East of the Chen Cun waterway, north of the Pingzhou waterway, south of the Tanzhou waterway, Chencun seems to be in the middle of the "small island", surrounded by rivers on all sides, the town and the river network is longitudinal, is a typical lingnan water town. The so-called one side of the water and soil to support one side of the people, rely on water to draft water, living in the water town of Chen Cun people, naturally can not be separated from a "water" word, which is vividly shown in the poetry of the famous Lingnan artist Li Jian.
Li Jian's ancestral home is Chen Village, and his family lives in Chen Village. He was an artist of the Qing Dynasty, proficient in poetry, books, paintings, and printing, and was known as the Four Absolute Arts.
Li Jian's landscape paintings - from the Internet
Before the age of thirty, Li Jian spent time in the countryside of Nanning and Shunde, and after the age of thirty, Li Jian lived in Guangzhou and Foshan and other places, and at the age of forty-two, he returned from Foshan to Teach Village. In his lifetime, Li Jian wrote thousands of ancient poems, which described a large number of customs and life scenes in the water town of Chen Cun.
Photo by Feng Yanfeng of Bijiao Village
"The fish pond is red on the sea, and the iron cannon is just east of the day." Forcing the straight ship to turn without turning, Xiqiao obliquely nodded the wind. ”
--"2 Songs)"
Zedi Chen Village, in the river into the street. The morning sun has just risen from the east, and the bustling river is already full of ships transporting goods to and from the market, and you and I are shuttling back and forth between the markets of Longjin. Grain grain, oil and sugar department stores, seasonal flowers and fruits are negotiated and bought, transported and unloaded, and the scene of hot fire is continuous. The merchant ships that flowed every day on the river were so close that the ships could only go straight and could not turn around.
"Memories of the Old Wei of Chen Village in 1952" - Mai Zhuoqiang
"Water village fen port ten thousand boat line, straight out of the fish pond will be the sound of the bridge." The bow of the boat against the tail of the wave stirred the water, and the white waves filled the river unarmed. ”
--"2 Songs)"
The market is built by the water, closely connected, and the boats and boats are densely packed, accompanied by the sound of "creaking and creaking", playing a pleasant song. A river of fishing boats, ten miles of song, the white waves of the river swaying under the slanting sun, constructing a unique lingnan water town ink painting.
"The southeast clouds are reunited with the moon, and the water branches and flowers are full of ships." Hengjiang marries a fisherwoman, plays drums and sings to the wild goose fields. ”
--"Lyrics of Fish Pond Sea Trees (Three First Choices)"
Water branches and flowers, single trees, and wild goose fields are all the names of waterway stations, which can be seen that in the old days, Chen Village and its surrounding water networks were dense, and the waterway stations stood side by side. As a water dwelling ethnic group in Lingnan Water Town, the people have lived by the water for generations, and the wedding ceremony is represented by a boat to sing lyrics. On the happy day, the man rowed a flower boat to the yantian to greet the relatives, the woman was solemnly waiting, and the guests attending the wedding were lined up in a row, with colorful lights, male and female voices singing, giving each other wine, and the spectacular scene highlighted the unique gorgeous style of the Yan family wedding.
The Wedding of the Yan Family - from the Internet
"The rain is thick and the willows are drunk, and the bend is sad and the twilight mountain is round." The bow of the boat is hanging in a cluster of flowers, and I have seen hungry fish chewing purple smoke. ”
--"Chun Jiang Yin"
The people of the water town come and go in the water, and the boat is an important means of transportation for the people of Chen Village. According to the records, the Shunde people living in Lingnan, whether men, women and children, know more about water and can drive boats.
ChenCun is a thousand-year-old flower town, and the bustling scene of ships transporting flowers for sale in other places is vividly portrayed by Li Jian. The smoke and rain are misty, and the spring rain brews a dark green willow color, and Tiangong is also intoxicated by it. "The bow of the ship is hanging in the shadows, and I have seen the hungry fish chewing purple smoke." It depicts the prosperous scene when the flower farmers in Chen Cun shook a leaf light boat to bring flowers to the flower field and Fangcun area in Guangzhou for sale: the flowers hung down and clustered together; the fish in the water seemed to be chewing freely.
A small boat slowly rowing under the small bridge yang Fang
"Junai Hengjiang Village crossing the head, falling flowers according to the oar to send Junzhou." Juanjuan's bride Tan Xinyue, a few inches in the village eyebrows. ”
--"Sending a Guest in the Village"
Ancient literati and inkers, especially artists like Li Jian, often felt sorry for each other, had close contacts, came and went, and it was common to send passengers by ship. Cross the river, flowers fall on the river, and oar the boat to send friends. Li Jian loves the water and soil of her hometown, and she loves life even more. He indulged in the beautiful scenery, and wrote a poem describing: The crescent moon with autumn in the heart of the bride Tanxin (located in the Area of Bow Sect) is like the eyebrows of the village girl casually drawn, curved, a few inches long.
A small boat docked at the water's edge photographed by Zhang Zhuohua
"The southern people originally turned to the water, afraid of the water this year." Looking back at the rainy autumn, the sea has changed into a field. Guan Tide asked Long to do, and the shore was fish sleeping. A hundred places of grass pulling, the east wind is not upside down! ”
--"Watching the Tide"
"The worried farmer laughed at my lack of land, and I was very happy to talk about it for many years. In May, the seedlings are green and moving, and in the second half of the year, the new sloppy and floating sky. The shore of The village of Blowing Wave is deeply fished in the valley, and the fishing is shallow and the boat is shallow. Jiang County has heard a lot of lotus insertions, and all the people are fighting against the river! ”
--Late May
Li Jian was concerned about the lives and safety of the people all his life, and floods were more common things in the old days. Whenever the river floods, farmers will have the fear of crop harvest, and sometimes the beast-like flood will break through the embankment, and even endanger people's lives.
Li Jian looked at the vast tide that was submerged in the field, and his heart was uneasy, and he couldn't help but send out such a sad cry as "the east wind is not upside down", and he deeply sympathized with the people who were in the depths of the water. "Ten thousand people with the same fate to defend the river" depicts the flood at that time, and thousands of families rushed to fight the flood.
Map of the former cofferdam during the construction of Lian'an Water and Locks was taken in 1987 courtesy of the Water Conservancy Commission
Water gives birth to civilization, and it may be destroyed, and we have been fighting water for thousands of years. From the construction of water conservancy, the construction of embankments and dams, and then to the current six major actions to control water...
Chen Cun launched six major operations to revitalize the city with water
Water is our precious treasure, and the city is born of water, thrives on water, and becomes rich and beautiful because of water. It is hoped that through the action of controlling water, the harmonious coexistence of water, the city and the people will be realized, and the business card of the Lingnan water town in Chencun will be polished again, and the prosperous and beautiful scene of Li Jian's "rain brewing thick green willows drunk in the sky, a bend of sorrow and twilight mountains", "the sea and salty soil is black and suitable for planting, and the stream turnson gate opens to overlook the flowers".
Source: Chen Cun Town To shui xingcheng construction headquarters office