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Yuxiu Lion Township
There is a big banyan tree on the ancient pier, like many places, but not at the mouth of the village, but in the middle of the mountainside, but in the Song Dynasty, this is the mouth of the village.
Looking down at the ancient pier, the new and old houses below are densely packed, a slope to the north, and the lowest point of the seaside street is at least ten meters low. Nearly a thousand years of vicissitudes, the sea retreated and the land advanced, and the Holy Lion Village gradually formed its current appearance. The Shijiao River stretches through, with settlements on one side and arable land on the other.
There are many historical relics in Shengshi Village, preserving more than a dozen cultural relics of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there are also ancient sea erosion sites. Built in the Ming Dynasty between the Hongsheng Temple Youli Village, two Qing Dynasty centenarian arches Ao Li Village Road, Zhongshan's earliest charity Tuanyi Trade Union stands next to the ancient wharf, to witness this side of the water and soil.
People take food as the sky, Huaji restaurant next to the ancient pier, unfortunately, we arrived at the time without red caramel crisp twist flowers all over the net, according to Uncle Hua, because to avoid the wet south wind, it will not start to be made until the beginning of August. Time flies, from 1978, when Uncle Hua was 18 years old, he began to take over the shop run by his father for more than thirty years, and inadvertently passed more than thirty years, exhausted two generations, and fed two generations.
Down the Road of Er Estate, the old brick houses along the way have hidden all the years and read the vicissitudes, and how many stories are hidden on the mossy walls. On one side of the wall, there are paintings of walls full of childlike fun.
On Haipeng Street, the imposing Home Center for the Elderly has opened its doors, and several tall buildings along the street are being renovated. According to the village elderly Peng Bo said, this is the village property, unified old renovation, and the surrounding environment is more matched, the national respect for the elderly demonstration village, the provincial livable demonstration village, the provincial health ecological village, the most beautiful ecological village in the Pearl River Delta, a series of honors smashed on our heads, do not know what it means, anyway is getting better and better, Peng Bo is very happy. From time to time, people buying vegetables passed by on both sides of the road, their faces were calm and peaceful, and Peng Bo greeted people from time to time. A huge holy lion cultural square, every night, it is more lively than the ruins. Pember was very proud.
Speaking of the Holy Lion Village, it is impossible not to mention the "April 8th", as a provincial intangible cultural heritage project, "April 8th", originated from the annual parade of the first eight months of April in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and has become a traditional festival in the famous eight townships. Today's "April 8th" has developed into a large-scale folk art parade with dragons, phoenixes, lions, fluttering colors and drum music flower baskets, with an audience of tens of thousands, and the Sacred Lion Cultural Square is the gathering place of the parade. For a time, the whole village was filled with parades, and people cheered and chased. Nearby old people took the opportunity to visit old girlfriends who had not been seen for many years, and the old partners got together and enjoyed each other. With the popularity of "April 8th", the holy lion cuisine has moved one side. Such as Lion Township clam meat porridge, Luan Xi cake Tian Ai Bao, sweet potato fried heap, salty pancakes, etc., just look at the name will make your index finger move your taste buds, these folk snacks quickly spread in all directions, forming a holy lion village as the center, radiating several nearby villages of the internet celebrity name.
"A good woman should not marry a holy lion man, it was bitter at that time." Before the 1980s, Hongmei said to me with a smile, "There are many fields, and she bends down to wait for the fields all day long." In addition to the village, there are also 100 acres of reclaimed land in Doumen, and every year when the farmers are busy, they must send people to cultivate it. But none of this had anything to do with Hongmei, who married the Holy Lion and took over her husband's shop as soon as she got married.
Hongmei's shop specializes in Lion Township snacks and receives guests with stubble after stubble. Savor the sweet clam porridge, crunchy clam pancakes, and the tender and charred oil dumplings there, sitting at the bottom of the St. Lion's Bridge, blowing a cool river breeze with moisture. At sunset, the shallow Shijiao River flows slowly, the water is clear and bright, reflecting the rows of fallen feathers on both sides, and the trees and water are plated with a golden yellow, as if in a painting.
Hongmei, who speaks fluent Longdu, is a Mao celebrity who has been married to the Holy Lion for more than thirty years.
(Note: This article was originally published in Zhongshan Pictorial Journal, No. 10, 2021)
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