Speaking of Jiangxi, a low-key province,
Which city would come to mind first?
Nanchang, the provincial capital of "Yuchang Ancient County", must be mentioned,
Jingdezhen, which is rich in porcelain, is also a popular choice.
In the selection of "the most beautiful village", Wuyuan is often on the list,
Regarding the summer vacation, the poetic Lushan is always hotly discussed......
In contrast, Jiangxi's largest cities are often overlooked.
It is named after the river and born by the mountain,
Navel oranges are famous all over the world, so they have won the reputation of "the world's orange town";
It's a city with a lot of land, but no sense of existence.
It is also a beautiful gathering place with beautiful mountains and rivers and a seriously underestimated appearance.
It's also a quiet and quaint ancient city, but it's rarely on the bucket list.
Ganzhou.
Also known as "Qiancheng", "Gannan",
The area is the first in Jiangxi, and the economy is the second in Jiangxi.
Now ushered in the opportunity of "fire" -
From January 10, 2024,
Ganzhou West Railway Station will run the first train to Guangzhou via Guangshan high-speed railway.
This means that it only takes 2 hours and 17 minutes to go to Yangcheng from Ganzhou to Yangcheng at the earliest.
The thousand-year-old city has officially entered the two-hour living circle of Guangzhou.
▲News about Guangzhou's integration into Guangzhou's 2-hour economic life circle
If navel orange is just the most well-known business card in Ganzhou,
There's so much more to this understated city than meets the eye.
Believe me, after reading this article,
There's one more destination on your bucket list!
▲The standard clock in Ganzhou urban area
#赣州文旅江南宋城路线
Central City (Fangte Oriental Desire Theme Park, Tongtianyan Scenic Area, Jiangnan Songcheng Historical and Cultural Tourism Zone, Wulong Hakka Customs Garden, Polar Ocean World, Jiangxi Hakka Museum, Nankang Home Town)
#赣州文旅客家情路线
Anyuan (Sanbaishan Scenic Area, Dongshengwei Scenic Area) - Longnan (Guanxi Xinwei Scenic Area, Nanwudang Mountain Scenic Area, Qianxin Town) - Quannan (Tianlong Mountain Scenic Area, Yaxi Ancient Village Scenic Area) - Dingnan (Jiuqu Resort, Taoyuan Paradise Scenic Area, Tiger Shape Wai)
#赣州文旅王阳明路线
Shangyou (Ganzhou Yangming Lake Scenic Area, Nanhu International Leisure Fishing Base, Gannan Forest Train) ➝ Chongyi (Chongyi Museum, Yangmingshan National Forest Park, Shangbao Terraces) ➝ Dayu (Yashan Scenic Area, Meiguan Ancient Post Road) ➝ Xinfeng (Gushan Scenic Area, Pingdi Mountain Village Tourist Scenic Spot)
*The above route refers to "Gannan Daily"
▲ Songcheng in Ganzhou is full of autumn
01
Jiangxi's largest city, low-key is too low-key!
My hometown is Chenzhou, Hunan, next door to Ganzhou,
But it wasn't until middle school that I first learned about this neighbor.
The reason is very simple, when I was young, I probably knew that the abbreviation of Jiangxi was "gan".
But you may not know that "Gan" is how it is written.
This complex Chinese character was born for the mother river of Jiangxi.
And Ganzhou is also named after this.
Unpopular things naturally appear low-key,
In addition, the traffic artery of the Beijing-Guangzhou line is staggered in Jiangxi,
makes Ganzhou a "small transparent" for a long time,
Until the good brother of the university, Little C, introduced his hometown at the talk,
I just got a broad understanding of this thousand-year-old city.
▲The ancient city of Ganzhou has a beautiful artistic conception
He said that Ganzhou is the largest city in Jiangxi.
It has jurisdiction over 3 districts, 13 counties and 2 county-level cities,
The total area is 39,379.64 square kilometers,
Guangzhou is only a fraction of it.
▲Administrative division of Ganzhou. Photo/@维基百科
He said that Ganzhou is a place that extends in all directions.
It is bordered by Guangdong in the south, Hunan in the west, and Fujian in the east.
It can be described as "one city after four provinces".
He said that Ganzhou is the second in Jiangxi's economy, as well as the airport,
There was a sense of pride in the words.
▲The geographical location of Ganzhou
But I have limited interest in macro data,
I never thought that once the little C popularized science,
only to find out that Ganzhou is very capable of fighting in all aspects.
On natural endowments.
The water system led by the Ganjiang River feeds the entire Jiangxi and then connects to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
To the south, the Dongjiang River is formed in Guangdong, and the Pearl River basin is connected.
▲The scenery of the Gongjiang River in Ganzhou
Therefore, during the Tang and Song dynasties, Ganzhou, which is located on the golden waterway between the north and south, was quite prosperous.
to the point where "Fusu loses to Jingshi as the most in the world".
In addition, Ganzhou is surrounded by the Wuyi Mountains, Jiulian Mountains, Da Yuling and Luoxiao Mountains.
