Text | Zhang Ling
Zhang Ling, a native of Jiaxing, likes a corner of traditional culture in his heart, likes to walk the streets and alleys in his spare time, and feels the real life of the city's ancient towns and countryside with his footsteps, and sometimes records it.
The weather is still good, so I decided to go to Maming Village in Zhouquan, Tongxiang with Liang, for Maming Village, it is estimated that most people have not heard of and do not know, and I only heard about it not long ago.
Starting from Jiaxing, transfer to Shenjiahu Lake through Zhajiasu to Zhouquan exit in the direction of Hangzhou, and then seven bends and eight turns for 10 minutes to drive, but if there is no navigation, it is really difficult to find.
To be honest, for Jiaxing, there are several ancient towns, but there is still not much hope for the ancient villages, because it seems that there are no ancient villages in Jiaxing, only that there are many ancient villages in southern Zhejiang, such as Lishui Songyang, there are hundreds, such as Chishou Jieshou Village.
As soon as I got off the car, I saw a "Ma Ming Native Restaurant", which seemed to have diners who often came, and asked the boss Sure enough, In recent years, there have been more and more people in Ma Ming, so he opened this native restaurant with his own house, and the business is okay.
Walking along the old street, we saw at a glance that there was a stone road leading to the inside, and when we saw a few people gathered together, we went up to talk: "When was Maming Village formed, and why is it called Maming Village?"
And so on, a master surnamed Zhao took the initiative to introduce it to us: "Legend has it that Emperor Qianlong once went down to the south of the Yangtze River and passed by Ma Ming, on a bridge called the sedan chair horse bridge, Qianlong rode a horse on the other side of the river and barked three times, Qianlong was very curious, saw an old temple opposite, was very surprised, wrote on the spot 'Ma Ming Old Temple' four-character plaque, since then the village where the old temple is located is called Ma Ming Village", it turned out to be like this.
"There are still many legends in the village, and there is a general lake in the back, you will know when you go to see it later," he continued. "You're all locals, right?" "Yes, he opened a noodle shop, he opened a cake shop, and I made silk", "Oh,", "Do you know how to cut silk? It's the kind you make by hand-peeling cocoons, CCTV's "Distant Home" column also came to interview it, and it has been broadcast on Double 11,"
"Yes, it's amazing", looking at Brother Zhao's proud face, we also felt that the whole Ma Ming was shining all of a sudden, and then he enthusiastically took us to visit his studio, just as his lover was peeling cocoons, which can be regarded as letting us see the real kung fu of silk noodles being made by tradition. It is said that handmade silk quilts are still very popular in the market.
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Say goodbye to Master Zhao, a few traditional shops in the alley attracted us, there are shaving shops, teahouse shops, etc., a few old men have just eaten and are ready to play mahjong in the teahouse, looking very comfortable and comfortable, according to them, every day is more than 4:00 in the morning to drink a bowl of morning tea, and old friends to talk about the short of parents, the spirit of the market, in the fireworks of the market, and then start a day's life......
We went inside, came to the general lake, the corresponding stage on both sides attracted us, a look at the introduction, called "the stage play", the original weekday "singing the stage" or the source, according to the data: in the past, in the various folk activities of Ma Ming Village, the most distinctive to the stage, the longest last, and the most influential.
Two troupes of the same level, at the same time, across the river, perform the same or similar repertoire, competing for high and low, it is also very good to think about it.
Ma Ming's drama was once famous in the Hangjiahu area, if the actors won the opera, it would be equivalent to announcing that they would gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes, and they could have a tone, if they were placed now, they would be Internet celebrities directly.
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In a tributary connected to Jiangjun Lake, Liang found a cement boat that was rare in the water town, and rushed up like a child and shook it for a while.
There is actually a crab caught next to the boat, which should also be an ancient crab fishing method, and it should be able to be declared a World Heritage Site.
Although the general lake is not big, but it has a very long history, and now the project of performing with a bamboo on the boat in Wuzhen Scenic Area is said to have come from Ma Ming at the earliest, and there are quite a lot of other legends and allusions, but in order to sell a pass, you should go and see it yourself......
When I left, I wanted to eat a bowl of noodles at Ma Ming's noodle restaurant owned by a local, but the owner only made a bowl of noodles in the morning, so I missed it.
As soon as I saw that there was still time, I decided to eat the "Yima Wonton" in Yima Market Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Zhouquan Town, which is said to have a history of 100 years.
According to the owner of the shop, Master Zhu, from the ancestors have been more than 100 years, the characteristic is that the meat filling is specially mixed with their own soy sauce and other ingredients, after a while, two bowls of increased version of "Yima wonton" served up, 6 yuan + 2 yuan / bowl, I and Liang three under five divided by two to solve, two words "delicious", three words "delicious", thin skin, tight meat and unique taste, although the appearance of the store does not dare to compliment, but from the taste of the trip is not in vain.
Master Zhu said that now that he is old, he will not be able to prepare for it in a few years, if this is the case, it would be a pity for a century-old brand, if there is a person who has a heart to take it over, it is a good choice, to know how difficult it is to run a century-old store!
In the small talk with Master Zhu, I also heard that there was an old bridge near the callus station in the market town, so we went straight to it, but asked several people who said they didn't know, and when they were about to be disappointed, an arch bridge suddenly appeared behind a house, although it was not big, but the image and temperament were good, but unfortunately the introduction on the side was only the name "Yongning Bridge", and there was no other introduction;
In order to take a good photo, Liang and I walked back and forth on the bridge several times before slowly leaving, ending Ma Ming's trip.
Although Maming Village is small, but for hundreds of years with its quiet and persistence has survived, there must be its reason, at least the teahouse shop contributed more than half, if the village tea shop is gone, the soul of the village will be gone, thanks to the old men every day at four o'clock morning tea and together with the rising taste of mutton noodles!
【From Nanhu Ling】
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