A harbor that embraces the world and a rainbow that connects the world
I don't know how many times, as promised, I will come to the famous overseas Chinese hometown Qiaotou Town, come to the shore of Lotus Lake, or take a quick glance, or linger - see the lotus flowers.
Lotus, the gentleman of flowers, the complex of gentlemen.
Dongguan Qiaotou Town, "the hometown of Chinese Dutch culture and art" and "China's famous lotus town", is well-known in the south. Since 2004, the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Lotus Art Festival" in Qiaotou Town, Dongguan has been opened, once a year, rich businessmen, dignitaries, red men and green women, small tourists, long lotus paintings, enjoy the quiet and quiet of this busy city and the beautiful scenery of the lake, indulge in the embrace of nature, if dreamy, mesmerized, really do not know the way back.
Three hundred acres of lotus lake, red light paved brocade, Songshan Pagoda in the distance, faintly like wind chimes; The wicker nestles, the shore is fluttering, the curved sills are quiet, and the dark fragrance hits the sleeves; The wind is moving, and the fish jumps, startling the egret; In the depths of the green leafy dinghy, hibiscus reflects the lotus pickers... Ah, lotus, lotus, lotus; Hibiscus, hibiscus, hibiscus... The ancients were amorous, and in the vast sea of singing, if they did not write about lotuses, it would be shameful, even if they were poo immortals of the open and extravagant lyrics, they were indispensable to the fragrance of "a hibiscus, blooming Shang Yingying", and Yi Anjushi, who was jealous of flowers, would also "strayed into the depths of lotus flowers", not to mention the "three autumn guizi, ten miles of lotus" of Liu Sanchange. It is said that the grassy bearded man finished his face, and because he listened to this song "Wanghai Chao", he decided to cross Jianghuai to the south, just for the lotus flower to nourish his eyes. So there is a sigh of "don't you know that the grass and trees are ruthless, and the Yangtze River is worried". It is somewhat unjust to let a poet carry the black cauldron of broken mountains and rivers. As for the poet Immortal Li Bai, he simply described himself as a "Qinglian resident", "the lotus flower is coquettish, and he is worried about killing people crossing the river", and the state of metallurgy is tempting and annoying, and the subtlety can only be understood.
"The little lotus only shows its sharp horns, and there are dragonflies standing on the head" "The lotus leaves are infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers reflect the sun and are red"... Looking at the lotus flower of the lotus lake at the head of the bridge, this wind and this color, this situation and this scene, where "Mr. Chengzhai" put the pen, which dogtail dares to continue the mink?!
▲Lotus red dragonfly (Chen Zhong/ Photo)
Of course, the lotus flowers in Lianhu Lake in Qiaotou Town, and Luo Yi, a historical celebrity in Qiaotou during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, were once recited by posterity with the verse "Lotus pond flowers bloom, fragrant smell eight or nine miles".
Lotus flowers to cultural people is "beautiful", beautiful as a demon, Mr. Pu Songling's "Chat Zhai" must be indispensable (lotus three ladies); It is "clean" for politicians, out of the sludge and not clean; To the religious community is "same", red flowers, green leaves, white lotus root, the three religions are originally the same root; For ordinary people, especially southerners, it is an indispensable ingredient for life, and some villagers dig lotus root and sell it to Changping, Shilong, Hong Kong and other places for food and medicine.
In the early Qing Dynasty, "Guangdong Xinyu" recorded: "Dongguan steamed lotus leaves with fragrant japonica, miscellaneous fish, and meat, and the surface was fragrant, and the name was 'lotus leaf rice'." The ancient poem praises the deliciousness of Dongguan lotus leaf rice: "The lotus leaves in Pantang are exhausted in the lotus pond, and the sisters are busy picking them." Do not pick lotus flowers and pick lotus leaves, rice bag lotus leaves come out with a floral fragrance. ”
Wandering on the shores of the breezy and rustling lotus lake, it seems that there are no traces of industrial civilization, which is a kind of elegance that is very different from the surrounding scenery. Walking in the 300-acre lotus lake, in a place intertwined with pure beauty and elegant life, people can temporarily let go of their worries and suck the fragrance of the lotus and the freedom of the wind.
The spirit of the earth and the masters of the people, the masters of the people and the spirit of the earth. Bridgehead Iho is sexual, addicted, and addicted. Sycamore leads the phoenix, and the flower is good for the butterfly. The bridgehead, famous for its lotus flowers, is not only unique in natural scenery, but also a place with a long history of culture. Many literary and artistic creation bases have taken root here. This 56-square-kilometer, permanent population of about 200,000 people, is located in the Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong Economic Corridor, with the vast East River flowing endlessly in the northeast and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway winding in the southwest, which is the source of the Dongshen water supply project. It is bordered by Huizhou in the north and Shenzhen in the south, and is run by many expressways such as Guanghui Expressway and Hugang Expressway nearby, and is the "first top 1000 small towns with comprehensive development level" in China. Dongguan Bridgehead not only sounded the clarion call of "dare to open, really open, open first, all open", but also emerged many people who thrive like lotus flowers and are willing to work.
Dongguan Qiaotou, such a group of cultural celebrities are taking root here. Such as Mo Shucai, Biancheng, Li Bingqin, Zhang Liping, Liu Fan, Feng Qiao, Luo Huanquan, Mo Xiaoxian, Chen Xuemei, etc. In the long river of history, a city is not remembered for its economic strength, but because of how many scientists, thinkers, writers, artists it nourished...
Bridgehead, lotus lake, lotus flower... You are so beautiful, unfortunately you have not changed three times, I am far inferior to Yang Wanli, I can't write the good scenery in front of me, talk about this vicissitudes of the sea to take a drop.
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