Such landscapes have naturally become a source of inspiration for countless literati and artists.
It's just that although the mountains are majestic, they also isolate Ganzhou in modern times.
It was not until the 21st century that rail traffic was gradually improved.
▲Ganzhou has never lacked strange mountains
On the humanistic heritage.
When Xiao C and I chanted "Chenjiang is fortunate to go around Chenshan",
He turned his head and threw out Xin Qiji's "The green mountains can't cover it, after all, it flows eastward",
- Yu Gutai, where Su Shi and Xin Qiji left famous sentences for thousands of years, is in Ganzhou.
In addition, Zhou Dunyi wrote "Ai Lian Said" in Ganzhou,
Xu Xiake is particularly fascinated by the pious landscape,
Wang Yangming said that "the green mountains are good everywhere, how can the old garden be good", and he still runs a school here.
During Wen Tianxiang's appointment to Ganzhou, when he looked at the Ganjiang River at the Bajingtai where Zhangshui and Gongshui converged,
Write down the good sentence of "The dawn is heavy and the curtain is rolled, and the spring sound is urged by the drums".
On the preservation of history.
Ganzhou does not have the reputation of Xi'an,
But there is an ancient city wall that has also stood for thousands of years, and it is free;
Without the marketing and prosperity of Hangzhou Songcheng and Kaifeng Qingming Shanghe Park,
But there is a "living" Song City.
▲The style of Songcheng in Ganzhou
Yes, there is a section of Song city wall of more than 3,000 meters left in Ganzhou,
Passing by from the lonely stage,
Song Shiming bricks and Qing tiles are stacked on Zaoer Street,
Silently recounting the vicissitudes of life.
▲There are traces of life on and off the Song city wall in Ganzhou
Locals or walking with a fan under the ancient city,
or run along the city walls,
Time and space are so jagged and intertwined,
Let the ancient rhyme and life become full.
Speaking of which, Xiao C's words are always full of warmth,
The plot outlined by the bricks and tiles of the ancient city seems to have infected him with a strong sense of nostalgia.
I love history, and I can't help but be infected,
I sincerely feel that Ganzhou, a neighbor, is really too low-key.
01
The most Hakka place, is Ganzhou?
My understanding of Ganzhou,
Most of them come from Little C's homesickness,
He is usually silent,
But when it comes to hometown, it always gushes endlessly.
▲The alleys of Ganzhou
I've been thinking about why he has such contradictory qualities.
It wasn't until a chance chat that I found the answer,
He said: "I am a Hakka. (For the understanding of the Hakka people, you can move: "Meizhou, there is nostalgia all over the world")
Everyone immediately expressed their amazement,
Especially the Meizhou brothers in the dormitory,
However, a little-known fact is that:
Although Meizhou is the Hakka capital of the world, the Hakka people started from Ganzhou.
To this day, more than 95% of the more than 8 million people in the jurisdiction are Hakka.
▲Ganzhou walled house
There are no mountains and no guests, no guests do not live in the mountains, there are mountains and there are guests, and there are guests and there are songs.
In order to escape the chaos and avoid trouble, the Hakka people who migrated from the Central Plains,
It started from Ganzhou and gradually formed in western Fujian and eastern Guangdong.
This once again makes us sigh at Ganzhou's low profile,
After all, when it comes to Hakka culture,
The first thing people think of is always the tulou in Fujian and the walled house in Meizhou.
But if you want to go on a Hakka root-seeking trip,
Ganzhou is not left behind.
▲Interior view of the walled house in Ganzhou
There are more than 600 Hakka walled houses here.
The number of them, the style of the whole thing, the well-preserved,
It's all an eye-opener.
The vast area and long history of Guanxi Wai is the representative of Ganzhou walled houses.
There are 3 houses, 6 rooms, 18 halls and 124 rooms in the overall hollow shape.
While the architectural concept is very symmetrical,
There are also a large number of woodcarving moments like art,
No wonder it is known as the "Roman Castle of the East".
▲Overlooking Kansai Wai
Tall and sturdy as a castle-like swallow wing,
The large-scale circular enclosure represents the Cao's enclosure house,
There are also Wushi Wai, Liyuan Wai, Tiger Shape Wai, Wushi Wai, and Dongsheng Wai House Group.......
Ganzhou, where there are walled houses in all counties, is really like a "besieged city",
Looking for Hakka traces here will never disappoint.
Of course, if you have a Hakka stomach,
It's time to go to Ganzhou to have a look.
03
Ganzhou scenery, not only navel oranges
Like most people who have never set foot in Ganzhou,
My understanding of Ganzhou also comes from navel oranges.
I still remember that during college, Little C would always receive oranges from home.
It is then distributed back and forth between the various dormitories.
The abundant juice, the sultry sweetness and sourness,
Let Gannan navel orange define our imagination of Ganzhou's scenery.
In the end, it was also Little C who subverted my impression of pious food.
In everyone's understanding, Jiangxi is the most spicy province.
