My ancestors were born in Baoying, a water town. The beautiful Baoying water town is located by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
My ancestors were born in Baoying, a water town. The beautiful Baoying water town is located by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Thousands of miles canal, swans flying on the clouds, small white sails swimming in the water. Deep in the sky blue, there are countless gulls and merchant ships flying from south to north, giving people a vivid picture of the "Riverside Scene on Qingming Festival".
Baoying, a water town, lingers by the canal. The northwest is bordered by Huai 'an and Huaiyin Hongze, filled with the century-old myth of "flooding Sizhou"! Nestled in Baima Lake in the southwest. Years are like songs, swans are singing, birds are singing, and the flood on the way home is sung. The lake is full of century-old stories about Baima Lake and Rome Lake!
Baoying, a water town, connects Tang Ling and Yangzhou in the south and extends the south line of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The legend of the south of the Yangtze River, "Fireworks set off in Yangzhou in March, sailing alone, and the sky is exhausted", is full of folklore in the He Lixia area of the Yangtze River Delta. The canal gurgles all the year round, giving birth to a wave of "baoying lake". Every year, when spring returns to the summer solstice, there are thousands of "baoying lake" noodles. Asparagus sprouts vigorously, Artemisia ordosica is lush and shiny, fishing boats hold the sunset, and fishing eagles hold silver hooks. Where the silver net flies, the fish jump out of the lake!
Baoying Watertown faces Gaoyou in the southeast and ten thousand mu of lotus flowers. Over the past year, the specialties of Gongshui Town, such as lotus seeds, lotus root starch, double yellow duck eggs, wild ducks and pheasants, wormwood green tea, and eel and crab turtle, have been brought on board all the way.
Baoying, a water town in the north, has "Red-crowned Crane" and "Elk Reserve". The beautiful "Yancheng" beach twists and turns, elk meanders in the waves, red-crowned cranes sing on the beach, and in the distance, it is a vast seaside mirage. Completed the century-old myth of Baoying's "Journey to the East of West Lake".
A film "The Story of Six Treasures" was filmed in the northeast of Baoying, a water town in northern Jiangsu, which tells the heroic story of all the people in the water town. The story of the second sister in the play, Qi Xin, the son of the Anti-Japanese War, once swept the country! During the Anti-Japanese War, this drama deeply inspired the fighting spirit of the people of China, and the whole people resisted Japan and returned our country!
At the same time, Baoying, a water town, is also famous and beautiful in Jiangnan and Jiangbei.
The long years have recorded the story of Baoying's "Ning". That is a distant legend. In the era of "Luban sawing", Baoying, an ancient city, is undergoing large-scale construction, and temples such as "Ning Guo Si" and "Yi An Shu" have been built in succession. The beams of the temple didn't have enough wood, and the master Lu Ban pulled them out of the dry well one by one. It was amazing! Carving a beam and painting a building, flying over the eaves and walking on the wall, by the time of completion, the temple beam was still a little short. Lu Ban used his quick wits to throw an axe and embed it in the temple beam, no more, no less, just to make it up! Clever craftsman, labor makes wisdom! It is the laborer who created the miracle of the world, and it is the laborer who created the architectural art! Laborers will eventually be the founders of human history!
Baoying water town, city and country are full of rivers and ponds. "arrowhead", "lotus root", "Puwei" and "asparagus" are all fragrant, and there is also a kind of "killing horses" fruit crisp in the street, which is a specialty of Gan Long in the south of the Yangtze River. Legend has it that Qianlong went to Jiangnan three times in his life. One day, Qianlong passed Baoying, hungry and thirsty. In the roadside snack bar, there are only some fruit scraps, sugar paste and ghee at home, and nothing else. What if there is a "yellow jacket" outside the door? In desperation, knead the bread crumbs, mashed sugar and ghee into a ball and cut them into thin slices! This fructose crisp really makes the yellow jacket call it "killing the horse", which means killing the rider outside the door!
Over the years, life is like a river. The ancient city has experienced wars such as Red Head Uprising, Knife Meeting, Eight-Nation Alliance, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, War of Liberation, Land Reform, Land Distribution to Households, Reform and Opening-up, and Chinese Dream. Watertown Castle should be weathered, and it should be full of vitality. Taking the "lotus root and asparagus" culture as an opportunity, it shows the world unlimited business opportunities. Every year, the merchant ships coming from south to north breathe the high yield of "hometown of lotus", bringing infinite tomorrow to Baoying, a water town!
Author: Chen Wen
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