Just after the Spring Festival, many places are still "beautiful and frozen".
When the people in the north are heating and stomping their feet in the ice and snow outside to keep warm, this small city in the south is warm in the spring with coconut groves and sea breezes.
It is separated from Hainan by a river, and there is almost no winter. She has the scenery of the island that is not inferior to Hainan, but has a purity and tranquility that is difficult to reach in the latter.
She is Leizhou. Unlike the hustle and bustle of big cities, Leizhou is quiet and lazy. Here, you will hear the sound of time slowly flowing, and the mood will involuntarily relax.
The Leizhou Peninsula on the map belongs to Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, located above Hainan Province, near the southernmost tip of the mainland of the motherland. Because few outsiders usually come here to travel, it is still a "virgin land" and retains the original ecological style.
Today, Sister Guan takes you into this small city with a sense of age and fireworks, and explores the long and peculiar culture of Leizhou.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > stone dog culture</h1>
Speaking of the most representative culture of Leizhou, we cannot but talk about Leizhou stone dogs.
As the worship totem of Leizhou people, Leizhou stone dog has a long history.
In ancient times, Leizhou was wild and poor, and due to the influence of local miasma, most of the children were born and died. Many people specially carved stone dogs for worship and prayer. I hope that the children will grow up safely and healthily, and the family will prosper.
In ancient times, the stone dog was regarded as a patron saint by the Leizhou people. In large households, stone dogs must be placed in front of their homes and aisles.
In the Leizhou City Museum, there is also a replica of Hanlindi, and the exhibition hall displays the most complete and oldest stone dogs in Leizhou, and in the middle is the largest "king".
There is no fixed style of Leizhou stone dogs, they are carved by craftsmen according to the shape and material of the stones, because of the "stone" conditions.
Therefore, there are no two stone dogs that are exactly the same. Leizhou stone dogs are varied and have different looks, and each stone dog is the only art treasure in the world.
Unlike the stone lion and stone qilin culture in other places, the stone dogs in Leizhou are not all majestic images.
Many stone dogs are cute, some grinning, some rolling balls, and some like emcees in a welcome manner.
Therefore, in modern times, stone dogs are also known as "emcee gods". From the ancient totem and intangible cultural heritage, to the modern celebrant gods and mascots, they all reflect people's love for stone dogs, and also reflect the progress of science in the times.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > drum culture</h1>
Leizhou Doré, since ancient times, people like to beat drums. "Leizhou drum changing" is a unique custom in Leizhou, and the drum culture has been passed down from generation to generation.
When it comes to why Leizhou advocates drum culture, there are several explanations:
One is that in ancient Leizhou often infested with wild beasts, in order to drive away wild beasts and beat drums to the sky to ask for thunder (this is not too much Thunder, look at the sister feels a bit far-fetched) may also beat the drum to drive away the beasts;
One is to say that the thunder is rewarded, praying that the god of thunder will send down thunder gong ink (meteorite) to ward off evil spirits (this meteorite is not very likely, right?). ）；
The last one is to say Leizhou Dore, where people hold "thunder sacrifices" in order to prevent people from being distracted in the year of many disasters and difficulties. Drumming is a kind of encouragement, a kind of shouting.
Therefore, Leizhou people are still not afraid of natural disasters and lightning. The masters in the temple make drums from the best materials every year, change the drums every year, and over time become a set of rituals.
Where there is thunder, there is rain, and there are rainy mega years. The worship of the "thunder god" by the people of Leizhou is recorded in Feng Menglong's "Cautionary Tale". The god of thunder is divided into yang thunder and yin thunder, yang thunder is in charge of production and life, and yin thunder is in charge of promoting good and punishing evil.
"Leizhou drum change" is the first of the "four best in the world", and it has also been on the CCTV stage as an intangible cultural heritage.
Leizhou Zhangshuwan Hotel is based on the theme of drum culture. As soon as you enter the door, there is a big drum.
Further in, the entire wall is full of various drums, and there are more decorative drums engraved with fushou and well-being carved in metal materials. (How much this boss should like drums)
"Cloud thunder heaven drum also, thunderbolt all things also." The people of Leizhou, who have always used the earth as a drum, have written a moving chapter with the heavens and the earth.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > nostalgic handmade culture of chili sauce</h1>
Chili sauce, there is Lao Gan Ma in the north, and Mao De Gong in the south. There is an advertising slogan about chili sauce in Leizhou that is popular: "Hot sauce, or the incense of the public." ”
The "gong" here refers to the Maude Gong. In the Leizhou dialect, grandpa is called "gong", and "gong" represents not only generations, but also respect, implying the most simple respect of future generations for elders. MaoDeGong is an old farmer in Zurong Village on the Leizhou Peninsula, and his grandson founded Maodegong Chili Sauce, named after his grandfather.
