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Travel to Yunnan, Tengchong is a must-visit tourist destination. Before going to Tengchong, the first choice was Heshun Ancient Town, but every time I went to Heshun Ancient Town, I had to charge tickets, and the price was not cheap, and then I was not interested in going. Fortunately, this time in Tengchong, I found a place that does not charge tickets and can also listen to the explanation for free.
This place is Dongguan Village, until now, Dongguan Village has been established for 400 years, because it is located in the west of Tengchong City, and it is also known as "West Dong". But now Xidong does not refer to Dongguan Village, but to the textile king and jade king "Dong family" in the southwest.
Because the Dong family in Dongguan Village, in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, was very successful in trading and transnational business, it became a very wealthy family, and in the early years it had a very big reputation in Tengchong and even Yunnan. At that time, the Dong family built a mansion in Dongguan Village, and the reputation of the West Dong compound gradually rose.
When I first arrived at the "West Dong Compound", I saw the little sister wearing the long skirt of the Republic of China explaining the history of Dongguan Village, and I followed it, and the little sister who explained the explanation mainly talked about the history of Tengchong, the history of Tengchong's War of Resistance, the history of the Dong family's prosperity, and their important role in the War of Resistance, as well as the Dong family's charity. Later, I learned that the original explanation here is free, no need to rub, just listen to the light.
According to the little sister who explained, after the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Dong family donated 3 aircraft, and during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Dong family also donated money and materials many times, and in 1942 they donated 800 or 900 horses of native cloth and hundreds of thousands of yuan of national currency, and in 1944 they provided more than 400,000 catties of military food to the expeditionary force.
After Tengchong's restoration, the Dong family donated another 60 million yuan, of which 20 million yuan was used to comfort the Anti-Japanese National Army, 15 million yuan was used to help build the famous "National Martyrs Cemetery", and another 25 million yuan was restored to 38 primary and secondary schools that were destroyed. Listening to this series of astronomical figures, I am a little sighing, not only because in the time of national crisis, they stepped forward and contributed money, but also because as a business giant in a special historical environment, the feeling of unity of home and country is touching.
When I was playing in the Xidong Compound in Tengchong, Yunnan, I met Shen Xingtang, a descendant of Shen Wansan, who is the third generation of shadow puppet inheritors of the Shen family. Teacher Shen said that the production of a good shadow puppet usually goes through eight processes such as skin selection, skin making, drawing draft, and draft, in order to make the shadow puppet movement flexible.
The shape of a complete shadow figure, from head to toe, usually has a head, chest, abdomen, legs, arms, elbows, hands, a total of eleven parts, hand-carved more than 3,000 knives, which took more than half a month to complete.
Teacher Shen said that his ancestors had a relationship with the Dong family, of which the grandfather and the sixth master of the Dong family were good friends, and Teacher Shen not only studied shadow puppet culture, but also sang shadow puppet plays, but also carved shadow puppet props. Now he comes to Xidong to make shadow puppets, which is not only a hobby, but also a cultural inheritance.
In the Tengchong Xidong Compound, in addition to inheriting shadow puppetry, Teacher Shen also has a unique job of roasting tea. Roasted tea is a traditional tea custom of the Bai people in Yunnan, and this tradition has also been preserved in the Xidong compound. In the hall house that showcases the culture of the Ma Gang, a cast iron brazier with wooden frames is set up on which an iron tripod is placed, and anyone who visits the Xidong compound can drink tea for free.
Teacher Shen said that roasted tea is also called Baijiao tea, because in the process of roasting tea, it is necessary to constantly shake the sand pot, but the difference between Xidong roasted tea and other places is that glutinous rice is added in the process of roasting tea, so that the roasted tea warms the stomach and does not hurt the stomach, and it is also the unique roasted tea secret of the Dong family.
In order to improve the taste of roasted tea, Xidong roasted tea finally added some honey to make the roasted tea more flavorful.
On weekdays, Xidong will also have a special roasting performance, which is specially displayed to tourists, and tourists can also taste it for free. In the process of chatting with Teacher Shen, I saw several groups of young ladies and sisters taking tourists past, explaining the history of Xidong, the great efforts of the Xidong compound in the War of Resistance, and the story of the Dong family's charity.
Now the Xidong compound, open to tourists, can be arbitrarily toured, do not charge tickets, but also in the ancient house to operate Tengchong special cuisine, become a place for Tourists to Tengchong to call.
[I am Xia Meng, looking forward to using historical vision and an open mind to discover the beauty of the world.] 】