can wooden boats be burned with fire?

And it's a good boat.

In fact, this is the fishermen doing "beauty maintenance" on the boat!

When a wooden ship sails at sea for a long time, algae, barnacles, and even ship borers will grow on the bottom of the ship, which will affect the speed and shorten the "life" of the ship.

Fishermen must first clean the boat with a broom, lay straw on the bottom of the boat, and then smoke it with fire to remove debris and boat borers from the bottom of the boat, and then paint it, which saves money and effort.

When you go to the beach in Dongtou during the fishing season, you will often see such a scene. If you see it, don’t scream “put out the fire”.

"Driving a boat depends on your feet" Dongtou has a large amount of tidal flat resources. Whenever the tide recedes, fishermen go to the tidal flat to catch clams, razor clams and salamanders. However, every step in the vast tidal flat is stuck in the mud, which is very laborious.

, so the fishermen invented the "mud boat", which was "driven by feet". Using this tool, the fishermen could move quickly on the mud.

This kind of boat is more than one meter long and does not use oars or sails. The driver kneels in the boat with one foot and pushes hard on the sea with one foot. The boat will move very fast. The locals call it "mud boat" and "mud horse".

, "Mud Bicycle" has been passed down for thousands of years.

"Paper lanterns floating on water" When the tide goes out at night, light the wick and put the lantern into the water. The clever thing is that the fire lantern will not go out when it touches the water. The paper lantern floats to the sea with the tide and gradually goes away.

The paper lanterns at the head of the cave are made of oily paper and pasted into the shape of a small bowl. In the bowl, a paper core soaked in vegetable oil is pasted. The production techniques and the way of placing the lanterns must be "skilled", so that the paper lanterns float on the sea.

It will not go out for a long time.

In the past, lanterns were put out to send away lonely ghosts. Later, this kind of lantern became a blessing lantern for a good harvest of jellyfish.

"The boat is full of animals" In the past, fishermen ran around on the boat all year round, and their lives were very cold. The fishermen had fun naming the parts and equipment on the boat after the twelve zodiac animals and other animals.

The thickest and longest piece of wood at the bottom of the ship is called the keel, the junction between the keel and the stern is called the tiger's tail, the pulley that raises and lowers the sail is called the monkey head, the weathervane of the ship's mast is called the chicken flag, the pile on the bow of the ship where the anchor is placed is called the antlers, and the boss and crew cabins are

The deck is called a turtle shell, etc., and the ship is full of animals, making the monotonous life at sea become warm.

The chickens and ducks here are not just a table of chickens, ducks and fish, but rice-shaped snacks made by fisherwomen during the winter solstice. They are called "chickens, bitches and dogs (guǒ)" in Hokkien, which express the wish for chickens, ducks and cows in the coming year.

Sheep flock.

After grinding the rice, add food coloring and mix it, then shape it by hand into the shapes of chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, rabbits, etc. Among them, hens hatching chicks are a must, and the shapes are the most realistic.

Dongtou people have the custom of eating "red balls" when "cooked rice is wrapped in powder". It plays an important "role" during happy events such as the installation of beams in a new house, the full moon of a child, the birthday of an elderly person, etc.

After the glutinous rice is cooked, mix peanuts, raisins, sesame seeds, etc. into the filling. Mix the glutinous rice and japonica rice in proportion, grind and blend them into a skin, add food coloring, wrap it up, and steam it in a steamer. The steamed "red rice"

"Yuan" is bright pink, plump and round. When eaten, it is sliced ??and fried or steamed in water. It tastes sweet, so it is called "cooked rice wrapped in flour".

"Cat ears boiled in water" are not real cat ears, but a "little dessert" made with sweet potato starch as the skin, peanuts, sesame seeds, and white sugar as the filling. Add shredded ginger and brown sugar and boil it in water for 10 minutes.

Slightly tough and crispy on the inside, it is named after its triangular shape with a concave center that looks like cat ears.

Today, cat ears are still a very popular specialty snack in Dongtou.

"You can bite the beauty" This is a kind of "Qiaoren'er Tan" made from rice noodles.

In Dongtou, local people make it every year during the Qixi Festival to worship the seven fairies.

"Qiaoren'er Tan" is made of rice flour as raw material, plus white sugar and edible red coloring. After mixing, the shapes of beauties, champions, and fish and turtles are printed on woodcut impressions. After the worship is completed, they are distributed to

Children make snacks, soft, glutinous and sweet.

Therefore, in Dongtou, "Chinese Valentine's Day" is not only "Valentine's Day", but also "Children's Day".

Nowadays, you can still find "beautiful people" selling them on the streets. If you see them, just take a bite.