In 1980s, Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Wen and other famous actors made films in this "Wang Village" named furong town. At that time, this "furong town" swept the country and spread all over the world. Thus, this furong town was born, not the "Wang Village".
Fortunately, I was able to take a walk in furong town, but it was a complete accident, because there was no plan to visit furong town in the original travel plan. After visiting Zhangjiajie, I always feel unwilling to go directly to Phoenix. The tour guide suggested that I could drift along the Mengdong River, and then turn to Phoenix via furong town, which is also a way. Hearing this, he immediately clapped his hands and shouted, "To Mengdong River!"
The rapids of Mengdong River seem to come from outer space, so it seems necessary to visit furong town. Therefore, the Mengdong River wandered in many places in the mountains of western Hunan, met this furong town firmly and persistently, and later changed its name to "Youjiang", only to meet in Yuanjiang, cross Dongting, enter the Yangtze River and rush to the sea.
Now that I think about it, it is not enough to use words like "beauty" or "cool" to describe the feeling of crossing the river. Drifting all the way is really the agitation all the way, the surging all the way and the thousand turns all the way. Needless to say, the rapids in the canyon are a series of thrilling rapids; Needless to say, the mountains on both sides of the strait are steep; Not to mention the shouting and screaming of the raft's high throwing and falling. Just sitting on a raft and drifting in the depths of this mountain has given me infinite reverie. It is the deep feeling brought by the mountains in the depths of the mountains in western Hunan. It seems to float from the sky, and it seems to float into the sky. Until drifting to furong town, the course of Mengdong River was full of twists and turns, as if knowing that the world was approaching, Fang finally recovered and calmed down.
Furong town is really like a small town on the horizon. The current of the Mengdong River has calmed down here, and the river is no longer turbulent. It just changed its name to Youjiang here, and went on from furong town like a traveler who wanted to travel on the road after completing his mission. The small town on the shore may be influenced by the ancestors, perhaps because of the gentle infection of the river, or because the people in the mountains are born simple. People in furong town are quiet and indifferent. Walking casually in the street, you will find that most people in furong town live a quiet and stable life.
Furong town, like other places, is full of old streets, stone roads and wooden shops. However, the owner sitting in the shop seems to be very different from other places. They usually don't attract customers. The shop door is open and you can walk around. They don't shout loudly, they just sit in the store and let you walk in and out. Get up and say hello when you come in, and do your best to entertain the guests, but don't be obsessed with business, buy it, get the first hand, don't buy it, and respect the guests. Buy or not buy, calm and calm, no two words; When you didn't come in, you passed each other and took care of each other, only to see you sitting in the shop, smiling and normal.
Of course, Liu Xiaoqing is indispensable to furong town, which can be realized from the golden signboard of "Liu Xiaoqing Rice Tofu" all over the street. Of course, you must eat it. After eating it, I really can't eat any other tricks except sour and spicy. Although you can't eat any patterns, you still have to eat one after another. Because rice bean curd is a local specialty snack, and after filming furong town, this kind of "rice bean curd" became famous for a while. In business, therefore, all the "shops" were named Liu Xiaoqing. Therefore, every time I enter a store, I first shout "Boss, a bowl of rice tofu!" " "After that, you have to ask," Is it genuine? "Shops usually just show it to you with a smile and don't care about exaggeration and boasting. Then eat, or just blindly hot and sour, in the end did not eat who is authentic and who is not authentic. In fact, this rice tofu has been made like this since ancient times, and this taste. What's so authentic?
I stayed in furong town for three days, which was unexpected. The reason has nothing to do with rice tofu, but more to do with the cold world and the picturesque town. In short, looking at the mountains and rivers inside and outside the house, walking in this small town where people come and go but are simple, simple, quiet and indifferent, a sense of closeness arises spontaneously, that's all. In addition, furong town is an ancient town with rich historical background. Apart from Wang Xing's ancestors who fled the war, furong town was once the seat of the Tusi Dynasty, as evidenced by the majestic "Earth Palace" by the river outside the town.
In the south of furong town Town, a stream flows from the east and flows into Mengdong River. There are two cliffs at the junction, both of which are twenty or thirty meters high. The stream falls here, forming a waterfall, which falls into Mengdong River in two steps. According to local people, there was a lot of rain in the early years, and the stream was deeper than today, which could cover the whole cliff and stone wall, and the waterfall was also big. Even so, when I went to see those two waterfalls, it was quite spectacular. The water curtain is more than ten meters wide. When I jumped down, I splashed pieces of water like snow, churning and surging in clusters, and the water vapor churning out surged at the bottom of the wall, and the chill burst and spread around. You can hear the roar from far away. On a hot summer day, the crashing sound of this waterfall alone can add a little coolness, which is particularly pleasant. Just next to these two waterfalls, almost next to it is the "Earth Palace".
Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a child who went up the mountain to cut wood. One day, when he passed the waterfall here, he picked up a stone wall with a big word "cloud" written on it and took it home. Since then, my luck has really turned, and I have made great efforts in a few years, and finally achieved the status of the land king. When it was time for hegemony, I realized that it all started after the wall was connected, so I built this "earth palace" next to this waterfall. For thousands of years, this palace has experienced many ups and downs, and many natural and man-made disasters have occurred during this period, but it has never stood. An alchemist once said: The geomantic omen here is in harmony with the way of heaven and earth, and the place where the palace is located is in harmony with Zuo Qinglong, You Baihu, Suzaku in the front and Xuanwu in the back, making it the most emperor. Later, with the growing hegemony and wider territory, the local king sought territory in the upper reaches of the Mengdong River and built a more magnificent ancient city. Today, the majestic old Cheng Si in the upper reaches of the Mengdong River has long since disappeared, and this "earth palace" in furong town still stands on the river in the south of the town.
