A bay of rivers and rivers hold lotus births

Among the majestic mountains of western Zhejiang, the Oujiang River flows through, and the green mountains hold plain soft yarns and surround the beautiful small city. The natural beauty of the lotus capital, born of water, with the river as the medium, "a peak of falling leaves and a peak of clouds" is the scenery of the lotus capital, "opening the door every day to read the twilight" is the person of the lotus capital.

Fangfei April day, spring and Jingming, it is a good season to collect wind. More than 20 reporters from more than ten mainstream media in the province came to "Zhejiang Green Valley" to explore the human fireworks of "Xiushan Lishui" along the direction of the river and the flow of the river.

"Danya Chibi, Canyon Cave Heaven" refers to the East and West Rocks. The towering east and west rocks face each other on the riverside, with strange peaks protruding, strange rocks and rock caves listed, with different forms, integrating strange, strange and dangerous. He Bo, a ming dynasty scholar, once commented: "Qingtian Stone Gate is the most victorious, Jinyun Immortals are the most strange, and the rise of The Dome, strange Wei Ring, is nothing more than Xuanyi East and West Rock." ”

Sipping on the herbal tea warmly served by the She girls to relieve the dry heat of the afternoon, we walked along the stone steps, through a greenery. The air in the mountains is slightly cool, with the vitality of green buds, the fragrance of the first bloom of petals, the clarity of babbling water, and a faint smell of earth. Touching the rock mass, the spring gently follows the outline of the finger to form a depression – a mottled mottled by the erosion of the rock wall for thousands of years. As far as the eye can see, the vines and branches are divided into different landscapes, and the sunlight spreads a shallow halo on the canopy, bright and translucent.

On the north side of Zhuobi Peak, the Cross Gorge is a cross-shaped mountain gorge composed of four huge rocks, also known as the "first line of heaven", which looks at itself from a distance. The local guide told us that the rock walls in the canyon are concave and convex, and the gap in the middle is very narrow, only 2 meters at the widest point and less than half a meter at the narrowest point. Looking upwards, long stone steps rise into the sky. At that height, it is obvious that we who are breathless are not suitable for another challenge.

Continuing towards West Rock, the trail to the top of the rock was only one person wide, and we struggled to climb the last few almost vertical steps. Compared to the lush and expansive East Rock Summit, West Rock is more rustic, but it can enjoy the pleasure of conquering the mountains exclusively. As Mandela put it, "After you climb a big mountain, you will find that there are many more mountains to climb." I pause here for a moment and quietly take a look at the magnificent landscape around me, looking back at the distance I have already traveled. ”

As we descended the mountain, we passed by the site of a Chinese military and civilian anti-Japanese trench halfway up the mountain. The entrance to the cave is low, the cave is deep and long, and the average adult bends down to move forward. Groping along the stone wall through the entire cave, suddenly open, leaning on the railing of the cliff wall, in front of you is a quiet and beautiful idyllic scenery. Green hills are lined with people at the foot of the mountain, fields of different colors are stitched together into paintings, and spacious winding roads wind into the depths.

Behind the beautiful scenery is a strong guarantee of the ecological system. Since 2011, Lishui has gradually diluted the GDP assessment and brewed the implementation of classified assessment. By 2013, the province made a decision to "not assess GDP and not assess the gross industrial output value" for Lishui, and instead adjusted it to assess ecological indicators such as air quality and regional cross-sectional water quality compliance rate. In December 2018, after Lishui became the country's first pilot city for the value realization mechanism of ecological products, it further improved the assessment and evaluation system that promoted the rapid growth of GDP and GEP.

I enjoyed the majesty of "Xiushan Mountain" and then felt the softness of "Yeosu". Some people say that the most beautiful section of the Oujiang River is in Liandu. We walked through the long cherry blossom promenade and straight into the hinterland of Guyan. Walking through the "world's earliest water overpass" built during the Northern Song Dynasty, "upper passage people, middle diversion pit water, lower channel water", we arrived at Yantou Village.

