"The top of Longling, which connects Makou and Shanghang Road, was once a lively place where rich merchants and giants landed and built houses.
Red walls, ancient wells, temples, markets, old houses, but every corner of the fifty-meter-high Longling roof has the smell of old Fuzhou.
The top of Longling, which is now about to be submerged in traffic, is waiting for the opportunity to bloom again.
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Re-walk to the top of Dragon Ridge
I haven't climbed the top of Dragon Ridge in over a decade.
As A child, I liked to come to Longling Tombo to play when I was idle. At that time, longling roof was crowded and lively, and the staggered paths were like a labyrinth, and the stone road leading to the small square on the top of the ridge was lined with closely connected wooden houses, where the air mixed with different aromas of meals as soon as the meal was served.
△ People go to the empty Longling roof old house
The Wusheng Temple at the top of the ridge is the largest building in Longlingding, the temple hides the Longling Elementary School, and the outside of the temple is full of grandmothers and grandfathers who play chess. There is also a small stone on the small square, every Chongyang Festival, there will be parents with their children to find this stone, I heard that as long as the child stands on the stone can keep a safe and tall.
Occasionally, residents are seen setting up banquets or markets in the small square on the top of the ridge, which is even more lively.
△ Longling top old photo, originated from the network
The Ma Kindergarten Portrait Shop, the Nanqing Yihao Pharmacy, and the Cai Wu Long Ling Wu Fried Powder Shop, which had been opened and operated during the Republic of China, were all famous shops on the top of Longling among the older generation of the population.
△ The appearance of Longling Peak originates from the network
"To buy cuo, you have to buy the top of Longling, and to buy the land, you have to buy the edge of the ocean drum mountain."
Many old Fuzhou people have heard such a saying.
Legend has it that in the old days, the area along the Taijiang River was often flooded, and only the high-lying Longling Summit has been unharmed, not only is there no flood, there are fewer mosquitoes in the summer, and the scenery of the Minjiang River can be seen, so buying a house at the top of longling became a way for rich merchants to show their identity at that time.
The top of Longling, which is now preparing to undergo the renovation of the city's old houses, looks very deserted, and I only meet a few silver-haired old people with cameras looking for the memories of old Fuzhou.
Near the top of Longling, you can clearly see the Yang Lian on the left gate, which reads "Jiangtan Shui Bi Shi Endless", and the Yang Lian on the right can no longer be seen clearly because of its disrepair.
Through looking for old photos, I learned that the right Yang Lian should be "Tai Xie Hua Xiang Yi Zhi
Through the gate, even if you officially enter the top of Longling, there is a warning sign at the entrance reminding tourists to "be careful".
△The Yangzhong Kindergarten branch is located in the Wusheng Temple
Climbing up the stairs, in less than five minutes, I came to the small square at the top of Longling. In the impression, the Longling Primary School in the Wusheng Temple has disappeared and is replaced by the "Yangzhong Kindergarten Branch".
Outside the temple is an old banyan tree with a thick beard, which is just a shelter from the wind and rain in the small square.
There are three wellheads under the banyan tree, legend has it that once upon a time there was a monk who came to the top of the ridge to get water, and when he was taking water, he found that it was extremely difficult, and just when he was about to exert his strength, he saw a chain in the bucket, and suddenly, the storm suddenly rose, thunder and lightning, and a flying dragon jumped into the sky, so people began to call the place where the well was located "The top of the dragon ridge".
△ Longling top ancient well
By the side of the ancient well is an old firefighting pool covered with fallen leaves and dead branches, and the pool is full of dust. Because the Taijiang River was often threatened by fire in the past, residents built a pond here to store water in case of emergency. Today's fire pool has long lost its role, perhaps, such a pool will only appear in the memories of old Fuzhou people in the future.
On the gray slab lay kapok that had just fallen from the tree, and the petals of the five sparks were wrapped in a dense bouquet of yellow flower buds, layered and thick. This smear of red brought a brilliant brilliance to the originally desolate top of Longling.
"These three wells are famous, so come and see this." Uncle who was patrolling the top of Longling Said.
△ Three piercing wells
Located in the 200-year-old Temple of Deng Liu Liang Zheng, the "Three Wells" are jokingly called "twin brothers" by residents along with the ancient wells in the small square at the top of Longling. In the damp temple, the surrounding walls are covered with green moss, the corners of the walls are intertwined with spider webs and dust, and a ray of sunlight penetrates through the hollowed-out roof. Once a drinking fountain for the residents of Longling, it has now lost its popularity.