Of course, this "Earth King Palace" in furong town is far less magnificent than the Forbidden City in Beijing, but it also has some weather. Pavilions and pavilions, waterside promenades, and so on, especially walking on the winding and quiet flower path in the palace, listening to the roar of waterfalls and looking at the long river, can be traced back to how the imaginary king of the earth conquered the land in this barren water mountain and achieved some success, which can also make people fascinated and sighed. In fact, this is not all imagination. In the mountains of western Hunan, wars have been going on since ancient times, and not all of them are as peaceful as they are today. It is said that when the King of Chu and the King of Western Zhou stabbed Peng, they fought here for several years. It's hard to tell how to fight the horses, how to fight the mountains and rivers, and how to kill the standard sword. The statue of "Bronze Pillar of Western Zhou Dynasty" placed in the town "Folk Museum", which is regarded as a sacred object by local people, is a witness to the war. It records that after years of war, Peng was defeated and defeated.
The dust of history has already settled, but many historical facts have not been touched. But the statue of "Xizhou Copper Pillar" is still there, and now it is enshrined in the folk museum in the town. Unfortunately, because it's getting late, the gate of the museum has been closed and there is no chance to watch it carefully.
It was the day before I left furong town, and I finally ate a plate of snails at dinner. I remember when I first entered furong town, I saw not only the signboard of "Liu Xiaoqing Rice Tofu" all over the street, but also another big plaque: "No.1 snail in the world" with several gold words written on it. Of course, I want to eat, but my wife is afraid of spicy food (all meals are spicy from morning till night, which makes northerners feel uncomfortable. After a long time, they are almost afraid of spicy food. ) so I haven't eaten it. That night, because I was about to leave furong town, I was afraid that I would never eat the best snail in the world again, so I was very upset at dinner, just like a lodging bird who "picked up all the cold branches and refused to live", wandering in the street, worrying about eating. In the process of wandering, my thoughts began to turn. As I walked, I slowly asked my wife, "If I go to Shanhaiguan, would you like to see the first pass in the world?"
Wife: "Why do you want to see it?"
"Because the world is the first level."
"Do you want to see Baotu Spring in Jinan?" Ask again.
Wife: "No, why should I?"
"Because there is the first spring in the world."
Finally, I asked, "Do you want to eat' the best snail in the world' when you come to furong town?"
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Of course, I finally ate it, and it was still spicy. It was too late when I finished eating. When we arrived at the folk museum, the door was closed, and we could only look through the crack of the door, but we could only vaguely see the outline. No choice but to savor the spicy taste of the "snail in the world" that I just ate and linger on the stone road in the old street.
The old street is getting a little dark and there are fewer pedestrians. Most shops are closed. After a noisy day, furong town seems to be suddenly quiet. In this remote and quiet town, I can't help but calm down. It seems that the joys, sorrows, gains and losses that once haunted me all the time have also gone away with the distance of this town. The stone road in the old street unconsciously came to an end, and the end was Mengdong River or Youjiang River. After the Mengdong River flowed to furong town, it was no longer called Mengdong River, but changed its name to Youjiang. On the east side of the steps, there is a newly-built corridor along the river. Walking up the corridor and looking down at the stone steps, I saw the river beating rhythmically on the riverbank, and two wooden boats crossed the riverbank at dusk. Looking ahead, only the river is surging and mighty.
The night in furong town is empty, and the bright moon is just hanging on the other side of the mountain peak. Yue Hui was sprinkled on it and reflected in the river. As the river swayed, a river wind blew, only feeling cool. At this time, standing on the riverside promenade, facing the romantic river, I can't tell whether this coolness comes from the river wind. Or Jiang Yue? If you want to be the first snail in the world, you want to rank the river wind and the river moon, but you don't know what wind it is at this moment. What month is Jiangyue at this time?
Furong town, or Wangcun, is like a small town on the horizon. It is undoubtedly peaceful and quiet. The surging Mengdong River flows gently here, renamed Youjiang, and moves on. The people in the town are quiet, calm and unpretentious, revealing the attitude of living and working in peace. Because it is quiet and simple, it is hidden in the mountains and unknown to outsiders; It is also known to outsiders in the mountains because of its tranquility and simplicity. During the vicissitudes of life, during the quiet and prosperous, have become the past. The past is like smoke, I only hope it will always uphold its true colors and last forever in the world!
Note: It is said that in Youjiang, Confucian scholars in Xianyang risked killing all nine families in order to avoid burning books and burying Confucianism, and led their families to secretly transport more than 2,000 bamboo slips out of Xianyang, transported them to the mountains in Yuanling, Hunan Province, and hid them in caves on the mountainside until Qin died. After Emperor Gaozu ascended the throne, Confucian scholars presented their books to the court, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties for a while. "Learn to be rich in five cars and learn to read two books." This shows the reputation of this mountain. Mengdong River flows through furong town, joins Yuanjiang River in the south of Yuanling, and passes through this mountain on the way. Therefore, privately changing the name of Mengdong River to Youjiang is also related to this You Shan.