Hunan Daily New Hunan client correspondent Lian Weiling
Recently, the author drove up along Yuanshui, passing Eryou, driving for more than 40 minutes, to Hujiaxi Village, Mingxikou Town, Yuanling County, a traditional Chinese village.
Entering Hujiaxi Village, you will be greeted by a field of flowers, and the colorful flower sea shines with vitality and vitality under the sunlight. Villagers told the author that before the development of the Guzhai Scenic Area, every family relied on their own one-acre and three-point land to live, and when the weather was bad, there was no harvest. Nowadays, roads have been renovated, running water has been used, and fields have been collectively transferred to flowers, and under the impetus of the rural revitalization strategy, everyone in Hujiaxi Village has participated in the replanning and transformation of the ancient village, and dozens of intact Tujia stilt buildings are still well preserved. Based on the traditional residential architecture of Tujia, supported by Tujia folk culture, and driven by sightseeing and leisure vacation in ancient villages, Hujiaxi's ancient houses, ancient tea gardens, ancient post roads, ancient trees and landscape terraces are integrated to build it into a leading scenic spot for rural tourism development in Yuanling and a characteristic ancient village of Tujia folk culture, and villagers can make money at their doorstep.
Along the way, the barricade wine in front of the ancient village, the welcome dance in front of the wind and rain bridge, the mountain song on the hanging foot building... The villagers actively participated in cultural performances, and one by one, they turned into drummers, dancers and singers in the traditional costumes of the Tujia family, holding drums, gongs and bamboo boards, and playing traditional Tujia drum music with passion. As the music sounded, the dancers danced, dancing the unique national dance with Tujia characteristics, with beautiful dance postures, healthy movements, and jumping postures showing the hardworking and enthusiastic attitude of the Tujia family. At this moment, the villagers of Hujiaxi are both performers and inheritors, beneficiaries and creators. They guard the traditional culture of the Tujia family in their own way, and tell tourists from all over the world the unique charm of Tujia folklore.
In the evening, every family began to work for dinner, and the afterglow of the sunset spilled on the ancient village of Hujiaxi Village, covered with green smoke and lights, "Go home and eat!" The shouts are accompanied by the barking of cicadas and dogs, like a dynamic picture of green mountains and fireworks.
"Ambiguous distant village, nestled in the smoke. Dogs bark deep in the alley, chickens croak mulberry trees. "The pastoral life in Mr. Tao Yuanming's mouth should also be like this! The villagers of Hujiaxi are also using their own efforts and wisdom to build this ancient and beautiful village into a rural scenic area suitable for living and traveling, attracting more people to come to find their own "home to the garden".