Patients who suffered from urticaria in the old days took the water from the three wells as jade liquid. Well water has cured many patients, and people who seek well water are endless, so they are named "three wells". Unfortunately, the wellhead of the three-pierced well has been locked with stone slabs, and the appearance of the well has become the most mysterious place in the temple.
△ Longling top of the path leading to the Great Temple Mountain
In the southwest corner of the small square at longling top, there is a path leading to the Great Temple Mountain, which used to connect to the fire alarm lookout. The path is lined with mottled walls and green plants that grow savagely toward the sun, and the green plants accompany the residents of Longling through spring, summer, autumn and winter, but they do not know that the people they have accompanied for many years have left here.
Behind the vegetation is an old house with alternating wires, and the pool used for washing in front of the house is still the same as before.
The narrow path, flanked by leaves that no one has cleaned, can see the green plants growing in the cracks on the stone steps favored by the sun.
Walking on the path, there is no city of high-rise buildings, no endless cars, and some are a long-lost tranquility. It's hard to imagine that a place just ten minutes from downtown could be so quiet.
The potted plants in front of the Linshui Palace dedicated to Chen Jinggu are still green, and the small daisies full of vitality open alone in the sun, compared with other depressed scenes, this is the place where the top of Longling still retains the breath of life.
"2" Lin Yinen pig blood
Tired of climbing the mountain, a bowl of fishing is the best comfort for a tired body.
Although the old food shops at Longlingding no longer exist, there are still many well-known old shops around it.
For example, this bowl of pig blood that you must eat when you come to Fuzhou.
"Lin Yinen Pig Blood" is a 70-year-old shop near longling peak, lao Lin began to sell along the street with a burden in the Houtian area of Taijiang River since he was a teenager, until the 1980s, when he began to open a shop near longling top to welcome customers.
A mouthful of water vapor in the pot, a spoon hook against the side of the pot, the status of fishing in the minds of the old Fuzhou people is unshakable.
The simply decorated shop has several large round tables and large square tables that can accommodate several people, with various colored materials for diners, and a yellowed photo frame hangs on the white wall next to the round table, which contains the reports of the major newspapers in Fuzhou on the "Lin Yinen Pig Blood" in the early years.
"Pig blood, pig lungs, large intestine, flower intestine, pork liver, pig offal, throat, Luohan meat...", a pig, here is eaten dry and wiped clean, Fuzhou people's love for pigs can be seen.
"A bowl of fishing, a bowl of mixing, a bowl of pig blood, a bowl of pig intestines." I skillfully lit the Three Musketeers in my heart.
Pull a handful of fishing, boil the fishing in boiling water, and then sharply fish the fishing, shake it twice to drop the water and fish it into the bowl, and then add salty soup and sauce, and then do a bowl of basic fishing.
A bowl of fishing with simmered pork blood and chewy pork intestines is a simple traditional Fuzhou taste.
"Do you want to add some soup?"
The caring boss came forward and asked, I think "enthusiasm" is also one of the reasons why this old store can endure for a long time.
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Autumn Rice Balls
In front of the diagonal front of the top of Longling, there is also an old food restaurant that queues up a long queue every time you arrive at the meal, called "Qiuying Rice Ball".
Buying a rice ball after school and pairing it with a cup of "Lisboa Station" style ancient morning Taiwanese milk tea is one of the fond memories of my high school days. While walking and chatting with classmates, while eating rice balls, inadvertently, the sky darkened.
Aunt Qiuying has been selling rice balls for more than ten years, and Aunt Qiuying, who married to Taiwan, felt that Taiwan's rice balls were delicious and convenient, so she decided to return to Fuzhou to do the business of ancient morning rice balls.
Taiwan's ancient morning rice balls contain radish, brine eggs, meat floss, fritters, on the basis of which the owner has added fuzhou characteristics of meat floss, bad vegetables, dried tofu, kelp, these Fuzhou people must have a soul dish when breakfast with porridge, so that the original monotonous rice ball has a strong Fuzhou flavor.
Auntie's homemade fritters are very different from the fritters sold in other stores, her fritters are small, very crispy, and crispy in one bite.
A layer of steaming, chewy rice with a variety of side dishes, and then a layer of rice, kneading, a unique rice ball is ready.
Whether the sky is clear or the wind and rain, there is never a shortage of people queuing at the door of the Autumn Rice Ball, and students, office workers, old residents, and even travelers who have come from afar are willing to queue up here, waiting to eat a bite of the rice ball.
In a tired life, eating is always the best comfort.
Look, this round rice ball, as if to say:
"Every day of ordinary days must be steaming hot!"