If Hunan is spicy, Sichuan is spicy, and Guizhou is sour and spicy,
Then Jiangxi is "pure spicy".
But Little C seems to be an exception,
He not only eats spicy food, but also welcomes Cantonese and Hakka cuisine.
It is as if you have a stomach that blends north and south.
This has to say Ganzhou on the tip of the tongue,
In Ganzhou cuisine, there is a history of blending.
For example, Ningdu three-cup chicken.
Its name comes from the practice,
A glass of rice wine, soy sauce, and sesame oil,
Even if you don't need to add water, with chives and ginger slices,
It can stimulate the fatness of the three yellow chickens.
If you further inquire about the origin of the three-cup chicken,
Locals will probably say that this is what the national hero Wen Tianxiang ate before his inauguration.
"The south is a female armor, and eight thousand children are the king of diligence",
After all, in the late Southern Song Dynasty, the past of the people in the Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong regions joined the army,
Always with romantic and generous feelings of family and country.
Another example is the Hakka cuisine in Anyuan, Xunwu, Dingnan, and Quannan in southern Gansu.
The meat foam is just right embedded in bitter gourd and tofu,
Fry until golden brown on both sides, then reduce the juice on high heat,
It became stuffed tofu and stuffed bitter gourd,
The heat is overflowing, and you can mix two bowls of rice in minutes.
The concept of Hakka cuisine "can be brewed in everything" is just right.
Stir-frying, glutinous, actuation (vinegar), soup, wax,
It is used in the production of small fried fish, Xingguo fish shreds, Huangyuan rice cakes, Ningdu meatballs and other dishes.
Ganzhou, "the key point of the five mountains, the throat of Guangdong and Fujian",
The food is indeed similar to that of the bordering provinces of Guangdong and Fujian.
However, Ganzhou Hakka cuisine has unique characteristics.
Spicy must also be restrained and gentle, salty must be colorful,
It also seems to reflect the introverted and blending of the "Hakka cradle".
It is a land of great rivers and rivers, and of course fish is indispensable in the dishes of Ganzhou.
Ganzhou fried fish is spicy and slightly vinegary, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.
Even if people sweat profusely, they still don't want to stop.
Rice noodle fish, shredded fish, fish cakes, sake lees fish and even snails, loaches,
It also enriches the dining table of Ganzhou people.
Rice flour kueh rice rice bred in the land of rice at home,
It's enough to keep diners coming back for more.
That breakfast rice noodles do not lose Nanchang,
The hot skin is like rice noodles and not rice rolls,
Amy Kueh and gray water rice dumplings entrust the childhood memories of many Ganzhou people,
There are all kinds of kueh and rice dumplings, which make people know the Hakka boundary as soon as they hear it.
All in all, the food style of Ganzhou is both like the south and like the north,
In the low-key ordinary, there are strong emotions,
Just like the thousand-year-old flowing Ganjiang River and the indisputable Ganzhou,
Low-key and calm, waiting for your own fireworks in the deep flow of still water.
04
Ganzhou, it's time to fire!
"A glass of wine is on the stage with the same eyes, and the sunset fishing sings the sand gulls. ”
In ancient times, Qianzhou enjoyed prosperity because of the developed waterways,
I have seen all the eventful years of the past.
Later, Ganzhou, surrounded by green mountains,
But it was once drowned in the tide of the times.
However, with the vigorous development of New China,
Ganzhou, which was once snubbed by the railway network,
It has also begun to be further incorporated into the territory of north-south connectivity.
Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Ganlong Railway, Ganshao Railway, Ganruilong Railway and Changjiang-Jiangxi High-speed Railway,
Deepening the connection between Ganzhou in the mountains and the outside world,
A new chapter in the Pearl River Delta in two hours,
It gives the outside world more opportunities to know Ganzhou.
There is Tongtian Rock, which is known as "the first grotto in the south of the Yangtze River",
359 statues in 279 shrines,
Witness the passage of time in the light clouds and breeze.
There is an ancient pontoon bridge standing tall on the water's edge,
It is a unique scenery that has gone through vicissitudes.
▲Ganzhou ancient pontoon bridge
Here is Ruijin, which is called "Little Moscow",
was the center of the Central Soviet District,
The 25,000-mile long march began here.
▲The red ruins of Ruijin, Ganzhou
Longnan Xiaowudang here,
Danxia Stone Forest is rocky,
The momentum is magnificent, not inferior to Hubei Wudang......
▲The scenery of Xiaowudang in Ganzhou
If you like ancient rhyme, the old alleys of the ancient city of the Song Dynasty are particularly charming,
If you love architecture, the grand enclosure is enough to make people stop,
If you yearn for ancient villages, there are more quaint villages than Huizhou,
If you are happy with mountains and good waters, how can you not be obsessed with the secret land of mountains and wilderness that is not an Internet celebrity.
As Chairman Mao wrote in "Qingping Le • Huichang",
"Walking all over Qingshan, people are not old, and the scenery is unique here. ”
Ganzhou, which is full of Hakka flavor and landscape atmosphere,
It's worth it.
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