"Accumulate small kindness, become a maude". Chili sauce advocates handmade, so Maude Gong has a fondness for the nostalgic culture of handmade.
Leizhou Handmade Museum is located in the village of Zuei, where Maode Gong is located.
In addition to the chili sauce making process, there will also be lion awakening, wood carving, stone dog carving, Leizhou gray sculpture, pipe making, Leizhou pu weaving, embroidery, weaving fishing nets and other handmade finished products and skills live performances.
Visitors can also experience the production of pottery, tie-dyeing, rubbing, and engraving.
The long-standing handmade and internet celebrity style make it a popular place for tourists to take photos and punch cards.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > in addition to the unique Leizhou culture, Leizhou also has these 10 kinds of cuisine</h1>
White cut dog
The most unique and confusing thing about the dog culture in Leizhou is that the locals both use dogs as a totem and prefer to eat dogs. Dog meat cuisine is from Leizhou to go out and become famous throughout the country.
Leizhou people's love for dogs is really not covered. Walking in the streets of Leizhou, you will always see many food stalls hanging from well-killed and cooked dogs, waiting for customers to "flop". The most famous in Leizhou is the white cut dog.
The white-cut dog meat is tender and refreshing, and can be eaten all year round. The authentic white cut dog eating method is to dip the chili sauce, and each merchant's homemade chili sauce method is different, which makes the taste of each white cut dog different.
The most authentic is the dip made of wild millet pepper and coarse salt, and the fresh aroma of dog meat bursts out in an instant, which makes people marvel at the "good taste".
Dog meat stew
Leizhou dog meat two major ways to eat, one is white cut, the other is dog meat hot pot, commonly known as "dog meat pot".
Every autumn, when the autumn breeze rises, the food stalls on the streets of Leizhou are lively, with dogs of different sizes hanging. The freshness of the dog meat coupled with the thickness of the base of the side stove, the seductive aroma overflows in the pot.
Autumn and winter are the peak season for dog meat stew. Raw boiling dog meat soup, add peppercorns, star anise and other base, sprinkled with sauerkraut, the meat aroma straight to the nose.
The dog meat is warm, the dog meat soup is drunk to drive away the cold, and the whole body is warm and quite comfortable. And the sauerkraut is refreshing and greasy, sprinkled in the soup, without adding any additives, people can't help but drink the soup with ingredients.
Beef offal
At night, when the lights first come on, the smell of beef offal wafts everywhere in Leizhou Supper Street.
Beef offal refers to the internal organs of cattle, including beef gutters, tripe, intestines, tendons, brisket, heart and so on. There are cattle offal that are bought on the pound, and there are also on strings that are bought.
Whether the beef offal is good or not depends on the soup and the dipping sauce. Leizhou beef offal is cooked with beef bone broth, which is extremely delicious.
Leizhou people love beef offal, love to the bone. Whether it's shivering in the cold of winter or sweating in a hot summer, people love to eat a bowl of hot beef offal.
The cooked beef offal is cut well and poured with piping hot broth, and a bowl of clear soup beef offal is full of ingredients. Large chunks of beef offal are stewed crispy and soft, with soy sauce, soybean sauce and chili sauce from the store.
Leaf cake
In the old days, the custom of Leizhou people for the New Year was to make leaf cakes.
Pick the new pineapple leaves of the big tree, sauté the sesame seeds and peanuts on the stove over low heat.
Peel off the peanut red coat, pour the sesame seeds and peanut kernels into a container and crush them, and mix with the dates, sugar, coconut, peanut oil, etc. to form the filling.
The filling is wrapped in Tian Ai Pi, covered with a large tree pineapple leaf on each side, steamed in water, and the aroma of the leaf cake wafts out.
There are two kinds of sweet and salty flavors of leaf cakes, and there are 4 kinds of sweet leaf cake fillings: sesame seeds, peanuts, coconut paste, papaya, etc.; salty peanuts, shrimp and so on. As a foodie, The Sister of The Sights says she likes them all very much!
Now, with the abundance of materials, the leaf cakes that were previously only eaten in the New Year are now sold on the street all year round, so that people can feast at any time.
Leizhou pork intestine powder
Leizhou intestinal powder is different from other places, because the powder skin is rolled into a cylinder shape like pig intestines, also known as pig intestine powder.
The thin and delicate intestine powder is white and tender, sprinkled with sesame powder and peanut flour, and the fragrance is fragrant.
When I took a bite, it only felt fragrant and slippery. When I bit down, I found that there was something else inside: sweet sausage powder wrapped in shredded coconut and sugar peanuts; salty sausage powder wrapped in fried peanut filling. It's not too yummy!
In addition, She also likes to cut off the pork intestine powder, pour soy sauce and freshly fried garlic oil, mix well, the same aroma is overflowing, delicious enough to reach out from the throat.
