Author: Mu Jiangping
Tu Cha Lala Ferry Wharf is located in the territory of Changtan River Township, Baojing County, on the Changtan River at the junction of the original Shuiyin Township and Tuzha Township. The original Tuzha Township is surrounded by water on three sides, the river valley is deeply cut, the valley is deep, just like a peninsula, the terrain is undulating greatly, in the early spring, there are peach blossoms under the mountain, and the landscape of snowflakes floating on the mountain.
Due to the special topographical conditions, the traffic in Tuzha Township is blocked, and the villagers travel extremely inconveniently.
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The name of the Tu Chalala ferry is "Magic Carter", "Magic Carter" is a handsome and handsome young man of the Tujia family in the legend, who is brave and brave in the face of righteousness, loves to fight and fight, and is the hero in the hearts of the Tujia villagers in Tuzha Township. In order to commemorate him, people named the bluestone forest on the top of the hill above Tucha Wharf as "Magic Carter Bluestone Forest Park", and the vehicles and ships on the pier were named "Magic Carter".
The Magic Carter is more than 20 meters long and about 10 meters wide, and can accommodate seven or eight small vehicles and twenty or thirty pedestrians at a time. A steel wire rope with the thickness of a water pipe spans the Changtan River and is anchored to the wharf on both banks. At the bow of the ship are a dozen or so one-meter-long hardwood sticks, one of which has a groove at one end. To make the vehicle and ship move, the boatman and the pedestrian will clamp the groove at one end of the wooden stick to the wire rope and pull it hard, and the vehicle and ship will come and go between the docks on both sides.
The boatman's surname is Liang, he is in his 60s, not tall, stout and sturdy, energetic, and very talkative. Lao Liang said that he has been working on the car and ship for decades, and when the Tu Cha River bridge upstream of the pier is opened to traffic, the car and ship will complete its historical mission, and it is time for him to retire. Lao Liang went on to say that although the cars and boats provide some help for the villagers on both sides of the strait to travel, they are not as fast as crossing the bridge, and it takes about 20 minutes to cross the river. In the evening, Lao Liang pointed to a small plastic boat tied to the car, and after half past seven in the evening, I fixed the car and boat in the middle of the river, and after returning to the dock by boat, I got off work. I asked him why he didn't moor the car and boat on the pier and start the car and boat himself when the pedestrian was in a hurry. He said pedestrians were not trained and it was not safe to operate vehicles and vessels. The lighting is not good at night, and it is dangerous for vehicles to get on and off the ship. After the Tuzha River Bridge is opened to traffic, it will not take more than a minute to cross the Changtan River, and the history of Lala ferry affecting vehicles and pedestrians will no longer exist. After the opening of the relocation and ramming highway, it will also promote the development of tourism and golden tea industries along the highway in our Tuzha Village, Changtanhe Township, as well as Hulu Town and Ludongshan Town, and provide great help for accelerating rural revitalization and making a fortune.
The green mountains are endless, and the green water is long. Although Tu Chalaladu is about to disappear and lose a beautiful landscape, just like the peach blossoms in Taohuaping Village on the way when we came, the petals are withering and drifting, and the flowers are colorful, but "the red is not a ruthless thing, and it is more protective of flowers when it turns into spring mud"!!
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