Yantou Village is located at the head of the dam of TongjiYan and is a typical representative of the traditional ancient villages in western Zhejiang. The village is built next to the canal, and there are ten thousand-year-old camphor trees scattered on both sides of the weir canal. The years are long, the sea is a drop, the ancient camphor tree grows on its own, silently defending the weir canal, guarding the village, watching all the flowers blossom and fall, and people come and go. The scenic docent told us that most of the villagers here are surnamed Ye and are descendants of Ye Fashan, the ming dynasty master.

Walking on the old stone-paved streets, the fireworks of the quaint villages come to the air. A couple is choosing a dish in front of their own shop. My wife told us that this shop has been open for more than ten years, and the wormwood in the basket should be used to make Qingming fruit. "Do you want to order specialties?" She asked skillfully. In addition to small shops and drink shops, there are also many homestay signs. The local reporter accompanying us told us that there are 7 farms and 20 homestays in a small Yantou village, and almost every household is the owner. In the central village of Yantou, the per capita income of villagers can reach more than 40,000 yuan per year.

From Guyan to The Painting Village, you need to take a boat. On the rafting river, the river water from the Ou River and the Songyin Creek meet here, and the river water after the rain is wrapped in sediment, without the clarity of the past, and the water surface is cut into blue and yellow, clear and distinct. Guyan Painting Township was soaked in the cool rain and spread out on the river, and for a time, only a crisp shutter sound was left on the boat. A reporter could not help but sigh that this is Su Shi's "drizzle and oblique wind for a little cold, light smoke and willows and beautiful sunny beaches."

Unlike Guyan, which carries the historical and cultural heritage, the painting village is a "window" for artists to spread the local landscape. At the end of the 1980s, the local oil painters of Lishui who were living on both sides of the Oujiang River were inspired by the spirit of French Barbizon painters, and used their brushes to reflect the unique landscape of Lishui, gradually forming "Lishui Barbizon", a typical representative of China's local oil painting school. An art town with integrated industries and a modern atmosphere also came into being.

A two-storey "bumblebee" appears in the art district of the white-walled Deva, the rich aroma of wine and beef wafting from behind the quaint wooden doors, the neon lights at night reflect the smiling faces of tourists taking photos under the towering ancient wood... This unique town seems to have broken the limitations of historical time and geographical space, and art and culture have reached a delicate balance in the fusion of ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

Standing at the end of the stone road and looking back at the old street, the hustle and bustle of the city is drowned in the pure beauty of the painting town. There is a cherry tree on the street, and the water droplets are sprinkled on the pink and round cherries, ticking, ticking, ticking, falling at the feet of tourists who come in and out of the shop. Dense layers of climbing tigers climbed the outer wall of the music bar, hanging heavily, and hidden behind them was an English sign written in bright oil paint. The blooming goose yellow is a small daisy, the slender leaves of the branches are stretched out by jasmine, and the slender, wide, emerald green is smooth with vermilion red... People have moved their own flowers to the street corner, forming a small landscape, with the interest of literati and elegant people, and the warmth of fireworks in the world.

At the beginning of this year, Guyan Painting Township began to build a "pilot project for micro-transformation of scenic spots in the province". In the future, the scenic spot will combine local characteristic culture and market trend hotspots to hold cultural and creative micro-markets and "24 solar terms" elegant collection activities, while promoting the in-depth docking of more cultural elements and tourism products, and enhancing the cultural connotation and added value of tourism products. Promote the culture of Barbizon and Shilu, and create a characteristic homestay and resort hotel with the theme of Oujiang Shilu.

Liandu, a city nourished by the water of the Oujiang River, is using its humanistic heritage to cultivate the local cultural character, and using its exclusive natural benefits to achieve a beautiful picture of "settling down and enjoying its work".

Author: Lin Jing

Source: Zhejiang Daily