Traditional villages in Guangzhou

Zhou Xiao Village, a well-known place name, is said to be full of artistic amorous feelings. Many art schools and cultural creators have established their base camps here, so I have come here all the way.

Take Metro Line 2 at Guangzhou South Railway Station and transfer to Bus No.997 at Haizhu Bus Terminal. After shopping for an hour, I got off at the entrance of Zhou Xiao Village. At first glance, I didn't see anything in the art village. Maybe I opened it the wrong way.

There are three stone tablets erected in a conspicuous place in the village, which are marked with the words of China traditional village, Guangdong ancient village and China most attractive leisure village, etc. They are called the last small bridge and flowing water family in Lingnan Water Town. When visiting the village, I will sigh like me: these three things can be removed.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, a group of Zhongyuan people from Xinxiang, Henan Province chose this sandbar to settle down in order to avoid chaos. It's been nearly a thousand years. Theoretically, there should be many ancient buildings in the village, but I didn't see them very much. Maybe my eyesight is poor.

Zhou Xiao used to be a rich water town in ancient times, but now it seems a bit misnomer. After all, times have changed and the fishing industry has plummeted. The existing memory of the water town only stays in the boat stranded on the river. The old houses have almost been stripped off and the villagers have been converted into new buildings with several floors. Oh, you can't call them villagers. The correct name is resident. Zhou Xiao Village has been changed into a neighborhood committee.

Passing through a long commercial shop with reinforced concrete buildings on both sides, I finally saw the old building, but it was Gong Jian Temple in Dongchi. The pond in front of the temple is unclean, and the river is green, which is not attractive at all. However, this is the cleanest pond in the village.

? I left Gong Jian Temple in Dongchi to look for an art shop, but soon I saw Gong Jian Temple. Is there a difference between Jane's Ancestral Hall and Dongchi Jane's Ancestral Hall? Is it a house or an ancestor?

Jiangong Temple was built in the 55th year of Qianlong (1790) and was used as a school in the Republic of China. There is an ancient banyan tree in front of the shrine, which is over 200 years old and blocks the sun. It can be regarded as a tree, and its branches extend in all directions for more than ten meters. Because the branches are too long, some places have to be supported by wooden poles.

The building of Jane's Ancestral Hall is different from the Jane's Ancestral Hall in Dongchi. First of all, the gate is different and strange. I'm afraid that when I crossed the threshold, two heavy boards on my head accidentally hit my head.

There are quadrangles in the ancestral hall, with many large flowerpots, which decorate the ancient years and bring vitality to the solemn place.

An old couple are playing table tennis in the temple, and I want to spend the rest of my life as healthy as them, no more riding donkeys during the day and no more painting at night.

There is a narrow and deep alley hidden on the east and west sides of the ancestral temple, which is suitable for shallow singing and low singing.

Soon, I saw Yuemei Jian Gong Temple in another part of the village. It's not that I like it, but all the new buildings are nothing to see. Now these ancestral halls are the only old houses in the village, and no one dares to tear them down.

It seems that Zhou Xiao Village only showed me the ancestral temple, then turned around and saw the Lushan Gong Jian Temple.

Isn't there a Jane surname in the world? Why does a village build so many ancestral temples, clans and factions?

Finally, there is an old house that is not an ancestral hall. The door says Jinshi, but it has been changed into an inn, and the sign "No.1 in the college entrance examination, free check-in" is hung at the door. Living in this inn, you will have a dream of getting into the Jinshi exam in the middle of the night.

Next to Jinshi, there is a sign of "oyster shell house". Follow the arrow and come to a house, but I don't see the oyster shell. This wall is made of brick.

I decided not to lie to me. When I turned to the back of the house, it was really a dense oyster shell. The wall made of oyster shells is amazing. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it can be recycled. Unfortunately, only two of the dozens of oyster shell houses in the village were demolished. This one belongs to an old man. It is estimated that there is no money to tear down the old and build a new one.

This is Gongbei, not Gongbei in Zhuhai.

The village often shows off the auditorium, which looks like a Soviet-style building.

Can't say that Zhou Xiao Village is not literary. It does open some of these stores. Most of them are college graduates. Because Zhou Xiao Village is close to the university town, the rent is cheap. Some students choose to start a business here and set up creative studios and studios after graduation. When the wave of art gradually alienated Zhou Xiao village, they stuck to the utopia on the other side.

Yizhou, it's a little quiet, but it's a pity that the area is not large. There are four villagers (residents) playing cards, with hundreds of dollars in front of each, surrounded by spectators.

The stone tablet in Xuan Tong in Qing Dynasty is an antique with a solid hammer.

There is a winding ditch in the village, and several bridges have been built on the ditch, which can't capture the artistic conception of "you are watching the scenery on the bridge, and the people watching the scenery are watching you". This bridge is the most photogenic.

The bridge is engraved with the slogan of the past era, "Agricultural Dazhai", and younger people may not understand its meaning.

There are many bookstores here, most of which are closed. I heard that they won't open until Saturday and Sunday. Even if they are open, I'm afraid I can't get in. I always feel that my culture is not enough!

I went to the riverside sketch shop and saw that there were double skin milk and ginger milk for sale. My wife and I each ordered a bowl. This shop is run by a man of about 30 years old. He is both a boss, a chef and a clerk.

Double skin milk, 10 yuan. I took a bite with a spoon and put it in my mouth. There was no surprise. I took another bite, just so-so. The chef is probably a drifter. He likes it here very much and rents a shop to stay.

Ginger milk, 12 yuan, my boss told me it would take 1 minute to finish.

There are many restaurants in the village, each of which specializes in fish. I don't think much of them, Long Fu, so I'm leaving.

After all, the countryside is a countryside, and there are many corners no matter how it is picked up by foreign artists. The garbage at the entrance of the village is everywhere, so it's hard to see. The river stinks and people should not stay long. A highway sped past the village, which was worse than Hongcun and Ruo Ling.

? Wandering in the urban-rural fringe, I can't help but feel the gap. The ancient village once praised by Guan Shanyue has disappeared. Where am I? ...

He is thinking, and I am also thinking: Why does Wen Qing want to hype this village?

Some people say that "Zhou Xiao Village does not rob money, but only time", which is a positive and negative significance. People who like it will be happy to sit under the ancient banyan tree and have a cup of tea, while those who don't like it will dislike the village, which is neither ancient nor modern. The newly-built buildings are all "opposite buildings" and "handshake buildings".

It can only be said that there is really no decent ancient village in Guangzhou now, and Zhou Xiao Village can be a little closer to the ancient village. Welcome to leave a message for discussion.