It was the season of loquat in bloom, and our group walked into Xin 'an Village of Changtai Town, and walked into the endless loquat forest, as if it were a green ocean. Only when we see loquat flowers in full bloom do we realize that it takes a long time to brew, blossom and bear fruit before we can create this sweet, charming and famous southern fruit.
Xin 'an Village is located on the south bank of Juxi, downstream of Jiuli Lake, a scenic spot. The unique geography nourishes people who have been used to listening to running water and singing songs on both sides of the giant stream for thousands of years. Although this beautiful village has a population of only over 2,000, it has a hinterland of 7.2 square kilometers and a forest coverage rate of 90%. There is a national 4A tourist attraction, Jiulong Valley Park. In the leisure time of discussing and communicating in the village department, I accidentally saw loquat trees all over the mountains behind the conference room, so strong and attractive. Lush foliage, or green or dark branches cling to the glass window, supporting countless clusters of loquat flowers, which catch your eye. The simplicity of white, the charm of yellow and the enchanting of orange ... are not gorgeous, but simple and pure, forming a beautiful picture scroll after another. Of course, we also know that this loquat flower, including the whole tree, is a treasure. She not only brought beauty and fragrance to the world, but also brought refreshing sweetness and delicacy to the world.
Accompanied by Xin 'an village cadres, we walked along the village avenue and crossed the folk street under construction, which was quite distinctive and particularly conspicuous. There are 6.67 hectares of lotus fields on both sides of the Juxi River. You can imagine the beautiful scenery of lotus in full bloom in summer. On both sides of the village road are loquat trees, which are in full bloom, attracting countless bees to collect honey. Really live up to the reputation of "the hometown of loquat". According to the village cadres, there are 560 hectares of loquat in the village, with an annual output of 750,000 Jin. Loquat is one of the important pillars of the village's economic development, benefiting thousands of households.
On the eaves of the village, loquat leaves and loquat flowers are basically drying. It is said that in addition to loquat fruit, there are people who specially buy materials related to loquat trees and carry out various processing, which has unlimited uses. Indeed, this reminds me of a visit to Japan a few years ago. At that time, someone mentioned that he wanted to find an opportunity to go to Putian Changtai to buy materials related to loquat trees and make medicines. If loquat fruit trees establish contact with pharmaceutical industry, the development prospect is very bright.
Our group walked through the center of the village, walked to the bank of Juxi, and saw the construction team under construction. They are carrying out projects to protect the ecological environment and control the giant stream. After the project is completed, it will improve the infrastructure, change the water use history of the village and accelerate the rural revitalization.
The stream is gurgling, and the stone piers above the water surface are regularly arranged together, forming a channel for the flow of the stream between each stone pier, connecting the southwest and north of the stream.
Rows of neat modern buildings in the village reflect the current living environment and conditions of the villagers. From the architectural style and scale of some preserved old houses, we can imagine the historical features of local residents. There are external walls of houses and cobblestone walls between streams, which are neat and orderly, beautiful and generous, and can be described as rare cultural walls. In front of a "seven squares", there is also a square stone engraved with "gossip". Judging from the degree of weathering, it can be estimated that it is a product of a long time, and the texture of the image is clear and distinguishable, from which we can get a glimpse of the local people's life wisdom and customs.
Not far away, surrounded by loquat trees, a traditional architectural style is particularly eye-catching. The plaque of "Jinxian Palace" hanging in front of his house is very dazzling, written by Tu Qinglan, a famous sage of Tujia. Tu Qinglan (1839- 19 12) was born in Li Changtai, Putian County. In the 13th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1874), he was admitted to imperial academy, edited by Hanlin and admitted to the National History Museum. In the fifth year of Guangxu (1879), the imperial gift made Guizhou (Guizhou) the examiner, and the income was well known. In the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), he was the editor-in-chief of National History Museum, the editor-in-chief of Heroes Museum and the assistant of Lao Xu. In the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), the branch school took the rural examination in Shuntianfu, simply recruiting talents. Zhao Yijiong, Cui Peizhuo and Liu Pei, the top champions, all came out of school ... what a "teacher". Visiting Jinxian Palace, you can also read about the cultural tradition of respecting sages by local residents.
On the small embankment in front of Jinxian Palace, the breeze blows the flowers, which is refreshing.
Juxi, which has been flowing for thousands of years, records the industrious life and prosperous history of southwest people and the beautiful life of southwest people with waves of laughter.