Spicy frying cup
Spicy fried cup, also known as "spicy snake cup", is a delicious snack unique to Leizhou, which cannot be eaten at all except in Other places in Leizhou.
At the street stalls, the spicy frying cups are fried golden, the skin is crispy, the inside is lubricated, and the stomach is full and the whole body is warm, which is really a rare delicacy. However, the spicy frying cup should be eaten while hot, and the taste will be greatly reduced when it is cold.
Qin Dou Mango
Qindou mango is produced in Qindou Town, Leizhou and is a national geographical indication product of China.
The biggest feature of Qindou mango is its small core, thick flesh and strong flavor. Qindou mango has a sweetness of up to 23, which is very sweet among fruits.
Whenever Qin Dou mango is listed in the season, it is always snatched up by the merchants waiting there early, and the hand is slow and money cannot buy it.
Leizhou fried powder
Cantonese fried noodles are usually referred to as "fried beef river", as the name suggests, beef fried rice noodles. The fried pho used in Leizhou is at least half thinner and thinner than the Guangzhou pho, so it is more flavorful and tastes better.
Leizhou people stir-fry powder and emphasize "enough strength". The chefs picked up the huge pot and tossed it over the fire, and the thin and thin noodles were stir-fried in the oil pan. Often the incense floats throughout the street, attracting countless diners to stop.
Leizhou fried powder with super solid ingredients, pork, beef, sprinkled with bean sprouts, chives, eat full of raw flavor, eager to swallow the tongue.
Clam basket dumplings
Zongzi is available all over the country, but have you ever eaten a clam basket dumpling? Clam basket is a common plant in Zhanjiang, people pick the clam basket leaves chopped, put some oil mixed in the rice stir-fry, become the aroma of the major restaurants full of aromatic clam basket rice.
If you add the clam leaves to glutinous rice, shiitake mushrooms, mung beans, with salted egg yolks from the oil, marinated pork, char siu, Leizhou clam basket dumplings will be born.
In recent years, some merchants have also added chestnuts, yaozhu, and even abalone, so that clam basket dumplings also add the characteristic taste of seafood.
In fact, not only the taste, in Leizhou, the appearance of zongzi is also very peculiar.
Leizhou has a kind of duck (meaning "female duck") dumplings, that is, the rice dumpling leaves (sisal leaves) are interwoven and wrapped into a duck.
This rice dumpling is not only food, but also a work of art. The posture of the ducks is also different, there are bowed and dressed, there are wings to fly, and the filling inside is rich and colorful, achieving both visual and taste enjoyment.
Yingli roast pig
Yingli roast pig is a well-known delicacy in Leizhou, using 40-60 kg of suckling pig, bright and golden color, crispy skin, tender meat, melting in the mouth.
Yingli roast pig mainly "green, pure natural" as the selling point, pigs are all locally stocked, eat cassava, sweet potato, jade bran and other cooked feed, arch soil to eat earthworms, supplement the body protein.
Therefore, compared with pigs in other places, Yingli roast pork is firmer and more nutritious, attracting many people to come and taste the delicious Taste of Leizhou Yingli Roast Pig.
As long as you come to Leizhou, you will be deeply attracted by it.
This small city has a long and rustic culture.
There is a variety of delicious food.
It also has a strong human touch full of the smell of fireworks in the world.
Leizhou, there are too many beautiful, waiting for you to come to discover.
Come on a trip that lives up to the time. Go to Leizhou to touch the stone dog, play with handmade, beat the drum, shop for food...
Give the tired soul a vacation and come to Leizhou.
At present, going to Leizhou is mainly through cars or self-driving, in addition to self-driving Baidu, AutoNavi map navigation, you can also take a bus.
Tourists departing from Guangzhou, Guangzhou Haizhu Bus Station, Provincial Bus Terminal have direct buses to Leizhou, the fare is about 200-270 yuan / Zhang, as many as 78 trips per day, an average of several trips an hour, very convenient. However, the journey takes about 5 hours, it is recommended to go a day early and stay one night.
Tourists departing from Zhanjiang can take a bus to Haitian Bus Terminal to Leizhou, the fare is 25 yuan, half an hour can arrive; you can also take a bus from Zhanjiang South Bus Station to Leizhou Bus Terminal, the fare is 23 yuan, but it takes 1.5 hours.
Leizhou also has a railway station, the train fare is very cheap, departing from Guangzhou at 17:30 in the evening, to Leizhou station on time is 00:53 a.m., not afraid of affecting sleep, it is also a good choice.
As for the return trip, in addition to the bus (when you go to ask the driver to take the business card to book a return ticket), Leizhou has a railway station, usually Leizhou to Guangzhou train has 2 times a day, it is recommended to get on the train at night, sleeper on the Meimei sleeper, the next morning just back to Guangzhou!
Author: Dandelion
Editor-in-Charge: Song